The 6 Sentence Story

Once upon a time there was a boy named Justin. Justin lives in a medium sized house with 3 bedrooms with his family. He has a special talent which lets him talk to ghosts/ spirits. Justin doesn't like having this talent because when ever goes out to places he can hear the ghosts which scared him. He feels this way because whenever he goes out he can hear them and it puts him off because he will be having a conversation with his friends and he can hear them. He solved this problem by contacting an adult with the same talent and he taught him how to use it properly.

A Letter to your Writers block

Dear Writer's Block, it's not you, it's me.. I just feel like things aren't working out the ways that they should be, it feels like your getting in the way of things that are more important to me. I know that we've had some good times but I just think that it's time to part ways. Because if I want to exceed further in my career, I think I would need to be on my own. I'm sorry about it ending this way, but I hope you could understand.

Unexpected Wealth

Unexpected Wealth

One day I decided to clean my garage, I cleaned most of the garage except for one corner because their was a shoe box. On the box was a note saying " Whoever finds this box is very lucky". I then washed all of the dust of it after i brought it inside. I then opened it, then I found $40,000 in cash. I then got happy because I got rich. After I was done finishing my celebration. I went to the bank to deposit the money. Next I brought my parents some things for their house. Then I kept the money in my savings.

Essay Brainstorming Term 4

Brainstorm

• Can't think properly
• Causes headaches
• Makes you very irritated

School should close when its hotter than 30 degrees.

I agree with this statement because when it's to hot, people tend to not think well because the heat gets to them and messes up their brain.

Order of writing them
1. Can't think properly
2. Makes you irritated
3. Causes headaches

Critical Literacy - Adverts

Today in English we have been learning about adverts that show people drinking. In the first video we watched it showed a group of white males going to a bar and one of the males was supposed to be the sober driver. But, he sneaked away to drink and when it came to driving home, he crashed and killed the passenger in the car. This is stereotyping that young white males are childish and go drink when they shouldn't. In the second video it shows us about Maori and PI (Pacific Islands) drinking so the main character thinks about if he should say something that could save his friends life, so he does speak up and makes his friend not drink while being drunk. This is stereotyping that Maori and PI drink a lot. In the third video it shows us that an older Maori or PI male drinks and drinks

 

Horror Camping Trip

Horror Camping Trip

Isaac, Jireh, Marshall and I all decided to go on a camping trip because this is after we graduate from university, and go to leave for our jobs. But, little did we know Isaac was hiding a very dark secret. We park our car and walk three miles away. When it got late around 10:30 we decided to make a fire and roast some marshmallows. As we were gonna eat our marshmallows, Isaac finally decided to let out the secret he has been holding in. Isaac starts to sound scared, then out of nowhere he gets this demonic voice and starts to walk towards us and was talking about all the dead people that has died in this forest. When we tried to run away Marshall gets grabbed and dies, and Jireh and I get back to the car and drive away. Making this the scariest weekend of our life.

Essay Brainstorming

Sugary drinks should have higher taxes. I agree with this statement because to many people are buying sugary drinks, when its bad for them because the amount of sugar can increase your heart rate which can kill you.

4 Items 1 Paragraph

My items
Hotel, Dog, Human, Beach

One day a Human was walking to his hotel and when he got to the Hotel, he went to his room and feed his Dog then grabbed his swim shorts. Then walked down the stairs and out the door, to the Beach that was down the road from his hotel. As he got to the Beach he looked around for a good spot to sit, so he placed his things down. After he placed his things down he went and went for a swim for a bit.

Learning Matrix English

The one thing that I would like to work on by the end of the topic is being able to tell other the way I like to learn and what suits me. Because I am unsure about the ways that I like learning, but I would like to figure that out because it will help me with my learning later in my school career.

I will do this by doing different things than what i normally do such as working outside, in the learning commons, by myself or with friends.

Understand how symbols can be used to add meaning to a film

This weeks work is about the symbols 

The symbol I have chosen is the three finger salute that is used to represent Hope & Rebellion.
I am learning: about symbolism in the Hunger Games
This shows my learning by: I have created a paragraph about symbolism.
I am wondering: how the directors decided on what symbols to use that would make the movie unique.

The three finger salute.


