Workshop 1: Unpacking the Themes & Ideas | English

Welcome to another post on my blog. In today's post, I am sharing you my workshop for English. I hope you like it.

Kindness

Definition - A verbal or physical action that is nice. Caring. Using manners. Respect.

Example 1

• When Jack sticks up for Auggie during the fight scene with Julian.
• Shows Kindness - Sticking up for a friend
• Not letting others talk badly about friends.
• Jack has previously not been kind, talked about Auggie behind his back.
• Important because
• helps people make friends
• makes people feel accepted/included
• if there wasn't kindness Auggie wouldn't have made any friends, grown his self-confidence to be able to take off his helmet, feel included at Beeker Prep.

Example 2

When Amos & the others help Jack & Auggie fight the 7th Graders. 

Importance of Friendship & Family

Definition - People who you can trust, the trust of others, support systems, people you feel safe with, help build resilience.

Example 1

When the Pullman's dog dies.

• Brings family together to grieve
• Show support for one another
• Auggie & Via put aside their argument to look after each other.

Example 2

Fight at the Nature Reserve where Auggie and the other boys come together to rescue Jack & Auggie from the 7th Graders.

• Support, because they stand up for each other
• Trust, the boys come to help them, they don't abandon each other
• Resilence, the boys support each other to move forward, they are all friends now.

Important to the Story

• Good relationships with friends help Auggie build trust & feel safe. He takes the helmet off.
• His friendship with Summer teaches him resilience, trust & forgiveness.
• His family are always there to support him when things go wrong at school.

Struggle between being right and being popular

Definition - Being right means showing integrity - doing the right thing even no one is watching. Being popular means agreeing with/acting in a way others want you to, even when you don't agree.

Example 1

When Jack chose to stay with Auggie as his science partner instead of Julian.

• Jack chose right over popular. Julian wanted to leave Auggie out & Jack chose not to.
• In the past, Jack had picked friendship with Julian over Auggie.

Example 2

When Summer decides to sit with Auggie instead of the popular girls who were talking behind Auggie's back.

• Summer chose right - not to sit and talk nasty with her friends, but to go and sit with Auggie who was alone.
• Auggie doesn't trust her first because of Jack.
• Summer stays anyway & helps Auggie - link to the importance of friendships.

Important to the Story

• The concept is relatable, everyone has to experience this, so it helps the viewer to engage with the story.
• Makes kindness/relationships more obvious when we've seen the persons struggle

Teamwork Reflection | Health

Welcome to another post on my blog. In today's post, I am going to share you my reflection from the last lesson on health. For the past few lessons in health, we have been planning the teamwork activity that we had to run for the class. We were given a video to watch and we had to choose one team activity to run for the class.

We had to answer some questions for the reflection;

What went well/good in the previous lesson?

Everyone contributed to the activities by each group. There were no problems, everyone had fun. Things went out smoothly.

What did not go well in the previous lesson?

The weather was quite windy, so we had to do all of the activities inside the class.

How did you display kindness? Confidence? Goals?

I displayed kindness by listening to the groups explaining and demonstrating the activities. I had a bit confidence explaining the activity. My goal was to get the water balloon the furthest with my partner catching it.

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Innovative Ideas | Business Studies

Welcome to another post on my blog. In today's post, I am going to share the innovative idea that our group had created. We had to come up with an idea which could be improved. We had to create this blog post explaining ways to improve it and how. We had given some questions to answer.

What are we trying to improve?

We are trying to improve the juice sprayer, or known as the Lemon Juice Sprayer, which sprays the juice from the lemon, it benefits in different ways.


Why do you want to improve it?

Original Product
Credit: https://www.amazon.com/

Our group found out that the juice sprayer could be found in two sizes, small, for small fruits, and a big size for big fruits like lemons and oranges. We want to change the product slightly better.


What could be the changes allow for?

Our group thought to make the sizes for the sprayer detachable, so you can take off the small size to a bigger one. In the original product, you have to buy two sprayers for two sizes. We want to make it that our product comes with the big and small size. We have made our own name too, Instant Jewce Sprayer.




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Theme Guide - Wonder | English

Welcome to another post on my blog. In today's post, I am going to share my theme guide for English. Last week, we watched a movie named 'Wonder'. We then watched it again and analyse it. After analysing the movie, we had to complete an activity from four activities.

It was about themes and ideas from the movie. I had chosen the 'Theme Guide', as seen from the title. I had to explain how each theme is shown in the film and give them times to stop and look, quotes and key moments to watch for. We had to present it creatively.

There were three themes,

• Kindness
• Family
• Doing the Right Thing (Popularity)

What am I learning?

I am learning to analyse the film, Wonder.

How does this work show my learning?

This work shows my learning by creating a poster which shares the audience the themes used in the film.

What am I wondering as a result of my learning?

I am wondering nothing.

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Athletics Practice | Physical Education

Welcome to another post on my blog. In today's post, I am going to share you my table of athletics practice. On Wednesday (12 Feb), we started practising for athletics. On Wednesday, we practised Shot Put and Discus.

