My Poem

The sky is a fire ball 
shining bright in the sky. 
Its a boiling BBQ 
crisping everyone.

The sun is a sizzling lightbulb
lighting up earth. 
It is burning like a bright ball in space.

Its like a touch shining a path.  
It is the fire cooking up earth.

We did this poem to learn about describing words.

How to make an Eel line.

Materials:

Hand caster, line, 4oz sinker, a hook of you choice (works best with small hook), Braid(optional), 2 swivels and 1 clip-on swivel.

Goal:Set up and eel line and catch an eel

In this Procedural writing you will learn how to set up an eel line to catch eels or other fish

Rap your line around the hand caster.

Then tie on a swivel to the line on the hand caster.

Get 35cm of braid or line and cut into 15cm and 20cm.

Tie the 20cm braid or line on the clip on swivel.

Hold the line and slide the the sinker down it.

Tie the lasts swivel on the 15cm and 20cm braid or line.

The tie your hook on the 20cm braid or line.

Clip the clip on swivel to the swivel on the hand caster.

Head to your local creek with your bait and try catching an eel.

Cast the hand line in to water that has no current.

If you catch one release it, use it for bait or eat it.

Fish'n'chip Pie

First your need to blend you fish in tiny pieces with you Potatoes. Make sure to put you lemon juice and salt in. Blend you soft

Once done put you mixture in the pie shaper.

Place your pie in the freezer.

The next day place in oven for 15-25 minutes at 80 degrees Celsius.

Next your take out your food and let it cool down.

Next you enjoy your meal.

INGREDIENTS:
Fish(of your choice)
Potatoes 

1 teaspoon of salt
Slice of lemon
Pie shaper

Poem

For writing, our class entered the Get NZ Writing project. We were given 12 items and had to choose one to write a poem about. The poem had to have an anagram and lots of descriptive words. I did a poem about a ship in a bottle

Escape From Kraznir

In the year 100,000,000,000,021 BC, there where a group of warriors that were on a mission. The names of the warriors were Sharksie the watermelon shark: their leader, Author the Dwarf, LittleJane the hobbit, Touchfire the wizard and Sarason the warrior.

Chapter 1

They just got the documents and files they needed to get food from the food storage, Than they when into this dark and misstey room. At the entry door there was a guard, Sharksie shoot a watermelon he hit the guard right in the back of the head.
“Good shot Sharksie” said Touchfire.
Sharksie shootout another watermelon in the air. BOOM!

Their they went into the food store but there was another garud this on was big and it was staring right at them… Sarason first reaction was to run, so she at him. He hits her away she gets up and run again this time he pick her up and through her at the wall crash. Author pick him up and threw him with the guard dogs they when mad with biting him.

They quickly ran and got all the food they needed, but they were to load 20 soldiers and 10 guard dog were standing in front of the tunnel. Then Sharksie had a idea, he shoot a huge tsunami and wiped them all away! They ran for they tunnel and escaped for Slinsil.

What they don't know was that there were hidden guards in the tunnel and they were all capture! In the sell the bars had a britty big gap, sines Littlejane was so small she slided out of the sell. She picked the rest of the locks. They had no more dogs so the manage to get out. They escape the realized it was night so they spend the night on a cliff edge.

If you want chapter 2 I need two good comments.

Go to: http://gssaidenp.blogspot.com/ :To see another version, me and him are going to make a second book!

Mantra

Why I should get a pet fish and tank

🐠Why I should get a pet fish and tank!🐠

By: Liam.M 

I am leaning to persuade my audience in persuasive writing.

When you first think of a pet you usually think about the down sides, like we will have to pick up the poop or when we travel where to put it. But if we get a pet fish, it will be different. A pet fish is an amazing pet to have they can be so beautiful. I want a shubunkin goldfish and I will call it Coral (one on the right), Xavier wants a shubunkin goldfish he wants to call it Sir Dunkin (one on the right), Luke wants the Comet goldfish he wants to call it Jimmy (one on the left)... My four main reasons are the water-change, feeding, what to do with them on a holiday and the tank. 

