Margret Mahy - Memory

Mess and Money: 08/06/2021

Johnny was helping Sophie cleaning up when he found a lot of money. He wanted to keep it but we haven't found out what he did yet. I think he should leave the money even if Sophie doesn't know it was there because if he was Sophie he wouldn't want someone to take that kind of cash.

Values - Beliefs that guide us through our everyday life to help us make the right choices and so we know the wrong from right. Values "

Morals - They are like values.

Poetic Text: 27/05/2021

Quotes Pg 25-30 -
"A night wind, patrolling the city, rushed at him, its paws on his chest, slapping his face with an icy tongue."
"Feeling like a man from outer space revisiting the world after the neutron bomb had killed every living thing but left all properties intact, he hesitated."
"A moment later he made out a short, thin, old woman wearing a hat like a crimson chamber-pot without a handle."

JOHNNY:

Facts about Jonny -

1. He is drunk "I'm not THAT drunk Jonny argued aloud,"
   
2. His mother, father, and his twin siblings are alive but Janine (his sister is dead0'
3. Janine's photo is on the TV "The twins had continued to push and squeak, but all they knew of Janine was her photograph smiling from the top of the TV set'

Jonny's emotions - 

1. Grieving "hoping to hold off attacks of memory"
2. Brave "Jonny stepped boldly towards the lighted window knowing there would be hundreds of traps and pitfalls for anyone wandering through the darkness."

Describe Jonny - 

1. Swollen eye, battered face, puffy lips "Jonny touched his battered face," "One eye was swollen, though not entirely closed." "His lips felt puffy."

Changes and Challenges - How Is Laughter Good

Today for changes and challenges we have been learning all about how laughing can help your mental health. Laughing can help your health because when you laugh even if it is fake your smiling and your tricking your mind into making you happy. It also helps your physical health because when your laughing your breath is short and the blood flows quicker with your heart beating faster. Laughing is good for you in more ways then you think so you need to laugh at least 2 times a day to keep your mental help up and good.

The things that make me laugh are my friends because they are always making jokes even if they don´t mean to. When they will pay truth or dare they dare each other to do random things like doing the splits when they can´t and twirling 5 times or maybe jump off a tree like a cat. Sometimes they would hurt themselves and someone else in the proses but they would make them laugh and smile to forget what hurts. They not only make people physically laugh but they help them mentally. That's what makes me
laugh

Yurtle The Turtle

In 7Mt we had two frogs named yoda and belle. We thought that the frogs were getting really boring so Mr Mitchell told us that if we can convince Mrs Mitchell to trade the frogs for the turtle we would have a turtle in the classroom. We all wrote letters to her explaining the benefits of having frogs instead of a turtle.

Here Is Mine -

Dear, Mrs Mitchell

I am here today to tell you the benefits of having frogs as class pets. You can tell them that they will start croaking of you are very very quiet to keep them calm. The funny thing is that when we meet Mr Mitchell he told us this and we got quiet instantly. Another thing is you would be able to get a free bugs farm so you can feed you frogs. I find it disgusting that you have to be near them but we have heard that kids love bugs. They don’t take much to be able to take care of them

The down sides might be if your to quiet then they might be to loud and destorbe them. How Mr Mitchell solves it is knocking on the glass but it doesn't always work. The other thing is the kids might not like bugs and start to scream while they run as far away as they can (definitely not like me).

This is all I have to say but maybe if you don’t agree 7mt might try next year. Then we will have the turtles.

Yours Sincerely

Emily, from 7mt

With all of this said you would think that we would want the frogs but we have had them in the class all year had have gotten annoyed of their crocks because it distracted our work. It was a complicated to get her but it was worth it in the end.

A Strange Thing Happened On My Way To School Today!

For the past 3 weeks we have been working on persuading and entertaining.

On my other post I was to persuade my parents/gardenions to by me my

dream pet. I chose wolf because I love them. We were told that we weren't

aloud to entertain. In this 1 that was our main goal and I feel that I did an amazing

job.

Title: A strange thing happened on the way to school today

Make up a story about something strange that happened on the way to school.

Make sure you:

Have an orientation (where, when, who)

Describe the main characters

Tell me about a problem that happened

Tell me how the problem was solved

End with a conclusion

Have a clear message, theme or moral.

