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Algebra – Week 7

Task description: This week during Maths, we are learning to find the appropriate strategy to solve each word problem. We were also looking at solving problems that involve multiplication and division and using equations to express a problem. My hightlight was finishing my maths really fast because it was so easy. Everything about this task was pretty easy and self explanatory so personally I don’t have a low light. I don’t have anything to work on for this week either. After that I completed the task, and posted it on my blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Quote of the day: There should be no such thing as boring mathematics.

Why do we need Exercise?

Today for Inquiry I did Why do we need Exercise? We had to complete 2 questions and watch 2 videos. The questions we My key takeaways and How often do I exercise? My highlight is completing the questions. My low light is watching the videos.Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Thank you!

Cybersmart – Think before you share

Drag and Drop task

My Own

Today for inquiry I did Cybersmart – Think before you share. It was really easy to do because we just had to drag and drop the pictures to the right place. then we had to create our own Google draws. My low light is draging the pictures. My highlight is making my own google draws.Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Thank you!

Expression 3 – Algebra

Today for math I did Expression 3 – Algebra. My low light was completing slide 2. My high light is doing kind of the same work as Expression 2 – Algebra. Something I wanna work on next time is getting use to the number and the letter next to each other. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Thank you!

Expression 2 – Algebra

Today for math I did Expression 2 – Algebra. It was really easy again but it got a bit tricky on slide 4. On slide 4 the 3rd and last question was a bit hard. My low light is filling in the work. My high light is finishing my work. Please Leave a positive comment on my blog. Thank you!

A Thriller Story

Swaimah – My Thriller

Your mission is to write a thriller story that includes a range of simple, compound and complex sentences in your writing. At the end of your writing, highlight each of these sentence types a different colour.

Subject: Pink 

Compound sentence – Orange 

Simple sentence – Yellow

Restoring Old Dolls

I worked at the doll factory that restored old dolls. One night as I was working late at 3am, I came across a strange doll. It has shiny golden locks and big glowy eyes that seemed to follow me as I moved around. And its red lips appeared to be hiding a smile. I carefully inspected for defects but couldn’t find any, it looked as good as new. So, I put it inside a box. Then began working on another doll. But all of a sudden, I noticed the glass fog up. 

My heart skipped a beat and my body became as hot as lava. Before I could do anything the light turned off. “Isabelle,” it whispered my name. “ I am alive, You can’t find me, You’ll soon be gone” She let out a mysterious laugh. I am really frightened and standing there like I’m frozen. I heard a clicking noise coming from the glass box, That I added the doll in. That was when I lost it and sprinted to the main door. As I tried to open the door it was locked! There was nowhere out. In front of me appeared that same doll with a wide grin on her face. 

“Hahaha, Now what are you going to do, You’re alone with me, Nowhere to get out” She screamed. I, WAS, FREAKING, OUT! I went to find a window but then, As soon as I touched the window, It sharded. Glass separated everywhere and, out came some black smoke from the window and filled up the whole factory. There was smoke everywhere and I couldn’t see anything. And as I turned around the creepy little doll popped out into my face. I jumped in fear and screamed my lungs out. I was super scared that I bumped my head onto the wall, I fainted. The little Doll never did anything. All she did was give me this medicine. It tasted like honey mixed with some pepper. 

When I woke up the doll was smiling and giggling, saying “Oh my god! Isabelle you’re awake, now it’s time for you to come with me to my secret room”. I stood up and followed the doll. As I was following her I felt really different. I didn’t feel like my normal self, when I looked down I was wearing some sort of doll clothes. As we entered the room there were lots of doll clothes, shoes and wigs lying around the room. I was confused for a while and I saw the doll pushing me forward. She gave me some clothes to wear, I then went ahead in the bathroom and changed my clothes. 

I looked in the mirror and I looked BEAUTIFUL! I have never looked this pretty before! I was so happy jumping around with excitement. I exited the bathroom and showed the doll my clothes, I told her I loved it. “Hey look at me, I look so beautiful with these clothes on. How do you think I look?” I said with happiness. 

“Oh Isabelle you’re beautiful! Now come and wear this wig and these pretty shoes” The doll said. I went to the doll and she put the wig on for me. As I looked in the mirror again I had brunette hair with some highlights. I then wore my blue sparkly shoes that had glitter on them. I was dancing around with joy. The doll put some makeup on me and I looked even more gorgeous. I was wearing a blue dress with white flowers, a brunette wig with highlights, some sparkly blue shoes & Beautiful blue glittery makeup! I was super happy and weird at the same time. I think that pill she gave me changed my personality! 

I don’t know what to do, I started to think about how I fainted and what happened. I looked in the mirror one more time and I screamed. “ AHHHHHHHH! YOU TURNED ME INTO A DOLLLLLLL!!!” I screamed my lungs out. I went back into the bathroom, changed my clothes, wore my shoes, took off my wig & washed my Makeup Away. I ran and saw my boss, Anna. I lost my breath and couldn’t talk, Anna was freaking out. She asked me what happened, I explained everything to her outside. She was so confused and felt so sorry for me. I told her I am not working at the factory anymore. She then tried to convince me to stay. I said sorry and I left

!!THE END!!

Reading work – Prize Draw

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.