Summer Learning Journey: Hana Koko 2020 - 2021

 Summer Learning Journey: Hana Koko 2020 - 2021

Hello! I'm back, sorry I haven't been active for a few days but here is an original Santa Claus outfit inspired by my home country, the Philippines! 

For this activity we had to make our own Santa Claus costume/outfit using google drawings based on where we live. I used to live in the Philippines 4 years ago and I really miss my friends and family from the Philippines so I've dedicated this costume for my love to the Philippines!

I was inspired by: 

This outfit is inspired by my home country, Philippines! The colors, sun and stars are inspired my the Philippines flag.

The reason why I had included these special details from the flag since I wanted to show my appreciation and love for Philippines and for my family there!

Even though we had to make it digitally using google drawings I also drew it by hand. Fun fact it was actually the opposite, I recreated this Santa Claus costume digitally! This costume was originally made/drawn on paper.

I'll be showing both!

P.S I made my own costume using different kinds of shapes meshed together. I didn't use any existing images/pngs and I also did quite a bit changed the outfit on the digital one I made.

Made digitally =

Drawn by hand/In real life =

(It looks blurry here for some reason)

Summer Learning Journey: Summer Haiku

Summer Learning Journey: Summer Haiku

Today I had made a Haiku about the night in summer. What is Haiku? you may ask, Haiku is a short type of poetry that is originally from Japan! traditional Haiku incorporates a three phrase that contains a kireji (cutting word), 17 in a total of words. in a 5, 7, 5 syllable pattern including a kigo (A seasonal reference).

Here is my Haiku about the night in summer ↓

In my opinion, making Haikus are very explicit and tend to be challenging sometimes can be stressful, you have to think carefully choosing your words especially when there is a limit on how much you could use. but for me, a person who is very interested in the culture of Japan, I really enjoy making haikus of my own.

Summer Learning Journey: Fishy False Teeth

 Summer Learning Journey: Fishy False Teeth

For this activity: we had to watch a video called teeth, two elderly men were fishing and then one had lost their dentures while the other laughed, he thought of pranking the person who had lost their dentures thinking he had found them inside a fish's mouth.

Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87AkewNcgwU

Teeth - short film: directed by John Kennedy & Ruairi O'Brien.

Summer Learning Journey Week 1: Tanerore 2020 - 2021

 Summer Learning Journey Week 1: Tanerore 2020 - 2021

Week 1: Creare a Kowhaiwhai either digitally or draw your own on paper - rotate the koru to create your repeating pattern. 

The Kowhaiwhai I created is based on the Ying Yang symbol, I choose to base it as the Ying Yan symbol since it both represents life and death, this symbol has a very interesting meaning behind it. Ying meaning life and yang being the opposite, death.

It was very fun making my own Kowhaiwahai and I had to do a bit of research around Kowhaiwhai and I did learn quite a lot of things about it. 

Japan Explanation Writing

 Japan Explanation Writing

Have you ever dreamed of exploring all the countries in the world? Let me say it right here that I recommend you to visit Japan, Japan is one of the world's most popular and one of the most beautiful places on the earth! In this piece of writing, I’ll be talking about the first two neolithic histories of Japan.

Japan has an interesting history, culture (traditional culture) and trends. During the Jomon Period (14500 BCE to 300 BCE) when the country was inhabited by hunter-gatherers of Japan, beginning in 14000 BCE and ending in 1000 BCE in southwestern Japan and 500 CE in northeastern Japan. The name Jomon, meaning “cord-marked” or “patterned” comes from the style of pottery that was made during that time. The Jomon made stones and bone tools, and pottery beginning as early as 15,500 years ago.

The people that came to what would be known as today’s Japan (present Japan) first came at the end of the last glacial period or ice age. Following animal herds over land, bridges formed during the glacial period, after the climate had changed to warmer weather the land bridges had disappeared. The soon to be Jomon people had gotten stranded in an island. With the animal herds gone from their homelands, the Jomons had to utilized hunting and gathering skills to be able to survive.

