Music

what is the purpose of Christmas music?
Christmas music is for keeping the Christmas spirit alive.

what is your favourite Christmas song and why?
is drummer boy because it has Justin Bieber singing it and I love and support his doings

Watch brett domino- how to write a Christmas song on youtube?
yes

Are there any New Zealand Christmas song?
apparently: All I want for Christmas is you



write a poem about new Zealand poem
I'm under a tree
with a Christmas jolly show
there aren't any crows
while I say what are those
there are some rocks
 inside socks


What have you liked learning this year?
I liked learning how to play the drums


What have you found most challenging this year?
playing the piano


What would I like to do next year?
I would like to continue playing the drums


what is composition?
the nature of something's ingredients or constituents; how a whole or mixture is made up.


what composition have I chosen?
I haven't really thought about it yet but when I do I'll tell you 


what idea's have I chosen so far and what would I like to work on?
I would like to work on playing the drums and learning more songs from the drums.

Comprehension Reading Task

Beady creations
1. A. affordable Q: which is the synonym (inexpensive)?
2. A. jewellery and decorations Q: The pronoun (them) refers to?
3. A. example  A Q: which example uses the least ingredient?
4. A. example  A Q: which example uses the most utensils?
5. B. introduce the topic Q: the main idea of paragraph 1 is too?
6. A. covering newspaper with boiling water  Q: What happens before stirring with a wooden spoon?
7.  A. breaking the newspaper down into a workable form Q: In example, A the newspaper is left to sit covered.
8. B. smoothing the surfaces Q: in example A the sandpaper is used to?
9. B. the mixture must be dry Q: in example A you could conclude that moisture is removed twice because
10. C. large blunt sewing needle Q: which tool would best be used to pierce wide holes
11. B. example B, because it does not require water Q: young children working alone would be best to make
12. A. personally pleasing Q: the writer's opinion is that creating your own beads can be

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Critical literacy

1. Is the text fair?
it wasn't fair because not everyone in that age goes out drinking.

2.how are children, teenagers or young adults constructed in this text?
the male adults are young adults going out drinking.

3. how does the text present age, gender or culture groups?
I saw a group of young kiwi and Maori adults drinking

4. why is this text written this way?
people don't want young males to drink and drive


1. Is the text fair?
this isn't fair because not all maori young adults make drinking parties like in the video


2.how are children, teenagers or young adults constructed in this text?
the young adults are drinking in a party


3. how does the text present age, gender or culture groups?
maori young adults are drinking in a party


4. why is this text written this way?
to make more maori people stop