I can use my growing wide range of academic and content-specific vocabulary to understand texts.

Year 7/8: I can use my growing wide range of academic and content-specific vocabulary to understand texts.

Name of Text: Underground Explorers

Definitions

Void: an empty space or vacuum. Fluorescent: able to give off visible light after being exposed to a source of heat, light, or other form of energy Vulnerable: able to be hurt or injured Interconnected: to connect or cause to be connected one to the other or others. Seldom: not often; rarely.

	Is a void messy? Why or why not?	No because it’s an empty space where there is nothing to get messy.
	Which color is the most fluorescent at night? Why?	White because the moon is white and the moon shines on everything and makes it white.
	Why are elderly people more vulnerable than children? Why?	Because most elderly are older are often living in rural areas.
	Which is more interconnected;  a vine or a dandelion? Why?	Dandelion because as soon as somebody sees a dandelion they will pick it up and and be connected with it straight away.
	Which is more seldom; the Olympics or an election in NZ? Why?	Olympics because elections are much more often in New Zealand.

Word Associations	The plants in the garden are die during a frost	Vulnerable
	There were lots of different paths that joined each other	Interconnected
	I made a shot from halfway while facing backwards.	Seldom
	We are still exploring  outer space.	Void
	I can find my key ring easily in the dark.	Fluorescent

Word Relationships How might each pair of words be connected?	Vulnerable/Fluorescent	Sometimes being in a dark place with some light can make you vulnerable because the light hurts your eyes sometimes.
	Void/interconnected	Being space can be interconnected like the caves there are lots of paths that are interconnected

Extended Writing	Think of a time when you felt as though you were in a void or when you saw something that happens seldom. Write a paragraph about this.
	When I went outside to get a drink I felt like I was the only one there and I was going into a place with nothing in the area.

I can describe the structure of a Short Story

Something I have learned about the structure of short stories is: that it has a setting, problem,feelings,action and who was in the story.

After reading some short stories two things I will remember when I write my own short story are that I will have my problem straight away and my problem can be a good or bad thing.

apply the techniques of improvisation to a range of different scenarios.

Improvisation techniques that I have used successfully are, always so "yes "

Improvisation techniques that I would like to have more practice at alphabet and one brain

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The thing that I enjoyed most about this unit of learning was Name rap because we went in a three and tried to make a rap on a name.

The thing that I found most challenging during this unit of learning was alphabet because it toke me for ever to think of what to say.

My favourite improv game was name rap because it was really challenging and fun and know I can rap with using names.

My next step/ something I need to work on further in improvisation is because I need to think and practice what i'm saying.

I can read and interpret a range of graphs

For maths I have been learning to read and interpret a range of graphs. This relates to the National Standards as it meets the criteria of .

• I can compare distributions visually (Year ⅞ Standard)

Here is link to my Statistical Literacy spreadsheet which shows all of the graphs and tables I can read and interpret.

I have also compared and contrasted some of the graphs. Below are the links to them

• Example 1
• Example 2

My next step is to use these in my leadership investigation next term.

Term 1 Integrated Learning - Leadership

We have been learning all about What makes a good leader.

Here is a link to the Leadership modelling book.

We identified that good leaders show 6 main character traits. These are Integrity, Trustworthy, Resilient, Goal Focused, Active Thinker, Motivational.

The leadership trait that I think I show the most is Motivational because I have been giving my friends some ideas on learning and other things to get what they need done.

The leadership trait I would most like to develop is goal focused because I need to learn to get my work completed on time without getting distracted.

Something NEW I have learned about leadership is the skill of being able to motivate people/ teams to work towards a goal.

The SOLO level that I reached during this unit of learning is Relational because I am able to compare and contrast the traits of different leaders.

My next step in learning about leadership is to apply everything that I have learned about leadership to my own leadership roles.

Peer Mediation Merit blog post 2

         
                                       Peer Mediation Merit blog post 2

On Tuesday the 12th I had Peer Mediation with Zainab and we had 1 problem we tried to solve the problem with the people involved in the problem but it was hard to solve because some of the people were running away from me and Zainab, so we told a teacher and they said we can't solve it so we went and told the teacher of the students that were involved and the teacher solved it and then everyone had a fantastic day.




My leadership quality / CARE value was active thinking because I thought about when my duty was, also I was looking at the time so as soon as it was 10 past 1 I would find who I was doing it with and get on with my duty.

Peer Mediation Merit blog post 1

On Tuesday the 5th I had Peer Mediation with Zainab and we had no problems the hole time we were on duty.That also means that the school students were playing fairly together and playing by the rules of the game/s.


My leadership quality / CARE value was Active Thinking because I had thought on when my duty was and what it was and remembering so i could keep an eye on the little kids.