Persuasive Writing

Hello.

A few days ago in hurumanu, My class had to write some persuasive writing. Afterwards we had to include it in a blogpost.

Here is my work:

Summer isnt the best season. 

Summer without a doubt has both good and bad traits and so do all other seasons.

Firstly, during summer you might be planning on going to the beach and eat icecream, but you also have to connsider the insects that constaintly invade your house and how sleepless you get on warm nights. 

Secondly, other seasons are in the same situation; for example when you think of winter you would think of drinking hot cocoa by the light of the fire, but you would also think of how cold it would be during P.E class. Spring would remind you of feilds of blooming flowers and hay fever. Autum would remind you of the organge trees and the wild varierity of fruit, but the sudden transition from summer to colder weather could be alarming to some people. 

Thirdly, some people belive the certain food taste better in certain seasons (example: icecream in summer. soup in winter, ect), But i belive that as long as you like the food you should eat it because the temprature cant change the flavor or texture of your oreos. 

In conclusion All seasons have both good and bad traits. 

Drama

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Today in drama class we had to photographize certain points in a story and turn them into tableaus. We did the last point today, We were instructed to add photos of the scene, but I dont like showing my face, so I'm not going to add a photo. 

I enjoyed planning what we could demenstrate with my group.

Goodbye.

Freeze Frames - Drama

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Yersterday in Drama, My class and I worked on freeze frames, these help us create images in our head of how we can display enviroment by using levels and physicality.

One of my drama teachers took pictures of the freeze frames, but didnt take one of me or my group, so therefore I can't show any pictures (sorry for the incoveniance).

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The Olympics - Hurumanu

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For a while, my hurumanu class has been working on a task about the Olympics. We had to read a text about how the olympics has evolved , then write down the assigned questions and what you think answers are.

I wrote the questions and answers in my book accidentally, and had to re-write them on a document, but fortunatally it only took 10 minutes to re-write. 

The Olympics

 

1.  What happened in the 2nd century BC?

Ancient greece was invaded by the roman empire

2.  Question:                                                               The answer would be found in:

Where were the first Olympic games?                    -  Information about the Olympic games and where they were held.

What sporting events could people take part in? -  Information about sporting events that people could take part in

When did the Olympic games end?                        -  Information about how the roman empire affected the olympics

How did the modern Olympics begin                     -  Information about the revival of the olympics.

3.  What are halters? 

Large weights

4.  What reason did Baron Pierre De Coubertin give for wanting to hold the modern olympics every four years?

To try and keep it as similar to the first olympics as possible.

5.  Look at the section titled “When were the first olympic games?” and find one word that means the same as appreciate 

Honour

6.  Describe King Nero's personality.

From what the text said, he seems like a selfish, hypocritical narcissistic idiot who thought that the world revolved around him. He seemed like the type of person who would have had a massive ego and riot if he didn't win something.

7.  The first olympics were believed to start in 776 BC, Explain why you think the writer chose the put “were believed to”.

Because there has been some scientific proof, but there isn't any way to confirm their studies. 

8.  Explain why the layout of the text helps you understand the information.

It's easier to find the categories of what you want to find. And the text doesn’t have much useless information that can’t be used. 

Hurumanu

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For Hurumanu 2 this week, My class finished coding separate projects that were shared with the rest of the class, It was optional to share them (you had to ask the teacher beforehand), but there were prizes for the winning project. 

The event was organised so each person had a respectable amount of time for their project to be on the screen, The voting part was designed as if it were a democracy (you write the name of who did the best on a piece of paper, fold the paper in half so no one can see what you wrote and put it in a closed box)

In the end, one of my friends one the contest, and a large portion of the class didn't share their project (including me).

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Sadako - Hurumanu

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For hurumanu, a few of my classmates are reading 'Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes', This book is about a girl named Sadako who survived the Hiroshima bomb, but later developed leukaemia and died, She was told that if you create a thousand paper cranes then she would be granted a wish. She desperately wanted to survive leukaemia while she was alive, so she started to create paper cranes.

My teacher decided to get the class to create paper cranes, so far we've made one or two hundred out of origami paper, my teacher didn't count the ones made out of craft paper due to the fact of those being test cranes and only being one colour. 

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Coding - Hurumanu

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Recently my teacher swapped hurumanu's with another teacher, so now my class has less math, and now has coding. My class was separated into four groups of people with the same coding levels as us. I was placed in the forth group. 33% of all coding lessons have had something to do with mathmatics, unfortunately it's bound to stay that way. 

The coding lessons that we've had so far have been fun, and I've figured out how the basics work, What codes do what things, which ones don't work and my class is going to have more of this subject soon. 

Goodbye.

Japanese

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This term my class has Japanese every Wednesday and Thursday.

