Personification

In room 13, we have been learning about personification so we can use it in our writing. Personification is when an object is doing something that a person can do. It is like "the trees danced in the wind" because a tree can't dance but a person can but you can imagine the trees dancing. Ms Tito gave us a piece of paper that had sentences on it that we had to turn into a personification. Here are some of the sentences:

The door opened.
The arrow moved across the page.
The leaf fell from the tree.

Here is what I turned them into:

The door slid open.
The arrow jumped across the page.
The leaf dived from the tree.

How I Broke My Thumb

At the start of 2011 I broke my thumb. I was up in Auckland at my grandma's house. My two little sisters and I were walking my grandma's neighbour's dogs, there were two dogs one called Cookie and one called Rollie. My youngest sister was walking Cookie but he was walking a bit to fast for her so she went to pass him to me but I didn't know see was going to pass him to me so she let go and her ran away. I ran after Cookie and dived for his lead and missed I jumped back up and rn again I went for another dive and got it. My thumb was sore so I went back up to the house to get some ice. A bit later my thumb was really sore so mum took me to the doctors to get a X-ray. My thumb was broken.

When I Grow Up

We all have dreams about what we want to be when we grow up. Some people want to be a teacher, a doctor or a celebrity but when I grow up I want to be a movie director. When Ms T showed me how to turn on a video camera and show me how to film, I knew I wanted to be in the filming business. About a mounth ago I decided that I wanted to be a movie director. To help me make this goal come true I have a little cartoon drawing of me sitting on a chair behind a camera. The drawing is hanging above my bed so I can see it every night. If you want your dream to come true you should draw a little drawing and hang it above your bed.

My Holiday

At the end of term three I will be going to Aussie! I can't wait because I have never been over seas before, I haven't even been to the South Island. My family will be going to most of the Theme Parks and I will take alot of photos and post them on my blog. I hope October comes quickly. Aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi!!!

Adrenaline Forest

A while ago I went to Adrenaline Forest. It is a place where you go and climb and swing and do cool stuff up in the trees. Don't worry it is safe because you have to where a harness and safety ropes. It costs $15 for  children (between 1.3m & 1.45m) ,$25 for Children (over 1.45m) and $38 for Adults. Here are some pics...

The 40hour Famine

On Friday at 8:00 most people started the 40hour Famine. I did the 40hour Famine but I started at 8:30 because I wanted to watch glee and finishes at 8:30. That means a finished the 40hour Famine at 12:30 and not 12:00. I went without Electronics and I nearly gave up but I didn't. I think my family was teasing me by watching TV all the time. I was going to do no eating but my mum said she doesn't want me to be tired, gurmpy AND hungry. Thank-you to my sponsors. I have about $140!!!

Ruby

My Goal

Last time I was going to save up to buy a Ipad but now Im going to save up to buy a laptop. Hopefully I will be able to buy it by the end of the year. I'll keep you updated ....

Ruby

Spec

At Tawa Intermediate we have some extra activities called Spec. For Spec there is Cooking, Woodworks, Arts and Music. All eighteen classrooms at my school go to Spec two times a week. The Government has cut the buget for Spec and from the start of next year there will be no Spec for year 1-8 students. The bad thing about this is that all the Spec teachers from all over New Zealand are going to lose the jobs if we don't do anything about this.So my whole school are going to write letters (or other stuff) to the Government. My teacher, Ms Tito, is going to make a short movie so while we are at Spec, Ms Tito will be film us. Hopefully we can make the Government change their minds. Fingers Crossed.

Ruby

GLEE!!!!

One thing you might not know about me is that I like Glee. Every Friday at 7:30pm I watch Glee. Last Friday Quinn was in a car crash...... Click Here to see

One of the BIG things that happens on Glee is THE SLAP...... Click here to watch

Have you ever played Doge-Ball before? Click here to see a cool Dode-Ball game

Homework!

Hey All

Homework is here again. For homework we got lots of activities to do and we have to do at least four of them. One of the activities is baking something for your class that has something to do with a New Zealand symbol. I did the New Zealand flag........

40 hour Famine

Hey All

The 40 hour famine is oming up and I am doing it! I will no use technology for 40 hours. All the money I get will go to some people in Mali or Niger. If you sign up you will help lots of people. Click Here to sign up or look at the website.

GO TEAM GREEN!