Essay Brainstorming

Sports is better than Music (Agree)

• Sports help you exercise
• Sports improve your cardio
• It reduces blood pressure
• Sports help to manage your weight
• Stress relief
• Hobby

-Thesis statement

I am arguing about how the sport is much better than music

1 Sports improve your cardio

2 It reduces blood pressure

3 It's a good Hobby

Essay Brainstorming questions

Christchurch water should be chlorine free (Agree)

• The taste of the water is disgusting.
• Some people may be allergic to chlorine.
• People would buy distilled water from the supermarket instead of drinking the water from the tap. 
• Fresh water taste better than Chlorine water.
• There are other chemicals that can make water cleaner.

Im arguing that climate change is not a lie

1.The taste of water with chlorine is disgusting

2. Some people may be allergic to chlorine

3. Fresh water taste better

Critical Literacy - Adverts

How are people represented in N.Z anti drinking adverts?

 In New Zealand, the anti drinking adverts represent a stereotypes of male young adults, adults, and teenagers that drink too much.

Essay Brainstorming questions

Climate change is a lie (disagree)

Storms are getting more powerful
The Earth is getting hotter
Glaciers are melting

I am arguing about whether climate change is a lie

- Storms are getting powerful
-The Earth is getting hotter
- Glaciers melting

#Workshop 2 Musical Lyrics & Poetry

1. Underline the sentences that means emotions
2. Highlight the words that repeat through out the text

I'm going under and this time I fear there's no one to save me

This all or nothing really got a way of driving me crazy

I need somebody to heal

Somebody to know

Somebody to have

Somebody to hold

It's easy to say

But it's never the same

I guess I kinda liked the way you numbed all the pain

Now the day bleeds

Into nightfall

And you're not here

To get me through it all

I let my guard down

And then you pulled the rug

I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved

I'm going under and this time I fear there's no one to turn to

This all or nothing way of loving got me sleeping without you

Now, I need somebody to know

Somebody to heal

Somebody to have

Just to know how it feels

It's easy to say but it's never the same

I guess I kinda liked the way you helped me escape

Now the day bleeds

Into nightfall

And you're not here

To get me through it all

I let my guard down

And then you pulled the rug

I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved

And I tend to close my eyes when it hurts sometimes

I fall into your arms

I'll be safe in your sound 'til I come back around

For now the day bleeds

Into nightfall

And you're not here

To get me through it all

I let my guard down

And then you pulled the rug

I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved

But now the day bleeds

Into nightfall

And you're not here

To get me through it all

I let my guard down

Sentence Starter Writing

Example:

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog

The forest was really scary when Julie and I went for a walk.  “Quick!” I cried, “run faster!” Brown hair bobbing, Julie raced towards me.  Foxes were everywhere, chasing us around the trees.  Jumped and scratched and twisted and turned, we ran as fast as we could.  Over and over, I heard Julie call out, “Wait for me!”  The silly girl was just so slow.  Lazy, that’s what mum calls her.  Dogs barked nearby, scaring the foxes away – and finally, we were safe.

"With great power comes with great responsibility"

It was Saturday morning and Johnny was woken up with a loud noise coming from their lawn. Johnny quickly left his bed to check out what is happening, it was his dad mowing the lawn. After getting woken up with a loud noise Johnny went to the kitchen to have some breakfast, while he was eating his breakfast his mom told him " Johnny can you feed the dog it is your responsibility after all", Johnny sighed and said "okay mom". Johnny then quickly finished his breakfast and feed the dog. Johnny yelled "Power, here boy!" the dog came running with great speed and jump onto johnny. After feeding the dog, johnny went to his friend's house to visit him. While he was walking he saw his friend Mitchell riding his scooter and comes inside the Great Tree house. Johnny finally reached the tree house and all his friends we're their. Johnny was so happy because all his friends we're there and all of them played games for the rest of the day.

