Merchant Of Venice Act 3 Scene 4-5 Reflection

This time questions for scene four and five.

What is Lorenzo’s opinion of Antonio?
Lorenzo thinks Antonio is a really nice guy and a gentleman.

What does Portia tell Lorenzo she intends to do?
Go to the nunnery and wait there for her husband to come back.

What does she ask Lorenzo and Jessica to do for her and why?
She asks them to look after her house while she is away.

Why does Portia think Antonio and Bassanio must be alike?
She said "Which makes me think this Antonio, being the bosom lover of my lord, must needs be like my lord."

Why do Portia and Nerissa intend to travel dressed as men?
So they seem accomplished in something their not.

In A3S4 L 60-78, how does Portia describe the behaviour and attitudes of young men.
She describes them as confident outgoing people that like to brag a lot.

Does it seem likely that Portia is going to follow the expected behaviour of a wife?

No, she is bold and outgoing and likes being the boss of people so she will probably stay that way.

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In his jokey conversation with Jessica, why is Launcelot against the conversion of Jews to Christianity?
Because if all the Jews became christians the price of pork would go up.

What is Jessica’s opinion of Portia?
She thinks of here as a heavenly lady.

Self Directed Learning Goal

I didn't read three peoples lines so I just want to read a lot this week.

Merchant Of Venice Act 3 Scene 2 reflection

The questions for Scene 2

Why does Portia want Bassanio to delay his choice?
She doesn't want Bassanio to leave so soon if he does pick the wrong casket.

What makes Bassanio choose lead over the silver and gold caskets?, find the quotes in the text to support your thinking.
Thou gaudy gold, hard food for Midas, I will none of thee; nor none of thee, thou pale and common drudge 'tween man and man: but thou, thou meagre lead, which rather threat'nest than dost promise aught, thy paleness moves me more than eloquence.

What does Portia’s speech A3S2 L166-174 reveal about the expected roles of a woman in marriage.
They are property to the men.

What did Gratiano’s and Nerissa’s wish to marry depend on?
Bassanio had to marry Portia.

How does Portia know that the letter contains bad news?
Bassanio went really pale when he read the letter.

What help does Portia offer straightaway?
She wants to give him lots of money to save his friend.

Why do we not expect this help to be successful?
Shylock really wants a pound of flesh from Antonio.

Do you think Portia would still be in love with Bassanio if she knew he had lied about his wealth?
Yes, she liked him all ready.

Merchant Of Venice Act 2 - Scene 1 Reflection

Now we have started Act II, here are the questions for scene one. This was a short scene.

We have watched racial and religious tensions at work in A1S3. The Prince of Morocco opens A2S1 with another sensitive issue. What is it?He does not want portia to be racist and dislike him because of his skin color.

If Antonio loses his gamble, he must forfeit a pound of flesh. What must Portia’s suitors give up if they fail to win her?They may never marry another woman.

What is Portia’s opinion of the Prince of Morocco- give examples.

He is ok, She warns him about the punishment for choosing the wrong casket.

Merchant Of Venice Act 1 - Scene 3 Reflection

Now the questions for the third scene of The Merchant Of Venice

Shylock is a moneylender. Does he seem eager to do business with Bassanio? How do you know?
Yes, he seems like he thinks he could

Which does Shylock think is safe, his business or Antonio’s? Why?
His business because he does not require ships which are likely to sink.

Why doesn’t Shylock want to dine with Bassanio and Antonio?
Because he is a jew and they think pork contains the devil.

What strict principal of his is Antonio breaking to help Bassanio?
Not charging interest

Shylock tells a bible story to prove that the taking of profit is blessed, as long as thieving is not involved. Does he convince Antonio? Give evidence.
No, Antonio said that it was something that was out of the man's control

Shylock accuses Antonio of a whole catalogue of nastiness. How does Antonio answer the charges?
Antonio says he will probably do the things again, but he also said he should lend it to an enemy rather than a friend so it is easier to exact revenge

How does Bassanio react to the proposed bond?
He is not happy about the bond.

