The Croods (Bi0o0o0o0o0)

 In bio, we are learning the evolution of Humans and how they are today.  After all the book work we had a little reward of watching the movie "The Croods" but of course, we still had to learn about what the Croods are .... so here we are in this blogpost. Here is me trying to figure out what species of hominins they are

Hand/feet: They did knuckle walk but also be able to stand on their legs and walk/run/
Brain: Skill-wise the Croods had some brain development to be able to hunt, hide, and strategize.
Language: They can talk but they can also make awoogaa boogaa sounds. E.g They talk throughout the film but to scare threats or predators they make the awooogaa booga sounds.
Fire: The Croods didn't know anything about fire, but when Guy came along they were shocked and then used the fire throughout the film.
Farming & Domestication: They animals as pets (the friendly ones)
Spirituality & Death: Grug was able to feel sympathy about Guy's family's "death"
Shelter: They stayed in caves and used space but didn't add materials to build just yet.
Art: Grug was able to make art so therefore they know about art.
Clothing: Guy's clothes are quite creative and can create clothes but for the Croods family they have skin hides. 
Tools: The Croods didn't have tools or know of tools, but Guy had tools and the skills to make tools.
Hunting: Croods had no tools to hunt,  but Guy had traps and skill levels to hunt and seduce. 

I've come to the conclusion that it's a bit of both Homo Erectus and Homo Heidelbergensis, weirdly the internet says it's a blend of both Homo sapien and Neanderthal. I argue with that because yes in a way you would think that but if you think about it the Croods only just learnt about fire in the first half of the film. That fact would be dated back to the Homo Erectus era when they first created fire.

Pota-tools ( BI0o0o0o00o0o0o0)

 In bio, we've been learning about Dispersal and cultural evolution of Hominins. As shown below we are looking at the ways Homins made stone tools back millions of years ago. Instead of Stone, we used Potatoes to make the Potat-tools. We did the same techniques as they did millions of years ago ( like how many strikes they did to make these tools) HERE is me work:)

Homo naledi - BIO0O0

‘Homo naledi, your recently discovered human relative’

By Lisa Hendry

National History Museum

Published
11 April 2019

This article is about a new species that was found in 2013 in a South African cave on a site that is about 40 kilometres from Johannesburg.  A palaeoanthropologist named Lee Berger assembled his team to come with and excavate bones down in the cave, they managed to recover more than 1,500 fossils of bones belonging to at least 15 individuals, ranging from elderly back down to infants. These species displayed a lot of unique combinations of non-human and human traits throughout the skeleton. Prof Stringer says explains that ‘ some of the Homo naledi’s features, such as its hands, wrist and feet, are very similar to those of modern human and Neanderthals. Although there were some more primitive, some species have small brains and the shape of their upper torso was more robust and more ape-like. There was also some discovering that their finger bones were more curved and that their hip joint was most closely reassembled to australopithecines and Homo habilis. The teeth got small at the front but towards the back of the mouth, it increased in size, which they also had light jawbones. Naledi’s anatomy suggests that they walked on two legs but they also had the ability to climb and hang off trees ape-like.

Me solos :P (MUS-HACK) (Part 1 : Musical Theater and Collection)

 YO YO YO, I'm back with me bloggies for the year, topic music. Musical Theather night is coming up in term 2, that's something I'm looking forward to :). I've decided to 2 musical solos to perform for the night, then for the other solos, I'm thinking about making them some pop songs or something later on in the year. 

First solo; I can hear the bells - Hairspray ~

A little bit about it:

In 1960s Baltimore, dance-loving teen Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky) auditions for a spot on "The Corny Collins Show" and wins. She becomes an overnight celebrity, a trendsetter in dance, fun and fashion. Perhaps her new status as a teen sensation is enough to topple Corny's reigning dance queen and bring racial integration to the show.

My scene:

The scene I'll be performing is about Tracy bumping into this hot guy (Link) from her favour tv show " The Corny Collins Show' in which he happens to go to the same school as her. When he bumps into her she has this vision and dream and is really love-struck, shes talking to her Best friend Penny in this scene and makes use of people around her.

How will I perform this:
My aim for this is to have the dialogue of him (Link) and I bump into each other on stage, he says his dialogue then me love struck in the middle of the stage, he leaves, Penny enters .... she says her dialogue then the song will begin. How'll play Tracy in this scene is acting love stuck , and determined that I will win Links, heart.