In the Hunger Games symbols are used to create effect and make people engage to find more hidden symbols. The three finger salute is used to show hope and rebellion, which is between the capital and the districts. In this photo that i have used it shows us that Katniss is doing the three finger salute which then makes District 11 angry because it is done after Rue's death in the arena. After District 11 sees Katniss do this, they start a riot and throw baskets of rice and other things towards the peacekeepers (The capitals soldiers). This salute makes us feel sorry for District 11 because they have lost one of their tributes (Rue). This scene also makes us sorry for what has happened to Rue's family and friends. This shows us that Katniss had made a friend but then that friends died. Which motivates Katniss to win even more.

Visual & Sound Techniques (Film Language)

Language of Film Dictionary.

Body Language: The conscious and unconscious movements and postures by which attitudes and feelings communicated..
Costumes: A set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period.
Hairstyles: Similar to the costumes, used separate people.
Make-up: Used to transform an actor into a character.
Colour: Used to set the mood of the scene and the movie.
Lighting: Used to also set the mood of the film.
Props: Used to make the scene more interactive.
Settings: Used to often progress stories and describe the surroundings.
Dialogue: Used to either elevate a plot or or reveal something new about a character.
Sound Effects: Used to create a mood for the audience or emphasize the scene .
Music: Also used to set the mood of the scene.
Silence: Used to create a serious atmosphere or sincerity in acting.
Symbols: Often an object, used to suggest new ideas
Special FX: Used to create more a realistic look

What Am I Learning? 
I am learning about film languages and film study.

How does this work show my learning?
This shows my learning because I typed the definition of the languages often used in films.

What am I wondering as a result of this learning?
I'm wondering if there are any other languages used.

Analyse the plot (Freytag's Pyramid)

Success Criteria:  I can

• Identify the aspects of a plot including the exposition, challenge, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
• Describe aspects of the film plot.
• Explain how the film's plot is constructed to engage a viewer.

What am I learning 
Analyzing the plot of the film 

How does this show my learning
I have embed a google drawing I have made showing my learning about analyzing the plot

What am I wondering as a result of this learning 
I am wondering if people know what I am talking about 

Understand how characters are developed in a film

What am i learning?
I am learning how to understand how a character is developed in a film

How does this show my learning?
This shows my learning because i have shown you some of the characteristics that are in the Hunger Games

What am i wondering as a result of this learning?
I am wondering on how they come up with the ideas of the characters in the film

Tama Tu

Tama Tu Video

How does the crow help the mood of the film? It symbolises death, it also helps us feel like we are in the movie.

What does the ammo exchange help show? It shows that they care about each other with sharing bullets which could save their lives.

What does the handheld camera shot help show? It helps us feel like we are going into the bombed house with all the soldiers.

What does the black cat symbolise? It symbolises the death of the German soldier. And, makes us feel like we are apart of the film

How do filters help show meaning? The filters lets us see the film in different ways like when it faded to black and white, it gave us the feeling of the death of the German soldier.

What and how do the film aspects help with the suspense with the shooting of the German soldier? The way we got to watch him get shot, like we got to see it happen through the scope on the rifle.

What does the use of the shadow help show? It shows us the sense of death in the film

What film shots are used to 'bookend' the film? It shows a birds eye view

Critical Literacy Questions

1. What is the text about? How do we know? It's about the 28th maori blatoon hiding while a war happens so they can sneak up on the enemies.

2. In whose interest is this text? People doing critical literacy.

3. How does the text construct a version of reality? By having different camera angles, some of the angles help us feel lke we are in the video, and all the different filters. 

Essay Writing Stuctures

Advert Sentence
Example: Quickly,Curiously, Importantly, Firstly, Often, Remarkable, Similarly, Surprisingly, Readily, Significantly.

*Comma goes after the adverb
E.g Surprisingly, Mrs Handley was on time to class.

1. Firstly, Isaac decided to come to class.
2. Surprisingly, He made the layup.
3. Remarkably, Everyone dies in the end.

Begin with a preposition
Preposition are words the indicate movement or position\
Example: Aganist, Behind, Above

E.g Within the hour, all students had finished their essays.