The Comprehension Box - Charcoal 6

We are doing the comprehension box, we read a story and answer questions. This time I read 'Isadora's Secret', a girl finds a strange room where time stands still.

Questions:

1. Which word from paragraph 1 is a synonym for maze?

(a) measly

(b) sorrow

(c) labyrinth

2. Isadora was told to borrow the book by:

(a) her English teacher

(b) the librarian

(c) her father

3. Paragraph 4 is mainly about Isadora's:

(a) confusion

(b) discovery

(c) panic

4. Which event occurred first? Isadora:

(a) read the book

(b) discovered the wooden door

(c) ran up the stairs

5. In Paragraph 1, Isadora's feelings about the library could be summarized as:

(a) 'too many books and too much time'

(b) 'not enough books and not enough time'

(c) 'too many books and not enough time'

6. The pronoun it in Paragraph 3 refers to the:

(a) library

(b) corridor

(c) door

7.The word nook in Paragraph 5 means:

(a) a secluded place

(b) a type of chair

(c) a secret

8. Who else already knew about the secret nook?

(a) Mr Barker and the librarian

(b) only Mr Barker

(c) only the librarian

9. While Isadora was sitting on the chair and reading, time:

(a) had moved faster

(b) had moved slower

(c) stood still

10. You can conclude the librarian knew Isadora had read the book because:

(a) she read the books title and knew about the secret nook

(b) Isadora had been missing for such a long time

(c) it was her favorite book also

11. Which statement contains a fact and an opinion

(a) A poem was written on parchment which was hanging on the wall

(b) Old-style language is difficult to read

(c) The chair was covered with green fabric and was very comfortable

12. The next time Isadora visits the library, she will most probably:

(a) tell everyone she encounters her secret

(b) borrow a book and leave immediately

(c) choose a book and head directly to the wooden door

Key:

My answers

Right answers

Reflection & Learning Goal

Last week I managed to read two peoples lines and write two blogs, this week I wish to do three.

Merchant Of Venice Act 1 - Scene 2 Reflection

Here is the second scenes questions for The Merchant Of Venice.

How do Portia’s first words compare with Antonio’s?
She is also sad and tired just like Antonio.

What is the reason for her mood?
She doesn't get a choice in who she marries.

Do you think Nerissa is a help to her?
Yes, that's why she is there.

Sum up, in a word or a short phrase, Portia’s attitude to her suitors so far

Awful.

Merchant Of Venice Scene 1 - Act 1 Reflection

In English we have started our topic on Shakespeare, we are reading The Merchant Of Venice and have been given some questions to answer.

Antonio is depressed without knowing why. What two possible reasons do his friends suggest?

His friends suggest maybe he is worried about his money and ships or maybe he is in love. Antonio denies both.

Do you think Gratiano’s contributions help Antonio’s mood?

No not really, he pretty much said cheer up before you become a wrinkly old sack.

What are your first impressions of Bassanio?

He is the kind who borrows stuff and takes ages to give it back.

Is Bassanio in love?

Yes, he is head over heels for Portia.

Why does he need to borrow money again now

to impress Portia, since he wants to marry here.

Nightmare Adventure

Here is a scary story I wrote for english.

