Task Description: I am currently learning the structure of an explanation writing piece and how to organise my paragraphs into neat and tidy topics. I first wrote this piece of writing in my writing book though I am not too good at writing in my writing book. so I finished it in my writing book and then re-wrote it in a google document and typed it out, then I added a few changes. I added more sentences and even another paragraph as I thought it was missing a few bits of information.

The reason I have blogged this quite late is because I am quite slow at writing in my writing book. this is because I like to have my handwriting neat and I also have to brainstorm for ideas on the spot which makes it quite time draining.  Then I had to re-write it into a google document as you wouldn’t be able to read it off my blog ,soon after I re-wrote it I made big changes to it as well.

Task Description: In this task i have been learning more about Eruera Maihi Patuone who was one of the first rangatira to sign the treaty of Waitangi.  I wrote a longer and more in depth summary than I usually would do. I read the whole biography about  Eruera Maihi Patuone. This man has a whole biography written about him because of the fact he was an important connection and bridge between the Maoris and foreigners in Auckland. This biography was written about him also because of the fact he was a well known peace keeper and important to multiple governors.

I enjoyed this text quite a lot as it was in depth and explained the history really well. It explained multiple events and all the important things about him such as who he was and multiple other details. The biography of Eruera Maihi Patuone was told by his great-great-great-great grandson Fraser Smith. I have written a summary about it and labelled each paragraph based on which pages it summarises. There is also a QR code of me reading page 5 for this book. I stumbled quite a lot but in the end I got there.

Task Description: I have been learning to use explanations to organise and explain the context of my writing. For the past 1-2 weeks My class has been working on writing explanations writing pieces and organising our writing, so that our writing makes more sense and gets a better flow. I started writing this explanation last week  because last week was the week when Waitangi day came around.

It took me a while to finish this as I wanted the structure to be as best as I could get it, it also took slightly long because I have been re-writing and re-reading my text multiple times. I have tried my best to make my ideas clear and solid in my writing.I have taken screenshots of the doc and paragraphs and I turned them into a DLO or digital learning object.  At the top I added a text box to add information and state what my explanation includes , on top of the little information blurb I of course added the title and a few decorations to make it attractive and look fun to read.

Task Description: I have been writing an explanation story based on the anniversary weekend flooding and landslides. I have been learning how to explain and organise my ideas in explanation writing. I have been working on this piece of writing for around 3-4 days  this week. I have tried to make it as organised as possible, though I still think my conclusion needs slight work on it.  I have tried to include lots of simple facts as well as when it happened and where it happened.

It took me a while to be happy with my writing because I couldn’t properly place my ideas into place at first. Though in the end I managed to organise all of my ideas into good paragraphs that I was finally happy with. I learnt a lot about natural disasters while writing this, which in my case is a good thing because I am always open to learning about things I wonder about. I hope this also helps you feel alert about natural disasters as well.