My favorite book

My favorite book is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. My mum read it to my in English because the English is too difficult for me to read.  Now I read the second book " Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens" in German.
Ava

isabel-reading what I like

(This is no example)

I love almost every book even if the cover is boring

Flat Stanley - Ariane

Dear Flat Stanley,

You wanted to know more about Berlin.
Let me tell you something about my city.
Berlin is a very busy place.

It is the capital of Germany.
Here are many huge buildings like the
Telivision Tower, the Reichstag, the Ministries, old
museums, shopping centres, three opera houses

and two zoos!

I have already read "Flat Stanley And The Macig Wonderlamp".
Many thanks for your Flat Stanley.
Our class has made some lovely new paper clothes for him.

Kind regards,
Ariane
BMS,4c

DRAGON HAIKU

DRAGONS

Dragons are big and
They are worse than smelly socks
NO,NO I'm joking




LUCIA

FLOWERS HAIKU

5: Flowers  growing  high
      .     .     .     .      .
7:Growing  in  the  sky  so  high
    .      .    .    .     .    .     .

5:Till  they  point  the  sky

    .      .       .      .    .

Lucia

My Favourite English Tongue Twisters by George Elliot

She sells seashells by the seashore. (my favourite)


And this one only my mum can say quickly -


Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. 
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?


This one neither of us can say -


Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?


Here is a tongue twister poem with an example of personification -


A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk,
but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.




My own creation -


THE END ENDS AT THE END OF THE END. THE END. 
(just joking)

Communicating with Roberts Road Elementary, Texas and Miss Howe, Australia

Flat Stanley visits Berlin!

I needed a warm winter coat!

And here's my train

Helping Grade 4C

My favourite tongue-twister

Mein liebster Zungenbrecher ist aus dem Buch: "Trauriger Tiger toasted Tomaten" und geht so:

Kurze Katzen können krumme Katzen kratzen.

Hermine

Ariane - One Of My Favourite Poems

Quite a long time ago (it must be a year or so) I found an old little book at home. It has beautiful verses and illustrations. 

Dear 4 c, I chose this poem for you and me.

Title:  "When We Were Very Young"

Author: A. A. Milne

With illustrations by E. H. Shepard

PUPPY  AND  I

I met a Man as I went walking;

We got talking,

Man and I.

"Where are you going to, Man?" I said

   (I said to the Man as he went by).

"Down to the village to get some bread.

   Will you come with me?" "No, not I."

I met a Horse as I went walking;

We got talking,

Horse and I.

"Where are you going to, Horse, to-day?"

   (I said to the Horse as he went by).

"Down to the village to get some hay.

   Will you come with me?" "No, not I."

I met a Woman as I went walking;

We got talking,

Woman and I.

"Where are you going to, Woman, so early?"

   (I said to the Woman as she went by).

"Down to the village to get some barley.

   Will you come with me?" "No, not I."

I met some Rabbits as I went walking;

We got talking,

Rabbits and I.

"Where are you going in your brown fur coats?"

   (I said to the Rabbits as they went by).

"Down to the village to get some oats.

   Will you come with us?" "No, not I."

I met a puppy as I went walking;

We got talking,

Puppy and I.

"Where are you going this nice fine day?"

   (I said to the Puppy as he went by).

"Up in the hills to roll and play."

"I´ll come with you, Puppy," said I.

End of Unit

As the unit comes to an end, we have been busy planning for our final expressive piece of writing. Either a story or a play/filmscript inspired by one of our poems.

Using Roald Dahl we have drawn out a story line and spent some time talking, planning and modifying our creative  pieces.

We will use the checklists below to assess out work.

Story - checklist

1.     I have written at least a whole page
2.     I have written an interesting and exciting story, using my imagination and have included some funny parts.
3.     My story has a beginning, middle and end.
4.     I used “speech marks” when characters were speaking.
5.     My story has a build up leading to a problem.
6.     In my story I used at least 5 strong adjectives.
7.     In my story I used at least 3 adverbs.
8.     I have shown other examples of description such as personification, metaphor, simile and alliteration.
9.     I have used a variety of connectives to link sentences together.
Examples:
10.   I have checked my work for spelling mistakes.

Film Script- checklist

1.     I have described the setting in the introduction by the narrator
2.     My story has a build up leading to a problem.
3.     I have different scenes in my play.
4.     I have 2 or more characters in my character list.
5.     I wrote the characters name, when they were speaking on the left hand side.
6.     I have included stage directions for the characters in brackets.
7.     In my play I used at least 5 strong adjectives.
8.     In my play I used at least 3 adverbs.
9.     I have shown other examples of description such as personification, metaphor, simile and alliteration.
10.   My play ends with the problem being resolved.
   

Der Tod des Königs - Fortsetzung- von Karim Elias Busch

Im ganzen Hof war der Teufel los. Der Zustand wurde immer schlimmer. Die anderen Stämme überfielen das Land. Die Ritter des Landes scharrten ein riesiges Heer zusammen, doch dieses Heer bestand eher aus den Bauern der näheren Dörfer als aus Soldaten, und so brachen sie auf in der Hoffnung, das Land vor Gefahr zu bewahren.

A Visit from Ralf Kaiser- Documentary Author

Grade 4C had a visit from Ralf Kaiser - documentary author, today!

