Stop Animal Slaughter

Recently in the class, we have been doing some persuasive writing. For us to complete this task, we needed a: introduction, 4 reasons and a conclusion. We first planned out writing in 4 four boxes. Those 4 boxes are our 4 main reasons about the topic we were writing about. I chose 'Why Should We Stop Killing Animals?' and I stated my reasons. What I enjoyed: I really enjoyed writing about a topic that really needs to be spread out in the world. I was very passionate about this and did my best.

What I found difficult: It was difficult sometimes because I wanted to make sure anyone could understand what I was saying and so I began to doubt myself. I found it hard to keep on writing because there was some research about the downside of going vegan or people hunting down animals for fun. It was hard because we never really what's going on in the wildlife.

What I could do next time: Next time I could make another version of this but a little more easier to understand and read for those who are younger so I can get the message across all ages.

Why Should We Stop Killing Animals?

For a very long time now animals have been used for food, clothing, and testing. We are rapidly losing animals, and we need to make a change immediately before it is too late. Please, take your time to read my reasons on why we should stop killing animals.

Firstly, we are slaughtering and torturing animals for our unnecessary needs. For example, poachers dehorn rhinos and use it for a medicine that does not work or used as a dagger handle. A poacher can dehorn a rhino without harming their skull, and their horn will eventually grow back. Although, how can a mother shield her young from predators without a horn?

Moreover, humans cannot live without animals just as we cannot live without trees. If animals suddenly disappear, forests and grasslands would die because they depend on animals. Most plants and crops rely on animal pollinators to procreate. If we lose many animal pollinators such as bees; there is a possibility that we may lose all plants. The world will struggle without bees because they pollinate most plants.

In my opinion, I truly believe that us humans can survive without eating animals. A plant-based diet is healthy because it consists of all the vitamins and nutrients our bodies need to stay alive. Even though if we lose pollinator species; it would be too late to go vegan. Many people go vegan to prevent animals from being slaughtered and to help save the environment. Did you know, over 150 million animals killed each day for food?

Lastly, animals have feelings too. Humans are not the only living beings that can feel emotions. They feel pain, sadness, and anger the same way we do. It is unfair that numerous animals are killed each day for us to eat them later on for our pleasure. They have families, friends, and - feelings. Please ensure, the next time you decide to eat an animal; think about the torture and trauma they go through.

To summarize, we shouldn't kill animals to save the environment, decrease animal extinction and endangerment; and last but not least, have more justice for animals. What are your thoughts on this topic? Do you agree or disagree with my reasons? If you disagree with my opinions, why? I'd love to hear from other perspectives.

The Man in the Cabin

WALT:

- Use paragraphs to link similar ideas together.

- Write in structured, well developed paragraphs that flow well from one to the next within the text.

- Use linking words and phrases to link paragraph for effect.

In class, we are learning to do paragraph writing.  We used this image as our writing prompt.  Everyone has described this image uniquely.  Before writing the paragraphs, we also used our five senses to help us write.
The five senses are see, hear, feel, taste and smell.  Of course, we cannot smell or taste the image, we had to think what the man could probably smell or what we would smell or taste if we put ourselves into the man's shoes.

We needed to make sure we stayed on topic and that we didn't drift off to another subject.

He sat there, waiting to be freed from what seems to be his fate.  He knew it would finally happen but not this soon. You can hear his weeping and his begging to be set free as if he didn’t do any crime.  His heart aches with the endless feeling of dysphoria kept deep inside of him. There is a putrid scent coming off him; he’s beginning to smell like a dead rotting rat.   His ability to speak or even scream for freedom had been drained from his body.  

Throughout the day, he can hear people scurrying pass to avoid unwanted attention from the man.  Some people get by quick enough to shun his wails, but most aren’t very lucky. His cries traumatize the bypassers and leave them wondering what kind of beast is inside.  At the end of the day, his breath becomes short and unstable. He gasps for the contaminated air and begins to bawl his eyes out considering it was his only way to fall asleep.

