LI: To create a character profile.
Our challenge was to design our own anime/manga character. Our next challenge was to draw the character on our chromebooks or on paper. I chose to draw my character on paper because it would be more challenging for me. Our final challenge was to write a paragraph that describes our character. I enjoyed this activity because I got to show you what my anime character is and does in life.
LI: To create a character profile.
Our challenge was to choose our favourite anime/manga character. Our next challenge was to draw the character on our chromebooks or on paper. I chose to draw my character on my chrome book because it was easier for me and because people can see my drawing properly. Our final challenge was to write a paragraph that describes our character and explains why this character is your favourite. I enjoyed this activity because I got to show you what my Manga/Anime Character is all about.
LI: To read for meaning and understanding.
Our challenge today was to use our smart searching skills to create a DLO in our own words that tells us about the life of our favourite manga artist or a well known manga artist. The Manga artist I chose to write about was 'Akira Toriyama'. He is the creator of 'Dragon Ball'. A fact I found interesting is that Akira Toriyama is a shy person who doesn't like interviews, that is why he doesn't like getting involved with the media and going out in public.
LI: To read for meaning and understanding.
Our reading comprehension focus today was to complete a about the history of Manga to show that we are reading for meaning and understanding. Our final challenge in this activity was to create a DLO to share the information we found out. Manga is a originated japanese collection and series of comic books/graphic novels. Manga was first founded from scrolls back in the 12th - 13th centuries. The word Manga was first bring to light when Hokusai Katsushika used it to describe his ukiyo-e sketches. In 1853+ Manga was than starting to take hold of western influence. Between the years of 1945 - 1980, Manga started to make an appearance as “modern manga”. Osamu Tezuka a Japanese manga artist, created a new and frsh part to the history of manga.
I found it interesting that the oldest Manga is from the 12th and 13th century.
LI: To create an animation.
L.I: To show how I would customize my shoes.
For this challenge, I customized my own pair of sneakers. The theme I chose was basketball. As you can see I designed the two numbers which is Kobe Bryant and Stephen Curry's basketball number. On my customized sneaker I chose to design the Cleveland Cavaliers logo, a firey Nike tick, on the bottom I switched 'AIR' to 'NBA' and I made the BOSTON CELTICS logo. Lastly, right infront on the tip of my shoe it say's 'SHINOBI PANDAS' with the number 29 next to it. The SHINOBI PANDAS is the basketball team I play for. On the courts I represent the number 29 which is my brothers birthday number. This challenge was really fun because I got to show and explain why I designed my sneakers like this way.
LI: To explain in fewer words what the text is about.
LI: To use Google Draw to recreate a famous artwork.
LI: To use your knowledge of colour and colour mixing to replicate the colours used in the artworks.
LI: To skim and scan to find facts about the Ancient Olympics and make notes in my own words.
We used our reading time this week to find out about the Ancient Greek Olympics. Once we had made our notes and reorganised our information we collaboratively created a presentation. I found out that if married women were caught in the olympic stadium then they would get thrown off Mt Olympis. I enjoyed this because I got to find out interesting information like the different sports they did in the ancient time.
L.I: To compare the past and present rules.
For this reading activity we were tasked to compare the olympics rules from the past and the present using a venn Diagram. There was a big difference between the past olympic rules and the present. The rules that stayed the same was no shoving, no holding, no cutting of other racers. This task was interesting because I learnt new facts about the aincient olympics.
This week for reading we read a text called Poros of Malia. This text was about a man named Poros who competed in the sprints in the ancient olympics. Poros had won this event in the olympics prior so he had to win or they would have been made fun of. After we finished the text we answered a list of questions, by answering these question we got a better understanding of the story because it helped us remember the details and the main idea of the text.
LI: to Create a DLO that shows both points of view as well as your own.
We were tasked to make a DLO using provocation. A provocation is an action or speech that can show a powerful image in the reader’s mind. For this task we picked an image from a site showing what it looks like after the olympics. We chose 5 to do the Bobsled venue in Sarajevo. The provocation was, Should host countries have to spend so much money on building Olympics venues? In our opinion we think that they shouldn’t have spent that much money, because they could have used it again so that they didn’t need to waste so much money, and if they did that they could save money and they could help the poor people.
LI: To use our smart searching skills to expand our knowledge of Ancient Greek Mythology.
LI: To use our smart searching skills to find information about the Greek gods.
Today David shared his reading challenge with us. It is all about the Greek gods and helps us to practise the skills we have been learning in our reading lessons with our teachers. David created this task as part of his CARE award challenges. We earn CARE award badges in year 7 and 8 to show that we understand our school values. In this activity we used our smart searching skills to find information to help us complete the table. I found this activity interesting because I learnt a lot about the greek god and goddess. The Greek god I found most interesting was Ares "god of war" because he rides a Harley Davidson with sunglasses on and I'm pretty sure he looked cool.
L.I: To consider both perspectives.
Today we were answering what happened if it is true or not we wrote the evidence if it is true and the evidence if it is false. We picked a Maori story and added the evidence towards two POV’s (Point of View): True and False. Than we added our personal opinion on the story.
LI: To identify the main ideas in a text.
This week we are having a Te Reo Maori approach to reading. For our main ideas DLO we noted the key ideas in the text. Similar to summarising we noted the important ideas, the 4 very important ideas, then the 3 vital ideas. This DLO helped us get an understanding of the base ideas and the vital ideas of the text itself.
L.I: Find as many similarities and differences as you can between the video and the text of ‘The Beginning’.
This week we have been focusing on the start of the story ‘ Maui and the Sun’. We have written about the video version and the written version of ‘ Maui And The Sun. In the middle we have written what things do the Video and Written version have in common. I enjoyed this because we learnt the about the similarities of the Video version and the Written version.
L.I: To explain in fewer words tha the text is about.
This week we are learning about Maori version of start of time. In this summary we talked about Rangitoto (The Sky) and Papatuanuku (The Earth). The beginning is about how the sky and the earth sheltered their children from the outside. For the summary we chose 20 important words related to the text. Then we chose 6 most important, after we used those words to create the summary in the DLO.
L.I: To celebrate reading.
