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Monday the 22 August

WALT: to find main ideas in a piece of written work.

** 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 down.

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.

This is a short story describing to us what we might do in our sleep. The main idea in the first paragraph of this story is the embarrassing things we do while sleeping. The main idea for the second paragraph is describing how your body changes while your asleep. Then third paragraph tells us about dreams how dreaming works and in this story the writer dosen't think that dreams mean anything.

and that is what i think the main ideas are in my summery of the story What Happens When Your Asleep.

Wednesday the 24 of August ** 24.8.11 - WALT infer **  ** 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. **Other things that you could use a tape dispenser for:** = = * A paper wight * A polly/barbie tolite roll dispenser =* you could take the tape roll out and sit a polly in it for a car= =*you could spin the tape around with a snail/small creature in it and it could be a exercise wheel= =*you could use the sharp razor to cut up small foods=

I have been learning to assess my own writing using our writing progress indicator matrix. I used it to self-assess my first piece of writing for this term. Then I discussed it with Miss Matangi-Hulls so I know where I'm at in my writing learning and my next steps. Here is my matrix...
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 * 31 August 2011: Goal Setting & Reflections...**

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 * 31 August 2011: My Gymnastics Movie**

**23 September 2011: Literacy - Writing** **WALT explain**

**Here is our success criteria...**

**Here is my end of term writing sample...**

MY LEARNING GOAL IS: To teach about something, Give the audience a better idea of what’s going on.

__The Gold Fish__

Gold fish are normally big round and fat kind of like it’s swallowed a golf ball. but some types of Gold Fish can be rather slim depending on how much you feed them. Some Gold fish have long silky tales they are called fantail gold fish. Gold fish don’t make much noise at all they just swim round and round and round in their fish tank. They are a very popular fish to have, and have been around for a very long time.

__UNUSUAL THINGS__

Goldfish are unusual because they don't have a stomach but they eat a small portion of food 3 times a day. if you feed them more than they can handle the unwanted food can break down and poison the poor little fishie’s water.

__Smart little guy!__

Goldfish have been pets for 1000+ years and they are surprisingly smart, they can recognize different human voices, different human faces and they can even be trained in synchronized swimming. Hopefully you will look at a goldfish with a bit more respect next time.

__HE’s DEAD!__

Many people make the mistake of flushing their “dead” Goldfish down the toilet when he may just be having a snooze because. Goldfish Can't Close Their Eyes so it makes sleeping a little different for them. Instead of closing their eyes and falling into a deep sleep, they sleep with their eyes open usually at the bottom of the water so it isn’t that hard to make that mistake.

Their is a lot more than meets the eye with these unusual creatures and their are much more fascinating once you know a bit about them. === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">**Click here for a full PDF version of my writing with teacher comments...** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">**Here is a summary of my writing progress this term...** **Click here for my full writing progress indicator matrix...**  **3/10/11**  ===