My year 9 camp experience

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Question & Clarify

 Short Story - Question & Clarify

Neglect	Questions (wonderings)	Clarify (meanings)
The windscreen wipers worked furiously to clear the glass from the driving rain. It was no use, he still couldn’t see, so he pulled into a side street and waited for the pelting sheet to ease. Flicking through the radio, a wavering squeal emerged, quickly changing into a fast beated pop song.  Jonesie, as he was called on the rank, shuffled lower into his seat and settled down to waited. Looking up to change the crackling station, he noticed a brown-coated figure huddling in the meagre shelter of a deserted warehouse. Jonesie studied the figure and decided, being a kind-hearted man, that he would try and do something to help.  As Jonesie neared, the brown-coated figure started to shift uneasily, looking up with fearful brown eyes.  “You look pretty cold out here, would you like to come and sit in my taxi till the rain eases off a bit?”, Jonesie asked sincerely. After waiting a bit and receiving no reply, Jonesie headed back for the warmth of the taxi. When he neared the car, he noticed someone behind him and turning around saw that the brown-coated figure had followed him to the car.  “So you decided to come then, eh mate?”, Jonesie queried heavily, as he helped the figure into the passenger seat.  Closing the door, Jonesie thought about what might happen to this poor guy. In the car, Jonesie changed the station yet again finding a country song he thoroughly enjoyed. After the song had finished, he flicked the radio off and turned to his bedraggled guest, noticing that his bones almost protruded through the coat.  “So, aye, where do you come from then mate?”, inquired Jonesie. “That’s if you don’t mind me asking?” His only reply was the turning of the brown-coated figures head, to stare wonderingly out into the menacing dark sky. Jonesie tried again, “Eh, um, what’s ya name then?” The brown-coated figure turned his head in the direction of Jonesie and blinked his fearful brown eyes in reply. Silence followed, Jonesie thinking of what he could do for his silent guest.  Jonesie flicked on the radio again, it crackled and hissed, and then resumed into some teenage trash.  “Come on mate, you must be starving. Lets take ya home and give ya some tucker”, Jonesie said.  The brown-coated figure did not move and his answer was only a deep sigh. The rain had eased and as they drove, the road glistened like oil. Jonesie had finished his shift, so there were no problems. When they got inside his house, Jonesie helped the figure to dry himself, but he never took his coat off.  Jonesie thought this a bit odd but made no further inquiries.  He prepared a meal and the brown- coated figure warmed himself in front of the blazing fire. Six months later, the brown-coated figure and Jonesie spend every night in the taxi, listening to the crackling radio and sharing long conversations with many pauses and deep sighs of reply. The fearful brown eyes are fearful no more and the ragged, tatty coat has been replaced by a thick, warm one. Jonesie and the brown-coated figure spend all their time together, after all, dogs are a mans best friend.	Who is the brown coated figure? Where is the brown coated figure? Why is the brown coated figure following him? What colour is the taxi? Why is he so boney? I wonder when the last time the person ate? Do we know what it is yet? How did the brown coated figure get there? Is it a dog? Did society depress this man? Has he worked himself to death? What is tucker? Why was the figure in a ware house and why was it there? Why did it not want to take its coat off? What is Jonesie’s job?	The dog Warehouse  Because he was lonely and hungry white/yellow/blue He hasn’t eaten A week maybe No Abandoned Yes People did not treat it right. Dog food It is fur Taxi driver

Wolves By Ethan J Buckland

Wolves

~ by Ethan Buckland ~

I like wolves because they’re mysterious,

Wild wolves are scared of humans and quite shy.

While some of them really look serious,

Normally they would not hurt a small fly.

Their favourite food is deer, bison, moose, 

They're cunning hunters and work in a pack.

They take great risks, they've got nothing to lose,

First they track down their prey and then attack.

Alpha wolves are the founders of the pack.

They’re loving leaders and caring parents.

Wolves, they never turn on each others back,

Wolves also have a lot of endurance.

Dire wolves are giant and very heavy;

Dire wolves they're ancient but very deadly.

My media studies stop motion I made with Nikora

The stop motion is about characters phone gets stolen by a stick-man and he says that i'm gonna post everything online and flies away. and at the end it says keep your privacy to your self. 

