~My Speech draft/plan~

This is the speech that I wrote...

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~Speech plan~

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Speech is about - Little brothers and sisters-things you should know about (The Good, the o-k, and the Ugly/bad )

What type of speech? - Information

Ideas - (for each paragraph)

1. The good things about brothers and sisters - you can make them do things for you.

2. The o-k things that they can do. - being annoying & believing in things that are not real.

3. the bad things and ugly things - fights and being physical. Also they (might) know your secrets/embarrassing stuff and telling their friend and humiliating you and making you mad...

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Intro :

-Hook

-explain topic and why you are choosing this topic.

Paragraph 1 : (strongest idea)

The good

Paragraph 2 : ( 2nd strongest idea)

The o-k

Paragraph 3 : (3rd strongest idea)

The bad and ugly

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P1 - The good-making them (literally) servants for you.

P2 - Things that they do that are o-k-saying dumb things like fairies or superheroes (like superman) is real. Believing dumb things.

P3 - The bad-Fights and hurting you or (with older siblings) being plain mean and bullying you.

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intro -

Sister - SISTER!!! COME PLAY BARBIE WITH ME PLEASE!!!

NO! Not now!

Sister - WHY? *Says enthusiastically* OOH DID YOU FIND FAIRIES?

I'm making a speech! Gosh can you please go away?!

Sorry about that... If you're smart enough you should know what my speech is about... Yes. Having a older or younger brother or sister. There are bad and good parts to it... So pretty much this is all about what they do.... So people if you have a brother or sister you better listen!

Paragraph 1 -

Firstly people want to know why having a brother or sister can be good...With a older brother or sister you could borrow really cool stuff from them... well it applies if you’re older sister is a girl and you’re a girl or if your older brother is a boy and you are... Personally I’m the oldest in my family and seriously my little sister keep asking for my stuff! If you’ve got a younger sister you can literally make them your servant... I’m not kidding... Just say something like... If you get me my book from my desk then you get a blah blah blah or atleast something like that... Bribe them with something they like but it can’t be expensive... make it little but nice and something they like!

Paragraph 2 -

Next we’re up to the between good and bad part, the O-K part. These are normally things that can annoy you but not as much as the bad and ugly parts...

Little sisters or brothers can find fairies, magical ponies, superheroes and like flying cars real. If they have EVER blabbed about how when they grow up they will be like barbie and save wild horses or superman and save people from a exploding building or something...

Yes. We get it! I mean seriously...! Just ignore it!

With older brothers or sisters they can find themselves like 'the boss' and has to tell you what is awesome these days or things they don't like about you.*says it poshy annoying like* *OMG! That shirt you're wearing was so last year!* or *ewww since when was lego cool?*

If it’s that IGNORE IT. Who cares? You like what you like and that makes your different right? I like horses and Taylor Swift... my little sister likes Pigs and One Direction. Differences are good!

Paragraph 3 -

*gasps* Yes! We are up to the bad and ugly parts of having a brother or a sister!

No one -believe me- likes bad things...

Fights. Those are one of the bad parts of having a brother or sister... Fights.

Normally the fights are about normal things like... who is going on the computer first or about if One Direction is better or if Taylor Swift is better... WARNING! They can get physical... What do I do though? If they or older or younger let them have their way! YES! I’m saying let them win if you're fighting about what is better... BUT when you're fighting about getting something or using something... it may come to... PARENTS! YES! THE POWER OF PARENTS! BUT-If you don’t want the power of parents share it or... be nice! JUST QUIT FIGHTING!!! Another thing is that sometimes they know your dirty or deep dark secrets that you told them or they found out... Another part of that would also be embarrassing moments! Once your brother or sister have got their hand on it they will be dying to tell someone and make you look like a fool! Look and act like if you don’t care... what they want from you is anger and humiliation! DON’T... AND I MEAN DON’T Look sad... look as if it never happened and carry on!

Conclusion -

*says sadly* Yes... This speech has come to an end...

Sister - SISTER YOU DONE YET?

PLEASE Just wait a bit longer!!!

Sister - OK!!! I’LL GO FIND A TALKING BUTTERFLY!

So guys you know how to put up with  annoying sisters and brothers.. REMEMBER Siblings are not always that bad... Just be you and be nice!

Well... CYA! I’M OFF TO PLAY BARBIE OR FIND TALKING BUTTERFLY’S WITH MY LITTLE SISTER!

