Literacy+and+Communication

= 2013 = =2012=
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 * =My Writer's Journal= ||  ||   ||

My writing goal is to expand my vocabulary and use personal voice. I can note in the books I read!! media type="file" key="Tom expand vocal+personal voice 11.2012.flv" width="360" height="270"

Jack Lovelock

My Speech - Should we have the 'dole' media type="file" key="Tom 2012 speech.flv" width="360" height="270" My Speech presented at the Oroua Competition media type="file" key="Tom Oroua 2012.flv" width="360" height="270"
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 * Crawling through the long silky grass...... **
 * Eyeing its prey...... **


 * The LEOPARD... **
 * Killing machine **


 * It smells like fresh red blood **
 * Pouring out of a gazelle’s heart **


 * Viscous **


 * It looks like the face of death **
 * Prowling towards you **


 * Lethal **


 * It tastes like fear **
 * Tingling up your cold stiff spine **


 * Savage **


 * It feels like goose bumps **
 * Prickling up on your back **


 * Dangerous **


 * It sounds like the deep roar **
 * Echoing through the cold dark damp forest **

= = =2011= I have got better at building a picture with the words and sentence structures I use. I am using personal voice. ** Lamb and Calf Day 2011 ** “And the champions are ...” I was crossing my fingers so hard that blood could not pump through them. “Alex!” “Yes,” thought in my head as claps rang through my ears. “...and...” The ‘and’ made me freeze like a Popsicle. “Sarah!” Screaming filled the atmosphere with excitement! “It’s a new record!” cheered Mrs Pratt. Suddenly silence flew into the air. Certificates came and a trophy took place in Hannah and Brooke's hand. Yells from the crowd rose and fell again. But now hope rested on my shoulders … Senior indoor champs were about to walk out of the dark and claim their prizes. Stanley landed in 4th place. Ashleigh claimed a third. “Please be Ethan, Please be Ethan, please be Ethan,” I begged. “Tom Beard in second place.” NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I said in my head. So the champion claimed his trophy.....”Ethan.” “Tom was off by one point” “NO!” I said out loud this time. I was very surprised Caleb didn’t get a prize. Well actually the truth still lay beyond us. The whole thing changed as we got into the lamb and calf competition. Seconds later Tyler and Alex were in ‘Ruler of the world’ poses as they held up a cup and reserve champion ribbon. My brother Alex got reserve champion. Time flew and Ben held up a trophy. Now I had butterflies in my stomach. It was my calf cup. 2 hours later ...“I can’t believe I got second in every thing,” I screamed! By Tom I am developing my reading fluency by reading to others through our CAFE Reading programme media type="file" key="Tom T3 2011 Reading.flv" width="360" height="270"
 * The LEOPARD... **
 * Man eater **

Developing my Skiing Learning Story media type="custom" key="10391686" My Published version ...   Snow, Sun, Ski. “Where are they?” I said to Stanley as I peered over the hill looking everywhere for Mrs Fielder, Amber and Zahn.

“Let’s just go up the chair lift and look for them up there,” said Stan in a hopeful voice.

“Creak...” said the bars as I pulled them down to my waist. The seat wobbled as Stanley and I moved all over the seat looking everywhere for the trio.

Finally I spotted Mrs Fielder in her unique yellow and black jacket. I yelled, “Up here!” She had spotted me. We were going up the rail faster than I thought. I felt like a bird gliding through the foggy sky. Finally we broke out of the fog and noticed Mt Egmont’s tip looking out of the clouds. “SSScccchhhh,” said my skis as they met the icy ground. “Sta-Stanley…”

“Oof!” I grunted as my face slammed to the ground. I shuffled to the left to get out of peoples way. “That was an amazing view,” I whispered to Stanley as I slid my goggles over my sun lit eyes. I spotted Mrs Fielder and Zahn coming up on the chair lift. Then they slid down the icy slope.

“Hurry up Tom!” said Amber. “Where did she come from,” I said to myself. I skied down following her. I had remembered what my teacher had taught me and so I started doing parallel turns. Little did I know I was actually achieving my goal; turning. I continued doing it until..... WHAM! another skier had hit me. This is what I found most challenging.

“Watch out!” Stanley yelled at Zahn when he saw me sliding towards him. A second later we were a tangled mess. I wished I had brought my toasty gloves. That was my key competency goal; to organise and look after my belongings. It was easy going down Park lane because it wasn’t steep. But it was fun on the Giant with powdery snow flying everywhere as I turned. My next step is to go up High noon. I hope we can go again this year because I can challenge myself and make new goals. = = =Speech 2011 - Controlling the Weather= media type="file" key="Tom 2011.flv" width="360" height="270" = =
 * Reflection... || My Strengths || My Next Step ||
 * My Reflection || Good eye contact || Look at my cards more often ||
 * Judge's Reflection || Good gestures, pace and well presented argument || Use more expression ||
 * Mrs F's Reflection || * A very original and creative choice of topic Tom. Well done.
 * You divided it into very clear points and developed your argument well.
 * Your spoke clearly and projected your voice well. || * Adding gestures to support your points will help the audience stay hooed in.
 * Remember to vary the pitch and volume of your voice to give your points more emphasis. ||

