Digital Tech - Coding

 Today in Digital Tech we were introduced into coding and what the aspects are. For today's task we had to create a infographic on a website to show people what coding is and what careers use coding. Here is my info graphic that I have created. 

Today in Digital Tech we have been learning the fundamentals in Scratch to be able to make a coding project. We followed a turtorial of our chooseing on Scratch to make a prodject and I choose to make instruments and instruments sounds. Here is my coding project.

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/560173275/

This week for DIgital Tech in class we were told to follow another turtorial on scratch but within a context. The tutorial is called the coral reef cleanup. Here is a link to my tutorial project that I have created.

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/560173275/

This week for Digital Tech, we were given a task to do code about vex robots. On scratch we have to follow tutorials on how to make the coral reef cleanup 1, 2 and 3 code. Then we have to take photos of the certificate to prove that we completed it and then add them to this blog draft. Here is the tutorials.

Science - House Fires & Fire Safety

1. How do bush fires start and how has climate change made them more common? - Bushfires are caused by natural causes such as lightning strikes, global warming or by people accidently or on purpose. Weather conditions and fuel conditions is a major part in bushfires happening. Climate change is making the conditions for fires more likely, the total area burned by wildfires each year decreased by up to a quarter in the past two decades.

1. What are 3 ways you could fire proof your house if you lived in an area likely to get bush fires? when global temperatures rise,

- To fireproof your house you would need fire resistant materials. The thing to do is to construct a building in which a fire would take effect slowly, allowing the people time to escape. Heavy timber can be considered fire resistant because it is combustible. You will also need fire resistant windows, doors. If you have a lot of bushes around your propertie than you will need to cut them down to prevent bushfires to occure.

1. When something burns it combusts, what is the difference between complete and incomplete combustion?

    - Complete cobustion takes place in the presence of a sufficient amount of oxygen while an incomeplete combustion reaction takes place when there is an insufficient amount of oxygen supply.

English - Workshop - Essay Planning

 Shooting the apple - Hope and Rebellion

Techniques: Music/Lighting/Colour: Angles/Shots/Movement: Costumes 

- Diagetic sound

- Katniss - dark, dim, artifical - grey, black blues - matches peers 

- Senica - vibrant, bright,-colour variety - pink - more privile god / individuals

- Costume - Katniss - training suit, tributes all look the same

- Capitol - individual - all different, over the top, extravagant 

- Close-ups - See the reactions, Katniss - pensive, shocked

- High angle - once Katniss shoots the apple, makes her weak and vulnerable.

- Atmosphere - tension, Katniss comes out as the stand out, someone to watch out for.

Change of Rules - Struggle for power

Techniques: Music/Lighting/Colour: Angles/Shots/Movement: Costumes 

- Music - minor, slow, dramatic - building tension, emotional, intensity as music gets louder

- Lighting/colour - bright, natural, worn, green, black, greys, shadowed - rising of the sun - new day - new victor

- Costume - not important

- Angles/shots/movement - High Angle - Senica has power according to camera but the dialogue "stop" contradicts that.

Close ups - emphasise emotions - defiance, stubborn of Katniss - struggle for power

- Katniss won't let them have one victor

- Peeta won't let them change him.

- Atmosphere - happy because Katniss + Peeta took back control, if they died, then they dies by their own terms, didn't lose their humanity

Social Studies - The Treaty of Paris

This week in Social Studies we have been learning about all of the treatys that have happened. Then we had to choose a treaty to learn about and to make a presentaion on what it is and what happened. Here is my presentation on prezi that I have created.

 https://prezi.com/view/hzwTRQmZDdmona2rC41g/ 

English - Character Strengths

Katniss: 

Creativity - Katniss used crearivity in the gaames when she made a trap in the woods and ended up carching some food for dinner.

Judgement - Katniss used judement at the start of the movie in District 12 when she chose to be the tribute instead of her little sister.

Bravery -  Katniss used bravery when she climbed the tree to cut down the bee hive.