After the Neolithic (Jomon) Period had ended, a new period had occurred known as the Yayoi Period/Yayoi Culture. The Yayoi Period, (300 BCE  to 250 CE) is a prehistoric culture/period of Japan, and subsequent to the past period, Jomon. The culture had first aroused on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu and had spread northeastward to Kanto Plain. They even had mastered bronze and iron casting! People had lived in village communities with thatched roofs, raised floor houses and more! But they also still continued the hunting and shell-gathering economy from the neolithic period.

EOTC Reflection

 EOTC Reflection

What is EOTC? EOTC basically stands for Education outside the classroom. EOTC isn't really known all over the world, it was technically for the 7/8/9s of Hornby High School exploring outside school for three days.

The three adventures that we got to experience were Adrenaline Forest, Jellie Park and the city. even though I had never gone to  Adrenaline Forest before, it was exciting/fun to adventure around Adrenaline with my friends!

1st-day EOTC:

For Adrenaline our kahui (Mohua) had gone to Adrelanine on Wednesday which was the first day of EOTC along with another kahui called Tieke which some of my friends were there. although we were our kahuis were separated when doing the actual activity on Adrenaline Forest. It was fun seeing my friends who we aren't generally with when we do outside activities.

We were taught the basic rules on how to be safe when climbing and hooking ourselves which had helped a lot, luckily all of us acted pretty respectful to them and listened carefully to their instructions. It was a fantastic experience and I'm very grateful to our teachers and the school for giving us an opportunity to experience something new.

2nd-day EOTC:

After that amazing experience on Adrenaline Forest, next up on our list was Jellie park! We were very lucky that day it was a warm, sunny day although I didn't really spend a lot of time in the pool I had a lot of fun! we went on different types of slides, we played games in the pool, we even had a competition with the boys (we kept splashing water on each other), we tried doing tricks while we were in the pool and so much more! 

The teachers then brought some snacks for us, fish and chips (fries), they even brought cold popsicles for us (I don't really know what they were called) P.S the teacher had given me and my friends extra popsicles. Then we just stayed under the shade for a couple of minutes to relax.

3rd-day EOTC (last day):

On our last day of EOTC, we went to the city to visit a museum, Turanga(Library) and Margeret Mahy. it was my first time visiting the museum and Turanga. The museum had very interesting exhibits and very pretty things to look at although I wish we were allowed to take pictures. The library we had visited was huge! it had many floors with different types of books, they even had my favourite books to read! which were mangas(Japanese comics) and they had a lot of them! while we were at the museum and at the library we had this activity to do, it was like a search. 

After that, we went to relax/take a break at Margeret Mahy, we were just relaxing at where the slides were, then we fed the birds which they flew away since one of our classmates scared them.

EOTC week was the best thing that had to happen this year especially when covid had brought us into lockdown for 1 to 2 months.

EOTC Week

 EOTC Week

This week is a very exciting week for us students to look forward to, this week we get to go on off-site activities Adrenaline Forest, Jellie Park and the city. All of them sound very exciting but the most I'm looking forward too/ is excited about is Adrenaline Forest!

I've only been to Adrenaline Forest once but I never actually got to participate since they were already fully booked. Everyone doing the obstacles looked both happy and frightened but overall everyone there had a smile on their faces.

Even though I'm scared of heights, I would really like to try it out! There are so much exciting and interesting obstacles to look forward too! It's even more fun to do it with your friends! I'm very much looking forward to tomorrow!

Jellie park 8 tips while being in the water!

 Jellie park 8 tips while being in the water!

Tip 1: If you are under 5 or 8 make sure to always be with an adult while being in the water.

Tip 2: You must always enter the water using your feet.

Tip 3: Do not play “Who can hold their breaths longest in the water”  games.

Tip 4:  Do not force yourself to do some tricks in the water.

Tip 5:  If you feel unsafe in an area of the pool, go in a particular spot in the pool where you feel safe.

Tip 6: Do not bring any sort of food and any hazardous thing in the pool.

