merit blog post 1 (technology)

Yesterday the year 7 and 8's went to tech at Lincoln primary school. At the moment I am doing textiles and design. We were doing our planning and started prototyping. I am making a pillow to put in my room. while I was at tech I showed the respect value because I listened to the teachers instructions and I behaved on the bus by only talking to the person next to me quietly so the bus driver could concentrate.

Week 5 Reading Assessment

Year 7/8: I can use my growing wide range of academic and content-specific vocabulary to understand texts.

Name of Text: Underground Explorers

Definitions

Void: an empty space or vacuum. Fluorescent: able to give off visible light after being exposed to a source of heat, light, or other form of energy Vulnerable: able to be hurt or injured Interconnected: to connect or cause to be connected one to the other or others. Seldom: not often; rarely.

Example/Non Example	Is a void messy? Why or why not?	A void isn't messy because it is an empty space
	Which color is the most fluorescent at night? Why?	The most fluorescent colour at night is dark blue because for the most part of the day it has had the sun shining so when its dark it can shine
	Why are elderly people more vulnerable than children? Why?	elderly  people have sensitive skin because when you are young you do more things but when you get older your skin becomes more sensitive
	Which is more interconnected; a vine or a dandelion? Why?	Vines because the grow around things when dandelions don't they just grow by themselves
	Which is more seldom; the Olympics or an election in NZ? Why?	The olympics because they only happen once every four years

Word Associations	The plants in the garden are die during a frost	Vulnerable
	There were lots of different paths that joined each other	interconnected
	I made a shot from halfway while facing backwards.	Seldom
	We are still exploring  outer space.	Void
	I can find my key ring easily in the dark.	Fluorescent

Word Relationships How might each pair of words be connected?	Vulnerable/Fluorescent	When you get a bruise blood rushes to that spot and makes it discoloured
	Void/interconnected	When doing a puzzle if there is an empty space you connect the peices

Extended Writing	Think of a time when you felt as though you were in a void or when you saw something that happens seldom. Write a paragraph about this.
	SELDOM On wednesday instead of training we had a game. I got the ball and I ran about half the field and fended off 5 tackles and nearly got a try

I can describe the structure of a Short Story

Something I have learned about the structure of short stories is: action happens quicker but it is still interesting

After reading some short stories two things I will remember when I write my own short story are don't make it too long and keep it interesting

I Can Read And Interpret A Range Of Graphs

For maths I have been learning to read and interpret a range of graphs. This relates to the National Standards as it meets the criteria of:

• I can compare distributions visually (Year ⅞ Standard)

Here is link to my Statistical Literacy spreadsheet  which shows all of the graphs and tables I can read and interpret.

I have also compared and contrasted some of the graphs. Below are the links to them

• Example 1
• Example 2

My next step is to use these in my leadership investigation next term.

writing - exposition

My two leaders were Richie McCaw and Barack Obama.

Here is my conclusion:

Therefore I think Barack Obama is a better leader with Richie McCaw no far behind. All though Richie has done a lot for New Zealand Barack is in charge of the US and has been for a while. 

My next step is to use more vocabulary to make it more interesting and not boring.

Term 1 Integrated Learning - Leadership

We have been learning all about What makes a good leader.

Here is a link to the Leadership modelling book.

We identified that good leaders show 6 main character traits. These are Integrity, goal focused, trustworthy, active thinker, resilient, motivational.

The leadership trait that I think I show the most is motivational because I encourage people to give it a go when I am a PAL or at a PAL game.

The leadership trait I would most like to develop is active thinker because I'm not always making the right choices.

Something NEW I have learned about leadership is leaders are not always good sometimes they make bad decisions and think its the right one.

The SOLO level that I reached during this unit of learning is multicultural because I cant name all of the traits in one go but I can name over half

(see slide 2 of the leadership modelling book for this)

My next step in learning about leadership is to apply everything that I have learned about leadership to my own leadership roles.

Drama Improvisation Term 1

WALT: apply the techniques of improvisation to a range of different scenarios.

Improvisation techniques that I have used successfully are,thinking on the spot.

Improvisation techniques that I would like to have more practice is the name rap

The thing that I enjoyed most about this unit of learning was working with different people because I got to see what other people like and dislike

The thing that I found most challenging during this unit of learning was the name rap because I couldn't think of something that rhymed with the name that was given

My favourite improv game was the present because it was funny trying to think of what was given to you and you got to be as creative as you want

My next step/ something I need to work on further  in improvisation is thinking of what to say next because I can't think for too long of the story will get boring