Instructions:

• Write your draft in the Draft section of the table below, in the box by your name.
• Provide Feedback on your writing buddy’s draft writing in the Feedback section of his/her writing box.
• Read the feedback from your writing buddy.
• Copy your draft writing into your Final box and revise this based on the feedback you have received.
• Assess the final version of your own writing for Ideas and Structure & Language using the Writing Rubric.
• Peer-assess the final version of your writing buddy’s writing for Ideas and Structure & Language using the Writing Rubric.

Stumbling on the pathway through the forest trying to get to school on time.

It was friday and I was tired from all the work from school. I was by myself

because I woke up late.

I stopped only to hear a howl from the trees. I got intrigued in what it was

that made the howl so I went of the path and into the dark part of the woods.

I looked around only to find wolves laying on the ground with others on top.

The once green grass had blood dripping from it. I got scared and started to

scream. Everything went quiet. Not one wolf was moving but they were all

looking at me.

I noticed that three wolves were trudering towards me so I moved back.

All of the wolves ( that were alive ) were growling at me as if I were their

prey. I finally noticed wolf that was right in front of me but what shocked

me the most is that It turned into my brother. The other wolf tuned into

my father and the last wolf turned into a man that I felt had a lot of power.

The wolves started to fight again but this time the man and my family

grabed me and ran they ran and ran until we couldn't hear them anymore.

The man that I didn't know walked up to me, grabbed me and shouted “MINE”!

My father told me that we were all werewolves and I was shocked.

I found out that that the man's name was river. Apparently he was my

mate and I got told that a mate is short for soulmate. It’s something

that wolves do. They can’t live without them. The wolves that I just

saw were from his pack. He is the alpha also known as the leader.

Some of them are roges and they are trying to protect their kids

and mates. I wanted to help them but my mate dragged me to the

house and locked me in his room. The war ended and I realized

that I was late to school.

That is what happens when you wake up late and walk away from

your path. Always stay on track.

Here Is My Feedback From My Friend Chloe

Hey Emily, Your story is very interesting I like the part when you

said “were growling at me as if I were their prey” There is a few

things that you need to work on like things that don’t make sense

“I found out that that the man's name was river and he was my

mate. I got told that a mate is like a soulmate for wolves” besides

that it is amazing keep up the great work.

Here Is My Amazing Final That I Have Worked So Hard On

Stumbling on the pathway through the forest trying to get to school

on time. It was friday and I was tired from all the work from school.

I was by myself because I woke up late.

I stopped only to hear a howl from the trees. I got intrigued in what

it was that made the howl so I went of the path and into the dark

part of the woods. I looked around only to find wolves laying on the

ground with others on top. The once green grass had blood dripping

from it. I got scared and started to scream. Everything went quiet. Not

one wolf was moving but they were all looking at me.

I noticed that three wolves were trudering towards me so I moved back.

All of the wolves ( that were alive ) were growling at me as if I were their

prey. I finally noticed wolf that was right in front of me but what shocked

me the most is that It turned into my brother. The other wolf tuned into

my father and the last wolf turned into a man that had a lot of power vibrating

of him.

The wolves started to fight again but this time the man and my family

grabed me and ran they ran and ran until we couldn't hear them anymore.

The man that I didn't know walked up to me, grabbed me and shouted “MINE”!

My father told me that we were all werewolves and I was shocked.

I found out that that the man's name was river and he was my mate. I got

told that a mate is like a soulmate for wolves. They can’t live without them.

The wolves that I just saw were from his pack. He is the alpha also known

as the leader. The wolves that were trying to hurt them were roges. There

weren't any woman there because they were all in the safe house. I

wanted to help them but my mate dragged me to the house and locked

me in his room so I don’t get hurt.

The war ended and I realized that I was late to school. I quickly ran out of

the house and darted to school like I were a cheater. I got three weeks

of detention but I thought that it was worth it. I was about to tell my best

friend jewels but I got a call from my brother and he told me not to tell

anyone. He also told me that his mate was jewels. I flipped and jewels

ran. “HEY YOU BETTER COME BACK HERE BEFORE I MAKE YOU”!

