Procedural Writing

WALT: write a step by step procedure teaching someone a skill.

How to make the perfect lay-up in basketball Material required: A basketball hoop and basketball Step 1. Dribble the ball with your outside hand. Step 2. Take a step with your outside leg. Step 3. Step forwards with your inside leg. Step 4. Push of your inside leg pulling your outside leg up at the same time. Step 5. Raise the ball with your outside hand. Step 6. Gently push the ball up onto the the top corner of the box. Step 7. Follow through

Ban mining on conservation land

It is vital to our existence that we ban mining.
The mining ban isn’t that bad because of these following reasons.

About 50,000 people said we should ban it. Have 50,000 said no to the ban.
Some people have said no but nowhere near that amount.

They are destroying the habitats of native animals and killing the bush,
so something needs to be done.

Its conservation land the conservationists can choose what to do with it.

There will be public input on the specifications of the law so there may be some loopholes.

You can still mine just not on conservation land where some mining takes place but not all of them.

It won’t affect many people as most mines are not on conservation land.

No NEW mines so you can continue mining on the ones already established.

Trees produce oxygen which we breathe,
and mining destroys trees so to sustain life in this country we need to ban mining.

If we ban mining we can still export coal from other countries that do commercial mining.

Banning mining will result in tourism rocketing, as there will be so many more sights to see in NZ.
Instead of spending money on mining,
we can focus our attention on preserving New Zealand’s stunning natural wonders.
(The seven plus natural wonders of New Zealand)

Because of the above reasons you can tell that without a doubt,
mining needs to be banned from New Zealand if we want to keep our country beautiful.

Debate reflection for term two.

Boomwriter

In writing time for the last couple of weeks we have been doing something called boomwriter. How this works is we read a story starter(chapter 1) written by an author and we carry it on and then we vote on the best one.
BOOM WRITER

NBA Project

Save the Left Bank Art Gallery.

Hi guys, today we had to write to the council to tell them what we want to do with the Left Bank Art Gallery.

Kia ora,

My name is Jack and I am writing to you about the council funding of the strengthening works for the Left Bank Gallery.

I am supporting option 1: to keep it

	Because it is a historic building built in 1924 and needs to be restored to it’s former glory.  Many people will protest against the destruction of this landmark. It is not that difficult to fix this building. SAVE THE LEFT BANK ART GALLERY! Kind regards Jack.

Is it wrong to fight

I personally think fighting is good. Because if you can’t fight you can’t do boxing, wrestling, judo, karate and sports like that. But although I think you should be able to fight I do not think there should be wars or things like that.

If you can not fight you can’t play wrestling. Which is an exciting sport and a lot of people would not have as much fun. Another sport that involves fighting is karate which helps you stronger and fitter. Although many people would be sad about wrestling, there would probably there would probably be even more sad about karate. And then there’s boxing, another popular sport which a lot of people play or support. The loss of these sports along with others would probably spark protests all over the world, And eventually the government (or whoever banned fighting) would probably have to pass a new law saying it is all right to fight in a sport or in self-defence.

Other sports that would be lost are Tae kwon do, Judo, Kickboxing, Rugby, League and American football. That concludes my opinion on fighting I have shared with you, my personal thoughts on fighting, what I think would happen if fighting was banned and what sports you would no longer be able to play if fighting was banned. Thank you for taking the time to read my opinion on fighting.

LEGO

Lego is the most popular toy in the world. There are many different types of Lego, the current themes are Star Wars, Ninjago, Super Heroes, Vehicles that actually work, City, Nexo Knights, Computer Games, Minifigures, Dimensions, Friends, Mixels, Disney, Classic, Juniors, Jurassic World, Elves, Ideas, Creator, Scooby Doo, Bionicle, Speed Champions, Architecture, Chima and Ultra Agents. As you can see there is a type of Lego for everyone big and small, in fact the lego company actually makes a second type of toy called Duplo which is like Lego except it is simpler and the pieces are bigger to suit younger children.

