Wednesday, September 24, 2014

The Zone of Confusion


I am going to tell you what the “Zone of Confusion” is and How to get out of it. The Zone of Confusion is for when you are confused you will be in the Zone of Confusion, and it is hard to get out of the Zone of Confusion because you have to do multiple things like ask someone else, but before you do that you should try to figure the problem out yourself. When I am in the Zone of Confusion I get frustrated and annoyed because I can't figure out what to do. Even though the Zone of Confusion makes people get annoyed with themselves, it is a good place to be in because the person in the Zone could learn something from there.

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Roxy

On Friday the 15th, I got a new dog and her name is Roxy. She flew here all the way from Hawkes bay. She is 8 and a half weeks old and she is a rhodesian ridgeback. She is very playful, nips at the moment and loves feet!!

Instructions on how to catch an Eevee, pokemon, PC

How to catch an Eevee, Pokemon, PC


What you need
  • Computer (PC)
  • Pokemon (Game)
  • A Pokemon (Level 50 Scyther equipped with false swipe recommended)
  • Pokeball (Ultraball recommended)
  • A person


  1. Turn on your PC, then turn on Pokemon.
  2. Grab your Scyther from the Pokemon computer.
  3. Keep walking around until you find an Eevee (be patient, Eevees are super rare).
  4. Once you find the Eevee, battle it with your Scyther.
  5. Use false swipe until the Eevee is down to one health.
  6. Once the Eevee is one health, then throw your Ultraball at the Eevee until you catch it.
  7. When you catch the Eevee, you can look at my other instructions on how to evolve Eevee, into Jolteon, Flareon, Leafeon, Espeon, Umbreon, Glaceon, or Vaporeon.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

My ANGRY moment

My ANGRY moment

“Let me go!” I yelled at Olivia and Claudia. There were tsunamis of sweat brushing down my face, while I was ripping free. My hands tensed together like they were super glued together. Sprinting towards my room knowing that Olivia was there but not knowing that she had one of my special toys. “GET OUT!” I furiously shouted at her pushing pushing her and shoving her out. That’s when I noticed she stole my toy, “GIVE IT BACK!”

Thursday, May 22, 2014

My prior knowledge about Maori art

Today in class we were doing our art Te-Ara-Tika and this is my knowledge about it. The small box is a zentangle (maori art), the other box is a few korus; The boat is a waka in the ocean.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Student led conference feedback

This is the conference feedback by the people who have been to the conference.

Monday, May 12, 2014

Writing a Quality Blog Comment

Writing a Quality Blog Comment  
We are learning to write quality blog comments.


Choose your top three tips from the video and list below.
Highlight each line and replace with your text.

  1. never use more than one exclamation mark
  2. complement the writer in a specific way
  3. end with a question

Take a look at this poster here: Writing Great Comments on Blogs

What are the main points of this, add a point to each number below:

1. be nice

2. keep your comments short

3. check your spelling and punctuation



Let's look at some comments on Manaiakalani blogs.

What do you notice about the comments?  That they were short and sweet.
Do they have anything in common? Yes, that they all say well done that the person that made it.

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Visit our class blog on a class mates blog and read two or three recent posts
Select one post and leave a comment

Proof read your comment - capital letters, punctuation, spelling, does it make sense?

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Compare your comment to our Quality Comment: Success Criteria

  • How is your comment positive, thoughtful or helpful?
Positive: it says “wow”.
Thoughtful:
Helpful: we asked 2 questions.

  • How could you improve your comment?

We could make a connection e.g.
I’ve seen a recipe on how to make a gingerbread family in a cookbook.





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