I read Zapped! The Project. The kids made a robot from old Junk then zap! The lightening made the robot work!

I made a race game with my reading group after reading Let’s Race by Dr Sarah Kenworthy.

Task Description: This week me and my reading group : kereruu, read a text called ”Mata I Pusi”. This title is Samoan for “Cat eyes”. Many of you may be wondering what the title of the text technically means, as you probably haven’t read the text like I have. Though There will be a DLO ( digital learning object) at the bottom of this blog explaining what this book is about.

I will still explain the text if you rely more on words instead of pictures and short texts. This book was about a young girl who is half Samoan and Half Palagi. Because of this, she despises her looks and small quirks her Samoan grandmother has – such as curtains over her mirrors. She has said that she feels as though she is a mixed up fruit salad because of her ethnicity and who she is. Though in the end, her good friend Alison – who is also Palagi, tells her that she gets called a carrot head for her vibrant ginger hair and freckle face for her scattered freckles. This then reassures her that all these features simply make up who she is, and there is no need to change her identity in the end.

Task Description: This week me and my class have been assigned to work discreetly on a project most seniors would be delighted to work on. This project is about receiving a long awaited and wanted senior school playground.

For the past few years, my school has had one playground mainly meant for the juniors. They had a weekly roster on who could go on, and who couldn’t. Though this year, room 1 and 2 have been granted the privilege of having a spot in that roster. This meant that my class and room 10 were (one of) the only classes in school that are not permitted to step foot on the playground.

I always loved the playground, until this very age. So this project HAS to be finished before I leave for high school-which is next year. This is a very big project, though with the right planning and design – It can be done. That is when my persuasive writing comes in. In order to contact certain people to assist in building this playground – we need funds and the permission from the board of trustees. The reason we need their approval, is that this project was merely talked about among 3 teachers -My teacher, the principle and a junior school teacher.

Now that you may have an idea of why this project means a lot and why we had to write a persuasive piece of writing, here are a few points on why and why not we should have this to understand my writing better.

Yes                                                                                                      No

We are children too!                                                                   -EXPENSIVE

Less conflict between the junior and senior school            -Might be a waste of money when not taken care of

May be able to improve data and attendance                      – Breaking more gear

Treating the junior and senior school fairly                        -People not using it.