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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Daily Creative Writing Template .

 A Picture Tells 1000 words


Topic

Purpose

Audience

Daily Creative      writing template .

wiritng 

everyone 


Title: Abandon ship 


Plan:

What might you talk about in the… 

Intro


Body Paragraphs


Conclusion



Bronze medal: 3 body paragraphs (not including the introduction and conclusion)

Silver medal: 4 body paragraphs (not including the introduction and conclusion)

Gold medal: 5 body paragraphs (not including the introduction and conclusion)

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Start your writing here:

Paragraph 1.one day in the olden days people use to live in a ship and they sleep there 

And they had lunch and dinner and also that they sleep in the ship and they just go to other 

Places to go and pick up other people .




Paragraph 2.  The next day people realize that the ship was half way sinking and the captain said we only have one more day till the ship sink so everyone was nervous and scared and they had a plan , the plan was there was a lot of small boats stuck to the big ship so they will go on it in the night time cause that when it will sink .



Paragraph 3 when it was the night time it sank the boat to the water so then everyone went on each small boat.

4 Facts -Toy Storys.

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Wednesday :response to text.

 Cook Islands - staff god

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Atua Rakau:


  1. What is a staff god?

  1. Name for our kitchen b) a stick in form of a god

c) Movie on netflix d) a religion

2.  What material is the staff god made from?

a) ice b) wood

c) diamonds d) iron


3. What does elaborately mean?

a) intricate b) tiny

c) disgusting d) detailed



4. How did the European missionaries view staff gods?

a) secular b) American idol

c) idols d) demonic



5. How long is the surviving staff god ?

  1. 6 metres b) 2 metres

c) one third of the length d) 19 metres


7.  Which best describes this staff god?Staff-god (detail), late 18th-early 19th century, wood, paper mulberry bark, feather, 396 cm, Rarotonga, Cook Islands © Trustees of the British Museum

  1. Smooth green eyes with stylised head, mouth, ears; a curved back with notches on the ear side

  2. Smooth eyes with stylised ears; a curved ankle with notches on the shoulder sides

  3. Smooth head with stylised ankles, mouth, noese; a curved neck with notches on the back sides

  4. Smooth head with stylised eyes, mouth, ears; a curved neck with notches on the back sides


8. How did William Ellis described the staff gods?

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9. When was Christianity introduced to Cook Islands?

  1. 2020 b) 19th Century

      c) 2019 d) 1900





Cook Island Art.

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Tuesday :Response to text .

 Cook Islands Tivaevae: 

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Tivaevae:



  1. What does Tivaevae mean?

  1. To cook b)  to sew or patch

c) To knit d) to laugh

2.  What are Tivaevae?

a) Tea Towels b) Pillow Cases

c) Sheets d) Duvets


3. When were Tivaevae bedspreads introduced by French nuns?

a) eighteenth century b) nineteenth century

c) twentieth century d) twenty first century


The Pange

4. What is a pange?

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5. What is a ta’unga?

a) a type of tivaevae b) an expert

c) cutting materials d) patterns and colours


Making the Tīvaevae


6. Which are not part of the three types of Tīvaevae?

a) tīvaevae manu b) tīvaevae tātaura

c) tīvaevae tā’ōrei d) tivaevae tāmoumou


7.  Which best describes what Tivaevae manu?

  1. It uses only four colours and two pieces of material. 

  2. It uses only one colour and one piece of material.

  3. It uses only two colours and two pieces of material.

  4. It uses only two colours and three pieces of material.


8. How is Tīvaevae tātaura formed?

  1. Using glue and paste b) using embroidered 

c) having separate pieces pieced together d) using chromebook


8. How is Tīvaevae tātaura formed?

  1. Using glue and paste b) using embroidered 

c) having separate pieces pieced together d) using chromebook





4 Facts Cook Island Art Form .

Monday, November 2, 2020

Monday Research Task.

Monday:Response to text .

 Tongan History: 

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About Tonga:


1. How many islands are said to be on Tonga?

a) 168 b) 169

c) 170 d) 171


2. Which of the following are not a group that Tonga was split into?

a) Vava’u b) Nuku’alofa

c) Ha’apai d) Tongatapu


3. What 2 languages are spoken in Tonga?

a) Tongan & English b) Tongan & Samoan

c) Tongan & German d) Tongan & Polynesian


Tongan History:


4. Where did the Polynesians settle 3000 years ago?

a) Nuku’alofa b) Ha’apai

c) Vava’u d) Tongatapu


5. Who brought the Tongans together to become one?

a) Queen Elizabeth b) King George V

c) Tāufa’āhau d) PM Pohiva


6. True or False: Tonga is the only country in the pacific to not give up their own government?

a) True b) False


Mat Weaving: 


7. What is used to weave the mats?

a) Modern technology b) Old Technology

c) Hands d) Broken down cars


8. What are mats worn around the waist called?

a) lavalava b) ta’ovala

c) ie d) mat


9. True or false: Woven mats passed down through generations symbolizes pride?

a) True b) False


10. How can you identify where people are from in Tonga?


4 Facts Tongan History and Art.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

SyIIables Practice .

 Syllables


Words are made up of parts called syllables. Each syllable has a vowel sound. A fun way to count syllables is to clap as you read each word. 


Examples:

Bat

1 clap 

1 syllable

monkey

2 claps 

2 syllables

forever

3 claps 

3 syllables


Now it’s your turn:

Word

# of Syllables

Word

# of Syllables

monster


candy


butterfly 


understand


cat


popcorn


basket


jump


strawberry


football


rabbit


reading


basketball


math


sister


playground


winter


elephant


family


fan








One or Two Syllables?

Look at the words below and sort them into the correct column below


work live very sentence old

place years again picture

little only sound help move


One Syllable

Two Syllables









Syllable Zoo

Look at each of the words and write the correct number of syllables for each word. 



Word

# of Syllables

Word

# of Syllables

elephant

3

kangaroo

3

zebra

2

walrus

2

lion

2

wolf

1

skunk

2

chimpanzee

4

pelican

3

hippo

2

monkey

2

bear

1

snake

1

alligator

2

ostrich


panda

2