For the past 2 weeks in Te Ngahere we have been learning to use  language features (metaphor) in our writing. I liked this task because it was my first time learning and understanding how to use a metaphor and when. My teacher whea Beeks said to me “sometimes less could be heaps and heaps could be less” In other words I had to choose quality over quantity. In saying that here is on I changed from heaps to less. “Fonz is a knife sharp and ever so often unsustainable” and this is what it was changed to. “Fonz is a knife, sharp as ever”  our walt was WALT: We are learning to use metaphors in our writing.

Yesterday in Te Ngahere we started to learn how to use metaphors in our writing. We wrote a poem about ourselves only using metaphors. We were not to use the words because,and I. We were to write five or more metaphors. I enjoy writing about myself one of my favorite one was Fonz is a humongous wall of knowledge but still getting bigger. What I can work on next time is to use better metaphors about myself. This is my first draft.

Metaphor Poem

Yesterday in Te Ngahere we started to learn how to use metaphors in our writing. We wrote a poem about ourselves only using metaphors. We were not to use the words because,and I. We were to write five or more metaphors. I enjoy writing about myself one of my favorite one was Fonz is a humongous wall of knowledge but still getting bigger. What I can work on next time is to use better metaphors about myself. This is my first draft.

Fonz is a Bugatti power full and slim

Fonz is a pair of Pumas flash and expensive

Fonz is a pair of track pants warm and cozy

Fonz is a great and fantastic bomber

Fonz is a laptop smart and slike

Fonz is a humongous wall of knowledge but still getting bigge r

Fonz is stronger than green stone

Fonz is Ktm dirt bike going full speed at his learning

Fonz is a lilac tree wildly swaying in the rough wind

In Te Ngahere we have been learning to make connections between different things we read or view to create new learning. I have made a quiz. I really enjoyed making the quiz and working on this topic; it was really fun. Next time I have to make more and difficult questions. Some things that i learnt were that at some beaches you can not fish or pick shellfish because there is a Rahui or ban there. Probably because of E.Coli or other dangerous things in the water. I think I did well with one of the topics that was ‘Kina Barren’.  In describing it and understanding the information there was about Kina barren, I contributed with my group to finish to the best of our ability. Link

In Te Ngahere we have been learning to say our pepeha confidently. I really liked writing and learning the tikanga behind my pepeha.  Link

                                              Reduce Reuse Recycle

In my classroom my class and I have been learning about why people should reduce,  reuse and recycle. I think we should do this because rubbish kills sea creatures. Us humans eat sea food like fish, I eat fish, you eat fish, so do we care what happens to our sea creatures? What happens when shopping centers like Countdown, Pac n Save, bands  plastic bags will it stop more sea life? Who knows we won't until the damage has been done.

                                      Other reasons why we should stop  littering

is because in  the world we have 100 million tons of plastic, in the ocean  per year. That's what causes global warming that means if all of the icebergs  melt then water levels well start to rise rapidly. The impact of global warming can change the earth so why do people litter? People litter because they don't feel like the are responsible for the place they are littering in. Why and when will people stop littering should the the government make a law about littering, like how in public areas have signs no smoking,dogs,liquor,guns should the law do something like that?

Last week in Te Nanghere we wrote persuasive writing about reduce,reuse,recycle. We wrote these so other people could stop littering because it kills sea animals,and birds. My things I have to work on is capitals, commas,and full stops.

last week Te Ngahere made a visual mihi. We done our visual mihis because it helps us remember what the mihi means. We have to describe under the pictures what they are and what it means. We made them on a google drawing.