1. Prior to the bell, I was already in class.
2. Throughtout the house, I found what i wanted.

Basic Body Paragraph
Point: State the point you wish to make
Evidence: 2-3 sentances that give you evidence to your point
Explain: 3-4 sentances that explain your evidence in relation to your point
Link: Back to your point 1-2 sentances
To the next paragraph- 1 sentance

Point: Everyone knows its better to read the book than watch the movie.
Evidence: For example, the movie made of Wonder is very different from the book, the movie they left out lots of imformation. In the book the Main teacher is female but in the movie the teacher is a male. Also the camp incident missed out the info about Auggies hearing aide.
Explain: This incident made more sence in the book because he was bullied for having his "lobo ears" which made him look different. It didn't make sence to bully him in the movie without them.
Link: For those reasons, the book was clearly better than the movie. However, you can enjoy The movie without reading the book.

Tomorrow when the war began part 2

1. She chose to run instead of riding the bike because she needed to be active
2. The first sign was when they arrived and Ellie's house her dogs didn't run to her and bark when he got there which she went to go and check on them
3. I think that it took them to long to realise that it was a war. Because they thought it was everyone went on a vacation.
4. That is was commemoration day or maybe the prime minster was saying some rude things towards another country
5. Ellie, Corrie and homer have started to become the leaders of the people because they are quick thinkers and they are also good at doing things
6. Its changing because he is becoming more of a better person and hes being more helpful towards everything
7. Because in most countries there is no female soldiers
8.

Tomorrow when the war began

Answers to tomorrow when the war began
1. Its good because it makes it seem like your the person in the story. I don't think there is any disadvantages
2. Ellie makes us think that everything is going fine because they are going a camping trip, but something will probably happen because of the title.
3. Kevin has is p's so he can drive round places within a certain times. Homer is a quick thinker and Lee knows how to cook food
4. That Kevin doesn't give up on getting to where there goal is
5. Ellie said "Fi is like an erotic butterfly"
6. Some people do label things because they think that they should label it and not someone else that could get the name famous and people also label things without seeing what is inside that place or person
7. She was frightened because they come out of nothing.

Practice

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/german-fuel-protest-image/ <- article

1. Yes you can find the image online
2. It is not relevant because this was published in November 2017
3. I have found the image online in many different searches and they all come up with the same photo
4. I searched in google "Germany government increase fuel prices" and it came up with this photo

Factual or Sartorial

The onion

1. It looks fake

2. The photos look fake

3. The headlines look fake

4. Satirical

The New York times
1. It looks pretty real
2. The photo's look pretty real
3. The headlines look real
4. Factual

The civilian
1. They have decent spacing but it looks fake
2. The photos look fake because one shows them with a blanket over Palmerston north
3. They seem fake because there is one to hide Palmerston north
4. Satirical

The daily mail
1. It looks pretty real because it had even spacing between each story
2. The photo's look seemingly real
3. They seem real because i saw one about a football star who died in a plane crash which i saw on the news a few days ago
4. Factual

The daily mash
1. It looks fake because they have some fake looking headlines and photos
2. The photos look fake because they don't have things in them that make it look real.
3. The headlines don't look real because there is one about local people not liking other local people and more
4. Satirical

The herald
1. It looks fake by there headlines and photos
2. Their photos don't look real, they look like they've been done by a green screen
3. The headlines look fake not sounding real
4. Satirical

The shovel
1. It looks pretty real because of the photos and headlines
2. The photos look real because they have used different angles to take the photos
3. The headlines look real because they sound like they go with the photos
4. Factorial

Daily telegraph
1. They don't look real
2. The photo's look fake because they look photo shopped
3. The headlines look fake because anyone could've made them up
4. Satorial

Critical Literacy part 2

Agenda: List of items, or a given perceptive

Authority: Someone who is an authority on something knows a lot about it

Bias: Someone who favours one person or thing unfairly

Credible: Is someone or something is credible you can believe it

Manipulate: To influence or control people or events

Perspective: A particular way of looking at something

Reliable : A person or thing that can be trusted to do what you want

Source: The person, place or thing that something comes from

1. What am i learning? I am learning the meanings to the words above.
2. How does this show my work? This shows my work but it being posted on my blog and being done.
3. What am i wondering? I am wondering if there is a deeper meaning to these words and if they can mean anything else.

The onion

1. It looks fake

2. The photos look fake

3. Fake ones

4. Satirical