The 6 sentence story

6 Sentence Story

1. Your first sentence begins with ‘Once upon a time’ and introduces the main character.
2. The second sentence describes where the character lived.
3. The third sentence describes the character special talent.
4. The fourth sentence describes the characters problem.
5. The fifth sentence tells us why the character felt that way.
6. The final sentence tells how the character solved the problem.

Once upon a time there was a baby lion. He lives in a dark cave with his mother and father. He is brave and strong, and he has a very scary roar that can scare away anyone whenever he wants. However the one things that he can't scare away is his father. The baby lion was upset and sad because he can't scare his father. One day the baby lion found his father getting attacked by poachers, the baby lion ran straight to his father to protect him from the poachers. The poachers laughed at the baby lion not knowing what he can do. The Baby lion roared as loud as he can to protect his father. The poachers got intimidated and ran away as quickly as they can. His father praised his fearsome roar and his brave act, his father said " Son your roar is pretty scary it almost made me pee". The baby lion was so happy. THE END

Critical Literacy

Masculinity
-Muscular
-Big
-Strong
- Manly
-Brave
-Athletic
-Aggressive
-Beard
-Alcohol
Femininity
- Girly
-Emotional
-Soft
-Quiet
-Passive
-Delicate
-Dress
-Sensitive

Somewhere that's Green
the girl
Soft
passive
shy
cleaning
dress
the men
cooking/baking
do outside cleaning


How are adults contracted in this text
-The boy is constructed to be soft and shy, the girl is also constructed to clean inside the house and serve the family.
-The man is constructed to do the outside cleaning.

What kind of social reality does this text portray?
- The text portrays a reality where the women do the cleaning and serving her family while the men work and clean outside the house.

How does this text construct a version of reality?
This text constructs a version of reality where men go to work and do the manly things while the girls stay at home, clean and serve their family.

What different interpretations of the text are possible?
The text interpret different stereotypes in the real world

Legally Blonde

How are adults constructed in this text?
- The women are constructed to be strong and independent

What kind of social reality does this text portray?
-This text portrays where women don't need boys to prove they can be better

How does this text construct a version of reality
- This text construct a version of reality where the women are strong and independent

What different interpretations of the text are possible?
- The text interpret a different stereotype of women in the real world

Mythologies Workshop

Blank Face Man 

In America there was a boy named Peter.Peter wants to go out and play in the woods but his Mother

didn't allow him to go. Peter got upset and escaped without his mother's permission. While he was

walking in the woods, he saw a man standing in a black suit without a face,

he got creeped out and start to walk backwards, as soon as he walk backwards, the creepy

man quickly noticed him and ran straight at him.

In that day Peter was never found again.

Crazy Lyrical Dialogue

Lyrics:

Epilogue Pt. 2

"Now I'm losing one craft
Hey Bermuda you getting it?"

Little Silver Rings
"Growing old, watching silver to turn gold"

Ederlezi
Sa o Roma, babo, babo

1. Leon says "now I'm losing one craft, hey Bermuda you getting it?" Bermuda laughs and says hell yeah I'm gonna win this thing. Leon got mad and cast a spell to Bermuda "Sa o roma, babo, babo". Bermuda yells no way! Leon laughs as he watch Bermuda freeze and can't move. Leon won their battle, and now Bermuda is growing old, watching silver to turn gold.

Self Directed Learner Matrix

Manage my learning time so I complete all tasks.
I would make a timetable that tells me what task I need to work on for each period so that I can complete all of it.

Goals:
Finish all my work
Manage my time

Hperbole

For each of the following sentences, does it have a hyperbole or not. 

1. I’m so hungry I could eat a whole elephant! (Hyperbole/Not)
2. May is the nicest month of the year. (Hyperbole/Not)
3. Her brightly coloured dress hurt his eyes. (Hyperbole/Not)
4. The roof rose up and down to the rhythm of the music. (Hyperbole/Not)
5. I ate all of my salad for lunch.  (Hyperbole/Not)
6. The dog was so dirty it had a tomato plant growing on its back. (Hyperbole/Not)

Turn each of these into a Hyperbole sentence: The first is done for you.