Tip 7: Do not run around the outside of the pool.

Tip 8: If you feel unsafe(of a person or something) stick to an area where the lifeguard is or stick with your family.

 

Egg Drop Experiment.

 Egg Drop Experiment.

Today, in Science we did an experiment using eggs called "The Egg drop experiment", we had to build something around that would protect the egg. technically a parachute, our experiment was sadly unsuccessful. We used too many supplies on making the parachute and used fewer supplies on the actual egg.

The reason why the egg cracked was because the egg wasn't properly attached to the parachute and the egg didn't also have that much protection, the only protection it had was foam squares, wood, Rubberbands and Tissues.

The egg had nothing on top since we ran out of supplies, so I think that's the reason why it cracked.

The supplies we used for the experiments were Bamboo sticks, Rubberbands, Tissues, Popsicle sticks, Foam Squares and a piece of a rubbish bag(used for the parachute).

Maybe next time if we do this experiment again we could use more supplies on the actual protection for the egg and use fewer supplies on the parachute design. The best part of our structure was the protection of the outside/the parachute.

Gravity

 Gravity

Is gravity the same in all the planets of our Solar system, well allow me to say, No. Gravity is different on every single planet.

How is gravity related to mass? An object/planet with more mass will have more gravity, it basically all depends on the mass of the planet which will reveal if that planet has a lot of gravity.

My weight in different planets would be: 

Mercury = 10.10
Venus = 26.4
Mars = 10.10
Jupiter = 67.9
Saturn = 26.10
Uranus = 26.7
Neptune = 32.5

Mars 2020 Mission

 Mars 2020 Mission:

Have you ever wondered what Mars is like? Or even wondered in the future if you would like to investigate Mars? Well, you’ve come to the right place!

NASA’s new mission, the  2020 mission Perseverance Rover was launched in late July 2020 and is currently still in space heading to Mars and will be expected to land in early February 2021, Jezero Crater.

The rover, “Perseverance” mission is to find/look for clues of ancient life in Mars, maybe these clues might help scientist to understand the history of Mars. maybe back in the past Mars was once a  livable planet that had somehow changed.

Another thing that NASA had sent to Mars along with the Perseverance robot was a helicopter, called Ingenuity. Although Ingenuity is just an experiment to see if it can fly through Mars thin atmosphere. It would be fascinating to see Mars landscape.

Mars is a very interesting planet for scientists to research. Maybe next year we might discover a lot of new interesting things on Mars.

Drama Freeze Frames

 Drama Freeze Frames

Last week on drama we were working on freeze-frames and learnt 4 important keys that must be included when doing the freeze frame, the 4 things that must be included are, Levels, Expressions, Spacial Relationship and Gestures.

4 Important Keys:

Levels, The levels are like the height difference, for example, one person is laying on the floor while the other is standing still and the rest might be sitting down.

Expressions, The Expression are really important when doing freeze-frames, you're basically showing the emotions that match/mix with the gestures/actions that you are making.

Spacial Relationship, The spacial relationships are basically the distance between the people, it also sometimes show what's happening in the frame, for example, two people are sitting together while the other might be in a large distance between the three which is called spacial relationship.

Gestures, The gestures are the actions that match with the expressions you are making and also basically shows the storyline.

This freeze-frame that we created was a bullying scene where three of us were purposely talking behind her back(loudly)  while the other was being left out and could hear us.

Spheros on Mars

 Spheros on Mars

1. What rocket did the perseverance use to get into space? The rocket perseverance used to fly to space was called Atlas V.

2. Describe the two vehicles that are being taken to Mars. The two vehicles( a rover and a helicopter) that are being taken to Mars are more finely detailed than before all the rovers that were sent in the past and will also have new adjustments(tools). One of the tools are called PIXL, will use x-ray spectrometry will try do detect chemical elements.

3. Where does the mission plan to land on Mars? What are they looking for? NASA plans to land on Jezero Crater. They’re looking for alien life and ancient past.

4. How will the vehicle land without being damaged? 

Science Project

Tokelauan and Niuean Language Week!

