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Sharp is a group activity that we attend once a week to learn to think accurately while reading that is run by the teacher. During sharp we unpack sentences and read stories with a group of students at our level. By doing this weekly we improve our level of reading because we begin to deeply understand the texts.

After sharp, my classmates and I were set two tasks to do around the story we read. This task was to create a news interview; interviewing 2 people who attend the school in the story we read. To achieve this task I used wevideo. First I recorded the clips; then I edited them together.

Who would you like to be in this story?

My Pepha

 In class during manaiakalani today, we learnt our pepha. A pepha is a piece that show who you are. Showing your ancestry, where you came from and how you get to where you are now, and your surroundings. Personally, I have known mine of by heart because I had to learn mine in primary school. Do you know yours?

I created this screencastify on Tour Builder to present it in a interesting way. I also made a hard copy on Poster My Wall. Though I struggled to spell all of the maori words; I found it easy to present it in interesting and different ways then the original idea. I hope you can learn more about me through this post. 

Do you agree?

Today in class we had to write an essay. Using the app WTE, I created this piece. WTE is an online tool that teaches to write.  ON this app there is 12 different sentence styles; these improve your writing and make it more interesting. This app is good because it marks your work; giving you feedback. Luckily, WTE has modules and tasks as well teaching many skills.

Personally, I found it harder to write the essay then to show it in a eye catching and interesting way. How would you present your essay? What app would you use? Have you written an essay before? What was it about. 

Under the Sea with Hannah and Georgia!

During minakalani in class today, we had to make a video using some maori words. We used an app that changes our voice recording to sound like were under water. What maori do you know?

Language Features - WTE

Hi,  Welcome back! A few days ago I finished my WTE activities. Write That Essay is a literacy site were we learn different styles of sentences and ways to improve our writing. As apart of this site we have activity sheets we have to complete. Those are what I will be sharing with you today.

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