Our Own Treaty Class

In the last few weeks, in Social Study, we've been working on our class treaty. It's like how Treaty of Waitangi was made but our is making good reasonable rule for the class. By doing that, we had to have an agreement whether everyone agrees or not agree on the three rules. It is quite interesting or not, for me to hear them arguing about someone's idea of telling a reasonable rule. One of us pointed out that we should be allowed to eat in class, but in one condition, once you litter in class, you can never allowed to eat in class ever again. Later on I think few of us disagree and others agreed that it's a good idea. So far that's all I had to say about the treaty of our own class.

Gymnastic

In P.E, we did gymnastic and each of us videoed ourselves doing or learning one of the gymnast moves. In the video below, I did a stand forward roll if that what its called, unfortunately, I didn't get to video other gymnast moves I did, but this one will do....

 

My Art Reflection

 

Subject matter	Form	Composition	Content
What does my painting depict? My subject of painting is from Mob Psycho, an anime...	How did I create the different tones? I create different tones by putting more wash,  or maybe colour on some areas, but I failed doing that cause I put too much wash making it more whiter...	How did you compose your subject matter?  I created my subject just by trying copying the picture, turns out kinda not the same but it’ll do...	Is your subject matter symbolic or does it express an idea?  If you look at him, rage is the expression he's showing, like the black face and the lightning coming out of his eyes...
	How did you paint the highlights?  By painting it with the right wash..?	Is the negative space important in your painting?  Nope, cause I think it kinda doesn’t show the negative space that it's supposed to show….

Road to the Treaty

This blog is about how Treaty of Waitangi was signed, what happened before it was signed. Most of the information here are missing but it kind of make sense....

 1814 - First Mission - Three lay missionaries, William Hall, Thomas Kendall, and John King, helped Samuel Marsden set up the first mission in New Zealand, at Rangihoua.

1831 - Maori petition the British government - Disorder among Europeans in New Zealand and fears of a French seizure of the country led 13 northern chiefs to ask King William IV for his protection. Missionary William Yate gave aid to the chiefs draft the letter to the King and accepted.

1833 - British Resident arrives - To protect Maori, the British settlers and its own trade interests, the British government determined James Busby as its official British Resident. He arrived in May 1833 and built a house on land he bought at Waitangi.

1835 - Declaration of Independence - Declaration of Independence of New Zealand was drawn up by British Resident James Busby without authorisation from his superiors. It declared the independence of New Zealand. By 1839 the declaration had been signed by 52 Maori chiefs. 

1837 - British decided to establish a colony - In December 1837, the British government decided in principle to take place in New Zealand to make sure that colonisation was controlled and that land transactions to deceive Maori were stopped.

1839 - Tory set sails - Tory ( the first of the New Zealand Company ships ) set sail for New Zealand in May 1839. The company had an ambitious plan to settle New Zealand, and the agents on the Tory we’re to buy land at Port Nicholson ( Wellington Harbour ).

1839 - Consul appointed - William Hobson got appointed by the British Government as consul to New Zealand in 1893.

1840 - Land purchases prohibited - Governor Gipps disallowed further private land purchases from Maori, and needed to be recognised by the authorities before buying a private land from Maori.

1840 - Treaty of Waitangi signed - Treaty of Waitangi was signed on Feb 6 1840. About 40 chiefs signed on the first day, by September 1840 another 500 chiefs around the country had signed.

Volcano Research

 This week, in Science we're learning about volcanoes and researching about one any volcano we chose, then after this research, we'll be making a handmade volcano in groups.

My chosen Volcano: Olympus Mons (largest volcano in our solar system)

Where is it?

It's on Mars.

When did it last erupt? 

According to the internet, Olympus Mons erupted 25 million years ago, it could be much older than this and would have been buried by younger lava flows.

Damage it has done?

If Olympus Mons was on Earth, it would be many times more powerful than any volcano on Earth. Any eruptions from Olympus Mons will cause global disaster and it's possible everyone would die without an underground shelter.

How and when was it formed?

Olympus Mons is the youngest of the large volcanoes on Mars and was formed in 19th century according to astronomers. It probably formed cause by a big convergent boundary where two or more plates collide.

Interesting random facts?

Olympus Mons is 22,000 meter big, so it's two times bigger than Mount Everest.

Myths/legends about it?

Has no myths or legends...

Volcano Pompeii ( we did this things to made our handmade volcano erupt ).