The name Lego comes from the Danish words “leg godt” meaning play well. Lego is a fun series of interlocking blocks. You can make anything from a simple tree to a working sluice pipe. The Lego Company have a wide range of sets from movies and books such as Star Wars, Angry Birds, Marvel, The Hobbit, The Lord Of The Rings, Jurassic World, Batman, The Lego Movie and much more. As I have already said there are a variety of types ranging from the simple juniors to the sophisticated Lego Technic. There are also motors that you can use to power your inventions, or for less complicated things like automatic doors or exploding buildings you can actually just use the regular pieces.

Lego is very easy as each set comes with instructions to show you how to build the set, or you can build your own creations. Lego Creator actually comes with two or more sets of instructions, where you can build different creations. Lego Technic also sometimes comes with two sets of instructions and Lego Minecraft comes with building inspiration. You can also buy boxes of bricks which you can then use to build your own creations. A minifigure is a Lego person, and you can figure out what most minifigures are supposed to be doing just by looking at them. Minifigures are an important part of your creations, most sets come with 1-12 minifigures or if you are short on people you can buy Minifigures which are a bag with 1 minifigure inside plus accessories. Minifigures are random so there is no way to pick which ones you want. Each type of Lego has it’s own separate minifigures such as police for Lego City, Stormtroopers for Lego Star Wars and Super Heroes for Marvel. The very first Lego minifigure had non-poseable arms and legs, a blank face and no hands.

If you build and create enough you might be able to become a professional and design Lego for a job. The Lego headquarters are in Billund, Denmark and Lego was invented by Ole Kirk Christiansen. Lego designers are people who have proved how good they are at Lego and now design it for a job. Only the best builders get to become Lego designers, and they design sets and supersets (a superset is three sets in one box) for you to play with. Another job involving Lego is reviewing sets for money, some popular reviewers are Jangbricks, Artifex Creations, Brickbuilder and THE BRICK SHOW. What some professional builders do is make their own cities out of their pieces.

Thank you for taking the time to read my explanation on Lego. I have told you about what Lego is, types of Lego, the history of Lego, minifigures, what you can make and what professionals do. Now get out there and start playing!

BEARS

I’m going to be talking about types of Bears, size, Diet and populations of bears. Here are my questions about bears.What is the most common type of Bear in America? How many bear attacks are there in the US per year? How many Grizzly bears are there in Yellowstone? What is the biggest Black Bear? Why do people kill them? What is the biggest brown bear? What is bigger Polar Bear or Kodiak Bear? How big was a California Grizzly?.

First of all I will be listing the different types of bears. North American Black Bear, Brown Bear, Polar Bear, Asiatic Black Bear/ Moon Bear, Andean Bear, Panda Bear, Sloth Bear and Sun Bear. Now for their subspecies, The Brown Bear’s subspecies are Atlas Bear, Bergman’s Bear, Blue Bear, Eurasian Brown Bear, Marsican Brown Bear, Himalayan Brown Bear, European Brown Bear, Gobi Bear, Grizzly Bear, Ussuri Brown Bear, Kamchatka Brown Bear, Kodiak Bear, Syrian Brown Bear, East Siberian Brown Bear and Mexican Grizzly Bear. The American Black Bear’s subspecies are Cinnamon Bear and Kermode Bear, The Sloth Bear’s Subspecies are Sri Lankan Sloth Bear and Indian Sloth Bear. The Asiatic Black Bear two Subspecies are The Pakistan Black Bear and the Formosan Black Bear. Extinct types of Bears are California Grizzly, Dwarf Giant Panda and Florida Spectacled Bear.

Now we have the size of bears. The two biggest types of bears are Kodiak Bear and Polar Bear and the biggest bear ever was a Kodiak Bear which was 14 feet tall and weighed 2500 lbs though Polar Bears are generally bigger. The biggest California Grizzly weighed 2200 lbs. The heaviest North American Black Bear ever weighed 902 lbs. Bears biggest to largest are as follows, 1 Polar Bear 2 Brown Bear 3 American Black Bear 4 Asiatic Black Bear 5 Sloth Bear 6 Spectacled Bear 7 Giant Panda 8 Sun Bear.

