Optical Illusion | SLJD3 - 1

Optical illusions are shapes that confuses or messes with people.

My optical illusion is called the impossible triangle. To make this shape I followed a step by step tutorial. The triangle on the left is the tutorials and the right one is mine.

To make this optical illusion I used a ruler, a piece of paper, a pencil, and an eraser.

There are many different kinds of optical illusion like moving ones, ones that have a short effect on the world around you.

This activity was confusing because I didn't know where to erase the lines but it was still simple to do. I had fun doing this as well. 

What are you doing today? | SLJD3-1

For our task today we were doing a task called What are you doing today?. In this task we have to rearrange Maori words to make a sentence. 

The first sentence we arranged is "What are you doing today?" The translation of that sentence is "Kei te aha koe i tenei ra?"

The next sentence we arranged is "I am going to.." In this one we had to add the right Maori word from a pile of words. I chose papa takaro which means field or playground. So the sentence would be "I am going to the field/playground."

The final sentence we arranged is the same as "I am going to.." but we get to choose any word. I chose kaukau which means swim. So that means the sentence would be "I am going to swim"

This task was quite difficult for me because I couldn't understand some words but I still found it easy and fun because I could understand most words that I learnt. 

Kowhaiwhai

Our third task for the summer learning journey is called Tanerore. In the Tanerore task we have to create a kowhaiwhai pattern. We could make it on a google drawing or a piece of paper but I chose the google drawing. 

Tanerore is the son of Hine-raumati. Tanerore is the personification for shimmering air. Tanerore performed a haka for his mother. 

The wiriwiri is an hand action that is use to represent shimmering heat. The wiriwiri is when you make your hand tremble. The wiriwiri can be seen in a haka or action songs which is also know as Waiata a ringa. 

I enjoyed creating the kowhaiwhai patterns. I think my kowhaiwhai pattern is very unique out of all the students in my class.

 

Fishy false teeth | SLJD 2 - 1

 For today's summer learn journey task we had to create a comic. First thing we did was read an article. The article was about a fisherman named Cor who lost his teeth while sailing to the North Seas.

Cor and his friend Hugo sailed together.  As Cor and Hugo continue to sail off Hugo finds Cor teeth. After that we filled a template to understand a text. 

Finally I created a comic by adding text to some of the text boxes. For the comic I used a different story line that I made up. 

I enjoyed doing the activity. I think the story line I used is creative and I would like to create a comic again. 

Kick start | Art colouring book

In our first SLJ (Summer Learning Journey) teaser task we were colouring drawings. First thing we did was search for a drawing that we would like to colour in.

Next we looked at the original drawing and took a screen shot of that. Then we coloured in the drawing by using the colour pallet that is below the picture.

We could use the first 8 colours which were the original colours from the original picture. We could also use the other 8 colours which were colours that we could randomly use to change the drawing.

I used different colours on the statue of liberty because I thought it would look good. In my opinion the statue of liberty drawing looks good and better than the original one. 

This activity was fun to do. I really like the results I got after re-colouring the statue of liberty. 

After colouring in the drawing we downloaded that. Here are the results of my version of the drawing:

Original:

Maori places in New Zealand

In our session we researched translations for Maori places in the North Island.

First thing we did was mark our translations from last week.

Next we researched translations for places in New Zealand. We used Maori Dictionary and websites to get the correct translation. 

Finally we marked it. Whaea Odie told us a technique. She called it a process of elimination. 

I found this activity a little bit boring because we've been repeating this task for 8 weeks and I feel like we should try something new. 

Emergency Shelter

We designed an emergency shelter. An emergency shelter is a place that keeps people safe from natural disasters.

First, we drew up our 3D net. A 3D net is something that can be folded into a 3D shape. Our shape was a cube. We needed to draw six 15 cm squares.

Next, we transferred the 3D net into card by measuring the length and width. Once we finished we started cutting it out and folding it into a cube.

Lastly, we started to build our model which was supposed to look like the card. We used cardboard to build the model because it’s strong enough to hold the shelter up.

L.I: To build shelter models

Touch rugby | Kiwi sport

In our session we did a passing drill and we played a game of touch.

In our passing drill we passed the ball to each other. In the passing drill you have to communicate like calling the person name. When your catching the ball you make a W shape with your hands. 

Next we played a game of touch. My team communicated to each other and we got a try. During the game we learnt a new move from Coach Mark. Its called diving. Diving is when you just dive to touch the person.

In the game my team did 2 man and 3 man settles. We also shared the ball with everyone in our team.

I had so much fun but I was so exhausted. I was exhausted because we had to run back and align ourselves with Coach Mark when were defending. 

L.I: To learn the basics of Touch Rugby

Very Hairy Twits

The Twits are an ugly couple who would play pranks on each other.

When the twits came into their house they saw everything was upside down. When they walked on the floor they thought they were walking on their ceiling. So Mr Twit came up with an idea and decided to do a handstand on the floor. When they put themselves upside down their heads got stuck onto the floor. 

The monkeys flee out of their cage and ran near the Twits house to see what was happening. A week has past now and the Twits height got shorter. Each day the Twits would keep on shrink until they shrank out of existence. A man called Fred came to the Twits house to check their gas. Then Fred looked through the Twits window and all he saw was the Twits clothes. 

The book is very funny because the way the couple play pranks on each other. This is a book that lots of people would enjoy. I recommend other people reading this.

L.I: To study Novel