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Thursday, February 25, 2021

Story and Short Film Elements


LO: To identify and understand the different story and short film elements that are used.


In this task, we had to make a DLO that shows what we learned about four different film and story techniques they were/are: 

Pathetic Fallacy: When emotions are given to objects that don't have them already but is not personification where this object has human attributes like arms, legs, etc.

Subtext: Things are hidden in the film or have any meaning in the film background that could help answer questions or asked more.

Symbolism: when something has a symbol that means something eg, fire exit sign showing the fire exit.

Motifs: More meaning behind the film that isn't directly told to show but is a reoccurring theme in the film.

here is the work that I produced:




I really hope this helps you learn about these four techniques and that you now know what they mean.



Comment on the way I could improve my work so that others could understand it better if they are struggling to understand what I mean.

Thanks for learning something with me


BYE!

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

PE Reflection

 Reflection of Level of engagement 

Date: 24/02/21 Activity: Javilin

My level of effort and engagement today (circle one grade below)

Not Achieved

Achieved

Merit

Why have you placed yourself at this level? Give supporting evidence. (Refer to the criteria from the  Resource.)


I think I have overachieved as I gave full effort into the task given and got a great result.




Highlight any factors that influenced your participation today and add any others that were important to you for this activity.

Well-being

Challenge

Fun/enjoyment

Sense of achievement

Pushes body to physical or mental limit

Can go at own pace

Social factors (able to do with friends; choose own group)

Aesthetic appeal

Environmental appreciation

Accessibility

Cost

Equipment needed

Technology


Other

Explain how and why these factors influenced your participation.

These are chosen because this is all that have been used/achieved doing the given task. These are done and you can do these tasks with more than one person and equipment for athletics is needed.









Bearing in mind the criteria in Resource A, how could you improve your participation?


I could try in the events that I wasn’t as excited about and even try a bit more to achieve even higher than I think I already have. I also could use a new technique that is commonly used.




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Resource : Criteria for active participation

Profiles: A student who actively participates to this level would display the majority of these indicators:

Achievement

Merit

Excellence

Participate actively in a variety of physical activities


Participate actively in a variety of physical activities with a high level of effort and engagement

Participate actively in a variety of physical activities with a consistently high level of effort and engagement

This could include:

  • Being organised and prepared for the activities

  • Demonstrating skills related to the activity

  • Being actively involved in the task

  • Attempting to improve their level of performance

  • Seeking to engage in the context of the practical environment

  • Contributing to the team by taking up a role or functional position

  • Reflecting on own performance

  • Contributing to the activity, even if injured

  • Tries to improve through practice in the physical activity.


  • Motivated and reliable in the practical context

  • Resourceful and enterprising

  • Works hard towards the goal or objective of the activity

  • Supports the development of others by assisting with their needs when required

  • Enhances the experience of other participants by adding their own input to the activity

  • Shows enjoyment of the intent of the activity

  • Seeks to improve their performance through development of skills well-being and fitness

  • Does their best.


  • Across a wide range of activities and in a number of settings

  • With preparedness to accept challenges that are outside of their comfort zone

  • Whilst fully engaging themselves in the learning environment

  • With a consistent effort to develop and improve their own success and the experiences of others.

To gain Merit, the student will display the majority of the indicators for Achieved and Merit. For Excellence, the student will display the majority of the indicators in all three achievement criteria.


Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Spirituals



This song is "Wade in the Water" it is a song that informs slaves how to escape because if they go in the water they cant be caught.

What is a spiritual: A spiritual is a song that was used to help slaves with things like how to escape and people still use it today to show the culture and background of black Americans. They were used heaps and sung throughout the day when slaves were hard at work. Nowadays you may hear them anywhere including in popular rap songs and from popular brands.

Who is Harriet Tubman? Harriet Tubman is known for helping slaves escape from the owners. As an ex-slave, she was used to the song that was sung and used music to help escape. The way they did this was to use an underground railroad that when all around and through the slave states. These railroads were kept secret and slave owners did not know about it.


New slaves Kanye West:
'New Slaves' is a song sung by famous rapper Kanye west it has many lyrics that show how slavery has affected them.


My mama was raised in the era when
Clean water was only served to the fairer skin
Doin' clothes, you woulda thought I had help
But they weren't satisfied unless I picked the cotton myself
You see it's broke nigga racism
I know that we the new slaves
I'm 'bout to wild the fuck out
I'm goin' Bobby Boucher
I know that pussy ain't free

Like the New World Order
Meanwhile the DEA
Teamed up with the CCA
They tryna lock niggas up
They tryna make new slaves
See that's that privately owned prison
Get your piece today
They prolly all in the Hamptons
Braggin' 'bout what they made

Fuck you and your Hampton house
I'll fuck your Hampton spouse
Came on her Hampton blouse
Here are some lines in this song. They show that slaves wanted freedom and couldn't do anything without it as they felt hopeless. This also shows that they hated the situations they were in and that they needed something better.

