Shakespeare, Act three.

Act 1, scene 1.

1. Why does Shylock assume Solanio and Salerio know of Jessica’s flight? Because they are friends.
2. What is the second suggestion of misfortune for Antonio- find a quote. " Do you hear whether Antinio has had any loss at sea or no". "There I have another bad match, a bankrupt"
3. Who has been looking for Lorenzo and Jessica, how do we know. Shylock, he said he was looking for them and is dukects.
4. Where do Shylock and Tubal arrange to meet and with what purpose? they arrange to meet at Synagogue because they want to go find Antonio and the others.

Self directed learning goal.

Last week I was not here to get any work done so this week I'm hoping to get everything finished and catch up on work from the last two weeks that I had missed.

reading comprehension box:

coral 1
1: B correct
2:A correct
3:B correct
4:B correct
5:A correct
6:B correct
7:A correct
8:B correct
9:C correct
10:B correct
11:C correct
12:A wrong - C
13:B correct
14:C correct

coral 10:
1:A correct
2:B correct
3:C correct
4: A correct
5: C correct
6: A correct
7: B correct
8: B correct
9: C correct
10: A correct
11: A correct
12: A correct
13: A correct
14: B correct

Reading comprehension box

1. the word anguished in paragraph 2 means? in great pain and worry C

2.  What happened after the lion replaced his foot in the trap? Warthog removed the stick. B

3. warthog and lion were similar because they? wanted the piglets. A

4.in the future, it is most likely that warthog would: avoid lions A

5. the main idea in paragraph 2 is to explain? How warthog found the lion and decided to help it A

6. The warthog family were wandering slowly home because? It was the middle of the day and very hot C

7. you can conclude from the stroy that the warthog was: Clever B

8. warthog and the lion could open the trap because they? used a stick A

9. The piglets knew where the warthog was because: he held his tail in the air C

10. the text could best be summarised as folktale: with the message that one good turn deserves another A

11. its a fact, not an opinion, that the warthog was: a father C

12. its most likely that if lion had been given a piglet, he would have: eaten it b

Shakespeare act 2

Act Two, Scene One

1. We have watched racial and religious tensions at work in A1S3. The Prince of Morocco opens A2S1 with another sensitive issue. What is it?
2. If Antonio loses his gamble, he must forfeit a pound of flesh. What must Portia’s suitors give up if they fail to win her?
3. Shylock practices ‘usury’. What is this?
4. Why do Shylock and Antonio hate each other?
5. What is Portia’s opinion of the Prince of Morocco- give examples. 

Act Two, Scene Two

1. Why does Launcelot want to leave Shylock? Because he treats him badly.
2. Why is Bassanio worried about taking Gratiano with him to Belmont? Because he has a history of getting drunk and doing stupid things

In lines 114-142...

3. Launcelot and his father are very anxious to find Launcelot a new job. They both want to impress Bassanio. This leads to a. frequent interruptions.

     b. contradictions

       c. misuse of words to impress. 

Act Two, Scene Three

1. What does Jessica think of her life at home? That its like hell
2. Which of Bassanio’s friends is Jessica planning to marry? lorenzo

Act two, Scene 4

1. How does Jessica get a message to her lover?

By giving a letter to Launcelot to give to his new master.

2. How will she be disguised for the elopement?

by being a errand boy.

Act two, scene 5

1. Why is Shylock uneasy about going out for the evening? Give evidence from the text to support your thinking.

       Because unlucky things have been happening to him like having nose bleeds and other just unlucky things

Act two, scene 6.

1. How does Launcelot manage to tell Jessica that Lorenzo will be there that evening? he tells her by a vague message that references to Lorenzo.
2. What does Jessica throw down to Lorenzo? a basket full of ducats.
3. Why is Antonio looking for Gratiano? he is looking for him because he almost got left behind of the ship to belmort.

