Monday, 8 June 2015

Scientific creature names

4. Invent a Creature!

Using the list of words provided in the chart below invent your own animal using Greek and Latin root words.

I have included the latin names of some insect orders and New Zealand examples of them because they are really interesting! For example : kolossosgastrosbindentismareequus Is my name for the giant bellied two toothed sea horse!

What would be the common name for Lineatio similus tigris? What about Micro tri cephalo bi ped?

Try to translate into english each others invented animal.

List the Scientific name of your animal as a comment.  Can you guess the English name of what other people have created?

Friday, 5 June 2015

AAAWWUBBIS!

From https://sites.google.com/a/tas.tw/the-great-comma/aaawwubbis

AAAWWUBBIS!



A....after
A....although
A....as
W...while
W...when
U....until
B....before
B....because
I......if
S....since


Subject + Verb
Okay, dependent or independent clauses need to have a subject (noun) and predicate (verb.) A subject is the noun that is doing the main action in the sentence. Bob cried. Bob is the subject. The predicate-verb is cried.
Independent Clauses and Dependent Clauses
Clauses can be independent (complete) or dependent (incomplete). If you add an AAAWWUBBIS word to the beginning of a independent clause, it becomes dependent.

Ricky broke both legs = independent clause
When Ricky broke both legs = dependent clause

In the comments section write a sentence that has an AAAWWUBBIS word, a dependent clause,  a comma, and then an independent clause.
AAAWWUBBIS + clause + comma + clause + period (full stop).

Examples:
If you do not understand the directions, you can read them again.
Before you write the sentenceyou should read other people's sentences.
After you have read them all, you can try to use a different AAAWWUBBIS word.
Although you may not understand all this, you can follow the examples.

Wednesday, 22 April 2015

ANZAC spelling words


ANZAC
New Zealand
Australia
Gallipoli
soldier
corps
shrapnel
grenade
battalion
remembrance
commemoration
commander
campaign
trenches
corpse
Egypt
donkey
peninsula
Suvla Bay
Dardanelles Strait
Ari Burnu
truce
cemetery
Chunuk Bair
Lone Pine
gullies
ridges
amphibious
invasion
Anzac Cove
disease
machine gun
advance
retreat
rifle
Turkish
snipers
withdrawal
cliffs

Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Famous Haiku

  • An old silent pond...
    A frog jumps into the pond,
    splash! Silence again.

    - Bashō


    • Toward those short trees
      We saw a hawk descending
      On a day in spring.

      - Shiki


      • Winter seclusion -
        Listening, that evening,
        To the rain in the mountain.

        - Issa


        In the cicada's cry 

        Written by: Matsuo Basho  
        In the cicada's cry 
        No sign can foretell 
        How soon it must die. 

        Read more at: http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/23473/in_the_cicadas_cry

Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Aerobics Teams

2015 Aerobics Fitness Teams
Term 1Term 2 (Weeks 1-9)Term 2 (Weeks 10/11), Term 3Term 4
Brie2Leo2Caleb22Druv22
Munopa2Anna10Kamryn10Kim7
Samantha2Sammy18Anna7Emma7
Eva7Alice22Kayla18Ayat7
Louisa7Ashley B7Julianne7Ashley S.7
Ciara18Charlie7Shelby18Amber10
Hannah14Charlotte14Eric14Tiana14
Tai14Ryleigh21Rose21Zia21
Team Amazing Team Brilliant Team Cheerful Team Dynamite Team Extraordinary Team Fabulous Team Groovy Team Hardworking
Weeks 3-6Weeks 7-9Weeks 1-4Weeks 5-9Term 2 - weeks 10,11 Term 3 - weeks 4-6Weeks 7-10Weeks 1-5Weeks 6-10
Gizelle 10Jasmine 2Muhan 7Isabella 18Catherine 18Laura 10Sarah 2Keeara 2
Holly 7Isabella 2Claire 7Riley 18Lela 21Soyeon 22Suki 22Jae 22
Somin 22Nicole 22Jacob 7Victory 2Bella 9Katiya 21Brearna 18Tiffany 7
Jimmy 22Annabeth 18Amber 2Erin 14Claire 11Theo 11Bethany 14Elizabeth 21
Henna 21Kyel 21Simon 10Heidi 9Madisen 6Annalise 11Fiona 11Setareh 10
Lincoln 9Tayla 11Angel 14Briena 9Leo 12Kiera 4Juliet 11Jayden 22
Emmy 11Zara 11Sione 9Ryen 6Anaya 4Sara 4Celine 11Tania 22
Chaezelle 1Alex 9Maia 6Onyx 4Clara 22