These events are still huge today: This is because we still today have things like BLM and civil rights for people of color.  What happened in the past has affected what happens in today's life as people are still using racial slurs to put down others. People are still trying to use people of color as their own personal slaves. Although this is illegal some people still think it's ok to hold slaves because of a huge thing like the slave triangle.

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Atom Model

 Aim: To have a complete model of an atom.

Method: 

1.Choose an atom to make (between Hydrogen and Neon)

2. Work out how many protons, neutrons, and electrons it has.

3. Hydrogen to Beryllium use the big beads.

4. Boron to Neon use the small beads.

5. Assign protons and neutrons to a particular color bead.

6. Get a ball of blue tac and stick the protons and neutrons to this to make your nucleus.

7. Cut out the appropriate electron shells and draw on the electrons with vivids.

8. Connect the nucleus and electrons shells with a piece of string (use tape to connect)

9. Create a label to go about the model so people know what have created.


Results:

Here is how my model atom turned out.

My model is a Helium model atom as shown on the sign.


Discussion: 
On the sign that says He for helium, there are two numbers these numbers are the Atomic and Mass number. The Atomic is the smallest of the two numbers this number shows how many protons and electrons are in the atom. The bigger of the two numbers is called the mass number this shows how many neutrons and protons are in the atom.
How many protons electrons and neutrons are there in my atom? since my atomic number is two this means that I have two protons and two electrons. How I find out how many neutrons there are is by doing a little bit of math since the number of protons is two and the mass number is two we need to find out how many more neutrons we need to make four since most people know a bit of math we could tell that the number of neutrons is two as well.
What is an electron arrangement?  For this, we only need the number of electrons of this atom we only have two. In the electronic arrangement, there is several electrons shell in the first shell only two electrons in the shell. in the second shell, there is allowed to have eight electrons. in the next shell and all shells after this, there is allowed a max amount of eight electrons in an electron shell. So for this atom, I only need one electron shell with two electrons on it.
Two facts on my atom. This atom has the same amount of neutrons as electrons and protons because I have two protons, two electrons, and two neutrons. My atom's atomic symbol is He is means Helium and it is the second atom in the periodic table. The mass number is inside the nucleus.

Conclusion:
Did my atom work: My atom shows what an atom looks like and how it works as it has everything needed to show what an atom looks like. This also shows the number of protons, electrons, and neutrons that He (helium) has.
What would I do differently: I would try and harder and bigger atom as the one I made was fairly easy with little challenge. Next, I would also try to make it look a bit tidier as it looked old and broken.

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Opinions

How is the treaty of Waitangi relevant today 

eg. The 'Tie Issue"

The treaty of Waitangi is relevant today and connects with today's issues.

The issue I'm connecting it with is the tie issue which is some members of parliament not being able to show their culture and being able to express themself and where they are from. Some members refuse to wear a tie and rather wear a cultural piece instead. 

I think they should allow cultural pieces instead of a tie but if they don't wear a cultural piece they should wear a tie. This is because everyone should express themself and culture because this shows their belonging. 

My Reflection Blog

 11/02/21

Title: Back to Black

Genre: Article

Source: Listener 28/1/21

This story is about Akira Ioane a New Zealand rugby player who has everything looking good until he failed. He was a rugby player who was looking like he was going to be a star until he started to believe what social media said about him and he hit a low point in his life. He started to gain weight and now was not at a good enough fitness level to succeed in his sport and other players got ahead of him. This wasn't looking good until his dad helped him get back on track. "I knew I had more to give" Akira Ioane stated. He started to get back on track during lockdown because at this point no one was able to worry about him and he and his wife started to train together. This was because he knew he was falling off track and he had heaps of help from his pairs to get him back to the top and competing at his sports at a high level. I think this is a good example to never give up and never give up on yourself.

15/02/21

Title: The Recruit

Genre: Fictional

Author: Robert Muchamor

Key Points:

James Choke was in a science class that he hates to be in. He is tired from play GTA all of the night before. Samantha the person who sat next to him was known as a nerd and was really smart but James hated her because she made fun of his mum for being fat. He was probably the strongest in his year and bet up any boy who made fun of his mum but what way he going to do to a girl. Samantha kept on making fun of him so he gripped her and held her against the wall and she got her face cut in the wall so James had to run to get out of trouble but he was caught.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jA6BiZCPOE2anefM6kavWFLLtjmQ7ogaUjFWWoSKhGQ/edit?usp=sharing

17/02/21

Title: The Recruit

Genre: Fictional

Author: Robert Muchamor

Key Points:

What views of the world is the text reflecting: The part I've read about this text is about a boy who gets into an argument and makes a mistake he then gets bully and beat up by his classmate's brother who he accidentally cut with a nail in the wall. This shows that the boy thinks that this world is cruel and a bad place to be. He isn't having a good time at home as well as his mum's husband is pretty rude and mean to James (the boy). He thinks that his mum's husband is just using her for money and isn't going anywhere in life as his longest time employed is only two weeks.

