Managing Self

Today we had to do a blog post on Relating to Others, Participating, and Contributing or Managing Self. I chose to do the Managing Self. I wrote what it looked like, sounded like, and felt like.  I pushed myself until I had two or more under each topic. 

The Beatles

 The only members of the Beatles still alive are Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. George Harrison died from lung cancer at the age of 58 years. The most popular Beatle hits are Something, Come Together, Love Me Do, and A Day in the Life. The Beatles broke up on April 10th in 1970.

Venn Diagram

Today we did an activity after we read about Novak Djokovic and Parore. The easiest part was having to write about Djokovic and the hardest part was writing about Parore.

Alfred Nobel

This week we are learning about Alfred Nobel. We researched Alfred Nobel and then we had to make an interesting DLO (digital learning object) that had links.

Sportsmanship Questions

Read this article and then answer the questions below in full sentences.

1. What did Novak Djokovic do to make him default from the US open?
2. What rule did Djokovic break?
3. Do you agree with Djokovic’s punishment? Why? Explain
4. Watch the video in the article. Do you agree with what the man said? Explain
5. Should professional sportsmen and women let their emotions get the best of them while play? Explain

1. Hitting a line judge in the throat by accident.
2. Hitting a ball dangerously and recklessly into the linesperson.
3. I agree that he had to default because if he hit harder he could have killed her.
4. Yes because he mentioned he did it a week before and that it's not acceptable because he is not controlling his temper and since he is getting paid 20m dollars a year he needs to respect the surrounding areas.
5. No, because he is old enough to control his actions.

This term we are doing sportsman ship. Here are my answers for some questions. First we had to read a NZ Herald artical about Novak Djokovic and then answer the questions above. There were five questions to answer in full sentences. By Hunter.

Lake Ohau Fire

In the news, there has been a massive fire at lake Ohau. So this week we looked into the fire to find more information about it. This is my group's work that we did and we got our information off the online news websites. 

Sportsmanship Brain Dump

 

 A brain dump is where you put all your ideas onto a piece of paper. It is a good way to get all of your ideas down on the same piece of paper. This term we are learning about sportsmanship. The braindump activity is so you can write all your ideas in one spot about sportsmanship that you already know.

Literacy Homework

This is the describe a character chart. Here you can see what the characters in the book, The Wind Singer are like.

This is the plot of what happens in the book. My favorite part is when the Zars turn to dust.

This tells you the atmosphere during the climax and how much action there is.

The above is what the author (WILLIAM NICHOLSON) is trying to say and some questions you will be coming away with.

I reckon that this is a good book for you to read and you will not want to stop.