- 15mL of warm water

- 25mL of hydrogen peroxide

- 3 spatulas of potassium iodide into the warm water and stir

Here's the video of our handmade volcano:

Tangarroa - God of the Sea

Tangaroa  God of the Sea ( also known as Poseidon ) Tangaroa is the God of the sea, lakes, rivers, and the creatures that live within them, especially fishes. His parents were Ranginui the sky father and Papatuanuku the earth mother. According to some traditions, however, Tangaroa is the husband of Papatuanuku and a rival of Ranginui.  Tangaroa can also be destructive. He can control the tides of the sea.

TWTWB - Chapter 21 Questions

 

 

Chapter 21-Epilogue

1. How do Ellie and Fi feel as they are leaving the scene on their motorbikes? Are these realistic feelings? They felt proud of themselves saving their hometown, but they think the war is not over yet...

2. Why do you think the group decided to blow up the bridge?

To stop more invaders coming, the bridge is the only way they can go through to Wirrawee.

3. How is this exploint different from the other exploits the group has been on?

The exploint about blowing up the bridge was to end the war....

4. How does Kevins decision to go with Corrie change our perspective of him from Chapter 3/7? In chapter 3/7, when Kevin left Corrie and Ellie, it was when they were getting shot at invaders, Kevin acted like a coward, Corrie hated that. Now that Corrie got shot by an invader, Kevin stayed with her with care and get her to the hospital, unfortunately, the hospital is guarded by invaders but Kevin didn't care about it.

5. What is Ellie's concern about her story?

Not sure....

6. What do you think will happen to Corrie and Kevin?

They might got caught by the invaders or Corrie got to the hospital and got healed by a doctor...

TWTWB - Chapter 17-20 Questions

In this week, I am going to work on questions through 3 chapters of TWTWB

Chapter 17-20

Q1. Why does Ellie feel uncomfortable with Chris bringing cigarettes and alcohol into Hell?

       It made her reflect on the laws of the land making her worried about breaking the laws and rules...
Q2. What is meant by a "clean war"? Why are the invaders so intent on having a "clean war"?

       To me, clean war is to prevent killing someone or having a fair war between two countries.

Q3. What happened to the soldiers involved in the lawnmower incident, according to Robyn? How           does this make Ellie feel?

       According to Robyn, two of them died and two of the people they ran over, Ellie felt giddy about it.

Q4. Why do you think prisoners are sent to clean up the houses around town?

       To make the town look so tidy.

Q5. What makes Ellie think soldiers walking past them are professionals?

       Because most of the soldiers they ran against are young and not trained.

Q6. What are some clues that the group is starting to think 'more like soldiers'?

       The way they plan saving their hometown is like defending a headquarter of some soldiers or I dunno.

Q7. Why is Ellie nervous about being paired with Fi? Were her concerns about Fi realised? Explain.

       Probably because Ellie has a liking on Homer which is Fi also has a liking on him, but Ellie already           has a guy which is Lee.

Q8. What is true courage according to Ellie?

        Her friends...? 

Q9. What problems do Fi and Ellie encounter on their mission to bring the tanker to the appropriate place under the bridge? How do they deal with these problems?     

       Invaders were guarding the bridge making it difficult to bring the tanker under the bridge, they dealt           with it by releasing many cattles into the bridge to make the invaders avoid getting smash, then                   somehow get the tanker under the bridge, lit the tank up and run away...

TWTWB Paragraph

Describe at least one challenge faced by a character or individual in the written text..

 In Tomorrow when the War Began, an important character is Ellie. One of the challenges she faced was blowing up the bridge. It is a challenge because they didn’t know about all the things which could have gone wrong, there are a lot of risks involved like being shot, being blown up.n being seen or captured by the enemy. This challenge helped me understand Ellie because her actions and planning showed she had matured over the story, she was  brave because she had to run through gunfire. The plan with the truck shows she is not afraid to go out on a limb and hope for the best and will act to save her friends and country. As the reader I was amazed by her courage as it would be a very scary experience.

TWTWB Vocabulary Words ( Own Words )

 

Reverential - Treating someone with lot of respect...

Distinguish - To recognise a difference between people or things...

Violated - Treating someone by insult or assaulting.

Scrounge - Seeking to obtain something by generosity or stealth...

Astonished - Surprise or impress greatly.

Consolation - Helps makes things seem better to a person that is in bad situation.

Gallantry - Brave behaviour in a man, especially on the battlefield.

Stern - Someone that is very serious or strict like some teachers are.