As he awakens, the taste of his own bitter tears were still there from the previous night.  His tears have been the only drop of water he’s had in a while. From day to day, he impatiently waits for the guards to eventually drop by and splash him with freezing water.  That is what he called a shower and the only to keep himself hydrated. What I enjoyed: I enjoyed using the five senses to help with our writing because we can use unique words we haven't heard of and learning new synonyms for simple words. What I found difficult; I had trouble with linking the paragraphs because I wanted to make sure my paragraphs made sense and that I didn't go off topic. What I could do next time: Use more punctuation.

My Loving Mother

Since Mother's Day is coming up, this week our class wrote a character description about our mother's, sisters or aunties.

Character Descriptions

WALT….

• Write a Character description
• Use ‘show not tell’ in our writing

My Mother 

My mother has got beautiful copper-coloured medium length hair. It gleams whenever the sun hits her hair. She has one graceful smile that shines brighter than the stars! My mother has angelic looking eyes; her eye smile goes along with her laugh. Even though she may be short, I know she has a big heart.

My mother is very fun-loving; she showers her undying love onto us. She fills the whole house with her laughter and happiness. She makes sure we have eaten or checks on us whenever we feel down. She's a protective mother; she does what she can to keep us safe from harm. 

She makes us feel cherished and supported. My family feels lucky to have a mother and a teacher, whenever I need a hand with school work she will always be there to help. Her laugh and smile is contagious when she smiles I smile. She teaches many other children and helps them learn to more about a subject. 

My mother doesn't like a messy house or a messy room. She likes to be neat and tidy, but sometimes she gets a little bit lazy. She cleans whenever she gets the time because she's exhausted or busy with her work. She gets a wee bit grumpy when my room is untidy because most of the time I also get lazy.

Lastly... I love my mother.

Pig the Pug's Personality

WALT….

• Write a Character description
• Use ‘show not tell’ in our writing

Pig the Pug - Pig the Pug, the pug with the gigantic brown eyes and each one looks different ways.  He has such an abnormal body, he has rolls stacking on top of rolls.  He’s got a big bulbous body with stubby little arms and legs.  His body is… Somehow strange.  Pig the Pug has a bean bag looking figure, he may also look like many other things.  Some parts of him really don’t make sense.

Pig the Pug is self-centred, all he cares about is himself and only himself.  He wants everyone's attention and he wants everyone to know that he's a star.  He is such a stuck up little dog it will make you go crazy! He craves attention and he will steal attention whether you like it or not.  His actions are so peculiar and confusing it causes you to wonder if Pig the Pug is even a dog.  Pig the Pug is pushy, he bosses everyone around as if they work for him and he wants everything to go his way.  He is inevitable...

One jumbo dog with a wicked personality.  Pig the Pug, a controlling little pest, he makes everyone a victim of his malicious behaviour.  He's famous for stealing the spotlight and making others feel like they're nothing.  He shuns those who are 'worthless' to him… Well basically, everyone is a nobody to him.  He just wants to fill the void inside of him.

Pig the Pug is like an alien... Some kind of dog alien.  Honestly, his behaviour is out of this world and his room is a whole other planet.  You'd imagine him with a tiny wee crown and a throne to match his 'queen bee' personality but no.  His jumble of clothes is everywhere, it's puzzling how his trash can is so empty and his room looks like a landfill!  Food crumbs are here and there, it also stinks as if something had died.  Bits and pieces of his toys are always found even if you don't intend on finding anything.

What I did well:I'm happy with all 4 paragraphs because I really did my best.

What I enjoyed:
I enjoyed using more descriptive and interesting words that I haven't used before.

What I could do next time:
I need to work on some sentences to make my writing more clearer and use more punctuation.

PUG FALLS OUT A WINDOW

PUG FALLS OUT A WINDOW

Pig the Pug recently fell off a pile of his toys… But did he fall or was he pushed?

 An eyewitness, Trevor, who is now currently on trial described the situation as we

interviewed him.

