My Survivor 2022 Persuasive Writing

 This is a draft, I'm writing this in the context of where my parents do not give me permission to go to survival night 2022, this is my counter-argument.

Hey Mum & Dad, 

Remember how you always growl me for staying in my room? Well for the last two days of this week, the thought of that room wont even scratch the back of my head. Next week my class are going to the bush, A.K.A  survival night 2022, and I would really love to go. 

I know you would be against it, but hear me out first.

My first reason is that I will have a magical experience. Ill have lots of fun, going swimming, bombing, dancing and roasting marshmallows. I’ll be going bird spotting, doing funny puppet shows, and spending time with lots of other people/friends which is gonna  improve my social skills. It’ll also test my ability to work with others and make it improve , which would be helpful when working with others in school. There will be activites out of my comfort zone, forcing me to try out new things, boosting my confidence, revitalising my passion for the outdoors, and possibly convince me to join in on school events/ sign up for after school activities or training.

An I know, I know “How do we know your gonna be safe?” well, there will be constant supervision and all the adults there are first aid trained. Its all  reward an no risk, pretty neat huh?

Another reason I think I should go to survival night is that I will be learning lots of new skills. I’ll be learning how to make emergency shelters, start a fire, and cook which would be beneficial if I end up in those kinds of situation and possibly save my life. (plus you won’t have to cook for me anymore). It wil also be beneficial to me physically, cuz’ there’s  steep mountains and the environment is different from what Ive experienced being outside, which would make my body work exceptionally hard to keep going. It would also benefit me mentally, making me think about the things I should bring, “will this weigh me down?” “is this necessary?” “ its useful but heavy, should I bring this?” etc. I’ll also be learning how to treat huts(hut etiquette), and how to work with maps, learning how to navigate our way through places when  we get lost.

That is why I think I should go to survival night, it would help me physically, mentally, and overall give me a tremendous time. So please, please let me go! Don’t I deserve a little adventure in my life? Think about it, I’ll be out of your hair for 2 days, 2 days! Please don’t take away this opportunity from me.

Love,

Mesui.

Creature Mihi

This term we have been learning about the Carl Linnaeus Classification system and have been learning about all the different types of kingdoms, classes, phylums, and species.

here is a mihi I created about a creature, can you guess what it is?

Ko Wai Au?

By Mesui

No Africa ahau

I am found in the vast lands of Africa,

Ko Congo river toku awa

Specifically southern Senegal across the forested belt north of the Congo River to Western Uganda and Western Tanzania.

I am a part of the Chordata phylum which means I have a vertebrate and am related to other animals  with backbones,

Ko mammal ahau which means I'm related to any living organisms classified as Mammalia and present either, fur, hair, or three middle ear bones which distinguishes me from reptiles and birds.

I can Grow up to the size of 1.7 meters max and am warm blooded. 

Ko Hylobatidae raua ko Hominodea toku Whanau

I whakapapa also to  Simiformes, Haplorhini, and Primates which means I am related to other primates such as lemurs & monkeys.

What am I?

Cinquain poems

 This term we have been learning about Cinquain poems, here is a Cinquain poem I have created

Dad

By Mesui

Dad

Intimidating, strong

joke-telling, labouring, worrying

Don’t touch his fishing reels

Dad

BLOG Devotion Reflection

 We are created in God's image. This means I have God given creativity and talents. 

This week we read the parable of the three servants, It was about a wealthy Master who was leaving his home for a trip, before he left he gave bags of silver to three of his servants according to their abilities, he gave five bags of silver to the first servant, two bags of silver to the second servant and one bag of silver for the third servant. 

The first servant got to work and invested the money, he ended up doubling the amount he had been given, the second servant did the same thing and doubled the amount of silver he had, but the third servant knew his master was a hard man to please, so in fear of losing the silver he buried it underground and left it their until his master returned. 

When the Master returned he lined up the three servants and asked them what they did with the money he gave them "I invested the silver, and doubled the amount you had given me" the first servant replied, the Master was pleased with him and was proud of what he had achieved. 

The second servant also had the same answer and the Master was pleased with him too. When the master asked the third servant what he had done, the servant replied " I knew you were a hard man to please, and I couldn't trust myself with your money so in fear I buried it in the earth, here is your money" The Master was furious with him "you wicked and lazy servant! why didn't you deposit my money in to the bank? I atleast could've gotten some interest on it!" The Master banished the servant from his household and sent him away.

What this parable has taught me is that God has gifted us with talents and that we should never neglect them or they will be taken away from us.

We can use our talents to help other people and bring joy to them, we can use them for many things, but most importantly we can use them to praise God.

This where I'm good at, I excel in spacial intelligence.

My limerick poems

 Here are two Limerick poems I have created :)

There once was a boy named David,

He was a shepherd who was really dedicated,

Then one day he met a giant Philistine,

Who he slew and became Israel's king,

That was the boy named David.

There once was a boy named Seth,

He ran around a lot so he was always out of breath,

Then one day he ran too fast,

He ran straight into a wall which resulted in a crash,

That was the boy named Seth.

Creativity

 

The features of a river