He shared with us his documentary:

Mit der Harley durch Kalifornien. Auf Tour mit Katy Karrenbauer

A wonderful, moving example of taking an idea or a feeling and  using Character, Colour, Camera, Setting and Sound to tell a story. Follow the link above to read about the film.

Read the comments below written by the class immediately following the film

Thank you to Henrik for arranging this fantastc learning engagement.

isabel-reading

I now read new moon and read twilight.Here is a picture of them.
 twilight new moon

isabel-reading

WHY DO WE READ?
I think we read because we like the fantasie of other people .
I love reading because you think you are in a other World.

I think reading is the best activity on the world

HEADLINES

FANTASTIC FIREWORKS BLAST  OLD GHOSTS AWAY!

SOARING SKIS CRY TEARS OF JOY!!

Writing news headlines about our Haiku.

Fionúir, How do we express ourselves through writing?

How do we express ourselves through writing?

Fionúir Mc Bennett

— Easy reading is damn hard writing—  Nathanel Hawthorne

We express ourselves through many things such as dancing, talking, listening, reading, watching, and writing, of course.

Now I’d like to answer the question: How do we express ourselves through writing?

When you sit down to spill some ink (write, that is), you have a topic to

write about such as healthy living, a famous painting or ice-skating, for instance. We can share our knowledge with others.

We also connect with each other by writing to a friend, a family member your teacher, a member of the community.

We make the world our own through writing. Words are very important

in our lives every day of the week.

We also compare our world today to how it was in the past. Writing is vital since if people didn’t write we wouldn’t know how people wrote or lived in the past. That would make us less intelligent and less able to understand the world we live in now.

We also write to avoid every day boredom. How boring would it be without having something to write about, for example, frightening creatures, the highly developed world our grandchildren might live in, the technology of the future (high-speed cars, aviation, computers), architecture.

People write their own narrative stories, comic stories, diaries, essays, for instance.

We discover and express ideas, feelings, culture, beliefs. Writing requires lots of initiative, creativity and motivation!

What is your favourite way to express yourself? Why is it your preferred way? How do you feel when expressing yourself?

Thank you for reading my writing today!!

Let’s keep on writing …

Your fellow pupil    
Fionúir Mc Bennett

Neel: HAIKU about Spring

Waiting for the spring        
                                                     

Making a colourful dream

                                                     

Nature having fun                

Feel good in light blue
light blue sky turn in dark sea
we feeling refresht.

by HENRI

Lino-haiku about writing

writing

Many people write

Writing  books for us to read

Waking emotions

My favorite emotion when I read a book is happiness .

Skating- a Haiku by Karim Elias Busch

Skating

Many boards driving
wheels are driving hardly there
You are with them too

Der Tod des Königs -Geschichte von Karim Elias Busch mit wöchentlicher Fortsetzung

Der  Tod  des  Königs

Im großen Rat der Ritter waren alle fassungslos.

Wollte der König wirklich  Frankreich einfach so einnehmen?

Man diskutierte ständig darüber wer, wenn der König weg war, sein Reich regierte?

Außerdem musste er der Aufgabe gewachsen sein.

Und das war nicht einmal der Sohn des Königs.

So stritten die Herren, wer dennoch König werden sollte.

Doch gerade als der Streit am heftigsten war, kam der König in den großen Saal hinein und verkündete: “In zwei Wochen wird ein großes Turnier stattfinden.

Und der Gewinner wird mich vertreten, wenn ich weg bin.“

Da tuschelten die Herren laut, denn wer sagte, dass der Ritter, der das Turnier gewinnen würde, so gut war, dass er auch den Thron des Königs einnehmen könnte.

Einige waren sogar so beleidigt, dass sie einfach hinausgingen.

Und in dieser Nacht noch war der König tot. 

Fortsetzung folgt

Haiku by Ava

Brown leaves falling
Orange, red and yellow trees
falling to the ground.

What I like about filmstreet

I like the films that children made. I liked that they used their own toys to make the film "The three pigs."

I also liked the section young people on film.  They talked about the difference of watching a film and reading a book.  Most children liked watching a film better than reading the book.  I like both watching a film and read the book.

Ava

shirt poem! by HENRI

green shirt
red shirt
hopeful feeling

pointed shirt
striped shirt
fantasy feeling

old shirt
new shirt
richly poorly feeling

thin shirt
thick shirt
cosy freezing feeling

your shirt
your feeling.

Haiku by Clara

Restaurant.

Nice People eating
everyone Looking happy
yummy Food waiting

A Traffic Haiku (Part 2)- by T.S. Elliot

In a traffic jam
I could meet my bride to be.
I should take the train.

A Traffic Haiku - by Elliot Shakespeare

A boy sees a girl
across a river of cars.
She looks back at him.

Thinking homework- Check out Filmstreet!

Use the link below, inquire, discover then share by leaving a comment

http://www.filmstreet.co.uk/

A Haiku:

Line 1= 5 syllables

Line 2=7 syllables

Line 3= 5 syllables

1.     THINKING HOMEWORK- we shall be writing another poem tomorrow in Big Writing based on a short film of a chance meeting of a boy and a girl in a traffic jam. Things to think about: use of music/ sound in film, colour effects on film and what techniques do film makers use to describe characters and settings and create moods.