My Bird Mascot

Barn Owl                                                           

Scientific name: Tyto Alba

This picture was taken from the website: https://www.pinterest.nz/pin/465489311468413689/

Why did I choose this bird?

I chose this bird because I like owls, this is my favourite owl and the Barn owl has a cool design.

What is the Barn owl afraid of?

Barn Owls are afraid of thunderstorms and lightning and avoid humans as much as possible

Is your bird smart?

Barn owls are smart because owls are symbol of wisdom

Has your bird been a symbol or an icon?

The barn owl is the symbol of wisdom

Is a group of Barn Owls called?

A group of barn owl are called parliament

Summary

My mascot is the Barn owl; firstly the barn owls are afraid of thunderstorms, lightning and avoid contact as much as possible, secondly Barn owls are smart and are associated with wisdom and lastly the owl is a symbol of wisdom.

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tiki tour of spain

This is me and Nikora's Tiki  tour that we did. It has info on how to count and speak in Spanish and Spanish food. I learned the micro bit program but i used scratch instead because i think its easier. And i learned how to count and speak in Spanish while doing this project. I learned that there are heaps of food and i tried some food and it was delicious  and i think you should try some Spanish food in your time.

Book Review

Book Review

Title: The Bad Beginning

Series title: A Series of Unfortunate Events                        

Author: Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)                          

Genre: Dark comedy/mystery

Fiction                                 

Non fiction

Synopsis: The character lemony Snicket says “If you want a happy ending, put down this book and read something else.” We get an introduction to the characters Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire. Mr Poe (The banker) comes up to them and tells them, “your parents have perished in a terrible fire.” That's when the unfortunate events happen. The Baudelaire meet Count Olaf. Count Olaf makes the orphans do terrible chores and makes them cook dinner for his theatre troupe. That’s basically the synopsis.

Favourite Part: My favourite part is when the Baudelaires meet Count Olaf and he says “Hello, hello, hello children.” because it's menacing when Count Olaf says it.

Recommendation: I recommend the book if you like dark humour and mystery. It's a really good introduction to the series of 13 books.

Rating  1 strongly disagree 2 disagree 3 neutral  4 agree  5 strongly agree

Make a good movie                                  Page turner            

Nail-biter                                   Satisfactory ending   

The Purpose of Writing

The Purpose of Writing

Walt: Understand the purpose of a piece of writing.

I do not believe that teenagers of today are any worse than previous generations.

Answer: I’m neutral because some teenagers do bad like smoking and, some teenagers do their school work and read like any other person would do.

To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, was first published in 1960. Lee was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel. 

Answer: I’ve never read the mockingbird book and I don’t know much about the author.

It is necessary to wear heat proof gloves when you take a hot, cast-iron pan out of the oven, because metal conducts heat.

Answer: I agree because if you don’t wear gloves you will burn your hands off

Some people believe that rugby is the greatest sport in the history of sport, while others give that title to ‘the beautiful game’, football.

Answer: I don’t really know what to write because I don’t understand.

All About Me

 My name Is Ethan and it originated from hebrew.

Ethan means firm, enduring, strong and long-lived. The name Ethan appears eight times in the Hebrew Bible. Ethan Hawke is a famous american actor. He has won four academy awards. When I was younger I wished I had the name Ryan because I thought it was cool. The name Ethan was popular in 2002.

I’m choosing the right because it looks like me.

It has glasses and brown eyes. The hair colour is the same and very close to the same shape.The background looks glitchy and cool. 

My first favorite book is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban because the book has a darker tone than the ones before them. I like to read at home and sometimes the school library. 17/02/2020. Use an audiobook because sometimes it helps you understand the book more and make sure you’re reading the book while listening.

My strengths are: creativity, I have heaps of energy around people, kindness, teamwork and hope.

The important people are my family and my friends.

Books, video games and drawing

because they are amazing.

I have no place that has bad memories.

I love to be at home because it's quiet and cold in the summer. My family. 5 years. It's quiet. Everyday I'm there. When school ends. Because it's my house.

I Don't Know. They are my family. North island and at home. 17/02/2020. I Don't Know.

Be a writer. Paris. I don’t know. my girlfriend if I have one in the future. I don’t know. probably a couple 100,000. Get a job.

By doing something challenging.  I Don’t Know. read a lot and learn new stuff. By being nice to them.