Arahura marae stay

This piece of writing about our stay at the Arahura Marae

This is a piece of writing that retells and evaluates (what you think) events or experiences.

Title A brief name for the experience or event.	Tōku Noho Marae
Orientation Tells when and where the event began and who was there.	On  Thursday I went to the Arahura marae with the rest of the year 5,6,7and 8s and the other teachers. We went there to learn about Maori culture and what it is like to stay on the marae. I was feeling really busy because it was a rush to get there on time.  I was excited and a little nervous.
Sequence of events Tells the events in the order they happened. You need to have a minimum of 3-4 events. Remember one topic per paragraph.  Your paragraph should have an introductory sentence use a time sequence word/phrase and then detail.	When we got there we had to wait for everyone to arrive.  After that the karanga started.  Then we went inside for the whaikorero. When I first went inside I thought wow, because the artwork was incredible!  The man who spoke for the marae took7000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 hous!  It felt like a long time. After that, was the hongi. Then we had morning tea. I had a pie  but then I realised it was a bacon and egg pie. I don’t like bacon and egg pies.   After that, we went back into the wharenui and did our mihi.  It took forever because there was so many people! When I shared my mihi I felt nervous.  I was so nervous that I was frozen to the spot! But people said I did really well. Then we had lunch and we went to the beach to find pounamu and do a beach clean up. We also did a sculpture building competition. I came 2nd equal.  I was in a group with Daniel and Callan.  We built Poutini who is a taniwha.  We used wood and shells and a rubber glove to build him.  We also built Waitaiki’s grave. Callan pretended to be Tamaahua.  When the judges came over I explained our sculpture to them.  It was very interesting building the sculpture. Later on,  we went back to the marae and had dinner and dessert. Then the evening activities started. I did soap carving and tukutuku panels.  I really enjoyed doing the tukutuku panels but the soap carving was hard. I enjoyed the tukutuku panels because it was nice and relaxing.  Then we set up the mattresses the we had s'mores.  The s’mores took a long time to cook.  While we were waiting we sang waiata. I enjoyed singing the waiata. After that, we got into our pajamas and went into bed.
Personal Comment/Ending Tells how the experience/event ended and some thoughts you may have about it.	I would like to go on a marae stay again.  I really enjoyed the stay and if I went again I would like to go for longer.

Day And Night Explanation

For reading we have been learning about space and our solar system.  We learnt about why we have day and night.  Here is my DLO (digital learning object) about why I think we have day and night.

My Tanwha-writing

For the past few weeks we have been practising using descrptive language in our writing. We have been trying to 'paint pictures with words'. We all got to invent our own taniwha. We all drew our own taniwha and then we had to write about it and describe what it looks,what we do with our taniwha and what our taniwha is like. Then we read our work to a buddy and they had a go at drawing our taniwha. 

Create and Describe Your Own Creature

(taniwha)

WALT: be descriptive in our writing.  

Look at the description of a Nogard.  Now Create and describe your own creature that you will then be able to read to a buddy so that they can draw it.  Your description must be as detailed and clear as possible so that when you share it with others they will be able to visualise and draw you creature. Use lots of adjectives (describing words - big, small, round, green).

You must .....

• Have a name for your creature
• Start from the big things and work your way to the smaller things
• Describe the shapes
• Describe its neck, body, tail, wings etc.
• What does its head look like?Think about its eyes, nose, eyebrows, mouth, teeth
• Describe its legs/flippers/fins etc.
• What colours is it?
• Any extra details on the body like scales, spikes etc.
• Keep it simple and clear!
• Use correct punctuation and spelling.
• Check that your sentences make sense.

Remember that a good writer ‘paints’ pictures in their reader’s head with words.   This is what good descriptive writing does.  

Create your piece of writing here:            Brighid

Pukurua The Greedy

Did you know I have a Ahwinat? Well I do. Her name is Pukurua. Most people think she is evil but that’s only because she steals everyone's food! Her head is circular and she has an oval body and four legs. She has an oval eye as well as her two small wings on her back.  Her food basket is an oval like shape and it sits on the bottom of her back.  She has a mud brown head, neck and a back leg.  Her other three legs are pink. She has  four orange feet, blue eyes and thin peach hair which comes out the top of her head.  She also has two wings on her back and  the outer part of her wings is kikorangi and the inner part is kōwhai. She has a kākāriki food basket with a pango net. She also has a kākāriki tail with mangu spots and black hair on the end. Her hobbies are stealing food and eating. I love flying on Pukurua’s back. She can go as fast as the wind. When we fly we go up to the sky, under the earth and into the sea. I go everywhere on my Ahwinat.  Once we went into outer space and into a black hole it was like a display of colours.  It looked incredible. But then we had to go before we got sucked in by  gravity. I have an amazing Ahwinat!

My Ahwinat.                                                                    my buddys  Ahwinat.

Peer Evaluation   Name of Peer: Rebekah

What I think you did well:I think that Brighid did very well in explaining her Taniwha.   

What I think you could improve on: I think she could explain it a little bit more.

Self Evaluation

What I think I did well:  I think I did well at dasciving shapes and and coules.

What I could improve on:  Next time I could create a creature that is less common.  

My Magic Box Poem

My Mihi

 In order to do my screencastify first I had to write it down on a google drawing then I got to screencastify it. Next time I think I should add my pets and more of my family. We were learning to say our mihi.

First Post

Welcome