research project

Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice. Act 2 scene 7-9

Act Two, Scene Seven

1. Which casket does the Prince of Morocco think is worthy to contain Portia’s portrait. Use evidence of the text to justify your answer.gold
2. How is Portia feeling in A2S7 -at the beginning, -while the Prince is making his choice, at the end. nervous maybe
3. What was Portia's father trying to achieve by the use of the caskets. Does this seem to be working?ti find the most suitable husband and no because its doesn't tell you what they are like

Act Two, Scene Eight

4. What double disaster has struck Shylock?his daughter can away to marry a christian and stole all his money
5. Where did Shylock think Lorenzo & Jessica might be?on a ship
6. How did Bassanio and Antonio part?
7. What is the first suggestion of trouble for Antonio? Find a quote that tells you this.

Act Two, Scene Nine

1. What is the purpose of the rhymes in the caskets?
2. Why does the Prince of Arragon discard the golden caskets. What does his interpretation of the inscription tell us about his character?
3. What is Portia’s reaction to Bassanio’s arrival?

Go to the whole class Character Study and Scene Log and add the information we have learned throughout this Act. 

Remember to  backup your ideas with quotes from the text.

Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice. Act 2 scene 6

Act Two, Scene Six

1. How does Launcelot manage to tell Jessica that Lorenzo will be there that evening?from the note
2. What does Jessica throw down to Lorenzo? a casket
3. Why is Antonio looking for Gratiano? because he wanted to come with them.

Act Two Discussion Questions:

4. In A2S2, Launcelot deceives his father. In A2S6, Jessica deceives hers, What does each of them hope to achieve?
5. In A2S5 Lines 11-18 & 28-39. In both speeches Shylock is speaking to his daughter, Jessica. What is his attitude to her? Give supporting examples from the text. 
6. In A2S5 Lines 11-18 & 28-39. What do Launcelot and the audience know, that Shylock does not? How does this show dramatic irony.

Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice. Act 2 scene 3-5

Act Two, Scene Three

1. What does Jessica think of her life at home? Give evidence from the text to support your thinking. she doesn't like it 'Our house is hell,and thou,a merry devil'
2. Which of Bassanio’s friends is Jessica planning to marry? Lorenzo.

Act Two, Scene Four

1. How does Jessica get a message to her lover?she gives it to Lancelot
2. How will she be disguised for the elopement? she will dress as a Paige

Act Two, Scene Five

1. Why is Shylock uneasy about going out for the evening? Give evidence from the text to support your thinking. he thinks something bad is going to happen

"and they have conspired together" (black pg.56)

Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice. Act 2 scene 2

1. Why does Launcelot want to leave Shylock? Give evidence from the text to support your thinking.he doesn't treat him well
2. Why is Bassanio worried about taking Gratiano with him to Belmont?

In lines 114-142... he don't want him to get drunk and make a fool out of himself and embarrass bassanio

3. Launcelot and his father are very anxious to find Launcelot a new job. They both want to impress Bassanio. This leads to
4. a. frequent interruptions. Gobbo: heres my son sir, a poor boy- Launcelot: not a poor boy sir,but the rich jew's that would sir-as my farther shall specify-

       b. contradictions

       c. misuse of words to impress. 

       Find examples of each of these in the text.

Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice. Act 2 scene 1

Act Two, Scene One

1. We have watched racial and religious tensions at work in A1S3. The Prince of Morocco opens A2S1 with another sensitive issue. what is it ? asking her not to be racist and give him a chance
2. If Antonio loses his gamble, he must forfeit a pound of flesh. What must Portia’s suitors give up if they fail to win her? he wont talk to or marry another woman
3. What is Portia’s opinion of the Prince of Morocco- give examples. i think he is stuck up because she said being good looking isnt the only way to win my heart

Act One: Can Do Tasks: (select and complete two, post to your blog)

• Research- This story is set in Italy in the cities of Venice and Belmont. Create a digital guide of the cities. Make sure to give interesting facts about the locations, places to see and things to do.
• Musical This story opens with themes of love, power, money and religion. Find a song that could be played in the background during a scene in act one. Tell us where in the play you would play it, why you have chosen it and how you think it fits the mood of the story. 
• Vocabulary Find the meanings of the following words: Venture, Vessel, Signior, Mortifying, Profound, Exhortation, Virtuous and Squandered.
• Create- Create a Character Map of people we have meet in the story. Show/tell the links between the different character relationships. Make sure to add new people as you encounter them.