Life’s all happy and fun when you’re a young kid just recently into primary school unless you go
through a cursed adventure full of all the things you’re afraid of. This was the case for Ember who
was only in her second week since starting school. She dresses in warm clothes with pockets that
could house her favorite teddie. It started after a regular day of school, the rain was pouring and her
brother hadn’t arrived to walk her home. She had an umbrella, of course, since the weather report
said there would be rain. She was getting cold and thought she should start walking home, all but one
teacher had gone home and she didn’t want to bother him. When she left the gate the rain started
getting heavier, she put up her hand like she had seen brother do. As the rain hit her hand she
yanked it back, the rain was as hard as hail. Then she was knocked off her feet by a large scary dog
trailing a broken lead. This sent her straight to tears, she had seen this dog on past walk homes with
brother but never talked to it. She ran off leaving the dog confused, it didn’t usually scare people
away. She had dropped the umbrella when she ran away from the dog and it was still raining hard.
Cold and scared Ember ran for the nearest shelter from the rain, a small alley. Whoops bad choice,
as she rounded the corner she saw something that sent her adrenaline into overload. Just ahead of
her she could see two very violent looking men, one wielding a knife. She was afraid of knives and
sharp things after dropping one through her foot that time she got in the cutlery drawer. The men
were yelling at each other using all the swear words they knew. That’s when one of them thrust the
knife through the other’s chest. The dying man locked eyes with Ember, anger, fear and betrayal in
his eyes. This told the other man of her presence, she dashed behind a dumpster. She hoped
against hope she hadn’t been spotted, she didn't want to end up like the man. She was worried that
he would stick his face round the dumpster and stab her before she knew what was happening. That
didn’t happen but she was sure it would. The living man cautiously walked past knife still in hand. He
left the alley. Ember took this as a chance for her to run in the opposite direction, so she ran not
knowing where she was headed. She tripped and fell landing near another exit to the alley. A kind
looking old lady just so happened to be putting her trash out at the time and saw her fall. The lady
rushed to help, after what Ember had just been through she probably looked homeless. Carrying
Ember on her back she took her back to her house. Ember didn’t complain she was really tired and
fell asleep on the journey there. As her eyelids flicked open she was confused for a time not knowing
where she was. She soon remembered that an old lady had taken her home after seeing her fall over
in the alley. As Ember surveyed her surroundings, she could see shelves and shelves full of dolls.
There was a dim flickering lightbulb above where she was lying and a brighter light coming from
behind a curtain covered doorway. The curtain was drawn and the old lady came through, medical kit
in hand, “now let's take a look at that knee” she said in a soft, cooing voice. With all the adrenaline
from fear and exhaustion, she hadn’t even noticed her knee was raw and bleeding. The old lady
washed her bleeding knee and tied a bandage around it. Ember was grateful but the lights stopped
and Ember could no longer see the old lady. The lights came back only a few seconds later and all
the dolls were gone, the old lady too. The hands wrapped around her neck and Ember was thrust
into the air. The dolls were on the ceiling the old lady too, the old lady was missing her head though.
The dolls were covered in blood and some had knives, they were probably going to kill her. As a doll
thrust a knife towards her neck she woke up, it was just a bad dream. Ember was in a hospital bed,
her mother told her she had caught hypothermia and had been asleep for three days. Then she told
her mom of her NIGHTMARE ADVENTURE.

What am I learning?Creative writing, horror.
How does this work show my learning?I made a horror story, that's creative.
What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

If this story could be scarier.

Absurd Warnings

Here are some absurd warnings, its for English.

Warning - this text may cause paranoia if you start to worry close this immediately. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Cell Phones - Warning. Constant use of this product may cause hypnotism including constant talking, idiocy, and brain damage.

Bananas - Warning. This product is very toxic and will KILL you or give you constipation, diarrhea and a poopy mood.

Dogs - Warning. Getting one of these is a big mistake unless you like the smell of dead rabbit, meat and poop all over your face when it shows affection towards you don't get one.

Boredom - Warning. This causes instant and strong effects and will result in nothing to do.

Hats - Warning. This product may make your hair stand on end, creates a new form of bed hair and hides your beautiful beautiful hair. There are ways to avoid it if you are smart enough to understand, if not because you are stupid just don't.

Questions:
What am I learning?
Creative writing still.
How does this work show my learning?
I had to be creative to put down commonly used items.
What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

Why does this worry some people.

Designing The Layout Of A Classroom

Recently our brand new classes were finished and we moved into them yesterday. The math classroom had moved and the teacher asked us to create a design process about how we would lay out the room.

The Brief:

How could you rearrange the room.

Research:

There are 24 small blue desks.

There are two tall whiteboard tables.

One cupboard, Tv, and computer table.

