Using Speech Marks

In writing we are learning to use speech marks correctly in our writing. Two goals we have come up with are:

· Speech marks surround the words that are spoken

· Each new speaker gets a new line

Gigantic Burger - By Temuera

“Wow, that’s HUGE!” shouted Sam, as the big squishy greasy rounded thing was placed on the table.

Sam said “You can’t eat that, it’s way too big for your mouth.”

Liam replied “I can eat it like it’s a cheeseburger.’’ They both stared down at the Big Triple Deluxe Boss Burger, the burger that was twice the size of their heads. So Liam attempted to take a bite of this monster of a burger. Then Liam took a gigantic bite into the burger.

“Delicious!” said Liam with half of the burger still in his mouth.

Then this rumbling noise got louder and louder, and then, POP! Liam’s Fat belly popped right out of his t-shirt.

Sam yelled, “Woo hoo! Dude you’re a fatty!”

Good Guys

By Losi, Peter and AJ

Good Guys is a group of students that are trying to make the school a safer place. Throughout the first term we have been working on a project for keeping our school and the environment clean.

We were working on a fence so that we can store bins in safely. Then we can lock them up and keep the vandals from burning them or tagging on them. There is going to be one or two people from each syndicate to take out the bins each day.

This term we have been thinking about rebuilding the boy’s toilets. We have been planning and sketching the toilets out. After a while we will be getting into it and start redesigning the toilets.

Good guys are not only about building projects, it’s about being a role model for the school. Ever since Mr Rickard has chosen us we have proved to him that we can be big role models to the other people, so that other people look up to us and say, “No don’t do that, what would the good guys do?”

Short Story by Stephanie

Room 14 has been working on our writing. We are trying to use similes and use show not tell. E.g. “The sweet luscious deep red fruit covered in pale green seeds”, instead of saying, “strawberries”. We are also trying to use the correct punctuation and grammar.


Mixed up
By Stephanie Han

I had watched the river flow continuously for the last ten minutes. I had run for all that time. I had run for miles and now was tired, gasping for air. I stood up and started to walk, slowly but steadily. Hearing the water sway helped me to calm down. The strange scary man was still following me, down the old alleyway. As I looked back to see if he was still following me, I heard something move in the bushes. “Must be a rat”, I whispered quietly to myself. It’s been a while since I had last been out. It felt so good to be out in the fresh air.

When I started running it was still light but now the sun was setting. In a few minutes it would be down and it would be pitch black.” How would I be able to get home?” I thought . I sat down on a nearby rock to think; not knowing it had something carved into it. Finally I saw what it said,
“This magical stone
Is real to the bone,
It’s used to foresee,
What is next to be.
Just kick it three times
And your luck will ties nine”.
Not knowing what else to do I kicked it ,three times . at first nothing happened then the middle started going transparent and started to glow, then I saw two figures, one tall and one small, then it went blank. I guess my luck still hadn’t changed, I was still lost, still had nowhere to go and could barely see anything. I wanted to go homes so badly but didn’t know how ...then it hit me. In every single story there was usually someone living in the forest so if I find a house fast enough they might take me in for the night, well it was worth a try.

I started t o run once more, faster this time. Until I saw a big tree trunk that looked just like a house. I was so happy I could have cried, but of course I didn’t. As I knocked on the door no one answered, so I just came in, shut the door and flicked on the lights. Seven little dwarfs then stared at me in silence until one of them said ,”Hey, you’re not Snow White”.”Cut”, yelled one of the directors.
“Ughh...they must have mixed up the scenes again”, I muttered.

Short Story by Ally

Room 14 has been working on our writing. We are trying to use similes and use show not tell. E.g. “The sweet luscious deep red fruit covered in pale green seeds”, instead of saying, “strawberries”. We are also trying to use the correct punctuation and grammar.


Dark Night
By Ally


It was a dark stormy night with clouds rumbling through the night. A flash of light brightens the night sky for one second and then a crash of thunder. The night went on as the little girl tried to fall to sleep. Unfortunately she was scared of thunder and lightning and was screaming her little lungs out.

As she was screaming there was a dark shadow and a high pitch scream like a sharp nail scraping on the window. The little girl stopped in horror wondering what to do. All of a sudden the window started to open slowly. The little girl swallowed her saliva. Just as she was about to cry the window swung open and a dark shadow came in. The little girl started shaking as the cold frozen air filled the room.
The man was dripping wet making puddles where ever he stepped. He had a bag in his hand and was wearing all black from shoulder to toe and looked quite tall. The girl got more terrified as the man came closer, then the man said, “Don’t be scared, it’s just me.” It was her Dad. He went out of the room to get into some dry clothes, when he came back in he said, “I am sorry, the front and back door was locked and your window was the only one open.”

Fun Run by Monica & Nina

The Fun Run

That’s right, we won the Fun Run.

We raised the most money ever by an individual class in the history of Tawa Intermediate, with the amazing total of $2,805.80. All of us had contributed to that BIG total. What we did to raise this money was to get sponsors for a 5km run/walk around the top field of Tawa College. We got sponsors by knocking on doors, asking family and friends, and some even did a bake sale.

We all got to dress up and we decided to dress up as geeks/nerds. We had some awesome costumes. Moving on, two of the students in Room 14 raised over 400! Those great numbers came from the awesome Kitana and Losi. We also had a lot of people raise over $100 and everyone in the class contributed to the total. One of the reasons for our success was all the Syndicate teachers motivated us to put in all that effort, which led to us winning the trophy, speaking of the trophy here’s a pic!