I am a student at in Uru Mānuka. In 2020 I was a year 9 and in 2021 I will be a year 10. This is a place where I will be able to share my learning with you. Please note....some work won't be edited - just my first drafts, so there may be some surface errors. I would love your feedback, comments, thoughts and ideas.
"If anyone wants to know what elephants are like, they are like people, only more so."
- Peter Cornelle
Chapter 1-2
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In the first few pages, the story tells us about Jack and his mother going camping, travelling together, visiting exhibits. Though one morning, he woke up late, he wondered why his mum didn't wake him up and it's lunchtime, he immediately opened the zipper of his tent and hurried outside, there, he saw that the rental car was gonna. His mum suddenly disappeared without a trace. The only thing left was Jack's tent.
In our lesson in English, we did ou creative writing tasks, I've completed 4 tasks and this is the 5th task.
What is a "Haiku Poem?"
Haikyu is a traditional Japanese poem that consists of 3 short lines that do not rhyme with each other. The first line of the 3 can only have 5 syllables and the second line has 7 and the last is 5.
This is the Haiku poem that I made about the 4 seasons.
In English, there was one task in creative writing about "Slam Poetry". We had to watch a total of 4 clips and share with others which one we liked the most and why.
What is Slam Poetry? Slam Poetry is a form of performance with a combination of writing, competition, audience participation, theatre. The poems are judged based on the performance and not necessarily the writing.
Out of all performances I watched regarding slam poetry. The one I enjoyed the most was "The Poetry Slam Matariki 2014: Te Kahu Rollestone Performs". The reason why I liked this video the most was that it's very inspirational, I can tell that the speaker/performer was really proud of his culture. He explained what has happened in society nowadays, he also explained through his performance the difference of the society back then and now.
We have been learning about "The Slave Trade Triangle" that occurred between the late 16th and 19th century. So, what is the slave trade triangle? Back then, slavery was a big thing in the Americas, they would take people from western Africa to work for them without payment, in exchange for goods.
How exactly were African enslaved? They would get kidnapped, captured, raided, some who had debt were also taken. They took them in the ships, there, they lied down side by side, no food, no water or even use of the toilet, they were literally jailed inside the low decks of the ship. According to researches and scientists, approximately 12.5 million Africans were enslaved in the Americas.
This is the link to the passage around the countries as well as additional information.
In Africa, the use of music is important and valued, back when slavery was a thing, they use music as a way to pass messages and to escape from being slave-captive. Others use it for celebrations, such as a wedding, birthdays, funerals, etc. They are called the "Spirituals". One of the spiritual songs used was "Wade in the water".
Wade in the water means to swaddle, back in the era of slavery, since slaves were restricted to go out, furthermore, escape. The farm was surrounded by trained dogs of the Americans. Harriet Tubman was a famous woman for successfully helping African slaves to escape. Whenever she was ordered to give other slaves food and water or laundry, she would sing to them wade in the water, there the slaves will get the lyrics of the song and understand the plan. Back to the topic of dogs used to guards the slaves, dogs can't sense a person's scent in the water. With that, we would know that their plan was to escape at night because it's dark and everyone's tired and some are asleep. There were households that helped them escape, the slaves would stay there for the night and then continue the next. They travelled far away from the farm and go to a port where they will be taken in ships to go somewhere far. The Africans were scattered over the world where they had to adjust to a different environment and lived peacefully.
Slavery still happens up to today though they are not called slavery, we now call it human trafficking. What is Human Trafficking? Human Trafficking is a crime and is illegal, it involves trading and selling humans (men, women, children) by force in exchange for money, stealing their freedom for the profit they get from selling these people.
What happens in Human Trafficking? The most common reason why human trafficking happens is for adultery, even children, they are sold for their bodies. You could call it "Sex Slave". Others do it is because they want people to work for their farm, factories, work as a maid, etc.
We must stand against the torture and unfair treatment others do to one, especially those who sit in a higher rank than other civilians. We should spread the word. Come as one. Fight for freedom, humanity, and equality.