An old car- The car is older than the hills.

 

A strong wind. A headache. A fast computer A funny movie

A hot pan A loud, crying baby Heavy groceries A scary dog

The strong wind almost blew my head off
My headache is so painful that my head is going to burst
My computer is so fast it can beat a cheetah in a race.
The movie is so funny that I almost pooped my pants
The hot pan is hotter than the sun
The crying baby is so loud that the whole country can hear it!
Ughh! This grocery is so my arms are gonna fall off!
The dog is so scary that I might pee in my pants.

 Revision

‘As straight as an arrow’	Metaphor Simile Onomatopoeia hyperbole
2.      ‘Lucky lady’	Metaphor Oxymoron Alliteration Onomatopoeia
3.     ‘Boom!’	Alliteration Simile Personification Onomatopoeia
4.     ‘The city was a jungle’	Metaphor Personification Hyperbole simile

Onomatopoeia

Match the following sentences to the onomatopoeia that describes them.

Tinkle

Screech

Bang

Smash

Boom

Growl

Pop

Creek

Crunch

Click

1. Tinkle A plate being dropped on the floor.
2. Pop A balloon being burst.
3. Bang A gun being shot.
4. Crunch Someone eating chips.
5. Click A light being switched on. 
6. Growl A fierce dog. 
7. Tinkle A small bell being rung. 
8. Creek A door opening
9. Boom A bomb exploding
10. Screech A child screaming. 

Highlight the onomatopoeia in each of the following sentences:

1. The old engine chugged down the rickety track. 
2. The hard-hit tennis ball whistled by my ear.
3. The truck’s brakes screeched in the distance.
4. The rain beat on the metal barn roof.
5. His guitar strings twanged the sad melody. 
6. The old floor creaked as we walked slowly across it. 
7. The fire cracked and popped on a cold night. 
8. The snake hissed when I startled it.

Have a go at writing some Onomatopoeia sentences of your own:

The aeroplane zoomed across the skies.

The mug cracked when it fell on the floor.

The wind whistled through my ears.

Personification

In each sentence, an object or idea is personified.  Identify the object or idea that is being personified and explain which human trait or action is applied to the object or idea.

1. The wind whispered through the gloomy forest. 
What is being personified? the wind
What human trait or quality has it been given? whispering

2. The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers.
What is being personified? flowers
What human trait or quality has it been given? An emotion of being happy.

3.  As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us.
What is being personified? The Sun
What human trait or quality has it been given? Beating down

4.  The lumberjack leveled the many trees into a clearing and his chainsaw sang its deadly song.

What is being personified? The chainsaw

What human trait or quality has it been given? Singing

5. As Alice searched for her missing pencil, she said sarcastically, “Well, I guess it just walked off of my desk.”  She looked at her classmates accusingly.  

What is being personified? The pencil

What human trait or quality has it been given? The ability to walk

6. When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her.

What is being personified? High heels

What human trait or quality has it been given? The ability to call out to people

Have a go at writing some Personification sentences of your own:

While I was walking, my bag jumped off my back

Whenever I looked up at the skies at night, I feel like the moon is looking down on me.

On top of the hill, I saw a river running across the field.

Alliteration

Highlight the alliterations in each of the following sentences:

1. The sun sizzled the swimmers skin.
2. I accidentally ate an awful apple.
3. Beth borrowed Barry’s books before biology. 
4. Slipping and sliding, I stumbled in the snow and slush.
5. Many mysterious men mumbled messages.
6. The gallant goat gobbled gobs of garbage greedily. 
7. The rapidly rising river rushed rampantly.

Finish these sentences with your own alliterations:

1. Red roses… run along the rope
2. While wandering… we came across a wild warthog
3. The tired traveler... took ten tangerines in a tall tangerine tree