Eassy Writing Structure

5. Adverb Sentence
Curiously, Quickly, Rapidly, Often. Importantantly, Technically, Firstly, Lastly, Remarkably, Similary, Significantly, Readily, Intrestingly.

* Comma goes after the adverb.
E.g Suprisingly, Mrs Handley was on time to class

Shookingly, everyone was nice to Neika for a day.
Unsurprisingly, I tripped over nothing.

6.  Begin with a Preposition
Prepositions are words that indicate movement or position
Agaisnt, Under, Above, In, At, Throughout, Behind, Within, Near, For, About, Between, Over, Prior, Beyond

*Common tells you when preposition time has ended
E.g Within the hour, all students had finished their essays.

Throughout the day, I competed in different events.
Within a hour, I was bored.

8.  -Ed Start
Committed,Undaunted,Deteremined,Forced,Gifted,Blighted,Thrilled,Delighted,Blessed,Overpowered, Bewildered,Drafted,Surprised, Foreshadowed, Haunted 

E.g Thrilled by the score, the coach shouted us all Maccas.

Forced by my mum, I went to school.
Annoyed by my sister, I left the room.

11. The 'W' Start
Who, What, When, Where, Whilst, Whereas, While

E.g Whereas Liz played Netball, I played Hockey

Whilst my mum was out, I watched Basketball.
Whereas Neika liked talking, I hated her voice.

Classic Compare & Contrast Paragraph 

Suprisingly, many people belive Netball is better than Basketball. In baskteball, everyone on the team is eliglable to shot the ball whenever they please, giving everyone a chance to score. Whereas in Netball, there are only two designated shooters in a team who have to stay within a certain area, a small semi circle at the end of the court.  Compared to Netball, Basketball is more physical and more engaging, therfore making it better than Netball.

Sexist people belive that boys are smarter than girls. This statment is obviously false as all genders have the ability to be as smart as they want to be. Yet not all see it this way, there are multiple sexist people who belive that this hurnedous accusation is true because of geniuses who happened to be male, even though there are still many females who have accomplished great things. Amelia Airheart is a major example of a strong female, as she was the first women to succesfully fly solo around the world. Clearly sexisim is still a huge issue if this statement is still a huge issue in socity.

Charater Profiles

We had to make profiles about characters in our book. Here are my character profiles:

Critical Literacy Matrix

In English one of our tasks is to answer 3 critical literacy questions about any text you want. I choose to answer my questions based on Tomorrow When The War Began.

Why are you reading this text? I am reading this text so I can explore a wider range of dystopian literature. 


Why has the author constructed the characters the way they have? I think that the author constructed the character the way they have so we can get a better understanding of how different personalities would react in the situation they have been put in.

How would the text be different if it were told in another time, place or culture?  I think that in a different time, place and culture it could be more seen as a very real scenario as there have been wars because countries have invaded other countries.

Art - Lino Cutting

In art we have been doing Lino Cutting inspired by Sonja Terk Delauney.  We had to create a design that incorporate orphsim in it. Orphism is a type of art that uses a-lot a colour and shapes to make the picture. To start with we had to make a thumbnail sketch. After we completed the thumbnail sketch we had to split it up so it fits on 2 different pieces of lino.  We are doing our design on 2 pieces of lino so it creates a cool affect. Some techniques I have had to use so far is how cut the lino. I have also had to use a lot of complementary colours so it stands out more. Another technique I have used is with how and where I put all the shapes I have used. Something that hasn't worked so well was the fact the the fist lino cutting tool I used was to curved so I struggled to cut.  Something that I really like about my work so far is the design of my work. Here is a picture of my work so far:

Human Trafficking - Social Studies

We had to do a seel paragraph about human trafficking. Here is my paragraph:

Human Trafficking is the action of illegally transferring humans from one place to another, often they end up being forced into sexual or physical labour. Although the majority of human trafficking happens to adults there is still a huge amount of young kids who end up being beaten and sexually exploited. Human Trafficking is a major problem in countries such as; Belarus, Central African Republic, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Sudan, Syria, and Venezuela. Many people who are abducted and sold eventually end up in forced labour. Human Trafficking is still a huge issue despite it being illegal due to not enough countries taking actions and prosecuting the crime. 

Child Soldiers - Social Studies

In Social Studies we had to do a research task about Child Soldiers. Child Soldiers are Kids that are used for killing or committing any sort of violence. We had to create a map showing the ten most involved countries for using child soldiers. Here is the map that Jordan and I worked on collectively:  

Here is my Seel Paragraph about why children are used in War and how does this take away their Human Rights and Freedom:

Many Children are recruited to become soldiers at a young age.  By becoming a soldier these children are deprived of basic human rights such as the right to freedom. Child Soldiers are used in any way their commander wants, but they are mainly used for things such as killing, violent acts, sexual purposes, spies and multiple other things. These children do not get a say in what they do and due to them being young they are often manipulated into thinking they are doing the right thing. Many children join the military to avenge family members who have died as a result of a war. Children are still being used as soldiers in multiple countries. 

Math

In maths we have been doing various types of maths problems that we had to solve in groups of 4. For half the term my I was in a group with Jordan and Natasha but now I am in a group with Reign, Sofia and Jordan. We had to answer 2 questions about one of the problems we had to solve. Here are the questions:

1.   Describe a mistake or misconception that you or your classmate had I class. What did you learn from this? A mistake a Jordan and Natasha made was that they didn't fully understand the question therefor leading me to have separate answers to the rest of the group. I learnt that just because the majority of the group has a different answer doesn't mean your wrong and also to make sure to understand the equation.

2. Did you learn any new vocabulary or concepts?  No as I learned all the vocabulary and concepts in previous years.