First we need to see the water-change. When you first think of water-change you mainly think you have to empty the whole tank then refill it with tap water, but no this will kill the fish because the chlorine and ammonia is toxic to fish. When you are doing a water-change you need to empty at least 25% - 35% or 50% - 70% with three goldfish. If we have live plants we will need to do a water change about once every two or three weeks (about five, six or seven live plants at least). If we have zero, one or two we will have to do it every week. The best plants for a goldfish is rock fern and anubias. A pond pump is a excellent way of filling and emptying your tank (you need a tube), you also will need a siphon.

Now time to see how to feed the fish.Goldfish feeding is not that hard and is a little job when it comes to fish keeping. The recommended food is Repashy Gel food and NLS sinking pellets, but normal pet store food is fine. Fish food can be expensive, but usually lasts a long time. Each fish will require a different amount of food depending on the size, but they will usually eat the amount they want. If the fish becomes very fat feed it beans and de-shelled peas mixed with repasey, or just feed it less. Goldfish can become fat very quickly and if you over feed the water will become cloudy, so a pinch in the morning and in the evening. If you want the fish to be get lage faster you need to put a different variety of food.

When you go on holiday you think what will we do with the pet, but that will change with a fish. You can buy holiday fish food / weekend fish food. We should not feed this all the time because there is not the same amount of protein. There are different shapes and sizes, on the packet it will tell you how many fish it can feed for how long. So if you were away for… 3 weeks and you have, two fish you buy feeders that last one week. You will need six shape feeders. If you stick with them for every day your fish won’t grow well and will have a bigger chance to be sick. Now to see the tank states.

For a Shubunkin goldfish they can grow big… 44cm. They like to have excess 50L. A Fantail like 50L. The tank I want is the Blue Planet Classic Aquarium 70L. This will provide the right amount of room for the fish and will be a great habitat. The fish will be able make a bedding in the gravel without disturbing each other. I fish can be tratoriall.

So do you think that we can get a fish. Just remember that the tank size, water-change, holiday and feeding, lets see about the pet fish and tank. Maybe you could choose a fish too.

Eating Insects

🐞🐝🐜🐌🐛Eating Insects🐛🐌🐜🐝🐞

By: Liam

I am learning to persuade my audience using persuasive writing and emotive words. 

When I eat dinner I am not satisfied, but now I like eating bugs. When you first think of eating insects you mainly think yuck or ewwwww, but most people that try insects actually like them. Hundreds of thousands of people eat insects every day, and are an everyday meal. Insects are a healthy snack and they are a great source of energy. There are many insect recipes all around the world. Most people that eat bugs actually like them, now to see how to make these tasty treats.

We all have a time that we are craving a tasty treat, so it’s silly not to cook with insects. Everyone should at least try cooking with insects once or twice. They are extremely tasty and you can make quick and easy snacks. We all do enjoy a treat or two, so why not include an INSECT TODAY!? You can have scorpion lollipops, mealworm fries, chocolate covered crickets, these are all exciting snacks that are easy to make and are very tasty, so why don’t you go and look for some yummy insect treats? Now to see why these insects are so healthy.

What is high in protein and full of vitamins and minerals? If you guessed fish, meat, eggs, seeds you would be correct but did you also know that insects are a great source of protein and vitamins too? A bug a day keeps the doctor away! Beetles, cockroaches and crickets are the healthiest bugs you can eat! Any type of insect generally has the same amount of protein as an egg (which is 6 grams of protein). But the best thing is that they are lower in calories (fat) which means you can eat as much as you like without putting on to much weight. Bugs are a healthy, nutritious treat but if you are still feeling creeped out about them you can try creating amazing meals with those bugs, and they can taste just as good as a Freddo Frog!

