Keeping On Track With Our Blogs

To ensure we keep on track with our blogs and are presenting a good blog, we have developed a blog rubric for Room 2. The idea is to slowly become more competent in using a blog and sharing work.

Room 2: Term 2 Blog Rubric 2014

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Personal comments: made on other HNI blogs..	You have posted a comment this term to another blog.	You have posted 1 comment a week to another blog.	You have posted 2 comments a week to another blog.	You have posted 2 comments a week to another blog. Your comments are appropriate.	You have posted 2 comments a week to another blog. Your comments are appropriate and thoughtful and constructive.
Content: Posts that you have on your blog	At least one post is made each fortnight (every 2 weeks).	At least one post is made each fortnight (every 2 weeks).  Each post has the learning intention and explains clearly the task that was completed.	At least one post is made each week. Each post has the learning intention and explains clearly the task that was completed.	At least one post is made each week.  A variety of subjects are on the blog and are appropriately labelled.  Each post has the learning intention and explains clearly the task that was completed.	At least two posts are made each week.  A variety of subjects are on the blog and are appropriately labelled.  Each post has the learning intention and explains clearly the task that was completed.
Writing conventions.	Punctuation is used correctly.	Blog contains some spelling errors. Punctuation is used correctly.	Blog contains some spelling or grammatical errors.  Punctuation is used correctly.	Blog contains no spelling errors.  Punctuation is used correctly.	Blog contains no spelling or grammatical errors. Punctuation is used correctly.

Oh That's Good! No That's Bad!

This week we are focusing on writing for fun and entertainment.  Firstly we listened to the song "Oh That's Good, No That's Bad." by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs.

After listening to the song we watched this clip, which is actually a book, That's good! That's bad. by Margery Cuyler.

As a class we came up with a shared piece of writing using the title and format for Oh, that's good. No, that's bad.

Oh that’s good. No that’s bad.

Once upon a time, in a deep dark wood, in a teeny tiny cottage with a straw roof, lived a big, fat man. His name was Claude.  Claude realised he was getting too fat so he went for a run.

Oh, that’s good.

No, that’s bad.

A big buffalo came and chased after him while he was running.

Oh, that’s bad.

No, that’s good.

He was running so fast that he was sweating like a pig. His sweat caused a big puddle which the buffalo slipped on.

Oh, that’s good.

No, that’s bad.

The sweat was magical sweat which made the buffalo able to fly and he began chasing him again. To make things worse Claude happened to be wearing a grass hat.

Oh, that’s bad.

No, that’s good.

Claude ran past a swamp and a crocodile crawled out of the muddy swamp.  This scared the buffalo and the buffalo flew the other way.

Oh, that’s good.

No, that’s bad.

The crocodile chased Claude up a big, round, apple tree.

Oh, that’s bad.

No, that’s good.

Claude started slowly picking the apples and throwing them towards the hungry crocodile to scare the crocodile away.

Oh, that’s good.

No, that’s bad.

The branch that Claude was sitting on began to crack and split.  It shook and then snapped and Claude fell to the ground in a big heap.

Oh, that’s bad.

No, that’s good.

Claude landed directly on top of the crocodile. SPLAT! The crocodile died instantly from Claude’s extreme weight.

Oh, that’s good.

No, that’s bad.

The crocodile was a pet of his neighbour George.  George was an angry man with a habit of screaming and yelling over the smallest incident.  Claude knew George would be irate over the death of his crocodile.

Oh, that’s bad.

No, that’s awful!

Author's Purpose

This week in reading we are looking at why writers write and how this can help with our understanding of what we are reading.  As a class we brainstormed ideas:

- To use their imagination

- To entertain others

- For enjoyment

- To inspire other writers worldwide

- To teach us lessons and morals.

We then went on to learn about an author's purpose.  We read certain texts and established if they were to Persuade, Inform or Entertain.  We will use this knowledge in the future to help with understanding texts we are reading.

The Author’s Purpose is as easy as PIE.

Persuade: when an author convinces you to do or buy something.

Inform: when an author is giving you information about a topic or idea.

Entertain: when an author is trying to evoke an emotion from you.