Christmas

In class we got to do any writing that we have learnt this year. This is my second story and it is a descriptive piece of writing. It might get confusing in this story but, not for me. This story is a story that has a second part to it. It will be continued, as they all say. I'll add the story in so that you can read it to yourself. I'll post the second part over the holidays.

Christmas

On Christmas Eve everyone was getting their
presents ready. I was waiting for my present.
I didn’t go out to look for a present because
I didn’t know who to give a present to. 

Maybe I could give it to my parents. They would like a
present very much, but what present? I sat down on
the couch thinking of what my parents like. My dad likes
ties but that’s boring, and my mum likes dresses but she has
a lot. Maybe I'll get them some blankets for them. 

I went to the shop, and I saw these really nice blankets.
They were just right for mum and dad. They were also red
and green, the colours of christmas. My parents loved those colours.

I payed for the blankets now I just need to wrap the blankets.
Or maybe I could just tie a bow around each blanket. It was hard
to think of what to do on christmas. There were so many options.    

I didn’t believe in santa. He never gave me what I wished for. I would
write letters but never get what I wrote. Once I put my letter on the table,
with the milk and cookies and it flew away so I guess that's what always happened.     

I was at home now. Wrapping my present. I couldn’t find a ribbon so
now i’m wrapping it. I wrote mum and dad on each of the presents. I went to
the kitchen and then I heard a knock on the door.

It was my parents. I looked under the christmas tree and saw that only
my gifts were there. I quickly picked the gifts up and took them up to
my room. Then I came back downstairs and opened the door
for them. “What took you so long?” My mum asked as she came
in. She had some shopping bags, I tried to look into them and see
what it was but she noticed and pulled the bags away.

I went up to my room. I closed the door and stared at the gifts. They
looked like they were fragile but they weren't. The blankets were put into
boxes so that I could wrap the wrappers around properly.

It was getting dark and I think I heard my dad snoring. I went downstairs
with my presents and put them under the tree. I saw two other presents
for me too. I heard a loud thump so I quickly ran up to my room and closed the door. 

Everyone was sleeping. I could hear someone walking through the house.
I opened my bedroom door and went downstairs. I saw 6 presents under the
tree now. I think it was…. Santa

Acrostic Poem Christmas

In class we have learnt a lot of different types of writings. We got to pick any writing we know that we have learnt and wirte about it. I chose acrostic poem. Acrostic poems are quite hard for me but I chose to do it to the word Christmas. 

Here is my Poem:

Children all laughing and playing.

Having a family feast.

Running around having fun.

In a house filled with joy.

Sun shining as we all go out and play.

Thankful that we got to see family.

Meeting up with your family.

A time to spend with family.

Summer time.     


I made this by myself.

The Truth Of Hansel and Gretel

Last Friday Rooms 4, 5 and 6 got to go and watch this Ballet performance. It was about Hansel and Gretel. The ballet was kind of different to what we thought it would be like. When we came back to school we talked about how it was different. The next day we wrote a story to Hansel and Gretel but with a twist. We got to make it how we wanted. 

In my story I added an older brother to the story. Even though there isn't an older brother I added him in. My story isn't finished yet but I am posting it today.

Here is my Writng:

Gretel’s Point of view

After our parents sent me and Hansel to our rooms I was really hungry. I went downstairs to get some bread. I grabbed a random sauce to eat with it. 

I was feeling a little tired after I ate the bread. I was starting to fall asleep suddenly I heard someone run into the house. 

I went to check and I saw my dad. He asked if I ate the last bread and I said yes. He looked really mad. I ran up to my room and locked the door. 

I went to my bed and looked through the window. It was really dark so I could see my reflection in the window. I saw red eyes. I went to my mirror and my eyes were red. Like my pupils changed from green to red. 

I went to sleep so that I could forget this ever happened.

Hansel’s Point of view

It was the next morning. I went to the Pancake centre and Gretel came with me. I had a lot of cash with me. I am kind of rich. 

Gretel saw one of her friends and she went to catch up with her. I bought the pancakes while they were talking.

When I was eating my pancake I saw that Gretelsl’s eyes were red. I didn’t bother to ask why it was red I just kept on eating. 

After awhile Gretel went to grab the syrup. I asked her if I could have some and she spilled the syrup on my head on purpose. She started laughing. I was mad. “You can find your own way home!” I yelled at her.

Everyone was staring as I walked to wipe the syrup off my head. I was really annoyed. She did that in front of a lot of people and when she did it she said “Oops” and then laughed.

Dads Point of view

I asked Gretel if she ate that last bread because I bought that from the ice cream shop. The lady that gave it to me for free said that they sell a lot of bread but they were sold out. I never saw any bread when I walked in there everyday. I knew she was lying. But she looked like a really evil witch, so I took the bread. I was hoping that no one would eat it because it came in a packet that said ‘Toxic’

But Gretel ate it. I could see that her eyes were red and she was getting mean. 