Act two discussion questions

1. In A2S2, Launcelot deceives his father. In A2S6, Jessica deceives hers, What does each of them hope to achieve? Freedom and revenge.
2. In A2S5 Lines 11-18 & 28-39. In both speeches Shylock is speaking to his daughter, Jessica. What is his attitude to her? Give supporting examples from the text. He trusts her but he is still a little unsure." I am bid forth to supper, Jessica . Here are my keys" -- "Hear you me, Jessica. Lock up my doors"
3. In A2S5 Lines 11-18 & 28-39. What do Launcelot and the audience know, that Shylock does not? How does this show dramatic irony.

Act two, scene 7.

1. Which casket does the Prince of Morocco think is worthy to contain Portia’s portrait. Use evidence of the text to justify your answer. He thinks that the golden casket is the one worthy because it said on it "Who chooseth me shall gain what many man desire"
2. How is Portia feeling in A2S7 -at the beginning, -while the Prince is making his choice, at the end. In the beggining she feels nervus but by the end she feels relived.
3. What was Portia's father trying to achieve by the use of the caskets. Does this seem to be working? Its not working as she doesn't like any of them.

Act two, Scene 8.

1. What double disaster has struck Shylock? His daughter fled with a christian and is dukets and jewels were stolen.
2. Where did Shylock think Lorenzo & Jessica might be? he through they went to go on bassanio ship, so they searched it.
3. How did Bassanio and Antonio part? They left on Antonios ship.
4. What is the first suggestion of trouble for Antonio? Find a quote that tells you this. " in narrow seas that part french and English, there miscarried a vessel of our country richly fraught "

Act two, Scene 9.

1. What is the purpose of the rhymes in the caskets? To mock the suitors choices.
2. Why does the Prince of Arragon discard the golden caskets. What does his interpretation of the inscription tell us about his character? He thinks that people are foolish enough to not see past looks.
3. What is Portia’s reaction to Bassanio’s arrival? she doesn't think it's him.

The Merchant of Venice - can do tasks.

• Vocabulary Find the meanings of the following words: Venture, Vessel, Signior, Mortifying, Profound, Exhortation, Virtuous and Squandered.

Venture: risk of failures or losing money.

Vessle: ship or large boat.

Signior: Italian word for Mister

Mortifying: Great embarrassing moment or shame.

Profound: Very great or intense.

Exhortation: To urging someone to do something.

Virtuous: Having or showing very high moral standards.

Squandered: waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner. 

Group performance.

who is in my group? Summer B, Summer K and Alesha.
what song are we doing? Stay by Rinhanna, we picked this song because it goes well with mine and Summer B vocies.
Stay - Rihanna
What is the song about? Loving and leaving.
What are we working on first? Me and Summber B are working on singing and Summer K and Alesha are working on piano.
What is going to be challenging about this task? Singing along with the piano.

Sustainability.

What is sustainability, it is to provide for humans basic needs without destroying the earth. 

Charcoal 1. Reading comprehension.

Question 1: Which event happened first? B - honeybee venom was used in medicine. Correct

Question 2: Injecting an animal with small quantities of venom over a long period produces? 
C  - Antibodies. Correct

Question 3: what is it about venom that makes it useful in medicine? C - Venom attacks specific parts of the body. Correct

Question 4: How are the people in the text similar? B - Doctors. Wrong - interested in research.

Question 5: The word palaeontologist in paragraph 1 refers to someone who studies? C - prehistoric life. Correct.

Question 6: A suitable heading for paragraph 4 could be? B - Antivenin. Correct

Question 7: With which statement to do you think Dr Dry would agree? C - The benefits of venom needs to be closely studied. Correct

Question 8: If you have a swollen knee, which venom may help? A - Honeybee. Correct

Question 9: Fry and Seymour believe all animals should be protected because they could be useful for: A - Medical treatment. correct

Question 10: The pronoun they in paragraph 6 refers to? B - Fry and Seymour. correct

Question 11: What words could be substituted for killer or saviour in the title? A - Dangerous or life saving. Correct

Question 12: which paragraph would you need to read to learn about early uses of venom in medicine? B - paragraph 3. Correct

goal for this week

To get enough work done to get my licence put back up. Have a positive attitude in class and while doing work.