And lastly two whiteboards.

we need to account for doors and windows.

Ideas:

Here are some ideas we came up with.

Final Idea:

This is our final idea, the one we liked the most.

Evaluation:

In my opinion it was a really good design, the chairs and tables don't look like they would get in each other's way. The whiteboard and TV are easy to see, and There are a lot of different numbers of tables in a clump for different people. the desks don't get in the way of the doors, so people can get in and out.

What do you think?

My City Is A Person Poem

He's constantly in pain, under piles of rubble

You can get to him and leave but he can't move

Only the construction crews can get him out
The rubbles moving they're getting closer
A place of shakes, broken buildings, My City Is Christchurch
City of Quakes
The End

The Questions:

What am I learning?

Creative writing.
How does this work show my learning?

You'ld have to be creative to describe a place as a person.
What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

How professionals write so many of these poem things.

Six Sentence Story

Once a time there was a really fat dragon named Bob. He lived in one of the houses in the city with his human grandma. Bob was really good at making bonfires since he could sneeze them. One day he sneezed inside his grandmas house and it burned to the ground. He feel really bad and soon became depressed this was very hard on him. Then he remembered they had Tower Insurance so everything was going to be fine. THE END

This short story was written by me and now it's time for the questions:
What am I learning?
Creative writing.
How does this work show my learning?
Um well the name and resolution were hard to come up with.
What am I wondering as a result of this learning?
How is this so fun?

An Alphabet Story

Alright banana consuming dogs eat fruit, gobbling heaps in..... just kidding. Like Macdonald's never open potties, question? Really stupid tall underwear vans without xylophones yell ZEBRA!

Don't question it just read, it wasn't very hard but it was kind of stupid..... The questions, this is an English blog after all:
What am I learning?
Creative writing.
How does this work show my learning?
I had to be creative to come up with all the words.
What am I wondering as a result of this learning?
Why is this a thing?

Weekly Goals & Reflection

My goal for this week is too finish one of the tasks I started but didn't finish and do a new task. Last week I only managed to post one thing to my blog I hope to do better.

Videogame Gone Rouge - The Eevees Breakout

After an hour or so of playing non stop pokemon it was time to put down the switch and... you have no idea what's going on do you. Well I just bought myself a Nintendo Switch and was playing the new game Pokemon Let's Go Eevee. I was feeling kind of peckish and went to raid the pantry for something to eat. When I got back there were tons of Eevee in my room, how this came to be is a long story....

So I was playing let's go eevee and I was walking around for a bit and I came across a patch of grass filled with Eevee I think it was a glitch. Now I really like Eevee so I caught 'em all, now the Eevee's weren't happy about this and I got swarmed. I was kind of paranoid that if I came across an Eevee I wouldn't have enough pokeballs to catch it so I had a TON, over 100. I had enough pokeballs to most of them but there were two I hadn't caught, and they were really mad! I ran away from them. They chased me down I managed to get to the pokemon center and bought some more pokeballs. I just managed to catch them before they used swift on me. Crisis averted I stopped playing to go get some food, panic really makes you hungry. Now back to the many many Eevee's in my room.....

The two Eevee were fuming by now and they spoke in english to tell me off, like a angry parent. "HOW DARE YOU!!!!! How dare you take advantage of our family reunion!! You trainers are a great big pain in the *bleep* (The Eevee swore), we all haven't seen each other in ages and you jus--" I cut him off by pressing my face into his super soft, fluffy mane. I looked up and saw the eevee was bright red, I guess it feels weird to have someone touch your fur when you're a wild Eevee. The Eevee was also very much annoyed by this, He used swift and then every other Eevee also used swift. It really hurt but they returned to the screen, no longer caught by me and they all left.

The End.

This story won't ever happen to you, also I haven't played pokemon let's go yet so don't judge if some of the story is different to how the game works. Tell me what you thought of my story.

Figurative Language

In English we did a week long course or activity booklet, there's not a lot more to say.

