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16/10/13 Learning blog In the first week of term four, we have been working on story starters for our narratives. We learnt how to improve our writing by using figurative language, unique sentences and better vocabulary. We also learnt how to use descriptive words and language to a paint clear picture in the reader’s mind. We also learnt that if you chose a specific genre like horror for example, you try to add suspension and mystery into your story more to capture the reader’s attention and you do the same with comedy, you add jokes and gags into your story to make your story more interesting.

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During the last weeks of term 3, we have been writing biographies about significant New Zealanders. Fist we had to do some research on that person and write down notes in our writing books then eventually we all had to figure out a way to present it. My biography was on Katherine Mansfield, a New Zealand modernist writer who rose to fame with her fictional short stories such as “prelude”, “the woman at the store” and “the garden party”. She came from a very large and wealthy family. Her husband was john Middleton murry, nut sadly she died from a hard battle with tuberculosis.
 * == A History of Music In New Zealand == ||
 * 2013- || [] ‘Royals’ - Lorde. ||
 * 2010- || [] ‘Black Box’ – Stan walker. ||
 * 1990- || [] ‘Down in splendour’ – Straitjacket Fits. ||
 * 1980- || [] ‘I got you’ – Split Enz. ||
 * 1970- || [] ‘Bliss’ – Th’ Dudes. ||
 * 1960- || [] ‘Nature ‘– Fourmyula. ||
 * 1950- || [] ‘ Pie cart Rock ‘n’ Roll’ – Johnny Cooper ||
 * 1940- || [] ‘Blue smoke’ – Pixie Williams and the Ruru Karatiana Quartet. ||
 * 1930- || [] ‘Drysdale Overture’ – written by Douglas Lilburn. ||
 * 1920- ||  ||
 * 1910- || [] ' The Coleridge run' - Traction engine drivers. ||
 * 1900- || [] ' Hine e Hine' - Goodnight kiwi. ||