24/02/19

Title: The Recruit

Genre: Fictional

Author: Robert Muchamor

Purpose: To entertain.

Key Points:

James got home after getting a beating and grabbed something to eat. After this, he made his way to the bathroom and looked into the mirror just to see that half his body is covered in blood and scrapes. He went to cover the cuts until he realized he needed to clean it first. He jumped into the shower and it was pretty soothing for his face apart from the fact the there was a blood spiral forming around his feet. While in the shower he decided he might as well pray so he did. After he got out of the shower he went to play some computer games but he got bored pretty quickly so he thought he should invite one of his friends to play with him. When he asked his friend his friend told him he couldn't risk getting bet up too and left. James was now starting to think if his friends are fake. 

Does this text construct a version of reality? Yes because it creates a setting in a made up place that is in this world. These places and easily be compared to common places that we have. eg. school, and his house/apartment.

26/02/21

Title: Athletics Day

Genre: Fictional

Author: Patrica Grace

Purpose: To entertain

Key Points:

Keri was a school student who was pretty unknown at school, she didn't have many friends but she was hoping that today since was athletics day she would try to impress everyone. She signs up for the 200-meter event and her heat is about to start. She was thinking she was going to beat everyone by far and that it would be pretty easy. Her race starts and she runs as fast as she can but as she glances over she sees someone run past her at the last second. She lost that race but still made the finals as she prepared for the finals she starts to tense up. As the race was about to start her friend was thinking that she's got to put in her all. The race starts and she's making her way down to the end and she's in a close race with the person who beat her last time. She crosses the line and she wins and she is really excited. After the race, the second place comes up and congratulates her. She now made a new friend.

Who is real in this text? None of the characters are real as it is a made-up story about a girl's experience on athletics day.

05/03/21

Title: Diary of a wimpy kid: The Getaway.

Author: Jeff Kenedy

Genre: Fictional

Purpose: Entertainment

Key point:

Gregory and his family are going on holiday on Christmas eve for Christmas morning and to have Christmas away on a hot resort instead of on the inside away from the snow. The fact of Christmas away wasn't fun for Greg and he found out he won't get any gifts because of this. Another thing he hated is that he has to go on a plane for the first time and he wasn't looking forward to it. His family was running late to the airport and stress was building once they got there they were trying to rush to their gate just to find out it was delayed.

Who benefits from this text: The reader benefits from this as it entertains them as it doesn't teach them anything but they will still get something out of it and that is entertainment.

15/03/21

Title: Diary of a wimpy kid: The Getaway.

Author: Jeff Kenedy

Genre: Fictional

Purpose: Entertainment

Key Points:

Gregory and his family make their way to this resort they are going to as they get on the plane to begin their journey Greg starts to worry as he seats next to some random family. he is on the plane but as they are in the air he starts to worry about things like turbulence. They finally get there and go to the resort which they thought was cool and they liked how the room was massive. they go get changed so they can go and look around but they realized that they grabbed the wrong bag at the airport so they couldn't get ready.

What knowledge does that reader need to bring to understand this text: To understand this text the reader must be able to read and speak English fluently. Other than that no specific knowledge or skill is needed.

19/03/21

Title: Diary of a wimpy kid: The Getaway.

Author: Jeff Kenedy

Genre: Fictional

Purpose: Entertainment

Key Points:

Greg and his family are doing some activity at the resort and having a normal holiday until it all goes wrong as on the last two days. It started looking good as they use the wrong bag for some clothes which they use to go into a restaurant and get food but then a family realized that they were their clothes and now they had a target on them they gave they clothes back and then went scuba diving but Greg younger brother caught a box jellyfish and it was let out at the pool so now everyone is trying to attack them. they get a kick out of the resort after this day and they decide that they will sneak back in but chaos started but they managed to get some family photos. After this, they get noticed and are now on the run. Greg somehow gets to the other side of the resort and is trying to get to the exit. he realizes he has to jump a fence to do soo but as he did that he broke it and now both sides of the resort can be accessed by anyone so chaos broke loose and they got out of their quick and go back home straight away. 

What genre this text belong to: Fictional as it's not real.

26/03/21

Title: At the student poetry reading

Author: Kim Stafford

Genre: Poem

Key points:

This poem, it is talking about students at a poetry event who are making poems to say. This is about how people can feel when they are writing a poem. They express their feeling through poems and this poem may be a reflection on some of Kim's feelings when she first was writing a poem.

