Home Ec Evaluation

 

Genica and I chose Croque madame as our cultural assessment dish because it relates to the country topic (France) and it is the closest dish to our favourite food, eggs Benedict. The best part of the finished meal is the bechamal sauce as it really adds the most flavour. It has a bit of tangy as well as sweetness, which really contrasted with the way the eggs was cooked. Our group would change the bread because it wasn't thick enough. The bechamal sauce just made the bread moist and soggy. 

During this process, I learned how to make bechamal sauce.

Some changes made was the bacon and bread. Because the bread needs wasn't available here we resorted to grain bread and the bacon usually used is expensive so we used plain ham.  

Persuasive Writing: Research Activity

 Persuasive Writing: Research Activity

During class we've been recently learning how to evaluate text by looking at currency, usefulness, credibility. This particular research activity was that we had to conduct a research on our 3 chosen topics. 

Text title, author & link	Text summary In your own words, write what the text was about	Usefulness Was this text useful to you? Why or why not?	Credibility Was this text credible? Why or why not?	Currency Did this text have currency? Why or why not?
1. Pros and cons of the death penalty  Author:Joe Messerli/ Balanced politics	This website contains relevant information about the death penalty and why it should be legal a cross the world. It offers a point on why it should and shouldn't be legal.	Although this text is American based, it offers some information that relates to NZ. It was useful in a way that it offered me several points from both sides. This helped because it helped me figure out what side i'm on	I personally think that this specific website used is indeed credible. It shows who wrote it as well as an area for readers to write in if any material used is inaccurate. As written in the box before it shows both sides.	There is an area which would have showed the last updated time but nothing is written there, therefore it is not currency
2. Gay marriage pros and cons Author: Unknown/ ProCon.org	This website contains a substantial amount of information relating to the topic (Gay Marriage). This text have two sides of the topic: the pros and cons	This website is also American based but it does provide content that relates to issues in NZ. Because this text has information of two sides it helps me understand why an individual support or not support gay marriage.	This website is somewhat credible because it does not show the exact person who wrote the text but it does provide an area for readers to comment their personal opinion whether they support or not. I do not recognise this website at all.	Because it shows when the text was last updated, it shows currency.  Updated at 07/10/19 or 10/07/19
3. Should teachers be allied to carry guns at school Author: Lauren Farrar.	This website contains a substantial amount of information relating to the topic (Armed Teachers). This text have two sides of the topic: the pros and cons. It shows the main arguments on both sides and additionally an introduction as well as sources used	Another American based website that relates to NZ domestic policy issues. Because this text has some information about two sides.	This text is credible because it shows the author of the text but it is a little clear that the author does not support armed teachers as there is more information whereas the cons information is lacking a bit. I do not recognise this website or author.	This text somewhat has currency as it shows when it was written but it does not show when it was last updated. Written: Nov 7 2019

Ramen Research - Home ec

 

Should woman be allowed to wear a Niqāb or a face veil, to civic ceremonies.

 WTE SENTENCES -- L.O We are learning to express our views on a topical issue.

#5 The Adverb Start -         Unexpectedly, 29% out of 54,679 voters votes no to women wearing a Niqāb                                                 or a  face veil while 71% votes yes. 

#11 The W-Start Sentence - While 29% disagree, I personally believe that woman should be allowed to                                                      wear Niqāb or a face veil to civic ceremonies because they should be able to                                                    be proud of their culture or religion.

#1 The Simple Sentence -    By voting no is basically discrimination against other cultures or religions. 

Steps to budget.

This period, our class was told to pick from either a flowchart or a prezi, I chose a prezi because I know the information needed to be on there 

What went well? It was easy to find the information I needed

What did not went well? At the start I didn't really know how a flowchart works

What could be done differently? I couldve added more information to it

Have you ever made a budgeting plan?

Source 1

Source 2

Creating a class treaty - Social studies

In our class there are approximately 20 people engaged in to making a class treaty. 

