Bellwork: Bargaining On Making a Difference

English

Search and Think

1. What does the line 'well sung jingle by many a pre-schooler' suggest?

That it has a catchy jingle that everyone knows, even little children.

2. How many times is the word 'community' used in this article? Why is it used so often?

Six. To emphasize the fact that the warehouse is community based.

3. How does buying hybrid cars link to one of The Warehouse's key focuses?

It helps because its 'Another step in its measures to reduce its carbon footprint' When they say the word 'it' its more about the bigger picture here. The world. The Warehouse wants to take a positive step forward in helping the environment for the future generations.  

Setting of Power of One

English

The story first takes place in rural South Africa, then an Afrikaan school. This goes down in about 1940 - 1950. 

• Socially, at schools, there were different types of schools based on race. There would be a white Afrikaan school, Bantu schools, English schools, etc.
• At the time, Apartheid took place.
• Bantu's were given a district and couldn't travel to other areas that were inhibited by the whites.
• There was a lot of economic inequality during the time frame it took place
• Land acts or laws gave over 80% of the land to the white south Africans 
• To try and limit contact between the races each had their own public facilities
• Their national party tried to delay off bankruptcy by raising taxes on imports
• By 1950 the government had banned between whites and people of other races
• There was a line drawn to separate the blacks and whites
• The government had divided neighborhoods
•  Afrikaans would bully English because they blamed them for the English taking their land.
• The English and black were hated by the Afrikaans. 
• The government put the Afrikaans before the Africans 
• The toilets were divided to white and blacks.
• The blacks were treated badly because they were hated on all sides.

Bellowork: Tawera

English

Search and think

3. Which line divides the time of the poem between the past and present?

4. What do you think the poet is referring to in the following stanza?
"I used to dream of those country roads
tongue and eyes ecstatic
barefoot in the mud
while the city had boots... "

• That there is a vast difference between the city life and and county life and that he is missing the country ways.

5. What do you think the poet means when he says 'one day soon I will return/ to see the smallness of things/where once everything was large'?

That he will visit is home town and notice the hotspots of his childhood where he used to think the world was massive compared to his size.

6. Explain in two sentences what you think the poem is about.

The poem is about him being sick of city life and noticing that the city life has changed the once country boy. He's reminiscing about his country days.

Bellwork: Fractures and dislocations

English

Search and Think

1. What is the difference between 'i.e.' and 'e.g.' as used in this place?

I.e. stands for pretty much in other words. Whereas e.g stands for, for example.

2. Think about the sentence structure of this piece. What do you notice about it?

There more of a note than a sentence, hence the bullet points.

3. How can you tell there is further information to read on this topic?

Because the last bullet point leads to further information. "Specific immobilization techniques for various injuries are outlined on the following pages." 

4. Why have diagrams been included in this piece? 

To give a more detailed understanding about what they are trying to explain.

Bellwork: From The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

English

Discovering techniques

1. Find an example of personification in the passage.

"Until the rain interfered, running its icy fingers down my back, forcing me to life."

2. Find an example of onomatopoeia.

"His mother went back into the bakery, grumbling, but

Reported speech: Suddenly a voice was screaming at me and I looked up to see the bakers wife, telling me to move on and did I want her to call the Peacekeepers and how sick she was of having those brats from the Seam pawing through her rubbish.

3. Find one example of direct speech (where the exact words that were spoken are given)

"His mother was yelling, "Feed it to the pig, you stupid creature! Why not? No one decent will buy burned bread!"

4. Why has the author chosen to use Italics for certain sentences?

Because it shows that the character is directly thinking this in their head.

German Expressionism

Art

When: German expressionism started in 1905. It hit its peak a bit before WW1.

Where: It happened across Germany.

Why: It was a response to a widespread anxiety about humanity's relationship with the world and lost feelings of spirituality.

Who: Kathe Kollwitz, Ernest Ludwig Kirchner, Franz Marc, are a few German expressionists.

Characters & Audrey

Music

Characters

1. Did any of the characters change or grow in the course of Little Shop of Horrors? Try to identify the specific moments of change.

In a way, the plant encouraged Seymour to grow some confidence and courage. Even though that courage was the plants downfall, Seymour was once a clumsy awkward guy but at the end of the film, he grew a spine.

2. Which character did you sympathize the most with? Why?

I could sympathize with Seymour because he was the protagonist and the film/musical was designed to make it that way. But regardless, he was kind of the underdog in a way, and I root for those kind of characters who cheesily get what they want in the end.

3. Did you recognize anything that reminded you of yourself in any of the characters?

Seymour is generally awkward and meek and I share that disadvantage also. But I've also changed over the years.

4. What does the title of the show tell you about the characters? If you had to think of a different title for this piece, what would it be?

The title suggests that there is this massive horror, yet its quirky because the shop is small. So in relation to the characters, it makes them sound quirky yet weak against this big horror. I would rename the title, "Horrors of Little Shop". Something on the lines of that, but the name is fine how it is.

5. Make a list of details about one character in Little Shop of Horrors. How did you learn this information – from dialogue, lyric, music, or design elements such as costumes?

• Full name Orin Scrivello, he's Audrey's boyfriend which is hinted in the dialogue.
• He's a dentist, which was found out the lyrics and the his dentist costume.
• He's very sadistic and this is found out in his actions, the music and lyrics.
• He earns a lot of money. Learned this through dialogue and just the knowledge that dentists make a lot of money. Also, the motorcycle and leather jacket look very expensive.

Audrey

1. What does Audrey want? What prevents her from getting it?

She wants a nice peaceful life where the grass is greener, instead of downtown city life. She also wants a peaceful partner, preferably Seymour.

2. Why does Audrey stay with Orin?

Because he earns a lot and its better than nothing, that's always her reasoning when she gets asked.

3. How is Audrey changed by falling in love with Seymour?

It "opens her eyes" and she realizes a lot of things about how she was really treated by Orin. She starts to look after herself and she becomes stronger for that.

4. Why does Audrey want her dead body placed in the plant?

Because that's what she wanted. So the plant gives him all the things he deserves.

Critical Analysis

Little Shop of Horrors in my opinion is a mix of a cliche plot line and cheesy jokes. But overall, I found it quite enjoyable because it was purposely highly exaggerated and extravagant (also known as a comedic farce). The dialogue was also very over exaggerated with some character and the reactions were too. The musical began with the narrator delving into the context of the show and afterwards fully started off with a song.

The Meaning of Technology

Social Studies

Technology started basically when the sun started producing energy. From there its been purely development of both tools and knowledge.

The Vitruvian Man in Real Life

The Vitruvian Man in Real Life

Math

Yesterday we measured four 6 ft of paper and taped them together. That is the square of the diagram, we are yet to have the circle. For the circle, we are going to need string and the process of creating the circle is to put the string in the middle and stretch it out with a marker tied on the end. Then we create the circle by pulling on the string (with it stationed in the middle) and creating an even circle. The outline has already been done of the body with legs straight and arms out. The "spread-eagled" position is yet to be done. We are doing this because its a great example of the body and proportions in relation to geometry.

Social Studies - CESPEN

Link to CESPEN slide