SLJ - Your Comments Count

 My comment is a quality comment because I said what was good about it and I gave some feedback on how to make it BTB (Better Than Before). I commented on Deborah's blog. You can find Deborah's blog here: https://gisdeboraht.blogspot.com/

SLJ - Hana Kōkō

 I made this weird mixed-up Santa outfit from the weather on the West Coast

SLJ - Ultraviolet

 Last year I made a UV bracelet so I just hung it up outside. UV bracelets have beads that change colour if there are UV rays.

SLJ - It's Cool To Be Kind

 I had written this comment before I did the activity, and I know there's a spelling mistake in there (Greata)

SLJ - Optical Illusions

 My illusion makes you try to make the lines become black or white, never both.

SLJ - Summer Hiaku

 I've written haiku poems before, but never a summer-themed one. I tried to base it around New Zealand summer but ended up doing summer in general. I don't like it.

Summer, oh what fun

The sun is shining brightly

And we're having fun

SLJ - Treasure Map Code

 This was easyish because I have studied pig pen ciphers before

SLJ - Rise Up

 Seeing as I find it hard and boring to write captions (And it's the school holidays) I won't be writing captions on any of my SLJ (Summer Learning Journey) posts.

Mine is completely random, Senseless is about a book character (Dovewing), I'm cursed is about a book character (Goosefeather), Long Ago is about a book character (Briarlight), Enemy is about a character in a book I wrote (Goldenheart), and Perfect is about two book characters (Firestar and Spottedleaf)

Mine:

When you open your eyes,

you see many things.

You know it’s your time to rise

So you spread your wings to the skies

Life won’t pass you by

Examples of others I have written:

Senseless:

Now I’m, senseless

I gotta put up a fight

Senseless

I’ll run away in the night

I’m Cursed:

I have a problem . . .   I’m being haunted.

I’m cursed! I’m sick of seeing all these ghosts!

I’m cursed! If only I could get a break!

I’m cursed!

Long Ago:

I am crippled,

 my back legs work no more.

The water ripples,

showing what my heart is longing for.

Enemy:

You killed my sister,

I will get revenge

You are now my enemy,

your life will soon end

You are my enemy, 

my enemy

Perfect:

She’s perfect,

there’s no other word to describe it!

She’s worth it,

now I’m feeling like a kit

SLJ - Which One Doesn't Belong?

 For the SLJ (Summer Learning Journey) we had to look at the pictures and work out which one didn't belong and why. I thought this was hard on some but easy on others. Please say what you think for the last one in the comments! I enjoyed getting to make my own (I drew all the art, but not all characters are mine). I found it challenging to do the one with the space ship things. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could add more things to all of them.

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SLJ - Tanerore

 For the SLJ (Summer Learning Journey) we had to create our own Maori drawing. I did ferns in the centre because they represent New Zealand, four hammerhead sharks because they represent strength (Strength of the sun), and a koru at the top because it is used in most Maori drawings. I used Kleki.com to draw on. I enjoyed getting to draw it. I found it challenging to place everything. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could add more detail or colour it in.

SLJ - Fishy False Teeth

 For the SLJ (Summer Learning Journey) activity 'Fishy False Teeth' we had to read an article then answer some questions. After we did that we watched a video and added speech bubbles to the comic. I enjoyed getting to watch the video because it is funny. I found it challenging to think of ideas for the speech bubbles. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could add more speech bubbles or add more detail to the ones I already have.

Summer Learning Journey - Teaser

 In the holidays I am doing SLJ (Summer Learning Journey) so at school, we had to do the teaser activity. The teaser activity was to recolour a piece of art using the ArtColouringBook app. I choose to do the step-it-up one because I wanted to do something harder. I enjoyed getting to colour the picture I choose. The best part was colouring the background and the watermelons. I found it hard to colour because when I started it was working when I clicked. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could think more about the values of the colours I did in the background.

Things I noticed in the original piece:

 - There isn't a blue and yellow background, it's light and shadow

 - There are two people in the back, not penguins

Recoloured piece

Original piece

Greenland - Country profile

 For maths, we had to research the hottest (Burkina Faso) and coldest (Greenland) countries in the world and make a country profile on them. I enjoyed getting to research the freezing temperature in Greenland. I found it challenging to get average temperatures for every month so I did the whole year. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could add more detail, but I couldn't think of much to add.

Burkina Faso - Country Profile

 For maths, we had to research the hottest (Burkina Faso) and coldest (Greenland) countries in the world. Then we had to make a country profile about them and their temperature. I enjoyed getting to research Burkina Faso because it is a very interesting country. I found it challenging to get average temperatures for every month. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could add some more information about the country.

The Battle Begins

 For writing, we had to storyboard a book we knew. I chose to do The Battle Begins (Unnaturals book #1) because I knew it a lot. It's a good book and I would recommend reading it because there are many more important parts than what you see in my comic. I enjoyed getting to storyboard the book but I would have prefered getting to draw it myself rather than using StoryboardThat. I found it challenging to make the characters because they are hybrids. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could have put the title at the start because it looks weird at the end. (I don't know why I put it there)

Mink culling

 For our quiz activity, we had to write about anything from the quiz. I choose to write about mink culling, and the minks rising from the dead. I enjoyed getting to write about minks (Fun fact: They are related to my favourite animals, the pine marten). I found it challenging to find much information about the subject. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could make it longer. I didn't do that because I didn't have as much time as we normally do.