The Science Of Rongoa

Recount Writing

 In class, we are learning to use semi-colons and dashes and Figurative language (simile, personification, alliteration, hyperbole)

Descriptive language (see, hear, feel, think, adjectives)

Ask questions

The dreadful cousins

Intro

It was pitch black outside and I was alone. Scratching at the door, music playing aloud and snores came from down the hall. Beep Beep! It was my mum, sister, little brother and my cousins. “Oh no, mum’s home!” I whispered. “I better hide, so I don’t gotta do chores.” 

Event 1

They were coming back from Auckland. My cousins came to my house so my mum’s sisters and husband could go down south to watch my cousin play touch. So my cousins stayed at our house for a couple of days. “Noo!”Jessiah shouted. As if he was going to die. “ It’s alright, Deddiah,” I replied. “you’re alright.” What was wrong? As he jumped into my arms we slowly walked to the living room. “Tadt,” (tag) Jessiah rushingly said. “I’m gonna get you, Deddiah!” I growled. Chasing him down the hallway. Typical. “AAAAAAHHHH!!!” Jessiah screeched. “Stop screaming, Deddiah!” As I was running after him, I saw him jump under the kitchen table by my mum’s legs. “Tag you’re in, Jessiah,” I laughed. “Ok, I’m finished now,” I remarked. 

Event 2 Try add ideas without more speech marks (thoughts, describe what happened, adjective ) 

“Oi Jordan.” I yelled “What?” he replied. “Wanna play Monopoly?” I asked. “Yo….. I mean yes,” he decided. “Ok, I’ll grab it then,” I responded. Shuffling over to where the Monopoly was I grabbed it, to walk back to Jordan. “Ok then, let us play,” he replied in a challenging way. We set up the game and stared at each other. “I’m first!” Jordan quickly responded.  As a few hours go by we finally decided to end our aggressive game. “I’m done now,” I responded. “Ok,” Jordan replied.

Reflection

In short, I would just thank my whanau for being there for me and making funny memories with me and my family.

Maths Writing Poster

 In class, we have been learning to add and subtract decimal numbers and work out the problem. Here is a maths poster.

Kiwi poster

 Before leaving to learn more about the Rangihoua area we needed to find 7 - 12 interesting facts about kiwi and make a poster to share these facts. 

My Experience 

After dinner on the beach, as the moon came out from behind the hills we had karakia. Then we walked around in groups to see if we could find kiwi. Then on our way back to the vans, a kiwi stopped in front of me and I froze. A couple of seconds later it ran away because of the noise.

Whakapapa

In class, we have been learning about our whakapapa. Here is a poster of my whakapapa.

Narrative Guided Writing

In class I have been learning about narrative writing. This is what I did with my writing group.

Kataraina, I look forward to your independent narrative. You know the structure of narratives.

Kupe’s voyage.

Orientation

One day in Te Moana a Nui a Kiwa on the island of Hawaiki there lived a man named Kupe. The island was small and the Village was cramped. Lush tropical trees covered the island. Standing on the golden sand, with his mere firmly in his hands, Kupe surveyed the empty ocean. The ocean karangatia to Kupe.

Problem

“This island is too cramped, there isn't enough food for us,” Kupe said to 

Ngahue. “Ae! Te wheke is eating all the kai,” replied Ngahue. Te wheke was a monstrous kai eating octopus, with slimy tentacles. “We need to kill Te wheke.” growled Kupe, “Ae!” everyone yelled, “we need to kill Te wheke.” The next morning, Kupe and Hine-Te-Aparangi set to hunt Te wheke.

Climax

Weeks had gone by as the warriors chased Te wheke, with storms and towering waves as they sailed to find Te wheke. The chase was hard as the rain pelted down and the wind rocked Matawhaorua back and forth like a swing. Raging with anger as Te wheke ate their food. The warriors kept getting more hungrier by the hour. “Our people are getting hungry,” Ngahue said, “we need to kill Te wheke.”

Solution

Finally, Kupe came up with a solution. “Let’s trap that cheeky wheke in the cave.” With hooks and bait on the lines they waited for Te wheke to come out of the cave. Later, that night as Te wheke was swimming around Kupe threw the calabashes into the water and Te wheke got distracted and went over to the calabashes thinking it was one of Kupe’s men, then Kupe leant over the side of his boat and hit him with his mere. Then Kupe and his warriors caught some kai moana. Kupe, his warriors and their people were so hungry that they ate it like a lion.

 

Struggling to understand what you read? Learn to summarise!

W.A.L.T put all the main ideas of our reading into a nutshell and summarise our reading. Here is a poster about it.