The class treaty includes a: preamble, first article, second article, third article. Our class have already completed the preamble on the 30th of October. During the making of the preamble a lot of arguments were formed just so that our entire class could agree on a statement that fits for both students and teachers. Because of all the arguments, it started to get a bit heated up. Some students really stayed true to their opinions to the point where they got a bit offended of other opinions in which they did not agree with and so arguments turned into personal insults. Who knew it was so hard to write up a treaty so everyone comes to an agreement. 

 

Impulse buying - business

In bushiness class, our teacher has given 

us a task about impulse buying. 

I made a brochure about impulse buying with a 

site called vengage as it is easy to use. 

The data wasn't difficult to get, 

because we've learned about this before. 

Do you impulse 

buy? I

f so, how many days a week 

and what items do you impulse buy?

 

Cross word

Up

Bank  

Account

Eftpos

Debit card

Down

Internet banking

WIthdrawl

Deposit

intrest

Per annual

Savings

 

 

The road to the treaty

 

Main characters task 2 - Hunger games

Learning outcome: Understand how characters are developed in a film.

Success Criteria: Explain how a character/s is portrayed using specific examples from the text.

 Task 2: Identify 2-3 of these characters strengths in Katniss, Peeta and one other character of your choice. 

Katniss - Katniss Everdeen portrays many strengths throughout the dystopian film 'Hunger games' but the two strengths that I have chosen to identify are love and creativity. Love is no doubt shown in  his film. We see this when she volunteers as tribute to save her little sister Prim or when she mourned for her friend Rue. I also chose creativity because she somehow thought of a great idea to blow up her rivals supply such as food,weapons and traps. Because of this, Katniss is able to make original ideas that make it her own.  Although Katniss has many strengths is still human meaning she has some weaknesses as well. One of the weaknesses happens to be social intelligence. Katniss is more of an independent woman shes not very social at all. She pushes away people several times and yet expects the other to just act like nothing happened making her social intelligence weak. 

Peeta - In the dystopian film 'Hunger games' Peeta Mallark shows strengths that helps us understand Peeta on a deeper note. Creativity being one of them and Social intelligence as the other. Peeta shows creativity by camouflaging himself onto some rocks by using paint that was provided for him. He did this because he was hurt and couldn't carry on anymore. Another strength is social intelligence. Peeta shows this strength by pretending to be in a group of other tributes later splitting up. This is a great example because he was able to stay alive for the next 2 days. He also pretends to love Katniss so that she and him could get sponsors by adding drama into it. Like all, Peata has a weakness. His weakness is love. How? its because he loved Katniss so much that he couldn't bear to see her get hurt yet if she does he will feel as if he would want to give up. 

Rue - For her young age, Rue shows an insane amount of strengths along the way. She shows bravery as well as teamwork. An example of Rue showing bravery is the scene where one of the tributes bet up another because it seemed as if he stole the other guys knife. But he didn't, instead rue stole it and if the owner of the knife found out Rue could've been snapped like a twig. 

Health assessment term 4

 

Tawhirimatea Maori god - Social

 

Main characters Task 1 - Hunger games

Learning outcome: Understand how characters are developed in a film.

Success Criteria: Explain how a character/s is portrayed using specific examples from the text.

Task 1: Create a resume for the four main characters. 

What am I learning? To understand how the characters are developed in this film.

How does this show my working? I explained how the characters are portrayed using examples 

What am I wondering? Nothing 

Market day conclusion - Business

Our strengths: Our group was prepared because we pre-made 7 batches of churros the night before so that we could be prepared on the day. By doing this it made it easier as well as faster to sell all we had to do was to heat them up again so they turn crispy. Because we made the churros at my house we were able to take our time to perfect little details of the churros so that it turns as well as it should be. We sold out in a reasonable amount time which was great because we got to rest all through period 3 .

Our weakness: Time management was definitely a weakness of ours because one of us was late while the other 2 were looking for them because of this we cut up a lot of useful time that we could've used to at least make another batch or to get the stall up and going. Our group didn't have as much posters as we would like, we made a slide but it didn't send through the whole school meaning not a lot of people were aware of our business. Location of the stall. The location of our stall was in a really bad place people were just walking past not aware of of us because they were to caught up with the bank. 

Three things that I should definitely do next time to improve the business activity is; time management, location of the stall and advertisements - specifically making sure that they are sent to everyone. 

