10Sp Sost:My map of how everything started (Slave Trade Triangle)

What the Slave Trade Triangle was?

It was a triangle of trading materials with other countries, and to see what they have in the there country. From the United to the Europeans and then to Africa and all over again.

What's the First Passage is?
Ships and Guns were purchased and taken to Europe.
African slaves were kidnapped.

What's the Middle Passage is?
Guns and materials traded for humans. They were put on slave ships and sent to the Americans.

What's the Third Passage is?

Materials like cotton and tobacco that slaves picked were sent to Europe and sold

What I found interesting?
Something I found interesting is that people were cruel back then, because of how they just trade in things with other people to get slaves to do their dirty work.

10Treble:Mime research task

MIME

This is the video that I found on youtube that explains what mime is. His name is "Tape face" and he became the funniest mime actor ever. 

What is Mime?

Mime is a theatre technique used by only those that have the confidence to perform as an actor also showing actions and facial expressions without talking. The video up top will explain the rest.   

Yr 10:Home eco reflection

Recipe included - Burgers?

What roles you had in the group?

The roles of our group are the one in charge which is the leader, the one that helps get the ingredients and the one that cleans the dishes that we make while doing our practical.

  

What H/S Issues you encountered?

What we encountered with our health and safety issues are that we didn't think straight so we just grab our boards and knives and put it with other boards which made hard for us to do our food. Also, another Health and safety issue about us doing in our group is touching food with hands when you haven't washed them after touching your hair or something that gets onto your hands.

What improvements need to be made?

Mostly to communicate with the group a lot more so then we finish in time and also to do as you are told.

10Sp English: Reflection Critical Literacy

What do you think Critical Literacy is?

I think it is focusing on a type of subject and thinking of more ways to pursue it. 

What did you learn during Critical Literacy?

I learnt that you have to think about other ways of thinking outside of the problem or film or the given work that has been assigned to us.

What did you find challenging during Critical Literacy?

I found Thinking outside of the box is hard when you have to apply it with Critical Literacy, and also having to think about how things work within the perspective.

How will you use Critical Literacy skills in real life?

When it comes to hard problems in video or movies, or when it comes to thinking a lot more than in the subject.

What are you looking forward to in English this year?

To learn as much as I can within the time I have. Learning more about critical literacy, dystopian literacy and so much more that english has to offer.

10Sp English: Critical Literacy Questions

Lift Plus Ad

What do the words suggest? 
It suggests that you should be sharper and not let anything or anyone be smart at you.

What do the Images suggest?
The images it suggests is just like a fun happy time with friends or bros, playing games to have a bit of laughter in it really.



McDonald's ad 
Who is allowed to speak?
The ones doing the ad which was pretty much only just two people, the person getting it and the other providing it.

What views of the world is this text presenting?
The text this ad is presenting is mainly promoting their business to get more people to like it.


The NZ Anti-Drink driving Ad 

What does the author want us to know?

He wants us to know that it is dangerous to be driving when you've been drinking at a party, or that it's always good to have a friend with you that knows what happens when it comes to driving.

What kind of language is used in the text?
A kind of Safety talk with the one that's driving in the car to drop friends off home.  

Kiwi Rail Ad 

Who is missing from this text?
Me, because of not being on it, or anyone that out there without transport really.

Who is allowed to speak?
The one doing this ad is allowed to speak.

What is the text about? how do we know?
It's about transport around the world, how do I know because the ad says it.

Drake - God's Plan

  Who is allowed to speak?
The one directing it is the one that's only allowed to speak well everything else is going.

What positions, voices & interests are at play in this text?
Dancing, Singing from Drake and some others, also going to a place that is interesting to him.

What views of the world is the text presenting?
It's presenting to the world that one person can help a lot of people's futures

10Sp English: Butterflies being killed

Critical Literacy Questions:

What kind of language is used in the text?

The language is a bit off because maybe the parents dropped out of school when they were young or just because they didn't get taught anything because of world war 2.

What is this text about, how do you know?

It's about how you think about the point of view, how things were for them and that if it's bad to kill butterflies or not?

What does the author want us to know?

They want you to think that butterflies can be annoying in your garden (if you grow any cabbage), or just to understand that it was hard for those in the garden growing there cabbage. 

How are characters constructed in this text?

What kinds of social realities does the text portray?

That they are telling you that the butterflies eat the cabbage that we eat in our or your garden. 

10Sp Math: What I learnt from math

What were the main mathematical concepts or ideas that you learned or that we discussed in class?
That you don't have to be so good at math, people have their ways in doing there math which means they have a special way of doing, and then I learnt that math isn't about speed it's about thinking to get the problem right.

What questions do you still have about other ways of encouraging others that math isn't about speed?
How can you be fast at it if your just not that type?
or
What can help you learn or understand it better?