Begrudging - You do something even though you don't want to do it.

Crusade - Crusade is an effort or movement against abuse.

Know My Place

This is my work using the prezi website, using it was like learning a new skill to present something that is different from others. I also learned a few things about some places in NZ, the most interesting I found in my research is probably the history of Hornby High School.

 Here's the link, click it to see the work iv'e done, it's not much but I learned few new things from it:

 Know My Place

Character Paragraph Tomorrow When The War Began..

 A key moment for Ellie, In Tomorrow When The War Began, is when she blows up the lawnmower. Explain - It is an important moment for her as a character because it was the first time she has ever killed someone which results in trauma. In chapter seven, Ellie and two of her friends are hiding from the invaders. At this moment she is scared that her and her friends are going to get caught.  Ellie thinks quickly to develop a plan to protect her friends and escape from the soldiers by using the lawnmower as a bomb by putting a rag in the gas-tank and lighting it. This moment shows the reader that Ellie is brave, smart and capable of leadership. A quote that shows Ellie’s courage is on page 90 “for the first time I saw their faces; then I struck the match”. This quote shows that Ellie’s action saved their lives in a life and death situation. This is a moment that stays with Ellie for a long time.

Marshmallow Catapult Shooter

Aim:  To make a marshmallow shooter and work out what forces are acting on it.

Equipment: Paper cup, scissors, balloon, marshmallow.

Method: 1. Cut out the bottom of the cup. 2. Cut off the neck of the balloon. 3.Stretch the open end of the balloon over the bottom of the cup. 4. Place marshmallow in cup. 5. Pull balloon back to fire marshmallow.

Results:

Discussion:

In the bottom of the cup, there's a hole and cutted balloon wrap around it, put the marshmallow inside it, all the forces ( thrust, friction, gravity, and support ) were even as it wasn't moving. The force acting to when you pull the marshmallow together with the balloon with your finger and hand is friction. Release it and the marshmallow will have a big thrust force, the more you pull the marshmallow together with the balloon, the more thrust force you get. Then as soon the marshmallow leaves the cup, the gravity is acting on, pulling it down to the ground, as it landed on the ground, the ground support the marshmallow to prevent gravity pulling it. 

Science Experiment - Land Yacht

Aim: To make the fastest land yacht racer.

Equipment: Base trolley, bamboo stick, strings, tape, scissors, newspaper..

Method: Use every equipment needed... Boom!... Best land yacht racer is made.. We use the big leaf blower to make our land yacht move.. The closer the leaf blower, the faster the land yacht move, but if the leaf blower is too close to the yacht, the yacht will get knocked down or it'll break the yacht...

Results: We got first place on the first round, our was the furthest than the others... The distance was 10 metre, and the time was 10.10, so to know the speed of the yacht we divide 10 metre and 10.10s = 0.99 millimeter per second...

Tomorrow When The War Began - How War Changed Ellie

 In the TWTWB novel, Ellie showed her feeling about the war that's happening in a chapter. When Ellie got furious about Chris falling asleep in his sentry duty, it's when you watch over enemies, Ellie was so stressed that she yelled to Chris for almost risking all of their lives, she also almost killed Chris about it. Later on, she got tired of arguing, she went asleep and had a nightmare about how she killed everyone she loved, how she was careless with gas bottles causing an explosion which blew up the house she lived in, with his parents in it, setting fire to a haystack where her friends were sleeping and a few more. This shows us that Ellie is in stress or in pain. Maybe this happened to her because of the 3 soldiers she killed with a bomb lawnmower, or when Lee got shot by a bullet and Ellie was so worried that she doesn't know what to do. People in wars experience PTSD which makes them experience scary, shocking, and dangerous events making them feel afraid during and after a traumatic situation...

Industrial Revolution - Steam Engine ( Lawyer Paragraph )

 

This paragraph is about one of the inventions of the Industrial Revolution of how they evolved, the purpose of them, and the impact they gave us. According to the internet,  the Industrial Revolution started in 1760 and ended in 1840, it’s the time when machines were made such as weaving machines, steam engines, spinning frames, and cotton gin etc. I will show you how one of the inventions of the Industrial Revolution made a big impact on us. 

During the time of the Industrial Revolution, many inventions were made by hand or work by hand. Steam engines are one of the inventions made, it was made in the 1690s. The creation of steam engines helped us before but the steam engine now has evolved and made a big impact on our era. The steam engine nowadays helps us more than the old one. The old steam engine helped to power the first trains, ships, factories, and even cars. 

