LockDown Memories 2021

 LI: To tell a story through images that reflects our experiences in the current Covid Alert Level 3 and 4 Lockdown that we can display in our class in Term 4.

This years lockdown has been really hard and doing online learning is also very hard because you run out of things to write and things to put on you your blogs but my parents know how to keep my learning moving so that I have lots of blogs for others to read.

Who am I?

 LI: To find information that answers your questions and tell us about an important person in history in your own words.

This DLO shows information about very well known people from America to Tongan some you might know or some you might not, we had to find information and tell them in our own words.

The thing I found fun about this activity is that I could learn new things about these famous people.

Character Excitment Chart

 LI: To explore how events in a story can change the emotions of a character

Our task was to create an excitement chart to plot the level of action and character’s emotions over time in our manga stories.

It was interesting because I got to write about my Character and I got to write my Characters Excitement on chart called Character Excitement.

Manga Comic

 LI: To illustrate our writing in the style of anime/manga

Our challenge today was to turn the events in our 6 sentence stories into a manga comic strip. I enjoyed because this because I got to write about my favourite person in Anime.

This activity was fun because I got to make my own story about Kageyama

6 Sentence Story

 LI: Use 6 sentences to set up the structure of a narrative

To help us put our learning this week together we were asked to write a 6 sentence story. This story will be used as the text in our manga comic DLO. 

List Poem

 LI: To write a list poem that describes a topic by painting a picture with your words.

Today we wrote list poems about an anime character. Our challenge was to use descriptive language features to paint a clear picture with our words

I enjoyed writing this poem because I got to pretened to act like my charater in a poem.

Cinquain Poem

 LI: To write a cinquain poem to describe an anime character

This week we have been exploring the world of anime and manga. Our challenge today was to write a cinquain poem to help us strengthen our connections to description that describes our favourite anime/manga character. A cinquain poem has 5 lines. Each line has a different purpose. Line 1 is a noun which is a name. Line 2 has 2 adjectives taht describe the noun. Line 3 has 3 verbs that end in ‘ing’ and describe the actions. Line 4 is a noun phrase which is a group of words (not a sentence) that go together to describe the noun. Line 5 is a synonym which is a word with a similar meaning to the noun. 

Katsudo Shashin Animation

LI: to create an animation

One of the oldest surviving pieces of Japanese animation may be a nameless, dateless, approximately 3-second film known as “Katsudo Shashin“ (literally “Action Photo“). It simply features a boy writing the words 活動写真 katsudo shashin and then doffing his cap.

Our challenge

today was to use our animation skills to create our own 3 second ‘action photo’ using our own manga character.

I enjoyed this because I got to learn somethings new well doing this.

Own Design Character Profile

 LI: To create a character profile

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Our challenge was to design our own anime/manga character. Our next challenge was to draw the character on our chromebooks or on paper. I chose to draw my character on chormebook because it helps me to draw on paper

Our final challenge was to write a paragraph that describes our character.

I enjoyed this challenge because I got to explain my persons personality. 

Anime/Manga Character Profile

LI: To create a character profile

Our challenge was to choose our favourite anime/manga character. Our next challenge was to draw the character on our chromebooks or on paper. I chose to draw my character on chormebook because I had all ready started on it.

Our final challenge was to write a paragraph that describes our character and explains why this character is your favourite

I enjoyed this challenge because I got to show who I wanted to be in my own volleyball team. 

The History of Manga

LI: To read for meaning and understanding

Our challenge today was to complete a reading comprehension about the history of Manga to show that we are reading for meaning and understanding. Our final challenge in this activity was to create a DLO to share the information we found out. A fact I found interesting is how different the Japanese comics are to US comics because I thought all comics were the same.

Maths

LI: To define the terms and understand the properties of 2D shapes.

                

Our challenge today was to answer some questions about geometry some of the questions were about line segments and vertexs and vertices it was really fun to do geometry. Because I got to evolve my learning on geometry and find out new ways to get the answer to the questions.

Customised Shoes

 LI:To show our passion by designing shoes.

These shoes represent my favourite basketball player which is Michael Jordan and my favourite culture is Tongan. One day I'm going to be like Michael Jordan and make my own shoes and I'm going to call them Air Tahaafes which represents my last name and then I'm going to make more and more different kind of shoes and be sponsored by Nike, All Stars and Adidas which are my 3 FAVOURITE SHOE BRANDS.  

Recreating Famous Artworks

 LI: To use Google Draw to recreate a famous artwork

LI: To use your knowledge of colour and colour mixing to replicate the colours used in the artworks.

This week we have been learning about famous artworks and colour mixing. The artwork I chose was "The Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh This artwork was painted in July 1889 It was painted because Theo intended to promote his elder brother's work after Vincent's death Today it can be found in MoMA in New York City I enjoyed this challenge because I got to recreate the famous painting "The Starry Night"

Maths

 LI: To define the terms and understand the properties of 2D shapes.

Our challenge today was to find the definitions of a 2D shape then draw the shape. I chose to draw my own/use the shapes tool because I think its a fun thing to do I found this maths interesting because I got search for other maths shape. 

Maths

LI: To find, explain and fix the error

Our challenge today was to find, explain and fix the error in the examples given. I have chosen to share this example because the activity helped me think about the strategies I have learnt about.
I enjoyed this activity because I got to learn new things about maths 

Hello/Goodbye poem

LI: To paint a picture with my words

Lockdown

Hello lockdown Goodbye waking up to the pouring rain and knowing you have to walk to school. Hello lockdown Goodbye Big Mac’s at McDonalds.  Hello lockdown Goodbye getting dressed in school uniform. Hello lockdown Goodbye basketball games against other schools at Tamaki college.  Hello lockdown Goodbye waking up and having to get ready for school. Hello lockdown Goodbye having a conversation with friends in person.  Hello lockdown Goodbye School lunches.  Hello lockdown Goodbye hanging out with my friends on the basketball court. Hello lockdown Thank you for giving us more time to spend as a family.

This morning Miss Sheena joined our online Meet and taught us how to write a Hello/Goodbye poem. This poem shows the contrast between things lockdown made us leave behind and the things lockdown gives us the opportunity to do. 

I enjoyed doing this because it lets me share my thoughts with others.

Fred’s Decision

 LI: To use smart searching skills

Part of our reading challenge today was to use our smart searching skills to find facts about geese. One fact I found interesting was that geese help others when needed because it shows they like to care for each other

What is a million?

 LI: To understand how to make a List Poem.

What is a million? A million is the past and future success I have made in life A million is the bonds I have created with others  The things I have done to get where I am today The self esteem I have in myself to get better and better each day                  It is the memories I make with family from when the sun rises to when the moon comes    It is the limits I surpass in my trials of life                   A million is not only a word but a accomplishment that everyone can find

Today I wrote a list poem about what is a million? It is a really cool activity to do bacause it makes you think about things in life and is a good opportunity to express your self with such powerful words that can blow yours and other peoples minds. My favourite part about this activity was I got to paint a picture of what I'm saying. 

  

Pixelart

 LI: To create an animated gif file.

We used pixelart to create a self portrait. The  challenge was to create an animated gif file to make our pictures blink or smile.

I found out how to make a gif on Pixelart.

I enjoyed this because I got to learn how tomake my own gif.