 Tokelauan and Niuean Language Week!

Create a DLO that includes both Tokelauan and Niuean words or phrases. See if you can translate 5 common words/phrases into both languages to teach others. ex) Hello, good morning, thank you.

In this document, I made I will be teaching you simple common phrases translated in Tokelauan and Niuean in honour of, Tokelauan and Niueana Language week!

English - blue Tokelauan - green  Niuean - yellow

English	Tokelauan	Niuean
Hello	Tālofa	Fakalofa Atu
How are you?	E ā mai koe?	Malolo Nakai a Koe?
Thank you	Fakafetai Fakafetai lahi lele	Fakaue
Please	Fakamolemole	Fakamolemole
What’s your name?	Ko ai tō igoa?	Ko hai e higoa haau?

Business & Enterprise

Business & Enterprise 

For the past few weeks, HHs students 7/8s and 9s have been working in groups planning on what they could do/make for their own business, each and every student was giving their best and trying their hardest, some people made scrunchies, cultural food, games, drinks and more! We each designed our posters with the help of each member in the group.

My role in the company was being the CEO(Chief executive officer), what I did to make sure our company was successful was doing the applications while the rest would work on the ingredients, I made sure everyone wasn't feeling left out, that everyone had a part to do in the company.

My company was called the Iced Shop. The products we were selling were Iced Coffee and Iced Tea that was handmade by all of us.

My reflection on how our business went overall was pretty successful, we managed to sell all our products and gained a good amount of money, at first we were struggling and confused on what to do since we were missing one important ingredient we needed but then we managed to keep calm and fix our problems. We all had our strengths and our weaknesses.

My reflection on B+E(Business and Enterprise) is pretty good, maybe it helped other students realized what they would like to do in the future. Students got to experience how businesses work, even if they were successful or not successful, It doesn't matter, since not every business start off successfully.

How do Bee’s make Honey?

 How do Bee’s make Honey?

Bee’s are the only type of insects that are able to produce honey and have different types of breeds that can also make honey, the honey they make is delicious, sweet and nutritious to eat!

Firstly, bee’s have to find a suitable food source to be able to make honey. The food source the bee’s usually need is flowers. after they find a suitable, fresh flower to feed on.  Bee’s usually visit 5,000+ flowers a day and for bee’s to make 1 pound of honey. bees will need to visit 2 million+ flowers.

Secondly, after once the bees have collected the nectar from the flower they store the nectar in their stomach. enzymes then break down the nectar into fructose and glucose which is sugar. Once they arrive at their hive(home or base) they pass on the digested nectar to other bee workers by vomiting to each other’s mouth’s/by mouth connection.

Thirdly, the other worker will then place the digested nectar into one of the cells that is in one of the million honeycombs. They will then start to flap their wings to evaporate water from the nectar. The nectar then starts to thicken up and will eventually turn to honey soon enough.

Finally, following from the third step. the bees would then finish by covering the cells with a wax cap made by leftover sugar contents. Then the honey is finished and is ready!

As you can see this writing explains how bee’s produce honey, in reality it takes a lot of effort and time for bee’s to be able to produce honey. So make the most of it while it’s still there!

Subtraction(Algorithm) DLO

 Subtraction(Algorithm) DLO

Hi guys! last week we were given a task of equations(subtraction) and we had to use algorithm. I will explain in this blog post how to use algorithm and what algorithm is. What is algorithm? An algorithm is a step by step demonstration of problem-solving/data processing.

update: Last week we did multiplication using partitioning. partitioning is dividing things into parts. examples:

45 x 26 = 1170         

40 x 2 = 80

5 x 6 = 30 

Emotional Awareness

 Emotional Awareness

For the past few weeks in Wanaga, we've been talking about emotions, being able to control them when we are in difficult situations/Impulses and I have come to realise that all these things are very important to our wellbeing.

