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The eel lady

On Monday 14th of March an eel lady came and visited our school and she was called Stephanie bowman, she came to speak to us about eels. She comes from America and she lives in Arizona. She wanted to help the longfined eel. The longfin eel is a type of eel that is endangered and it is only in New Zealand.

I reckon that we should help them to keep them alive by... Fence off creeks so cows don't get in and pollute the creeks. If you catch an eel don't wipe their slime off or they'll die. Don't catch more eels than you need. Stop commercial fishing of eels. Don't catch the female longfins because they have babies. If you have spare time volunteer to get eels from one side of a dam to another. Don't kill young baby eels. Stop pollution. Farmers need to plant trees next to the creek so they can have shade for the eels. Stop draining wetlands. Don't catch the eels with milky blue eyes they are fill of eggs.

Please pass this on so this can incourage people to help the longfin like your family, friends or other.

This is Stephanie bowmans email address: stephanie.bowman013@gmail.com

Fairy tale webquest

Story Planning Name : Everyone You will be writing your very own Fractured Fairy Tale. It is a very important step to plan your story before writing. Please answer the questions carefully with complete sentences. And, remember to try and avoid stereotypes. 1. Which fairy tale will you fracture? Cinderella 2. Name and describe your main characters.3. From whose point of view will the story be? Cinderella=Cindy, Bob, Wolf=Burt 4. What will be the major events that happen in your story. Give a brief outline of the plot.5. How will you fracture the story? Explain if you will: a) use a different characters point of viewb) add a modern setting to the storyc) continue a Fairy Tale from where it finishedd) write The Real Story of..........e) add an unexpected twist to the story Retake of Cinderella

4. a)The role of women at the time the story was written Beauty was the maiden who agreed to save her father and take his place, in the castle living with the beast who she falls in love with and breaks the curse. b) The family values at the time the story was written. There is lots of family values because Beauty takes her fathers place so he won’t die. c) The rights of children at the time the story was written. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They didn’t have much rights.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2.Define a stereotype. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It is a way you suppose to to think of things like princess's have to be pretty and wolves have to be bad and evil. Its the way that they are supposed to be.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a) Female character's. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">b) Male character's.He is the beast and he is supposed to be mean and scary but inside he is good. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">c) Others character's. The witch that turned him into the beast is thought of as mean but really she had a reason because she was teaching him a lesson because he was mean and thought everyone.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">21/3/11 <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">WALT <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Understand the purpose of fairy tales and learn how we can learn from them. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We will: Understand the literacy terms that help us to explain fairy tales. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. What is irony? Write the title of a fractured fairy tale that uses this technique. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. What is satire? Write the title of a fractured fairy tale that uses this technique. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. What is parody? Write the title of a fractured fairy tale that uses this technique. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. What is a stereotype? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Write 5 stereotype examples. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Why is it important to understand and identify stereotypes? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Are stereotypes always negative? Explain.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Irony= Funny in a serious way. Little red riding hood. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Satire= The use of irony, sarcasm and others. Little red riding hood. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Parody= Re write in a funny way. Three little pigs. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Stereotype= Is an example of a group or things. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cinderalla <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Cinderalla, red riding hood, Alice in wonderland, jack and the beanstalk and Goldielocks. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. So you can know the fairytale properly. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Yes they can be. Because they don’t go out much like nerds.