What am I learning?
Figurative Language.
How does this work show my learning?
I did every task.
What am I wondering as a result of this learning?
Why is it so hard to think of examples?

A 30sec Self Directed Film

In english we have been making our own 30 second films, in five groups we chose topics and started planning. I don't know much about the planning because I was doing something else but I can tell you about other things. I being the main actor had the most important part, if I wasn't there the film would have been a disaster. I had to steal a book and get caught! I know so cool, be amazed. We filmed six different scenes the last one was me being caught, I wanted to hit the librarian with a book though. The editing took a while but we ended up with a great film, it had great music too. Actually never mind the editors failed ha ha ha hee.

hopefully you like it because I did but don't anymore.

Oh questions:

• What am I learning?

About making films.

• How does this work show my learning?

it has the finished product.

• What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

how long it takes to make an hour and a half film, this took three weeks.

Design A Math Game

In math we realized that we didn't know very many math words or synonyms for plus, minus, multiply and divide. To fix this we made word clouds and games:

Here is the slide with the word clouds:


And here's our slide for the game this includes all the planning and ideas:
 We were using the design process, starting  with the brief then you research, come up with ideas, make it and finally evaluate.

Creation of NZ wordsearch

This is a word search with keywords from the creation of New Zealand from Maori legend. This was done for social studies *clapping intensifies* I know wonderful here it is:

If you found everything good for you I don't really care.

Calculating Squares On A Grid

In math we have been learning how to calculate the number of squares on the outside of a 10x10 grid. We have been figuring out ways to figure out the number of squares on the outside of a grid. I will explain two ways to do it, a complex way and a easy way.
First the Complex way:

Find the total number of squares by timesing one side by the other side. Then remove the squares around the outside and times the new side by the other new side. Afterwards minus the smaller number from the bigger number and you have your answer. You can do algebra by changing the ten to n and the 8 to n-2.

Now the easy way:

If the sides are 10 then you can times them by four then you can minus four this works on any number. See told you it was easy, you can also do algebra with this one by changing it to 4n which means 10+10+10+10 minus four.

Now you know how to calculate the square on the outside of a grid, so tell all your friends and act like a nerd if you want to. Also comment any other ways you can think of doing it.

Setting in Coraline

We're STILL doing film study in English because topics take a while, which is why we only have five this year. This time I had to make a Digital Poster showing the settings in Coraline.

And the famous Questions:

What am I learning?

About the importance of setting in a film.

How does this work show my learning?

Because I would need a reasonably good understanding of setting if I were to make anything decent.

What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

Would it ruin the movie if the real world was somewhere warm and tropical.

Coraline kahoot

In English....

We are still doing film study, but I made a Kahoot for one of the tasks and I have no idea how to make it public....

here is the link, go play it.....

and now the QUESTIONS mwahahahaha


What am I learning?

Stuff about film study.

How does this work show my learning?

Because I would have to know the shots and the names of the shots to do this.

What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

Why is film study so hard? My brain is frying.

Maori Law In New Zealand

In Social Studies we have been learning about government, we had to make a presentation about a government of our choice. here is mine I know it is short but it tells you everything.
 

Contractions/Implosions

In Science we have been doing an experiment involving making a can crush itself.

Aim: To observe contractions in gases.

Hypothesis: The can will IMPLODE!

Equipment: Bunsen burner, Scissor tongs, Ice cream container, Used soda can, Gauze mat.

Method:

1. Set up your bunsen burner
2. pour apox 50-60 ml of water into the can. it should be no more than 1/4 full.
3. heat the can of water until steam is escaping from the top.
4. carefully grip the can with the tongs. be sure to have a strong grip on it before lifting it off.
5. Quickly but very carefully invert the can as you plunge it into the container of cold water.

Playing With Tiny Robots

In DTE this term we have been playing with Sphero, Sphero is a round robot that is programmable. You can play games with Sphero like catch and guessing games (don't ask =__=).

Our task was to the four blocks activities on this site https://edu.sphero.com/cwists/category. After that we were set the task to create our own activities. I created a game where the is not to throw Sphero too hard or else Sphero will 'Cut The Cheese' (like I said don't ask =__=).

