James @ Hamilton East School

Reflection: In Cross Country, I ran 3 laps. I stopped at the top of the middle/top hill at the top and started walking some laps. My goal was to not walk - only power-walk/jog, I am proud to have ran this amount without walking. Toolkit: Think

I went out of a dark red and white fire truck. I was wearing yellow and grey. Started wondering "Is a pet would be in the house?". I put down a brown, medium-sized sack then I went walked into a brick, white house. People was talking loudly, I could hear them. There was black ash and rubbish all over the wooden floor. The house smelt like burnt bacon. I had a search around the house, with my big torch light. I saw spider-man toys, a sofa and more! I wondered "Is there anything I can save?", and hoping everyone is out of the fire, Sadness started. Looked at the right, there was a poor, little, cute kitten. Wonders ran on to me, The wonders was: "Is it alive?", "Can I save it?". Sadness came in to my eyes, I picked it up. Its eyes was dim as the black, night sky. The kitten got brought to the truck on the road. The oxygen mask and the water bottle came out of the truck. The mask got put on to the cute kitten. The kitten got some time to br

Des Hunt showed 5 people in Room 10 and some other classes about backstories and making sentences not start with I, my etc. Here is the backstory I wrote before he taught us about not starting with I, my: I am James Ratana Vong Blair. My birth date is 6/8/2007. I am part Cambodia and part Kiwi, But I am from NZ. Sometimes I forget about my dog Noodle when I am playing on the computer. I live on Grey Street. 8 I's and My's He taught us not starting with I by switching the Subject (The person/animal) and the Object (The thing, eg. Letter). If there is lots of I's and My's. There can be to much repetition and it may not sound correct when you say it. Examples: Instead of: My name is James, you could do James is my/his/hers name Instead of: I am 10 years old, you could do 10 years old is his/her/my age He also showed us that writing a book is like chemistry/science. And you need some parts of the book bad and some parts good and add in some punch at

If you could wake up older than you are, how old would you choose to be? 20 In my opinion. I would become 20 because I could  start working more and I can get money by doing that and it would be harder as a kid. Another reason is because I can have little kid . 3rd reason is that I can help my family by paying the bill(s) . 4th reason is that I can vote . 5th reason is that I can be a photographer and take pictures where I want . In conclusion, If I could wake up at a different age , I would be 20

Reflection: Today I learnt that length/area is the same. Toolkit: I used the Think toolkit by being creative and I also used the Use Language toolkit because of Learn, Create, Share.