Venture,something new the involves the risk of failure or lose of money.

vessel, a ship or large boat.

signior,an Italian man usually of rank or gentility used as a title equivalent to Mr.

mortifying, if you are mortified, you feel great shame or embarrassment.

profound,showing great and deep intellectual understanding.

exhortation,an address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something.

virtuous,behaving with or showing moral virtue.

squandered,waste (something especially money or time) in a reckless or foolish manner.

Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice. Act 1 scene 1-3

1. Antonio is depressed without knowing why. What two possible reasons do his friends suggest?because all of his money is on a boat.t that he is emotional
2. Do you think Gratiano’s contributions help Antonio’s mood? maybe a little bit but not much
3. What are your first impressions of Bassanio?he sounds like a rude person.
4. Is he in love?maybe because he wants to marry her for her money but he also said that she was really beautiful
5. Why does he need to borrow money again now? so that he can try marry this woman.

1. How do Portia’s first words compare with Antonio’s? they are both showing that they are sad, we know why Portia is sad but not why Antonio is.
2. What is the reason for her mood?that she doesn't want to marry some but her father is making her.
3. Do you think Nerissa is a help to her?I think that she is a little help but somethings she cant help with.
4. Sum up, in a word or a short phrase, Portia’s attitude to her suitors so far. they all don't work for her in different ways.

1. Shylock is a moneylender. Does he seem eager to do business with Bassanio? How do you know?
2. Which does Shylock think is safe, his business or Antonio’s? Why?
3. Why doesn’t Shylock want to dine with Bassanio and Antonio?because he wont eat pork
4. What strict principal of his is Antonio breaking to help Bassanio?
5. Shylock tells a bible story to prove that the taking of profit is blessed, as long as thieving is not involved. Does he convince Antonio? Give evidence.
6. Shylock accuses Antonio of a whole catalogue of nastiness. How does Antonio answer the charges?
7. How does Bassanio react to the proposed bond?

   1. Shylock is a moneylender. Does he seem eager to do business with Bassanio? How do you know? Not at the start because of the the things he has done to him
   2. Which does Shylock think is safe, his business or Antonio’s? Why? His buisness because he doesnt have to worry about his boats
   3. Why doesn’t Shylock want to dine with Bassanio and Antonio? Cause he is a jew and they dont eat pork
   4. What strict principal of his is Antonio breaking to help Bassanio? His no intrest charge rule
   5. Shylock tells a bible story to prove that the taking of profit is blessed, as long as thieving is not involved. Does he convince Antonio? Give evidence. Becayse in the end he was fine with it
   6. Shylock accuses Antonio of a whole catalogue of nastiness. How does Antonio answer the charges? He said he would do it again
   7. How does Bassanio react to the proposed bond? He doesnt want it to happen because he is doing it for him and he could die
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creative writing- six sentence story

once upon a time a pig called peepeepoopoo lived in a giant pig house on top of a muddy hill his special talent is playing the piano but nobody likes to come to his show because he is a pig , his shows would only sell 10-20 tickets would sell, he was sad and an grey barbecue people didnt like him for who he is, he solves his problem by making a band with the best music-hens in the world