Peeta:

Creativity - Peeta used creativity when he was in the games by making hiself camouflage in the rocks and grass

Love - Peeta used love against Katniss in the cave when he kissed Katniss.

Bravery - Peeta used bravery when we told everyone that he liked Katniss.

Haymitch:

Judgement  - Haymitch used judgement towards the start of the movie when he said to Katniss and Peeta "im not gonna bother helping yous because yous are gonna die".

Perspective - Haymitch used perspective when Peeta said that we should pretend that they were a couple and haymitch said that is a good idea

Leadership - Haymitch used leadership when he was telling Peeta and Katniss what to do for the games to survive and win the games.

English - Workshop - SEXXXY Paragraph

Scene - 'They Don't Own Me'

Theme - Rich vs Poor, Hope & Rebellion, Struggle for Power

What happened - Peeta & Katniss are having a conversation about how the games might affect them.

Brainstorm - Angles/Movement/Shots - Over the shoulder - shows speaker, puts us in Katniss POV, makes us part of the conversation.

Close Ups - Shows the emotions of the two-nervous, anxious, mostly Peeta.

Lighting / Colour - mood - sad, gloomy - greys, darks, blacks, dim lighting - works with close-up to highlights emotions on faces. 

Atmosphere - Forboding, hesitant, nervous, reluctant.

In the scene 'they dont own me',. dialogue is used to create a forboden atmosphere. Katniss and Peeta are having a converstaion and how the upcoming games might affect them. This is demostrated by the quote "I don't want them to change me", and "If Im gonna die, I still wanna be me" spoken by Peeta. These show that Peeta has a sense that he is going to have to do things that he doesn't want to have to do like kill others. This males audience feel sorry for Peeta because he is likely going to die, or to kill others to stay aluve. The director did this to make us believe Peeta will die early and that being a tribute isn't something to celebrate, but a loss of personal autonomy. This worked well with the dark colours of black and greys which add to the foreboding atmosphere. This aspect can be contrasted to when Peeta joins the career packs once in the games because they are cold hearted killers which is what Peeta didn't want to be. 

 

English - Workshop#5 - Music

Tempo - Speed of the music - fast / slow / moderate

Dynamics - volume - how bad or quiet it is

Key - major - happy sound, minor - sad sound

Rues Death - How is music used to create atmosphere: depressing / sad / mournful, minor, tempo-slow, dynamics-quiet, gets louder as Katniss raises her salute + District 11 riots.

- what happened - Rue is killed, Katniss tries to give her body the closest to a burial that she can.

- colour / lighting - white flowers, natural lighting, greens stands out

Symbol - innocent + pure n- rue never killed anyone, kind, compassionate, victim
Shots / angles - medium close-ups - Rue + Katniss-see their emotions + facial expressions, anguish

                        - high angle - weak + vulnerable - Rue is an innocent + blameless victim

- Effect on viewers - atmosphere of remorse/ intense sadness, as the volume increase it builds the intensity of the emotions - we see emotions are contagious - hope.

Directors Purpose - feel Katniss's emotions at that moment - remorse, anger, helplessness, acceptance, rebellion - symbol of 3 finger salute is a sign of defiance + anger towards the game makers - you will take my humanity, also a symbol of unification with those who have lost loved ones to the games.

Music is used to create an atmosphere of sorrow and remorse in Rues death scene in this scene we see Katniss dealing with the slaughter of her young friend Rue. for example, the tempo is slow, the dynamics are quiet and the key is minor to reflect the emotional roller coaster that Katniss is feeling. Like the music, Katniss moves slowly and methodically to cover Rues body in white flowers as she finishes, the music builds in volume, showing the increasing intensity of her anger and grief towards the Capitol. This makes us understand the pain experienced by the familys of the tributes when they are killed each year. This was done to enable the viewer to feel the characters emotions. This worked well with the use of white flowers to symbolise Rues innocence + purity and the high angle shot making her weak + vulnerable. Combined with the music we are shown that Rue is a victim of the creualty of the Capitol.

