class treaty reflectionn

in class we have been learning about the treaty of waitangi,now we are making our own class treaty it was difficult at the start because everyone was talking over each other so we took a person out of the groups and they made the rule once they had done that they told the rest of us the ideas and if everyone agreed or disagreed and what changes needed to be made.  

Novel study - TWTWB chapter 21-22

 

chapter 21 questions

1. adrenaline was taking over. 
2. with the truck that holds gasoline so when it is lit on fire it explodes and blows up the bridge.
3. when they were going to blow up the bridge w the truck they planned it out unlike when they blew up the lawnmower. 

chapter 22 questions

1.  Kevin cares more about her now because they have gotten closer but if they had to do this awhile a go he would have made her go on her own so they have more people in the bigger group of people

epilogue questions:

1.  shes worried about what will happen in the future and what might go wrong and if the wrong person finds the book.  
2.  they might be able to go to the hospital but Kevin would probably get sent to the showground 

  

textiles - commercial patterns

In textiles we have been working on making a clothing item , I am making a skirt there was a verity of patterns to pick from from pants to hoodies.

We spent a couple periods making and cutting out the patterns 

we choose a fabric we liked and was the right type for the pattern I picked out a leaped print fabric similar to this one then cut out the fabric and sew them together with an overlocker. 

Novel study - TWTWB chapter 17-20

 chapter 17 questions 

1. she thinks that he might start taking more and more things that they don't need or that just aren't helpful.  
2. two of them died when the explosion happen - Ellie seen one of them when she was leaving and said they look like they were around the same age and were probably as scared as they were - she felt sick that she killed people even though they would have killed the three of them if they didn't do anything to stop them.
3. they want a clean war so that america or county's like america doesn't get involved - they also don't want anyone to think that they have concentration camps even though they might have some.
4. so that when they do colonise Australia they have clean homes to live in - they also get some of them to take anything that looks valuable maybe to sell or maybe just to have   

chapter 19 questions 

1.  because they all walked in a orderly form and had uniforms and weapons 
2.  making plans on how they can approach them properly, being careful about how the move around/travel to different places and where the soldiers might be                                

chapter 20 questions

1. because she knows she wont be a hero if something bad happens because all the things shes doing is just stuff she does every day 
2.  i guess true courage is when your really scared but still do it 
3.  the truck didn't start at first and that it would get stuck on the bottom of the bridge and explode while they were in it

 

English - TWTWB

Tomorrow when the war began

by John Marsden

on Monday we were set a task to make a story board of different chapters to create what we think the setting/scene would look like, this is what my partner and i made.

English -Film study

Hope
scene with president Snow
Dialogue
- only thing stronger then fear.
- Link to propaganda -false sense of hope that at least one will live.
- Just killing everyone would cause resentment -capital don´t want to kill everyone, They need them.
- Hope is only effective if contained.

Camera shots
mid 

- Between crane and snow talking.
- To show expression and body language.

POV
- P-Show  and Crane- showing their deep conversation.

close up 
- Closeup of rose.
- Pruning - metaphor for his ¨perfect society¨ for control.

Music
- Sad minor
- Medium Timber.
- Progress to being more powerful -more hopeful.

Rebelling

Music
- Up tempo
- more aggressive/emotional.

Camera shots

- Track.
- Wide to show all the people.
- Birds eye view - drone coming blowing papers - Plane Landing effect - papers were important.
- shows technology - Capital is bigger and stronger.
- cutting shots of shaking camera.
- creates tension.
- showed the chaos.
- Camera became more stable as capital regained control.
- close up of the hands
- Extreme close up of flowers.
- Flowers ring shows she rely cared for Rue.
- Showing that the games will not change her
- POV/ High angle - Showing that she is aware that she is being watched

Lighting
- at start of scene it was day.
- at end it was night- Show fighting for hours.

Music
- Sad - minor.
- Powerful.
- Enhanced the drama.
- No lyrics - Emphasise her words.


Dialogue
- willing to die together.
- Katniss rebelling against the propaganda of ¨their has to be a victor¨.
- Voice over urgently saying ¨stop¨ Katniss has beaten them at there own game.
- First capital beaten at own game.
- 1st time 2 victors.
- She embarrassed the capital.


Camera shots
- Close up.
- See both Peeta and Katniss reaction.
- Capital citizen and Cranes relation - surprised.
- Over-head - when the booming voice came.
- Remind the game makers had been in control until this point .
- Extreme close up - the berries - they were the thing that changed everything.

Rich vs poor

Rich
- Establishing shot - of the capital.
- See the buildings. the grandeur.
- Everything was modern.
- Saw technology .
- White/clean/crisp.
- Capital clothing is for looks - artificial material bright
- District clothing is for practicality - more natural

Costuming
- Fashion and makeup was really extravagant.
- Close up - to see lady with big gold eyelashes.
- The pink dogs.
- Gives huge contrast to live in the districts
- fashion is a status thing there - they want the next best thing - represents wealth


Poor
- Close up - of the guy eating everything he could.
- Food is precious - people there are starving.
- Cat was malnourished.
- Really dirty - mud everywhere.

Extreme close up
- Electric fence sign.
- Fence not on, don´t have enough resources and money to power it.


costume and setting
- Looked like they were in the past.
- Wooden.
- Old, run down.
- Minors were going into the mine but were still covered in soot.

English-week 2 work

Define the word 'dystopia'
 a place were there is great suffering or injustice or it  post-apocalyptic.

jovial- happy,cheerful or friendly.
profusely- large amounts
paraphernalia-stuff need for particular activities such as home improvements
interminably-endless or apparently endless
petulantly- a manner  like they are acting childish or bad-tempered

Why do you think think this is a dystopian story? Does it remind you of any others?
Post your work to your blog with correct labels and reflection questions.

Questions for the "the lottery" story.

1. Describe the setting, using specific details from the story in your answer.
it starts as a clear sunny day.the people of the village began to gather in the square,bank and post office at around 10 o'clock.

2. Explain the feelings of most people in town toward the lottery.
they seemed like they would be nervous and not looking forward to it,i don't think the children fully understand what is actually know what its about unlike the adults that do know what it is.

3. What evidence is there that the lottery has been going on for a long time?
A old man called Old Man Warner says in the test somewhere "seventy-seventh year i been in the lottery" he is also the oldest man in the town and the box is even older then him.

4. What is Old Man Warner’s attitude about those who would like to change  things? 
he doesn't like that idea probably because its a tradition that has being happening for decades and that anyone that wants to change it are fools.

5. Explain how the lottery works.
every year the town people gather in the a spot (most likely the town square) the children are usually first because school finishes for the summer recently,they go and collect stones and rocks which will get thrown at the family who gets the paper with the black circle that is contained in a black box filled with black pieces or paper and only one has a black circle on it that was drawn on by coal and how it all works is that the family that gets the paper with the black circle goes to the front of the crowd and get stones thrown at them.the process usually takes two hours depending on how many people are in the village.

6. In what way is the title, “The Lottery”, misleading?  Why would the author  want to trick the reader by having a misleading title?
well we all know that the word lottery is when you buy a ticket and have a chance to win money and in the story it isn't like that,so the title is to get more people to read i think its and interesting name for a book but it goes well because if you think about it all the people that don't get the paper with the black paper win so i can see why it would be called that.