Know my place

Settings timeline - Hunger games

 

Workshop working - Hunger games (weekly edited)

 Workshop 1: Unpacking themes and ideas

Definition + terminology - Money, Lifestyle, Food, Privilege, Technology, Assumptions, Life-                                                          style
Rich 
- The capitol (Accents, posh, fancy and big words)
- Clothing (Neon, bright, exotic, cleaner, )
- Architectures (Concrete, glass, steel, metal, modern)
- Advanced Technology (very futurist, medicine)
- Food (Varieties, high quality)
- Setting

Poor
 - District 12 (Coal mining, dirty, trading, un-safe)
- Illegally hunting (Hardly any food)
- Clothes (Raggedy, Dirty, worn out , trousers, wrong fitting)
- Setting (Nature)
- Entertainment (Mud, pools of water)

Sexxxy paragraph
In the dystopian movie 'Hunger games' directed by Gary Ross, costumes are used effectively to show the theme of rich v poor. Rich vs poor is not just about money but it is also about power, Privilege, Lifestyle and more. For example the capitol is filled with people (and animals) wearing bright, exotic colours. The costumes were made of very futurist fabric. This makes the audience understand that the Capitol is much more advanced in terms of lifestyle when compared to district 12 - in-equality is an issue here. The directors intent was to create a contrast between the costumes. The costumes in district 12 is ragged and worn out. It is traditional and natural. This difference shows that there are privileges to living in the capitol.

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What makes a successful paragraph?
I think that a successful paragraph needs to have evidence, an explanation as well as a link.

Workshop 2: Linking themes to the impacts of Angles, Movement and Shots

Terms
- When Katniss volunteered a dutch tilt was shown to show unease + long shot
- High angle on Effie displays power over the crowd 
- Through out the reaping scene the camera was shaky for uncertainty +mid long 
- Effie's costume had a close up shot displayed 
- Katniss and Gale had a close up shot to show the audience that they have a tight relationship.
- Flashback before Peeta and Katniss shakes hands - pre existing connection 
- Low angle - flag of Panem

How do we see themes? 

Rich vs Poor:
- Effie's clothes - close up to really pick up on the details 
- District 12 costumes - wide shot to show us that everyone inhabiting district 12 has dull clothes 
- Compare and contrast between the people of district 12 and the Capitol 
Struggle for power:
- Point of view shot

Sexxy Paragraph 
During the reaping scene the theme of Rich vs Poor is explained through the use of camera movements - specifically wide shots and close ups. The comparison between the wealth of the Capitol represented by Effie and the poorness of the whole District 12 is seen in the wide shot of the people gathered at the reaping. The close up shot of Effie reveals the quality of her makeup, costume and hair while the wide shot shows the lack of colour of district 12. Using a close up shot shows a sense of atmosphere while wide shot shows nothing and makes it seem as if the people of District 12 is forced to be there - struggle for power.

Workshop 3: How are costumes used to enhance the story? 

Where are these shots from? + what is happening? 

- Katniss

- Effie

- District 12 citizens (Primrose, Peeta, Gale)

- Peace keepers

- Beginning

Costumes in D12:

- dull

- worn

- boring

- simple

- costumes reflect the people on a personal level

- limited materials

- best clothes for the reaping scene

What theme are we exploring?

RICH VS POOR

- Capitol = rich

- D12 = poor

- Effie (bright, colourful, fashionable, drastic makeup, jewellery)

Sexxy Paragraph  

During the reaping scene the theme Rich vs Poor is represented by costumes.

We see this when the citizens of D12 are waiting for someone to be chosen as tribute. The lifestyle of D12 is reflected in the clothes that they wear. The materials of the clothes are very much limited therefore making the clothes look dull, simple. 

This makes the audience understand that the costumes represent the theme rich vs poor, rich being the capitol and poor being District 12. There is a clear difference between the opportunity, power and privilege between the capitol and D12. The directors intent was to help the audience understand that the capitol holds opportunity, power and privilege over the D12. The costumes can symbolise the in-equality between the capitol and D12. The symbolism combined with the wide shot of the crowd of D12 and over the shoulder shot of Effie shows that Effie (because shes from the capitol) shows us that she has power over them. 