“I saw it, I saw it with my own eyes!  He piled all of his toys together, climbed to the

top and started to shout.  Then his pile wobbled to the left… and then to the right, next

thing you know he’s out the window!”

However, in the background of Trevor’s talking, Pig the Pug was wheezing out,

“He shoved m-me!” The words gave us a big surprise.  No questions were asked since

Pig the Pug was taken to the hospital. Trevor was asked non-stop but he kept on

denying the fact he pushed Pig the Pug.

There were no other witnesses; therefore, Trevor was the one who yelped for help.

To be continued...

The learning objective is to know how to write a newspaper report, to understand the structural features of a newspaper report and to understand the language features of a newspaper report.

 

Extraordinary Lightning

WALT:  Use a range of figurative language to describe a moment in time.

The lightning flashed brightly, it could light up the whole country!  A violent strike occurs again.  Its colors blazed through the deep and dark night sky as it shook the trees, bushes, and houses nearby.  Suddenly, a gleaming blue accompanies the pearly white light,  They clashed together in a cruel way...

BANG!  

A big roar was let out. The wind screeched and cried as it blew flowers down and yanked them out of the ground.  Lightning flared once again, it was brightest one of all.  This woke those who were in a deep slumber or perhaps hibernating.  Once you've woken up... You can't get back to sleep.
What I did well:
I did well on using descriptive language and using more exciting words.

What I could do next time:
Next time I could make my writing a bit longer.
I enjoyed: I enjoyed using unique words.

Showered In Thoughts

WALT: Show not tell. We are learning to write to imply. We are showing what we are feeling, not tell. What feeling could you infer from my piece of writing? I found it hard to use different describing words to describe the feeling without telling. I did well on describing how I felt before going on stage to do something. Next time I could shorten the writing.

My heart drops to my stomach.  Quick deep breaths. Bright lights lit the stage up showing the graceful dancer.  There my body stood. Completely frozen and unsettled. Sweat was already making its way down the side of my face.  It felt like a shower but only in sweat. My face heated up, my cheeks turned a deep dark red. The music suddenly stopped.  My heart felt like it stopped. I didn’t blink for a minute. I could feel vomit coming up but I held it back. Everything and everyone went silent… I realised I was supposed to be on!  Tears formed and slid down my boiling cheeks. It felt like swimming in a pool full of anxiety, fear and many other thoughts swimming along with me. My eyelids were heavy as my heart beat calmed.  My eyes closed… The chatter from the audience dug into me; hearing different whispers every second. Mouths moving constantly. Not one or two made me feel better, they were getting frustrated..

Cellphones shall not be banned!

WALT: Write a persuasive text. Should cellphones be banned in schools?

There was once a time where phones hadn't existed.  Now they do, you see them everywhere. In someone's hand, pocket or even in their bag. Before we had this advanced technology, we had flip phones.  Then, those were replaced with attractive favoured phones. Where you actually touch the screen, I mean back then we had buttons on phones. Okay okay, I'll get to the main topic.

Should phones be banned in schools?  Tweens and teens have phones now. It could possibly change them in a way where they would use their phones 24/7.

Firstly,  I disagree with this because phones can help you in a way.  I recommend the age of 12, for a child to start bringing a device to school.  Imagine this: The bell had just rung, students are leaving. You notice that no one has come to pick you up.  Your phone! Your phone is in your bag. You take it out and decide to ring your parents. You've informed them that you can now be picked up.  A phone can help you contact someone. You could possibly tell them about your day or just have a normal conversation.

Furthermore, phones can give a child or teenager a full responsibility for the phone.  It can help them look after their own things as they are growing older each year. But, it may take over them and could get the feeling of using their phone all the time.  Although, you can tell them when to stop using their phone or give them a time limit on how long they can use a phone. So, they will get used to the time limit and will know for themselves on when to stop.