Shakespeare act 1

Act One, Scene One:

1. Antonio is depressed without knowing why. What two possible reasons do his friends suggest? 1. because his ships are out at sea. 2. That he is just sad.
2. Do you think Gratiano’s contributions help Antonio’s mood? In my opinion no, he was very harsh in the way of telling him to be happy.
3. What are your first impressions of Bassanio? sassy and honest.
4. Is he in love? no, he just wants money.
5. Why does he need to borrow money again now? to get the girl.

Act One, Scene Two

1. How do Portia’s first words compare with Antonio’s? she is tired not sad.
2. What is the reason for her mood? all the men are after her and her father has arranged a marriage for her and she doesn't get to pick her husband
3. Do you think Nerissa is a help to her? I think Nerissa is trying to help her but in a way she won't accept the help.
4. Sum up, in a word or a short phrase, Portia’s attitude to her suitors so far. basically just a huge complainer.

Act one, scene three

1. Shylock is a moneylender. Does he seem eager to do business with Bassanio? How do you know? Not at the start because of the the things he has done to him
2. Which does Shylock think is safe, his business or Antonio’s? Why? His buisness because he doesnt have to worry about his boats
3. Why doesn’t Shylock want to dine with Bassanio and Antonio? Cause he is a jew and they dont eat pork
4. What strict principal of his is Antonio breaking to help Bassanio? His no intrest charge rule
5. Shylock tells a bible story to prove that the taking of profit is blessed, as long as thieving is not involved. Does he convince Antonio? Give evidence. Becayse in the end he was fine with it
6. Shylock accuses Antonio of a whole catalogue of nastiness. How does Antonio answer the charges? He said he would do it again
7. How does Bassanio react to the proposed bond? He doesnt want it to happen because he is doing it for him and he could die

Parts of a microscope

This is a simple diagram of a microscope with all of the main parts of a microscope. The base and neck are the main stabilisers of the microscope. the eye peace is where you look threw to see the magnified cells. 

The greats - voice

The greats - Voice.

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra was an American singer, actor and producer who was one of the most popular
and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time,
having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.
He was born on December 12th 1915 and died on May 14th 1998.
He found success as a solo artist after he signed with Columbia Records in 1943.
Frank was a singing actor and producer.

Aretha Franklin 

Aretha Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist.
She was born on March 25th 1942 and died on August 16th 2018.
She is one of the most honored artists by the Grammy Awards,
with 18 competitive Grammys and two honorary Grammys.
She had 20 #1 singles on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart and two #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

Beyonce

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, born September 4, 1981.She is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of the R&B girl-group Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups in history. 

Adele 

Adele Laurie Blue Adkin, born 5 May 1988. She is an English singer-songwriter. After graduating from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a recording contract with XL Recordings. In 2007, she received the Brit Awards Critics' Choice award and won the BBC Sound of 2008 poll. Her debut album, 19 was released in 2008 to commercial and critical success.

In Santa's defence

In Santa’s Defence...

In Santa’s defence Katies list did say ‘velociraptor’ not a ‘toy velociraptor’. He made sure it would only grow to the same size as Katie, I guess that wasn’t good enough or something? The news is going crazy about the fact that Santa gave a child a velociraptor but I mean he can’t just decline the offer or anything his job is to give the kids what they want. The parents are maddd, well one of them is. I can imagine the other one is either proud that his cause of death was ‘eaten by a velociraptor’ or furious that he was killed by what everyone thought was an extinct creature . It’s pretty crazy what Santa can do, hopefully this is a reminder to all kids to not put dinosaurs on their wish list. 