Hansel even told me about what she did to him. It was really mean of what she did. I better let their older brother know.

Luke’s Point of view (Older Brother)

Dad just told me about what Gretel did. I said that she always does that, but dad didn’t agree. I think she was just acting like that since she is the youngest and the only girl. She once told me that she will run away soon. I was thinking that she just wants brothers that are not annoying and they actually help her for once, but no. 

I didn’t really see Gretel today. Maybe she actually did run away. I don’t feel bad.

Gretel’s Point of view

I didn’t know how to get home. My friend left before Hansel and then Hansel left. I walked to the forest. I saw this gingerbread house and I went inside. Since I needed help, I thought it would be a good idea to go inside. 

There was a lady inside she was dancing. I asked her if she could take me home. “You can stay with me for a bit.” She said

I didn’t want to stay with her. I was about to walk out the door when she brought in some food. 

I decided to change my mind and stay behind. I was full. I fell asleep. I woke up and I was in ratty clothes. It was gross. It had holes in it. Before I went to sleep I had better clothes than this. 

Hansels Point of view

I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth. Then I heard Lukes voice. He started banging on the bathroom door. “Hurry up. You're not the only one living here” He said

I told him to wait or to go use the other bathroom. But he didn’t. He said Dad was using it but Dad wasn’t home. 

He kept on banging on the door. It was so annoying. I wish my step-mum never adopted him. 

She adopted him before my dad and her met. Ever since he has been the oldest. 

My step-mother is kind of evil. She yelled at me when dad told me to go get some bread. I came back with no bread because they were sold out. I also once overheard her talking to dad about abandoning us in a forest. Dad didn’t say anything. He knew that we needed him. 

Step-Mother’s Point of view

Hansel and Gretel don’t very like me that much. They think that my favourite child is Luke just because I adopted him and I have lived with him much longer than I have with them.

I didn’t really see Gretel today. She probably is hanging out with her friends. Anyways I want to make sure that Gretel and Hansel get good sleep.

Gretel’s Point of view

I tried finding a way out. Suddenly something red catches my eye. I turn around and see the lady that fed me. I really just want to go home. 

I see a door. I run to it quickly and pass the lady. I open the door. It leads back to my home. 

I run through into my house so happy. But then I find out no one is home. I go upstairs and see that I’m all alone. I wondered why I would be home alone because it’s the middle of the night and Hansel should already be home.

I run back to the door I came from, but I don’t see it. It was right there. Then I knew this was a trap. That evil lady wanted to distract my family so that she can cook them. 

I knew her plan. Her plan was to split my family up and get them to all search for me. 

I saw the front door, so I opened it. It led to the pancake centre. 

I shouldn’t have spilled that syrup on Hansel’s head. I don’t know what I was thinking.

What do you think will happen next?

What is the Best Animal in the World

In class we were learning how to write Explanation writing. Our Walt was WALT write and structure explanation writing. We had a student teacher and his name was Mr Lee. He taught us the different things about how to write Explanation writing. We wrote a paragraph about What you think the best animal in the world is to you, and I wrote about 2 animals. What I found difficult about Explanation writing was how it had to start. It was difficult because you had to start with the topic but it was quite hard for me to come up with a starting sentence.

In our writing we had to set it out as a strusture. SEER was the structure, it stands for Starting sentence, Explanation, Examples and Relavance. It was the order we had to write in but make the examples be about the explanation.

This is what I wrote:

My favourite animal is the Huskies. I like huskies because they are like wolves

and they are cute. For example they are like wolves because they have a

lot of fur and sometimes they are harsh but mostly they just want to play.

Another example is that huskies can grow very big and also they know how

to keep themselves protected. Also huskies have very good listening and they

are very fast too. Another example is Female huskies can grow up to 50 - 56 cm,

which means their height. Male huskies can grow to 54 - 60 cm, also their

height. Huskies are not related to wolves but some people might think they

are but they are not. Huskies are just dogs.

My other favourite animal is dogs. Dogs can be very helpful with things

and people. For example if there was a blind person trying to cross the road

while the cars were still going, if a dog was trained to lead blind people it would

really help the blind people because the dogs could see where they are going

and the dog would know where to go. Another example is that sometimes dogs

are very gentle with you when they see someone sad. They know what their

owner is feeling so try to make them feel happy or they can also calm them down. To conclude dogs are the best animals to get help from.

Mr Lee was in class for six weeks. Last week was his last week and then he wouldn't be in class. It was fun having him teach us and also it was fun because he was usually teaching and he did work for us that were just right for us.

They're, Their and There

Walt identify and use homonyms correctly. 

In class we have been learning the differences of three words. They all sound the same but are totally different from each other. The words are They're, Their and There. 

Our task was to make a poster about the three words and teach others the difference. We had to explain  what all of the words mean.

Here is my Poster:

Quiz for you:


1._________ dogs are so loud.
 2.  ______ going to the movies.
3. ______ the people are.