Scene Description

I chose to blog this because I am really proud of it and I worked hard on it. Below the photo is the success criteria. Before we finished our writing we had to compare our writing with the success criteria. My writing goal is to use complex sentences more frequently and I have included an example of this in here.

Success Criteria

Has strong adjectives

Different sentence beginnings

Different sentence lengths

A simile and/or alliteration

Has an introduction, body and conclusion

Thoughtful word choices

Use complex sentences more frequently.

I turn around and in front of my eyes I see the most amazing scene. Soft golden spotted fur glows in the sunlight. Sienna brown trees in the background have been blurred out like a painting. The trees are coloured peru by of the sunset. Two stranded cheetahs lay in the dry dirty russet grass inspecting the land around them for prey. The cheetahs will wait for the innocent prey to be in sight; they will stay down low in the meantime. 

Overall this scene is a great shot of the world's fastest living creature.

Reading response 1 About Jonny 4 Higher

I am blogging this because I am very proud of my efforts.    

WALT locate and summarise ideas
About
I’m a full-time freelance mural artist with fourteen years professional experience, originally from Christchurch, based in Auckland, with an artistic interest in the broader cultural spectrum of the Pacific.
I’ve created commissioned art for Telecom, Vodafone, Auckland Airport, Calvin Klein, Coca-Cola, L&P, 42 Below, Malibu, Heineken, Tiger Beer, Bell Tea, NZ Fashion Week, Canterbury of NZ, the Vodafone Warriors, Cadbury, Tip-Top, Wrigleys, V, Hell Pizza, California Burrito Company, The Radio Network, MAC Cosmetics, Smokefree, Westfield, The Dowse Museum, Southland Museum, Newmarket Business Association, Auckland Council, Christchurch City Council, Rotorua District Council, University of Canterbury, University of Auckland, OnTrack, Kidicorp, The NZ Aids Foundation, Amnesty International, Spookers, Crossfit gyms, Club Physical, and countless other companies, groups and individuals.
My murals have appeared from Invercargill to Kaitaia, as well as Hong Kong, Italy, France, Switzerland, England, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, Hawaii, Miami and California.
As a tutor, I have conducted graffiti art workshops in Christchurch, Auckland, Kaipara, New Plymouth, Manaia, Patea, Levin, Rotorua, and Wairoa; with arts and community trusts, youth detention centres, at Christchurch Polytechnic, Corban’s Art Estate, primary schools, and at high schools including St Kentigern and Dilworth College.
I am also a member of the NZ-based globally renowned artist collective TMD crew, 2 x winners of the international Write4Gold graffiti art competition. My personal interests include travel, family and healthy living.

From Jonny 4 Higher website

WALT Locate and Summarise Ideas

Select 5 key words from this article:

1. Graffiti
2. Mural
3. Tutor
4. Artist
5. New Zealander

Success criteria: key words sum up the meaning. They are often nouns (but not always)

Explain why you chose to learn about Jonny 4Higher in three or four sentences. What made you interested in him?

I chose Jonny 4 Higher because he is an awesome artist and I look at his art and go 'well I wish I was as good as that'. I also really like looking at very good graffiti it is such a cool piece of art.

Vocabulary: for these words, share a meaning in your own words and find a dictionary meaning

Word	My Meaning	Dictionary Meaning
Art	Using all kinds of materials such as spray paint, paint brushes, sketch pencils and other materials.	The quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
Graffiti	Writing with Spray Paint, Sometimes cool, sometimes not.	Markings, as initials, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, or sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a building or public restroom, or the like: These graffiti are evidence of the neighborhood's decline.
Mural	Big peice of art that people put on public walls.	A large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.

Find one mural that you like on Jonny 4Higher’s website. Insert it into this document.
Write five adjectives which describe this artwork.

Colourful

Effective

Amazing

Thoughtful

Creative

Lorde poem

I am posting this because I am really really proud of it. I made my normal piece of writing into a pic collage while using different tools on the app. We were learning to inform the reader by taking notes and putting them into sentences.