Maori Pronunciation

Probability

Today we were learning to create a digital object explaining the probability of something happening.

Narrative Writing

Starter: Write a folktale about an annoying wildebeest who is always getting into trouble with her parents.

Me and Zoe quietly open the door and tiptoe inside. It’s midnight and Zoe and I were meant to be home by ten. We dread what will happen next. We look in the lounge and the lights flick on. Two pairs of angry eyes glare at me. “Why weren’t you home!” My dad screams. “I’m sorry we lost track of time.” I reply. I’m pretty used to it now they are always yelling at me for something. After they give us a half an hour lecture and we all go to bed.

Zoe went home and my parents announced I was grounded for a fortnight. Of course I don’t listen though. I text Zoe but she’s ‘sick’, that puzzles me because she was fine this morning. I decide to go wander out by myself because my parents especially hate that. It has been about an hour and see someone in the distance, I stop. I think it’s a lion, mums warned me about them. Apparently they hate us but I don’t believe her. I walk up to it and say “Hello”. He responds with “Hi”. He seems nice enough. We talk for a while and I learn he is a lonely, loving lion who is misjudged by everyone.  At lunch time I start to feel hungry so I decide to go home. We arrange to meet tomorrow at ten. My parent were at work so they didn’t know what I had done. I make myself a sandwich then head up to my room where I remain for the day. I hear my parents come home but I ignore them. I call Zoe up but she’s going somewhere or something. She was sick this morning so where’s she going. I go to sleep thinking of the next day.

I wake up and have breakfast. It’s is nine already so I head off to meet Calum. I finally see him and I tell him about Zoe. He says he saw her at Pizza Hut the other night with some other wildebeest. I’m the only wildebeest in her life I think to myself. Why would she lie to me I’m a great friend. Calum suddenly announces we should run away. I was taken aback I didn’t know what to say. “I mean we don’t have to.” He stutters. I quickly reply with “Yes I do wanna go!”. We discuss how we will go to the city and become famous. He talks about the city like an excited puppy. When I leave he will get supplies for the trip. At dinner time I run home.

I arrive home and burst through the door as loud as a trumpet. Hey mum, hey dad I’m running with Calum. “WHAT WHO IS HE!” Mum yells. “A lovely lion Calum.” I respond. Mum goes berserk “A lion!” Mum and dad beg me not to go but I don’t listen. I have nothing now Zoe left me, my only chance is Calum. I go upstairs and pack my bags. I go into a doze off and fall into a deep sleep.

The next morning I wake up, excited I grab my bags and run down the stairs. I hear a knock on the door, it must be Calum. I open the door and he comes in. “Sophie!” He shouts. We greet each other and we have a coffee. Mum and dad are as scared as mice so they don’t come down. After about fifteen minutes we set off on our journey to the city.

Reading

We are learning to ask questions about the text we are reading to clarify the text. We used what we read in the text or our prior knowledge to answer our questions.