Reflection Section

Text: Simon Sinek on millennials in the world 

Text Type: Interview on youtube (Inside Quest)

Purpose: To help understand millennials and improve wellbeing through reducing screen time.

Date:21st June 2021 

So today in wananga class we decided to watch an interview on youtube called Simon Sinek on millennials in the world. He explained that millennials don't have as much patients as other generations do. when they want something they want it now they can't wait. The main part of the interview was about phones and how people are so addicted to them these days and they go on their phones instead of going to a friend for help they distract themselves on mobile devices.

He gave a couple of examples about phones one of them being that they make people less social. He said that people are less social these days and one of the big reasons is mobile phones and even people before meeting are always antisocial there always on their phones waiting. Another example he gives is the second we wake up we are always on our phones and we are always on our phones right before we sleep we are always near our phones.

English - Creating Our Own Short Film

Best Friend Counselling

Hey, welcome back to another blog post. In the last few weeks in English, our class was split into groups to make our own short film.

Ours is based on two best friends (Xavier and John) that are going to counselling to fix their relationship, but it turns out that John has been cheating on his best friend with another person named Frank.

This is a retelling of the Merchant of Venice because we took the main principles of the court scene and transformed it into a modern setting.

The 2 additional film techniques we used were high angle and over the shoulder.

We chose a high angle to make John look weak and vulnerable and we chose over the shoulder to give the viewer some perspective.

Some challenges we encountered was that we didn't have that many days where our whole group was at school so it was hard to get our filming finished so next time we will make sure everybody comes. Another factor was that we couldn't find a good area to film because we needed a place that was empty and a place we could be loud in, we eventually settled with our classroom.

If we were to do this project differently I would plan out where we are going to film in advance and actually write a script as we did this whole film improve. 

Social Studies

What % of rubbish causes a recycling truck to be dumped?

If there is more than 10% of rubbish then it all gets sent to landfill.

What is going into peoples bins?

There are many different items that end up in the bins such as guns, seat belts, dead animals and many more.

what are the current penalties?

The penalty is that you can get ur bin taken of you and will have to pay  $97. I agree with this because then people will learn and people will start listening to the rules and will put the right rubbish in the right bin.

Reflection Section

 Text Title: Romeo and Juliet 

Text Type: Play

Text Creator: William Shakespeare 

Critical Literacy question: How else could the text being written.

Date: 4th Of May, 2021

As a class, we have been reading about this crazy story about (Romeo and Juliet) and is one of the most famous plays from William Shakespeare.

Each person in our class had to choose a character from the story I am Abram and our class all started reading the story together. the latet part of the story that our class has read this week was about how Romeo is in love with rosaline but she doesn't like him back so he feels sad and has been feeling sorry for himself.

 

Corrosion Experiment

Aim: To investigate the factors that cause rusting and how to prevent it.

Equipment: Eight test tubes, test tube rack, a bung, eight iron nails, boiled water, salt water, tap water, calcium chloride, cooking oil, vaseline, paint, zinc

Method:

1. Label all the test tubes A - H and place them in a test tube rack.

A = Nail

B = Nail + Water

C = Nail + Sakt Water

D = Nail + Boiled water + oil

E = Nail + CaCL + Bung

F = Nail + Vaseline + water

G = Nail + paint + water 

H = Nail + Zn + water

3. Leave the test tubes undisturbed for at least

Creative Writing - Show Not Tell

What do you think “show don’t tell” means?

Show don't tell- Show don't tell means mean's instead of telling what the character is doing you show his/her expressions like showing how the person is upset, angry and show how he is feeling that and what is he/she doing that makes the reader think that the expression or action of the character is Happy or Sad.

Task- Rewrite these sentences to “show” and not “tell”?

The buildings were tall

The extremely tall buildings peaked through the clouds.

Sarah was really upset

A tear was falling down sarah's sad face.

The lake was beautiful.

The sun shined accros the beautiful sparkly lake.

The Beatles (Let It Be)

Artist: The Beatles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDYfEBY9NM4

What does the song "Let it be about"?
-Beatlemania

It begins with Paul saying how when he finds himself in times of trouble, "Mother Mary" comes to him.  I had always thought that Mary means the virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. But Paul's mother was also named Mary, and she died when he was a young boy. Paul has said in interviews that when he wrote the song he was thinking about his mother.

In the song Mary comes like an angel whispering to him these wise words-- let it be. "Let it be" means let go, relax, don't worry about your troubles.  These are words of comfort, reminding us not to think about sad things too much, to accept the bad things that have happened that we cannot change.

But this is not the only message in Paul's song. Next, he lifts the listener up and out of his own life, soon he is singing about all the broken-hearted people in the world, people who hate each other or are at war. "Although they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see. There will be an answer-- Let it be."

This time the words "Let it be" have a different meaning.  "Let it be" here does not mean to just relax about our problems and accept bad things.  It means "let it happen"-- let some new world, a happier and more peaceful world, become a reality.

When Paul wrote this song in 1969 there was violence in Ireland, wars happening in Vietnam and around the world.  So he was speaking about sad and angry people who are fighting one another all over the world. We still have situations like this today, with broken-hearted people fighting each other in Pakistan and India, or Palestine and Israel.

I think this song is Paul McCartney's greatest work. It gives us his vision for peace. It is similar in some ways to the song "Imagine," which John Lennon wrote several years later. Both songs give us hope of a happier and more peaceful world.

The Lyrics-

When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness, she is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And when the broken-hearted people living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be, be

And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me
Shinin' until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

And let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be