Creative Writing

5th November

WALT: Identify and recognise ideas for our 'Risk or Challenge' creative writing task, as well as the physical sensations associated with it.

Ideas for R or C:

1. Camp activities- Two-wire, solo, swamp, rope exercise

2. Doing a shoey

3. Sports- tournaments, trial, competition, trials

4. Project k- Hiking, rock climbing, being in the dark

5. Abandoned house

6. In the army

7. Getting chased

Physical sensation:

-Sweat- Feet, back, forehead, backside, armpits, nose, upper lips, back of knees

- Knees weak/shake

- want to wee/pooh

- Heavy breathing

- Looking around a lot

- Walking back and forth

-Leg bounce

-Pins and needles

-Heart pounding/racing/bursting

- Feeling butterflies/blood drop

-Fluttering

English- Persuassive Writing

Team sports are better than individual sports.

I agree with this idea

Points:
1. Can strengthen teamwork
2. Can create new friends through similar interest
3. Helps physical health

I agree with this point, although team and individual sports each have their own benefits I still think that team sports are better than individual sports. Firstly, it can strengthen a person's teamwork by playing alongside them even if the person knows them or not. Working as a team requires a huge amount of cooperation skills so while playing the person learns how to work with a team. Teamwork and cooperation are important. Teamwork is essential and can help you in many ways whether it be work, school or with family.

In addition to that, Team sports are great for making new friends. Lots of people have made friends while playing sports the reason for that is because of their similar interest in the activity. Even after playing each other on a certain game they still managed to become friendly with each other.

Furthermore, Sports can help you with your physical health, sports activities can be beneficial to your body. These activities require you to move so although it might just be a hobby for some people it helps them in some ways. It keeps you in shape and strengthens your muscles and your bones. Stamina can also increase. Unlike other hobbies and activities that only require sitting down, sports are fun and are useful to you. It doesn't have to be every day that people play sports it can just be when you have free time.

I am aiming to improve my writing in the following 3 areas: Vocabulary, Spelling and Punctuation

I will do this by: (explain at least 3 things you will change in this piece of writing in order to improve in these categories) Changing a few of the easier words to a more difficult one, making sure my spelling is correct,

Engilish Persuassive Writing

The South Island is better than the North Island.

I agree with this point

List of points:
Lot of places to go to
Cheaper
Lots of job offer

New Zealand has two main islands that are very well known, those two islands are the South Island and the North Island. Lots of people think that North Island is better than South Island. However, I believe the opposite, I believe that South Island is much greater than North Island for these reasons The South Island has plenty of places to go to, it is a lot cheaper, and there's lots of job opportunities and offers.

It is clear that the South Island is bigger than the North Island, therefore, there are a huge amount of places you can visit. Due to the famous places around South Island tourist visit places that are popular.

English- Season Similes- Creative Writing

Spring looks like blossoms.

Spring tastes like sweets.

Spring smells like freshly cut grass.

Spring feels like the warm breeze.

Spring sounds like bees.

Summer looks like dried out grass.

Summer tastes like ice cream.

Summer smells like salty water.

Summer feels like the hot sun.

Summer sounds like ocean waves.

Autumn looks like fallen leaves.

Autumn tastes like tea.

Autumn smells like campfires.

Autumn feels like damp air.

Autumn sounds like crunching leaves.

Winter looks like white blankets.

Winter tastes like hot soup.

Winter smells like hot chocolate.

Winter feels like ice.

Winter sounds like crunching snow.

L.O: We are learning to identify the WTE structure to improve our writing.

Simple sentence:

Hornby High School moving into the new buildings is set to be done at the end of the term.

Short sentence:

Teachers are excited to move.

Power sentence:

Moving means there are gonna be more opportunities for the student's learning.

Red, white and blue:

Though the move is not to be done until the set date the staff are already preparing some of the chairs, books and tables to move.

Adverb start:

Surprisingly, no one seems to be distracted by the move despite feeling excited about it.

English- Critical Literacy 25th July 2019

What is the text about? How do we know?
The text is about families in poverty during the winter. We know this by the information and the statistics that are shown in the pamphlet.

What does the author of this text want us to know?
The author wants us to know the hardships families face during winter if they are living in poverty. This is backed up by the statistics included in the pamphlet.

Why are we/you reading this text?
We are reading this to enhance our thinking skills and to unfold what text is about.

10 Home Ec-Culture

24 July 2019

Five ways we can avoid bacteria:
1. Keep raw meat inside the freezer until we use it.
2. Clean our cooking space with anti-bacterial spray.
3. Store Perishable foods properly.
4. Store leftovers in a shallow dish.
5. Don't keep leftover food at room temperature for more than 2 hours.