Second Solo; Nothings gonna harm you - Sweeney Todd~ 

A little bit about it:

Evil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) lusts for the beautiful wife of a London barber (Johnny Depp) and transports him to Australia for a crime he did not commit. Returning after 15 years and calling himself Sweeney Todd, the now-mad man vows revenge, applying his razor to unlucky customers and shuttling the bodies down to Mrs Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), who uses them in her meat-pie shop. Though many falls to his blade, he will not be satisfied until he slits Turpin's throat.

My scene:

The scene I'll be performing is me being the kid named Tobias (referred to as toby) ( toby is abused by Turpin, till Turpin gets murdered then Toby lives with Todd and Mrs Lovvett) and he tries talking to Mrs Lovett about if someone hurts her such as Mr Todd then he'll get rid of him because Toby has suspicions about Todd being a bad guy and looks to Mrs Lovett to be a mother figure to him. In this song, he basically sings about he'll willing to do anything so that Mr Lovett isn't hurt.

How will I perform this:

There will be dialogue, setting: Me and the person that will play Mr Lovett in my scene we will be sitting on a couch at first, then towards the middle, there is dialogue where I and Lovett will stand up move to a different area. sing some more, then she will comfort me to the couch where she will hug and hold me ( more singing in this bit). How I'll portray Toby is being a small little boy vibe where they will try and be the man of the house even though he is young, have the determined to do anything in the world kinda vibe.

I PEEEL YOU JOHANNNNAAAAAA ~ Musical Theatre

What is the song you have chosen to perform?: I've decided to choose the song 'Johanna' from the movie Sweeney Todd.

Why did you choose this material?: I've always liked Sweeney Todd and I love romance stories so I thought it would be a cool song to sing, plus I like that scene.

Who wrote and performed the piece?: Stephen Sondheim wrote the song and Jamie Cambell Bower sang it.

What is the song about?: About this boy that fell in love with this beautiful blonde girl from the apartment building, and he sings about stealing her from the Judge that's keeping her away from people.

What is happening in the story at the time of your piece?: This teenage boy is attracted by this beautiful blonde yellow-haired girl named Johanna who lives in a very high building with this evil guy named 'Judge Turpin', he spots this girl from a window from her bedroom and wants to talk to her and hang out with her. He slowly finds out that Judge Turpin locked her in the room to keep her away from the world so every day Anthony walks past the building, trying to figure out ways to save her and steal her from the judge.

What will be challenging about your piece: I have to sing from low to high in some bits because sometimes I sing lower to his level ( because I'm playing a guy, and I'm not a guy in real life so I don't have that much of a deep voice). Another challenge would have to be to keep practising to get it right but that's okay , I know I'll get there in the end :)

MusHACK (AKA Music)

Backstreets Boys group song 

Who's in the group?: Nadia, Sam, Bre (Brianna), and Me

What each person is doing?: Lows, Normal, Highs, and normal ( in name order at the previous question)

What song, genre?: "I want it that way", Pop

What part are we working on first?: How we first came up to do this song is simply because we were messing around singing karaoke tracks. Originally we were going to sing Lovely by Billie Eilish and Khalid ( that's now our plan B) but since 'I want it that way' has different singing parts to equally divide between 4 we chose that. So the first 4 weeks we were slowly singing parts and collectively improving it while we sing. We went from soundtrack to piano, now we are just singing it and perfecting it.

What is the biggest challenge?: I guess for me it would be timing and how to stay in key and learn to make my voice soft but loud. ( but not too soft)

METH 'Jessica' PSA ad ~ English

'Jessica' Meth PSA. Harmful effects of drugs

There is a clear connection to drugs in the ‘Jessica’ PSA ad that talks about a teenage girl named Jessica that is addicted to meth and her story. This is shown by the use of lighting in this ad, showing that Jessica’s life went from happy, joyful, energetic to dark, and shows the addiction she now has and how it’s impacted her life and others. This is demonstrated when it went from her on the cheer squad with the crowds cheering for her to then getting gradually worse over time. The director's purpose is to show the audience that meth or any type of drug can mess up your life and break close relationships with people. This situation reminds me of all the stories or movies that show the theme that drugs will mess up your life and how overall will mess up your future.

Match In The Gas Tank *Boom* *Boom* ' What's Eating Gilbert Grape' Film Assessment ~ English

To continue on with my last post, you know that my English class were studying Film techniques and analysing them. The end result ended up with a close-viewing assessment where you can write, show, and tell about any trailer, movie, something visual where it includes filming techniques. I chose to present my work as an essay, the movie I studied was What's Eating Gilbert Grape.

