Literacy

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= = = WALT: = rewrite the myth of Rangi and Papatua in our own words.

Success is:
Using similes, metaphors, adjectives, adverbs, repetition, onomatopoeia, and alliteration to make our writing interesting to read. Identifying the main parts of the story, and turning each main part into a new paragraph. Each paragraph has a lead in sentence, and many more sentences that provide supporting details.

Zeinab's myth of Rangi and Papatua.
One day there was a boy called Rangi ,who was the sky God and there was a girl called papatua who was the earth goddess.Papatua and Rangi loved each other so much that they couldn't stop hugging! Their love was so powerful and extreme that it caused darkness.

When their children were born they had to live in the darkness as well, but they hated it.One day their children got so furious about living in the dark and tried to separate them.Rongo the oldest child tried to seperate them.He pulled and pulled but he couldn't beat their love.Next the middle child Tangaro tried as well.He pulled really hard he could have broken his hand,but he couldn't defeat his parents love.

Next Tane the youngest child wanted to try.All his brothers laughed at at him an said that he wont be able to defeat his parents dark love but no matter what they said,Tane just went for it.He pushed his mothers tummy and his fathers face and then something amazing happened! He separated them.

When they were separated they cried and cried and light began to filter into the world for the first time.Their tears became rivers,seas and lakes.In the rivers fish swam for the first time.Trees and plants began to grow and birds were flying bright in the sky.Animals suddenly appeared in the new happy bright world.

But Rangi and Papatua continued to cry for their horribly lost love.They cried so much that their children thought

the world was going to be just tears! The children decided to keep Papatua away from Rangi .When Papatua and Rangi couldn't see each other they stopped crying.

Today,when you wake up each morning you can see Rangi's tears as dew drops which he has shed for the first sight of his wife.When she sees Rangi for the first time she makes loving sighs which take the form of the early morning mist.

Hannah's myth of Rangi and Papatua
Before man,Rangi the sky god and Papatua the Earth goddess were truly madly in love. They loved each other more then a mother loves her own child.The two of them hugged each other with enormous passion. B ut because they hugged aech pther so tightly the Earth was filled with darkness and gloom. There were no flowers, forests, rivers or people.

Soon Rangi and Papas children were born. Their offspring were trapped inside the darkness on Earth. The children hated the awful darkness 247. One day the children caught a glimpse of light. They begged Rangi to let light shine over Earth. But Rangi's love for Papa was to deep. He would not let go of her.

But the children wanted the light to shine over Earth so badly. The children thought maybe they could push their parents away from each other. First the eldest child, Rongo, tried to push them apart, but his parents held each other too tightly. All of the other children tried, but failed miserably. Then it was, Tane, the youngest child's turn. All of the other laughed and doubted him, but he wanted to try anyway. He pushed with all of his might. Rangi and Papa were slowly being ripped apart. Finally light was shinning over the whole of the Earth, for the first time ever. all of the other children were amazed at Tane's strength.

But the two lovers, Rangi and Papa, were so sad to be apart. Their eyes filled with tears. They began to cry and cry and cry. Their tears became rivers, lakes, streams and seas. Fish swam on Earth for the first time. Forests, flowers and trees sprouted from the ground! And animals ran through fields of fresh green grass and birds started soaring through the skies! Earth was finally beautiful!

But Rangi and Papa still cried for each other's love. So, the children rolled Rangi around once a day, so he could not see Papa anymore, which stopped his crying. People say you can still see Rangi's tears. And when the roll Rangi around in the morning Papa lets out a sigh creating morning mist...

==Rhiannon's great grandmother experienced the Napier earthquake that happened in 1931. She wrote to Rhiannon to tell her what is was like. Rhiannon shared the letter with the class, and we wrote letters back to her to share our experiences of the Christchurch earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.==

The school was a brick building and we saw one wall and the brick fence collapsing.
There was no Civil Defence to organise us- I think it came into being later, when it was realised how necessary it was to be prepared for any emergency. However, we were sorted into zones and taken home in Lorrys(Now called trucks) I arrived home to find our chimney was down, the coal range ripped out, and on the other side of the kitchen, all the jam,preserves and pickles, one horrible smelly mess on the Pantry floor. The Pantry was a small room next to the kitchen with shelves on either side and normally filled with bottled fruit, jam etc.-no need for supermarkets then! It was my eldest sisters first day at work and concern was felt for her saftey. She arrived home looking very grubby, and with her new dressstorn, after having to crawl out of her work building when the roof collapsed. The first few nights we slept outside on matresses under the bicycle shelter,a very

Our reading group have been finding out about Matariki - the Maori New year. We will share with you what we found out.
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In Korea, there is also a legend about a group of stars. We think it might be the same group of stars that the Maori people called Matariki, but the Korean cluster has nine stars, so maybe not.
Rachel will share her knowledge about the Korean cluster of stars, and the legend that goes with them.

In Korea there are a group of stars called the Royal stars. There are 9 stars. If a Princess or Prince is a born then it will be 10,11,12 stars. If the King dies, his son (the Prince) will be King, but they are all Alive!!!!!!!!! If the Princess, Prince and King dies than the stars will disappear. Isn't it coool?!?! In the old days if you were royal,(King and Queen) you were not allowed to have twins because they wouldn't able to be the King and Queen at the same time.

In Room 11 we love to read each others writing. We learn new information, and we get ideas for our own writing too. We hope you enjoy reading our work too!

Descriptions

We are learning to write descriptively. We are learning to use adjectives to add detail to nouns, adverbs to add detail to verbs, and similes to make the descriptions more interesting to read.here are some samples of our work.How do you think we have done?