That, is the story of what happens when I am late to school. That was the

time that I learnt to always stay on track.

Finally Here Is My Score From The Rubric

Assessment:	Self	Peer
Ideas	R4	R4
Struct & Lang	R4	R5

WOLF!

Last week we got told to persuade our parents to get us a pet.

I chose a wolf because I love to read about them.

By what I have read I would find a wolf very handy. hope you enjoy!

Instructions

Write your draft in the Draft section of the table below, in the box by your name.

Provide Feedback on your writing buddy’s draft writing in the Feedback section of his/her writing box.

Read the feedback from your writing buddy.

Copy your draft writing into your Final box and revise this based on the feedback you have received.

Assess the final version of your own writing for ideas using the Writing Rubric.

Peer-assess the final version of your writing buddy’s writing for ideas using the Writing Rubric.

Here is my Draft

I would be very grateful if you were to consider getting me a wolf for me to look after and for them to look after me.

I would like to have a wolf so I could be protected at all times. If I were to have a wolf with me I would be able to train them to become a calm and collected animal. I would take them out for a walk to the park and if I am in any danger they would always be there for me. You would not have to worry about me being captured or being murdered for something that I didn't do.

I would be more responsible and energetic because I would have to take them on a walk or run. I would be more responsible because I would have something to look after. They will let me get on their back and I would never be late to school. What fun!

When I go to bed I would sometimes have nightmares so if I had a wolf for a pet they might cuddle up to me and calm me down. Then maybe I will get more sleep with their midnight black fur keeping me warm and protecting me from the bad nightmares that keep me up at night. SO FLUFFY!

That is why I would love to have a wolf for a pet. So what do you say … no okay maybe I will try a fox next time.

Here is the feedback That my buddy Chloe gave me

Hi Emily I think you have done a good job and although you have to

work on it, I think it's good.

I think you need to think of the negative side of things to see if there

are more negatives than positives, or more positives than negatives.

Last but not least here is my final

I would be very grateful if you were to consider getting me a wolf for

me to look after and for them to look after me.

I would like to have a wolf so I could be protected at all times.

If I were to have a wolf with me I would be able to train them to

become a calm and collected animal. I would take them out for

a walk to the park and if I am in any danger they would always

be there for me. You would not have to worry about me being

captured or being murdered for something that I didn't do.

I would be more responsible and energetic because I would

have to take them on a walk or run. I would be more responsible

because I would have something to look after. They will let me get

on their back and I would never be late to school. What fun!

When I go to bed I would sometimes have nightmares so if I had a

wolf for a pet they might cuddle up to me and calm me down. Then

maybe I will get more sleep with their midnight black fur keeping me

warm and protecting me from the bad nightmares that keep me up at night.

SO FLUFFY!

There maybe some bad things like it might attack people who dare go

near me. When we go for a walk down to the park it might see a dog and

start growling ferociously at them as they chase them away. At night when

I have a nightmare my wolf could wake everyone up by getting possessive

over me and growl at my dreams.

There are a lot of things that could go wrong but at least I will feel safe with

a wolf by my side wherever I go. If you say no I might try a fox next time.

Ice cream you scream we all scream for ice cream 2

This week we ate some goody-goody gum drops ice cream and just like the other one it was amazing. We write out our draft and asked our buddy to give us some feed back. Then we did our final copy and cheeked our work. I am ultimately proud of what I have write right here. hope you enjoy.

DRAFT

The pastel green cream with the rainbow sweets touched the tip of my tongue I felt more alive than I ever have before. It felt as if my taste buds were dancing on top of my tongue. As the cold, lumpy mixture was going down my throat it sent shivers down my spine. When I finished the cup I wanted to march down to the dairy and by 25 more tub of goody-goody gumdrops ice cream. Even though I am in class I still am having a great time.

FEED BACK

Your sentence is great but always put more information about what was the ice felt when Mr Mitchell open the ice cream lid.

