Lean On Me

WALT use our analysing skills.

Success Criteria:

• Part of the song	What is the main idea(s) in this part of the song?	Give an example from the text that supports this idea.	Give another example from the text that supports this idea.	Express your viewpoint by synthesising what you have analysed. -Do you agree with this part of the song? Why/why not?
  Verse 1 Salome	The main idea is about That there is always a reason to live for.	Sometimes in our lives We all have pain We all have sorrow	But if we are wise We know that there's always tomorrow	Yes we agree.  Because it’s expressing about life.It shows that people do suffer in silence
  Chorus	The main idea in the chorus is Support, Physical support for your friends.	“Lean on me, when you’re not strong, And I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on..”	“Till i'm gonna need somebody to lean on”	Yes we agree. This is because you need to Support a friend no matter what! Lean on them through tough times...And be by there side.
  Verse 2	The main idea is about its okay to ask for help and telling friends when you need it.	“Please swallow your pride if I have things you need to borrow”	"for no one can fill those of your needs that you won’t let show	I agree with this because, we can ask a friend for help, and maybe your friends will notice how sad you are and come and help us. There is always someone there to help you.
  Verse 3	The main idea is being a caring friend and showing love.	“So just call on me brother when you need a hand”	“We all need somebody to lean on”	Yes we agree,because being able to help people that are in need of help it’s okay to be there for them.
  Verse 4	The main idea in this verse is helping.	If there is a load! you have to bare that you can't carry	I'm right up the road, I'm share your load.	Yes I agree with this, because when you are sad or having problems there is always someone there to help you when you feel like no one will help you and when you lose hope.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

The Hunger Games.

Describing Haymitch

A Letter To My 16 Year Old Self.

Dear Myself (16 years old),

                                             I am writing this from the year of 2013, when I am 16 years old. First I want to give you an advice, just three words: don't take drugs. I hope you listen to my advice, I have given you. I hope you have a good friends, so they won't influences you to do bad things. I hope you focus more on your education. If you are making bad decision, I want you to do be that person, be someone who is kind, nice and always chose the right things. I hope you do well in the future. Sorry if this is a short letter.

                                                                                                                    Love Yourself,
                                                                                                                               Renee

My Favourite Book.

One of my favourite book is Cornelia's Jewel by James Baldwin

When Summer Comes

Essay- What Makes A Good Literacy Programme?

Literacy is about learning how to read and write. Literacy opens doors to our future in finding jobs and communicating with others in life. Without literacy people will finding life difficult in a way they can’t understand each other and it doesn't make sense at all.  A country that has a high level of literacy is a country that cares for its people and its future. We can now see a lot more of how literacy can change life for the better, however literacy is learning to read and write and it contributes to life in a very positive way for us as human beings.

Literacy is very important in life because we are able to read information and instructions of things in life for example, I can understand what the doctor tells me about my health and I can also read the instruction of how to take my pills. Literacy is also important because I understand people around me for example, I can communicate with my nurse when she asks me questions and I can be able to talk to the dentist when he needs me to talk. Literacy is very critical in life otherwise we will be struggling to live especially in this modern world.

Literacy contributes a lot to the success of a country. Some of the developed countries they have very high level of literacy because they understood it brings wealth and success to the country. For example, in Tonga the government has put up a law to ensure that all kids attend school from 5 years old until 16 years old. This is another way of ensuring that everyone gets education and expecting for a better future for family and country as a whole.

Furthermore literacy can change our way of living in terms of the better education we receive the greater the opportunities we have in life.  A lot of people have witnessed how much education can change our lifestyle for example, nowadays people with better education earns more money and they live in a more comfortable life while people who did not have good education they struggle in life and become obliged to the government.  People who have taken literacy more seriously do reap the benefits with greater opportunities in life.

What makes a good reading programme? A good literacy  is when the programme is interesting to every students  in the class and does create a learning environment to both students and teacher. A good reading programme also determines how well the teacher prepares to teach while students are ready to learn.

A quality teacher would have everyone to take part in the reading tasks and get them to also contribute their ideas what they think of the passage they read. A quality teacher would also get them to describe their understanding of the passage so that would allow them to think and develop their ideas. A good writing programme is when students understands what to write and read, how to write and read how it develops their ways of thinking. A Good writing programme is when students show interest by providing feedback and contributing their ideas in terms of forming a good essay of writing a good a story.

                                                                                             

Effective Literacy Programme.

Man In The Mirror By Michael Jackson

WALT use our analysing skills.

Part of the song	What is the main idea(s) in this part of the song?	Give an example from the text that supports this idea.	Give another example from the text that supports this idea.	Express your viewpoint by synthesising what you have analysed. -Do you agree with this part of the song? Why/why not?
Verse 1	The main idea in the song is making changes.	“ I’m gonna make a change for once in my life”	“Gonna make a difference, gonna make it right”	Yes we agree with our viewpoint because we are not realising there are people starving in different countries that need help.
Chorus	The main idea in the chorus is realising that reality is no message could’ve been any clearer.	“Take a look at yourself, And then make that change”	“No message could’ve been any clearer”	He is realising that there are people in the world who are in need of more things.
Verse 2	The main idea in verse 2 is realization and recognition.	“Who am I to be blind pretending not to see their needs”	“That’s why I want you to know!”	Yes. We agree with this part of the song because some people focus on vanity and on each others physical appearance instead of reality.
Verse 3	The main idea in verse 3 is knowing that there are more problems in the world than your own.	“They follow the pattern of the wind you know.”	“Cause they got no where to go!”	Yes. I agree with this song because
Verse 4 Renee & Chasity	The main idea in this verse is Change.	“I’m gonna make a change...”	“I’ve got to make that change, Today!”	Yes. We agree with this part of the song, because there are many bad things happening in the world, and we have to change it, By making a change in our ways...(In a good way). Make a Change!  If it is to be, It begins with me.

What Factors Contributes To Decision Making?

Note Taking

For Reading today, Our group Chapter 7 had to work as a group to complete this task. We were given a task to analyse. The text we were analysing was " War In Waihi".

My Name Is Mina

WALT: -critically describe a character by using clues and evidence from the text.

Use the writing framework below to complete a summary trait frame for one of the main characters in the text you have read this week.

Mina is a nine year old girl in the story of My Name Is Mina.

A characteristic of Mina is that she is an intelligent girl. An example of this is that she can make up stories that isn't real but seems real. Mina also shows  intelligent when she is writing in her notebook, her notebook is also known as the book I am reading call My Name Is Mina. To summarise, the evidence in the story shows that Mina is a intelligent young girl.

My Name Is Mina.

Tic Tac Note Taking

The Boy With The Striped Pyjamas Chapter 17-20

This term we are reading a book call The boy with the striped pyjamas and we have to complete the novel study. Here is mine and hope you enjoy.

The Boy With The Striped Pyjamas Chapter 13-16

This term we are reading a book call The boy with the striped pyjamas and we have to complete the novel study. Here is mine and hope you enjoy.

The Boy With The Striped Pyjamas Chapter 9-12

This week we are reading a book call The Boy With The Striped Pyjamas and we have to complete our novel study. Here is mine hope you enjoy

The Boy With The Striped Pyjamas chapter 5-8

The boy with the striped pyjamas.

The boy With The Striped Pyjamas Chapter 1-4

This term we are reading a book call The boy with the striped pyjamas and we have to complete the novel study. Here is mine and hope you enjoy.

The Sport Of Reading.

I have taken some notes based on a book call The Sport Of Reading.

Author Study

Investigating about our favourite authors.