WOW - Renewable Energy

 WALT - Research the word renewable energy is and learn it's meaning. Find ways on how we can create energy that is collected from renewable resources.   

 

Reflection - I learnt that solar panels and wind mills help produce energy, but they don't pollute the earth.

WOW - Carbon Footprint

 WALT - Research the word carbon footprint and learn it's meaning. Find ways on how we can reduce our carbon footprint.

 

 Reflection - I learnt that I have a pretty good carbon footprint, 

as I did the quiz ( link ) and my score was average.

My Climate Change Site

WALT - texts with your own prior knowledge to develop new ideas and understandings. Research facts about climate change and write synthesis statements about the effects of climate change. 

Click here for the link to my site

 

This site has all my information and creations on Climate Change.

WOW - Climate

WALT - Find the word 'climate' and 'weather' in the dictionary and learn it's meaning. Find the causes and effects of climate change.

   

 Reflection - I learnt about the causes and effects of climate change.

WOW - Autobiography

WALT - Find the word 'autobiography' in the dictionary and learn it's meaning. Identify famous people who have written autobiographies. 

 

  Reflection - I learnt that lots of people have written autobiographies, like Serena Williams and Miley Cyrus.

WOW - Russell Crowe

WALT - Find information on a famous NZ actor (Russell Crowe).

   

Reflection - I learnt that Russell Crowe is a New Zealander, even though he spent most of his life in Australia.

WOW - Sir Peter Jackson

WALT - Find information on a famous director (Sir Peter Jackson).

Reflection - I learnt that Sir Peter Jackson's partner, Frances Walsh, is also knighted for around the same reason. Also their kids are both actors/actress.

WOW - Tripod

WALT - Find a word in the dictionary and learn it's meaning. Label the different parts of a tripod.  
Reflection - I learnt that a tripod's "shoe" is the part that holds the camera, which I thought was the bottom part.
   

WOW - Mnemonic

WALT - find a word in the dictionary and learn it's meaning, create a mnemonic to learn a spelling rule.
 
 Reflection - I learnt how to spell mnemonic by a mnemonic.

WOW - Personification

WALT -find words in the dictionary and the thesaurus and to understand 'personification' as a figure of speech.
 
Reflection - I learnt that personification means giving an object human actions / feelings.

WOW - Arachnophobia

WALT - find different phobias and display them on a poster.
 
I learnt all about the different phobias, specially chicken phobia.

WOW - Gratitude

WALT - find words in the dictionary and the thesaurus and write in complex sentences.

Reflection - I found it hard to fill in my border.

WOW - Ashley Bloomfield

WALT - make a poster about Ashley Bloomfield.



Reflection - I learnt that Ashley Bloomfield's nickname is 'The Curve Crusher'.
I also like how I made the background the colour of The Ministry of Health.
I wish I added something in the border.

WOW - Barometer

WALT - skim and scan for information.

Reflection - I like how I coloured my text-boxes.

I like how I made the title and the definition the same font.

I wish I added a border.

WOW - Survival

WALT - get information about survival.


 Reflection - I liked doing my WOW poster online, as I usually do it on paper.
I like how I drew the cave, because we are researching about the Tham Lung Cave disaster in 2018.
I wish my poster wasn't so crammed.

WOW - Catastrophe

WALT - understand about New Zealand natural disaster.

Reflection - I like how I wrote 'Catastrophe' in square lettering.

I like how I added heaps of smoke emitting from the volcano.

I wish I had more patience when I was drawing the border.

WOW - Anzac

WALT - create a poster based on Anzac Day.

Reflection - I like how I did the border lightly with red so it didn't take over my title.

I like how I included a poppy field, as poppies are the flower we celebrate Anzac Day with..

I wish I had thought of a better pattern for my border, because I changed my mind half way through.

WOW - Pandemic

WALT - show how the COVID - 19 pandemic is affecting the world.

Reflection - I like how I did it on paper instead of online.

I like how I included heaps of red crosses, as pandemic is to do with sickness and diseases.

I wish I had coloured in the border with more patience.