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.