English: New Zealand Fashion Between the 1850s - 1920s

The fashion attire in New Zealand during the 1840s up to 1890s was extracted in Britain. During that time, domestic sewing machines and paper patterns became available and accessible, which makes home dressmaking easier and accessible, as a result, it gives people, especially, women to be fashionable. 

After women's participation in cycling increased, it encouraged a lighter and looser style that allowed freedom of movement. Tailored jackets, skirts, blouses became popular and trendy. 

A couple of years later, in the 1900s, more hand-made clothes were made. Oversized hats with ostrich feathers that flow gracefully were popular among women. 

In the first World War, necklines were cut lower, skirts became shorter. Women's fashion became simpler, low waisted dresses were worn at a mid-calf length or knee-length, which makes the footwear more visible. 

In my opinion, I think that fashion in the past has really evolved, looking back at it, people in today's generation have a more sophisticated and complex style. Fashion today is more open for everyone, for instance, males wear skirts during fashion week, there are a range of styles and genres, gothic style, casual, boho, haute couture, y2k, minimal, etc. 

Wananga Reflection

 Last week, in Wananga class, we did our personalised passion project, we continued to put hair and add more hair in our statue. The Beast King has v-shaped hair so we had to add layers to make the hair shape like a 'V'. We also started to put hair on the head of the other Beast King since we are doing two statues. 

Wananga: Personalised Passion Project Blog - THE BEAST KING KABUKI

What is Genius Hour? Genius Hour means to Create. It is a chance to unleash your creativity and be able to work on something that you are passionate about. It could be a passion that you already have or a new passion that you are interested in learning more about. One of the main outcomes of this will be for you to create something through your passion.  Given that you are working on your passion, it will be up to you to make sure you create something at the end of this.  

What else is Genius Hour? Genius Hour is a time when students are allowed to explore topics that interest them the most. The instructional focus of Genius Hour is much more about the process of exploration than the content. Students are tasked with researching their topics of interest and teachers help guide their research more thorough questions than direct learning/content delivery. Students have the freedom to access resources and people in the building who can help with the topic they’ve chosen.

For our personalised passion project, we are doing it as a group and our project will involve sustainability and creativity. We are making a beast king Kabuki (Japanese) out of sustainable materials such as newspaper, cardboard, empty tissue rolls, glues and etc. We will make it a life-size figure and there will be two of them. 

(inspiration)

Driving Questions: How can we use sustainable materials (recycled) such as newspaper and cardboard to create are--a life-size statue?

Detailed Plan: 

Date -  Week 8	What is researched, planned oir actioned?	Location	Who is involved?	Contingency (Identify potential problems and solutions)	Equipment Needed
Wednesday	We brainstormed ideas of what we could make as a group.	We did this at school.	The whole group  (7 members)		Chromebook
Thursday	We gathered our equipments such as the cardboard and newspaper. We began to make the body parts of the statue.	At school	The whole group  (7 members)	How we can stick the pieces together without using much glue.	Cardboard Scissors Stapler
Friday	We continued to create the body parts of the sustainable statue.	At school	The whole group  (7 members)		Cardboard Scissors Stapler
Notes	Create the body parts of the second statue	At school	The whole group  (7 members)		Cardboard Scissors Stapler

Music: Term 3 Music Performance

 What instrument are you performing on? And what will you perform? My group and I will be performing "Can't Help Falling In Love" by Elvis Presley and we will be using our voices and a piano for our instrument.

Are you doing a solo or group performance? I will be performing with a group because I think that with more people, it would be more fun, less nervous, and it will improve our collaboration skills, creativity, and innovativeness.

What do you need to work on first? In my opinion, my group and I will need to work really hard and contribute. We need to work on the piano and voice rhythm so that they will match to create a harmonic piece. 

What will be challenging? I think the challenge will be performing in front of the class and trying not to make a mistake.

English: The Lake

Story: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qGj2VRFR3u3Xhb8InfPKoiI8kju1-5NJ/view

Listing - A listing is a method/technique used by writers who brainstorm and gather ideas about their chosen topic to write, usually 3 or more.

Example: "The wave shut me off from the world, from the birds in the sky, the children on the beach, my mother on the shore."

Figurative Language:

• Simile - Simile is a method used in writing that compares two things, using "Like or As".

Example: "It was like nailing summer into a series of coffins."

Metaphor - Metaphor is a widely used figurative language that uses descriptive words in order to paint a picture or to illustrate a certain thing. 

Example: "The beach was so long and lonely."

Personification - Personification is the use of human characteristics in another object. 

Example: "The wind lifted me."

Dialogue - A dialogue is when two or more people have exchanged conversations, dialogue is used in films, books, novels, plays, etc. 

Example:  "Mama, I want to run up the beach aways," I said.

"All right, but hurry back, and don't go near the water."

Emotive Language - Emotive Language is a technique where the author or writer used languages that evoke the emotions of the audience. They can be used in a variety of concepts such as in spoken word performances, novels, books, debates, etc. 

Example: "Mama withdrew into the distance, sitting. Soon she was only a brown speck and I was all alone."

Allusions - An Allusion is a figure of speech used to make a reference to people and makes the audience think or make connections to something else.

Example: "I stood there, watching the sun take away the water beads on my arms. I replaced them with goose-pimples." 

Music: What is Musical Theatre? How many types are there?

Music: New Zealand Music ♪♫♪

5 Facts: 

• Lorde chose her stage name because she was fascinated with “royals and aristocracy”. However, she felt the name Lord was too masculine, thus she added an “e” to make it more feminine.
• On 13 May 2015, a wax figure of Lorde was introduced to Madame Tussauds Hollywood.
• In June 2014, Lorde released a two-piece make-up limited edition collection in collaboration with MAC Cosmetics, consisting of a lipstick titled after her debut album, Pure Heroine, and an eyeliner.
• She has Croatian citizenship thanks to her mum Sonja Yelich's family, who immigrated to New Zealand from Dalmatia.
• Before writing songs, Lorde wrote fiction. She wrote her first story aged 11 when her dog fell off her balcony and accidentally hanged itself.

English: The Yellow Brick Road pt2 (lockdown)

Story Link: 

https://englishwithhume.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/7/2/10723048/yellow_brick_road_by_witi_ihimaera.pdf

Why does the narrator (speaker) believe they are moving to Wellington? In the narrator’s point of view, he believes the reason why they are moving to Wellington was that it will help them have a better life. As a piece of evidence, he said, “We'll make lots of money and be rich as anything because Wellington is where the money is. And you have to go where the money is, ay Dad. No use staying in Waituhi and being poor all the time, ay”. What Matiu (narrator) meant was Wellington was a place where there are a lot of opportunities, a better economy and a better lifestyle, which was good for his family.

English: The Yellow Brick Road pt1 (lockdown)

In English, we have to do a work about an interesting topic called "The Yellow Brick Road". The reason why it is intriguing is that I only know a certain brick road, which was shown in the film Wizard of Oz. 

We had to read a short story titled of Yello Brick Road and answer questions in regards. 

Story Link: 

https://englishwithhume.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/7/2/10723048/yellow_brick_road_by_witi_ihimaera.pdf