So far we've learnt simple phrases like 'Hello', 'whats your name', 'good morning', 'are you healthy?', a few others and we know how to answer the phrases we've learnt with an approachable reply.

We've also learnt some letters and words in the Japanese alphabet and how to write them. I've picked up on the way that words should be ordered, and I'm good at pronouncing things in different languages.

Japanese class is really cool, and I one day hope to be fluent in Japanese. 

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Art Kete

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This term, every Wednesday for an hour we learn a new skill that involves some kind of art (painting, stone carving, stitching, ect).

I chose to to fence stitching. In case you don't know, fence stitching is threading some sort of fabric or plastic though a chain fence and creating an image or variation of words. 

So far, we've chosen what fence to stitch on (I'm planning on swapping with the person next to me), found out how to do it and found some examples of what we should to create. The next step is collecting resources, planning out what we want to create and practising the method we'll be using by creating smaller shapes on the fence. 

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Ginger Beer and Yeast - Science

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In science we are researching yeast and ginger beer. We've been instructed to write about the creation of ginger beer and different types of yeast. Afterwards were been instructed to brew ( non alcoholic ) ginger beer.

Ginger beer appeared in the mid 1700's in England, at the time it was created with alcohol, but in the 1920's when it was beginning to be shipped to america, England began to take away the alcohol in ginger beer, and now its considered a non alcoholic drink that can be drunken by all ages. 

There are four types of yeast, bakers yeast, nutritional yeast, brewers yeast and distillers yeast ( also known as wine yeast ), these yeasts have different values and purposes, for example, if you put bakers yeast into wine, the wine wouldn't age as well and it would taste horrible.

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Protests - Hurumanu

 Hello. 

Today I'll be explaining the main points of New Zealand protests that I had to research, these include protests like the woman's rights protest, The Polynesian panthers, The waterfront dispute and Ihumatao. 

Although I technically didn't need to add a description of every protest, I was supposed to have two sides that had something to do with the protests.

The backgrounds have nothing to do with the protests, but I'm keeping them. 

Rehearsal Process - Drama

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Today in drama my class and I have been instructed to create a blog post explaining the plot of the story and the characters roles. 
In the story, Shylah and I make fun of Liyahn and Enzo and two and get them to date, Shylah confesses her platonical love for me, i run away crying, run home, come out to my parents, they get divorced, then i get married to Shylah. 

These are the main points:

Heidi and shylah ship lenzo.	Shylah confesses to Heidi.	Heidi tells her parents that she’s panromantic.
Parents get a divorce.	Heidi moves in with her dad	Heidi and Shylah get married.

It makes no sense and its to late to change the script.

I'm Sadly the Protagonist, Shylah is my Platonical Wife, Enzo and Liyahn Star as the parents in scene two and three but as themselves in scene one. The priest is  Risha, who is mainly behind the scenes since she just joined the group. 

Goodbye Imbeciles. 

Skittle Chromatography - Science

Chromatography is a technique for the separation of a mixture  by passing it in solution through a medium in witch the components move in different rates.

Aim: to separate the colours from the skittles using chromatography.

Materials

1.  6 Skittles

2.  Water

3.  Petri dish

4.  Beaker.

Process: 

1.  Get your equipment ready and pour 50ml's of water into the petri dish .

2.  Place the skittles into the petri dish around the edges.

3.  Pour water gently into the middle of the petri dish.

4.  Watch as the water removes the dye from the skittles.

5.  Record your results.

Hands On Fire - Science Class

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Today during science class, the teacher was telling us about lighting our hands on fire using detergent. We were instructed to create a blog post that included the Aim of the task, a few things that will help reducing the cause of injury, The eqipment, we would use and the instructions. 

Aim:  Light our hands on fire

Make sure to use safety goggles to protect your eyes, don't shake your hands while handling the fire, Tie up long hair and get rid of any flammable items, listen to the teacher in case of any changes and keep a fire extinguisher nearby by

We will be using detergent, a lighter, a tray, a bit of water, safety goggles And a few other things

Instructions:

Collect the equipment.

Put some water into the tray.

Squirt some detergent into the water. 

Put on safety goggles. 

Tie up any long hair. 

Take off any jewellery,.

Wet your hands, wrists and arms.

Bubble the gas in the water. 

Hold the bubbles in your hand in front of your face and lock your elbows in a stiff position.

If you dont like the fire, you just drop the fire onto the ground

Goodbye 

Pink shirt day

For the last week or so, My class has focused on the main reconization of bullying and how to stop these actions as a reminder of the already passed Pink shirt day.

We had to create a shirt that premotes anti-bulling and brings awarness to the specific subject by using a simple quote. We Also had to show a picture of our work as proof that we did it, but my camera froze multiple times during school while i was trying to take a picture and I doubt that it'll work now. 