Life after technology

Day 57 with no power:

Its cold and there isn’t much fresh food left, all phones have officially died and they are still trying to get power back on. I personally just think they are wasting their time, all the towers are out and they need other technology to get it back up. I’m loving the quiet up on my hill. I can always see the children playing, it's so good to see them making the best out of the situation and still having fun. I want to go and donate my old soccer gear but I don’t know if it will fit any of them, now that there is no reliable food source everyone is looking a bit slim. It’s funny really, you take away everyone's fast food and tv, they all suddenly drop 50 pounds.

The group of explorers brought back some good news yesterday, they found a new block of shops in the north side that haven’t been fully raided so they have taken a team over there to collect everything up. They still haven’t gone far enough to reach another town to see if they want to trade. Hopefully one day a new lot of people will come, with more food and cleaner water.

My solo performance

What instrument did I play and why? I sung because I really like singing.
What song did I choose and why? I sung Fly me to the moon by Frank Sinatra. I sung that song because my sister really likes it and she suggested it.
Was I happy with my performance? yeah I am pretty happy with it.
If I had to do it again what would I change? Maybe not be so freaked out because it affected my voice.

Emotions through weather

The bright sun shining down on me on a cloudy day, so warm, so cosy. It was I could almost feel the sunshine improving my mood by the second, It was fantastic. The bright blue sky looked so perfect not a cloud in sight, beautiful really. If only everyday was like this.

Try and guess my emotion that I am describing through weather.

Emotion flower

This week in music work shop we were told to choose a emotion and come up with colour, a shape, a sound, an animal, a weather.

Goals and reflection.

Last week I didn't get done as much as I wanted to but this week I will do better. 

1 green task

1 yellow task

Music and lyric writing workshop.

Wolfs side of three little pigs

Wolfs side of three little pigs

It was just another day wandering through the woods, so hungry and tired. It’s been days since my last meal. It’s been years since my last friend and I want to make friends and get a snack but first I have to find a target. Later that day I heard some oinking coming from deep in the forest and the next thing I knew I was following these little pigs around watching them collect things for their house. I couldn’t believe my eyes, one of them were collecting hay for their house and the other was collecting sticks, an easy kill I thought. I went over to the first house after it was built and asked to be let in or I would destroy the house because I was hungry and I wasn’t in the mood to run around. So when they declined letting me in I blew the house down, clearly they weren't happy so they went to the next house to hide, It was made of sticks so I saw no problem getting in. I asked again to be let in but no they were going to be stubborn about letting me in so I blew the house down again and they ran to the brick house, I was hungry to I tried to blow the house down again but I couldn’t get in. I asked one more time to get in and they didn’t let me so I had to find another way in, I saw a chimney and took my opportunity and jumped in. Unfortunately they had noticed me climbing up onto the roof and they put a big pot of hot water under where I would fall. Honestly I was very offended that they would do that, I was just looking for a snack.

Our great adventures

Our great adventures

This is a book filled with great adventures.

Chapter 1

Part 1

The great area 51 raid

To see dem aliens.

It was finally September 20th, I  had traveled all this way with my best friend Lizz to get us an alien. We had weapons prepared and the proper gear so we don’t ya know die or anything. In our bags we had

• A couple of drink bottles (not trying to end up like we were at tanacon)
• Some snacks
• Some old clothes for our alien
• Some scrunchies for the visco girls
• And finally a friendship bracelet for our alien. 

 We were getting ready and there was a knock on the door, it was the police. They said “be careful if you are going out today because there will be a lot of stupib teenagers trying to “see dem aliends” . they are crazy if they think they can even get close to area 51” We didn’t mention that we were apart of the stupib teenages. 

It was 7:20am when we were leaving to meet everyone at the local starbucks. 

At 8:00am we set off, we had no idea what was instone for 10,000 of us.

