Nicholas' Learning

Today me and Zainab had peer mediation we walked around but there where no people with problems. The learner disposition I think I used today was resilient because it was very boring and I just kept going.

Here is the non highlighted version My Story WALT: I am learning to write a Short Story For this piece of writing I have focusing on my vocabulary and punctuation. I have been learning to: use a range of precise vocabulary to communicate meaning (Year ⅞) use all basic punctuation independently and attempt more complex punctuation (eg semicolons, colons, parentheses) (Year 7/8) The pieces of my writing that are highlighted green are where I have shown my vocabulary and punctuation goal My Story... A Huge Mystery There once was a boy named Hugh Jmistry, a child prodigy who excelled at solving mysteries but no one hired him because of his age. One day he was finally hired to investigate a secret  organization and the murders linked to the group. The murders took place in a near derelict town called Mirdur Biedarci, hidden by a mountain range and located underwater. “Is this where you would like to go?” The taxi driver asked. Hugh replied w...

On Friday my partner was away at Te Hapua so I asked Jacob to help with my duty in exchange for his at lunchtime. Near the end of Morning Tea we had a problem where a group of friends had a disagreement on who one of them would play with. We fixed the problem shortly after the bell rang and that was basically my duty. I think I used communicate because they couldn't understand what I was saying because I was talking too fast so I slowed down my pace and started talking slowly.

Something I have learned about the structure of short stories is they have a problem that may get solved in the end. After reading some short stories two things I will remember when I write my own short story are that they are shorter than novels and that short stories are more descriptive