Social study

 fortunate son
The lyrics:

Some folks are born made to wave the flag
They're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief"
They point the cannon at you, Lord

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, yeah
But when the taxman comes to the door
The house look a like a rummage sale

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one

Yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyes
They send you down to war
And when you ask 'em: "How much should we give?"
They only answer: "More, more, more"

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no military son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, one

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one

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The song:

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In social Study we are learning about Vietnam war.

The lyric is about a protect song about the Vietnam war.

The Experiment: Making Salt

 The Aim: To produce sodium chloride salt by carrying out a neutralisation reaction.
The Equipment needed: 50 ML and 200 ML beakers, dilute HCI (Hydrochloride Acid), Dilute NaOH (Sodium hydroxide) 25 ML measuring cylinder, A glass stirring rod, spotting tile, Universal indicator solution,tripod, gauze mat, Bunsen burner, evaporating basin.
The Method: 1) Using the measuring cylinder measure 10 ML of HCI and pour it into your 50 ML Beaker,                        Add dilute NaOH  a few drops at a time while stirring with the glass rod.       
                       2) Every 10-15 drops stop adding the NaOH and use the glass stirring rod to transfer a drop                           if the solution to a spotting tile. Test its pH using indicator.
                       3) Keep adding NaOH and testing the solution by repeating step 2. As you get closer to your                         neutral you may need need to test the solution after every drop.
                       4) Pour the neutral solution into an evaporating basin and evaporate the water out of the                                 solution using the equipment set up shown above.

Self esteem

 Hello wonderful people,
In class we are learning about self esteem and i made a poster.

Art blog

This term in Art we had to cut things we wanted for a college and then paint it.

What do you see first??

Focal point is what you look at first.

Leading line are the line that draw the viewer eyes to like the flowers.

Reflection and critical literary time.

 Welcome wonderful people,

In wga we watch a film about girl in our  school who don't feel good about  themselves at the end Lili Reinhart was saying that people shouldn't have to fake even tho she was wearing a thing around her hips to make her look skinny.There were four girl saying how they feel about themselves and others people around school.

Who was for and who was against the Beatles tour.

The Fan girl who were screaming and trying to touch or get there attention while there parent were against it because they thought it was bad because the music they listen to was very different to the Beatles and the elder didn't like change very much and the youth would go to hell.

The police had to watch all time so the fans wouldn't get close to the Beatles they even told them to not smile and wave at there fan because it would only set them off, because there wasn't enough police for crime that was made.

Tieke

In Wga we are doing a poster about the Tieke bird.

Click here for the Tieke sound

Beatle

 Today in Social study we are learning about The Beatles and how were different back them and how Beatlemania happen.

The song below is Blackbird

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of a dark black night

Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of a dark black night

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

The song lyric was inspired McCartney when he was reading the newspaper in mid 1968. But Lennon take the credit for one line in the song. The word bird is also a British slang use for girl, would make black bird Black girl. The events in the 1960 was referring to Rosa Parks, a black woman who was riding the bus and was refusing to give her seat in the black section to a white person after the white section was full.

Reflection and Critical time

Reflection.

This week in wga we read more of  'Witi Ihimaera his best stories' we read a short story, Brother and Sister

In Brother and sister it about a big brother and little and at the start of the story the big brother running away but his sister following him. Then it go into the past and there dad and mum were fighting his dad ended up getting kick out, then there mother call somebody else after that it go to the present and they are in town and he told his sister to stop if she didn't see him and when she did she was in the middle of the road the boy look and saw her and got her and someone yell at the boy to get his sister off the road then it go to the past again and the man staying they call him uncle and he would punish the boy if he did something wrong then we go to the present and they walk then the girl needed to go toilet so the brother told her to go toilet at an tree but someone try to kidnap her the boy think fast and grab a pole and hit the man then after that they make it to a train station and they wait at the end it end with a cliffhanger and we don't know what happen.

Critical literary

why has the author constructed the character this way?

The had made the character this way because he showing us that the boy has a hard life and he needed to get away from home but his sister follow him.

Creative writing: The Narrative

 Hello wonderful humans,

Today in English we are doing task about narrative and i working on 'show don't tell' and i have some question i have to answer.
What do you think 'Show don't tell' mean?
I think 'Show don't tell' mean that you write about a text but you write about action, words, thoughts, senses and feeling.

These are some sentence we have to rewrite 

1.0) The Building were tall.
1.1) The building was so high i had to look up just to see it.
2.0) Sarah was really upset.
2.1) Sarah was red in the face, yelling and throwing thing around.
3.0) She was so happy to see him.
3.1) She was smiling, jumping up and down ready to see him
4.0) The lake was beautiful.
4.1) The lake was shiny, blue and green and that it make you smile.

My show don't tell sentence...
The sunset was blue, purple and pinkish orange as the sun said goodbye and the moon saying hello.

Narrative opening.
She looked back tear rolling down her cheek and calling for him as he walk away from her.
The man in black stood there laughing as the house flame grew higher and higher.
The little girl sat there as her tears fell as she watched her sister disappear.

Setting.
In an wild old west and abandoned town where the moon shining over the building the sound of the wind dancing while the wild animal are chewing on the food they found as the ghost laugh and smile as they were found.
The Dragons roam in the sky playing tag with the fairy while the mermaid talks and sings as the humans sleep in their houses.
At the graveyard the ghost danced around the humans who were saying goodbye to their family member who passed away. Some of the other ghosts were playing with the spirit animal.

