Literacy



__Monday mornings.__ Understanding reading between the lines. What clue is there in the story that tells us that Josh is not always irresponsible? The bit in the story that tells us that Josh is always irresponsible is that he always Lazy and when he wakes up, he gets dressed and goes to school late. E.g When the alarm bell rings in the morning, he feels like throwing it against the bed room wall.

When did Josh’s mood change? I think that Josh’s mood changed when he got into the class room. E.g He thought that because it was only a few minutes away from the bell ringing, that he might sit down and have a nibble on a chocolate bar.

3 Applying using what you know from the story News flash News flash. To many people are not wanting to wake up in the morning when their alarm clock rings. Just sleeping in is all they want to do. If you have any ideas or answers to help those people who just want to sleep in in the morning, please go on to our web site. E.g www.wakeupmorningideas.org.nz.

__Peter's friend__ 2)Understanding reading between the lines. Could this story be true? Why or why not? I think this story is a bit true. The reason why I say it is true is because, It says that the boy took the bottle from the man at the shop.He then took it home and put it on the shelf. Then it said that the boy look up at the wall and there was a spider. He picked it up and touched it looked at it and then thought can they actually hurt you or not.

3)Which parts of the story makes it seem real and why? The parts in the story that makes it seem real is the bits that are about when the shop owner said first that there was a weta on the boy’s shoulder. The boy looked at the weta and in a manner of time the weta had disappeared. This part seem real to me because it kind of told me that because I am scared of injections and needles, before I get all scared and start crying and all that, I should think about the needle in a good way and how it can help me for like the girls jab.

4)Was the narrator wise or stupid? I think that the narrator was a wise narrator because when there were expression bits to read out, the narrator read them out with expression. And with him reading them out with expression that showed us that in some bits in the story that needs expression, you should expression your voice more to make the story more interesting when you are reading it aloud.

Te pūpū Harakeke. By Sheridan Waitai - Cherrington.

1)Grandma wore that shell because it was the shell of Pūpū harakeke a special snail,only found in Muriwhenua.

2)Tupuna means ancestors & grandparents.

3)The neighboring attack the Pā because They wanted to steal the pa to have them selfs properly wanted it to be their slaves.

4)I think that Harakeke was important to maori because it was the snails & back then it probely was the only creature/Insect at that time?