Boot Camp
Task Description: Today for reading I did Boot camp. Boot camp is a very simple and short story. It’s about Uncle Joey & Liyah going to boot camp and having fun. Uncle Joey then found his old mates and his old mates were all drunk. Uncle Joey’s old mates were talking to uncle Joey and telling him to come and join the group again. Uncle Joey disagreed and drove off. Liyah then talked with Uncle Joey about his Old mates. !!The end!!
The Fight – Ground Rules To Talk
Task description: Today for reading I did the fight. The story is a bit longer than Boot camp. This story is a really nice story and I loved reading it. It’s about a kid called Heath and Calvin. What happened in the story is that Heath is good friends with Calvin. Robbie made fun of Calvin’s mum because she was wearing her Pjs in the afternoon, and she looked drunk. Robbie and Calvin had a fight during lunch time, The principal came and made Calvin go to his office. Heath went too because Heath can calm down Calvin if anything happens. !!The end!!
The Fight – Respond to text
Task description: Today for reading I did the fight. The story is a bit longer than Boot camp. This story is a really nice story and I loved reading it. This task I had to respond to the questions/text. It was really easy because I just had to skim and scan for the answer in the text. It’s about a kid called Heath and Calvin. What happened in the story is that Heath is good friends with Calvin. Robbie made fun of Calvin’s mum because she was wearing her Pjs in the afternoon, and she looked drunk. Robbie and Calvin had a fight during lunch time, The principal came and made Calvin go to his office. Heath went too because Heath can calm down Calvin if anything happens. !!The end!!
Fast Rust
Fast Rust Task
What 3 ingredients are needed for rust to occur.
| Iron | Water | Oxygen from the air |
Write a brief paragraph explaining the rusting process (why rusting occurs)
| 1. Oxygen from the air mixes with the water
2. The Iron surface of the nail reacts with the oxygen mixed in the water. It forms iron oxide 3. Iron oxide reacts with the water. It forms hydrated Iron oxide – The red stuff we call “rust” 4. This process continues until all the Iron is eaten up |
How could you prevent something from rusting?
| You can protect metal from rust by, covering with paint, coating oil or even plastic, this helps prevent rust from metal, but if the metal were in water for example the harbour bridge which is located in New Zealand is made out of steel and is in salt water, The first half of steel is not in water. Therefore it gets coated with paint at least three times. But the bottom of the harbour bridge which is the other half of the steel has to get coated more than three times because of how it is easier and faster for the rust to process. |
Write 3 sentences explaining something new you’ve learned from this reading.
| Something new I’ve learnt from this reading is that Iron is soft and to make Iron useful you need to combine carbon to Iron to make Iron Alloy. Something new I’ve learnt from this reading is that Iron is the fourth most common element in the universe.
Something new I’ve learnt from this reading is that Steel rusts faster or slower in different environments. Sometimes, it can take years for a piece of steel to rust. |
Write down any new words you found in Fast Rust or the article about rust. Make sure you learn what the word means and write down a definition you understand for each new word.
| Word | Definition |
| Corrosion | A breakdown of materials due to a chemical action like rusting. |
| Element | In chemistry, The simplest form of a substance, which cannot be broken down by chemicals into anything simpler |
| Silhouettes | A picture which is all black with no colour and only outlines |
| Corrode | To be eaten away by a chemical action (such as rusting) |
| Rate | How quickly something happens (speed) |
| Alloy | A metal mixed with another element to make the metal stronger or more resistant to corrosion |
| Compound | A combination of two or more elements bonded together |
Journal Word Find – Fast Rust
Task description: Today for Reading I did Fast rust journal word find. How you do this task is You get the name of your book and right it in the top left corner and below it also right the author/illustrator who wrote the story. Then find the key word sin the story and write then below the author/illustrator’s name. Next make a table and in each box put each letter of the key word in. After type in random letters in the empty boxes. Done, You made yourself a journal word find. Now go ahead and find the words in my journal word find. Good luck!!
Pseudoscience
Pseudoscience Task
Walt: Find and link information across a range of texts
Task
Work on this Doc together with a partner.
What was the author’s main message in pseudoscience
| Pseudoscience is something that sounds scientific but isn’t based on solid evidence. Pseudoscience can often be found in advertising. Advertisements that contain facts or figures are powerful because people usually believe information that’s based on facts. But if you look a bit closer, you might find that you have been given only part of the story. |
What are some of the differences between scientists and advertisers?
| Scientists | Advertisers |
| Has solid Evidence | Doesn’t have solid evidence |
| Gathers data | Shows facts |
Write 3 sentences explaining something new you’ve learned from this reading.
| Something new I learnt about this reading is that extra carrots don’t actually make you see better in the dark. The British soldiers didn’t want the Germans to know about their new radar so they tricked the Germans, by writing an article about the British Soldiers being given extra carrots so that they can see their enemies planes and night better. The Germans fell for the trick and the Germans actually ate extra carrots to make they night vision better. |
True or False
| Statement | True/False | Page Number | Evidence |
| A pseudonym is a false name | True | 3 | For example, a “pseudonym” is a false name that people use instead of their real name. |
| Blackcurrants have vitamin D | False | 3 | In the story all it talks about Blackcurrants is that they have only vitamin C and it doesn’t talk about vitamin D. |
| Flavanols help people remember things | True & False | 4 | Flavanols do seem to help older people who have difficulty remembering things. But the process of turning cocoa beans into chocolate destroys the flavanols, so there is no evidence that chocolate helps with memory at all. |
| Scientists critique each other | True | 5 | Scientists write so their work and ideas can be critiqued by other scientists. |
| Carrots have vitamin A | True | 6 | Carrots have vitamin A in them, and vitamin A is important for healthy eyes. |
| Carrots help us see in the dark | False | 6 | But eating extra carrots won’t improve your night vision. |
Lamb to the Slaughter
Task Description: Today reading I did Lamb to the slaughter. There was a story about a married couple named Patrick & Mary Maloney. They were living happily with no kids. Mary was pregnant and Patrick came back from work. Mary Asked Patrick if he wanted some food, he said no. Mary continuously kept asking Patrick if he was hungry and if she could make some food for him. He kept saying no and no. Patrick had something to tell Mary, he told Mary that he cheated on him with a girl called Barbara. Mary was so shocked and mad that she told Patrick that she will make some food for them. She went into the basement to the freezer and grabbed a leg of lamb raped with some plastic over it. Mary went into the living room with the leg of lamb and hit Patrick at the back of his neck. He fall on the ground and officers came and the officers didn’t find the suspect.