Science - Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand Volcano

What is its name?

- Mount Ruapehu

Where is it?

- North Island, New Zealand in Tongariro

Is it extinct?

= No

Dormant or active?

- Active

What type of Volcano is it?

- Stratovolcano (composite cone volcano)

How are these types formed?

- An eruption of highly viscous (very sticky) magma tends to produce steep-sided volvanos with slopes around 30–35°.

Diagram?

Types of rock around volcano?

- Volcanic rock andesite

Social Studies - Treat Of Waitangi / Maori Gods

This week in Social Studies we have been learning about the Treaty Of Waitangi and the maori gods. This week when we have finished all the work that we had to do, we had to add all of it to a google doc. Here is a link to the doc with all of my work that I have created. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT4AFRDjj505mi6DAonnBe9UwiZ-1sWAY2l6ZOFrO5UfxaSrbZxcsOt_Y9Sg4UBibEFsTOzU9Z-T4vy/pub

English - Lighting & Colour enchance the story

Atmosphere - feeling / mood set in the scence

Mood - the way we feel / emotional response

Location  - area it is eet

1. District 12

What is happening - Kaqtnessv is jogging through thwe district

Types of colour / lighting - cold colours, more grey undertone

                                          - dull colours - nothing stands out - blue / grey shades natural colours, natural                                                   colours - palette - greens, browns, grey, black

                                          - lighting - cold, dull, natural

Viewer effect (feel) - not welcoming, unpleasent, run down, dirty, poor.

Director Purpose - shows how unpleasent it is to live in the districts, 

2. The Capitol

What is happening - The citizens of the Capitol are awaiting the arrival of the tributes.

Types of colour / lighting - colours - cold - white undertones

                                                         - bright / artifical

                                          - lighting - cold (white) artifical, bright

                                          - palette - setting - whites / metalics costumns - bright, vibrant, colourful.

Viewer effect (feel) - these people are privelledged, they are celebrating, they are more advanced.

Directors purpose - makes us sympathise with the tributes - they have lots and the districs have none, dont like them because they seem over the top & arragant.

Other Techniques - costume - rich, extragant, flounting, over the top.

Settings - rich, modern, technologically advanced, clean, new.

3. The Control Room

What is happening - people are manipulating the arena via computer.

Types of colour / lighting - colour palette - blue / white / dark grey / clinical

                                          colour - cold (blue/white) bright-especially white shirts, artifical lighting /                                                    colour-cyan / holographic

Viewer effect (feel) - makes us feel they are smart but unsafe, scientific

Directors Purpose -  makes us feel like they are mindless drones, detached from reality

Other Techniques - costume - white lab coats-feels like an experiment.

Settings - no clutter, lots of tech, only focused on the one job.

 

English - Costumes

 1. The Reaping Scene - District 12

- The children of the district have gathered together for the reaping to select the tributes.

- Boys - Shirts - buttoned / collars, shorts, pants, whites, colourless, faded, dull, overwashed.

- Girls - Dresses, shirt and shirt.

- Best clothes, probably only warn once a year, wornout colourless, faded.

Viewer - we feel sorry for the people, they seem powerless, they live in poor conditions.

Director purpose - show us how bad their conditions are, wants us to see them as weak, unprepared, hopeless.

Other techniques - high angle with the faded colours makes them seem weak, vulnerable, helpless.

2. The Capitol - arriving in the city.

- Katness and Peeta have arrived by train in the Capitol.

- The clothes are extragant!

- colourful, vibrant.

- Accesories - hats / earings / make - up / wigs / shoes / bags / dogs.

- New - like only warn once "fashionable" access to good quality fabrics, patterns.

Viewer Effect - makes them seem higher ranks, privelleged, relaxed, we don't like them - attitude of entittlement, clueless.

Director Purpose - shows themes of imbalance of power + rich vs poor,

Other techniques - setting is crowded, people are happy, buildings are modern, big well kept. Shows that Capitol is privelleged.

