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Friday 30 October 2015

Rewriting a text using a different language style

Yesterday, the Bananas' group were with Mrs Golder on the mat and we we were given a task to do. The task was to rewrite a page from the Journal and the book we were reading: 'Why do I blush?' Together as a group we used words from the text to make up a narrative. We turned the language of an information report to the language of a narrative because we were learning to analyse the the different types of language features used in a text.
This is our rewrite:
Princess Ofa commented, “These reactions are signs your body is getting ready to …”Queen Melelose added quickly, “either fight or run away from a situation.”Prince Raniera was listening in and advised, “This is how our ancestors often reacted a long time ago.”Kolotina, the butler exclaimed, “ That’s true, your Majesty, for example when they came face to face with a large woolly mammoth!” Mikayla, the servant walked in with a bucket of ice and agreed, “this can help you cool down from your fight or flight reaction.”Prince Raniera interrupted the conversation and explained, “Your blood carries your body’s extra heat into tiny vessels called capillaries.”While the maid was cleaning she overheard the conversation in the royal room and wanted to join in this academic discussion. She mumbled shyly, “Because blood is red and the capillaries in your face are very near the surface of your skin, this heat-release this heat makes your face appear red, too.” The royal family were in shock of her knowledge and intelligence and were absolutely speechless.

By Bananas: Kolotina, Ofa, Melelose, Raniera.

Wednesday 28 October 2015

Senior Cross Country

Students jogging, walking, talking and dawdling like a bunch of jungle animals.


Everyday we have cross-country and we have to run three whole laps. There were year fours running with the year eights. Some students like the year fours ran only two times around the block but the year eights and sevens had to run three compulsory laps.


When the bell rang we first had to get into our class lines. As we stood we had to wait for the teachers instructions to start running. We ran up the hill and got to the gate near the crossing where Mrs Golder was standing. Down the hill we ran very exhaustedly. Some people were jogging and sprinting to finish one lap.


Later,  when we past Mr Reid we headed towards Mrs Buchanan’s way. While we were running up the hill there were more than one person sauntering through one lap. Then we ran up towards Miss Ginders and she told us to “Keep running it’s only one or two more laps left” so we ran and walked through to the finish line. At last we came to the end of the last lap we were as tired as! I took a sip of water, the coldness of the water went dripping down my sleeves.


We practised and practised and at the end of the day we were BETTER THAN BEFORE!