While the steam engine nowadays changed steam trains to bullet trains, a train faster than a traditional train using magnetic process to move. It was made in Japan in 1964, without the old steam train the bullet train probably doesn’t exist in our time right now. Steam engines also evolved to steam turbines, a power generating plants and ships. They are particularly useful for nuclear power plants. Steam engines evolved into steam turbines and have a big impact on our era. Steam turbines generate electricity using rotary motion and about 85% of all electricity generation in the United States in the year 2014 was by use of steam turbines. As we know, steam  turbines generate large amounts of electricity helping us do our work easily, making our lives simple, and it gives us benefits which is a good thing for us to go continue on living.  There are a lot more inventions from the time of the Industrial Revolution and were evolved in this time for the better.

Tomorrow When The War Began - Vocabulary #3 ( Own words )

 Manoeuver - A person that need to do something to accomplish his/her goal...

 Inconspicuous - Something that is not attracted..

Surreptitious - A secret that is kept quite...

Evasion - An act to avoid something...

Impenetrable - Something that can't be penetrated or enter...

Patriotic - Showing your great love to your country...

Reconnaissance - Military observing a region to locate an enemy...

Inaccessible - Something that can't be reached or access...

Gaunt - Something that is thin because of suffering, hunger, or age...

Conscript - Enlist or recruit someone typically into the armed services...

Antarctica - 'Dogs of the Vaness'

 We have been studying Antarctica. We listened to a story about Nanook, a husky who was sent to Antarctica on an expedition in 1901. We then wrote the next chapter of the story from Nanook’s ‘Point of View’.

Nanook has been told that in two days, he and his team will leave Lyttelton on the boat ‘Discovery’ to travel to antarctica.

If I were Nanook I would feel happy and a bit sad at the same time. The sad part is that I have to leave the home I grew up in, and the happy part is that I get to experience new things in somewhere new.

I would be proud of myself that I get to go to Antarctica, all of my hard work will finally be paid off. And I would also be so happy because I get to be with my seven friends, Hector, Hercules, Granny, Nell, and Fluff...

What I learned about GST

Today, I learned what GST is and how to calculate GST.  Good Service and Tax aka GST for short, GST is when you buy an item and give a little bit of money to the government, GST is different depends on what country you buy an item. In New Zealand, GST is 15%, so whenever you go to a shop and buy an item, and funded by the government, you give 15% of the price to the government. For example, a bottle of water can cost like 4 dollar, 15% of that are given to the government, to find out how much the GST is, you 15% divided by 100 is 0.15 next you times 0.15 to the price of the item, 0.15 times 4 is is 0.60 cent, 60 cent is the 15% price of the original price.

Tomorrow When The War Began

How do you think this story will be written?
Probably most are written in a violent way.
Why do you think the story is entitled as it is?
To tell what happened before the war began...
Where do you think the story will take place?
Danger zone where war is happening..
What time period do you think the story is set in?  Like in the morning?

Chapter 1
What is first person narration?  The one telling the story.
What kind of story do you think Ellie is going to tell? What happened before the war began, that’s what I think.
What skills do these characters have that convince their parents that they can ‘go bush’ independently. Find 3 examples e.g Ellie tells Robyns parents they have ‘independence and initiative’ p.11  
Chapter 3
What kind of person is Kevin in chapter 3? He is the kind of guy who would break branches off trees instead of walking a few extra metres to pick up dead wood.
Ellie says Fi is like an exoticbutterfly-P.33 Do you agree with Ellie, why/why not? Yes, because Fi never had a two-minute noodle which makes her a foreign girl… I dunno..
Chapter 4
Ellie claims that ‘Hell’ is only a label and that people label things all the time, often ignoring or overlooking certain labelled places or things-pg 43. She then comes to the conclusion that ‘Hell was people’ pg43. Is she right? What’s your opinion, on labelling and Hell? I believe that whoever put the signs is the ones who are the ‘hell’ people...
What was especially peculiar about the planes that flew over Hell? ‘Their noise, their speed, their darkness frightened me.’ Pg 38 Why do you think these frightened Ellie? It scared Ellie because she’s talking about the planes that are going to war…

