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Homework Week Eight

Blog challenge: collect at least ten words from another language. Then put them on the blog in a comment box.

While I was in Melbourne last week I visited many different schools. I realised how lucky we are at Pahoia as we have so many cool facilities, lively teachers and groovy kids with great ideas. Thank you all for your homework last week, many of you created some interesting relatives. Check the blog for some examples of your excellent writing.

First Person or Third Person

Here are the beginnings to stories that Katherine Mansfield wrote. The first is in third person (where we write ‘he’ or ‘she’). The second is in first person (when we write ‘I’). You choose one of these beginnings and complete the story by saying what was in the letter or why ‘he’ always sits alone. Just choose one to complete.

From ‘the Swing of the Pendulum’:

‘The land lady knocked at the door.
‘Come in,’ said Viola.
‘There is a letter for you,’ said the land lady, ‘a special letter’ – she held the green envelope in a corner of her dingy apron.’

You complete this story. Or complete this one:

‘Who is he? I said. ‘And why does he sit always alone, with his back to us, too?’
‘Ah!’ whispered…’

You write who is whispering and what this person says about why ‘he sits always alone’. If it’s because he is lonely you have to explain why he’s lonely. If he’s unhappy you have to explain why he’s unhappy. Maybe you’ll think of an entirely original reason for him to behave like this.

Times tables focus is 8x. Challenge yourself, go past 12!

Please list your favourite authors this week. We will make a class list to help encourage each other to read different books.

Invent an ancestor

Shay
James Boll Brain
James was brought up in Napier. He was born in 1920. He died of cancer in 1960. He worked as a car mechanic for the Ford Motor Company. James had one leg because he had a motor dropped on his leg. He used to like playing darts with his mates after work.
Jack B
I had a great grand father that was in the army, he was in the 101st Airborne, he was a paratrooper. He invaded Normandy by jumping out of a plane with hundreds of other people. As soon as he hit the ground he had lost most of his friends and there was air ire coming from all directions.
Jack F
In 1854 Bill Bob was two he went into World War 2. He had a steel leg. He had muscles that could change into cannons. He had huge abs. After the war he retired. He became a sumo wrestler. At ten years he had won the sumo wrestler championship belt.
Tuesday
Billy Bob, My Person.
Billy Bob is an Olympic gymnast, he has represented New Zealand won first 150 years in a row. Now he swims in swim school for the elderly. He is getting fitter and fitter. I know what you think, he can never die. Anyway, lots of people think that he will have a chance in the Olympics for swimming. Which he does.
Michel
Walles William Wadcock
Beginning of Life
Walles was born and raised in Wellington. He went to a school called St Patricks. They were very strict on behaviour there and uniform. If you didn't behave right or have the correct uniform you would get whipped. EEKK!!
Middle of Life
After Walles finished college he went to Canada where he fought a bear and won. After that he went all over the UK, he went sky diving and his parachute didn't work so he broke his leg, his arm and his ankle. He did so many other things and this one I just have to tell you, He went to space. I've still got the stone he got from the moon!!!
End of Life
At the age of 73 Walles was still doing crazy things but not long after his last stunt of the week Walles died by doing a stunt at home, he tried to fly a plane upside down through a shed!!