Moving on we have population. In Yellowstone there is an estimated population of 280-610 Grizzly bears and 500-650 North American Black bears. An endangered species of bear is the Marsican Brown Bear With a population of only 30-60 left. Another endangered species is the Giant Panda with a population of around 1864 left in the wild in 2014. Although this is still quite low it is actually very good as in the late 1970s it only had a population of about 1000.

Bears are omnivores so they eat both meat and plants. A Panda’s diet consists of 99% bamboo and 1% of other plants and even meat. Grizzlies eat berries, nuts, rodents, mushrooms, Fish, Eggs, Baby Deer, Bald Eagles and Large Mammals including Moose, Caribou, sheep, bison and even Black ears though they are more likely to take babies and injured individuals rather than healthy adults. Grizzly Bears living in Yellowstone often compete with Gray Wolves for food usually over an Elk that the wolves have killed sometimes a wolf will try and distract the Grizzly Bear while the others feed. If the wolves become aggressive with the bear it is usually by quick nips to the hind legs. Conflict like this rarely ends in death or serious injury one carcass is simply not enough to the wolves (if the bear has the upper hand) or to the bear (if the wolves are persistent.) Although wolves usually dominate meetings at wolf dens there are reportings of Grizzlies and Black Bears killing wolves and cubs at wolf dens.

On average Black bears kill less than one person in the US per year. Thank you for taking the time to read my report on Bears I hope you enjoyed it.

Denver zoo recount

Denver zoo

I woke up and looked around groggily "I wonder what we’re going to do today" I thought. "We’re going to the Denver zoo" I suddenly remember. I jumped out of bed and sprinted up the stairs I grabbed a bowl and poured some breakfast I quickly shoveled it all into my mouth. I then ran back downstairs and got dressed. About fifteen minutes later everyone else was ready to go we jumped in the car and drove to Denver using the directions from the map which stopped about five hundred metres short. When we got there it was so busy; it looked like we were in New York.

When we finally got inside we headed off to see the animals first we saw the Porcupines, we carried on going round the zoo eventually we got to the Polar bear. The Polar bear, looked really lonely and sad like he had just lost his son. We kept walking until we got to the Elephants we bought some popcorn then went over to see them. They were huge but just like the Polar bear they looked very lonely because they were kept apart from each other. They also seemed to have been treated cruelly as their tusks had been cut off. We kept walking round the zoo stopping to look at Gorillas, Hippos, Birds, a Rhino, monkeys, Lemurs, Orangutans and other primates.

After about twenty minutes we got to Bear Mountain.

Bear Mountain was made in 1918, and was the first habitat constructed out of fake materials of its kind in North America. Bear Mountain was based on giant natural rock structures near Morrison, Colorado. This strategy was a riot in zoo construction, a design where people could see the animals at eye level without any visible bars or fences. I thought the structure looked like it had been naturally formed and I also thought it was cool how you could see the bears at a distance of about 2-3 meters with no bars in the way. Bear Mountain is home to North American Grizzly bear, an Asiatic Black bear and Coatis. They had two Grizzly bears, one black bear and about 5-6 Coatis. Although they were together the Grizzlies seemed sad and frustrated because one started going crazy splashing around like he was drowning and throwing a rope at one of the logs. The Asiatic Black bear wasn’t any happier, he was pacing back and forth across his enclosure. Unlike the Bears the Coati were running around happy as can be. Although the bears were unhappy they did look familiar with their surroundings.

Finally we went to see the Lions which were near the entrance, though we hadn’t seen them because my little brother had been too busy running off to see the Polar bear. There was about 4-6 lazing around at the back of their cage. There was also a sign saying that there was a cub. So there would of been a male somewhere, I just don’t think we saw him, unless he didn’t have a mane. I thought the zoo was spectacular but I still did feel sad for the animals.

Monday Morning

WALT: Write a piece showing us about you Monday Morning.

On Monday morning Mum wakes me up “Just a few more minutes” I say to Mum pulling the blankets back over my head. About a minute later I hear Mum telling my brother to get up. I decide to get up knowing my brother will probably start yelling soon. But still so much for a sleep-in I think to myself.

