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Monday, 11 December 2017

What my group are doing for Project Basted Learning ..

hello my name is  Jasmine and i am Hornby High school student..
My group name is Maccapacca and in my group their is Leticia, Haylee, Bella and myself.
And at school we are doing Project Basted Learning and we had to choose a topic so we chose the Ronald McDonald House..

We chose the Ronald McDonald House because not many people know about the Ronald McDonald House and we wanted to do something different..
Ronald McDonald House is a place were the stuff help families who have really sick kids so the stuff help families look after there kids and to give them medicine to make the kids fell better and to try and save there life's so they can grow up to be young adults and live there life to the fullest.

with the Ronald McDonald House they have an inside play ground , a TV for when ever the kids get board or for a wet day, they all so have a huge trampoline for a really nice day and they also have a huge connect four game for outside..

My have come up with doing a car wash to fun raise money for the Ronald McDonald House but we had to ask Mr Aiken and if it was all right to go to the Ronald McDonald House...






Thursday, 16 November 2017

Our action plans..

First action plan


Steps needed to achieve the goal. Email Coupland's asking if

we can sell their product to fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House by going door to door sales. Eg. ‘Fill up Ya Baking Tins’.

What will help us achieve this goal?(Enablers). Couplands allowing us to sell their product to fundraise.

Possible barriers and how they could be overcome. Couplands not allowing us to sell their product. We could instead sell Whittaker’s Chocolate.

Who is responsible for this step?. Bella

Date this step will be achieved by. 18/11

Second action plan..

Steps needed to achieve the goal. Email the Ronald McDonald House asking if we can Visit them.
What will help us achieve this goal?(Enablers).
  • Email Ronald McDonald House.
Transport by Parents and Familie
    Possible barriers and how they could be overcome.
    Not allowed to visit. We can send them Food, Books and Games.


    Possible barriers and how they could be overcome. Not allowed to visit. We can send them Food, Books and Games.

    Who is responsible for this step?. Bella
    Leticia
    Jazz
    Haylee
    Parents
    Family Members

    Date this step will be achieved by.
    18/11


    Third action plan

    Steps needed to achieve the goal.
    Go around the neighbourhood selling the coupland's product to a profit of a $1 for each we sell

    What will help us achieve this goal?(Enablers).
    After school we
    Go around our neighbourhood asking if they would like to buy the products we are selling .
    Possible barriers and how they could be overcome.
     People don’t like the product which we are are selling .We just have to keep looking for people and ask our parents to take them to work with them to sell to their employees and work mates.

    Who is responsible for this step?.

    Haylee
    Leticia
    Bella
    Jazzy
    Date this step will be achieved by.
    1/2



    Fourth and final action plan..

    Steps needed to achieve the goal.

    Go and visit the children
    At the Ronald Mcdonald
    House and read, play and entertain them for the day..

    What will help us achieve this goal?(Enablers)
    Transport to get there
    Thing to take with use from home or that we have bought for them.

    Possible barriers and how they could be overcome.
    Hours the we can. We have to organise time when everyone can be there at the same time.


    Who is responsible for this step?
    Hay-lee
    Leticia
    Jazzy
    Bella

    Date this step will be achieved by.
    5/12








    Wednesday, 15 November 2017

    The Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser

    At Hornby High School we are doing project-based learing. we were asked to chose a topic wich has a good impact on the community. We got into groups of three or four.My group has Leticia,Haylee,Bella and I we are called the maccapacca. We chose the topic of the The Ronald McDonald House..

    The website we used are:

    https://rmhc.org.nz/Ronald McDonald House

    http://rmhsi.org.nz/:Ronald McDonald House South Island


    http://rmhsi.org.nz/ways-to-help/volunteer/:Ronald McDonald House Volunteer.

    We chose the The Ronald McDonald House because not everyone knows why it is there and that it is there.It is for the patents and there families wich have to leav their homes to get treatment for there illness. as they are for a verey long time trying to get there kids better and so they can go home.With the The Ronald McDonald House the stuff try to make it feel like home outside they have a big trampolien and a huge conect four game outside and inside they have a tv for the kids when for when they get bored and for when it is a wet day and they have an inside play ground fo the little kids. When vistiors come they can help them selfs to a cup of coffee and somthing to eat.. The Ronald McDonald House have an elevator by the front door so you can up to there bed room's.......