*skips off*

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In the end I was in the speech finals! Even though I didn't get 1st, 2nd or 3rd I was happy that I got a chance anyway!

~Sophia :D

~Ngā ingoa Māori~Homework~

Below is the slideshow of my homework this week. We has to find the Maori name of New Zealand places and the meaning. I found some all the names but not all of the meanings... some of them just said where it was located and some of them made no sense... Enjoy!




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I think this weeks homework was harder than the other ones that we have done. I learnt new things and facts. I think this was also pretty fun! 

~Sophia!!! :D

~Converting numbers to words~

In the past few weeks I have been learning to convert numbers into words. Below is what I have learnt to do...

1. 4,309 - Four thousands, three hundred and nine.

2. 64,060 - Sixty four thousands and sixty.

3. 89,401 - Eighty nine thousands, four hundred and one.

4. 669,320 - Six hundred and sixty nine thousands, three hundred and twenty

5. 509,000 - Five hundred and nine thousands.

6. 1,101,388 - One million, one hundred and one thousands and three hundred and eighty eight.

7. 75,309,999 - Seventy five million, three hundred and nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine.

8. 45,021,306 - Forty five million, twenty one thousand and three hundred and six.

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I think this was a bit harder once it got to a bigger number and I had to remember if it was in the million or thousand place and how to write it down. I think I am better than before and more confident. My next step is to keep practising it and go onto even bigger numbers.

~Sophia :)

~Bobbatacious~Writing~

~Bobbatacious~

In these 2 images it shows what I did for my Writers Workshop. One of the picture shows the whole thing but the other one is zoomed in so you can see the writing. 

Me and Catherine did this together and planed it out and then published it. Enjoy!

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For my writing I found it fun and easy. We decided to do an advertisement because it suited it more. We planned everything out in our books and then went onto Pages and choose a template and started! We use nearly everything we wanted that we wrote down in our books and then added new interesting things.

I really like doing advertisements because it does not take that much time and it just easy and fun!

My next step is to keep going on with this but just use different topics and ideas.

~Sophia :D

~Writing Explanation~

~How rubbish can kill~

Rubbish can seem like nothing but really it does a lot... even killing.

You might be wondering...but how can rubbish kill?

Well this will explain...

So lets say someone drops a candy wrapper on the beach. The wind blows the candy wrapper into the water and it floats away.

Soon a bird comes swooping up the wrapper thinking it is a fish.

The bird eats it not knowing it is a plastic candy wrapper.

Soon as it eats more and more plastic thinking it is food, the bird gradually dies because the plastic fills up their bellies that they are not able to have space for other food.

Not only is it just birds that eat plastic it is also... Turtles, sharks and other marine life too.

Strange things end up in the animals belies... lighters, toothbrushes and way more!

We can stop this now, if we top throwing rubbish and litter everyday and we reduce, reuse and recycle we could save loads of birds from eating plastic and dying from it.

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This is my explanation writing. We had to explain the cause of how birds and marine dies from plastic and litter. I decided to do mine kind of like a story because it was easier and it still had the message I wanted to have. Mrs Paton (our student teacher) helped up with it and told us what to do step by step and it helped me. 
We had a worksheet where we had to plan what we were going to write and stuff.
I think I still need to work on writing a explanation but next time I will try to use more interesting words and make it just better.

~Sophia :P

~Bridge to Terabitha~Review~

~Bridge to Terabitha Review~

-Book-
I think Bridge to Terabitha is a great book to read and use for learning because you can find many different different ways to use it.
 The story itself is very cool because it has different parts that are very interesting and parts where you just love it! I like how the author (Kathrine Paterson) made Jess and Leslie both different and how when they became friends they were like this special bond which was one of the main things in the book.
 With this book in Rom 20 we have learnt what the purpose of the characters were and the differences from Leslie and Jess. Everybody in Room 20 loved the book and put lots of work into it.
Bridge to Terabitha is one of those books is where once you start reading it you don't want to put it down, and that's what makes it so amazing! 

-Movie-
The movie and the book are both very cool. When room 20 watched the movie after we finished reading the book we spotted differences and part they added to make it more interesting like Janice Avery blocking the toilets to show she is the school bully, she is mean and you won't want to mess with her!
With the movie it shows the picture they want you to see but in the book you have to imagine it in your head. 
It's amazing just like the book and it's a great movie!

~Sophia