3. The Countdown

- The tributes have just arrived in the arena and are waiting to start games.

- Costumes - Survival gear, browns, black, dark colours, jackets, pants, t-shirts, designed to looks good, to be practicle, light weight.

- Viewer Effect - the tributes look prepared, fit, athletic

- Directors Purpose - they are going to die, the outfits are just for the audience ( the capitol ) makes it seem more pagent like.

Other Techniques - silence - worried, excited to see what happens, anxious, builds tension, makes the audience focus.

English - Angles, Movements & Shots

What is happening in this clip

The Reaping Scene:

- Katniss volunteers as tribute when her sister is chosen.

- Teh children / parents of the district give her the 3 fingure salute.

- Peeta is chosen as the male tribute. 

What themes does it link to:

Hope and Rebellion - 3 finger slaute - it is a sign of respect for Katness from the people of her district.

- Katniss is a symbol oif hope for a district victor.

- Katniss is a symbol of rebellion because she steps in for her sister (a weaker character) when she is reaped.

Rich vs Poor - symbol - Effie Trinket - extreme make-up, wig, hat, overly colourful and flashy outfit, proper acdent.

- Technology use of blood readers / scanners, projectors. 

Poverty - District 12 - Children outfits for reaper are there best clothes, dresses, shirts - collared, boys - shorts or pants, colours of clothes are very faded from washes and reusing.

- The village is falling down around them.

Angles / shots used:

Close-Ups- faces - Primrose when is reaped - terror, fear

                             - Effie - Joyful, confident, excited - close of lips when reading names.

                             - Katniss - Panic when Prim is reaped, shock when she stands with Effie.

                             - Peeta - fear, panic, shock.

Shallow Focus - The people in the background are in shallow focus when Prim and Katness hug. This forces the viewer to watch the character in focus.

How does the viewer feel?

Viewer feels - Sorry for the tributes - Primrose - it was her first time

- Katniss - she volunteered - selfless act.

- Anger towards the Capitol for the reaping.

- We consider Effie is annoying, happy, stuck-up, clueless.

Why did the directer do this?

Director Purpose - Need to be invested in their journey / suffering

- need to be angry at Capitol so that we judge them and their decisions later.

- Effie is depicted as a symbol of the people in the District, they are clueless - do't see the suffering.

Music / Lighting / Colour:

Music - Starts as we move to picking the boys minor key, tempo - shower, dynamic, starts quiet then gets louder to build intesity, mood - tension, morose.

Lighting - Bright, grey, natural, cold, mood - sad, depressed.

Colour - Dull, cold, palette - grey, white, blue, faded, washed out.

Atmosphere - despair, sorry for the people, povert, run down.

Facial expression are dull, bland + sad matching the lighting + colour.

English - Themes and Idea's

Rich vs Poor - Some people have more money - Capitol 

- Money                                - Privelleges / Respect

- Food - variety                     - Resources

- Proper housing                   - Technology

- Medicines                           - Clothing / Makeup

- Transport                            - Childhoods

Hope + Rebellion - Hope is the belief that something will get better.

Rebellion - To fight against something, protest, uprise, usually against government.

Symbols of Hope - Katness, Melodic, Mocking, Jay, 3 finger salutte.

Struggle for Power - Currently the Capitol has power - President Snow.

- Katness becomes a rival for powerr - people look up to her for guidance, becomes a threat because Snow sees her as one.

'Hope, it is the thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous'. 

Fear - The people are afraid of rebelling because the last time they tried they failed and they were punished with the Hunger Games.

Little Hope - Becoming a victor

Dangerous Hope -  That the districts deserve to be treated better.

Power of Propaganda - Information, especially of a based or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or POV.

Messages being told - H's not worth rebelling.

                                  - The Capitol is the strongest.

                                  - Things are good the way they are.