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Laboratory Equipment

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Today during Science we were instructed to list the items we would use in the future and take photos of them as examples. My class would be using Test Tubes, Beakers, Conical Flasks and Bunsen Burners. 

Test tubes are usually more thin and slightly smaller than boiling tubes and but they cant be used for boiling apparently they will be used quite a bit during class. 

A beaker come in three main sizes, they are usually made out of glass or plastic, the ones we will use are made of glass, down the size of all beakers is a measurement of some sort.

Conical flasks have a small neck and they are usually used for boiling liquids, they also have measurement down the side the the tube and they are always made of glass. 

Bunsen burners are used for heating up liquids using gas and are going to be used on heatproof mats or gauze mats with tripods.

Laboratory Rules - Science Class

 Today during science i was instructed to post a certain set of rules on my blog, the rules are listed below.   ( Most of the rules revolve around safety )

Don't run in the Science Classroom, do not eat or drink in the Science Class room, Be sensible in the Classroom, Keep bags under your desk, don't smell or taste anything you're unsure of. Listen to the teachers instructions. 

Masks - Drama Class

Today during drama class, We were looking at masks. We had to write a blogpost with five or more reasons about why people wear masks during theater and during plays, and we also had to show a few pictures of masks as examples . 

People wear masks during theater so display the characters emotions or to display the animal of what they're playing, masks can be used to add detail to a specific scene if it needs more depth or emotion, masks can also be used to disguise an actors appearance if the character needs a certain feature ( this is unnecessary most of the time ), and last of all masks can be used to add a certain atmosphere to a scene ( eg. Whimsical, anonymous, Tragic, ect. ).    

Heroes - Hurumanu 1

 In Nga Tangata, Hurumanu 1 we studied the lives of Local, national and international heroes. A hero is a male, female or a group of people who make decisions that don’t benefit themselves, but benefit the public or their country. I made some google slides about 6 sporting heroes, They were Sophie Pascoe, Matthew Trott, Valerie Adams, Richie McCaw and Caroline and Georgina  Evers-Swindell ( a team of rowers, it would have been unfair to only write about one ). ]

I made some google slides about a local hero who studied the prevention and treatment of diabetes. His name was Don Beaven and he lived in Christchurch until his death. My class and I also studied a music band called Crowded House. They were said to be ‘heroes for one day’  when they performed in Christchurch recently.

 We discussed the meaning of hero worship. It means ‘ looking up to someone and trying to be like them in multiple ways. ’

My class also studied some earthquake heroes from the Christchurch Earthquake of 2011, their names were Craig R Adair because he evacuated a highly built building, Chris Cole because he provided service to local residents and contacted the authorities, Jennifer M Butler because she gave medical attention to over 100 injured individuals, Christopher A Nutsford who saved 3 to 7 people from a fallen building, putting his own life at risk and James askew because he provided assistance for the rescue efforts of the fallen CTV building.

I was supposed to write about what it would be like to be a comical hero, but there isn't enough time to write it here, but my alias was lo siento ( it means im sorry in spanish ).

Sporting heros:

  

Earthquake Heroes:

( there is a high chance i'm missing one or two blogposts, sorry for the inconvenience )

Nga tanagta - Hurumanu 1

 few weeks ago, when i couldn't edit my blog, in Hurumanu 1 we studied Hero's and Heroines.  we had to repentantly type how we thought comical hero's and heroines would act.  It was a relatively easy task, and my class did it in one of our early weeks at school ( eg. Week 3 ) .  My hero's work was more focused on comical superheros, but my heroines work was more focused on reality. 

My hero's work is listed below:

A hero is a human who you look upto

A hero can Save people

A hero sees the good in people

A hero has followers

A hero needs recognition, food and water

A hero thinks about what they intend to do

A hero imagines about what they want to complete

A hero does what they think is right

A hero wants recognition

A hero leads those who agree with their choices and beliefs

A hero follows those who they see as a role model or an inspiration

A hero moves in a humanoid way

A hero opposes what they disagree with

A hero isn’t a ‘ wrong doer ’

A hero helps underlings

A hero saves people

My heroines work: 

(I was focused on greek heroines.)

A heroine is someone who helps people

A heroine can achieve their goals

A heroine sees the goodness in people

A heroine has goals

A heroine needs joy 

A heroine thinks about achievements

A heroine imagines about what they want to complete

A heroine does what they intend to do

A heroine wants prosperity within the universe

A heroine leads their followers

A heroine follows their role model

A heroine moves in a humanoid way

A heroine opposes what they disagree with

A heroine isn’t evil

A heroine helps in multiple ways

A heroine saves the earth