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Thursday, June 25, 2020

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).


Wednesday, June 24, 2020

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:


Thursday, June 11, 2020

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.






Wednesday, June 10, 2020

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.

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

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".

Phillipines Flag - Multicultural Cumbria

Noche Buena — Positively Filipino | Online Magazine for Filipinos ...

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Friday, June 5, 2020

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.








Thursday, June 4, 2020

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.

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Arbor Day

Arbor Day

What is Arbor Day? Arbor Day is a holiday which includes people; individual or groups are encouraged to plant trees. Arbor Day is usually celebrated on the last Friday of April(24th)
 Why is Arbor Day important? Arbor Day is a very important day, it raises awareness of trees and the important role they play in our environment. Countries around the world take part in tree planting(Arbor Day) and also other tree-related events.

Why is Arbor day important for NZs environment? Arbor day is important for New Zealand because trees give us oxygen, they also provide us with the materials for tools and shelter(Replanting after) and also provide us with nutritious fruits.

what are some ways we see HHS helping with environmental/Arbor Day? HHS students(including me) celebrate Arbor Day by planting trees, out in the garden.

Last year I planted a small tree out at school to celebrate Arbor Day
Here is a picture of the tree I planted now