14 August 2019

How has the food changed in the last 100 years and what have been the big reasons for this change?
There is more processed food than homemade food and it is easy to accumulate takeaways. Reasons for this are technology, the source of the foods, availability, preparation and cooking methods. In comparison, Maori hunts for their own food, while the settlers relied on the boat sailings (food), and now there is packaged food.

What was something you didn't know about changes in NZ foods that you learnt from the cards?
Something I didn't know before was the way the Maori hunts for food. They create their own traps and use them and whatever they get is what they eat.

What could you see happening to food in another 50 years time? Technology will improve more especially cooking methods, more processed and unhealthy foods will be continued to be made. Supplies will lessen.

What could you invent or change that would create a large impact on how we gather, produce or eat food. Only produce products that are important to our body to prevent sickness. Unhealthy food should only be made less.

21 August 2019

Economical
- Sustainability- to easy access through supermarkets.
- Laws were more relaxed around taxes on imported foods.
- Immigration laws loosened that allowed people to settle here.

Cultural
- Access to new dishes- nZ es open to trying.
-Traditions passed down generations.
-Due to immigration, more food places are opening up eg. Thai, Indian.

Societal
Media- Reaches a wides audience- social media.
Health- Millions of dollars on this due to obesity and other specific health issues.
Education- Students are better educated around healthy lifestyle.
- Agencies promoting healthy living.

28 August 2019

We did a practical about fish and chips, this is perfect for the unit we are learning this term. The history of foods in New Zealand has changed in many ways having to be influenced by many cultures. This recipe was influenced by the British settlers.

At first, we cut the potatoes evenly, then we moved on into cutting the fish. After that, we use mayonnaise to coat on the fish then proceeded to cover it with panko crumbs.

Even though this recipe was inspired by British settlers we made a few changes to it. I found out that you can make it healthier by baking it, so it doesn't soak more fat.

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Hey Miss Taylor, I like how you gave out alternatives to make this recipe healthier. When following your recipe it was very easy to understand and recreate. Are there other ways you can make this recipe healthier?

18 September 2019

This term we have been looking at a cultural unit, so far I have learnt how different cultures influenced food in New Zealand. I know I have learnt this because we have been discussing in class about cultures that have influenced the dishes we made. Practicals we have made this term are sushi, pizza, fish and chips, scones and souvlaki. They originated from Japan, Italy, Britain and Greece but made it to New Zealand because of certain cultures that have been passed by immigrants. Also because of British settlers. Skills that I have learned from the practicals are different techniques and ways to cook food, like rendering the recipe to make it healthier, marinating, baking, etc. I will use this in the future by recreating the recipes at home to cook. Working with other people in my group has been exciting for me and it has helped me learn to work with people.

Year 10 Art Reflection Blog Post

Where is your focal point? Why did you choose it and decide to put it where it is?
Our focal point is the handshake and the titles. We chose this to enhance our pages, we decided to put the handshake in the middle. We put the titles on the top sides.

How are your shapes and lines leading you to your focal point?
I put circles around the handshake, and we put squares of pink to make leading lines leading to the titles.

Why did you choose the colours you did?
We chose pastel pink to make the overall mood of the magazine to be light.

Does your text reflect the hierarchy rule? How?
Yes, because we put the title as the biggest font and the sub-text somewhat smaller than the title.

How does your page link with the other members in your group?
We put similar colours to our page layout.

Based on the start of the term, where would you now rate yourself on the solo levels? Why?
I rate myself a 3 because I still need to improve how I relate my work to my research.

Art

Which bird did you choose?
I chose the bird riroriro.

Describe stylisation and positive and negative space in your work.
The positive part of my work is the background of my work and the negative part of my work is the bird. Stylisation is when you make a realistic art more 2d.

What ideas do you have for your orphist circle layers?
My idea is to make the circle so that the viewers' eyes are directed towards my bird.

What colours have you chosen for your layers and why?
I have chosen to do red for my bird and for the other layers I haven't decided yet.

ESOL- Climate & Weather

What does it look like?
What lives there?
How have they adapted to life there?
What are the similarities?
What are the differences?

The hottest place:
The hottest place on earth is Death Valley in California. The highest recorded temperature is 56.7 degrees Celsius. Death Valley has a lot of unbroken view of the uneven mountains and valleys, it has extremely long summers and short mid-winter (that has very little rain) there are 5 animals living in Death Valley those animals are: bighorn sheep, kangaroo rats, desert tortoise, roadrunners and jackrabbit.

