Give peace a chance.
The message of the song was to give the idea of peace a chance. It's an anti-war song inspired by the Vietnam war. He also used the line give peace a chance several times when asked what he planned to accomplished by staying in bed.
Aim: To produce copper sulfate salt by reacting copper oxide with an acid.
Equipment: Copper oxide powder, dilute (0.5 mol L-1) sulfuric acid, 50 ml measuring cylinder, two 100 mL beakers, Bunsen burner, tripod, gauze mat, funnel, filter paper, thermometer, spatula, evaporating basin, stirring rod.
Method:
1. Add 20mL of sulfuric acid to a 100mL beaker. Heat the acid until it reaches 70 degrees celsius. Turn off your Bunsen burner.
2. Once heated. Use a spatula to add pea-sized portions of copper oxide to the beaker. Stir the mixture for 30 seconds.
3. Repeat step 2 until no more will dissolve. Allow the beaker to cool.
4. Fold the filter paper and place it in the funnel. Place the filter funnel into the second beaker.
5. Make sure the beaker is cool enough to hold at the top. The contents should still be hot. You may need your teacher to complete this step.
6. Gently swirl the contents of the beaker to mix, and then pour into the filter paper in the funnel. Allow to filter through.
7. Rinse the beaker you used to heat the mixture previously, and place it back on top of your tripod filled with 50-60mL of water.
8. Place the evaporating basin on top of the beaker and carefully pour some of the solution from the beaker into the evaporating basin.
9. Gently heat the beaker until the solution in the evaporating basin has reduced by half.
10. Leave the evaporating basin to cool. Once cool move the evaporating basin to a warm place where it will not be disturbed (i.e. a window-sill) and observe over the next few days. Blue copper sulfate crystals should form.
My interests are really just gaming.
I don't see myself using that as a career path. Although could be a good stress reliever in the future. I'm also interested in business so that could help me create a video game production industry.
Show Don't tell
What does this mean?
It's like seeing is believing. You must show someone for them to believe rather than just telling.
Rewrite these sentences to show not tell
The buildings are tall.
The constructions tower over me
Sarah was really upset
You could see the misery pour from her eyes
She was so happy to see him
Her face lightened in his presence
The lake was beautiful
The lake sparkled from the gaze of the sun
The guests praised me when I entered with food
I could saw the bright burning inferno as it turned everything to a crisp
I saw a large man walk past me with his large black bushy beard and combed short hair.
The firepit quickly turned the cold dark colored room a warm bright welcoming yellow.
Sensory Settings:
The grey-colored concrete walls provided no heat. My fingers froze to the point they were so numb I felt nothing. I tasted blood although It couldn't be actual blood. The sounds were so incredibly loud my ears rung for days.
It was ginormous. It stood 4500 feet tall and cost somewhere around 7 billion dollars. It was labeled the 2024 tower of man. It had 4 food courts, every single food was chosen by civilians and I can say the food taste amazing.
The stone-built hut stood alone in the hilly grass field. The grass grew tall and was very bright green. You could smell fresh flowers, you could hear birds chirping.
Setting backdrop:
The sun-scorched any living creature in sight. The sand was blown by the raging wind. Tumbleweeds moved so quickly they could kill. A sandstorm formed removing all the sand from the area along with any insects that survived the sun. Their legs still moving as they seemed terrified.
Creating A Character:
Name: Eve Constable
Age: 24
Height: 5'9
Eye color: Green
Physical appearance: Average body size
Unique physical attributes: None
Favorite clothing: Leather
Where do they live and what's it like: She lives in Scotland and it's a very posh part of town.
Defining gestures: Very quick eye movement
Things about their appearance they would most like to change: Muscle
Speaking style: Calm, average speed, not annoying.
Pet peeves: none
Fondest memory: First time gaming
Hobbies/interests: Gaming, hanging out with friends.
Special skills/abilities: None
Insecurities: None
Quirks: None
Temperament: Easily annoyed
Negative traits: None
Things that upset them: Singing
Things that embarrass them: Parents
This character is highly opinionated about: privacy
Any phobias: None
Things that make them happy: Music, gaming, friends
Family: Loud, annoying
Deepest darkest secret: None
The reason they kept things hidden for so long: People are annoying
Other people's opinions of this character (What do people like about this character?