Workshop 4: How does 'Lighting & Colour' enhance the story ? 

Link to workshop 4 slide

Define:

- Atmosphere > The mood/feeling of a place 

- Mood > Feeling

- Location > a place where something set 

- Warm light > Orange, yellow, red light, cosy, warm, welcome

- Cold light > Blue, green, white light, makes it feel sterile/clean, modern

- Bright light > obvious, reflect energy, happy 

- Dull light > faded, opposite of bright light, sad, boring, lonely, tiresome

- Natural light > sun, moon, reflections, star, lightning, fire - occur from nature

- Artificial light > light bulbs, screens, LED, specifically man made sources from light/ tend to be electronic

- Colour pallet > Scene of the colours used in the shot e.g D12 = Natural pallet - green, brown, black, grey

SCENE: DISTRICT 12

- Katniss is running to illegally hunt in the woods

- Cold light - lots of greenery, dull light, natural light - sunlight/clouds. 

- Makes the audience feel cold, not where you want to be, back in time/old fashioned, Poverty place - outdated materials (e.g wood) 

- Directors purpose - rich vs poor - who has more power, opportunity, privilege. They dont have a privilege of technology/ no artifical sources of light 

- Other techniques - costumes -grey/ blacks - coal miners, black shoes - less dirt 

SCENE: Train station at the Capitol 

- Tributes (Katniss and peeta) arriving 

- Cold, bright, artificial light, colour pallete - vibrant, colourful coloured costumes, bright white and grey walls

- Makes the audience feel modern, excited for the tributes to arrive

- Directors intent - rich vs poor - power, privilege, opportunity, access to tech, better sewing tech because the materials of costumes are better, No poverty - the dont work, access to do whatever they want whenever they want. 

Sexxy Paragraph  

In the scene at the train station lighting and colour are used substantially to show the theme of rich vs poor. In this case, rich represented by the privilege of the capitol. This is demonstrated through the use of bright, cold and artificial lighting that occurs from electricity. This scene contains a modern colour pallet - uses whites and grey for the background while the costumes contains a lot of bright, vibrant and colourful materials. This makes the audience feel like the location is modern and excited for the tributes to arrive at the capitol. The purpose of this was to show that the capitol has privilege to technology specifically trains, electricity, better clothing, dated materials. This works well with the use of costume. The costumes are unique and exotic which shows that they have more variety of clothing and sewing technology than those people in the district. This can be juxtapose to the conditions in District 12 where there is no electricity and the colours are more natural. 

Workshop 5: How does music enhance the story ? 

Link to workshop 5 slide

Song 1 - Happy, warm, energetic.

Song 2 - Mysterious, adventurous, sad, sombre  

Major - Upbeat, louder, full strings, contains 1st 3rd 5th.

Minor - Low beat, quieter, suspenseful.

Tempo - Speed of the beat.

Dynamic - Variation between notes, volume.

Diegetic = Amplified natural music

Non-diegetic= Sound track + special effects.

Minor. Tempo = slow.  Dynamics  - building towards the end

Paragraph  

In the dystopian film hunger games, music is used substantially to support the theme of hope and rebellion. This is shown during the scene of Rues death through the minor chords which makes the audience feel sombre. the tempo of the soundtrack during this scene is slow revealing the emotions of grief in which Katniss is feeling. The dynamic of the music in this scene starts of quiet and builds louder as the scene goes on. Th purpose of this was so the the viewer can feel a connection tot themselves to the characters int he scene. This worked well with the next scene where a riot starts in honour of Rue. 

Forces and motion - Final challenge

 

21st Century Technology timeline

 

Freytags pyramid - Hunger games

LEARNING OUTCOME: Analyse the plot of the film

SUCCESS CRITERIA: Explain how the films plot is constructed to engage a viewer

What am I learning? To analyse the plot of hunger games 
How does this show my learning? My pyramid explains the important plots in the film that is made to engage the audience
What am I wondering? Nothing

21st century technology essay - Social studies

Throughout history, technology has been the main change. From movable technology,  television, to the internet, technology has overall been embraced and incorporated into our daily lives. The way we live now is incredibly different to the past generations and it will continue to make changes. Our main focus to talk about in this lawyer paragraph is the vast improvement of Artificial intelligence (AI), cars and the futuristic train ¨Maglev¨.

