Student Choice tasks

After our class (9TB H1) finished writing our paragraphs we had to pick two student choice activity, The two that I picked to was to pick an important relationship in the film and to write why their relationship was important. The other one was to create a resume for two of the protagonist in the film, The Hunt For The Wilder People. 

    

The Hunt For The Wilder People

The things that we have been learning in Hurumanu One is film study, writing SEXXXY paragraph's and identifying the conflict and chaos in the film. We wrote two paragraphs so we could practice writing them and so we can get better and writing in-depth paragraphs, we wrote it in the same process but change the topic about it so that we weren't repeating the same thing. 

What I learnt was to create a well written SEXXXY paragraph and to identify the types of conflict and chaos in the film, like if it is person vs person, person vs self, person vs society or person vs nature.

This has helped me with my writing because I got used to writing a paragraph and planning it and not just jumping right into it. 

My favourite part of the film study was preparing and planning my paragraph and think what theme I was gonna go with.

Friands

Friday the 26th we made Friands. The team worked pretty well some people didn't want to do certain things but we still manage to make something. There was 12 in the small muffin tray so we had 4 each.

They were cooked all the way, there weren't any burnt edges. When it came out of the oven it smelt lemony 

I personally didn't like it very much because of the texture of the lemon skin when you bit into it. I only liked the blueberries inside of them.

Overall they weren't my favourite thing that we've made so far.

     

What we did today at ESOL

The three things that I remembered doing today was Hot Potato where we have to write one word then pass it to the other person to create a story, rewriting it to make sense and writing a story but the words have to be in alphabetical order. 

I learnt that It was harder to make a story only using words in alphabetical order as well as everyone trying to make a story without it being messed up.

One question that I have is how do people actually make the stories work out readable. 

Ginger Gems

On Friday 19, we made ginger gems. We were on time with everything apart from the very end where we needed to wash the muffin tray. They weren't hard to get out because we put butter all over the muffin tray before putting the batter in. The edges were a little burnt, the inside was soft and the outside felt like a normal muffin. When we took them out It didn't smell the best. It was just  ginger overload. I didn't like how it tasted. I think it has a lot of ginger, I  personally think adding cinnamon would be better than the ginger. other than that I wouldn't change anything.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

  

Conflict and Chaos & SEXXXY Paragraph

 The slides and paragraph are linked together because the slides helped me write and plan the sexxxy paragraph. It also shows how the characters are like, the characters are important because that is what I talk about in the paragraph and the conflict and chaos. 

SEXXXY Paragraph

Hec and Ricky are two of the protagonists in the well-known movie called The Hunt For The Wilder People. Hec’s relationship with Ricky did not start out well. This shows when he didn’t want Ricky to stay with them. This was done to create a dynamic where Hec is in charge of what’s happening and Ricky does not want to follow but in the end, they finally get along. If Hec and Ricky’s relationship was just Hec being nice to Ricky then the movie wouldn’t be as interesting and if they weren’t arguing a lot then Hec wouldn’t have been shoot by Ricky and created more chaos. So if they’re relationship wasn’t the way it is some key things wouldn’t have happened like the whole entire manhunt.

Something fun about ESOL

 Something fun about ESOL is the games we play, like Kahoot. The other fun game that we play is the quiz that we played today. Something fun that we could do watch a movie that we enjoy and that is also fun, playing board games would also be nice.

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffin

 

On Friday the 12th we made Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. This time we worked a lot quicker so we had 10 minutes to spare. Our team worked great.

There were crispy edges, the chocolate chips were slightly melted. The inside was soft. You can really taste the banana, It smelt like chocolates more than the bananas. It was easier to get out then the spiced apple muffins because we used muffin liners. My family liked it so I wouldn't change anything. Overall they came out really nice.

     

                         

Sheep heart dissection

 Today we are dissecting a sheep's heart. Our aim is to identify the different parts of the heart and to see how it works.  

I think we will see a lot of blood, where the blood flows through, the Septem, veins, arteries, pulmonary, ventricles, atriums, valves.

Method:                                                                          Right side: 

1. From the superior vena cava, cut down the right side from the atrium to the ventricle.

2. Identify the right atrium, ventricle and the valve.

3. Follow from the ventricle up through the artery (pulmonary). Where does it go?

Left side: 

4. From the Pulmonary vein, cut down the left side from the atrium to the ventricle.

5. Identify the left atrium, ventricle and the valves.

6. Follow from the ventricle up through the artery (aorta). Where does it go?

Pulmonary is related/something to do with the lungs.

The septum is the thing that divides the left and right side of the heart.

The heartstrings are strong fibers that hold the valves in place.

When we cut it open we found the heartstrings, ventricles and a lot of tissues outside of it.

In conclusion, we saw a lot of things we expected, it didn't really smell as bad as I thought it would be.

We saw that the left side of the heart is thicker than the right side because the left side needs to pump more blood throughout the body and not just to the lungs.

I found it interesting to dissect a heart, it didn't really smell that bad as I thought it would. I probably wouldn't want to do it again.

ESOL challenges

 There are a few challenging things that we did but today the challenge was to use three words in a story that has to be at least 150 words. at first, I found it hard to do but as time went on It got easier. 

Here is mine.

On a fine morning, faynubio went on with her morning as she always does but this time as she drinks her coffee she gets a letter from a reputable school saying that she got accepted, this school is reputable but her parents think it’s not very good for her so she’s gonna have a hard time on telling them about it. Later on the day, she got another letter but from a different school that her parents wanted her to go to but she doesn’t want too. As she continues to contemplate on whether she should go to the school she likes she sips her cup of coffee. On that evening when she met up with her parents for dinner she finally tells them that she got into the school that she wanted to get into. That evening went well, she was surprised she was courageous enough to tell her parents. A few months later she went to the college campus, she goes to the cafeteria and sees a cornucopia of fresh baked goods. She ends the day by having a good meal at the cafeteria and making a new friend. 

 

Athletics and PE so far

On athletics day I did social, meaning I didn't compete. The thing that I did for the first time is not do competitive because I wanted a break from always doing competitively. I enjoyed it because I got to be with my friends more and we just hanged out while watching our other friend's do their events. The other thing that I did for the first time is Triple jump but it was just for practice. I improved on long jump for practice because I'm pretty sure I got a longer distance. I didn't do competitive but I still ran for our kahui for the relay race. 

Spiced apple muffins

     

On Friday, Mar 5th we made spiced apple muffins, this time our time worked faster even though there were fewer people. The people in our team is Me, Lhysette and Emma.

They turned out pretty well and it wasn't hard to get them out of the tray. The rim of the muffins are a little crisp and the inside is fluffy. when it came out of the oven it smelt like cinnamon. when you bite into it you can really taste the apple. I wouldn't really change anything because it tasted pretty good.

                                         

Athletics day

 Yesterday was Athletics day, the day started off with the people who are doing social going to class and the others who are doing competitive doing their first event of the day. 

I was looking forward to the relays the most because I was gonna run for our kahui, the kahui that I was in is Tieke which was Red, Ririorio is blue and Mohua is yellow. 

I did social but I usually do competitive I wasn't in shape for it, we still had to do the events but it was just for fun. 

The thing that I wasn't looking forward to the most is the high jump because every time I run up to the pole I get nervous because I'm scared to knock it down.

The last event of the day was the relays, everyone when to sit down with their kahui and started chanting. I was a bit nervous to run when it was my turn but I did better then I was expecting. Sadly we didn't win but that's ok there's always next year.

Overall I really enjoyed athletics day with my friends because we were just playing games, eating food and cheering our friends that did it competitively.