Do You Want To Know About Antarctica?

As part of the immersion stage of our inquiry.
We are developing knowledge and understanding about Antarctica.

All About Me!

Today in my class my  buddy blogger and I are going to post somethings that she likes.

Leonie likes to be kind to other people like her friends. She let's the Adults go first in 

line. She is really friendly to others. Her favourite color is pink and her favorite fruit is a apple.

She likes to play with toys. She likes to go to the park with her cousins. Her best friends names a 

Ana,Matthew and Elma.

Which side are you on?

Persuasive Reading Analysis:

Take another look at the persuasive piece of reading/ writing.

What strategies does the author use to try to persuade you?

Below are strategies writers often use for this form of writing.  Read through each

strategy and decide whether the author used that strategy by writing yes or no in the second column. If you write yes, then explain how the author used that strategy.

Persuasive strategy	Yes / No	How the author used it?
Claim – States the main   point or stance	Yes	The clip begins with a single view of a boy who thinks that ants are worthless!  He thinks that they should be squished.  The ant - then tries to persuade the boy to think of what is happening from its perspective.
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	No
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or   facts to support the argument	Yes	While the boy said that ants destroy picnics take away all the food, the ant says that The ant said “We only take a little bit of food , that’s all it takes o feed the whole colony.”
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	Yes	This appeals to my emotions because  there  are two different ways to look at it. The ant said that she has an important job, “It is my job to gather food to feed the young.”
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	Yes	They both give facts to make the audience believe them.
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency   for the cause	Yes	If the ant is not successful in persuading the boy then it will die when he squishes it.
Research – Uses studies and   information to make the   argument seem more convincing;   this can be in the form of words, graphs, tables, or illustrations	Yes

Do you want a Buddy?

Today I met a new person. This is my new buddy for Term 3.

Cadbury caramel Eggs:

Cadbury caramel Eggs:

The writer very cleverly used the phrase Don't get court.’ At the beginning  

advertisement and he repeated it throughout the ad.

The writer has cleverly said “This little angel.” He said this so he could

make the audience think that the girl is innocent and she did nothing wrong.  

The writers says “The eggs are irresistible so hurry up before they’re all

sold so go and get one now.”                     

The writer tells us that the cadbury Creme egg taste like e.g Creamy milk,

creamy flowing yolk and you can’t resist the two chocolate layers.  

The writer Said that “if you don’t go to the shop’s now there will be none

left at the stores.

The writer said “You can’t resist the taste of the creamy cadbury egg and it has a double chocolate layer.   

Oil Toil

We are learning to analyse word problems involving units of mass, volume, time, and money
Oil Toil

a. Joan and Dave harvest a total of 1 200 kg of olives from their grove.-(FALSE) 600x20=12000

b. The olives from 2 trees fit into 1 bin.-(FALSE) 20/2=10

c. If they had to store all their harvested olives, Dave and Joan would need 1 200 bins.-12000/10=1200

d. In an 8 hour day, the press can process 2 000 kg of olives.-(TRUE) 250x8=2000

e. It takes 8 days to process Dave and Joan’s olives.-250x80=20000

f. If all 10 growers in Joan and Dave’s group have the same sized groove, each produces 1 440 L of oil.-(TRUE) 1440x10=14400

g. Joan and Dave’s olives produce 5 760 bottles of oil.-(False) 5760x20=115200

h. If Joan and Dave pack all their bottles of oil in cartons, they’ll need 188 of them.-14400/12=12200

i. Each carton holds 5 L of oil.-(TRUE) 5x20=100  L

j. If Dave and Joan sell all their oil, they will earn $115,200.-$20x$57600=$115200

k. Each tree earns around $19.20 each season.-(TRUE) $19.20x4=$76.80

Be Like This Man!

The Author has presented to me emotional about going to encourage people who have nothing. He/She has started with a man in the beginning, water spilt on him then he grabbed a dead plant to make it grow.

The author hased use a mother and a little girl who lives on the street so that they can get money for the little girl’s education. This grabs the audience attention because the man is compassionate and generous. At the end everybody changed because the man helped them. All the people that the man helped was happy.

The author cleverly repeated the same actions and the man saw that there was a change in them because he has helped them .

The man has given his food to the dog. And at the end of the this ad the dog was loyal to it because the man has feed it and he feed as if the dog was his own dog.

