Asthma

In health, we are learning about diseases. For this, me and my partner chose asthma for our assessment. For our assessment, we have to make a presentation or activities we want to do to show our research about asthma. We did a poster and a lung drawing for our presentation in digital because it will look better than paper art. This task was quite hard when we wrote the letters in our poster because it is hard to edit the text. But what I liked about our poster is that the lungs looks good and the colours is soothing. I think, what I need to improve on next time is try to make our poster more accurate and prettier.  

Santa Claus History

 For social studies, we're studying about santa claus's history. We have to make a blog post about things we learned about him.

1. Santa was originated from saint Nicholas.

2. Santa's clothes were green before, not red.

3. Saint Nicholas day is celebrated in December 6.

Unfair Trade - Chocolate Industry: Haurora

For ESOL, we're learning about chocolate industry. As we explore deeper in our topic, we found out that chocolate's are made from cocoas. But cocoas are grown by children and they get trafficked. This applies to many different industries too, not just chocolate. Children are getting trafficked but the problem is that it haven't been solved for a long time. Many chocolate factories use children in cacao plantations. So are task is how trafficked children lives in cacao plantation affect their wellbeing.

Persuasive Writing - Should the death penalty be reinstated?

 LO: We are learning to express our views on a topical issues using 'Write That Essay' sentences.

For this blog post, we have to write another persuasive writing. This time we have to write on the opposite side of the issue. 

1. The W-Start Sentence - When someone did a crime, they have to pay for it even if it means their lives.

2. The -Ed Start - Killed victims deserve justice by killing the killer. 

3. The -Ing Start - Reinstating death penalty should be legal. 

Science - Is the Earth flat?

 For science, we have to chose a topic related to Earth Science and Geology. I chose to create a presentation about earth is not flat. 

Persuasive Writing - Should the death penalty be reinstated?

 LO: We are learning to express our views on a topical issues using 'Write That Essay' sentences.

In this topic, we have to chose our own topical issues that interests us and I chose, "Should the death penalty be reinstated?"

1. The Power Sentence - You don't know what the prisoner really feels for their crimes.

2. Simple Sentence - You should not decide on people's death. 

3. Very Short Sentence - We decide our own deaths. 

Language Features - Anaphora

 Learning Outcome: we are learning to identify persuasive writing language features. 

We chose to do anaphora and made an dlo.

gymnastic

 I did front roll for gymnastic. I can't do anything else and I can't do front roll properly

Volcano Project

Aim: to make a volcano erupt using chemical reactions.

Hypothesis: I think the chemical reaction will be better if we change the rations of the chemical.

Equipment: board, paint, news paper, plastic bottle, vinegar, baking soda

Method:

1. We made circles out of newspaper then glued it together and put the plastic bottle in the middle.

2. We painted the newspaper.

3. We put the baking soda and vinegar together. 

Results:

Discussion:

Picture:

'Who Gets What' in the bean to chocolate bar chain

In esol, we're learning about chocolate industry. We get to chose our own roles and we acted as a buyer of cocoas. Our task was to state our group's work. 

Grower of cocoa: Harvest cocoa when it's in good condition to be harvested and sent to the buyers. Physical Labor -Planting, Farming, Harvesting and Packaging. 

Areas of work - Tropical land or acceptable climate conditions in a land

What do you do:

Keep the plants Healthy- Depending on Rainfall the Cacao will need between 1-2 inches of water per week. Don't let it get soggy. Make sure the plants are healthy/ taking care.

Buyer of cocoa:

• Importing to chocolate makers

• Pay the producers

• Working in a pretty cozy place

• Normal office clothes/delivery clothes

• Promote the materials

• Sell to rich producing countries

• Bring samples of the product

• Test product

• Work at least 42 hours a week

• Look for farms where there are cocoas. 

Producers/growers of other products:

The growers of other products produce and import the other ingredients for the chocolate. Taking care of the ingredients/products is also one of their jobs. They work on a farm, harvest the products and sell the products to the manufacturer and that's how they usually work for 40 hours a week, it's on repeat.

Chocolate Manufacturer:

Manufacturing processes differ slightly due to the different species of cocoa trees, but most factories use similar machines to break down the cocoa beans into cocoa butter. They usually work 40 hours a week and most consumers are in Europe.

