Recount On Marae Trip

Here is my recount about our trip to the Marae at Arahura.

This is a piece of writing that retells and evaluates (what you think) events or experiences.

Title A brief name for the experience or event.	The Arahura Marae
Orientation Tells when and where the event began and who was there.	Last week I went to the Arahura Marae and stayed the night at the Marae. I arrived at the Marae on Thursday morning and left on Friday morning. The senior school from Karoro school all went.I travelled with Mum and Billy and Bob.
Sequence of events Tells the events in the order they happened. You need to have a minimum of 3-4 events. Remember one topic per paragraph.  Your paragraph should have an introductory sentence use a time sequence word/phrase and then detail.	First, we had the powhiri process. It was pretty cool. Then we had morning tea I  liked morning tea, it was delicious because it had fruit and sandwiches.  After morning tea we shared  our mihi. I  felt very nervous but i did it.   After everyone did their mihi we had lunch outside.I sat with Daniel and  we saw a basket full of pounamu. There were some sharp pieces of pounamu and there was a carving tool. After lunch we went down to the river and looked for pounamu, I didn’t find any but a few kids did. Then we went to the beach to pick up rubbish. After we picked up rubbish we built sculptures of Poutini and my group came second equal. My version of Poutini looked very weird. Daniel made a grave for Waitaiki and it had bones in it.We used wood and stone to build Poutine and we used some tree bits that we found and Brighid’s rubber glove.We walked back to the Marae. We all set up our beds, they were mattresses on the floor. Once we did all that stuff we had dinner. Dinner was delicious. After dinner we did silent reading and quiet activities. We had smores and sung Waiata.
Personal Comment/Ending Tells how the experience/event ended and some thoughts you may have about it.	I had a horrible sleep but apart from that it was a good stay. The marae was lovely and I would like to go again.

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 practising 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 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 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.  

Create your piece of writing here Callan

  

Mr Taniwha   By Callan

My Taniwha’s head is shaped like a mountain with a cave. It has long spikes connected to the mouth like thorns in a prickle bush. Its tongue is longer than a mosasurase. It has koru patterns all over its body with 4 blood leaking teeth and a cracked tooth. It has points on the back of its head. He is bigger than the tallest person in the world. He is a  bodiless Taniwha . Mr Taniwha is mean, nice, and cool. Me and Mr taniwha go to the rā and the ISS (International Space Station). Then we go to the core of the Papatūānuku to get a lava drink.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Peer Evaluation   Name of Peer:

What I think you did well:  

What I think you could improve on:

Self Evaluation

What I think I did well: I think I did well at explaining where my taniwha and I go.

What I could improve on:  Not missing out words and making it make sense.  

Magic Box Poem

My Mihi

I made my mihi to tell people who I am. I made my mihi with Te Reo Maori. I recorded myself saying my mihi on screencastify.  I learnt how to pronounce the Maori words properly. I asked my dad what my mountain was and my river and my home town was. I put all the information on a google drawing. I used some family photos.

First Post

Welcome