The coldest place:
The coldest place on earth is Vostok Station in Antarctica. The lowest recorded temperature in Vostok that was ever recorded was -89.2 degrees Celsius. The whole place is basically covered in ice. In Vostok, the weather remains cold. Some of the animals that adapted to the weather include seals, penguin and whales.

Similarities:
The similar feature both of the places have is that they are both a dessert.

Differences:
The difference between the two areas is even though they are both desserts in Death Valley the climate changes from time to time and in contrast to that in Vostok station, it remains cold.

Critical Literacy

What genre does this text belong to?
The genre that Macbeth belongs to is tragedy.

Why are you reading this text?
We read this text to enhance our understanding and to collect information and how the plot is still relevant today.

What does the author want us to know?
The author wants us to know about the story of Macbeth- it is about revenge, tragedy, lies, betrayal and ambition- and how Witchcraft is dangerous.

English- The Life and Times of William Shakespeare

L.O- We will read, research, discuss, and answer comprehension questions on

1. Shakespeare's life
2. Elizabethan England
3. Elizabethan theatre
4. Shakespeare's works

What am I learning?
I am learning about Shakespeare's works and how his life was like.

Why am I learning it?
To help me understand his works better.

What questions do I have?
I don't have any questions.

Shakespeare's Life:

Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon, United Kingdom on April 23, 1564. He had six siblings three of whom was boys and the other three were girls. He was 52 years old when he died on the same day as his birthday in 1616.

Elizabeth England:

The population in Stratford was approximately 2,500 people. The town was filled with blacksmiths, shoemakers, bakers and fruit and vegetable sellers. During their time failing to attend church, drunkenness, and sorcery was considered offences and was delt by the church courts.

Elizabeth Theatre:

The globe theatre can hold 2,500 people, the cheapest way to watch plays and performance is by paying a penny. Those people are called 'groundlings'. People used creative ways to recreate the effects like rolling a cannonball at the back of the stage to create thunder sounds or using a bladder full of pigs blood to recreate the effect of someone being stabbed. The Elizabethans were very fond of entertainment they enjoy seeing acrobats, jugglers and musician in the street. They also enjoyed public executions.

Shakespeare's Works:

He wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets, all this fits into categories: comedies, histories and tragedies. His longest play is called 'Hamlet' in contrast to that his shortest play is 'The Comedy of Errors'. His plays had been translated into 80 languages.

Math

Feb. 21 2019

 During our math class, we were required to solve problems with a group to improve our communication and teamwork.

My Culture

February 20th 2019

Science

February 19th 2019

Today in science we tried to extract the DNA from kiwi fruits.

Method:

• Chill ethanol by placing in a freezer for at least 2 hours, or overnight. Keep it on ice throughout the procedure.
• Make thick 'soup' by blending your source material with a little cold water and a pinch of table salt, blend for 15 seconds.
• Strain your 'soup' through a mesh strainer and collect the liquid part in a beaker.
• Add 2 tablespoons of washing-up liquid and swirl to mix.
• Pour the mixture into a test tube.
• Let the mixture settle for 5-10 minutes, some recommend putting the mixture into a water bath with warm water.
• Pour the chilled ethanol and watch the DNA appear.

Health

February 19th 2019

For this health unit, we are studying spiritual-wellbeing. Spiritual well-being is how you identify, what values you have and believe in. Every aspect of well-being is very important and taking care of it helps it a lot. I have learned about what others believe in and their values, I've also learned more about myself and how to take care of my well-being. We also took a test about our spiritual well-being, we had to choose keywords that describe us and we chose two of the most important ones.

Art

Feb. 13th 2019

Have you improved your understanding of tone/shading?
Yes.

Do you understand that drawing using structure can help you draw better?
Yes, observing the object can help you a lot.

What are you going to work on going forward in pencil drawings in and out of the class?
drawing more realistic things in the future.

Social Studies

February 11th 2019

In social studies, we were learning about Human Rights by reading about Iqbal. To make it short Iqbal was a boy who is a debt-slave. What I found interesting was how Pakistan don't have human rights and how easy it was to lose it. What was very interesting in general was Iqbal's story, at such a young age he had to work for people just because of a debt.

Our work is to create a SEEL paragraph with the help of Mrs Prebble who is reading the story to us, we have to link Iqbal's story in relation to human rights.

10Rs Introduction

Today in our English class me other classmates were designing our introductions so our teacher can get to know us a tiny bit better. After it's finished we must insert it in our year 10 introduction slide, and write about it in our blogs.