creative writing- free writing

Im thinkinging of everything but what to write thinking about i that bug me now. All I hear in the class is keys being taped it just gets louder and louder until i can take it and then it's just silence and everyone is gone i get out of my seat I can't see anyone i look at the road its full of empty cars and trucks,I ran to the class next to me its empty everones gone i try call my mum but it goes straight to answer phone “where is everyone, what happened why am i the only one here why me out of everyone in the world why is it me” i close my eyes for a split second and im back in the classroom everyone there it's like nothing happened  and then I got it, I knew what to write about I start typing about what had happened it was going well until… I looked up and they were gone again i thought it was just my mind playing jokes on me i rub my eyes but there not here its like im stuck in this loop until i do it right but how. I start thinking of ways that I could solve this but i it was different then the movies most of the time they have to kind there killer but i wasn't killed, so what happened why am i here why am i stuck it just doesn't make any sense. Then i'm back in the classroom with everyone writing again so i start to write looking up every few words then there gone i don’t understand i walk outside of the school and theres a car i yelled “hey you STOP but they didn’t” there were

Pythagoras theorem

In Maths for the past few weeks we have been looking at a formula called the Pythagoras' Theorem and how it works  


                                  let's use this triangle as an example

Example:
1.) Draw a Diagram and put the labels ( Right Triangle )
2.) Put the label A= ,B= and C =

            Ex: A = 10 
                   B = 6
                   C = ? = 
3.) Write down what is given.  
4.) Show the Formula/ proof
The square root needs to be at 2
Ex: A (2) + B (2) = C (2)
       10 (squared) + 6 (square) = C (2)
      10 x 10 + 6 x 6 = C (2)
      100 +24 = c(2)
       C = 124

SDL weekly goals

my goals this week are to finish at latest one matrix task and one workshop
How i will achieve them .
sitting myself, not talking to anyone

English

i need to get better at doing my work and not talking
finishing my work in the time frame
and work on my learning skills

science

in science we have been learning about sound waves

on how they work and what they do 

we also learnt how the eye works and what parts of the eye do

and we also did some stuff about the ares and how they work and what they do.

Maths grid

In Maths for the past week we have been looking  at how to find out how many squares are in and around a grid.  
There are about 6 different theories  that you could use to find out the answer but my favourite two are 8x4 and 4x10 because they are both kind of the same and easy to do.

This is one of the simple forms  4 x 10 - 4 or 10 + 10 + 10 +10 4
Or in algebra form it would be 4n - 4 . (n = 10)
This is a 10 by 10 grid
 If we just did 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 without taking any away it would equal 40 but that means we counted each corner twice and we would have an invalid answer so we do 4 x 10 - 4 = 36
to get the right answer 

the second theory that im going to show you is 4x8+4 or 8+8+8+8-4

if you do it in algebra it would look like 4(n-2)+4

keep in mide n=10

Every single theory will equal 36 no matter what.
This theory works because you count all the sides apart from the corners so your not counting the corners two times. Once you count all the sides except the corners you add on 4 which are the corners.

Understand how characters are developed in a film

i made a slide about this task showing what challenges the characters faced and how the reacted them i cant upload the slide to my blog!

Know the language of film: Visual & Sound Techniques

i made a cross word but i cant upload a photo of it on my blog

English -Workshop 3

the colour palette in the office is predominately made up of blues and greys. this creates an atmosphere of gloom,loneliness and boredom. this is combined with the use of a cold light from the window. the director has used this palette because in this moment Coraline feels sad and ignored by her farther who is too busy working to spend time with her.

in the 'other' office, the predominate colours are red and orange, this is combined with the use of a warm light creates a mood of cheerfulness,curiosity and safety. the director chose this colour pallet because Coraline has just arrived in the other world and met the other farther who wants to spend time with her.

at the end of the film these colour pallets have reversed with the other world becoming dark and gloomy and the real world becoming bright and colourful. this shows Coraline changing perspective as she becomes happier at home.     

The predominant colours in this palette are... Blue,orange and yellow.

these colours create an atmosphere of... happy and welcoming.

the director used these colours because... to make Coraline to fell happy and welcomed unlike in  her real world.