Shopkeeper:

• Profit

• Retail               

• Dressed nicely

• The shop they sell them probably has good air conditioning.

• Shopkeepers buy from manufacturers

• Working conditions: depends, if you’re in a poor country selling it or in a rich country.

• In rich countries or the producer countries.

• Sells the product at convenience stores.

• Depends on where the shop is. - Working hours

Delusion

In Art, we're doing delusion. I chose to paint a guy because I thought it was easy at first but its hard. We only painted using white acrylic with water only. 

 

Intro

 The novel Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi is about a teenage girl who has latent magic that tried to bring magic back with the help of her friends.

In the text, the relationship between Amari and Zelie helped me to understand the character of Amari. This is because it showed me how she became brave, courageous and loyal. 

Learning Outcome: practice writing an introduction.

Essay Practice - Children of Blood and Bone

 In english, we're practising on how to write an essay for our upcoming essay assessment. Here's my work.

Statement	Example/Evidence (include a quote)	EXplain quote	EXplain Effect on the Reader	Your link -- to another part of the text	Your link -- to the wider world
The incident of Binta dying helped me to understand the important idea of how ruthless King Saran is because it showed me that even though Binta is Amari’s friend, King Saran still killed her because she’s a maji.	We see this in the text when King Saran made Binta touch the scroll and discovered that she’s a maji. A quote that can be use in this text is “Father’s sword plunges through her chest”.	This means that King Saran has finally killed Binta by stabbing her in the chest.	This made the reader feel wroth to King Saran because Binta don’t deserve to be killed just because she’s a maji.	It reminded me of another important part in the book when King Saran ordered his guards to carved the word ‘maggot’ on Zelie’s back, because this also shows the idea of King Saran being ruthless.	In the real world, this idea is important because some people want vengeance when someone did something bad to them.
Another way the incident of Binta’s death helped me to understand the important idea of how sad Amari was because she is the only friend she has.	We see this in the text when...	This means that…	This made the reader feel________ because _________.	It reminded me of another important part in the book when __________, because this also shows the idea of __________.	In the real world, this idea is important because ___________.

 

Essay Pre-planning

 Learning Outcome: I am learning to plan an essay.

Our work.

1. What is going to be my 'key event'?

My key event is going to be Zelie losing her magic.

2. Who is going to be my 'important character'?

My important character is going to be Zelie.

3. What are the three ways the character changed as a result of this event?

Zelie believes that the god's will give her magic back. She was also confident before on helping her friends but she felt discourage when she loses it.

Treaty of Waitangi - Word Search

 For social studies, we have to search some words related to treaty of waitangi for our work.

Work/Kupu	Definition	Picture
Treaty	agreement
Mana	to be legal
Crown	headdress worn by a monarch/government
Tangata whenua	feel comfortable
Iwi	Maori community or people
Colony	A country controlled by another country
Sovereignty	authority
Rangatiratanga	Leadership of a social group
Governorship	Position of being a governor
Kawanatanga	Government or ruler
Taonga	Property or goods

Chapter 74 Response - Children of Blood and Bone

 Chapter 74 – Inan

Note: This time you have not been provided a quote from the story. This is an

explanation.

King Saran firmly believes in duty over self. Peace between maji and kosidán

failed in the past, so he does not want to try again.

Inan believes he must make a similar choice between his country and his

heart. He makes the same choice as his father, even though the majacite

sword blisters his own skin (this is symbolism). Inan gives up everything to be

everything his Father wants.

A message I take from this scene is Inan don't really know what to do because right after he betrayed Zelie, he saw them and hesitates a little to kill her. 

Think back to what Zuko said about honour. Where does it come from?

Antarctic Centre - Recount

 On Friday 4th of September, the 10 ESOL class went on a class trip at Antarctic Centre with Mrs Flores, Ms Briggs and Mrs Handley by a taxi van. 

At first, we started school as usual. We went into our own form class and waited for period one to come. When the bell rang, period one started and that is when we went to the front of the learning commons to meet up. As we waited for everyone to come, we got to choose which car we wanted to ride on and all of us were already to go.