Proaganda	Reality
Peace Keeper - People to keep peace and to help you	- Soldiers, violent, keep people in line. Look storm troopers.
Victor - Glorious, someone who wins, weathly, respected	- Violent, to win 23 others had to die, trauma.
Tribute - two brave young people - Its an honor	Sacrifice - It is a punish to the districts.

Rich vs Poor - people in the capitol vs people in the districts.

                      - Compare the opening shot in District 12 vs peta looking out the window at the capitol.

                      - District 12 - poor - houses - rundown, wooden

                                          - food - very little, see old man picking at bone.

                                          - clothing - 1 pair of good clothes, warn out, old colours are faded, grey/black -                                            easier to not show coal dust.

                      - Capitol - houses - large, concrete, metals, accents gold / silver.

                                     - food - variety of choices, dont have the same things, more than enough - excess.

                                     - clothing - fancy, suits, extravagant, fashion, extreme, excess.

Hope and Rebellion - Conro president snow + Sencia Craine

                                 - A little hope quote

                                 - Conro between Hamich + Sencia

                                 - Give them something to root for, young love!

Struggle for power - Katniss + Peta eat the berries.

                               - Death of Rue = riot in District 11

Power of Propaganda - Subtle 

                                    - Hunger Games film strip.

What happened in the scenez:

- Peta and Prim Rose who are teenagers got chosen to go fight at the huger games.

- Prim Rose's sister wanted to go to the hunger games instead of her sister because she didn't want her little sister to go. 

- Effre Trinket was the woman to pick the boy and girl to go to the hunger games out of the big bowl full of names.

                       

English - Visual Dictonary

 What am I learning?

- In English I am learning to understand the language of film and camera techniques.

How does this work show my learning?

- The visual dictionary shows that I understand what each camera techniques is and what they do in film. 

What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

- I am wondering if there are many other camera techniques that I dont know about that I should know and understand what they do in film/

Social Studies - The Holocaust

Today in Social Studies we have been learning about The Holocaust. We also have been learning about Hitler and the Jews, and what Hitler actually said about the Jews. There are two quotes from what Hitler actually said about the Jews and we had to explain how these statements represent anti-semitism. 

QUOTE: “The Jews were responsible for bringing Negroes into the Rhineland with the ultimate idea of bastardising (lowering the quality of) the white race which they hate and thus lowering its cultural and political level so that the Jew might dominate.”

- In this quote Hitler was saying that they lower the quality of the white race. He was also explaining that the Jews were lowering its cultural and political level.

QUOTE: “The Jewish youth lies in wait for hours on end...spying on the unsuspicious German girl he plans to seduce.....he wants to contaminate her blood and remove her from the bosom of her own people. The Jew hates the white race and wants to lower its cultural level so that the Jews might dominate.”

- In this quote Hitler was explaining that the Jewish youth was spying on a unsuspicious German girl and they plan to seduce. Hitler was also explaining that they want to contaminate her blood and remove her from the bosom of her own peoples.

Science - DNA Extraction

Aim: To extract DNA from Kiwifruit

Equipment: Water, Beakers, Sand, Spatula, Ethanol, Kiwifruit, Sandwich bag, Bunsen burner, Heat mat, Gauze mat, Tripod, Test tube, Dish wash liquid, Glass rod, Cloth.

Method:

1. Squish kiwifruit with sand and 10ml of water, pour through cloth to collect juice in beaker.

2. Use bunsen burner and heat up beaker with warm water, pour juice into test tube with 2 drops of dish wash, rest in the beaker. 

3. Add Ethanol, watch the DNA separate and collect with spatula. 

Result: 

English - Film Study Crossword

 

What am I learning?

- In English I am learning about film using visual and sound techniques. We are identifying different types of sound and visual techniques. Why they are important, how they are used and what the definitions of these words means.  

How does this work show my learning?

- By creating the crossword puzzle shows that I know the definitions of key words related to visual and sound techniques. 

What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

- I am wondering what are some other key words that I don't know that I could find out and know their definitions. I am also wondering what are some other things that are important in visual and sound techniques.