For me being able to control my emotions in different situations is very helpful and important you could avoid serious situations and not get involved in any physical fights. even though sometimes it's difficult to control our emotions we have to not rely on our impulses.

knowing how to react and respond in situations rather than acting on impulses means that I have control over what I would say to them/what I would respond to them, having control over my actions. Impulse/Impulses is a strong desire(words/actions) you do without having the time to think.

The effect that these things have on my Social Wellbeing can help me control my emotions and actions when needed in serious situations and might help with the oucome whether it's good or bad.

Maths DLO

Maths DLO    

For the past 2 weeks when our Hurumanu teacher was away, all we've been doing was answering a Math sheet with over 40 pages to work on. I only managed to complete 17 pages out of the 2 weeks given.

The worksheet included, Addition, Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Decimals, Odd and even numbers, Measuring units, Temperature and more. Each page has 6 to 7 equations. 

It was pretty fun working independently on the Math sheet and answering each page with different equations on.

My Own Personal Mindset

My Own Personal Mindset

This blog post is going to be about a growth mindset, what it is, how and why. A growth mindset to me means, trying you're best, improving your talent, challenging yourself into doing things. A growth mindset also means you have a positive attitude towards people and yourself. 

Personally, if I was asked what kind of mindset I am, I would put myself between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. I tend to avoid challenges and would like things to be the same, I also put a lot of effort into my projects/work and try to improve it. When I receive feedback I normally ignore it but sometimes when I really need it, I look to go find feedbacks from my blog post and learn from it.

One thing I experienced that was a fixed mindset was when I was chosen to be a representative for my class but I declined it. I deeply wanted to do it but I was afraid of taking new challenges and risk.

A strategy I think would help me move towards a growth mindset is challenging things could help me grow as a person, even if there's a risk of failing. you'll be able to learn new things from it even maybe change you, like how I went out trying ice skating for the first time that I despised but ended up enjoying it. 

Here is an example of a growth mindset and a fixed mindset 🠗

Matariki Word Search

Matariki Word Search

Last term we were told to do make a project about Matariki, unfortunately, we weren't able to finish it in time so we decided to finish it this term. The activity I choose to do is a 10-word search including Matariki words such as Matariki, Tradition, Festival, Harvest, Celebration, New Years, Kites, Taurus, Remembrance, Constellation and Pleiades.

I added 1 extra word which was the English version or Matariki, "Pleiades".

What is Matariki about?

Matariki is about celebration, culture and spending time with your dear loved ones, Matariki symbolized the harvest festival where the Maori feasted on crops that they had prepared.

(Linked) Here is the project that I worked on ↓

(Words highlighted)

Matariki Word Search

I really enjoyed making this project, it was very interesting learning about Matariki

Pixton Mini Comic

Pixton Mini Comic

After I finished making my comic strip we had to make a comic in Pixton, I chose to make a mini-comic about the news in Pixton, the "story" is about two news reporters talking about a murder outbreak in Florida and 10 of the murderer's victim were found dead and 13 were severely injured.

Pixton is very easy and fun to use for making fast online comics, I enjoyed using Pixton and making a short comic.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Today we finished making Cookies with Chocolate also known "Chocolate Chip Cookies". We started the process on Wednesday and today, on Wednesday we first made the cookie dough using flour, white sugar, butter, baking powder, Vanilla Essence and Chocolate Chips. Today we equally halved the cookies and moulded them all into equally circle shapes then we shaped them using a fork.

Then it was placed into the oven (350 degrees/180C) for about 9 minutes until the edges turned brown.

The cookies tasted overall pretty good, it wasn't too sweet or bland it was equally sweet and bland. although there were minor issues at the start it all turned out well at the end. I really enjoyed the scent of the cookies, it smelled very lovely and refreshing. personally, I like the flavour vanilla in different varieties of things.

The cookies felt very rough on the outside, it was very different from the inside of the cookies, the inside felt very soft and mushy, when I first took a bite I expected it to be hard like other normal cookies but it was different. I think the reason why is because it was freshly made even though it was cooling down.

Overall I enjoyed making the cookies very much even though there were some minor issues when making the cookie dough.