The author has made the man go around the town and help the people in need. This gets the audience to go and help the people who are poor homeless and who has no money to provide for their kids for education.

The author has made the man give and share what he has.

The Best Add For 2014!

The Persuasive Reading Analysis:

Take another look at the persuasive piece of reading/ writing.

What strategies does the author use to try to persuade you?

Below are strategies writers often use for this form of writing.  Read through each

strategy and decide whether the author used that strategy by writing yes or no in the 

second column. If you write yes, then explain how the author used that strategy.

Persuasive strategy	Yes / No	How the author used it?
Claim – States the main   point or stance	Yes	The Author has presented to me emotional about going to encourage people who have nothing. He/She has started with a man in the beginning, water spilt on him then he grabbed a dead plant to make it grow.
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	No
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	Yes	The author hased use a mother and a little girl who lives on the street so that they can get money for the little girl’s education. This grabs the audience attention because the man is compassionate and generous. At the end everybody changed because the man helped them. All the people that the man helped was happy.
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	Yes	The author cleverly repeated the same actions and the man saw that there was a change in them because he has helped them .
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or  facts to support the argument	Yes	The man has given his food to the dog. And at the end of the this ad the dog was loyal to it because the man has feed it and he feed as if the dog was his own dog.
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency  for the cause	Yes	The author has made the man go around the town and help the people in need. This gets the audience to go and help the people who are poor homeless and who has no money to provide for their kids for education.
Research – Uses studies and   information to make the   argument seem more   convincing;  this can be in the form of words, graphs, tables, or illustrations.	Yes	The author has made the man give and share what he has.

Don't you want to improve your spelling?

                             L.I. We are learning how to place sentences in order in the correct place.

Do You Want Siblings?

LI: Write persuasive piece of writing using Ethos,Pathos and Logos.

Brothers and sisters are compassionate and thoughtful. They are like a friends, but better because when you are upset they are there for you and when you are in a situation they back you up.

Brothers and sisters should always stick up for each other. When you’re bored you can go outside and play with them. When they play with them they’re very physical. You love your sisters and brothers because when you are exhausted you can just go home and have a sleep and they can comfort you when your little. We always want to be with our siblings but we all know that we have to be separated when we grow up. We all go through a process of a human life. very cool life.    

Sometimes when you have little siblings they always want to go outside and play out in the sun and when it’s raining  there are little puddles and they like to play in it, it’s like a little pool to them. If we are sick our brothers and sisters are there for you. You can always rely on your brothers and sisters, we have to take care of them because they’re relying on us too

Having siblings are the BEST!       

Cadbury Creme Egg

LI: Analyse text of identify examples of ethos, pathos, and logos

The Persuasive Reading Analysis:

Take another look at the persuasive piece of reading/ writing.

What strategies does the author use to try to persuade you?

Below are strategies writers often use for this form of writing.  Read through each

strategy and decide whether the author used that strategy by writing yes or no in the second column. If you write yes, then explain how the author used that strategy.

Persuasive strategy	Yes / No	How the author used it?
Claim – States the main   point or stance	Yes	The writer very cleverly used the phrase:’ Don't get caught.’ At the beginning of the  advertisement and it is  repeated  throughout the ad.
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	No
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	Yes	The writer has cleverly said “This little angel.” He said this so he could make the audience think that the girl is innocent and she did nothing wrong.
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	Yes	The writers says “The eggs are irresistible so hurry up before they’re all sold so go and get one now.” (Kairos)
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or  facts to support the argument	Yes	The writer tells us that the cadbury Creme egg taste like e.g Creamy milk, creamy flowing yolk and you can’t resist the two chocolate layers.  These are the facts about the chocolate eggs.
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency  for the cause	Yes	The writer said that ‘The eggs are irresistible’, so if you don’t go to the shop’s now there will be none left.
Research – Uses studies and   information to make the   argument seem more convincing;  this can be in the form of words, graphs, tables, or illustrations.	Yes	The writer used knowledge about the eggs like what they are made of which is the facts he researched. layer.

Analyse text to identify examples of ethos, pathos and logos. 

Psalms 4:5

7/27/15

WALHT

Use the steps of Lectio Divina

Scripture reference:

Psalm 4:5 (A prayer for protection)

The words that stand out for me are:

This message to me is about helping us in a way of faith, speaking the truth, don’t trust the wicked or the people that does bad things on the road or anywhere else.