I slowly crawl out of bed and stumble down the hallway to have breakfast. I grab a bowl and pour myself a bowl of cornies. I’m about halfway through my breakfast when Mum comes out and continues making the lunch boxes. I finish my breakfast and walk back to my room, on the way my brother punches me. “Hey what was that for?” I ask as I spin around and kick him. My brother turns, lets loose a guttural roar, lowers his head and charges like a rampaging BOAR! EEK! I sprint past him like a gazelle which is being pursued by a hungry lion, and back out to the lounge but he is still hot on my heels. I try everything to get away from him but nothing works, finally I know the only thing to do is just to grab a pillow and club him over the head with it. My brother keeps coming and dives at me pushing me onto the couch./

He’s on top of me punching and kicking. “Boys, stop fighting” Mum yells and I breath a sigh of relief. Once I am dressed I grab my chromebook, check that it’s charged (it is) grab my backpack and put them in the car. My brother and I jump in and do up our seat belts. Mum gets into the car and the engine starts.

Hide & Seek

WALT: Write about a time you hid.

I wait and wait finally I hear a door creak open my brother comes sneaking around the corner “RAR!!” I yell “AH” my brother jumps backwards, I double over laughing. “Ha ha ha ha” my brother gets back up “whose turn is it to be in” he asks me. “Um, I think it’s Mum’s turn.” I reply. Once Mum starts counting I turn round and sprint off down the hallway. I dive onto my bed and burrow under the covers (no I am not a rabbit.) Once I think I am deep enough pull two pillows and a blanket down with me pretty soon I have a decent hut made.  “Ready or not here I come” I hear Mum say. Then I hear something charging towards me like an enraged buffalo! Luckily it’s only my brother. “Go away you’re going to make Mum find me” I whisper. To late “found you” Mum says, quickly followed by “do you know where Jack is.” “ummm, no” my brother replies. Mum walks out of the room. “Few that was close” I mutter to myself. Sticking my head out of the blankets “you need to need to stay out of my room or else Mum will know something is up” I say to my brother. “Ok” he grumbles walking out of the room. I wait ten minutes. Then a hour, no one enters. RRRRRRR! RRRRRRRR! I hear a noise like a rubbish disposal. RRRRRRRR! Their it is again, I dive deeper into the bed trying to block out the noise. Another two hours pass I poke my head out of the blankets and look around then I remember Mum was going to a meeting and that noise I heard must of been the car. Oh no!

Bread recipe

BREAD RECIPE

This is a great white bread with a soft, smooth texture perfect for that last  minute snack. There is no bad side, it tastes good. It is easy to make and  for nutrition it is 57 calories per slice. It doesn’t really take that long and it is a fraction of the cost of buying bread. Serve with butter and marmite.

Ingredients:

Two tsp yeast

Two cups of warm water

Two tsp of regular salt

Four cups of flour

Oil

Utensils:

Wet towel

Baking bowl

Bread pad

Method:

Step 1. Take baking bowl and put in two tsp of standard yeast.

Step 2. Pour in two cups of warm water.

Step 3. Give mixture a quick stir.

                

Step 4. Look for bubbles if no bubbles throw mixture away and start again.

Step 5. If yeast doesn’t look quite ready then go away and come back in a few minutes.

Step 6. Add two tsp of salt.

Step 7. Add two cups of flour and stir add another cup and stir add another cup and stir.

Step 8. Get your hands in the mixture and flatten and fold.

Step 9. Make sure your mixture is silky not wet

Step 10. Mold in a rough sort of ball shape for approximately one minute.

Step 11. Flatten and fold if still wet.

Step 12. Place dough to side.

Step 13. Push flour that is stuck on the side of the bowl off and throw it away.

Step 14. Put some oil in your bowl and spread it around

Step 16. Place dough in bowl and flip it over so both sides are oily.

Step 17. Put wet towel over bowl and place it to side.

Step 18. Leave for one hour.

Step 19. Check on bread and then punch it about five times.

Step 20. Pick it up and mess with it a bit.

Step 21. Push back down into bowl, then pick it up again, push back into bowl.

Step 22. Take out bread pad and put a little bit of oil into it, rub oil around it with your hands.