Character
A protagonist is the main character, they can be a hero or a heroine or even a villain. The story is usually in the protagonist eyes.
A Antagonist is the character that stand in the way of the protagonist they are either truly immortal or evil.
The supporting character has the important role to the protagonist.

NanoWrimo workbook
Question about my character:
Name: Maya
Age: 17 year old
Height: 5'8
Eye colour: One purple and one orange/yellow eye.
Physical appearance: Black and Pink hair, Pale young Lady, Her purple shull eye looking at you while she wear a eye patch. 
Strange or unique physical attributes: Two sharp teeth like vampire.
Fondest memory: Becoming friend with her friends.
Hobbies/interests: annoying her friend and adopted family.
Special skills/abilities: turn into an animatronics.
Temperament: easily angered if someone try to hurt her friend or adopted family.
Negative traits: Doesn't take no as an answer unless her adopted family and friend will be harm because of it.
Things that upset them: Her Dad.
Favourite clothing style/outfit: Black jeans and pink crop top with a white beanie.
Where do they live? What is it like there?: With her adopted family.
Defining gestures/movements: Always smile with there lip curl in the corners.
Things about their appearance they would most like to change: Nothing they already had in the past.
Speaking style:normal.
This character is highly opinionated about: There purple eye.
Things that make them happy: There friends and adopted family.
Family (describe): Travis is a tall man who have purple eyes and was her father but is Dead. Flora is a short lady with blue eyes who is dead as well.
Deepest, darkest secret: She can turn into an animatronics.
Reason they kept this secret for so long: Because she didn't want more people to hate her.
Other people's opinions of this character: Most of the people hate her because of her form. While other people think her form is cool.
Favourite movies: None.
Favourite TV shows:None.
Favourite books:None.
Favourite foods:None.
Favourite sports/sports teams: None.
Dream vacation: None
Description of their house: It a house that is made out of white brick and have window in most of the room.
Description of their bedroom: It is a room with a queen bed and a beanbag as well as a desk.
Any pets: No
Best thing that has ever happened to this character: Making friend and moving in with them.
Worst thing that has ever happened to this character: When Travis stab her eye.
Superstitions: There form.
Three words to describe this character: Sweet, loving and caring but can be mean at time.
If a song played every time this character walked into the room, what song would it be?: I Don't Know.
What a quote that would be said to them: I'm may of had a bad life, But that what makes me stronger.

Reflection
New thing i have learn are how to use setting better, this is going to help the reader to understand the setting more around the Character.
The activity i like was show don't tell because i like how we can write a text and you know that it your work.
I work best at setting and narrative opening and Character.

Significance of WW1- The Last post

 Hello Wonderful people
In Social study we are learning about  Anzac one of the thing we have to do is make a blog answering the questions about Anzac and this song.

Q1: When do you hear this song?
A1: On Anzac day. But before it the solider would use to get up, go to bed, lunch.
Q2: Why is song significance /important to New Zealand?
A2: Because New Zealand was also in the war.
Q3: What the history behind the last post/Why was it played and when:
A3: It was played for the soldiers who lost their lives fighting for their countries, it was just to honour the soldiers and mourn them. 
Q5: What does this song represent
A5: It represents the world war 1 soldiers and pretty much thanking them for what they did even though we can not do it face to face.
Here is the link for the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McCDWYgVyps

Anzac war

 Hello wonderful people

In social studies we are reading and learning about  the Anzac's and our teacher ask if we have any family member that was in the war and if we have been to a dawn service for ANZAC day.

World war 1...  great great uncle Cyril Burn full service at gallipoli

World war 2...  great great uncle Don Gillanders served in Crete along side great great uncle Archie Gillanders in Galatas, Crete. Uncle Archie died 25.5.1941, memorised at Souda Bay War Cemetery. 

Great great uncle Bill Myres served on the ship Archillies which took out the German 'pocket battleship' Graf Spee.

Great great uncle John Ross and great granddad William Ross both served in NZ.

Step great granddad Rodger Finlay served in the Pacific islands. 

Near the end of the Vietnam War, Popa, Clayton Ross, mums dad, served in the 28 ANZUK in South East Asia, Singapore. 

Here are some photo my granddad had.

The game of Cards

 Reflection.

In the Book 'Witi Ihimaera his best stories' we read two of his short story 1- A game of Cards 2- The seahorse and the reef, The first story was about his Nani Mini and how she and the woman would sit in the sitting room and play card but she was sick slowly, the Second story was about how he and his family would go out to the sea and catch some food to eat while he and sister went into there special place/ the pupu pool they found a seahorse they wanted to take it home but the father told them if you treat the sea with love and with Aroha in the end the sea was polluted by the crown.

Critical Literary Question: What kind of language is use in the text ?

Critical Literary Answer: In the short story they use some Maori word like 'Haere mai, mokopuna, Haere mai, Mmm, Mmm' but it was mostly in English. They use this because They were telling a story about their family and wanna us to know what they were saying.

Thank you for reading.

Slam Poetry

Hello Wonderful people.

Today in English i had to watch New Zealand slam poetry Champions.

My favourite slam poetry was in case of a Robot Apocalypse by Mohamed Hassan.

This was my favourite one because of the topic.

In the Poetry he talk about in case of a robot apocalypse he said 'take out a water gun and a taser' after that he said 'Drive south alway drive south'. A bit after he said 'we all knew it was coming, it was only a matter of time'.