Chapter 5: 
What does Corrie want to do when she grows up? Pg 46 Work in the country that needed nurses most.
Chapter 6: 
What is the first sign that something is wrong at Ellie’s house? Pg. 55 Ellie’s dogs weren’t jumping around and barking as they used to then Ellie found out that they were dead, only one dog’s alive.
Do you think the way the teenagers reacted to the realisation that Australia may have been invaded or at war was realistic? Why/why not. Yes, because they all were scared, cried, and frightened...
Which people in the group are starting to  stand out as leaders? Why? I think Ellie, because when they realise that Australia may have been invaded, Ellie explained that it might be true… 
Why does the idea of a female soldier surprise Ellie? Pg 83 Because most soldiers are men and not women.
Ellie and Kevin’s quick-thinking allowed them to turn a ride-on lawnmower into a bomb. Was this the right thing to do, why? Yes, it doesn't matter because they're now in war with soldiers...
Homer says, “This is war now, normal rules don’t apply.. They’re the ones who tore up the rule book, not us” Pg 97 Do you think Homer is right? Yes.
What pieces of evidence from the book inform the reader that this invasion wasn’t entirely peaceful? Find at least 3 examples from pages 97-99. When Fi said ‘But blood, a lot of blood, a lot of dark stains’. A big sign in Tozers’ window, saying “Shoplifters will be prosecuted. And a ‘truck just down the road that had crashed into a tree.


Why, in Ellie’s opinion, is Cobbler’s Bay and Wirrawee so important to the invaders? Cobbler's Bay and Wirrawee is important to the invaders because it's their plan to capture or control it making it their base and move on to another one.
Corrie and Ellie reminisce about how innocent they were in high school and even a few days ago. Why were they still innocent then? Why are they no longer innocent? The days when they were still innocent were the normal days, suddenly when the war began, they weren't innocent anymore because of what's happening to them.
By blowing up Corrie’s house, what does the invading force demonstrate to the teenagers? They show no mercy...
Describe the strategy Home and Ellie use to ensure their safety when riding their bikes into town. What does this show about how they are starting to think? They show that they are cautious of what's happening around them....
How does Ellie feel as she is waiting in the truck at the Council Depot? Where do her emotions come from? Ellie was shivering, it probably came from the soldiers that were trying to chase them.
Why is it so terrible that Chris falls asleep while on sentry duty? How does Ellie react? Why do you think she reacts this way? How does she feel about her reaction later? Ellie reacted so furious at Chris because Chris suppose to be on watching-soldier duty instead he fell asleep, Ellie said that he almost risk our lives for getting asleep...Ellie went a little overboard to Chris because of how she cares of everyone's lives. Later on she felt bad at Chris..

Q1.All the teenagers have a specific role to play in their group. Describe the roles each teenager plays? Ellie is the leader and takes responsibilities for her friends, Fi is scared of the war she still fight for her friends, Homer is a leader like Ellie, sometimes immature, Kevin is a coward person sometimes but he's loyal to his friends and would never leave them behind, Corrie is Ellie's best and supportive to Ellie, Lee is independent, warrior-like, sweet, convincing and genuine according to Ellie, Robyn is a religious girl, refuse to hurt anybody, lastly, Chris, he's intelligent and a creative poet....
Q2. According to what the teenagers hear on Corries radio, why would America be best not to get involved in Australia’s struggle? So there will be no war between them, I think..
Q3. Why is Australia being invaded? Maybe the enemies plan to capture or conquer Australia because of their resources...
Q4. What do Kevin and Robyn argue about? Do you think Robyn’s points are fair? They argued about that is it fine the soldiers can take what they want, then Kevin said that 'You sound like you don't mind them taking everything they want' but Robyn did mind, because she's religious and doesn't like what the soldiers are doing to their hometown...
Q5. “Paradise of Hell” is an oxymoron. What does it mean. Paradies is another word for heaven, and hell is the eternal punishment after death, so it kinda means the beautiful kind of hell. I dunno..
Q6. Kevin’s hatred of the invaders is quite extreme. Why do you think he is so angry? Because the soldiers did a really wrong thing and triggers something inside Kevin, maybe because of the memories of his hometown or something else...
Q7. Despite the fact that the teenagers are in the midst of a war zone, evading enemy soldiers and planning guerrilla operations, they still find time to harbour romances. Do you think this is realistic? Yes, kinda, because in the real war, some people fight and still do romances stuff like when after they're done with the war, they visits their love ones or something, I think...
Briefly summarise the story of the Hermit from Hell. Do you believe he killed his family? Well, basically yes, it said that the Hermit killed his wife and family in cold blooded and retreated, but maybe he did it on good reasons or maybe bad reasons...


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