Day and Night explanation.

For reading we have been learning about space and our solar system.  We learnt about why we have day and night.  Here is my DLO (digital learning object) about why I think we have day and night.

My Taniwha, Writing

For the past few weeks we have been practicing using descriptive language in our writing. We have been trying to 'paint pictures with words.' We all got to invent our own taniwha. We all drew our own taniwha and then we all had to write about it and describe what it looks like, what we do with our taniwha and what our taniwha is like. Then we read our work to a buddy and they had a go at drawing our taniwha.

Create and Describe Your Own Creature

(Nogard - taniwha)

WALT: be descriptive in our writing.  

Look at the description of a Nogard.  Now Create and describe your own creature that you will then be able to read to a buddy so that they can draw it.  Your description must be as detailed and clear as possible so that when you share it with others they will be able to visualise and draw you creature. Use lots of adjectives (describing words - big, small, round, green).

You must .....

• Have a name for your creature
• Start from the big things and work your way to the smaller things
• Describe the shapes
• Describe its neck, body, tail, wings etc.
• What does its head look like?Think about its eyes, nose, eyebrows, mouth, teeth
• Describe its legs/flippers/fins etc.
• What colours is it?
• Any extra details on the body like scales, spikes etc.
• Keep it simple and clear!
• Use correct punctuation and spelling.
• Check that your sentences make sense.

Remember that a good writer ‘paints’ pictures in their reader’s head with words.   This is what good descriptive writing does.  

Mackenzie

Tere the Taniwha

Have You Ever Seen A Taniwha? Well I Have. His name is Tere. Tere has a long green body which is  green like the  leaves on a tree. Tere has a long pointy triangle whero and pango tail and Big dark kikorangi wings like the sea. His two wings sit on his back. Tere has a medium oval shaped Parauri head. He has four small legs that are as whero as fire.  He has pointy ears and small Pango spikes on his back that go down to his tail and on his head. He also has green eyes and sharp pointy teeth as green as the grass. Tere is kind to me and gentle with me. He lives in the river near a small village. Tere let's me get on his back and we go up to the sky way above the clouds and sometimes we see Ranginui. We sometimes fly to different countries for the day. Tere sometimes takes me down to the bottom of the river and we stay down there for ages. We sometimes see Tangaroa kids at the bottom and we sometimes also see Tangaroa.

I love going to visit my Taniwha Tere.

My Taniwha.                                                    Rebekah's drawing of my Taniwha.

Peer Evaluation   Name of Peer:  Rebekah

What I think you did well:  I think Mackenzie described her Taniwha really well.

What I think you could improve on: I don’t think Mackenzie needs to improve on anything.

Self Evaluation

What I think I did well: I think that I described my Taniwha well and the shapes if it's body.

What I could improve on: I think that I could describe my head and body better and described how long the tail was.