    Friday, 29 September 2017

    Random writing


    Ernest Hemingway

    “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”


    1. This activity can be done whenever you want but it will also be done at the start of the lesson in your English class and you will do this twice a week in your English lessons. You will arrange which two lessons with your English teacher.
    2. Your English teacher will give you a topic or set of slides from their Google Site to write from for that week. You will pick one slide to write about and you will argue for or against the statement on the slide.
    3. You will copy or screenshot the slide and put it at the top of your writing and you will write for a maximum of 10 minutes. You will write it on a Google Doc titled ‘Random Writings’ that will be sent out to you. This will allow you to edit and proof it using ‘Grammarly’. After your 10 minutes of writing, you will get 5 minutes to edit and proofread it.
    4. Once you’ve proofed it, you will then, at the end of the second session, select your best work and then, with the picture at the top, copy and paste it into your Blog.
    5. Good luck!

    Start writing here:Screenshot 2017-09-27 at 1.48.20 PM.png

    I thInk they should get payed for every tIme they play Ice hockey because they have to to pay for theIr mouthguard and for theIr  hockey stIcks and for the gas to put In theIr cars to get to every game and every tIme they  traInIng..

    And I don’t thInk It Is fear that If they go to a game not get payed that Is not fear at all.

    So I thInk they should get payed..




    Screenshot 2017-09-27 at 2.00.54 PM.png

    I thInk he should not  pay for every fIsh he catches because he wIll he to seed so much money just to catch fIsh when he could spend hIs money on other thIngs lIke food and beddIng and clothes.

    And not waste hIs money on fishIng..  






    I thInk  that boxIng should be classed as a sport  because people can get really fit

    And it is a really good work out...

    Tuesday, 8 August 2017

    My SPECIAL PLACE....

    MY SPECIAL PLACE


    THE SEVENTH SAND DUNE ON THE LEFT OF THE PATH.


     I’m standing on a sand dune, overlooking the vast blue sea, rippling gently until it meets the sky. The sea breeze is gently blowing on my face, cooling it from the scorching sun that’s beating down.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              In the distance, the seagulls swoop and squawk, fighting over a piece of food.
    I taste the salt air on my lips, and I feel peaceful, relaxed and wonder how it feels to be a seagull gliding on the whispering wind, with no deadlines, no weeks, months, or even years.
    I see a man with a sun hat, crooked back and a piece of driftwood for a walking stick slowly meandering. His golden labrador on the other hand, is bounding along, running circles around him, barking at waves and being a puppy again. It skips and splashes in the foaming water, barking and begging its master to throw the stick one more time.
    A father and his boy gently wrestle a rainbow coloured kite as it skips and dances in the azure sky.
     I sit down on the warm sand and dig my heels in under the surface to the cooler sand, and squeeze it out again through my toes. I can smell the suntan lotion I had put on earlier, mixed with the sweat of the day. My shoulders are a toasty reddish brown colour, and they radiate the day’s warmth.
     I look down the beach and see a young couple walking along the sea edge. She has her head on his shoulder, her arm round him, he’s talking and smiling, his arm wraps around her like an eagle protecting its young.
     I think of my girlfriend who is far from me, across the seas in a different land. How many waves will crash on this shore before I’ll see her again? Still, it’s only a speck of sand in the time scale of things. It won’t be long before we are both sitting here, in our special place, embracing one another as we just be.


    Mr. Aitken 2005 ©
    Make a copy, name it ‘My Special Place’, and please put it in your correct English folder. ask if you’re unsure which folder that is.
    1) From this piece of creative writing, highlight, in the corresponding colours, all the
    (a) Similes
    (b) Metaphors
    (c) Personification
    (d) Onomatopoeia
    (e) Alliteration


    2) Highlight the 5 senses
    (a) Smells
    (b) Sights
    (c) Sounds
    (d) Tastes
    (e) Touches


    3) Highlight the following parts of speech
    (a) Noun
    (b) Verb
    (c) Adjective
    (d) Adverb
    (e) Contraction
    (f) Rhetorical question


    Wednesday, 2 August 2017

    The power of one ESSAY

    INSTRUCTIONS Write an essay on at least ONE visual or oral text that you have studied, in


    response to ONE of the questions below.


