Emily surfing!

Last week Rimu class ( Year 7 & 8 ) went surfing at sumner beach. It was really fun, I've always wanted to learn how to surf. I'm not the best at surfing but next year I'm thinking about taking part in a surfing club. Because surfing is so much fun! Back to the topic, we went surfing for a first WPCA ( William Pike Challenge Award ) and I'm hoping to do more WPCA! Here is a poem that I wrote about surfing and under that is a video of me surfing. I was suppose to stand up but... I end up in this really awkward position. :)

    Surfing Poem

I can hear waves crashing into the rocks when I climbed up the big rock cave.

I can hear people yelling “I did it, I did it” when I’m surfing.

I can touch the water dripping from the board when I’m dragging my board on the wet sand.

I can touch the sand sticking all over my wet suit.

I can see people walking their dogs when I’m surfing on the waves.

I can see a big spider climbing up as we did on the rock cave.

I can taste salt all over my mouth which taste like french fries but ten time more stronger.

I can taste salt in my pasta salad at lunch time.

I can smell the fishes in the water from miles away.

I can smell salty air just casually wandering around.

William Pike Challenge

      William Pike Challenge

A few week ago, Rimu made some really delicious food for our parents and William. William is a really cool guy, he loves exploring, teaching, climbing mountains and trying new things.

He told us a really interesting story of his life, which was gross, scary and cool at the same time. He actually had to amputate his leg because he was climbing up Mt Ruapehu and the was a snowstorm and got his leg stuck. Since the doctors save people’s life the best way for William was to amputate his leg. He showed us some really cool image and some gross one.

After the Speech/story I felt really sorry for him but at the same time I felt really proud for him how he tried new things. Recently we’ve just done are first William Pike Challenge Award, It’s so so fun and it was amazing! Make sure to check out my next blog post on what we did for our first WPCA ( William Pike Challenge Award)

FIrst Person Point Of View !

‘Wonder’ - First Person point of view Last week, Rimu class has been working on a short essay explaining how R.J Palacio uses first person view. I think 'Wonder' is really interesting and it hooks you in. I hope you enjoy my essay!

Example 1:

First person point of view: “I know I’m not an ordinary ten year old kid.”(p.1)

Example 2: another example

Since I’ve never been to a real school before, I am pretty much totally petrified. (p.4)

Example 3: Here is Another example

My name is August, by the way. I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse. (p.1)

‘Wonder’ is a story about a boy who feels ordinary on the inside, but he is always reminded of how different he is by how people respond when they see him. This is R.J Palacio’s first novel and it is written in the ____ person.

In the 1st sentence it show that R.J Palacio the story is using the first person’s point of view, because it says that August is speaking using Me, My, I and I’ve“ I know I’m not an ordinary ten year old kid.”

In the 4th page it shows that the first person is August because it’s using it’s first point of view “Since I’ve never been to a real school before, I am pretty much totally petrified.”

In the 3rd sentence which is another example.

“ My name is August, by the way. I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.

This is why I think that R.J Palacio used first person’s point of view.