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.

Activity 5

 For literacy, when we did activity 5 (We did 4 first) we had to create a piece of art. Art meant music, drawing, song, dance, or anything like that. The piece of art had to have a hidden meaning. My meaning is we are ruining the earth. I enjoyed getting to create my piece of art (I choose a drawing) because I like to draw a lot at home. I found it challenging to think of a meaning. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could add more detail/make the countries the right shape.

My art:

Banksy - Artist Proflie

 For activity three, we had to write an artist profile for Banksy. Banksy is a well-known artist but no one really knows who he is. I enjoyed getting to learn more about the street artist (NOT GRAFFITIST!) because I didn't know much. I found it challenging to make an artist profile because I didn't really know how to do it. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could add more facts.

Banksy

This un-named graffitist turned street artist is believed to be called Robin Gunnningham. Banksy lives in

Britain and chooses to use stencils rather than painting freehand.

He has been around for 47 years, his most expensive painting selling for $12.2 million. The expensive

painting, called ‘Devolved Parliament’, is a picture of monkeys in the place of members of parliament.

His most famous painting, ‘Girl with Balloon’, had a shredder inside it so when it was sold it just shredded!

The video can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekzjYZHs27E

Girl with Balloon (Banksy painting)

End Ball rules

 For writing, after we made the how to play we had to create a video showing the game in action. I think now that there is a video people will understand better. I enjoyed getting to write the script and record it. I found it challenging to work with lots of people because team #2 didn't always listen. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could add a voice-over. I didn't add a voice-over because I didn't have time.

Activity two

 For our second art-themed T-shaped literacy, we had to write about what we thought about the article 'Graffiti: Street art - or crime?'. I found this a hard thing to write about because I'm not sure what I think about graffiti. I enjoyed getting to read the article because it was quite interesting to hear peoples' opinions on the topic. I found it challenging to write what I thought about graffiti. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could.

What I think about graffiti, and should the men be arrested?

I have mixed feelings about graffiti but I think the men shouldn't have been arrested. I agree with what Bob said: "The greater the cost of removing the graffiti, the greater the punishment should be, though not prison." They did do graffiti which is a type of vandalism but being jailed for over a year is a bit much.

My feelings about graffiti are mixed because even though it is bad it is still a form of art. You wouldn't arrest someone for dancing on the side of a road, so don't arrest someone doing art. I know dance and graffiti are different but you sort of get the picture.