I am a student at St Francis of Assisi Catholic School. This is a place where I will be able to share my learning with you. Please note....some work won't be edited - just my first drafts, so there may be some surface errors. I would love your feedback, comments, thoughts and ideas.
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Wednesday, 17 June 2020
what you already know
Thursday, 11 June 2020
writing follow
Learning Intention | How can we use our knowledge of narrative writing to construct a text from a prompt. |
Prompt: | |
Plan | Where the setting is going to be Barli. 2 examples of a complex sentence The sun was brighter than a flashlight, and hotter than a fire. The sun is hotter than the inside of my black car, after a hot day. 2 examples simple sentence The sand was burning. The air was steaming hot. The sky is bright blue. 2 compound sentences The boat was in flames yet they did nothing, and jumped off and went for a swim. I ran along the hot sand yet I still kept running and fell over onto a giant sand castle. When I was sprinting along the hot sand until a giant dog leapt onto me, I tumbled to the ground. |
Beginning (Orientation - Setting/ Characters - hint to the problem | Paragraph 1: The sun was brighter than a flashlight, and hotter than a fire. The sun is hotter than the inside of my black car, after a hot day. The sand was burning. The air was steaming hot. The sky was bright blue. I saw in the distance a boat was in flames yet they did nothing,and jumped off and went for a swim. I ran along the hot sand yet I still kept running and fell over onto a giant sand castle. When I was sprinting along the hot sand until a giant dog leapt onto me, I tumbled to the ground. |
Wednesday, 10 June 2020
making predictions
Make predictions about the text & look for clues to confirm predictions
Screenshot a picture of text here
The prediction I am making is.. | Why I made this prediction | Clues that confirm my prediction |
I predict that the dogman and his cat are going to save the world. | Because he is wearing a very nice cape. | Later on in the story it confirmed my prediction by saying that he saved the world o. |
I protect that dogman is a cop. | because he had a police hat on. | He was in the police station. |
I predicted that the dogman had a friend. | He had a cat next to him. | In the book it said they were friends. |
I predicted that dogman went to jail | He had a photo of himself in jail. | In the book he went to jail. |
He got out of jail. | There was a photo of a police chase | He broke out of jail |
Deliver an important message. | He had a piece of paper in his hand and he was running. | In the story he gave the chief a piece of paper. |
That his friend is a cat. | He was walking around with a cat and they were talking to each other. | Later on in the story it said they were best friends. |
That dogman likes saving people. | He saved the people in the story that I read. | He wouldn’t save people if he didn’t like doing it. |
I predicted that a dogman is a dog. | I made this prediction because the title says dogman and I guessed that he was a dog that walks on legs. | On the first page it has a picture of the dogman and I was right he is a dog. |
Thursday, 4 June 2020
Math DLO

Writing DLO
Reading DLO
Book Review
Name: Archie
Title: Gorilla’s
Author/Illustrator: Kate Riggs
Summary: In this book that I read it says that a gorilla is a type of ape, and apes are known as primitives.They get their name for the place they live in africa. Gorilla’s have large bodies and big heads, they have long strong arms and hind legs that they use for walking, Gorilla’s also have black or brownish hair covering their muscular bodies. Male Gorillas are larger than female Gorillas, male Gorillas stand 5 feet tall (1.8 meters) and weigh up to 500 pounds (227 kgs). Female gorillas are usually 1.5 meters tall, and 200 pounds (90 kgs).
Acrostic Poem
Write an acrostic poem using the main aspect of the text.
C - Camels
A - Africa
M - Mammals
E - Eat tall grass
L - Long distance
S - six to seven feet tall.
Wanted Poster
Create a wanted poster for one of the characters in your book using The Google Drawing App.