Part 2

The arrival at area 51

Now 8:30am we have arrived at our destination, just outside of the gates and they were open, WIDE OPEN. So everyone went in to see a bunch of blow up aliens everywhere. They were trying to mock us with their stupib blow up aliens. We were fuming, mega mega fuming.  So we made a plan to run to the nearest door and bust through it. The countdown started ,’3, 2, 1 go go go. It was hectic getting through that door, it was hot and sweaty and gross but it was worth it for when we got in and saw amazing out of this world space crafts and huge airplanes. The workers and army were just staring at all of us… not stopping us just watching us like this was a normal thing. Then they went back to what they were doing, they were taking it like we were a joke. So we took this as an opportunity to keep moving around the place, I found a massive door with a 3 locks on it, I wanted in that room so badly and it was my mission to get in. The first 2 locks looked pretty simple, one looked like I could open it with my boobie pin. After a couple tries the first one broke open but no luck with the second one, so that meant I needed to hunt for some keys. 

Goals for this week.

My goal was to be positive in my learning and push to get out of the learning pit when I am in it and I think I successfully did that.

Last week I attended the music and song writing work shop.

Last week I achieved more then I thought I would. 

This week I want to finish chapter one of my story book and get at least 1 green task done and possibly 2 yellow tasks.

Essay Brainstorming.

Students would learn more if school started at 10am:

• Would have more sleep time
• Brains would be more learning ready
• Our brains would be more active and awake
• We would all charged up and ready to go.

Why students would learn better if school started at 10am - arguing for.

We would have more time to sleep.

Our brains would be more learning ready.

More active and ready.

My city is a person - Christchurch.

My city growls like a overprotective dog. My city shakes and roles. My city can be silent or my city can be loud. My city has been broken and fixed many times. My city is learning to be stable, but every now and again it breaks. My city is perfect even with the cracks and flaws. I love my city.

The horror camping trip...

You and your three closest friends decide to go camping. You arrive and set up camp nearly three miles away from where you left your car. Late that evening, as you sit around the campfire roasting marshmallows, one of your friends reveals a deep dark secret that turns what was to be a fun weekend into one of the scariest weekends of your life.

My heart missed a beat when I saw how pretty the sights were, the beautiful blue ocean and the smell of happiness filled the air. The hike up the hill was tough but it was all worth it when we got to the top of the hill and saw the smashing view. We started to set up camp and collected wood for the fire as the night sky was creeping in and it would be dark and cold soon. At 6:30pm the sky was full of stars and the fire was burning brightly. While sitting around the fire roasting marshmallows we decided to play truth or dare. I started by asking Sophie "truth or dare" she choose truth. I thought I was being funny by asking whats the worst thing you have ever done but the answer horrified everyone. Sophie answered with a creepy smile " Remember Jonathan that we used to go to school with" " Th the one that was murdered" said Tammy. "Yes ahhh, so funny isn't it that no one ever assumed it was me but all this time his body has been under the floor" Everyone was silent, no one moved until Sophie got up and walked down the hill towards the water. At this point the police were on the way but Sophie has already reached the water...

Self Directed learner.

My three goals are based on having a positive attitude.

1. Reminding myself that I will get through the hard part of the learning
2. Not thinking negative thoughts about the task.
3. Putting myself up instead of putting myself down.

Figurative Language!

Figurative Language!

Over the last week our class was given a one week course in figurative language.

We had to finish it in a and do self managing work ( my favourite way to work )

Here is my finished slide.

What have I learnt? I have learnt all about Idioms, similes and metaphors, Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia and Hyperbole.

How does this show my learning? This is a copy of all the work I have completed over the last week.

What am I wondering? How to pronounce some of these words

The Keyboard.

What is the difference between Keyboard and Piano?

Difference is sound and beats, number of keys.

What is the difference between the white keys and the black keys?

higher and lower pitch notes.

On a keyboard what does your right hand play and what does your left hand play?

Right had plays the melody and your left hand plays the deeper notes.

Who is Stevie wonder? He is a blind singing/ song writer and a pianist

5 facts. He is blind, Real name Steveland Hardaway Judkins, he was born 6 weeks premature and the stunted growth in his back eye blood vessels is why he is blind, he is 69 years old and he has had 2 wifes.