Play writing

Today we had to read a Jack and Jill play. We can choose to write further along from the play or from another nursery rhyme. I have chosen to do Humpty Dumpty.

Humpty Dumpty and his great fall

Cast: Humpty Dumpty and boy

Scene 1

(Humpty Dumpty is sitting alone under a tree and looks at the sky)


Humpty Dumpty: Today is a great, the sun is shining and the birds are singing.

(Humpty Dumpty says to himself. Boy then walks over to Humpty Dumpty)

Boy: Hey Humpty, who are you talking too?

Humpty Dumpty: Just to myself I guess, today is a beautiful day don't you think?

Boy: I guess so, but it's really hot.

Humpty Dumpty: Yeah but I'm under the shade of this tree.

(Humpty Dumpty points to tree)

Boy: Yeah that tree must give you some shelter from the heat, but anyway I thought you might want to go swimming in the river with me and my friends?

Humpty Dumpty: Na, but thank you .

Boy: Well if your sure, but if you change your mind we will be there.

(Boy walks off)

Humpty Dumpty: On the other hand I would enjoy a nice swim.

(Humpty Dumpty tries to get off the wall)

Humpty Dumpty: AHHHHHH!

(Humpty Dumpty had a great fall)

The New Zealand flag

1) What do these symbols on our flag stand for?

a) Blue background

The blue background represents the clear skies and seas surrounding NZ.

b) Stars

The stars represent that we live in the south pacific ocean, it also represents that we can see the the southern cross.

c) Union Jack

2) Name the 3 flags of the 3 countries which are combined to make the Union Jack

England, Scotland and Ierland.

3) When did we first use this NZ flag ?

We started using this New Zealand flag in 1902.

4) What flag did we use from 1840 until then?

We had the Union Jack as our national flag from 1840 till 1902.

5) From 1834 to 1840 we used the United Tribes Flag. Insert an image of this flag.

6) Who kept chopping down the flagpole in Kororareka?

The person who chopped down the flagpole in Kororareka was a Maori chief called Te Ruki Kawiti.

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drunk driving

Task

1. Read this article

Write questions for these answers.

1. Krystal Bennett

Q Who was the driver that was killed in this article?

1. P and Morphine

Q. What was the drunk driver high on?

1. 19

Q. How old was the drunk driver?

 

A. River Road, Upper Hutt

Q. Where was the crash?

A. 3

Q. How many passengers were in the drunk drivers car?

1. selfish and irresponsible

Q. What did Krystals' mum say about the drunk driver?

1. 57th

Q. What number Krystal on the top 100 sales staff in August 2005?

1. 6 ½

Q. How many years is the drunk driver sentence to prison for?

Rotational Symmetry

Lets say you have an ordinary rectangle. If you turn that rectangle 360 degrees you will see that it will fit into itself two times. (When it's upside down and before you turned it.) This is called Rotational Symmetry. The rectangle has Rotational Symmetry order of two because it can fit into itself twice. Other shapes can have a different order of Rotational Symmetry and some may not have it at all.

Rotational Symmetry is different to the Line of Symmetry. The Line of Symmetry is when you cut a shape in half and both sides look the same. You can check if a shape has Rotational Symmetry when cut it out, put a marking on one of the sides and turn it until you see that shape on another side of it.

Here are some real life Rotational Symmetry

Another story to punctuate

"MUM! where are my favourite socks?" I asked, yelling for help.
"And where are my Tuesday undies?" asked Dad, searching through his drawers, "You know I have to wear them today." "Just wear Monday's undies, no one is going to know," replied Mum.
"No ones going to know you say? I'm going to know! and to wear Monday's undies, pfft that would be idiotic!" Dad answered back with a streak in his voice.
This was only the beginning of our familys disaster for the next few weeks, things were starting to disappear and fast. With Dad losing his Tuesday undies and me losing my favourite socks, Isaac then lost his favourite bow tie, Mum then lost her favorite dress. We thought we were going mental!
"It's not like they could just hop up and run away," said Isaac.
Mum suggested that we recap our steps. 
"When was the last time you had your items?" she said. 
We all replied before washing day was the last time we had them.
"So maybe it's the washing machine thats caused all this drama," Mum said, with a glimpse a hope in her eyes.
We checked the washing machine, there was… nothing! with nothing to prove I decided to put a GoPro in the machine, to watch it in action, to see if there was something suspicious really happening inside. What I didn’t realize was that the washing machine would take my GoPro too. 
"AHHH ITS GONE!" I yelled at the top of my voice, "What are we going to do."
"Lets just give up," Mum said to me 
"Fine if that’s the best idea," I moaned.
A few weeks later Isaac had dropped his toy car behind the washing machine and as we were looking for it a pair of undies popped up out of the blue just sitting there. 
"Mum look!" I said with a big grin on my face.
"Who would have guessed?"
we both stood there smiling

Another story to puncuate

"Morning class," greeted Miss Green.