Chicken Curry
by Vinaya It is brown and black in colour.We make it oily.It has a lovely and sweet smell.When I touch it I feel that it is soft.When I eat it my tongue tells me that it wants more and more.Sometimes I can't stop eating it! When my father comes there will be no chicken curry left. I really like chicken curry.

Creamed Eggs
by Malcolm

I looked at the yummy runny melted chocolate egg with gold coloured not-disgusting caramel.It was so nice I could imagine eating it.I touched the gooey egg and it felt warm and soft.I picked it up.I took a big delicious chunky bite.I swallowed it with the slimy caramel sticking to the roof of my mouth.It was really chewy. I could hardly stop eating it.I ate the whole thing in one bite!

Sureflay
by Nethmi It shines in brightness and glows in the dark. The Sure flay is a desert made with chocolate and gelatine. sure flay melts in your mouth like butter.It smells heavenly.It feels like jelly.When you lick a piece of it it tastes like chocolate. It glides in your throat.Then I just eat it all up and I can't stop making it leave me and disappear.

Mega Mac
by Tile It sits two feet tall with its tender patty and its fiery hot meat.When I smell it, it feels like I'm in heaven. I take a bite with its creamy mayonnaise and sauce mixed with cheese, lettuce, pickles and buns. But when I'm about to take the last bite, Jesus falls from the sky and takes it from me 'cause its so DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pizza
by Carl My favourite food is pizza.Its flat surfaces smell good.The delicous pizza is healthy and good in your tummy.When I pick it up it is soft and light.If you taste that, it is spicy!

Lasagne
by Cody I look at the 6 feet tall lasagne dish shining bright yellow and brown, popping cheese! The mince smells delicious. At 150 degrees it glows like the sun. When I taste that lasagne dish going into my mouth, my taste buds

Cake
by Roy It sits two feet tall. It is brown like caramel. It is nice. It smells like you are in heaven. It tastes sweet like a brown rich caramel bar.What happens is you take a little tiny bite and you can already taste the goodness of love. You can taste the rich vanilla caramel flavour. Cake is even better then ice cream!

= WALT: share our opinions, and make judgements = = We did this by evalauting the earthquakes we are experiencing in Christchurch, using the PMI thinking tool. = = = PLUS || M MINUS || I INTERESTING || communties closer together will be able to share it with their own kids one day are able to act like nothing has happened June earthquakes was elderly and had lived most of their life We can rebuild Christchurch and make it better than before open compared to our population of us families work, so they are employing more people and are helping in the rebuild Canterbury by donating money, and sending International Rescue and Recovery Teams didn't know each other now do || * Many people have died really bad now that it is winter been destroyed destroyed, and some businesses have had to close permanently scared to go out to shops / malls... people don't
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 * * You get holidays from school
 * You don't have to flush the toilet
 * It brings the city and its
 * Kids get to experience this and
 * When we get back to school we
 * The only person to die in the 13
 * Most of us are still alive!
 * Most schools are still able to be
 * There have been few injuries
 * We are safe in our school
 * Teachers have taken good care
 * We are getting closer to our
 * Some companies are getting more
 * The whole world has been helping
 * People in neighbourhoods who
 * Many people are homeless
 * Liquefaction has destroyed many streets
 * Some streets have flooded
 * Lots of people lost power - this is
 * Many of the heritage buildings have
 * People's businesses have been
 * Some people have become too
 * Pets have run away
 * Some people have been too scared to stay and have moved out of Christchurch
 * The water keeps getting contaminated and needs to be boiled before using it
 * People are finding it hard to sleep
 * Many people have lost their chimneys and can't heat their homes
 * In the June earthquakes, some people got hypothermia from the cold (because they have no power for heating their houses)
 * Aftershocks are haunting all of Christchurch
 * Earthquakes have caused a lot of devastation - damage to buildings, power cables, people's nerves, roads, landmarks, sewerage systems...
 * Traffic jams on some roads, because of other roads being too damaged to use
 * Landslides
 * Rockfalls
 * Centre of the city is closed - no one is allowed there
 * People are getting sick of them
 * Cars get stuck in liquefaction and sink holes || * Some people cry over them, and some
 * How the tectonic plates move to cause the earthquakes
 * The earthquakes seem to be coming out of nowhere - no one knew that there were faultlines under Christchurch
 * How long the shaking lasts for in each quake
 * Some places have power and some don't
 * We don't know how long aftershocks will continue for
 * How silt is created and how it bubbles up from under the ground
 * There are lots of different reasons for why people think these earthquakes are happening - some people think the world is starting to end!
 * How it takes a couple of years for the plates to settle down
 * How some parts of the world shake (get earthquakes) and some parts don't
 * How loud they are, and the kinds of sounds they make
 * Different parts of the world have different types of disasters
 * Some people lose their jobs and some don't - earthquakes can create new jobs and cause other jobs to be lost
 * Some people find the shaking exciting
 * Sometimes you can hear an earthquake coming, and sometimes you can't
 * You can feel the quakes more when you are inside than when you are outside
 * Why don't tables break in earthquakes?
 * It is amazing how delicate the earth has become since the earthquakes - now we can feel shaking when vehicles drive past our houses and buildings
 * Some things fall over, and some things don't
 * Earthquakes feel slower when you are outside
 * Aftershocks follow big earthquakes
 * Earthquakes can get downgraded or upgraded on the richter scale
 * Some heavier objects fall over, and some lighter ones stay standing
 * Earthquakes ripple through land and buildings making them look like they are made of jelly
 * How scientists find out the size of earthquakes
 * If you are driving your car when an earthquake happens, you can't control it properly
 * Some people think they can predict earthquakes, but they can't ||

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