Term two writing - Recrafting to add words that make my writing more interesting
=media type="file" key="Tom T2writing.flv" width="360" height="270"= = ** W.A.L.T write from another person's perspective ** = Apiti Post Office Apiti 13th April, 1916

To my Dearest nephew, Liam. <span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 120%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">For the last three days we have been doing well because we have blown up two bases. We have only seven more to go. I’ve moved into a higher rank after doing my suicide attack against general Kasha. I am now a sergeant. I also won a bravery medal at the same time! <span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 120%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">The thing I’m frightened about is the attack the commander has planned. His plan is to attack Base C from behind, kill some people, lay C-4, then 3! ... 2! Take cover …1! BBBOOOOOOOOOOOMM!!! It will set off as well as an atom bomb. <span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 120%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">At the moment we are on the jungle’s edge and making huts out of wood. Most of it is wet because it has been raining for the last two weeks but the clouds are clearing so I might have a good sleep tonight. <span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 120%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">If I get home I’ll send you your Birthday present. Remember when we hitched up Dolly and Peg to your Dad’s wagon to take the milk to Feilding. It took three hours but it was a good journey; other than worrying about the milk going bad! Remember when we saw some boys stealing apples on the fire station. Then the fire alarm rang and the fire wagons sped off up Makoura Road and the boys nearly fell of the roof! <span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 120%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">I hope you write back. I am very curious about what’s happening in Apiti at the moment. I hope you’re being good, not getting the strap at school and how many jobs has Mum got for you now? <span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 120%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Well, Good bye for now. <span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 120%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">From

Uncle Jake.

= = = 11 Bryce Street =

Dear Wendy and Sheree
== Thank you for being my camp parent and being able to take transport too. I really appreciated how you took time out to come on camp and help our whanau group. I really enjoyed Laser Force because it felt like we were in an U.F.O being attacked by aliens. At the end of Laser Force I spent two dollars on a video game called Time Crisis Three. == == What did you like the best? I thought Laser Force was the best and although our team lost both two games it still awesome. In the second round we gathered our team to our base and then Ethan came charging in (and of course he was from the orange team) but we had all beaten him and I think Charlotte was the only one who got shot. The worst thing at camp was leaving Laser Force. ==

Writing shared at our term 1 assembly
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 * Jubilee Recount **

<span style="color: #1200ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">“Uhhh,” I moaned. I felt like I was riding a giant tortoise to Apiti. The only things in my mind were to sit, wait, talk and hope that the bagpipe guys would go faster. <span style="color: #1200ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">I was in the old section and the vest I was wearing was so tight that it felt like all of my guts were moving to the lower part of my body. <span style="color: #1200ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">About fifteen minutes later we went past a house and there were about two people there and that meant slingshot time! So I whipped out my slingshot and whispered, “Prepare to die!” <span style="color: #1200ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">“Fling. Fling! <span style="color: #1200ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">“Ha Ha Ha,” I giggled as I flung a lolly into the crowd. <span style="color: #1200ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Another fifteen minutes later I grabbed on to the bar, spun my head out and peered up the road once more. The crowd was only ten metres away so I jumped back into my desk but this time I had a smile on my face. <span style="color: #1200ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">While I was waiting for the ten minutes to while away, I had some fruit bursts. When I threw one into my mouth it was like a grenade getting thrown into a cavern, but instead of an explosion it was a burst of intense flavour! <span style="color: #1200ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">As the playcentre kids skipped along, a light bulb lit up in my head ... I should sling a lolly at them. So I slung it hoping they would see it. But no, they didn’t! <span style="color: #1200ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Then I heard the crowd cheering as we made our way to the village.

=2010=

Speech 2010 - We should develop a community recycling centre for Apiti
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My goal is to explain how something in our world came to be...

How the stars got in the sky
3...2..1..BLAST OFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!! BRRRRROOOOOOOOOOFFFFF. 'We are temporarily in space sir,' said the cadet. 'What's that?' questioned the captain. 'An asteroid sir,' answered the cadet. 'No that pile of junk behind us!' said the captain. 'Dunno ... maybe a UFO,' said the cadet. 'WHAT! A UFO THAT'S CRAZEY! OH MY GOD! FULL SPEED AHEAD AND DODGE THOSE ASTEROIDS!!! VVVVVVVVVVVRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOMMMMM went the spaceship. PPPPPPRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOFFFFHHHHHHH. Went the UFO. The UFO started shooting at the spaceship PEOW! BANG! =Goal: To use procedural text to give instructions.= How to pull a pot on the wheel. 1:Put the mat on very carefully. 2: Take a piece of clay - a round piece of clay. 3: Put the peice of clay on the wheel very hard. 4: Push your feet on the pedals to make the wheel spin round and hold your hands around the peice of clay very hard until it makes the shape of a cone. 5: Push your fingers (your thumb and the one next to your thumb) into the middle of the pile fo clay until it gets thin but not too thin 6: If you want to make it higher put both of your hands on the side of the bowl and gently lift them up.

=W.A.L.T use descriptive language to build a picture using a cinuqain format= **//New Zealand//**

//Amazing breathtaking//

//Hiking, snow skiing, fishing//

//Exhilarating exciting extreme activities//

**//Aotearoa//**