Donuts, cakes and cookies, what do these foods have in common? They all taste delicious and are most people's favorite food. These yummy foods can be made better for you and can still taste as good by adding a nutritious bug to the dish. Foods like this have been made around the world with bugs in them, such as cricket cookies, spider donuts and grasshopper cake. They are so tasty that you do not even notice you are eating a bug so not only are you getting the tasty treat but it becomes guilt free since it has the added nutrients from the bug. There are millions of tasty recipes that can make any bug taste like a five star hotel meal. An insect can be as good as a Cookie Time Cookie, Dunkin Donuts and The Cheesecake Shop.

So after hearing the reasons why bugs are great to eat, do you think you should try an insect? As you now know they are tasty, healthy and you can make many recipes from around the world. So my challenge for you is to try a insect today! Go get them!

My Intro

🐞🐝🐜🐌🐛Eating Insects🐛🐌🐜🐝🐞

By: Liam

I am learning to persuade my audience using persuasive writing and emotive words. 

When I eat dinner I am not satisfied, but now I like eating bugs.

When you first think of eating insects you mainly think yuck or ewwwww, but most people that try insects actually like them. Hundreds of thousand of people eat insects every day, and are a every day meal. Insects are a healthy snack and they’re a great source of energy.There are many insect recipes all around the world. Most people that eat bugs actually like them, now to see how to make these tasty treats.

Speech

I want to talk about Teina Pora, a man who spent over 20 years in jail for a crime he didn’t do. I want to explain how this happened. My dad was involved in this case and went on for weeks, months and years even when I was little. So let’s get started. In 1993 Teina Pora confessed that he was there when the victim Susan Burdett was murdered. This wasn’t true but the reason Teina said it was because of the reward money. Teina was very poor. He grew up poor after his mother died when he was four years old. In 1993 he needed some money for his family so they can survive. He was 17 and he had a 2 year old daughter. The reward money Police were offering was 20,000 dollars. After he confessed, he was arrested and went on trial in 1994.In the end there were two trials and two appeals. After his first trial he spent 5 years in prison. He appealed after Police charged another person with Susan Burdett’s murder. His appeal was successful and he was given a new trial. At his new trial in 2000 he was found guilty again and sent to prison for life. When I was about two years old, my Dad and two lawyers, called Jonathan and Ingrid, began to work on his case again. They discovered Teina had FASD. When I was about two years old, my Dad and two lawyers, called Jonathan and Ingrid, case again. They discovered Teina had FASD.  FASD is a brain injury that happened because his mother drank alcohol when she was pregnant with him. Because he has FASD, Teina doesn’t understand consequences. The consequences of saying he was there was that he was charged with murder. He also gets confused easily because of FASD and got confused during the Police interviews. Back when Teina first confessed people didn’t know about FASD. The appeal was successful and Teina got out of jail. The government investigated his case and found out he was completely innocent.The government said sorry to Teina and paid him 3.5 million dollars in compensation.(com,pen,say,sion) I know Teina, when he was released I meet him. He is very strong, smart and kind. I hang out with him sometimes. There has been a book and a movie about Teina’s case, both called In Dark Places and both made by the same person, Michael Bennett. I am in both the book and the movie. Michael had me act my older brother Luke for the movie. Xavier my younger brother acted me. Acting made me earn over 100 dollars. Luke was a assistant director, he help call the scenes. I hope you learnt something about Teina Pora. I hope you enjoy the restof your day, Thank you.

Liam: The native New Zealand Kiwi Bird

The Iconic Bird, The Kiwi

By: Liam Mckinnel

Do you know what a New Zealand Kiwi is? If you guessed a kiwi fruit you are incorrect, but if you guessed the Kiwi bird you are 100% correct. The Kiwi is a native New Zealand bird, it is also the smallest flightless bird! You may think that there is only one type of kiwi but no, there are five different species of Kiwi. All Kiwis have a long beck. There nostrils are at the tip of the beck unlike most birds. The Kiwi has two legs like human but only have four toes not five, Three of their toes are located at the front, The fourth is on the side. The Kiwi has feather like all birds. They also have small wings on each side. The male Kiwi is smaller than a female. A Kiwi can run up to the speed of a human. The Kiwi is apoxalmenly the size of a chicken, even though the Kiwi is related to the Moa, Ostrich and Emu an those are some of the biggest bird. The Kiwi is basically blind so they rely on their sense of smell. The Kiwis diet is Extraordinary! 

