How to be a good Sportsman

This is one of my activities for Sportsmanship. I had to create a 'How-to' guide about how to be a good sportsman. 

My favorite part was thinking of scenarios and things you can do instead of being a bad sportsman. The hardest part was coming up with the last two things (I had a bit of help from google). To be BTB, I could have added more things about how to be a good sportsman.

Alfred Nobel DLO

This is my interactive DLO (Digital Learning Object) about Alfred Nobel. We did a quiz about what had been on the news recently and the question about him was 'What did Alfred Nobel invent that made him famous?' and the answer was dynamite. After we finished the quiz, the teacher said that we had to make an interactive DLO about Nobel. We could make a video, a slide, or any of those other things. I chose to make a slide with links to each thing. We only had two blocks to finish this activity. If we made the best project/caption we got house-points.

My favorite part was finding out the fun facts because some of them were funny. I didn't have enough space for all of them though. The hardest part was getting it all done it time, so I may have made a spelling mistake. To be BTB (Better Than Before), I could have added more to the slide.

 

Why Saltwater Creek is special to our community

This is the explanation writhing we had to do about a special place in our community. I chose Saltwater Creek because I like going there to swim and boogie board in the summer. There is a mudslide and a swing in the swimming hole.

My favorite part was writing about the swimming hole. The hardest part was to write about the things I hadn't already written down. To be BTB, I could have made my paragraphs longer.

Saltwater Creek is a small calm creek that runs past Paroa pub. It is enjoyed by many people, whether they swim in it or fish in it. It provides a home to lots of creatures, and dinner to many people. 

Saltwater Creek is a special place in our community because it brings people and nature together. People come from around our community to swim, play, relax, or just be together. It provides shelter and food for many an animal, and also many a human. It is the perfect place to get inspiration for art, swim with your friends, or just relax and get some fresh air. The stream runs through many properties, and under many bridges. It connects wildlife, beauty, and nature to our community. 

There is a small swimming hole that has been created by the creek. You can access it from a small bush track that connects to a bridge on Rutherglen road. You can relax on the shore, or swim with family and friends in the small pool. It connects people together. Say you were in the pool, and some other people arrived; you would make new friends. Thus, the creek connects our community together. 

Many fish and insects rely on the creek for food and shelter. Humans eat fish, fish eat insects, insects eat algae, and the algae grows on the rocks in the creek; thus creating a food chain that has been started by the creek. Children come to the creek to explore nature and interact with animals. They fish and swim with friends. Sometimes, families get together on the shore. Saltwater creek connects families and friends together. Some people would be very sad if it was destroyed, and not only people. Animals rely on the creek as well for food and shelter. 

This is why Saltwater creek is special to our community, and also to the environment.

Venn diagram for sportsmanship

This is my venn-diagram about sportsmanship. We had to read and compare two different situations that had different displays of sportsmanship. The first text was about a display of bad sportsmanship from Novak Djokovic in tennis. This is the link to the text: text a. The other text was about a man who was running a marathon that stopped for a rival that had gone the wrong way. He showed good sportsmanship and integrity.

I liked reading the texts because they were very different. It was hard to think of similarities at first, but then I got more ideas. To be BTB I could have written down more ideas

Sportsmanship scenarios

This is my sportsmanship drawing. We are working on good sportsmanship and bad sportsmanship in our class. The green boxes are good sportsmanship, and the orange boxes are bad sportsmanship. We also had to do another activity about a tennis player kicked out of the US open for one of our sportsmanship activities as well. 

It was hard to think of different things for good sportsmanship because we are all expected to do them. My favorite part was thinking of really dumb bad sportsmanship scenarios, like flying across a field instead of walking. To be BTB, I could have added more scenarios.

My 'Theme' activity for novel studies

This is my 'Theme' activity for my novel studies book. I had to explain what the author's message was through the book in my own words. I also had to explain what I learnt when I finished the book. Did you know that this is a true story? 

The hardest part was explaining what the author's message was through the book. To be BTB, I could have explained what the author's message was in more detail.

My 'Character' activity for novel studies

This is my character activity for my novel study book, 'My Brothers war'. I had to explain the feelings and places that were throughout the book in the climaxes, times, and moods.

The hardest part was describing the places because some words didn't really correctly describe them. To be BTB, I could have described the places in more detail, and the different moods better.

 

My "Plot" activity for Novel studies

This is my plot activity for my novel study, 'My Brothers war'. I had to retell the main events or the skeleton of the story. I also had to tell both sides of the book, Williams and Edmunds. It was hard to change from one side to the other. My favorite part of the activity was re-reading the bits of the story that were funny because they made me laugh. The hardest part was thinking of words to describe certain things in the story. To be BTB, I could have gone into more detail about the story.

Character Descriptions

This is my character activity for my novel study book, 'My Brothers war'. I had to explain the two main characters traits, which was easy because the whole book is about their different traits. They have really similar traits because they are brothers.

My favorite part was reading through the book again a bit to see how similar their traits were because there were bits where the two brothers did some things really similarly. The hardest part was thinking of some words to describe their traits because even though I knew what they were like, I couldn't find a word for that particular thing/feeling. To be BTB, I could have added more words or described the activity better.

About the Lake Ohau fires

 This is my Lake Ohau fires drawing. We did a quiz about what had happened on the news recently, and Lake Ohau was mentioned. After the quiz, we had to make a DLO (Digital Learning Object) about the Lake Ohau fires. You could do a video as well, but I chose to do this. We had to include the five "W's" into our DLO. 

I found getting some information, like when the fire was put out hard because none of the articles I visited told me the information I wanted. My favorite part was looking into the stories of the residents of Lake Ohau village because they were all different. I got most of my information from one story in particular. To be BTB, I could have made it more different than all the other times I have done a drawing, and put in macrons for the "O" in "Ohau".