What is Artificial/robot intelligence you might ask. It's a general term that is commonly used for a computer to replicate intelligent behaviour. This works by programming the robot to gather relevant information about a situation through sensors (or human input) by the application of algorithms built into a dynamic computing environment. 

Self-driving cars are a great example of this. For a long time people have been dreaming about self driving cars but it wasn't until James L. Adams invented the ‘Stanford cart’, a vehicle that anyone really deemed it ‘autonomous’. Adams’s original intent was to use the Stanford cart to back up his research on the problem of controlling a remote vehicle using video information. It's a shame that he isn't around to see how far his research came to be.  

It is now the year 2020 and self driving cars have come a long way. 

It is a completely programmed machine that works automatically while recognising its surroundings and environmental situations. It is not only safe but also reliable. 

Siri, another example of AI. Basically everyone is familiar with this. It is a pseudo-intelligent programmed into almost every apple product to assist you in many things such as give us directions to your destination, add events to our calendars, send messages and give out helpful information when we need it.

Artificial intelligence is increasing all around the world. It was once $700 billion but by the time 2022 hits, it is expected to reach up to $3.2 trillion!

Obviously,It’s no secret that the world we now live in relies on technology for everything and it makes life so much more easier to live in. Artificial/Robotic intelligence are both powerful markets but the combination of these two types of technologies could impact our lives for the better or worse.

Week 8 - List of countries

 

Linking scenes to camera shots + Sexxy Paragraph - Hunger games

Learning outcome: Describe an important idea and explain why it was worth learning about, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.

Success Criteria: Explain how camera shots, and sound and visual techniques are used to help tell the story using examples from the text.

Directed by Gary Ross, the dystopian film 'Hunger games' used multiple camera shots and angles. A close up was used effectively by Gary Ross when Primrose was about to say her last goodbye before Katniss left for the annual hunger games. This makes the audience feel more connected to the scene, specifically Primrose. We feel her sadness as she says her goodbyes. The intention of this was so that the audience feels more engaged to the character in a direct and personal matter. Even though the audience starts to lose the characters surroundings, the actions o f the character is more intimate and impacts us on the way we view the film. Close up shot combined with the silence and over,-powering lighting increases the suspense giving more of a depth to the scene while drawing the viewers in.

Another camera shot that was used effectivly in this film is medium close-up. We see this during Katniss performance when she shot the apple from the pigs mouth as the committee is about to eat. The medium close-up helped me understand that she is not afraid of showing off to the committee. The director did this to make the audience feel engaged and connect to the scene as if we are part of it. Medium close-up combined with the bare lighting increases the suspense and and draws the attention of the audience. Because the angle is pointing down towards Katniss, it reveals that there is an imbalance of power between her and the committee. 

 

The camera shot used in this particular scene is an extreme close up. The is used when Katniss is about to shoot the apple down onto the minefield to blow up the food supply. This helps to amplify emotional intensity when the camera is focused right onto her mouth. The way she exhales makes a huge differnce as it raises the suspense. The director did this to raise the intensity of the issue. An extreme close up combined with the blur of the background help to focus her mouth. 

The last of many camera shots I will be showing you is a medium shot. This is demonstrated after Katniss found Peeta stuck in cement very much injured. This camera shot is where we start to feel engaged to the characters on a personal level. The director did this to help the audience connect with the film a little more as it is approximately of how close another would be when having a causal conversation with them. A medium shot with the background noise of the waterfall makes us feel a little more calm during this intense scene. 

Paint Techniques - Art

Theme guide booklet - Hunger games

Learning Outcome: Analyse the themes and ideas of a film

Success Criteria: Discuss the way a theme or idea is portrayed in the text.

What am I learning? To analyse the themes and ideas of the film.

How does this work show my learning? I made a poster that shows the themes of the movie.

What am I wondering? Nothing.