What do the word suggest: these words suggest some of the feelings poets get when they are about to perform or when they are performing, in the text she uses a class as an example of how this is shown. This poem also shows how people can be affected by writing poems of their feelings. 

This shows feeling from the kids used this quote from the text proves that: 

"I guess you could call me broken,

says one. I’m still lonely, says another,
but now I can name it with a song."

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

AS 1.1 My Active Lifestyle. PE

 Achievement Standard


Subject Reference

Physical Education 1.1

Title

Participate actively in a variety of physical activities and explain factors that influence own participation

Level

1

Credits

5

Assessment

Internal

Subfield

Health and Physical Education

Domain

Physical Education

Status

Registered

Status date

17 December 2010

Planned review date

31 December 2020

Date version published

20 November 2014

 


This achievement standard involves participating actively in a variety of physical activities and explaining factors that influence own participation.


Achievement Criteria


Achievement

Achievement with Merit

Achievement with Excellence

  • Participate actively in a variety of physical activities and explain factors that influence own participation.

  • Participate actively in a variety of physical activities with a high level of effort and engagement, and explain factors that influence own participation.

  • Participate actively in a variety of physical activities with a consistently high level of effort and engagement, and explain factors that influence own participation.


  • Explanatory Notes


    1. This achievement standard is derived from The New Zealand Curriculum, Learning Media, Ministry of Education, 2007.  It is aligned with Level 6 Achievement Objectives A1 (Personal growth and development), A2 (Regular physical activity), A3 (Safety management), A4 (Personal identity), B1 (Movement skills), B2 (Positive attitudes), B4 (Challenges and social and cultural factors), and D1 (Societal attitudes and values) and the material in the Teaching and Learning Guide for Physical Education, Ministry of Education, 2010 at http://seniorsecondary.tki.org.nz.  Assessment will be consistent with and reflect the underlying and interdependent concepts of the Health and Physical Education Learning Area; Hauora, the socio-ecological perspective, health promotion, and attitudes and values.  (The New Zealand Curriculum, Learning Media, Ministry of Education, 2007, p22.)


    This standard is also derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.  For details of Te Marautanga o Aotearoa achievement objectives to which this standard relates, see the Papa Whakaako.


    1. Participate actively involves being both active and involved in most of the physical activity sessions used to contribute towards assessment against this achievement standard.  Active participation in a variety of physical activities is essential.


    Participate actively may include:

    • practising to improve

    • involving self in activity for enjoyment, fun and challenge

    • contributing in team activities

    • relating to others in activities requiring interaction

    • reflecting on involvement and performance

    • participating in some way or contributing despite injury.


    Displaying a high level of effort and engagement involves full and positive participation in physical activities, along with contributions to support others to be active and/or showing effort to improve over time.  This may include:

    • participating in the strategies, skills, and aim of the game

    • participating to develop skills of the activity

    • participating to develop, maintain and improve fitness

    • participating to maintain or improve well-being

    • participating to enjoy the intent of the activity

    • supporting, encouraging, and organising of others with the aim of getting them to participate

    • any combination of the above.


    Displaying a consistently high level of effort and engagement involves full and positive participation in physical activities, along with regular contributions to support others to be active and/or showing sustained effort to improve over time.


    Explain involves saying how and/or why a range of factors influence the student’s own participation.  The explanation is expected to be a result of ongoing reflection.


    Factors that influence participation could include but are not limited to:

    • well-being

    • fun and enjoyment

    • challenge

    • sense of achievement

    • social factors e.g. able to do physical activity with friends, able to choose my own group

    • aesthetic appeal

    • pushes the body to physical and/or mental limits

    • being able to go at own pace

    • cost

    • accessibility

    • environmental appreciation

    • technology

    • equipment needed.


    1. It is expected that students will participate in a variety of physical activities throughout a full teaching and learning programme.  The activities may include but are not limited to:

    • fitness

    • dance

    • outdoor education

    • adventure-based learning

    • games

    • team-based sport

    • te ao kori

    • aquatic activities

    • leisure-based activities.


    See further details in the curriculum statement http://www.tki.org.nz/r/health/curriculum/statement/toc_e.php.


    1. Conditions of Assessment related to this achievement standard can be found at http://ncea.tki.org.nz/Resources-for-Internally-Assessed-Achievement-Standards.


     

    Replacement Information

    This achievement standard replaced unit standard 12527 and AS90067.


     
    Quality Assurance

    1. Providers and Industry Training Organisations must have been granted consent to assess by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against achievement standards.


    1. Organisations with consent to assess and Industry Training Organisations assessing against achievement standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those achievement standards.


    Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference

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