Hybole and Personification

I learnt how to use hyperbole and personification to describe different images. Hyperbole is exaggerating the situation. Personification is giving human abilities to things or objects that only humans can do. 

First I wrote two examples for the hyperbole. One of the example that I wrote was waiting for 2 minutes for the train is like a whole hour of pain. 

After writing the two examples for the hyperbole, I then wrote two examples for the personification. One of the example that I wrote was the reflection of the castle is facing down.

Coming up with sentences for the hyperbole was quite hard. 

LI.to use hyperbole and personification to a narrate events.

Commenting

Commenting Threads are an ongoing conversation that includes a greeting, positive feedback and an open question. The difference between an open question and a closed question is that a closed question can just be answered with 'yes' or 'no'. An open question contains a more detailed answer, which gives the reader more to think about.

Commenting Threads can help the reader think about their answer, and with each comment thread, the reader can learn more about the topic. Whether it is about the current topic or the person that they have started a comment thread with.

Today, I comment threaded with Chisa on my Rounding blogpost. I started by asking the question 'What did you use to come up with the answers'. She responded to the question and asked 'I also used a calculator to see if I have done the right thing ?'. Once she replied, she asked 'Do you think you have new tools to solve other equations?'. 

I enjoyed talking to Chisa about the different strategies, and I learnt more about why she chose certain strategies.

To see more of our commenting thread look below.

SSR Selfie

SSR Selfie is an can do that encourages the reader to summarise a text that they have read. SSR Selfie also gives information about the title of the story, the author, the illustrator, the main characters, three events that happened in the story, the readers thoughts on the book, and new words the reader has learnt.

I did my SSR Selfie on a story called the Gruffalo which is about a mouse lying about an animal not existing but actually it exist.

LI: to summarise and retell a story.

Basic Facts Boxes

The basic facts boxes is a can do that Mr Wong created for LS1 to know their basic facts fast. There are two challenges within the can do and they are called: Brain Box, and Speed Demon.

I completed speed demon to 10. Then, I did 10 rows of addition and 10 rows of subtraction. I didn't get any of them wrong but my time was 7 minutes and 43 seconds. I could have done better and not get distracted easily.

LI: To rapidly recall basic facts

Art Collaboration

For the past three weeks, LS1 has been collaborating with each other to complete an art piece of the Gruffalo cover, which is the text that we have been using to practice the strategies inferring, connecting and visualizing.

First, we were given different parts of the cover to colour in. We did this art piece using pastels and an art technique called 'blending'.

We discussed our ideas of blending and what it is. Blending makes colours fade into a darker or lighter shade. Blending can also make a colour fade into a different colour.

After that, we began to colour in our part of the art. We talked to other groups about the colours and worked together to make sure the art piece matched up to fit correctly. Groups talked to each other about the colour of the path, the grass, the trees and more.

The art piece has now been coloured in completely and is on the LS1 wall for display.

I enjoyed collaborating with other groups and learning how to blend colours. One thing I think I could improve on is knowing how to make different kinds of shades with the blending technique on different mediums.

LI: to collaborate with others to finish a group art piece.

LI: to know how to blend colours with pastels.

 

                                       

Daily Routine Recount

This week we wrote a recount of our daily routine.

First, I chose a day of the week to write a recount on. I chose Saturday. Then we wrote down key phrases and words that relates to our daily routine such as: 'brush teeth' or 'eat breakfast: cereal or pancakes'.

Then we turned those key phrases and words into proper sentences using past tense. (words like woke, walked), first (words such as I, me, us, we) and the structure (TREE).

Next, we proof read our work to make sure our recount includes the title, a reveal, events, and an ending. There should be four paragraphs for the events, each paragraph telling what happened before school, at school, after school and after dinner.

I enjoyed this activity, and found it a bit hard to revise my daily Saturday routine because on a Saturday for me it is pretty busy. One thing I think I could work on when writing recounts is making it more interesting to read instead of giving simple sentences.

LI: to write a recount on one of the days of the week.

Governing Topics

Governing topics are things when parties wish to put action when they are allowed. The important topics to me are Education and Health.

Education is about how the government should spend money on schools.

Health is about keeping people safe and healthy and providing more money and stop getting sick to help during the current pandemic.

If I voted and choose a governing topic, I would pick education and health. The reason why I pick education is because I am still at school and still learning new things. The reason why I pick health is because I need to keep myself healthy under our current situation.

LI: to choose important governing topics by summarising all topics