Literacy Braingym 3

Task 1: Aprostraphes- Contraction

1. I dont think theyre dressed sensibly for this climate. = They’r
2. Im sure it wont rain today. = Won’t
3. I wasnt feeling very well yesterday. = Wasn’t
4. She hasnt got enough money to buy a pie. =Hasn’t
5. I haven't been swimming this year. = Haven’t
6. I wouldnt swim in that river. Its to dangerous. = Wouldn’t, it’s

Task 2: Apostrophes- Possessions

• This phone belongs to  Bianca’s sister. = Bianca’s
• These puppies’ are so cuddly and cute. = Puppies’

Task 3: Homophones

I went to the beach with my friends’, and my brother came too (two, too, to).

The shop by her house was a good place to buy  icecreams. (bye, buy, by)

The children put their coats over there by the tree. (there, their)

I’m not sure whether or not the weather will be ok for biking in the weekend. (weather, whether)

I know I have done no work today. (no, know)

Crime- Brainstorm

Find Evidence & Articles

Six burglaries a day in Rotorua:

This Article links to my topic (Crime) because burglary is a crime. Burglary is stealing, police use burglary as a code word for theft. Recently burglaries are most happening around Glenholmes area. However, police say the rise is due to a change in the way they define and record burglaries they will not help but keep trying to prevent burglaries to decrease everyday. I think this article can help me answer a few questions and also help me come up with new ones as well.

Rotorua Shooting- Police boss defends officer’s decision to shoot machete Wielding man:

This Article is about a police officer defending himself by shooting the victim after trying to take him out with pepper spray and a taser. Police say the man was shot after unsuccessful attempts to use pepper spray and a taser, which was fired three times on the man. This article is relevant to my topic (Crime) because this is something that involves and needs police to be apart of and, with police involved with situations like this article is obviously relevant to my topic crime. I think this article is helpful to me because this article has situations that police would need to take in their own hands to solve and stop this madness from happening again.

Mum mugged and robbed in front of her children in central Rotorua:

This is helpful with my topic because this is another crime that someone had commit and even in front of the victim's two children. A mother of 2 kids 9 and 4 year old got thrown on the concrete and robbed by a man near some traffic lights in Rotorua. Police believe that this will happen again so they would need to stop this criminal fast before it gets way out of hand. This also helps with my topic to show people that crimes like these need to be stopped. Crimes like these are unhealthy for others around and could affect your mental health.

Literacy BrainGym 2 spelling:

Social media is getting out of hand:

I think that social media is getting out of hands, but with apps that may distract teens and schoolers from work purposes. Apps like Face Book, Snap chat, Instagram and messenger could be easy to get distracted from just 1 vibrate or notification you get could put you off straight away. This has been a big problem in lots of schools that are able to take devices to school. For example my school RGHS has had a big problem in the past and that was sending inappropriate pictures and videos to others in school times such as nudes! I have to say that my class is getting out of hand with the use of social media especially me. Social media is something you can be apart of social media in a click, all you need to do is just download an app and sign up to something just like that. I think that being part of social media is becoming an addiction to people especially to teens.

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Literacy Braingym:

We should have homeless shelters in Rotorua Because…

Knowing that everyone in Rotorua has a shelter that they could at least call home and experience how a home feels like.

No one wants to be homeless, as a good  community we could atleast provide them with shelter and be able to help them keep warm and safe, because you dont know whats out there rapists, pedophiles and other, providing the homeless with shelter is good for their health and safetyn.

3 Adults, teens, kids should not go through something like this, I think that everyone deserves a home and needs to be in doors to acknowledge the feeling you get when your in your own room and not in the outdoors under bridges or streets suffering with coldness and other…

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Everyone to complete

Original:

What a fantastic place the safari park is Why haven’t you been to visit There are mischievous monkeys giant giraffes and crawling crocodiles As for other animals the list is endless lions elephants peacocks pythons and so many more There is something to watch all the time a monkey swinging from a climbing frame a peacock catching food a lion climbing a ladder If you are interested in food a delicious menu is available with indoor and outdoor eating Are you still too busy to visit Surely not The park is open every day between 8am and 8pm So book a date now The animals are expecting you

Completed:

What a fantastic place the safari park is. Why haven’t you been to visit? There are mischievous monkeys, giant giraffes, and crawling crocodiles. As for other animals, the list is endless; lions, elephants, peacocks, pythons, and so many more. There is something to watch all the time a monkey swinging from a climbing frame, a peacock catching food, a lion climbing a ladder. If you are interested in food, a delicious menu is available with indoor and outdoor eating Are you still too busy to visit Surely not The park is open every day between 8am and 8pm. So book a date now The animals are expecting you.

Current Event 2

Fore Site Card Game:

The elderlies gets upset that the young one's are taking smart drugs to focus on their game, which causes them to become addicted to their own virtual world. But the smart drugs have an side effect that causes cancer so they need to raise money by selling their smart drugs to afford the cure to help.

Inquiry Cycle:

Reading Response

Text title: A Game Of Card

Author: Witi Ihimarea

1.What is the story about?

About Nani Miros Mokopuna visiting her before she passes away and they get to gossip about the old times and there unforgettable memories. How much she loved her family and especially her home, she would rather die in her home that has so much memories in it then a hospital bed.

2.I enjoyed this story because...

It had a lot of interesting moments in it and words that my family always says such as “Maka maka teko bumb” and there were a lot of funny bits i liked, and it made me like this story because its kind of like my family...

3. The plot:

Nani Miros dies in the end.

4. In particular this story made me think and feel…

Really interested to carry on reading to the end, but at the end i felt sad and really amazed of this solid story.

Task 1

What are the issues?

Pollution to Rotorua lakes:

Child Poverty:

Violence:

What do you think are possible causes of these isues?

-People to lazy to walk to the bin. - The environment around the lakes.

-Poor use of jobs and slack money.

-Could be happening around them so they might have the influence to do it to others.

Who does this affect?

-Fishes and the people that eats the fish. -Enviroment

-Children living the poverty life. -And others around them

-Others around them especially kids

Notes:
Homelessness on the rise in Rotorua:
-Love soup Rotorua
-Nearly 30 families are vying for the same rental properties.
-A family recently moved to Rotorua, but now facing to be homeless.
-In the past two weeks more then 20 families have asked for assistance  from love soup Rotorua because they face becoming homeless.
-Because of the love soup Rotorua, more recently, they have found themselves preventing families becoming homeless.

Current Event 1