English -Film study -Workshop 2

Red,white and blue

use when you have several ideas to convey about a topic

e.g in this image, lighting is used to make the room feel cold, empty and depressing

lighting is used effectively in the shot of the real world kitchen to make it feel dull, depressing and lonely. this is achieved by using a cold light through the cloudy window, the director has chosen this lighting to remind us that Caroline's real world is boring and lifeless compared to the other world behind the door  

in the other kitchen we see more things and a sense of delight,security welcoming.

lighting is used to create this by through the use of a yellow/orange warm light from a bulb above the table. the director has done this to highlight the positive relationship between Caroline and her other parents. whilst her real parents ignore her, the other parents acknowledge and want to spend time with her, this is re-enforced by the contrasting use cold and white light in Caroline's real world 

shot one- colourful,magical, enchanting,bright and dream
shot two- sad, dull, lonely, blank.

lighting in the first shot make's her real world dull and the other wold colourful,magical and enchanting.this is done by using bright colours that bring your eyes attention to them. the directors made the colours like this to make the other world look nicer and Coraline's into a dull,lonely and blank.











      

social studies assessment

we spent a few periods leaning  about a government system of our choose to make a poster/assessment
i made a poster about Hitler

Hitler came to power because of a few reasons including outside events, the strengths of Hitler
and the Nazi Party and the weaknesses of the opposing party.  Firstly Hitler joined the
Nazi power, which gave him a taste of power. One of the other factors with
how Hitler came into power was the Depression of 1929 which created poverty and
unemployment which made the people angry at the Weimar government.
Germans were still angry about the Treaty of Versailles which Hitler promised
he would overturn.
Hitler controlled people by introducing fear into them. While the Jews were never the bad
guys, Hitler made everyone think that they were by making a law that all school teachers
had to teach about the bad things that the Jews apparently do. Unsurprisingly Hitler held
a lot of power, by having the military as backup to him Hitler could kill anyone and everyone that
got in his way. Overpowered by Hitler, everyone just listened and followed Hitler's orders
without saying anything. 

English -Film study -Workshop 1

what was happening in that scene?
the other mother was changing the doll to maker her look like Coraline

how would you describe the mood of the music?
kind of dull and but it makes the film more scary

How important was the music in creating the atmosphere in that scene?
it made it feel spooky or scary

How important was the music in creating the atmosphere in that scene?
it sounds happy and cheerful

strange gloomy lots of different keys and sounds  looking for something of hunting it

upbeat happy makes you want to dance but still minor key
                                                                                                                                                 
choose a moment from the film where the music, or a particular song, was important

The adverb start
Adverbs to start sentences

• quickly.
• significantly.
• cautiously.
• firstly.
• importantly.
• remarkably.
• similarly.
• surprisingly.
• readily.
• curiously.
• concerningly.
• interesting.
• confusingly.
• consequently.
• shocking.
• ironically.

curiously,they walked past the constitution site. 

shockingly, i was early to school.

begin with a preposition.

• in.
• against.
• before.
• between.
• over.
• behind.
• within.
• under.
• below.
• at.
• for.
• throughout.
• near.
• about.

About, 10% of the ocean is plastic.

within 11 years, the world wont be able to sustain humanity 

Basic body paragraph

P-point (state the point you want to make) e.g Martha is bullied at school

throughout the novel 'abomination' Martha is bullied at school.

E-Evidence(provide evidence to support your point with 2-3 sentences) 

e.g an example of this is the incident with the girls throwing water over the toilet stall onto Martha. when she came put of the stall they punched her in the stomach and called her a slut,this made Martha angry and upset 

E-explain(explain what your point demonstrated; 2 sentences)

e.g unsurprisingly, this is an example of physical bullying by students towards Martha. there was an imbalance of power between Martha and her bullies because there was one of her and three of them.

L-link(write a sentence linking to the next paragraph)

e.g Another way Martha experiencing suffering is at the hands of her parents and the church of the Righteous

creative task (Research 1-13)

Aim: Separate the solute from the solvent in the coke

Hypothesis: That there will be little chunks left over

equipment: coke,conical flask,heatproof mat,a delivery tube,Bunsen burner,tripod,gauze mat,retort mat,boss head and clamp,boiling tube

Method: set up equipment as shown,add coke to conical flask,light your Bunsen burner,heat the solution till it is mostly evaporated 

Results/Observations: 

Conclusion: 

Discussion:

create task (Research 43-60)

Robert E. Swindells is an English author of children's and young adult fiction. For the young-adult novel Stone Cold, which dealt with homelessness, he won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognizing the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. 