Here is the recipe that we used ⇓

Ingredients

• 1/4 c sugar (50g) 
• 6T or 100g margarine or butter
• 2T condensed milk
• 1T baking powder
• 1c Flour
• 1t Vanilla Essence (Optional Flavour)
• 1/4c of inclusions 

Method

1. Preheat oven to fan bake (350 Degrees/180C).
2. Cream the butter (room temperature) and sugar together in a large bowl.
3.  add the condensed milk to the creamed mixture and mix with a wooden spoon then add the Vanilla Essence.
4. Sift the flour and the baking powder together and Add to the mixture.
5. when adding the inclusions, push the ingredients together slowly, not stirring.
6. Use a teaspoon to scoop out the dough (25g - 30g)
7. Roll them all into even circle shapes using the palms of your hands.
8. Place on a baking tray. press down with a fork or palm of your hand flatten the dough slightly.
9. Bake (180 degrees)  for 8 to 9 minutes( depending on if the edges are a brownish colour).

Arts Kete | Comic strip

Arts Kete | Comic strip

For the past weeks, we've been working on making our own comic of any type. My comic is inspired by Japanese style called "Anime". The comic that I'm making and eventually share is called "The Labyrinth Of Magic".

My comic is about a boy called Aren(Main protagonist) who lives in a world where magic and fairytales exist., together with his friends they go on adventures and save the world from "Villian".

Aren(Main Protagonist)

• Black straight(ish) hair

• Bright blue eyes

• Weapon Magic User

• 16 years old

• Date of Birth: 28th January 2004

• Nice, kind and strong

Rin(Main Heroine)

• Brown wavy hair

• Light brown eyes.

• Magical Sorcerer

• 16 years old

• Date of Birth: 5th April 2004

• Tsundere, smart, strong.

Eugeo(Villain)

• Black curly hair with blue highlights.

• Dark brown eyes.

• Powers to take a person’s form or Magic also creates demons.

• 17 years old(Turning 18)

• Date of birth: 9th October 2002

• Acts kind but not, Calm and evil

Conflict:

Eugeo uses his powers for his own evil deeds releasing demons out in the world, destroying all magical users, gaining eternal power for himself.

Main Settings:

Luminous Forest

Camelot Kingdom

Conclusion

My next steps are to work hard and finish my comic strip for people to read and see and to make sure I put effort into making each panel!

Here is a picture of my comic:

Benny Questions

"Benny"

What are some of the differences

between Benny and his friend? The differences between Benny and his friends are the height benny is tall while the other is short, benny also has muscular features while the other is skinny. Benny likes to play rugby and is also good at it while his friend would rather watch and they also both live in different areas.

How does Benny’s friend feel about Benny’s new house? I think his friend feels a bit uncomfortable of Benny moving houses, the reason why he feels uncomfortable is that before Benny used to live down the opposite side of the road of him and now it's a bit unusual for him.

How did the boy’s mother feel

about the incident? Do you think her reactions are justified? Why/why not? I think yes, from how the mother's reaction to benny and his friend. The mother feels very angered at Benny and his friend for endangering her son.

What is the author’s purpose in

writing this text? How do you know? I think the purpose of this writing is about change, friendship, accepting peoples differences, based on some of the writing, I think this is the purpose?.

What themes are explored in this text? I think some of the themes in this story is trust, friendship, honesty and dishonesty.

Arts Kete

Arts Kete

Today in Arts Kete we made a short comic using Pixton, Pixton is a website where you can make your own characters and make your own comics. My comics aren't really that interesting; she was just in her room and then her Mum told her that her friend Shadow came. Earlier we brainstormed about, Cartoons/Characters/Animations/Anime/Comics and more. We then watched a video about Mickey Mouse over the years and how the art style and animation changed up to 2018.

Here is my Short comic(Unfinished).

I enjoyed making this comic but I did have some minor issues with using Pixton since it was my first time using it, I had to learn how to make the characters and move them, but overall it was pretty fun making it even though I didn't get to finish my comic.

