My Speech

 WALT: we are learning to write a persuasive speech.

Hello, Bonjour and Ni Hao  my name is Awhitia and this speech is about why books are better  than movies.

I  interviewed some people to see what their opinions were. More than half of the people said no they don’t read books. Less than half said they like to read books. Most of the people that I asked said they like books better than movies.

I think that books are better than movies because…..

They can help teach you with lots of things like spelling and how to sound out tricky and descriptive words. 

I  think movies are ok because they can have a moral to the story. 

Take the BFG for example, That movie teaches things like how to be respectful of other people's differences.

Did you now that Up to 200 books can be made from 4 trees

 The average cost of a paperback book is $18.99

A normal movie costs up to 18 million dollars and a long movie costs up to 45.5 million dollars.

Books let you imagine what  is happening in the story which is much better than watching the directors idea of the book.

Books can help you with lots of things like if you're studying for a test or you're doing research, you might need a book. 

If you had a film it wouldn’t really help you, would it?

Imagine, in 1452 all there was for entertainment were books the first ever books name was The Epic of Gilgamesh. Imagine reading that book and only a few others until 1816 when the first camera was invented.

Do you ever think a movie is too short or doesn't have much detail?

 Well that's why I  always like books, because they last longer.

I also think books are really good because they cannot be ruined by bad acting.

Books are good because they are portable. 

They don't have batteries and you don't have to worry about leaving your charger behind. 

Books are also great for learning because they extend your vocabulary.

Did you know, the fear of running out of something to read is called Abibliophobia.

The fear of movies is Cinemaphobia.

Books are also good because they let you read at your own pace, movies cannot do that.  

Books are more realistic and they are great for testing your knowledge.

So my study found more people watched movies than read books. 

My personal opinion is that books are more enjoyable than movies, Movies are great when your feel lazy, but in books, The story is for your own imagination.

The hardest thing about this speech was researching all the facts, put them into my own words and try to put them all into a speech. The easiest thing was my intro because all I had to do was say hello my name is...

Have you ever written a speech? What was it about?

all about me

Hi my name is Awhi. My favorite activities are roller 
skating, kayaking and camping. My favorite sports are 
netball and swimming. My favorite foods are doughnuts, Domino’s pizza. My pet dog is called Lulu. She is full of energy and she thinks being Chased is a big game. She is super cute but she bites a lot. My best friends are Liv and Cleo. My favorite class is Te Manga. My favorite Teacher is Mrs. Davan. My favorite book writers are David Walliams and Roald Dahl. At school I am a year 5. My favorite subject is maths. I go to Paparore School.                                                                                           
                                                                                                          

The Seven Sisters Of Matariki

WALT: We are learning about the myths and legends of matariki


Once upon a time there were seven brothers, the 

 youngest was Tui. all of the other brothers were the best                          
looking men in the whole village. One day they all went 

hunting when they heard a beautiful sound so they 

decided to follow it. They followed the bush, rivers and up 

a hill. There stood the most beautiful women they had ever 
        
seen! Tui said they were fairy women. His brothers weren't 
         
listening and decided to take them back to the village and 
                                                                  
make them their wifes. Time passed and through that time 
                                                                 
the brothers always got seafood and only eat that for 

breakfast, lunch and dinner. One day one of the brothers 

came back from fishing and his wife was not there. 

when she came back he asked her where she had been. .

Then his wife burst into flames and than she whispered  

To him there plane to starve there brothers to death 

their plan was to starve his brothers to death. That night  

six fantails were sitting on a tree outside Tui’s hut then a 

7th came out of one of the brothers huts tui creeped up to 

try and listen to there plan then he gathered all of his 

brothers and told them there plan most of the brothers 

Were shocted one said I new that. Then they started to 

form a plan to catcher there wifes and put them 

Somewhere far away from anywhere. That night they got a 

Huge net and when all of there came out they caught them  

with the net and tui though them into the the night sky.  



            

The hardest part about the peace of wrtiting was trying to recreate it in my own way.

do you now more about the seven sisters of matariki ?

The amazing lockdown

Week 1:  I was happy because I didn’t have to go to 

school but I was still feeling creative, so I got out a piece 
                                                         ,
of paper and started planning to make a pallet garden.

Week 2: After I had finished I got out all the equipment 
               
and started with the crowbar. But I needed mum's help to 
                          
get the pieces out and that took about 2 days! then I had to 


 go back to the plan and recreate.  

Week 3: after I finished that I got the hammer and 

some nails out and started nailing things in place It was 

hard and I was getting annoyed but I got there in the end 

and I wasn’t angry about things that wouldn't work for me.

Week 4: When I was finished I watched lots of t.v and did

a lot of running around, playing with the dogs and 
                                    ,

running through bushes and into trees. Week 5: I played with my sister and walked around all 

of the limes well being timed. I helped mum pick limes 

and we went riding on the motorbike.  
                                                          
Week 6:  I played  with the dogs and we went to visit my 

nana and grandpa to help him build their deck.


We went to the lakefront to go into the bush to have a look  at the water.

Week 7: We helped grandpa some more with the deck

then  we went for a ride on the motorbike down to the 

packhouse. There we played while the adults worked on something.

I liked writting this piece of  writting but I found it hard to elaborate.

what did you do on lockdown?

               

bug survey

WALT: We are learning to collect and graph data 




                                           
bug
                                               How many ?
Praying mantis
                                                0
Bees
                                                9
Ladybugs
                                                0
Spiders
                                                 21
Dragon fly
                                                6

I think the most common insect is a spider.

Ithink the least common insect is a ladybug and a praying mantis.

Bugs
Praying mantis
Bees
Cicadas
Worm
Caterpillars
Ants
Snails
Ladybugs
Moth
Spiders
Beetles
Slugs
Fruitfly
Crickets
Dragon fly 
Butterfly 
Stick insect
Fly









When I was doing the bug survey the easiest part was doing the graph. The hardest part was finding the bugs for the survey. 



Do you have more bugs at your school?

photosynthesis

WALT we are learning about what plants need to grow

























When I was doing this the hardest part was trying to find a plant for my google drawing and the easiest part was reading the text for it.


Do you know more about photosynthesis?

sea week pilot whales

Today in Literacy I learnt that pilot whales eat many things likes squid, fish, octopus and crustaceans.


today In maths we focused on how many whales were getting stranded every 5 years.

today I found my A - Z tricky because it was hard to find the right words

I want to learn more about why the females are the leader of the pod