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**26 september narrative writing**   Class WALT: explain My WALT: Use specific vocabulary Pangaea researched

Have you ever noticed that all the continents on earth are like a jigsaw puzzle? Well, it’s true. This is because scientists think that the continents all used to join together to make only one continent called Pangaea. Scientists believe Pangaea existed 225 million years ago which was in the Permian history. If you don’t know what Permian means, it means something happened 225 million years ago.When Pangaea did exist it was the only living continent on our beautiful world.

Scientists believed that Pangaea had it’s first split 25 million years later after it’s existence, (or 200 million years ago). It split into two continents called Laurasia and Gondwanaland. Laurasia held the northern continents of the world today and Gondwanaland held the southern continents of the world today. These two continents existence was in the Triassic history.

65 million years later, after the split of Laurasia and Gondwanaland (or 135 million years ago), Laurasia and Gondwanaland split into even more continents!Together split into 6 unknown continents; 3 continents each. This happened in the Jurassic history.

Those 6 continents, 70 million years later after their birth, were named: North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia and Antarctica.These continents were named 65 million years ago which means they were named in the Cretaceous history.

So that’s the story of the lonely continent Pangaea that scientists believe still exists on Earth today. But only in small pieces. So if you look at all the continents on a globe, you can remember that they all used to join together to be once the one and only continent on earth called Pangaea.

THE END.  **23 September 2011: Literacy - Writing** **WALT explain**

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31 august 2011 Rubric: here is m gymnastics rubric 31 August 2011 matrix: here is my writing matrix 31 August 2011 goal setting. Here is my goal setting for parent interviews 30 August 2011 writing WALT:infer We have been reading a story about global warming and we've been using the what if key with it. The proof is below

Monday 29 August 2011 Walt: evaluate the following story Rescuing the temple at Abu Simbel. ** Rescuing the Temples At Abu Simbel **

In the twentieth century, the population in Egypt has expanded rapidly, so dams had to be made on the River Nile to cope with the growing demand for water and electricity. The Aswan High Dam (actually called Sudd el Ali) was constructed between Cairo and Abu Simbel but it dramatically increased flood danger potential. The temples at Abu Simbel were going to be flooded.

Bewteen 1960 and 1970 the operation began. The United Nations Educational and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) helped in providing scientists, architects and basic manpower and machinery to aid in saving the monuments. It was decided to move them.

A survey from ground and air was conducted over the temples and surrounding terrain. The relics inside the temples were removed and their positions marked. An entire map of the inside and outside created for each temple.

The cliff rock above the temple had to be removed so bulldozers were employed. Scaffolding was put in the innter rooms to prevent parts of the temple from collapsing. Then then covered and filled each temple with sand for protection. Saws fitted with special teeth designed to keep them from wearing down were found the most ideal tool for cutting the temples up. They were cut into blocks weighing up to 30 tons, then transported to their new home.

Finally, the process was reversed and the templers were re-erected. Concrete domes were created over each temple to make them seem to still be in a cliff setting. The temples had been saved.

Rescuing the temples at Abu Simbel has a well explained process. I think this because it tells you the process step by step and is easy to understand It has specific detail but is not boring the audience It is interesting but simple at the same time.

Wednesday 24 August 2011 Walt:infer

** .You use it to wrap stuff ( e.g Presents) **
=**.You can use it to stick things together**=

** .You can use it to build things (e.g club house) **

 * .You can use it to trap small animals **
 * The Tape Dispenser **

To use a tape dispenser is unbelievably easy. It is a wonderfu l and simple mechanism that holds a roll of tape and dispense it in quantities of your liking.

The contraption is built up of various parts that make it serviceable. Some of the main parts are the jagged metal razor, the plastic body of the dispenser, and the plastic axle in the middle of the body. There is also the foamy grip pad underneath the tape dispenser, which prevents it from sliding and scratching the surface it has been placed on. Some tape dispensers also have sand in the plastic body at the bottom to help weigh it down so it will not slide.

The dispenser is a simple gadget to use. Firstly, the end of the tape should already be stretched onto the razor teeth, so take hold of the tape and tug it gently towards you until it is the length that you require. Be careful not to pull it too hard so you end up with too much tape, and try to avoid cutting your fingers on the metal teeth. Next, pull the tape against the razor in a swift, downwards motion , hence cutting the measure of tape in a straight line. As a result, you can now cut approximate lengths of tape for your work.

As you may or may not already know, a tape dispenser isn’t dependent on electricity or batteries, so it can work anytime, day or night. They are used worldwide in offices, shops, schools, homes, and companies and serve themselves as a reliable working equipment. They’re cheap and can be used to stick objects together, wrap a present, hold a piece of paper or an item to a surface, or even hold items down.

As the world leaps farther into the technology and science of the future, clever effective equipment such as a tape dispenser will surely stay the simple ingenious tool it has been for many more generations.

16 August 2011 Oral Language: WALT explain & present a story we made up about the snow media type="youtube" key="sepho-Twt0w?hl=en" height="349" width="425" I need to work on stopping the video at the right time I need to work on using expression I need to work on using a louder voice

11 August 2011 writing We have been doing writing by pointing out why the following story 'How where mummies made?' is good. The proof is below. It is good because it has one main idea per paragraph, for instance, the main idea in the first paragraph was about how the egyptians mummified the body .It is also being specific but not too specific. It shows this in the story because it is showing a lot of detail but isn't boring the audience by too much detail.How were mummies made has a good introduction because it clearly introduces the Egyptians, after life after death and how they mummified the body. It has one instruction to make a mummie per paragraph ( apart from the fist paragraph that introduces how they mummified the body an the last paragraph which is the conclusion) and the writer has kept his/her ideas simple by not making it boring and a story as simple as how the egyptians made mummies. ** What Happens When You Are Asleep? ** Firstly some people may grind their teeth, suck their thumbs, sleep walk, sleep talk, snore, and pedal their legs. It’s all very embarrassing but you don’t have to worry because it’s all part of life and every one does one or two of them. They will grow out of it.

Secondly your body slows down, your mouth stops making saliva, your heart beats slower, and your breathing slows downs.

As well as that when you sleep you can hear what is going on around you. You would be able to hear the alarm clock or, if you’re like my mother, a baby crying. If you hear anything unusual you would instantly wake up.

Finally while you are sleeping you also dream. Dreaming is when your have a long vision in your head while you are asleep. Nobody knows what their dreams mean. Some people sit with tape recorders and notebooks on their bedside tables. I don’t think our dreams mean anything. They are just there to keep us busy while we are asleep. This is what happens when we are asleep.

Summary Main Idea: Dreaming what it means/ what people think it means
 * What Happens When You Are Asleep? told in our own words by Chloe and Kadie Summary. **

Another thing you constantly do when you are asleep is dream. A dream comes from your imagination and forms a visual picture in your head. Some people think that a dream is trying to tell you something but some other people think that it doesn't mean anything and is just keeping your body busy. These are things that are always happening you are asleep.

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**3 October 2011: For Inquiry this term we were working on completing our independent inquiries for "The World's in Our Hands." Here are my reflections on my learning.** **You can all see my completed movie at:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**http://wsroom152011-2.wikispaces.com/The+World%27s+in+our+Hands**