Finally, a phone can give facts about the day.  An example is, you can set a calendar and will tell you about the events coming up for the day.  It can help you from forgetting things like a test or an activity that may happen in the day. A phone can give you facts about the recent news.  It might probably tell you about the weather and how cold or hot it might be. Phones can actually help you wake up in the morning by setting the alarm, the ringing will mainly wake you up so you can start getting ready for the day.  Most of us would probably sleep through it, but it's worth a try.

In conclusion, I feel that phones shall not be banned from schools because they are what we need to help us throughout the day.  A calendar to remind you, an alarm to wake you, a responsibility to help you and lastly a way to contact people.

What I learnt: I learnt how to use different words for a new sentence and how to back up my reasons correctly on why phones shouldn't be banned in schools. What I enjoyed: I enjoyed writing the whole persuasive text because persuasive writing is my favourite way to convince people about how I see things. What I found difficult: I mostly found it difficult is to actually come up with different reasons and I had some seconds thoughts on disagreeing with the topic but I finally chose my way to disagree. What I need to work on: Next time I could work on giving my opinions more of an understanding information to give my readers a chance to know what I am saying so no one would go 'huh?'.

My family holiday!

My holiday with my family!



My holiday wasn’t quite a big of a holiday, but at least I got to spend it with my family… 
I am going to tell you all about my holiday that I spent with my amazing family.  It may be an ‘Eh, boring’ holiday, I know, but it’s better to have it with your family rather than having it being you all by yourself with no one to be with be such a loner… It doesn’t matter what you think about this, but I need to share this family holiday with you. :)

Firstly, my family and I went on a helicopter!  No, I’m just kidding, but what I did was also pretty cool.  My family and I watched two great movies that came out, though I can’t seem to know which one was my favourite.  Infinity War or Rampage?  They’re both cool movies, my dad and I really wanted to see Rampage first so we watched that one first.  And all I can say is that to make sure your Gorilla isn’t 10x bigger than its usual size the next day.

Then, we would sometimes take walks around Wigram.  It was very calming, the weather was nice enough to be outside and enjoy the shining sun.  It felt good to be outside, though on some days it was quite windy.  Sometimes, my mom and I would start taking a walk during the evening and the sun was setting down.  I would gaze at the sunset, which had light blue sky and beautiful peach clouds.  I could stare at it all day until it would fade away as the night sky comes out.  It was cold in the evening but it’s fine with me, the cold doesn’t bother me as much as it does to other people.  If I remember, I would bring my phone during the walks so I could take a photo of the sunset.

After, my sister and I started taking piano lessons.  We call our teacher, ‘Teacher Gracey’.  I enjoy playing the piano because I’ve always wanted to play the piano ever since I fell in love with music.  Music is my get away, it distracts me from bad thoughts and the world.  The world is basically muted for me when I start playing my music.  Even if I’m sad, I still find the time to listen to music, my music changes when my mood is different.  Say, when I’m sad, I’ll listen to sad songs. 



Then, it soon had been my last few days of the holidays…  It was fun and I can’t wait for the next holiday.



After the holidays, we needed to write a recount of our holidays.  Like what we did, or what we may have seen during those free days off school.  My holiday wasn't quite a big one but I present you my holiday with my family.

What I did well:
I think I aced my whole recount, I tried to put more of what I am like into my writing.

What I enjoyed:
I enjoyed thinking back into what I have done in the holidays and picturing it in my head and feeling like I was doing it all over again.

What I could do next time:
Next time, I could take a leap and use more punctuation.

Punctuation Writing

WALT: To use punctuation correctly.

Hyphens And Dashes

WALT: Add a hyphen or dash to change the meaning.

Free Writing

The most fabulous squirrel :)

One beautiful morning a little squirrel has hidden little many secrets that no one knows.  What does he do?  Oh well he saves the world from many dangers, scream for help and he will come right away since he has amazing hearing.  One time he saved someone from nearly drowning in their car.  Hey!  Don’t say I’m lying, you maybe thinking ‘This squirrel is too small to do all these things, what a big liar!’.  Don’t judge a book by it’s cover because they may have amazing talents that they never show.  

