Wonder Book & Movie

One of the changes that I like was the ending where Auggie got a standing ovation when he received the medal. I liked that ending because it ties everything together. I wish they put in the ending of the book into the movie when they were hangout.  One of the changes that surprised me was when Jack’s younger brother wasn’t in the movie. It was surprising because jack is one of the supporting characters so you would think that his brother (who is in the book) would be in the movie. Overall I liked the different changes that they made.

Cinderella Retelling

Last week we did our first retelling of a fairytale which is Cinderella, since I didn't get to finish mine last week I finished it today. Here is my take on Cinderella.

In a small castle far far away with only one neighbouring kingdom lived a family of three. A Father named Francis, a Mother named Frida and a daughter named Ella. To the outside world, they looked like a picture-perfect family but inside the walls of their castle, their family was crumbling. As much as they try to make things work, day by day more strain is put on their relationship. It was especially hard for Ella to see her parents fight. A few mornings later Ella woke up and went down to the hall like usual but this time her mother wasn't there to greet her. Knowing something bad happened, she goes to look for her father. She finds him in the conservatory sobbing.  She had left. 

With no trace of her mother, her father had no choice but to accept it and move on. A year had passed and her father remarried a noble woman, Lady Tramaine. She has 2 daughters named Anastasia and Drizzella.  It was hard seeing her father with another woman who isn’t her mother but she is glad to see him happy.  At first Lady Tramaine was treating Ella like her own but when her father went away for a business trip she would make her clean the fireplace and do the chores. She would have cinder all over her clothes, getting the nickname Cinderella. 

It was an exciting day because a prince was looking for a wife in the neighbouring kingdom. They got an exquisite invitation to go to a ball to meet the prince. Thrilled, Cinderella started working on her dress. When lady Tramaine found out that Cinderella wanted to go, she goes up to Cinderella’s chamber and took the dress. When Cinderella woke up she was devastated to see the dress burning in the fireplace. Knowing that Lady Tramaine did it she chose not to tell her father since she didn’t want them to fight. When her father asked her what happened to the dress, she simply said that a little mishap had happened and not to worry because she was just going to make another one. On the day of the ball Cinderella still doesn’t have a dress to wear, she decided to help Anastasia and Drezzella get ready. As she was tightening their corset her father pulls her aside to show her a dress that her mother had worn before they got married. He had wanted her to wear it to the ball. One little thing he mentioned was not to tell Lady Tramaine that the dress was her mother so she wouldn’t get upset. 

When Lady Tramain and the girls had left, she puts on the dress and makes her way to the courtyard to see her father with a carriage so she would go to the ball. When she got there Lady Tramain was overwhelmed by her beauty not knowing it was her step-daughter. With everyone watching the prince asked her to dance. Looking at the clock she noticed that it was almost midnight and her father told her to go by then. She hurries to go outside but the prince stops her asking her to marry him. She explains that she had to go home but says yes anyway. The next day she heard people talking down the hall, it was the prince from last night asking her father if he could marry her, she gets ready and they make their way back to the castle. Lady Tramaine wasn’t very happy, she sadden that Francis didn’t tell her anything about the dress Cinderella had worn the other night. She packed her and her daughters’ bags and left. 

On the day of the wedding, Cinderella was shocked to see her mother amongst the crowd. At the reception, she makes her way to her father and mother. Her father explains that Lady Tramain had left and Her mother decided to come back to see Cinderella get married, after that day they lived happily ever after. 

Rapunzel

This week we are identifying the differences between the same story rewritten. The story we are looking at today is Rapunzel. On Monday our teacher read us one version of Rapunzel and today we get to pick which version to read and answer a set of questions.

1. Why do you think texts change over time?

I think the text changed over time to adjust to the small children who read the stories.

2. How come each version we have read of Rapunzel is different, even though they have been written by the same authors?

It depended on the time period, if it's ten years later the way they write changes.

3. What was the same or different in the two versions you read?

The main idea was the same but the way they told the same situation differs.

Buisness and Enterprize

The people in our group is me, Faye, Rinaz and Lina. Our company name is Christmas Mysteries and we are selling beaded necklaces and bracelets in a Christmas cracker. We will be selling our product in Hornby High School on Dec 1th. We are having a Market day to raise money so we can go on our end of year trip.

 

Footprint analysis

Footprints are a type of impressions forensics scientists look for in a crime scene. You can see which shoes go to which shoeprints by the design/ patterns/ tread, length, shape and wear. For footprints you can tell the differences by looking at the arch of the foot and the size and length of it. 

The Brothers Grimm

Our task for today in Fairy tales and fables, we are researching The Brothers Grimm. We were asked to answer a set of questions and make a DLO by ourselves or with a buddy. I worked with Denise and Kristille on this DLO. 

Sources: Britannica & Google

Myths, Legend, Fairy tales & Fables

Myth is a story that is passed on by generations, it is about how things came to be, supernatural or phenomenons. A popular myth is a Greek Mythology. 

Legend is about someone who did a heroic deed but some facts are exaggerated. An example of a legend is "Sadako". 

Fairy tale is more for kids and in a fairy tale, there is always a good character and an evil character. An example of a fairy tale is "little red riding hood" by Charles Perrault. 

Fable is a story that has a good lesson to be learnt. It is more focused on animals like the "Ugly duckling".

Science& MAth project

 Aim: to have a fully functioning house with a floor plan and to learn about ohms law, resistance, current and voltage. 

Method: The floor plan we chose is floor plan C. There are 12 bulbs around the house on 5 paths. In our house, there is a conservatory, living and dining, kitchen, 1 bedroom, cinema/ gaming room, lounge and bathroom/laundry room. 

Results:

Discussion: Voltage is how much energy the electrons are carrying and it is measured in volts. Current is how fast the electrons are moving and is measured by amps. Resistance is how hard it is trying to stop the electrons from moving around the circuit. Resistance is measured by ohms. 

We didn’t need to calculate the resistance since it was already set up for us. The resistance for the bulbs is 25ohms whilst the voltage for the battery is 200. To calculate the voltage of each path, we divided 200V by how many bulbs are on a path, e.g bulb 1= 200v because 200V÷1=200V. To calculate the current we used the formulae V÷R=I. V being the voltage, R is resistance and I is the current. E.g path 1=8A because 200V÷25ohms=8A. We calculated the area by dividing up the rooms and multiplying the length and width. Our calculations tells us the voltage, current and area of the house. Our calculations made sense because we used the proper formulae. 

Conclusion: I enjoyed the project because I got to learn about something new and I didn’t expect that I would like it. I wouldn’t do anything differently or change the floor plan because I think it would be a little too easy to do.