	Before	After
Shot Put	7.5m	7.7m
Discus	14m	15m
Long Jump	2.5m
High Jump	1m
100 Metre	16 seconds
Long Distance	7.09 minutes

Viewing Notes 1 - Wonder | English

Structure:

Narrators change the perspective of the viewer

1. Auggie (August)
2. Via
3. Jack-Will
4. Miranda
5. Auggie

Opening Scene: 0:36 - 1:46

Camera Shots/Angles:

Eye Level, close up (to make us think us think Auggie is in space, we later zoom out to see we are in his bedroom.

Special Effects:

Slow-motion of Auggie jumping because it makes more realistic as, in space, there is no gravity in space so people move slower.

Music/Sound:

  

Diagetic - ground control talking over radio, gives us the idea we are in space.

Music tempo starts slow with quiet dynamic to match the slow-mo of outer space. Tempo picks up when we zoom out to see Auggie in his room.

Symbols:

Astronaut helmet. Represents the physical barrier Auggie puts between himself and others; even when its off people don't really see him.

August's Dad - Nate

'It's like leading a lamb to the slaughter'

Science Classroom Scene - 7:30 - 9:28

Camera Angle/Shot

Open high angle wide shot, makes the room look big & scary & the students look weak & vulnerable.

Body Language

Auggie walks with shoulders hunched, slouched posture, head down. This makes him look smaller & weaker. Trying not to be noticed.

Auggie's First Class - 14:31

Camera Angle/Shot

Over the shoulder, eye-level - between Julian & Auggie. Cuts between close-ups of Auggie to show emotions & mid shots of Julian & the rest of the class. Makes it feel like Auggie is alone.

Summer - 'When given the choice between being right & being kind. Choose kind.'

StarWars Symbols:

• Julien references Dark Sideous
• Auggie has a padewon braid (apprentice Jedi)

StarWars Moments:

Chewbacca → 32:40 → Shows us Auggie, understands why people, but how he wishes they'd deal with it.

Everyone in the Star Wars universe looks strange, weird & deformed so no one treats them differently. This would be a safe place for Auggie because no one would stare.

Auggie - 'I'm sorry if my starring made you uncomfortable'

Julian & Jack Fight Scene - 1:06:06 - 1:07:40

Camera Shots/Angles:

Over the shoulder - as Jack punches Julian, makes us feel part of the event.

Low Angle - during the fight - makes the person on the top look stronger.

Dutch Tilt - lockers on angle, used to show something isn't right in the world. 

Special Effects:

Slow-motion - makes easier to see, especially emotions, also makes it feel more intense.

Music/Sound:

Tempo-slow, minor = sad, dynamics = quiet = intense

Music comes in with voice over - makes it feel reflective



Fight at the Nature Reserve Scene - 1:29:40 - 1:32:35

Camera Shots/Angles:

High Angle Shot - down onto the bully, makes him look weak & vulnerable while Auggie, Jack, Amos & the others look strong. 

Music:

Used to build tension or suspense.

Tempo - very quick rhythm

Dynamics - starts quiet but gets louder as boys start running - builds anxiety

Chords - minor - looked at with tempo makes it feel anxious.

Themes:

Importance of friendship & family
Kindness


Conclusion/Ending - 1:40:26

Camera Shots/Angles:

Tilt Shot - as Auggie bows

We are shown a similar scene to the opening, only this time the background is actual space rather than a painting on Auggies bedroom wall.

Finishes with a repeat of the astronaut jump arms up into the shot.

Music:

Major key - happy

Tempo - fast - gives energy

Dynamics - loud - gives energy

It makes the viewer feel happy about the ending!


Whereas the start Auggie was imagining himself as happy, at the end he actually is happy which is why the background of the scene is now realistic.

Kiwi Ingenuity | Business Studies

Welcome to another post on my blog. Last lesson in Business Studies, we looked at examples of Kiwi Ingenuity. We looked from Scootboards to Van Boats. We had to answer some questions related to the evaluation ideas.


Which one of these examples of Kiwi Ingenuity do you think would be the most benefit to New Zealanders? 

Kathmandu Logo
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I think the clothing and equipment would be the most benefit to New Zealanders because companies like Katmandu and Icebreaker provide good equipment for us to use. They also last for a long time.

Icebreaker
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Which one of these examples of Kiwi Ingenuity do you think would be the least benefit to New Zealanders? 

I think the Scootboard would be the last benefit to New Zealanders because they don't work at all. It is quite hard to steer and it's quite weird.

The Scootboard

Choose two examples of Kiwi Ingenuity would be most likely to capture the imagination of people in other countries

1. Mountain Buggy

Compared to prams, the Mountain Buggy has lots of grip in their tyers. Also, it is also available with duets. It has really good material, which comforts the babies.

Mountain Buggy
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2. Waterfall Slide

The waterfall slide, located in Arthur's Pass protects us from rockfall and landslides. It also takes water from the mountain to the river.

Waterfall Slide - Arthur's Pass
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