It was an ordinary day, everyone was sitting at their wooden desks with pens and pencils by their side. The sweet sound of voices filling the room brought music to my ears, I decided to listen in on Brittney's conversation with Ella.

"OMG, last night I reached into my bag to get out my book and it wasn’t there!" explained Brittney.

"No way!" replied Ella.

That exact same thing happened to me, I was sure I put it in my bag but now it was gone. This is a little strange, I thought to myself, why are things disappearing.

Eventually, the bell went and it was time to go home. I told my mum what I had witnessed at school and she was lost for words.

That night I couldn't get Brittany's and Ella's conversation out of my head. I grabbed my laptop out of my bag to google this mystery, as I unzipped the case, I looked down only to see that there was no laptop in my bag. This was insane, I decided to look in my other pocket of my bag, and to my surprise my lunch box was also missing.

The sun was shining, birds were singing, it seemed like an ordinary day. I walked into my class that is usually full of colour, but not today, my class looked like a prison cell. 

"What happened?" I gasped.

"Don't worry kids," assured Miss Green, "We have a thief in our class and I'm going to get to the bottom of this,"

One by one, Miss Green started checking our bags. Everyone seemed relaxed, except for James, Miss Green made her way down the line and James was last to be checked.

"Oh!" said Miss Green looking rather lost, "What is this?" she asked James.

As she pulled out two books, a pencil case, my laptop and two class posters from James's bag.

I was utterly shocked to say the least.

"I'm so sorry!" cried James, "It's just that everyone has laptops or books and our class is so colourful that I wanted to take some of it home to make my house look better. The truth is that you should be happy with what you have and not want stuff from other people."

Punctuate

I need to punctuate this piece correctly.


It was a monday morning, I just got woken up by my mum to get ready for school I got out of bed and reached down for my uniform but it wasn't there. I looked under my bed under my pillows but I couldn't find my uniform anywhere.
"Kaidin, have you gotten in the shower yet?"
 "No mum, I can't find my uniform."
 "Well you better find it quick or you will be going to school in your onesie."
 "But mum, I can't find it anywhere it’s like its just disappeared."
 "Oh sure just like all your other stuff huh Kaidin?"

I got a note to go to school with to say that my uniform is lost and that I have to wear mufti just for today. Which was a pain because every teacher I walked past asked why I'm in mufti and where my uniform is; so I just showed them the note and moved on. When I got home I went to go grab my iPod from where I always put it, but when I looked and that wasn't there I yelled out to my mum. "Mum, have you seen my iPod?"
"No, but do you know where you last put it?"
"Mum, if I knew where I last put it do you think I'd be asking you where it is?"
"Sorry, just trying to help."

I thought to myself that I'll try to find it later so I ran into my room to go on my PS3, but surprise surprise it’s not there.
"Mum!"
"Oh what now Kaidin?"
"I know you're up to mischief. tell me where all my stuff is!"
"Kaidin, do you really think I would hide your uniform away from you? so you would go to school in your onesie? Now what’s gone missing now?"
"My PS3 the whole thing! the controller is here but not my HDMI cable, power cord or my Elgato!"

I really couldn't be bothered looking for all my stuff because it will take me hours, so I just thought of going for a bike ride. I walked outside to get my bike and I couldn't believe it. My bike  had no tyres. 
By this time I've had enough, I went up to my mum and said
"Mum, I know you’ve put all my stuff somewhere please can I have it back?"
"Kaidin, I have hidden your stuff away would you like to get it back?"
"Yes! Where is it? Where is it? Where is it?"
"Right here."
My mum led me to her bedroom where my stuff was all scatterd around the room. My PS3 the power cord, the HDMI and my Elgato. My iPod was under her drawers and my bike tyres were under Liams bed and  my uniform was in my mums drawers.
"Okay thanks mum for hiding my stuff."
"Thats, okay I'll do it again sometime."
"hahaha, yeah right!"

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