The Kiwi eats almost everything! The Kiwi is a omnivore, so it eats plants and meat. The Kiwi loves to eat berries, grubes, small eel and crayfish, invertebrates and leaves. To get grubs and worms the Kiwi puts its long beak in the ground and attempted to get grubs and worms from the soil, if it gets no food it moves to a new location. In the place were the kiwi lives gives it a different diet.The diet depends on the habitat and where they live.

The Habitat is major for a Kiwi. It is there home and their protection. The Kiwis home can be all over New Zealand, from the South Island to the North Island. Kiwi need native forest, and are also found in scrub and rough farmland, exotic plantation forests, sand dunes and snow tussocks, even mangroves. They especially like places with wetland vegetation, but where they live has predators!

The kiwi has many predators too. All of predators of the Kiwi are wild pigs, wild dogs, stoats and cats. A predator is a animal that hunts them. The kiwi is protected so humans can’t kill them, if they do it is illegal. They kiwi is mostly hunted by cats. New Zealand is working to provide save habitats in order to protect the kiwi from their predators

As you can see the kiwi is an amazing bird that is truly valuable to New Zealand, as it is our native and iconic bird. There are many interesting and wonderful facts about the kiwi. In order to protect and to keep our native kiwi bird we must understand the diet needs, the importance of a habitat and those predators that threaten the kiwi. When we understand the kiwis needs we can makes sure the kiwi will continue to survive to remain our special native bird. animals. I hope you learnt something about Kiwis diet predators and habitat.

Retro

I am learning to write about what happens before, during and after an event

“Wow” whispered Joe, “Thats a big project” said Zac. “I know and the robots due in a week ” whispered Zac back. That night Joe sprinted to Zac’s house to start the project. Knock knock knock. Eeeee Rrrrrrr the door opens, its Zac. “We better get started, let's start with some research” explained Joe.

Click bang zap “Wow” said Joe we're all most done. “I know, but it's taking all night” said Zac sleepily. BANG! SMASH! BAP! “Finally, DONE!” They shouted. The robot was big and red it had razor sharp pinchers and had beady eyes. “We’ve gotta win” said Joe “Now to turn it on.”

“Hello my name is Retro and now I will destroy you”,“RUN” they both shouted as they ran to the door the robot chased behind them. “Why has the plug not came out” said Joe. “Wait a minute” shouted Zac. Pop!

Eeee Nnnn. Power offffffffffffff! “Now what do we do for the project?” asked Zac. “Maybe a mini robot that builds things” suggested Joe. "Good idea" said Zac. The mini robot will be equipt with hammers, screwdrivers and sphere nails. 

At the competition the judges thought the mini robot was so cute and helpful so it won first place! That’s why bigger isn’t always better.

Stir Fry

I am learning to inform my audience by sharing and entertaining moment.

Have you ever had stir fry? Well a have, its disgusting but some people love it for instance my dad. This is not a happy story about stir fry, it is rather a horrible event that took place.

One evening I was sitting watching tv when a HORRIFYING smell crept up my nose. What's for dinner? I thought to myself as i was hoping it wouldn’t be stir fry.

As I was deep in thought my dad then called me and the rest of my family for dinner. Making the long walk to the dinner table. I was right it was stir fry. My stomach sank.

I took a bit of effort, it was so disgusting. I managed to swallow half of it, which my dad thinks is enough. So then I was able to carry on with everyday life as known as TV.

Well until the next disgusting meal. 

My Hoiday

There I am sitting in my mums car. When I exited the car I saw my brothers friends house, we were going to see his new puppy Buddy. When I opened the gate I saw the little dog running to us. Buddy is about up to my knees. (By the way I don't know what breed Buddy is). When I get inside my brothers friends was doing homework. He asked me if I wanted to play star wars battlefront 2. I said “Yes”. He won because he is a lot better than me. For the last ten minutes I played Lego. Then we had to go home.