Here is the code for the game:

(something will appear here soon)

This topic was really un eventful.

Coraline - What I remember

In English we are doing film study, the film we are doing is called Coraline.

It starts off with Coraline moving to a new house called 'The Pink Palace'. After she arrives she goes into the garden and grabs a stick off a bush to use as a dowsing rod. she follows the dowsing rod trying to find a well, when she reaches the well we first meet a character named Wyborn. Wyborn scares Coraline when he enters because he rode down from up above her wearing a strange mask. Wyborn points out the well Coraline was looking for and points out that the dowsing rod Coraline was using was made out of poison oak. Then it starts to rain, and that was the first five minutes of the movie. (that's not all I remember but oh well)

Film Study....

I made a crossword. Please do it......

link to the cross word

and the usual english questions that people don't usually answer:

What am I learning?
Different film terms.

How does this work show my learning?
Because it show I know the definition of the terms.

What am I wondering as a result of this learning?
Why are there so many terms???????

Write That Essay - The -ED start & the W- start

The -ED start is when you start a sentence with a word ending with the suffix -ed.

Example -ED words:

• Confused
• Surprised
• Startled
• Confronted
• Triped
• Thrilled
• excited

Example sentences:

• Confused by this sudden turn of events, the boy fell off his bike, sending him skidding across the pavement.
• Surprised by a barking dog, the cat missed the fence it was going to jump on.

The W- start is when you start a sentence with a word beginning with w-.

Example W- words:

• Who
• What
• When
• Where
• Whereas
• Whilst
• While

Example sentences:

• Why the boy fell off his bike, nobody knows.
• When the door opened, I was surprised to find a bundle of flowers.

Now for a paragraph with the W- start, the -ly start, the -ed start and a preposition start.

Whilst people were doing their work, Rykin talked like there was no tomorrow. Annoyed by his constant talking, people stuffed their ears full of cheese. Unfortunately he didn't shut up, so people threw cheese at him till he ran away. After he was gone, people could get their work done.

Write That Essay - Adverbs & Preposition - & PEEL

Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. Adverbs usually end with the suffix ly

Adverbs for starting sentences:

• Quickly
• Significantly
• Cautiously
• Firstly
• Importantly
• Remarkably
• Similarly
• Surprisingly
• Readily
• Curiously
• Concerningly
• Interestingly
• Confusingly
• Consequently
• Shockingly

Example adverb starting sentences:

• Cautiously, the dog sniffed the foreign object.
• Remarkably, the skydiver survived the fall without a parachute.

Preposition are little words indicating movement or position.

Preposition words:

• On
• Off
• In Front
• Behind
• Between
• In
• Against
• Throughout
• Near
• About

Example Preposition beginning sentences:

• Throughout the ages, humans have never been able to prove the existence of supernatural beings.
• Behind the shelf, a book lay gathering dust.

PEEL:

P - Point - State the point you want to make

E - Evidence - Support your point with 2-3 sentences

E - Explain - Link my evidence to my point - 2 sentences

L - Link - Link back to your argument/Link to the next paragraph.

Example of a peel paragraph about Martha from the novel abomination:

Throughout the novel 'Abomination' Martha is bullied. An example of this is the incident with the girls throwing water into the stall soaking Martha. When she came out of the stall they punched her in the stomach and called her a slut. This made Martha feel angry and upset. Unsurprisingly this is a example of physical bullying by students toward Martha. There was a imbalance of power between Martha and her bullies because there was one of her and three of them. Another way Martha experiences suffering is at the hands of her parents and the Church of the Righteous.

Abomination Novel Study Workbook

We have been doing the 'Abomination' novel study workbook in English for a while now. We have been reading the book then doing the activities on this workbook.

Distillation Experiment

In Science we are doing an experiment involving boiling coke to see what is left behind.

Aim: Separate the solute from the solvent in stevia coke.

