10Treble:Musical Theatre

What does Musical theatre mean?

A genre of drama in which singing and dancing play an essential part.

10Sp PE:Reflection

Javelin

What I like about it?

I like that I tried it out and manage to do my best also I liked that I learnt some things off it like to throw it up more and to have like a V on the Javelin.

What I didn't like about it? 

I didn't like being the one that doesn't know how to throw it and watching my throws being very bad making me think that I should be better than that. 

Have I improved?

Yes, I have because I had a few tries at it and it helped me with getting the technique of how you throw the Javelin also the run-up.

  

What Is another event that I improved on?

High jump- being able to have a go at it and trying to beat what I had last time.

Is there something I need to improve on?

YES, More confidence in doing my best in all the events and also not giving up (which I did) but to always give it a try even when I fail.

10Sp English: Tomorrow, When The War Began- Examining the Cover

How do you think this story will be written?
I think this story would be written as all other books, because like it will have a story about what they have experience. 
Why do you think the story is entitled as it is?
Because then we would know what it is if it changed then we wouldn't know what's it about really.
Where do you think the story will take place?
In Australia, in a place that nobody would dare to go through (The Hills of Heel).  
What time period do you think the story is set in?
Like about some time ago in the 1920- 1940 I guess?.

10Sp English:"Tomorrow, when the war began"

Dystopian literature

According to the Science-Fiction Dictionary, Brave New Words, dystopian literature is "an imagined society or state of affairs in which conditions are extremely bad, especially in which these conditions result from the continuation of some current trend to an extreme." 

 

Name three synonyms for dystopia.

1)Cacotopia

2)Anti-utopia

3)Kakotopia

What is the antonym for dystopia?  

Utopia

Dystopian Origins and characteristics

Dystopia is a relatively new genre but has deeply rooted origins dating back to Thomas More's 1516 text Utopia. Dystopia fiction often comes about when major events happen in the world (WWII, the rise of communism, major advances in technology).  

Defining features of dystopia include:

Full Government control

Citizens relinquishing all rights

Seemingly perfect societies with a dark side to them

The rise of technology, and how it overtakes humanity

Citizens have a fear of the outside world

Citizens worship one leader

Citizens live in a dehumanised state

Types of Dystopian Controls

• Corporate control: One or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media.  
• Bureaucratic control: Society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials.  
• Technological control: Society is controlled by technology—through computers, robots, and/or scientific means.  
• Philosophical/religious control: Society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government.  

Which dystopian novels have you read?  

None

How many others can you name?  

The Giver, Hunger games Tomorrow when the war began, Darkest minds etc.

FAMOUS DYSTOPIAN TEXTS

• 1984 - George Orwell - often seen as the definitive text - 'Big Brother is watching you
• Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - once again an earlier example of dystopian literature
• A Clockwork Orange- Anthony Burgess - Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation was banned in the U.K for twenty-five years until 1999 due to its "ultra-violence' and copycat crimes. Burgess claims he regrets ever having published the book.  

10 Music: Performing arts - dance

Part One - Parris Goebel

Who is Parris Goebel?

Parris Goebel is a girl/woman born in the 29th of October 1991, she's known as a dancer, singer, a hip-hop artist and many more. She has a dance crew the name of there crew is "The Royal Family" they won 3 awards or trophies at the World hip-hop dance championship.

Where did she grow up?

She grew up in Manurewa in Auckland New Zealand.

How/When did she study dance?

She was interested in dancing and the music that it does, so she attended hip hop dance lessons and started to like it when it came to the point that she wanted to make a crew of her own.

Add Pictures of Parris:

Part two - The Royal Family

Who are The Royal Family?

The Royal family is a crew of hip hop girls (and some Boys) Parris Goebel is the leader of the group and she directs, show, and compete in competitions. Like The World hip hop Championships, they won 3 times.

What competitions have they been in/won?

They were involved with "The World Hip-Hop Championships" and that they won 3 times in there in the nationals.

Which famous singers have they danced for?

Ciara, Little Mix, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj, Big Bang, 2NE1, CL, iKon, G-Dragon, Taeyang, and Black Pink.

Add some pictures of there performances:

    

Part three 

What does the word choreography mean?
The sequence of steps and movements in dance or figure skating, especially in a ballet or other staged dance.

What is a Choreographer?
It's like a type of dancing technique or arts in hip hop history.

Find two other Choreographer and find three facts about them:
Shane Sparks

He is a hip hop artist, born June 25th 1969
He spent the rest of his life in the hospital due to some kind of sickness.
Bob Fosse