When we got to the Antarctic Center, we waited for a certain person to come who would help us with our class trip. Then she came, she introduced herself to us and her name is ‘Jane’. After introducing herself, she took us to the workshop. As we walked towards the workshop, I thought the Antarctic Centre was cold but it’s not. Then we reached the workshop, Miss Briggs handed us some bookwork to answer. Then Jane told us about Antarctic’s history. She talked for 40 minutes and I kinda feel bored and my back hurts because as she talks, we note things down without a table. She also asked us some questions about things that she’s talking about. Then she told us its time to move in the Hagglunds, it's whether we leave our bags there or bring it with us, but I left mine there cause I think its too troublesome to bring it.

After she talked, she took us outside and spoke a little bit about the ‘Hagglund’. Hagglund is a type of car that is often used in icy places. But the place we’re going isn’t ice, it's a muddy place. Before we rode the Hagglund, she told us that people with bones or spinal problems can’t ride it because the car moves too much. Then we went inside the Hagglund and put our belts on. I thought it was just gonna be a normal ride but when the car started moving, I didn’t expect that it would move like that, it’s too wiggly. I found it funny though because I don’t really get to ride things like that. Then, there’s this big cliff waiting for us to go down, the Hagglund’s driver made the car go faster and I never thought that Hagglund would be that fun. As we fell down the cliff, everyone was shouting and laughing because of the shock in our bodies. 10 minutes passed and the ride ended, we all want to do it again because it's fun and we don’t get to ride Hagglunds everyday. 

Right after we’ve finished riding the Hagglunds, we waited for everyone to finish their ride too. Then, Jane told us that we’re going to the penguins next. I’ve never seen a penguin before so I was expecting to see a big penguin. When we arrived at the penguins, I couldn't see any and I was wondering why. All I see is water, then the keeper suddenly starts talking while feeding the penguins some fishes. The penguins are so small, they are called ‘little blue penguins’. They are the smallest types of penguins, but I’m not that disappointed that I didn’t get to see some big penguins like the emperor ones because they are kind of appealing. It’s cool how they’re small but still manage to eat a full fish in one go. While watching the penguins eating, the keeper told us that the oldest penguin they had in the Antarctic Centre was 25 years old but the penguin died. Now the oldest one they have there is 17 years old and taking care properly of them. She also told us that the penguins are often injured because boats accidentally hit them because they are small. While she’s saying that, I can see that some penguins have broken arms and legs, I feel pity for them because I don’t think they deserve to be injured. Then, while the keeper is talking, Jane suddenly picked us up and told us that we’re moving on to the next activity. 

The next activity is the 4D movie. Its only 8 minutes long but the place really looks like a real cinema. Before we got to pick our own sits, Jane gave us some glasses to wear. I don’t know why we need to wear one but I think it will be fun. She told us that the movie is about a journey in the Antarctic. Then, the movie began, I never thought that they also have special things where wind and water goes to make the movie more realistic. The movie just started and it really looks real. The ice in the movie looks real, the water, the people, the ship, everything looks real, they move like what you really see in real life. Then some splash of water hits our faces, it was fun because they made you feel like you’re really in the Antarctic. While watching the movie, I removed my glasses and put it back, looking at the difference between with and without glasses. The movie sounds soothing because Antarctic looks so peaceful. After watching the movie, I kinda want to watch it again because it feels good like I never thought such a place exist. 

When we got outside, she told us it's freetime. We got to do anything we want, but before that, she told us that there are also different people in the Antarctic Centre so she told us not to be careful. Also before our freetime, she told us to meet in the storm room because that’s the next activity that we will do. Then I went upstairs to get my lunch in my bag and went down again to the cafeteria to go where my other classmates are. Some bought food in the cafeteria and some have their own lunch. After we ate our lunch, we walked around the Antarctic Centre because we got nothing to do. We went back where the penguins are, and went to the places we’ve never been. 