Hypothesis: That the coke will leave a strangely colored liquid and some crystals.

Equipment: Stevia coke, Conical flask, Heatproof mat, A delivery tube and bung, Bunsen burner, Tripod, Gauze mat, Retort stand, Boss head and clamp, Boiling tube.

Method:

1. Set up equipment as shown in diagram.
2. Add approximately 50 mL of coke to your conical flask.
3. Light your bunsen burner. Open the air hole and gently push the bunsen burner under the tripod.
4. Heat the solution until most of the solvent has evaporated. Turn off your Bunsen burner.

Results/Observations: The coke boiled very quickly and not a lot of crystals were left. The liquid was clear.

Conclusion: My hypothesis was completely wrong for the results were the opposite to my hypothesis.

Discussion: The liquid was clear and there weren't a lot of crystals because stevia coke is made up of mainly liquid ingredients.

Evaluation: My experiment was a success, I was able to separate the solute from the solvent in stevia coke (even if there wasn't much solute). If I did it again I would use a different type of coke.

The Excitement of Digital Technologies

In DTE / Digital Technologies I have been doing various activities involving different digital aspects including making DLO's, piktocharts & playing games about cyber safety.

The first activity I did was make an infographic about ergonomics, here is mine:

The second activity I did was play a game called interland, here is the description I put on my site:

Here is a link to interland: https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/interland/

The third and most recent activity I did was on doing activities from a site called Digital Bytes:

To understand the task click this LINK then look through the site starting by clicking 'Creator' then clicking 'Is a remixed idea an original idea?' then look at the video and the three questions my answer to one is below:

Link to video

What part of this video struck you the most? Why?

The sueing part! I don’t want to get sued.

Next click continue, scroll down and watch video B Then you can look at the questions my answers below:

Link to video

1. If you had to sum up your initial reaction in one word after watching this video,what would it be?
   Why?

One word: What!!! I can’t believe you’ve done this Disney.😱

2. Are you surprised that Disney has recycled parts of old animated films for newones? Why, or why not? Does it change your opinion about Disney's creativity?

I am extremely surprised because they use so many animators. Now I wonder why Disney needs 76 main
animators.😠😠😠😠😠😠😠

3. How do you think they reused animated sequences like this? How do you think that process works? (Hint: Look up "rotoscoping" online.)

Rotoscoping, by tracing over motion picture footage so it can be used again.😏

4. How do you think the animators for Snow White (1937) would feel if they knew animators for Robin Hood (1973) copied their work?

I don't think they would care because Disney is copy & pasting every where.😶

5. Does the fact that these are traditional animations (drawn by hand versus animated on a computer) make you feel any differently about their being copied? Why, or why not?

Animating by computer is easier than if animated by hand. So do your own animating you lazy 76 animators.😤

6. Some of the dogs from Lady and the Tramp are featured briefly in 101 Dalmatians. Do you think these cameos are a form of copying? Or is Disney simply referencing its characters and movies again for fun? Is there a difference?

No I do not think it is copying I think it is just a reference to the lady and the tramp. There is a difference between referencing and copying.😑

Then I did activity B which is this:

In my opinion this was a lot of work but really fun and so worth it.


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Would you like to try digital technologies now? Tell me in the comments.

Koosh ball descriptive writing thing

shook ball
spherical, Cozy
exhilarating, Rubbery, flexible, elastic
addictive, enslaving, stretchy, toy ball
fresh rubber tire smelling
intoxicating, cushy feeling
koosh ball.

Amber Color Poem

In the hole in the ground far below, a piece of gem doth show, on closer look Amber it doth be. The glittering amber glimmered in the sun. Amber is a bright colour, amber is the colour of sunset. Amber is a colour that I always want to see just like the sun that shines in the sky. Amber is my Favorite colour, Amber is like the sun. When I look at you I see the sun, I see the flaming burning amber within you as it burns and withers. Amber is a colour that shall be, it glistens and glows in a underneath a patch of cracked stone. Amber is the jewel of love, You can see amber on the night sky. When I stare at the amber skies as the sun set, I think of love.