    QUESTIONS (Choose ONE)


    1. Describe at least one important object in the text. Explain why that object was important, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.


    2. Describe one important moment in the text. Explain how that moment changed at least one important relationship or character, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.


    3. Describe at least one important technique used in the text. Explain how the technique created an emotional response in you, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.


    4. Describe the closing scene of the text. Explain how the closing scene helped you to understand at least one important aspect of the text, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.


    5. Describe at least one important place in the text. Explain how that place helped you to understand an important message in the text, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.


    6. Describe an important conflict in the text. Explain how the conflict helped you to understand an important message, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.


    7. Describe at least one important character in the text. Explain how this character is revealed to you throughout the text, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.


    8. Describe one key moment that helped to prepare you for another moment in the text. Explain how the first moment prepared you for the second, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.

    I am going to answer essay question: _____
    1. The object is the wip that the Nazis used to beat  the Africans with...
    Gathering of Ideas: list you planning points here:
    • How P.K. fell in love with Maria the first time he saw her for the first time.
    • When P.K chicken got killed .
    • When P.K. got peed on at school.
    • When P.K. got tort how to box in the prison.





    Organise your ideas here: What are your best ideas?


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    Write an essay on ONE question above for ‘The Power of One’. Tie it all together with an introduction, SEXXXY paragraphs, and a conclusion, PLUS using the ‘GOLDEN’ elements for excellent writing including LINKING PARAGRAPHS, DESCRIPTIVE WORDS, ENABLING PHRASES and NEAT AND TIDY (which is actually making corrections for  punctuation, spelling and grammar!)


    REMEMBER: You don’t have to do all of the SEXXXY paragraph. Do your best and try to Statement, Evidence, eXplanation of the EFFECT, and Your Link :) YOU”VE GOT THIS! Good luck!



    Introduction
    (a)Catch ‘em including text and author/director          
    (b)Thesis/Re-stating of essay question          
    (c)List of points                      

    Start writing here:
    I am going to talk about when p.k fell in love with Maria the first time he saw her.






    Body
    (a) Statement of a film techniques/aspect
    (b) Example/Evidence
    (c) eXplanation of EFFECT on audience - what does it make us think or feel?    
    And remember to answer the essay question!
    (d) eXplanation of director’s PURPOSE                                   
    (e) eXplanation of COMBINED ASPECTS - how does it work with other aspects?          
    (f) Your link - with evidence - how does it connect somewhere else?   
                                          
    1S) Today i am going to talk about when P.K fell in love with Marya the first time.
    E)   P.K. was having a boxing match and when he got hit in the face he hit his head and when he opened his eyes he  saw Maria standing there telling him to get back up the lighting on his was bright on one side and on the other side was dark….
    X) For days P.K. would not stop talking about Maria to his friend he say how beautiful Maria was and P.K wanted to see to Maria again.But his friend said to P.K. that he had to get permission from Maria’s dad. So P.K. went and asked for Maria dad’s permission  to see Maria again but Maria’s dad said no.so P.K. respect Maria’s dad wishes and he went back to class...
    X)
    X
    Y











    (a) Statement of a film techniques/aspect
    (b) Example/Evidence
    (c) eXplanation of EFFECT on audience - what does it make us think or feel?
    And remember to answer the essay question!
    (d) eXplanation of director’s PURPOSE                                   
    (e) eXplanation of COMBINED ASPECTS - how does it work with other aspects?          
    (f) Your link - with evidence - how does it connect somewhere else?  

