All about samoa

Last week I did this activity sheet about Samoa i really enjoined doing this i learnt a lot more about this country  there were word find and lots more and at the end we even got to decorate it and make it look pretty.

Italy (my country I researched)

this week we all got to choose a country to search I chose Italy, I chose Italy because it is a beautiful country with marvellous lakes and amazing building. we had to research about the leader the language they speak and much more my favourite part was when you get to colour in the flag here is what my one looks like. I hope you like it :)

wolves

Wolves is a book that my group is reading. We had to read each chapter and state the important things/events that occurred during the chapters.
1st chapter
Kaitlin heard multiple howls in the night, she got scared and tried to tell her father but he was asleep. She was so scared. ……
2nd chapter
In the morning they had pancakes soaked in maple syrup and after that her father asked her if she wanted to go on a hike, so they did…….
3rd chapter

On the hike they had they took many photos of the view and then her dad pulled out a mars bar and took some bites of it ……..

Ways of getting a message overtime

Name of way of getting the message 

Some information was recorded on stone walls ,paper or wood this was the beginning of writing it gave people a new way of communicating with each other.

Time used
About a thousand years before johannes gutenberg in 1450s

From prehistoric times, people have been able to communicate their thoughts by showing them.

As languages developed , information could be shared more widely . stories could travel from one place to another and be passed on from the generation .

Features
The ancient chinese used a simple method of printing with wooden blocks to create a scroll book called the diamond sutra this is said to be the world's oldest book . 

What is the message ?

People have always wanted to share ideas and information .
We constantly are discovering newer and faster ways of doing things.
It is possible to put on headsets and watch images and hear sounds .

Examples of countries application of the technology
From lascaux and france
Mass media means media created for huge numbers of people . newspaper was first mass media .
Newspapers made it much easier for people to find out what's happening in their community.
With a computer, a telephone line and a modem , the world on the internet is yours.
Hundreds of years later, people in china discovered they could make softer paper by using cloth and plant fibre this paper was easier to write on .

Something to write on …………………. 
The first message were not written as words but shown as pictures . in ancient egypt.

A world wide web

Stories across the world
An early form of writing was known as cuneiform. A reed pen with a wedge -shaped tip was used to make imprints on soft clay, which was later dried hard . 

Identifying Ideas for Vincent Van Gogh

Title: get the picture?

Author: Jim Howes

LI: Write a sentence about the four most important events in the story.

1. In ‘Sunflowers’,Vincent Van Gogh used thick oil paint to show how he loved the strength of the bursting colours of the flowers.

2. In modern art, all kinds of surfaces and types of paints are used. In the last 50 years, acrylic paints that dry quickly and easy to remove have become popular.

3. The invention of a camera gave us a new way of making pictures.  Photographers were used to record important events and to take pics of people.

4. Photographs are much faster to complete than paintings.