The Beekeeper Quick Write

Quick Write Number One - The Beekeeper

For the next two weeks we are going to work on ‘Quick Writes.’  This is where you are given something to write about (a writing prompt) and you only have 10mins to write as much as possible using this writing prompt.

For our writing prompts we will use either images or short videos.

The purpose of this is to practise writing fluently.

When we look at our writing prompt we will have about 10-15 mins to discuss it and brainstorm some ideas and vocabulary.   

Our learning goals are to:

-write a description, using powerful words and phrases

-include some Te Reo Māori

-carefully check that our sentences make sense and have correct punctuation and spelling.

When we are writing we need to think about…

1. What do I want my reader to see?

2) What do I want my reader to hear?

3) What do I want my reader to smell?

Tips:

-look closely at the picture or video

-think about the three key questions and the learning goals

-give yourself time to plan and write

Do your writing here        Beekeeper

As I walked through the cool fresh grass I could hear the buzzing of my bees in the crisp fresh air. The silkiness of the honey was as smooth as a yellow daffodil petal.  The smell of the sweet orchid flowers in the cool kōanga (spring) sun was strong and sweet. I can hear the cicadas buzzing in the fresh crisp karaihe (grass).

Robot Rampage

This term we have been focusing on narrative writing. We saw a video story starter and had to carry on the the story. Here is my work.

T.B.O.B.S

The business of babysitting

Every weekend there was one job Katipo hated doing : Babysitting her younger, cheeky brother and sister. They were twins and needed their nappies changed constantly. Now that she was 14 her parents had decided that she could babysit them.  She’d much rather be building her latest robot invention in the shed. That was it! What if Katipo could build a robot to babysit her brother and sister! That night she said goodnight to her mum and dad and hopped into bed. When she heard her mum and dad go to bed she snuck out into the shed and started building her robot…  When she was making the robot she decided it needed some hair. She chopped of some of her dark black hair and glued it to the robot to make it look more realistic. Her dark brown eyes were twinkling in excitement!

The next morning Katipo took her robot into the house. She hid it in her room. That night her mum and dad went out to dinner. Just when she was about to turn the robot on she realized it did not have a name. She thought hard for a moment then decided on the name Ahi (fire). She turned Ahi on. For a moment nothing happened. Then suddenly with a loud BANG the robot was on and in working order. She made sure the robot worked well. Katipo left the room and walked to her friends house.

When she came back later that night she almost fainted with what she saw. The room was a total mess,  chairs were strewn across the room and paper was everywhere. In the middle of the mess was the two babies that were crying there heads off! Katipo ran over to them and tried to stop them crying. After she had got them to bed she went into her room. Can you guess what was lying in her bed fast asleep? Yep, Ahi. She went downstairs to tidy up the mess,  it took for ever!

The next night when her parents were away Katipo decided to get the robot out one more time, but this time she would hide in the kitchen and watch what Ahi did. She had a strange feeling that there was something weird going on here……

She turned Ahi on and snuck into the kitchen. She saw the robot and at first thought nothing was happening. But then she saw the robot pick up Jess and sat on her. Than all she heard was a series of: pop, purp, poof. Jess was patero( farting) with the weight of the robot on her! The baby farted like a balloon bursting out of it’s space. Next the robot picked up and sat on Jesse.The robot was as Whakataumaha-heavy as a blue whale! The robot must have thought that it was supposed to Baby-SIT! Katipo then saw the robot go upstairs into her room. For the next half hour the babies got lots of things out and messed up the room lots. They took the playdough out and stuck it in the carpet, spilled milk all over the carpet, pulled all the paper out of the shelfs and dumped it everywhere and they also put baby powder all over themselves! The weight of the robot did not seem to have hurt the babies at all! It was too much to see! Katipo then burst into the room and started cleaning up. She put the babies to bed and went upstairs. That night she went to the shed with Ahi. She then destructed it and turned it off.

From now on Katipo always babysits and actually likes it! There is never much mess when SHE babysits!

My Political Party

At school we have been learning about the elections . As a fun activity our class got to get into groups and make our own political parties. He is my poster. 

Free Choice writing - Animals

Sometimes when we have finished our writing work we get to do free choice writing. Free choice writing is were we get to chose a topic to write about. This week Sasha and I wrote about animals. Here is our work. You can click on the video link to listen to us read it. Please leave a kind, thoughtful and helpful comment.