Philippines Independence Week

Philippines Independence Week ♡♡♡

Magandang Umaga everyone! this week is all about Philippines independence and history of how we gained freedom from the Spanish and U.S government.

Philippines Independence Day is always celebrated on June 12th, each year. Philippines Independence Day is a national holiday always celebrated in the Philippines, this day represents the day when the Philippines gained Independence. 

On Philippines Independence Day every year, there would be parades walking down the road wearing national Philippines clothes and we would also make Noche Buena's(Feast), Karaokes and more. What food dishes are normally eaten in the Philippines while celebrating a holiday? In the Philippines, we have a lot of original dishes such as Biko, Sinigang, Balut, Lechon, Halo-Halo and more. 

Here is a picture of the Philippines flag, the three stars symbolize the main islands called, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The blue stripe represents Peace, truth and justice, while the red stripe represents Patriotism and valour. When the Blue stripe is at the top it means Philippine is in Peace, If the red stripe is at the top it represents that the Philippines is at war.

There are three important K's which mean Kataas-taasang, Kagalang-galangang and Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan, in short KKK.

In English, it symbolizes "Supreme and Venerable Association of the Children of the Nation".

Freeze Frame(2020)

Freeze Frame(2020)

Today in Drama we made a freeze-frame and also did a thought tracking about a story called "Mohawk", the people that were in my group was, Liyah, Artee, Nevaeh and Finau. the scene we did a freeze-frame on was when the boy with the mohawk was standing and people were talking about his hair, that his hair was ugly and weird. 

Artee was playing the boy with the mohawk

The others including me were playing the people who were gossiping about his hair.

For the thought tracking I said, Ew, look at his hair it looks ugly, while the other person said, look at his hair.

What is a freeze-frame? A freeze-frame is a single frame that describes the motion of an image from a movie, novel, etc.

What is Picture dictation? A picture dictation is a single frame that represents the actions and emotions of a whole scene but instead created into a single frame that represents it all.

What is a Role on a wall? A role on a wall is an outline of a body of some sort that explains the actions, emotions and personality of it, it's like a Character description except it only says the emotions and actions of it.

What is an Iceberg? an Iceberg identity is your identity that people know about while the other part is where things that people don't know about you like your, birthday, how many siblings you have, etc). the part of the Iceberg that is visible is where the things people know of you that are common while the bottom that is hidden(under the water) is where people you know other than your family barely know example, Height, Favorite games

What is Hot Seating? Hot seating is where a person or character is questioned by the group about his thoughts, behaviour and motivation. it can also be questions about a certain character like:

 what would you do if you were the Mother and you saw your child drowning?

 Here us the video we made asking "I" some questions.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14MW_pJf8xDcTJcpeHlhnuvny3JqEAdpp/view?ts=5ef13496

The Bullet (Hurumanu 2)

"The Bullet": Questions

This blog post is about a story called "The Bullet", it's a story about This story is about a boy who is bullied in his new school and faces decisions that could change the

the course of his young life.

Do you think Rodney cares who or what the bullet was meant for? Why do you think that? I think the reason why Rodney thought that if he kept the Bullet and showed it, so people would stop bullying him.

What clues can you find in the text that will help you to understand why the boy with black hair might be with the police now? The clues that I can find were that polices handcuffed him and are arresting him for possession of an offensive weapon.

Why doesn’t he look cool any more? What has changed? The reason why Rodney doesn't think it's cool anymore is that he learned that carrying a bullet is a danger to people and himself and could lead to consequences if the police figured out.

What is Charmaine’s opinion of the boy? What does she mean by “guys like him”? Do you agree with her? Why or why not? I agree with Charmaine's opinion since it's true that a lot of people do get into trouble for causing problems.

What do you think Rodney has learned from the events in the story? I think Rodney has learned that carrying bullets, any dangerous weaponry is not cool and can cause problems to other peoples health and his health.

What do you think the author’s theme or message was? What is your response to this? I think the purpose of this novel is to teach that any possession or illegal doings can cause issues to peoples safety and yourself.