Electrical Invention

I worked with Zara and Hayley, we made a cardboard house and made a lighting system.

We started by making the house out of cardboard boxes and making walls and a 2nd floor for it.
Then we started experimenting with the wires trying to find the best way to fit the system in the different rooms. After we made the circuit we taped it to the house and hooked up the switches.

A positive thing about making our invention was we got it done quickly and it worked amazingly because we all worked hard.

A minus thing about making our invention was we didn't really work as a team and we sort of did our own thing because there weren't very many jobs.

A interesting thing about out invention was we had to try different ways of getting the system to work because it wouldn't fit inside the house.

Click here to see our worksheet.

Music - Reflection

I think our group did amazingly, we can play in time with the drums, guitars and singing. Were still working on our piano part and getting it to match the rest of the song but otherwise we are on track to be able to preform at the end of the term. I did my techniques well and I think that it's getting easier to play them in time and at a good sound level.

Music - Performance Techniques

Today i'm going to learn how to play the beat in time with the guitars (Kate and Julia) and make sure i'm using the correct techniques.

Music - Chords

Today in music we learnt about chords. We practised on a piano and we did "Common Chord Progression" We learnt how to play a few chords and then we played them back to a partner who had to guess what chord it was. We learnt the difference between major and minor, major is mostly bright and happy but the minor is more dull and dark.
A chord is 2 or more notes played at the same time.
We learnt the chord progressions:
C, F, G
Am, F, G
G, C, D
Em, C, D

Music

Today we learned about the different time periods of music eg: Classical, Baroque, Romantic and others.
We started learning about structural charts to learn how to write our own music and hear the different instruments in songs.

Music - Harpsichord vs Piano

Sounding mechanism. A piano is a “struck string instrument” that makes sounds by striking strings with hammers and vibrating them. A harpsichord is a “plucked string instrument” that makes sounds by plucking strings with plectrums and vibrating them.

Music - Identifying Instuments

Music Quiz
My results:

Music - Baroque and Classical Music

Baroque:
Some forms of music identified with Baroque were originated in Italy, including cantata, concerto, sonata, oratorio and opera.

Baroque is a word used to describe Western European art music from the 1600 to 1750.



Classical:
The classical period is between the baroque and romantic periods. This means that music from the classical period is music composed between about 1750 to 1820.

Classical music has a lighter, clearer texture than Baroque music and is less complex.

English - The Hero's Journey

Hunt for the Wilderpeople - The Hero’s Journey

You will need to complete this table to show how a section of the films fits into each stage of the ‘Hero Cycle.’ You will need to show that you have an in-depth understanding of the cycle and be able to clearly explain your reasoning with supporting evidence from the film.

I am looking for full sentences, detailed descriptions and your best effort.

Ordinary World

Special World

Ordinary World

The Hero Cycle Stages	What does this stage involve?	Explain (in detail) which part of the film fits into each stage and how - this will need to be a paragraph for each.
The Ordinary World	The world the hero lives in before the adventure.	Before he comes to the farm and he lives in society
The Call to Adventure	When the hero faces challenge	When Bella dies
The Refusal of the Call	The Refusal of the Call is the stage where the hero turns down the challenge that they are faced with because they do not believe that they are upto the task or that they are worthy of it.	When he refuses to go back to child welfare
Meeting the Mentor		When Hector finds Ricky in the bush and twists his ankle
Crossing the Threshold		When they start camping in the bush
Tests, Allies and Enemies		In Hunt for the Wilderpeople, the stage Tests, Allies and Enemies, can be identified as several of the challenges that Ricky and Uncle Hec face, including several enemies and allies that they meet along the way. One test that Uncle Hec and Ricky face together is when they meet the trampers in the hut. The trampers believe that Hec has kidnapped Ricky and a fight breaks out between them. These people are also classed as their enemies, along with the two police officers who are hunting them. Allies, or friends, that Ricky and Uncle Hec make are the girl and her father that Ricky stays with and Psycho Sam who offers them a place to sleep and the use of his car.
The Supreme Ordeal		The car chase
The Reward		When they spend 5 months in the bush without getting caught
The Road Back		When the get caught and taken back to society
The Resurrection		When they get put in new homes and then meet up again
The Return with the Elixir		When they go back in the bush to find their bird