Step 23. Stick dough into bread pad and mold it so dough is almost at the top in the middle and so it is sort of in a mountain shape.

Step 24. Cover bread with a towel and leave for an hour.

Step 25. Set oven to 400 degrees and bake for half an hour

Step 26. Take out of oven using oven mits and tap on top it should sound hollow, leave for 15 minutes.

Step 27. EAT!!!!

Jack memoir poem

WALT: write a memoir poem

The Bookshop was usual enough; it had

shelves of books,a desk, a card stand, a roof

over it and even a shelf of Teddies I never looked at.

My brother and I did what all avid book readers do -searched along

the infinite shelves, flicked through books,checked

price tags, took books off the shelves,

scanned our eyes across the pages,

skim read or looked for another book.

Doing nothing important.

                           Jack

Jack Poem

WALT: write a poem.

Missiles make fiery arcs across the sky then

send waves of death across the ranks like a

tornado of fire

Soldiers fall silently onto burnt blackened dirt

like chocolate cake.

Tanks cause annihilation everywhere punching

holes in brick like it is paper.

Trenches collapse like sandcastles on the beach.

Bayonets cut into flesh like it is butter.

Grenades explode sending a shower of shrapnel

over the soldiers like rain.

Bullets fly everywhere like a hailstorm.

Iron crosses and swastikas cover the German

General’s coat.

Cannons go off like thunder.

             By Jack

Jack writing narrative.

WALT: Write a story based on Harris Berdick Drawings.

One dark, stormy night when Dave got back from hunting. He heard a noise outside, probably just a raccoon looking for food he thought and went back to chopping the meat. Then he heard it again right outside this time. Dave ignored the noise and started cooking the meat. When he heard it for a third time he started getting a bit freaked out.

Dave grabbed his twenty-two calibre rifle and walked over to the top of the stairs leading down to the basement. He started walking down the steps when he got to the bottom he heard a roar. “Okay” He whispered to himself “it’s a bear, I’ll just call the police and they can come get rid of it” He walked over to the opposite wall and picked up the phone. He then dialed 911, after listening  for a couple of minutes he put the phone back down. “Power lines down” He muttered to himself. “I suppose I’ll just have to deal with it myself. He jogged over to a corner and opened a concealed box reached into it and pulled out some ammunition for his twenty-two.

Dave then went back up the stairs and walked over to the door, hands shaking he unlocked it. Walked outside and closed the door behind him. Dave looked around. KA-BLAM!!!! A flash of lightning lit up the night sky and he saw something move. Slipping a bullet into the twenty-two he pulled the trigger. BAM!!! The hammer sent the bullet flying towards where the bear had been a second ago. But before the bullet had got to it the bear jumped out of the way turned snarling and charged Dave slipped a second bullet into the gun but before he could fire the bear jumped on him and bit his right arm making Dave drop the gun.

Dave fumbled through his pockets looking for something he could use against the bear. Dave found a couple of flares and a knife. Dave grabbed all of them just as the bear let go of his arm and bit his leg. The bear started dragging him towards the forest, desperately Dave set the flares off. The bear bit even harder into his leg. Dave stabbed it making the bear let go of his arm. Dave jumped up and started to run towards his house. Suddenly the bear leapt onto his back and bit down into his neck pulling Dave down.

Dave kicked and punched trying to keep alive. Dave stabbed the bear again making it let go of him briefly but then closed in for another mauling.The bear bit Dave’s right arm again. Pain exploded up Dave’s arm. Dave grabbed the bear’s jaws and pulled them off his arm. The bear rose up to its full height and roared just as Dave’s luck was about to run out. Three gunshots rang out and the bear fell down on top of Dave. Dave pushed it off him and looked around to see who was the owner of the gun. There standing a hundred yards away was Sergeant Harris Berdick.

Later Berdick briefed Dave on what had happened. I was driving back to L.A. when I saw those flares. I stopped the car grabbed my gun and ran over here as fast as I could. When I saw the bear attacking you I loaded my gun and fired. Berdick then drove Dave to Toronto hospital where Dave was treated for several broken limbs and a punctured windpipe.

           THE END

                  By Jack