Thomas : June 2013

Thursday 27 June 2013

My still image on Treasure Planet

This is my still image from Jim on Treasure Planet looking back at the police when they spotted him.

My Kiwi Kids News Quiz

These are my results on the Kiwi Kids News Quiz. I got 100% every time. I am very proud of myself.

Our kiwi kids news quiz

These are my classes results on the kiwi kids news quiz. I was working with Reon. We made a great team.

Tuesday 25 June 2013

My Past and Present Education flipping E-book

This is my flipping E-book on Past and Present Education. I learnt that if you misbehaved you would get the strap, cane or wear a hat that had Dunce written on it.

Monday 24 June 2013

My Math Wizz results

This is my Math Wizz results and my improvement is 0.02. I am not happy with my effort.

Thursday 20 June 2013

My liqud picture

This is my liquid picture. I was doing gentleman.

Our results on kiwi kids news

These are my results on kiwi kids news that I got with my partner raymond. We got 100%.

Wednesday 19 June 2013

My speech on should we learn a different language instead of Maori?

Thomas Speech from Joy Paton on Vimeo.

This is my Vimeo on my speech that my teacher recorded on a video camera. I am very happy with my speech.

Tuesday 18 June 2013

My Xtra Math results

These are my Xtra math results. I am nearly up to division.

My speech competition rubric

The Speech Competition Rubric

Assessor: ____________Zeba_____________ Performer: ____________Thomas________________

Please give honest feedback to your chosen performer. They will work on the feedback you give.

	1	2	3	4
Expression	Not using any expression at all in the speech. Sounds like a robot. Does not use the punctuation. Words do not flow	Using some expression for certain parts of the speech. Reverts back in sounding like a robot in some places.	Uses expression in most areas, but not all. Starting to make voice go high and low in certain parts. Starting to get into the role and use punctuation.	Uses expression throughout the speech. Making voice go high and low in all parts. Opens mouth wide so that words flow.
Loud clear voice	Reads in a very soft voice e.g. whisper. May mumble during speech. Words / sentences are very unclear and may not be understood by the audience.	Projects voice in some parts, but may revert back to soft / mumbling voice. Not all words / sentences may not be understood by the audience.	Projects voice in most parts, but may mumble, or speak softly in 1-2 sentences / words. Most words are understood by the audience.	Projects voice throughout the performance. Voice is loud and clear. Every word / sentence is understood by the audience.
Eye Contact	The performer refers to the speech / cue cards during for the entire contest. No eye contact given to the audience	The performer refers to the speech cue cards for some parts. The performer looks at the audience during some parts of the speech contest.	The reader looks at the audience and gives eye contact to the audience most of the time.	Eye contact is given throughout the contest. The performer gives eye contact to the audience during the entire speech contest.
Knowledge of the speech	Reads directly from the cue cards. Strongly relies off the cue cards during the contest. Does not know speech very well. Loses own place regularly and relies off cue cards.	Knows some parts of the speech, but is still reliant on the cue cards. Follows the text for most parts. Still reliant on cue cards to get through the contest. May lose place.	Knows most parts of the speech off by heart. Follows the text. Could easily perform the speech without the cue cards.	Knows the speech off by heart. Memorized the speech.

This is my rubric on my speech Should we learn a different language instead of moari? I think I did very well and am proud of myself.

Monday 17 June 2013

My math wizz results

These are my math wizz results and my improvement is 0.02. I am very disapointed with myself.

Thursday 13 June 2013

My speech on: Should we learn other languages instead of Moari?

Should we learn other languages instead of Maori?

I think we should.

Have you ever wondered what it is like to learn a different language? Well I have and today i’m going to tell you why we should learn a different language instead of Moari.

As a Samoan I think we should learn different languages other than Maori because I want to learn more about my culture as it sounds very exciting and I can talk to my mum without her struggling with speaking to me in English. I also have some relatives that live in Samoa and it would hard to communicate with them as I only know English and they only know Samoan so it would be difficult to communicate with them.

I would also like to speak in different languages because when I grow up I would like to fly to different countries and it would be difficult to communicate with others as I do not know their language.

I think that we should learn other languages at a very young age because it would be a boost in our knowledge and we would all benefit from it and would get better grades.

Here are some facts that I learnt from the website forbes. I learnt that 18.5 percent of all students between 1995 and 2009, increased their knowledge by 47.8 percent at colleges and universities because of their knowledge of foreign languages.

Also it can help you when you have a job overseas you would be able to understand them and get a good pay to lead a better life for you and your family.

It also helps to learn a different language and could build relationships with others and you could make new friends and not make any enemies

You would also be better off learning a different language because you can make conversations rather than feeling left out and alone like nobody wants you around

In this argument I have stated only a few reasons on why we should learn a second language such as you can communicate with relatives, friends, or even strangers and it could lead you a better life. There are heaps more reasons that I haven’t already stated about why we should learn a different language other than Moari.