This little squirrel received his powers by working extra hard on becoming strong.  One stormy night he got struck by lightning while walking home, he did not get hurt by how strong he was.  How does he hide his secret so well?  No one knows his secret or neither no one knows that he is the ‘Super Squirrel’.  Other squirrels talk about him but he doesn’t try and get into the conversation because they may ask him if he knows who ‘Super Squirrel’ is.   He saves people because he wants to see how bad the world is and want them to make a big change in their lives.

He wants the world to change into a better place to live in.  Right now this earth he is living in is a big DISASTER!  Litter everywhere and bad guys stealing things that don’t belong to them.  One fine day he found a little zip that could change him into a superman costume!  He has found his inner-superman.  Does anyone know him?  Yes, only one person knows him and that person is not a squirrel but a human.  This squirrel has got missions everyday to save the earth from things that could change the world forever!  

Maybe one day you’ll be a superhero of your own that could also save the earth.

THE END

BY YSABEL.

WALT:

To use punctuation correctly.

Diagram of a bird

Explanation Writing

Why makes Christmas special?

By: Ysabel Buenaventura

Christmas is special because it’s the time to be with your loving family, and it’s the birth of our saviour, Jesus.

• First, Christmas is special because it’s the time when Jesus, our saviour, is born.  He was born on December 25th. Now Christmas is always celebrated on the 25th of December because Jesus was born that day.

• Secondly, it’s the time to be with your family, you spend the whole day together celebrating Christmas. It’s not about playing on electronics, and chatting to your friends, it’s about being with your family.

• Thirdly,  it’s the time for getting and giving gifts.  Giving gifts is about giving things to other people.  And gettings is about being thankful for what you’ve been given, from your family and friends.

• Finally, Christmas is a religious celebration for billions of people around the world.  They celebrate Christmas because they are thankful for the birth of Jesus, and spread the word that the Saviour is born!

• Most people celebrate Christmas by going to church, going to beautiful places, spending time with your family and friends.  These are the things that make Christmas special.

Spending time with your family, giving gifts and getting gifts,make Christmas special.

Writing to inform

WALT: Write to inform

What's wrong with Mr Paterson's writing.

I like pancakes.  My mum makes pancakes on Sundays, she is good at making them.

My brother Shaun is a dab hand on the bbq. All Summer long, we like to have bbqs every night, steak, sausages and meat patties, we eat a lot.

Sometimes I get to have a go on the bbq too, but my mum thinks  I am a bit dangerous.

My favourite things to do are: play soccer with my friends from nextdoor Mickey and Jimmy,  I ride my bike and have water fights, I usually win.

WALT: We had to fix anything that is wrong with the writing.

Flowchart

This is my flowchart of my school day, we had to make a flowchart and a Venn Diagram.

My speech 2016

This is my speech for 2016, it was about Minecraft.

Writing

One stormy day, a girl named Chandler was walking around a broken park.  She saw a someone walking towards her, Chandler got scared but then the person said “Hi, my name is Rowling”, I thought she was going to talk in a deep voice because she wore a very dark coat which was very long.  I ran away as fast as I could because I didn’t know that girl, she acted very mysterious.  My mum called me for dinner and she said “How was your day, Chandler?”  I said “It was fine I guess, I also saw someone in the broken park in Llama street, her name was Rowling she said”  My mum and dad said “Well you really need some friends to play with you so you don’t always stay in the house”.  So the next day I went to the broken park again to see the girl.  I found her, she said “ Why did you run away from me,  I’m don’t bite but I do have a tantrum when I am angry”.  So I ran I away from her before she got angry🙋.  When I turned back she was running towards me in a angry way, so I grabbed my phone and dialed ‘911’ and said “Help me! there’s a maniac chasing for just running away from her, ahhh, please” just then the cops came out of nowhere and put the girl in a orphan house to fix her brain… So I went home told my mum and dad everything and they said “Well no friends then”

THE END!