Science - Land Yachts

For the last few weeks in Science we have been learning about land yachts. We have also been learning about aerodynamics, speed, distance and time. I have learnt about how to measure the speed of a vehicle by dividing the distance and time together to get the speed. In the last few weeks we did a experiment where we have been making our own land yacht that we had to race with the groups to see who had the faster speed. For my group what we got for the distance was 1.7m and our time was 7.3s. Then we had to calculate 1.7m divide by 7.3s and the speed we got was 4.2km/h. 

Aim: To be able to get the fastest speed calculating the distance and the time using the land yacht you have created.

Method:

- Make your own land yacht using the materials that has been given to you from your teacher.

- Put down the measuring tape on the concrete to measure the distance.

- Get the leaf blower and plug it in ready to be used.

- Put your land yacht down behind a straight line ready to race.

- Get your phone out ready with a timer.

- Race: When you start the timer use the leaf blower to blow your land yacht straight away. When the land yacht stops then stop the timer and write down the time.

- Finale: Figure out where the land yacht had stopped on the measuring tape and write it down with the time. Now calculate the distance and the time that you got.

Result: Our distance was 1.7 meters and our time was 7.3 seconds. We have to divide them together to get our speed. Our speed was 4.2km/h.

How to calculate:

v = d/t

v = (speed) d (distance) t (time)

Conclusion: The air passed through the bow in the front of the yacht. The air goes through the sail / plastic bag and then the air moved the land yacht.

English - Brainstorming Task (Homeschooling is better than traditional schooling)

 

English - The hunter swoop

 

  1. 1 sentence - top left hand corner:

- The dark blue pinkish sky is getting dark because of the sunset in the horizon.

2. 1 sentence - top right hand corner: 

- The dark black ginormous cliff head is dominating the landscape.

3. 1-2 descriptive sentences - bottom of the image:

- The sunset is dying down in the distance behind the short dark hills.

4. 1-2 descriptive sentences - middle of the image:

- My long skinny rope is dangling down in the air below the cliff head. The rope is slipping through my fingure tips and I am wondering if I am going to walk on my own two feet back home.

Social Studies - Personal Rubbish Diary

Today in Social Studies we had to create our own graph about the rubbish that we kept track of over the last three days at home. I forgot to keep track of the rubbish so the people that forgot had to copy the data from A, B or C on the google slide on my teachers site. The graph that I have created has the FAULTSPK that you need to have the graph finished. FAULTSPK stands for frame, axis, units, labels, title, scale, plot and key. 

What can be done to reduce what goes in your rubbish bins?

- Your family can be aware about what they buy and the package that it comes in. The products you buy should be more recyclable than general waste. All food scraps in your house hold should be in compost bins.  

Where was the majority of your waste going? Organics, Recycling or rubbish?

- Since I didn't end up keeping track of my rubbish and I was using the given results on the google slide I had to roughly decide where the majority of the rubbish is going. The majority of the rubbish was going inside the recycling bins because maybe mostly of the food packaging that they got was recyclable. 

Did you find one day had more waste than another day? Why was this?

- On the graph it was shown that on day three there was the most total pieces of rubbish going into the bins. On day two there was more general rubbish than there was more of organics. 

English - Brainstorming Task (The internet has ruined our ability to be bored)

 

Social Studies - Stuff Article

STUFF Article

What % of rubbish can cause a recycling truck to be dumped?

- Trucks containing more than 10% of rubbish have to dump their contents. Since May 4th last year 1960 truckloads of recycling have ended up up at the Kate Valley landfill, costing the council and ratepayers about $1.9m. 

What is going into peoples recycling bins?

- There are still people putting items that belong in the red bins, that don't belong in the recycling bins. There are items such as bagged waste, soft plastics, that don't belong in the recycling. Since it has been happening to has caused problems for the organisations that help and deals with our everyday waste.  

What is the current penalty?

- Bins have been removed from the city council due to the amount of rubbish and waste that has ended up in the wrong bins due to the lazy people. It has been happening all around the country. Many other people have received warnings because of their recycling habits.  