What do they dislike about this character?): Enthusiastic and helpful - Talkative at times
Favorite bands/songs/type of music: Nirvana, three days grace - I hate everything about you - rock, metal
Favorite movies: None
Favorite tv shows: None
Favorite books: None
Favorite food: Pizza
Favorite sport: Rugby
Political views: None
Religion: Atheist
Physical health: Average
Dream vacation: Bed
Description of their house: Old, wooden, barely standing
Description of their bedroom: Full of posters, dark
Any pets: None
The best thing that ever happened to this character: Becoming an adult
The worst thing that ever happened to this character: Dad died
Superstitions: None
Three words to describe this character: Friendly, enthusiastic, careless
If a song played every time this character walked into the room, what song would it be: Back in black
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Reflection
I learned there is a lot of different information needed to create a character. I can write characters for stories easier now. I enjoyed thinking about the details for my character and trying to base it on a certain person or just thinking randomly. I enjoy writing whatever I want, just being able to write a story without any restrictions.
Hi, this is my post about the Beatles and how they traveled to New Zealand for a tour.
The New Zealand Beatles tour had many people for it and against it.
The people who wanted the tour are fans and those most likely bored of old music and an older generation. Those wanting to get out of the more traditional view of their ancestors.
Those against the tour wanted to keep the tradition and beliefs of those that came before.
The Beatles is a 1960s rock band.
I listened to the song Help
The song help is about The Beatles wanting help as they would be crowded because of their fame. His quick rise to fame gave him a lot of stress and he was very fat and depressed in his own words.
1940s music was very traditional. There isn't really any massive power or beat/drums to give the song power. The kind of power that brings a song to life.
This is my blog post about Gallipoli/WW1 and the Anzacs. It shows important places.
We also learned about the Last Post. I often hear the Last Post on the 25th/26th of April every year as it's ANZAC Day. This song makes us remember the ANZACS and how they fought for us and their importance to the current day and us. The Last Post originates from the Netherlands. It was a song that signified a military tattoo and was played at the end of the day. This song represents all the soldiers that both lived and died, not only the ANZACS but every brave man or woman who fought for us in WW1.
Tim Finn and The Herbs Parihaka song.
What is the main message of this song? That Parihaka shall live on and that it will always be remembered.
What line explains their passive resistance method? Te Whiti used the language of the spirit
What does "you can't pull out the roots" refer to? You cant destroy the heritage and remembrance of Parihaka.
Give evidence of their determination? The line "Te Whiti will never be defeated" show their determination. Parihaka was a peace determined for peace so even when Parihaka was attacked the villagers were peaceful the entire time.
How does this song show the significance of Parihaka? It talks about the presence of Te Whiti always remaining.
What makes an event significant? If it affects large numbers of people and is remembered for ages and still affects people centuries after.
How many people are affected? All those that live in New Zealand and a lot of people throughout the world as Parihaka sparked other peaceful protests.
How long were people affected? People will be affected for centuries.
To what extent are people affected? Parihaka was home to people. Having that taken from them would really affect them and a few people died there.
My Maps on Parihaka and Peaceful resistance.
In health, we learned about a few cultural holidays. I wrote about day of the dead and Christmas.
Think: What is important in your culture?
Think: How does culture relate to Spiritual Well Being?
Task : Make a copy of the table below. Fill in the table- you need to fill in the boxes with your own/researched answers for 2 or 3 cultural experiences.
Copy onto blog. Blog- title: Culture- Taha Wairua.
Culture-
Cultural experiences (pick 2 or 3) | How is this celebrated? | Who is it celebrated with? | Why is this important to celebrate? |
Matariki | |||
White Sunday | |||
Diliwali | |||
Day Of The Dead | They decorate graveyards and visit the dead people | People who have lost family, friends or people close to them | To celebrate the life of the dead and their spiritual life. |
Christmas | The sharing of gifts amongst people and reunion. | Family, friends, and anyone close to you | To show kindness to those closest in your life. Could be celebrate Jesus Christ and him being born. |
Ramadan |
So over the few weeks, we've had in English we have been working on creative writing-related things.
We had 5 tasks to work on. I first started with sensory language. Sensory language is writing a short paragraph or even a story about the 5 senses. For this, we were tasked to talk about the 5 senses without using certain words like taste, hear, and stuff like that. I learned how useful a thesaurus can be. A thesaurus is a sort of dictionary. You take 1 word, find it in a thesaurus and the thesaurus will show you other words that mean the same or similar.
Next, I did work around similes and metaphors. I write about what a metaphor and a simile are. I gave a few examples of what they are.
Then I wrote about language features. I wrote about personification, alliteration, and onomatopoeia. I wrote about what each of them do and what they mean, I also wrote an example of each.
After that, I wrote 4 Haiku. I learned that a haiku must be based on a season. I decided to do a haiku for each season in chronological order starting with summer. A haiku has 3 lines, the first having 5 syllables in it, the second line had 7 and the last has 5.
So then my last activity was slam poetry. I wrote about how slam poetry really didn't appeal to me. I didn't enjoy it although say it rhymed I'd enjoy it more.
