Arts Group

Director - Ryan
Story Manger - Shikobi
Chief Painter - Chloe
Colour Consultant - Liam
Assistant - Nino

Our mural is going to be a post-apocalyptic world with a  family standing on the foreground to show that family is everything.

WTE Sentences

WALT: identify WTE sentences to improve our writing.

Simple sentence
 I personally disagree with drugs being allowed in sports.

Very short sentence
Don't do illegal drugs.

The power sentence
This may encourage younger teens to use other drugs.

Red, White and Blue
Drugs are bad, illegal and unhealthy.

The Adverb Start
Supposedly, there are some upsides to taking these kinds of drugs, but there are also downfalls such as the effects on your health and well-being.

Begin With A Preposition
In sports, drugs should not be allowed.

The -ing Start
According to Drugabuse.gov, anabolic steroids might lead to negative mental effects.

The -ed Start
Committed sportsmen or woman should not be put up against other sportsmen or woman who is using enhancement drugs.

The Semi-Colon Start
The side effects of anabolic steroids are horrible; they consist of heart problems, kidney failure, liver damage and increased risk of blood clots

The Em-Dash
The use of drugs -which should remain illegal- has risen over the years

The W-Start Sentence
When doing competitive sports, performance-enhancing drugs should not be allowed

Explore The Subject
Illegal drugs and the use of illegal drugs have raised over the years, the use of the drugs should be reduced to prevent more health problems in peoples health

English2019

What am i learning?
I am learning about Critical literacy.

What is critical literacy?
Critical literacy is defined as the ability to take apart various texts in media or writing to find any possible discrimination that the author might have embedded in his or her presentation of the world since authors have social and political influence.

What am i wondering?

Macbeth

Macbeth Questions and Answers

1. Was Macbeth a valiant soldier or violent schemer at the beginning? He was a valiant soldier
2. Has he completely lost it in the Banquet scene? (do you think the Ghost is real or imaginary?) It was imaginary and could also be a sign of grief or guilt.
3. Why is he obsessed with killing Banquo? (oh yeah, and Fleance too) Because of Banquo being suspicious of Macbeth and how he became king.
4. Explain his decision to murder Lady Macduff & children (increasingly erratic & illogical behaviour) He is worried that Macduff will take his place on the throne because of the witches saying beware Macduff, so he decides to kill Macduff's family thinking it will cause him to submit out of fear and grief.
5. Is he nothing more than a “dead butcher” or do we the audience feel differently about him at the end?

In Dte This term we have been learning to program Sphero sprks and how to make them go through mazes and we have also been learning to make games with them such as pass the egg or guess the noise the Sphero makes as we can make it make sounds such as animal noises and video game noises and a whole other bunch of noises. I made a game where you had to be gentle with the Sphero or else it would make a noise which signals you have lost and then a red light comes on then the sphero makes alot of movement

Skellig by David Almond Critical Litteracy

1. What genre does this text belong to? The novel's genres are Mystery, Children's literature, Magical Realism, Fantasy Fiction because it's not real.

2. What are the images? The images are to do with birds and black and white because 

How to create a drill gauge to be printed (step by step)

Designing a drill gauge on tinkercad

Designing a drill gauge on Tinkercad

In this blog I will be showing you how to create your own drill gauge using Tinkercad.

Tinkercad is a free, easy to use website used to create models to 3d print.

Once you have opened Tinkercad you will need to create a new design  your screen should look like this.

You need to insert a box shape once you have inserted the box shape you will need to scale it the size you are wanting your drill gauge to be i made my drill gauge 100mm(length)x50mm(wide)x5mm(depth).

this is my research drawing that i have done for art

Critical Literacy

Is this text fair?
Yes because all people need power to comfortably survive especially during the winter.

What does the author want us to know?
In my assumption, the author of the text is wanting us to know how the salvation army helps New Zealand families with some struggles they have in the household such as; Sicknesses from being in damp/wet environments from not having enough heat or poor house conditions.

Making a balancing toy

did i finish? No i didnt finish my work because i was to busy talking and being off task


what did i enjoy? I enjoyed using the machinery/ equiptment

what did i learn? i learnt how to weld

what was a challenge to me? staying on task

how did i over come that challenge? i didnt

did i weld? yes

what did i think of welding? i thought it was a good experience

what have i got to get better at? managing my self

Pathos, Ethos and Logos

What is pathos? Pathos is a quality that evokes pity or sadness.

How is pathos used? Pathos is is a rhetorical device that can be used in an argument to draw the audience in and to help it connect with the argument.

An example of pathos is "If we don't move soon, we're all going to die!"

What is ethos? the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations.

How is Ethos used?