Kowhaiwhai Patterns

Kowhaiwhai patterns are special to the Maori people.

Kowhaiwhai means a painted scroll ornamentation
They are commonly use in a meeting house. The main colors are red, black and white. Kowhaiwhai patterns tells us a story like the aboriginal art. They use different symbols and meanings to tell the story.

The types of the kowhaiwhai patterns.

They have heaps of pattern but i am gonna tell one of them. That is the koru pattern. The koru pattern is mostly use in every kowhaiwhai pattern. The koru pattern is in a spiral shape and it is a plant.

Length

Length is how long is an object is. The standard mesurement are mm (millimeter), cm (centimeter), m (meter) and km (kilometer). The tools for measuring these are rulers, meter ruler and the tape measure.

Estimating is a educated guess to the amount of something is. If a person knows the length of a table is 4 sticks, then they can compare the sticks with a ruler. If they know how long the sticks are. They can make a estimation.

Converting is not easy. If a person wants to convert cm (centimeters) to mm (millimeter) just multiply the number by 10. If someone wants to convert cm (centimeters) to m (meter) just divide the number by 100. 

Length can be estimated and coverted at the same time.

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Properties of Sound

There are 3 kinds of properties of sound.
Sound means a vibration that can be heard.
Property means a belonging of something.  

The first property of sound is if sound travels it gets weaker. This means that sound can be slient or loud.

The second property of sound is when sound travels in the same way in every direction. This means that sound travels in any direction.

The last property of sound is, sound travels through corners. This means that when sound travels through corners it can be heard.

So sound can be heard everywhere.

Adjectives

Adjectives are a describing words.

Adjectives have two functions.
The first function is to describe, the other function is modifying nouns into a phrase with a verb.

There are 3 kinds of adjectives; they are absolute, comparative and superlative.

Absolute adjectives describe something by itself like: shy, wise, miniscule and mysterious.

Comparative adjectives is a word that compares to other things like: shier, wiser, more miniscule and more mysterious.

Superlative adjectives is a word that is higher than other things like:  shiest, wisest, most miniscule and most mysterious.

Adjectives are written with an lowercase letters.

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South Pacific beats quiz

The Pato is the modern version of the lali. The designer that made the drum is Rachael Hall. 

When it was Rachael's last year of university she decied to make a instrument. The instrument that she want to make was the lali but Rachael made it with mordern age.

She used the lathe to shape the drum's body. The milling machine was used to carve out the channel.

The new innovation for the instrument were the pitch adjuster, volume dial and the omnidirectional microphone. The instrument that Rachael made is now called the Pato.
Pato means "to strike something" in Tongan.

The pato can be played with eletricity and without eletricity. Addition to that it has a microphone so it can be hooked up to a computer.
There is only one Pato so Rachael is working to make more on a daily basis.


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Nouns, Pronouns and Proper Nouns

There are three kinds of nouns; they are nouns, proper nouns and pronouns.

A noun is a name of a common word given to the object.

A proper nouns is a word to a unique object.

A pronouns is a general word given to a person or group.

Nouns are written with lowercase letters same as pronouns. Proper nouns are unique so they are written with a capital letter.

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