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...