Born: 20 March 1939 (age 80 years), Bradford, United Kingdom

Spouse: Brenda Swindells

Education: University of Bradford (1988)

Awards: Carnegie Medal, Angus Book Award

Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, Swindells worked for a newspaper after leaving school aged 15. He served with the Royal Air Force and held various jobs before training as a Primary school teacher. While in training he wrote his first novel, When Darkness Comes, which was published by Brockhampton Press of Stenhousemuir in 1973. He combined writing with teaching until 1980 when he took up writing full-time. He was still writing as of his 71st birthday (March 20, 2010).

He first won the Red House Children's Book Award with Brother in the Land (1984), a novel set in a post-apocalyptic world. Swindells was a supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and is quoted as saying that the work "... came out of my own anger and frustration ... you can't kill selectively with nuclear weapons, you wipe out millions of people ...". He won three more Red House awards for Room (13), Nightmare Stairs (Short novel, 1998) and Blitzed (Younger readers, 2003).

In a 2010 by-election and in the 2011 local elections, Swindells stood as the Green Party of England and Wales candidate for the Worth Valley ward of Bradford City Council. In 2010, he took 11% of the vote, putting him in third place.

P.M.I chart for paper making

this is a P.M.I chart for our paper making

Paper making

1. we ripped up a few buckets of old news paper and some plane white paper
2. socked the paper in water for a few hours and blended the paper into a mush type mixture and added our colour of choice,  
3. miss Laycock made a frame  for the paper out of two photo frames wire and some rubber bands 
4. we put the frames into the mixture to get a thin layer of the paper mush on the frame 
5. we got a sponge to soak up the extra water
6. ironed the paper with some news paper on top of your paper so it wont burn 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNSkQEMxoIk

Ping Pong ball experiment

Ping pong ball experiment

Discussion.

we got low bounce height because we were on the carpet, so if we redo it we would do it on the lino, but other than that i think out results were good.

conclusion.

if we had done it on lino it would have been 10x better and have gotten a better result then what we got but other than that i think our results supports our hypothesise

evaluation.

we need to do it on the lino ect ect we could redo it to get better results but other than that i think it all went well 

Method 

1. set up the clamp stand and ruler

1. get your ball and take it to your setup

1. mover the ball to the 30cm mark on the ruler

1. drop the ball

1. use the ruler to see how how high the ball bounced

1. write down your results 

1. drop the ball two more times at the different heights  

results-
30 cm mark-
trail one-3 cm
trail two-4 cm
trail three-3 cm
average-3 cm

50 cm mark-
trail one-7 cm
trail two-8 cm
trail three-7 cm
average-7 cm

90 cm mark-
trail one-12 cm
trail two-11 cm
trail three-12 cm
average-11 cm

What is sustainability

What does sustainability mean?

sustainable

Dictionary result for sustainable

Adjective

1.

able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.

"sustainable economic growth"

2.

able to be upheld or defended.

"sustainable definitions of good educational practice"

How to be more sustainable

.Reduce household energy use. Energy conservation is itself a source of energy.

.Eat locally. A powerful way to live more sustainably is to eat locally.

.Dispose with disposables.

.Plant seeds.

.Recycle.

.Resell and donate items.

.Drink from the tap.

.Save water.

. use metal straws/use less plastic

Social studdies

Holi festival

(colour festival)

Holi 2019 will begin on

Wednesday

20 March  ~ 21 March

India

Krishna legend. In the Braj region of India, where the Hindu deity Krishna grew up, the festival is celebrated until Rangpanchmi in commemoration of the divine love of Radha for Krishna. The festivities officially usher in spring, with Holi celebrated as a festival of love.