Our lunch ended and we all met in the storm room. Storm room is the only cold place in the Antarctic Centre. Before we went inside, there’s a water filled with ice where you can put your hands to test how long you’ll survive in Antarctic’s water. I put my hand inside, and it's not that cold because my body feels warm and the cold water feels nice in my hands. I remove my hand from the water because I don’t want it to be numb. Then before we go inside the storm room, she told us that we have to put some shoe covers because it's slippery inside. We all put some shoe covers and hastily went inside. It is cold there and I can see some ice in my feet. There’s also some iglo to help people hide and some unfunctioned car. Then, I saw a fan there where you can make the place colder, I pressed the button and the wind was so cold. It hit my face so hard and made my face numb fast, but I got used to it so it kinda feels refreshing. Then the lights are slowly darkening. I feel excited because I want to feel what Antarctic feels like. Then, the lights are totally off, it’s almost dark that it will really make you feel like you're in the Antarctic. Wind blows, everyone shouted, it feels like when I pressed the fan but this time, it hits your full body. Some people are hiding in the iglo because the wind is so strong. It’s cold but I’m glad that my clothes protected me and kept me warm. Some remove their jackets, I don’t why they did that though, maybe it's not cold enough for them? The wind remains strong, I hid in the iglo to make myself a little warm, but I realized that the wind is the one that is cold. After that, I went outside the iglo for fun. The cold is bearable though so I managed to stay outside the iglo. Minutes pass and the lights are turning back to normal, so the wind is too. It took several minutes for the lights to go back to normal. Storm room ended and we went outside and I felt hot because we’re in the cold then suddenly going to a warm place. Then Jane told us that the storm room is what it feels like summer in the Antarctic. I was shocked when I heard that because it’s cold and I wonder what winter feels like. Then the next activity started. 

The exploration room is the last activity that we did. That is where we answer all the questions from the book that Ms. Briggs handed us. Some are working on their books and some are taking pictures. I rested there because the storm room made me tired. 

It’s 1:00 pm and it's time to go back to school. I don’t want to go to school at that time yet, I still want to ride the Hagglund again and go to the storm room. The vans are waiting for us outside and that’s when our school trip to the Antarctic Centre ends.

Chapter 66 Response - Children of Blood and Bone

 Chapter 66 – Inan

Father stands in his night robes, scanning a faded map. No sign of hatred. Not

even a hint of disgust.

For him, carving MAGGOT into a girl’s back is just another day’s work.

…

In that instant it hits me: Zulaikha’s death. Zélie’s screams. They don’t mean a

thing to him. Because they’re maji, they’re nothing.

A message I take from this scene is that Inan don't really want to hurt Zelie and the other maji, he just follow what his father wants in order to save Zelie.

Think about how the word ‘maggot’ is used. This is a slur. Do we have these in real life? - yes

Rube Goldberg Machines

 

For science, we have to create a Rube Goldberg Machines, then we have to connect it with another machines. I created one by using legos only. 

Chapter 59 Response - Children of Blood and Bone

 Chapter 59 – Zélie

“How will me coming back to Lagos solve any of that?” I ask. “As we speak,

your father calls for my head!”

“My father’s scared.” Inan shakes his head. “He’s misguided, but his fear is

justified. All the monarchy’s ever seen is the destruction maji can bring.

They’ve never experienced anything like this.” He gestures to the camp, face

alight with so much hope his smile practically glows in the darkness. “Zulaikha

created this in one moon, and there are already more diviners in Lagos than

anywhere else in Orïsha. Just imagine what we could accomplish with the

resources of the monarchy behind us.”

A message I take from this scene is Inan is trying to convince Zelie to go back to Lagos with him, to also prove Inan's changes because of Zelie.

Art Stencils

 For art, we have to make some stencils. I chose to create a stencil about Franky from One piece. I did Franky for my work because I think it would be kind of nice to do him. I chose light blue for the background because that color best describes his personality. For the stars above the painting, I added them because the drawing would look kinda empty so I decided to add some stars to make the painting more livelier but not in the whole drawing. And for the star in the middle, Franky have a star on his hand so I added a star there too. I didn't add that much detail to my drawing because I think it would be confusing. I also did a mistake to his legs, I accidentally cut the paper between his legs so it looks like a fish now. Lastly, for the color of his body, I painted yellow first for the line art then add red for the main color of the drawing, and ended up looking orange. For the main color, I chose red, blue and yellow because Franky looks like that

Chapter 56 Response - Children of Blood and Bone

 Chapter 56 – Zélie

We zip through the crowd while celebrants thrust and shimmy by our sides.

Though part of me wants to cry, I crane my neck to take in the crowd, craving

their joy, their life.

The children of Orïsha dance like there’s no tomorrow, each step praising the

gods. Their mouths glorify the rapture of liberation, their hearts sing the

Yoruba songs of freedom. My ears dance at the words of my language, words I

once thought I’d never hear outside my head. They seem to light up the air

with their delight.

It’s like the whole world can breathe again.