FINAL COPY

Mr Mitchell opened the lid And I could smell the minty sweet ice cream from hear. The pastel green cream with the rainbow sweets touched the tip of my tongue I felt way more alive than I ever have before. It felt as if my taste buds were dancing on top of my tongue. As the cold, lumpy mixture was going down my throat it sent shivers down my spine. When I finished the cup I wanted to march down to the dairy and by 25 more tub of goody-goody gumdrops ice cream. Even though I am in class I still am having the time of my life. I loved the minty flavoured ice mixture and the bumpy, sugar coated lollies in the middle. I LOVE IT!

Respect Writing

These past week we have been writing about how the Wallabies lost to the All Blacks but still showed

respect. We all got given the same photo but still got different outcomes. We all did a draft at the start and

made sure to cheek the punctuation. Then we got a buddy to cheek our work and give us feedback. After

that we moved onto our final copy. I love what I have done and am proud of myself for what I have

accomplished.

As the All Blacks shake hands with the Wallabies they look in each others eyes and say “Good game” to

each other. Even if they lost they will still stand tall and be proud of what they have accomplished. The

Wallabies are sad that they lost but are still showing respect by congratulating the All Blacks for winning

the game.

Ice cream you scream we all scream for ice cream

This week we are writing about ice cream. We got to eat vanilla ice cream and then we had to write about it. First we did a draft just to get feed back from our buddy. Then we completed our writing by doing the final copy. I am proud of my work and I know that I have done a great job.

DRAFT
The pastel green cream with the rainbow sweets touched the tip of my tongue I felt more alive than I ever have before. It felt as if my taste buds were dancing on top of my tongue. As the cold, lumpy mixture was going down my throat it sent shivers down my spine. When I finished the cup I wanted to march down to the dairy and by 25 more tub of goody-goody gumdrops ice cream. Even though I am in class I still am having a great time.

FEED BACK
Your sentence is great but always put more information about what was the ice felt when Mr Mitchell open the ice cream lid.

FINAL COPY
Mr Mitchell opened the lid And I could smell the minty sweet ice cream from hear. The pastel green cream with the rainbow sweets touched the tip of my tongue I felt way more alive than I ever have before. It felt as if my taste buds were dancing on top of my tongue. As the cold, lumpy mixture was going down my throat it sent shivers down my spine. When I finished the cup I wanted to march down to the dairy and by 25 more tub of goody-goody gumdrops ice cream. Even though I am in class I still am having the time of my life. I loved the minty flavoured ice mixture and the bumpy, sugar coated lollies in the middle. I LOVE IT!

New Zealand's Sacred Mountains

Today for reading I am about to read New Zealand's sacred mountains and by the title I have found out some questions that I would like an answer to.

How many sacred mountains are their?

Where are the sacred mountains placed?

What are the names of the mountains?

I found out the sacred mountains are sleeping volcanoes that are waiting to erupt.

I also found out that the mountains were once gods and worries for the land.

The last thing that I have found out was only one volcano that was a woman.

We also read a book called The Battle Of The Mountains. I found out that these books are very similar because they are talking about the same story. The battler of the mountains was between the 6 brothers that had there love on the only woman mountain. They decited to have a battle for her love. she couldent stand it anymore so they split up and went there seprate ways.

The Big Friendly ... Monster

This week we have been learning how to elaborate on a picture. I thought that this was quite challenging because it was just a simple picture that we needed to write a WHOLE ENTIRE STORY with. I loved the challenge because I am a person who likes challenges.

The Big Friendly ... Monster

Trudging through the woods with big feet going BOOM, BOOM, BOOM until he reaches a little cottage. “Hahaha what do we have here” the monster said with a big evil grin on his face.

The monster found a cute, adorable kitten sleeping on a pink pillow with white polka dots. Then he grabbed the tiny marshmallow but the white fur ball went meow. The owner came in and saw the hideous monster and then saw the adorable kitten. He screamed and ran out of the house. Then monster said that he was going to have fun.

He took the kitten to his home and turned on the stove. The kitten nudged the monster and made the horrible beast smile. Right after he found out he pretended to be mean and horrible. He decided to go hunting instead from cooking the kitten. “1 more day. Then I will cook it”. He went hunting and found 2 deers, 3 chickens and 1 bear.

The next day he found himself hugging the kitten and screamed. The small white ball woke up and screamed “ MEEOOOW”. They started to become great friends but they both secretly wanted to be more.

The End

Her is the photo that we got given.