Abomination Novel Studies

For english we will be starting a novel study task on the story Abomination by Robert Swindells. But before we start the teacher asked us to answer some questions about the cover of the book.

here is the cover:



What do you think the story will be about?
A super human warrior fighting against gladiator and the lead up to it.

How do you think this story will be written?
In first person view.

Why do you think the story is entitled as it is?
Because it is about what I said earlier.

Where do you think the story will take place?
I think the story will take place in Rome.

What time period do you think the story is set in?
Roman gladiator times.

Critical Questioning Matrix

For English today we have to answer questions of our choice about a few things of our choice. Two ads or one short text and one music video. I has chosen to do the second choice one short text and one music video.

First the short text:

Why are you reading this text?
Because Patricia Grace is a great author and the text sounded interesting.

What does the author want us to know?
That things don't have to be spazzy and new to be cool.

What kind of language is used in the text?
The kind of language you would find in a professional book.

How does the text construct a version of reality?
The fact that it's like the real life of a normal couple of kids enjoying their Christmas present in the part at the end.

Here is a link to the story so you can read it yourself LINK.

Second the music video:

What do the words suggest?
That the guy didn't do much to please the girl so she left.

What is the video about, how do you know?
About being broken up with because he says a lot of things about losing someone.

What kinds of social realities does this video portray?
The fact that lots of people go through break up.

Who is the most likely audience of this video and why?
Others with girlfriends so they don't make the same mistake.

Here is a link to the video so you can watch it yourself LINK.

We are also finishing our crash course on critical literacy so we also have to do a reflection.

What do you think Critical Literacy is?

I think critical literacy is figuring out if something is real or fake and what the text means.

What did you learn during Critical Literacy?

Just because something sounds real doesn't mean it is.

What did you find challenging during Critical Literacy?

Finishing stuff.

How will you use Critical Literacy skills in real life?

To figure out if something is real or not.

What are you looking forward to in English this year?

Novel study and creative writing

Science

What is a Scientist?

I think a scientist is a crazy lab coat wearing person that does stuff with stuff. I think their job is to find out stuff about what people call magics. They cover a lot of topics like health, biology, astronomy and geology.

Mr Google says that a scientist is a person that studies or has expert knowledge on natural or physical sciences.

An Egg sample of a scientist is Isaac Newton he found out about gravity and created the three laws of movement the most well known being the third law.

Critical Literacy Practice

For this task we had to look at a news article and try and figure out if it was real or not.



This was the article which is fake, rather than Germans it was in fact a picture of a large traffic jam in China from 2010. There was probably a reason they posted it like them being angry at rising fuel prices.

Factual or Satirical news sites

Today we are checking to see if we can find the difference between factual and satirical posts.

The onion
What does the website look like?
Like a news site.
What photos is it using?
A photo of a man being surrounded by drones flying past.
What headlines are they sharing?
A headline that looks like it should be part of the story.
Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website?
Satirical.

The New York times
What does the website look like?
Like a news site.
What photos is it using?
A picture of a room filled with people.
What headlines are they sharing?
Something that sounds like you would find in the paper.
Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website?
Factual

The Civilian

What does the website look like?
Like a news site.
What photos is it using?
A horse race.
What headlines are they sharing?
That the winner ran round in circles.
Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website?

Satirical.

Daily Mail

What does the website look like?
Still like a news site.
What photos is it using?
Three pictures of a person with text at the bottom.
What headlines are they sharing?
Too long for some one to want to read.
Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website?

Satirical.

Five things you could use to check if a News Site is real of not:

1. Check if it sounds believable.
2. Check all the facts carefully.
3. Check if the headline sounds like a headline you would find in the paper.
4. Check another website with a story on the same topic and see if they're similar.
5. Check down the side of the site and see if there are any non believable posts.

What am I learning?

Critical thinking.

How does this work show my learning?

Because you have to think carefully too make sure you don't accept fake news.

What am I wondering?

Why do people set up fake news sites.