This could be compared to a group of people having fun in a feast. Everyone is happy because they are celebrating something special to them.

Technology and Change Essay

For our social studies, we're studying about different era's in our time. We have to choose three technologies in that era and research something about them. So we chose to study about the 20th century and create an essay about it.

Question: Explain a technology period you have studied and what some of the

important inventions were in this period.

Use the Lawyer paragraph to explain this.

Paragraph 1: Introduction.

Re-state what the question is in a paragraph

During the 20th Century period in history there were some significant technological advancements. Some

of the inventions during this time were plastic, television and internet. These inventions seen during this

time are still widely used and seen today. 

Paragraph 2: Invention 1 explained

State what the invention is, what it does and how far it has come up until today

A Significant invention during the 20th Century was plastic. Plastic is widely used around the world. It

was first invented in 1907 by Leo Baekland. Plastic is useful to most people because it can be recycled or

reused. It can be used for eating, drinking, for buying things at the supermarket, packaging and anything

else. But despite plastic being useful, it has a huge disadvantage in the world. First of all, people are using

too much plastic which causes an excessive amount of waste. When plastic is made, it takes thousands

or millions of years before it wither. However, there are billions of plastic products now, it would be very

hard to decompose. This causes animals to suffer and cause a huge impact in the world like if it doesn't

decay now, this place will be full of plastics. Well, despite these things, we can still recycle plastic and

create more things that we can use over and over again. Therefore plastic is an important invention of this

time.

Paragraph 3: Invention 2 explained

State what the invention is, what it does and how far it has come up until today

A Significant invention during the 20th Century was television. Television is another significant technology

that was invented in the 20’s century. Television is used for entertainment, listening to news or anything

else. This invention has huge improvement as time goes on. First, its appearance differs in size as

technology improves. It originally looks like a small brown tv and a black and white screen. But between

1940’s and 50’s, colored television was invented. Then the screen follows next and becomes flat which

makes it easier for people to watch. Different programmes can now be watched there like cartoons, news

and other devices that can be connected in the tv. This is a very important technology because it makes

people's lives easier, like when watching news, you know what’s happening around you and you don’t

have to read newspapers anymore. But this television also has disadvantages, some people are addicted

to watching and if it overuse, it could break or sometimes it might explode. Well, this doesn’t happen very

often because not everyone is addicted and some people don’t have televisions. We can still say that

televisions are a significant invention that was invented in the 20th century because it helps us in many

different ways. Therefore television is an important invention of this time.

Paragraph 4: Invention 3 explained

State what the invention is, what it does and how far it has come up until today

A Significant invention during the 20th Century was the internet. The Internet was first invented by Robert

Kahn and Vint Cerf in 1960. This invention is very important and beneficial to everyone. Without the

internet, life would be a little hard because this invention is used in most things today like studying,

working, researching, entertainment and many other things. Almost everyone with a gadget or device

uses the internet. People use this for working on their job, for talking to their family, for studying or

anything else. This is still widely used and seen today as more things will be invented, the internet will

always be there to help. Therefore the internet is an important invention of this time.

Paragraph 5: Conclusion

Go over the points you have just made above

There were many significant technological advancement seen during the 20th Century. Some of those

discussed are plastics, televisions and the internet. These are all commonly seen today all over the world

and are still very important in today's generation.

Chapter 45 Responses - Children of Blood and Bone

 Chapter 45 – Inan

“Your people, your guards. They’re nothing more than killers, rapists and

thieves. The only difference between them and criminals is the uniforms they

wear.”

A message I take from this scene is that Inan's father is corrupted. He's also good outside but not inside.

“I won’t let your father get away with what he’s done. I won’t let your

ignorance silence my pain”

With that, she disappears. Her quiet footsteps fade into the silence.

In that moment I realize how wrong I’ve truly been.

It doesn’t matter if I’m in her head.

I’ll never understand her pain.

A message I take from this scene is that Inan is starting to understand Zelie's pain as he knows more about her.

Chapter 43 Responses - Children of Blood and Bone

CHAPTER 43 

Now it takes everything to gain control. No matter how hard I fight, the risk of

feeling Zélie’s pain lingers. A constant and growing threat.

A message I take from this scene is that they can't stop Zelie's anger no matter what they do.

(Why is thinking about the truth a “threat”? - because it's dangerous)