English - Creative Writing Matrix (Random Wikipedia)

Random Wikipedia Article

1) Garret Barry (Piper) was born in 1837, during the great famine.

2) A disease caused him to loose his sight as a young child. 

3) Barry died in 1899, he was Irish and blind among the most famous players of the 19th century.

4) Barry was a popular and respected musician travelling his region to play at house dances.

5) Barry was raised on a farm in the townland of Kylea called 'Inagh Parish' on the shores of Cloonmackan Lough, in an area known as the Garden of Willows.

6) He inspired many later pipers such as Willie Clancy.

7) There is no record of him exists other than certification of his death as a 52 year old bachelor in 1999.

8) Its possible that Garret Barry travelled in Country Kerry in his younger years.

9) An old neighbour of the Barry family claimed that Garret Barry had received some torturing from a Kerry Piper. 

10) Garret Barry was obliged to learn poetic or musical skills in order to earn a living. 

English - The Hunters Swoop

 

  1. 1 sentence - top left hand corner:

- The small bright moon is lighting up the white clouds in the distance over the horizon

2. 1 sentence - top right hand corner: 

- The bright white clouds are spreaded out just above the water with a dark, blue sky hovering over the clouds in the distance.

3. 1-2 descriptive sentences - bottom of the image:

- The bottom of the grey rusted spaghetti can is sinking in the sparkling, clear, shallow blue water.  

4. 1-2 descriptive sentences - middle of the image:

- The poor lonely Guinea Pig is surrounded out of no-where inside a silver cold spaghetti can wondering how it is going to survive going home in the middle of heaven.  

English - Brainstorming Task (All teenagers should have after school jobs)

 

English - Brainstorming Task (Men are stronger than woman)

 

English - Brainstorming Task (Zoo's should be banned)

 

Social Studies - Greenpeace Slideshow

This week in Social Studies we have been learning about what Greenpeace is and what they do for the community. Then we had to create a slideshow to answer questions that we had been given. All of the questions were about Greenpeace and what they do for the community. Here is the slideshow that I have created. 

English - Brainstorming task (Plastic bags should be completely banned)

 

English - Brainstorming Task (Social media makes people less socially active)

 

English - Brainstorming Task (New Zealand should get rid of speed limits)

 

English - The hunter swoop

  1. 1 sentence - top left hand corner:

- The black leafless trees are dangling into the forest.

2. 1 sentence - top right hand corner: 

- The tall black trees are falling into the distance.

3. 1-2 descriptive sentences - bottom of the image:

- The deep black watery pond is reflecting into the intimidating forest.

4. 1-2 descriptive sentences - middle of the image:

- The orange autumn fallen leaves are leading into the continuous forest were no one could be found. The mist is blurring into the distance following the black forest. The dark burnt trees look like they are going to fall onto the leading track that lead to the exit. 

English - Alliteration

This week in English we have been learning about figurative language. The third activity that we had to do was about alliteration. What we had to do was to highlight the alliterations and finish sentences with my own alliterations. Here is the work that I have completed.

Highlight the alliterations in each of the following sentences:

1. The sun sizzled the swimmers skin.

2. I accidentally ate an awful apple.

3. Beth borrowed Barry’s books before biology. 

4. Slipping and sliding, I stumbled in the snow and slush.

5. Many mysterious men mumbled messages.

6. The gallant goat gobbled gobs of garbage greedily. 

7. The rapidly rising river rushed rampantly.

Finish these sentences with your own alliterations:

1. Red roses are raising rapidly smelling like relish

2. While wandering, walking through a winter wonderland

3. The tired traveller travelled through the torturing trenches

What I have learnt?

- I have learned alot more about what alliteration are and what they are used for. I also have learned how to finish sentenced using my own alliterations.

How does this work show my learning?

- It shows that I have completed all of my work that has been assigned for me above and It shows my learning on this blog post.

What am I wondering?

