Sign Language Homework

This is my sign language homework. I did this during Sign Language Awareness week. This was my first time using Google Presentation. I found it very easy to use. My next step is to find out more about sign language and learn a few handy sentences in Sign language. 

Anahita Travel Book

 
This was my homework for week 9 term 2. We had to research six of the seven countries that make up Central America. I chose to present my research using iPhoto on an apple computer. I like finding out different ways to present my homework. I found this application very easy to use.

Tonal Landscapes

This is my Tonal Landscape. First I had to choose a base colour. Then I added white to make the colour lighter. Then after it dried, we added black to make the colour darker. I couldn't add too much black to the colour or it will go pitch black. Mrs. Paton taught us this and I think she did a very good job explaining how to do it.

Leslie WordFoto

This was the last piece of evidence that I am doing for our Bridge to Terabithia. We made a word foto for a character in the book. This character is Leslie. She is a unique and brave fifth grader. I liked working with this book because I wouldn't have normally read a book like this. This has taught me to not judge a book be its cover.

Monet Gardens

This is my Monet Gardens artwork. We needed to learn many different techniques in order to complete this piece of artwork. We used masking tape to mask of a fence first. Then we drew in the horizon line. We used a sponge for the grass, bushes and the shadows. The secret of the sponge is to put an even amount of paint and make sure you hop it along the paper otherwise the grass will look like a solid piece of green paper. For the pond, we scooped up the white paint on one side of the paintbrush and the blue paint on the other side of it. That way the colours only mix on the page not on the palette. I thought the process was very fun and interesting and as always with success there was always going to be some speed bumps along the way but we came over them as a team. 

Jess' Timeline

This is a timeline of what happend in the book called Bridge to Terabithia. We had to recount what happend in each chapter and summarise it in about two sentences or less. I learnt how Jess as a character changed through out the story. I liked the process and my next step is to use it on a different book.

How Plastic Litter Impacts Our Marine Enviroment

This is an example of explanation writing. Explanation Writing is about explaining something. I am proud of what I achieved because this was the first time I wrote something like this.