The Whale Rider Chapter 8

Reflection

I was learning to identify when Koro Apirana is being bias against Kahu. I chose these lines because it shows Koro showing bias against Kahu. I found it easy to find the lines, but I found it hard to know how much to highlight. Next I would like to do this with another story.

Kieran's Mediator Video

Reflection

I am learning to be a peer mediator. A peer mediator is a person that solves a conflict between two people. I found it hard not to laugh. Yes. Laughing. Anyway, I found it easy to say all the lines and do the process because I am already a peer mediator. I got trained last year. Next I would like to learn the  process of by heart.

Term 1 Week 5 :)

(: Learning In Room 20 :)

Hello! I thought that would talk to you about what I am learning at school in Room 20 so far. We have been learning to do so much in the first 4 weeks.

We learnt how to make music with our body, which means making musical patterns with our voice, hands, fingers and feet. I had so much fun. We had also learnt the meaning of each note, which means, that we had learnt how many beats in a note.

We are also doing an interesting artwork. We did an activaty called taking a pencil for a walk. It's when you take a piece of paper and draw a big squiggle and in between the gaps, you draw lots of patterns. We found out that if we put patterns really close, it creates a dark affect. And when we put patterns far apart it creates a light affect. After that we took a photo of ourselves and draw a grid on top of the photo. We then got given a much bigger piece of paper with a grid on it. We have to enlarge the photo onto the bigger piece of paper using only patterns in each box of the grid. I'm still working on it now, but I hope I can show to you soon!

We have also been doing something called Youthtown. It's a group of people that come to our school and play games on the field that teach us skills like, teamwork and more. Our whole class goes there every Tuesday. I really enjoy it!

Another thing that we did was learning how to make a graph. We got to make a graph. First we asked a question, then we collected the data, we then organised the data, then we displayed it on our blogs ( which is what your on right now! ) then we answered the question and turned it into a graph! Voila! Of course we had to learn how to turn it into a graph, but YAY!

I love my learning in Room 20. I can't wait till I learn more! See You Next Time! :) BYE!

Super Powers In Room 20

Analyzing My Graph

Most of the students want the ability to shape shift or the ability to control the elements. The powers that were least wanted were Speed, Agility/Reflexes, Super Senses, Climbing Water Breathing, Teleportation, Electricity/Energy, Light/Darkness, Sound, Gravity, Magnetic Forces and FINALLY Force Fields. :)

Reflection

I was learning to collect data and turn it into a graph. I had to ask a question, collect the data, organize the data, display the data then I analysed the trends by answering the question. I thought it was challenging but easy because I was always at music when everybody else learnt the next step. It was also easy because once everybody explained what to do, it was not so bad :) . My next step is to ask more questions and try and get quicker even when I missed the step. :)