    2S) When  P.K. was young he went to boarding school for the first time ever in his life when he hugged his mum the close up shot on P.K.’s face he was afraid and he and he tried to keep his tears back and he said his last good bye’s to his mum and his mum gave P.K. a speshul bracelet that P.K.’s dad gave his mum when they first fell in love. After him mum gave P.K. the bracelet P.K’s nanny helped in the back of the truck P.K. hugged his nanny for the last time and his nanny said good bye for the last time. It was hard for P.K..
    E) When P.K was had school he started wetting the bed but one night a Nazi soldier told P.K. that his mum had died so P.K, went back home to bury his mum and say good bye for the last time...
    X
    X
    X
    Y












    (a) Statement of a film techniques/aspect
    (b) Example/Evidence
    (c) eXplanation of EFFECT on audience - what does it make us think or feel?   
    And remember to answer the essay question!
    (d) eXplanation of director’s PURPOSE                                   
    (e) eXplanation of COMBINED ASPECTS - how does it work with other aspects?          
    (f) Your link - with evidence - how does it connect somewhere else?  


    3S
    E
    X
    X
    X
    Y














    (a) Statement of a film techniques/aspect
    (b) Example/Evidence
    (c) eXplanation of EFFECT on audience - what does it make us think or feel?  
    And remember to answer the essay question!
    (d) eXplanation of director’s PURPOSE                                   
    (e) eXplanation of COMBINED ASPECTS - how does it work with other aspects?          
    (f) Your link - with evidence - how does it connect somewhere else?  

    (Optional)
    4S  
    E
    X
    X
    X
    Y













    Conclusion
    (a) Re-stating of the essay question
    (b) Re-stating of list of reasons
    (c) Punch line











    Junior Assessment Schedule for Film, Written, and Formal Writing Essays
     Progressions:
    Overall
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    Ideas/Purposes and Audiences

    Nb*
    L=Low
    M=Medium
    H=High

    SEXY
    SEXXY or
    SEXXXY!
    I have expressed ideas and used statements, evidence, and explanations and attempted to answer the question with some aspects of SEXY paragraphs.
    I have shown commitment and resilience in my learning by adding or changing details to support my ideas.
    I have formed and communicated ideas by using statements, evidence, and explanations and attempted to answer the question with SEXY paragraphs.
    I have shown commitment and resilience to my learning by adding or changing details to support my ideas.
    I show increasingly comprehensive ideas by using statements, evidence, and explanations correctly to answer the question in  1-2 SEXY paragraphs.
    I have developed my  ideas by adding details or making links to the text, other texts, society, or the world.
    I show comprehensive ideas by using statements, evidence, and explanations correctly to answer the question in 3 or more SEXY paragraphs.
    I have worked towards creating a coherent, planned whole essay by adding details to ideas or making links to the text, other texts, society, or the world.
    Ideas/Purposes
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    Audiences
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    Language Features

    (Persuasive, filmic, or written, depending upon the essay.)

    I have used Google add-ons, extensions, and apps to proofread and edit my work
    I have used descriptive words and language features to engage interest and communicate meaning.
    I have used grammatical and spelling conventions, appropriately and with increasing accuracy.
    I have used a range of descriptive words and language features to create meaning and effect and to sustain interest.
    I have used grammatical and spelling conventions, appropriately and with only a few intrusive errors.
    I have used a wide range of descriptive words and language features with control to create meaning and effect and to sustain interest.
    I have used an increasing range of words and  grammatical and spelling conventions  appropriately, effectively, and with accuracy.
    I have used a wide range of descriptive words and language features with control to create meaning and effect and to sustain interest.
    I have used grammatical and spelling conventions  appropriately, effectively, and with accuracy.

    Language Features
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    Structure
    I have achieved sequences my ideas with SEXY paragraphs.
    I may have linked my paragraphs, and have an intro, body, and conclusion.
    I have achieved some coherence through sequencing my ideas with SEXY paragraphs.
    I may have linked my paragraphs, and have an intro, body, and conclusion.
    I have achieved a sense of coherence through developing my ideas with SEXY paragraphs.
    I probably have linked my paragraphs, and have an intro, body, and conclusion.
    I have achieved a sense of coherence through developing my ideas with SEXY paragraphs.
    I probably have linked my paragraphs, and an intro, body, and conclusion.
    Structure
    Grade:


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    Junior Assessment Schedule for Film, Written, and Formal Writing Essays