"All that glitters is not gold", one of Shakespeare famous quote but, what does it mean? what is the message is he trying to get across? (question)
1595 when Shakespeare used the phrase "All that glitters is not gold" in his famous play "The Merchant of Venice". What this phrase is trying to tell us is sometimes everything we see might look good on the surface but when we take a deeper look and examine it closely, it might not turn out the way we thought it' would be. I personally think that everyone is experiencing this or have already experienced it or will experience it.
In our lesson during English, we continued doing tasks regarding creative writing. In my previous post, I explained the 3 Language Features that were unfamiliar to me, I explained its definition, I gave an example and how it affects a person's writing, how it's important in a story.
Now, we're going to be learning about "Sensory Language" used in writings and stories. So what is "Sensory Language?" and what are the examples?
Sensory language is adjectives for our 5 senses which are our hearing senses, taste, touch, smell and see. It effectively used in writings as it enhances it and gives a description of a certain noun. It helps the reader to imagine and visualise a scene in a text.
This is the work I made using Canva as well as an example of what Sensory Language is.
I have now understood the purpose and effects of using sensory language in a writing. This will help me in the future with essays, writings, stories or maybe even career.
In English, we started doing work about our creative writing. We learnt about language features, the reason why we learnt about this was that creative writing has language features in them. Language features such as personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, anaphora, smile, metaphors, allusion, etc.
For this lesson, we had to choose 3 language features that we are not very familiar with, with those 3 language features, we need to explain its definition, give an example and how it affects ones writing or story.
The language features I have chosen were "Anaphora", "Allusion" and "Alliteration". I used canva to create my poster. This poster shows my learning, how I can reflect and how it will help me with my English, especially writing.
I really like how my work turned out, I think I've explained everything in details, the words are very clear to read and understand and it's colourful and decorated nicely.
What would happen to Zinc Oxide (ZnO) when you heat it up??
Today in Science, we will be doing an experiment where we will heat "Zinc Oxide" in scientific terms, "ZnO". We will be investigating and finding out which of the chemical change or physical change category it belongs to.
Equipment/Materials:
Sample of ZnO (Zinc Oxide)
Heat source
Scales
Heatproof container
Tongs
Heatproof mat
Hypothesis:
In my opinion, as we heat the zinc oxide, the colour will turn black and will cause to light a fire. If we were to compare this to another object, I would compare it to a cigarette. When you light a cigarette, the filter would burn and turn into ash, the type of reaction would happen to the zinc oxide so I think it will be a result of a chemical change due to the change of its colour and heat is absorbed.
Method/Steps:
Get a sample of ZnO in an evaporating dish.
Weigh the ZnO + the container and record its weight.
Heat container with the ZnO on a hot plate.
Observe any changes.
Take off heat and place it on the heatproof mat.
Wait for it to cool down before observing.
Re weigh it.
Result:
From what we've observed, we saw that the colour changed to yellow but it was not clearly visible. 55 was the weight of the evaporating dish and the powder was 2 grams before. After reweighing it, nothing changed to its weight but the colour changed back to white.
Conclusion:
There was a big difference between my hypothesis and the experiment result. My hypothesis was it will cause a fire and the colour will change to black but from the experiment itself, the colour did change but it wasn't black, it was yellow. It did not cause a fire but I was surprised when it changed back to its real colour which was white. From this, we know that it was a physical change because the colour changed back to its original colour. This is one of the sign or reason why it's a physical change because it can be done reversed.
In the movie trailer 4, Suicide Squad directed by David Ayer, it is shown that the author constructed the characters this way to entertain and to give insight to the character transitions, it also compares the characters in the comic and in the movie.
For instance, we can see "Deadshot" played by Will Smith, from out of the jail, locked up due to the crime he committed, to someone saving the world. We also see "Harley Quinn" played by Margot Robbie, from a crazy maniac in jail to a sexy bombshell saving the world and defeating villains. In short, the villains transitioned into heroes using their skills to accomplish victory.
The purpose of this trailer/scene was to provide a clue and insight into what the movie is going to about and also to intrigue the audience.