- I am not wondering about anything at the moment.

English - Brainstorming Task (Animal abuse should carry the death penalty)

 

English - Similes and Metaphors

This week in English, we have been learning about figurative language. The second activity in figurative language we had to highlight words that are similes and metaphors. After that we had to write some similes and metaphors of our own, we must do 3, should do 4-6 and could do 6-8. Here is the work that we had to do. 

highlight the simile in each:

1. My bedroom was as black as a cave in the depths of the earth.

2. The classroom after school became as noisy as a gaggle of gabby geese.

3. The cat capered along the fence top like a tightrope walker on the hire wire. 

4. My anger crashed into me like waves against the shore. 

Use a word from the box to complete each simile

1. The cloth was as black as coal

2. The wet ball was as slippery as an eel

3. My little sister is as playful as a kitten

4. The top of this table is as smooth as silk

5. I’ve been as busy as a bee

6. The lamb is as white as snow

For each of these sentences is it a simile or a metaphor?

1. As slippery as an eel. Simile

2. Arnie was a man-mountain. Metaphor

3. He was a lion in battle. Metaphor

4. She is as pretty as a picture. Simile

5. The striker was a goal machine. Metaphor

6. The torch lit up the room as if the sun had already risen early. Simile

7. The moon was a misty shadow. Metaphor

8. My friend has a face like thunder. Simile

Have a go at writing some Similes and Metaphors of your own:

Must Do - 3 (of each)

Should Do- 4-6 (of each)

Could Do- 6-8 (of each)

1. The house is as clean as a whistle

2. He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys

3. That guy is as nutty as a fruitcake

4. The calm lake was a mirror

5. The classroom was a zoo

6. The stormy ocean was a raging bull

What I have learnt?

- I have learnt alot more about similes and metaphors that what I already did know. I have also learnt how to find if there are similes and metaphors in sentences.

How does this work show my learning?

- It shows that I have completed all of my work that has been assigned for me above and It shows my learning on this blog post. It shows that I know what similes and metaphors are because I have highlighted them below.

What am I wondering?

- I am not wondering anything right now, at this moment.

English - Figurative language (Idioms)

This week in English, we have been learning about figurative language. One of our first activitys in  figurative language we had to mix and match some poetry terms and definitions about figurative which is on one of my latest blog posts. Then we started on doing activitys about Idioms, the first activity was, we had to write down the meaning of idioms that was listed in the grid below. After that we had to choose 3 idioms and then to draw a funny picture about what would happen if these idioms got taken literally. Here is the grid below. 

Figurative Column	Literal Column
a.Just chill out dude!  Meaning: It means to calm down
b. ‘He is driving me up the wall!’ Meaning: It means someone is irritating and making someone angry.
c. ‘His nose is out of joint’ Meaning: It means someone is annoyed
d. The teacher is a real scream Meaning: It means that the teacher is very funny and humorous.
e. What is she cooking up in her mind right now? Meaning: It means what is she thinking right now.
f. He gave her the eye.  Meaning: It means that a man is trying to flirt with another woman.

After that we had to write some other idioms ourselves that are not listed in the grid. We must do 3, should do 4-6, could do 6-8. Here are the idioms that I have chosen.

Idiom: Its a peice of cake - Meaning: Its easy

Idiom: Its raining cats and dogs - Meaning: Its raining hard

Idiom: Let the cat out of the bag - Meaning: Give away a secret

Idiom: Break a leg - Meaning: Good luck

Idiom: Call it a day - Meaning: Stop working on something

Idiom: Get out of hand - Meaning: Get out of control

What have I learnt?

 I have learnt a lot about idioms and what they are. Before we did this work I wasn't that sure what Idioms were. 

How does this work show my learning?

- It shows that I have understood what I am learning. It also shows that I know what idioms are because If I didn't know what Idioms were I wouldn't have completed all of my work.

What am I wondering?

 - I am wondering if there are any idioms that I haven't thought of and what are other idioms that I may know but I haven't thought of them.