Here is my first slide braking apart the techniques that I'll talk about it and underneath will be the essay. Enjoy :)))

Fun time with Group English work ( Film) :)~ English

Recently in English, we have been studying film techniques. We have done really well studying it BUT since now we are in lockdown it's up to us to try and understand what to and do the work.

For this task, it's group work. What it's about is to work with a partner to analyze film trailers and find out what is the film techniques and doing SEXXXY paragraphs about it  :). My partner was Kaiden, I felt that him and I worked really well, we helped each other out so yes :) ( Meagan also did an oopsie in this tho ;( )

Post Writing 1st slide~ English ( To update)

Chose 6 language features and complete them

5 Senses:
Sentences: He would always sit outside staring into the sunset hearing the salty flavoured waves clashing against the rocks and remember it all.

From a distance you see a blonde headed teenage girl walking up the beach with the crunchy, golden beige sand in between her tootsies the same little girl James was with the day of the rade, she was walking with that B Violet

“ alrighty then, today James you are going to be a new man, you’re starting high school tomorrow, don’t think you will get picked on because you are home school from the age 6-15, that shouldn’t matter because your glowing teenage skin, ocean blue eyes, soft brownish-black curly hair, Zac Efron bod, and your kind personality should send all the girls coming towards you”

She smelt like flowers and strawberries, her favourite flower was not violet but a Rose believe it or not she disliked them

Braking it down:

Hear~ Hearing the salty flavoured waves clashing against the rocks

See~ From a distance you see a blonde headed teenage girl

Smell~ She smelt like flowers and strawberries.

Taste~ Salty flavoured waves

Feel~ Crunchy, golden beige sand in between her tootsies

Deleting words:
Sentences: "alrighty then, today James you are going to be a new man, you’re starting high school tomorrow, don’t think you will get picked on because you are home school from the age 6-15, that shouldn’t matter because your glowing teenage skin, ocean blue eyes, soft brownish-black curly hair, Zac Efron bod, and your kind personality should send all the girls coming towards you”

Braking it down:
"James you are going to be a new man this year; you’re starting high school tomorrow, you won't get picked on because you were homeschooled from the ages of 6-15, it shouldn’t matter because your glowing teenage skin, Zac Efron bod, jaw-dropping face, and your charismatic personality should send all the girls chasing after you”

Inserting words:
Sentences: James picked up Violet by her head and immediately dropped her, he was such in shock that he dropped Violet by her head and stood up to greet his childhood best friend/crush.

Braking it down:
As James rushed to pick up Violet by her "damaged" head he immediately dropped her in shock of seeing his childhood best friend/ crush looking like a gorgeous model right in front of his eyes.

Replacing words:
Sentences: 
It’s now 2022 and James is now 17, a surfer, a Gucci rich lord because of Instagram, he happily helps the homeless, he doesn’t have a thing with anyone, and he is also ending his last year in high school.
Braking it down:
It's now 2022, James is a 17-year-old bachelor surfer and an Instagram influencer which happily helps the homeless on weekends, and finishing his last year in Summer Hill High.

Onomatapaya and Allritaion:
Sentences: 
his family was attacked by hunters was thinking at this moment.

he happily helps the homeless


Braking it down:
His family was invaded by hunters

( I'm keeping that alteration)

Similes, Metaphors, and Persifcation:
Sentences: 
she was a cheerleader and as flexible as rubber

2020 Pre-Writing Language Feature Task Level 1 ~ English ( to Update soon)

Step 1- I am/am not ready to learn because…

(I do/do not understand the what, why, how, and where of my learning?)

• I am ready for my learning because I understand what I am doing, what is the purpose, and how I'm going to imply it in life.

Step 2- My learning goals are to complete and write creative writing language features. I can write examples of simile, assonance, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, onomatopoeia, consonance, pun, anaphora, epistrophe, chiasmus, epizeuxis, anadiplosis.

Step 3- To engage in the connectivist learning process, I will need …

(My teacher, colleagues, videoclips, slidedecks, websites, dictionary etc.)

Step 4- My learning went ….

               Next time I will …

(Utilise my teacher, colleagues, videoclips, slidedecks, websites, dictionary etc.)

View pointing 2 ~ Drama

11.02.20
In Drama, we are learning about improvising techniques and ways. We did multiple drama games.

This lesson we focused on Shape and Kinetic response and resilience training

ways we showed it :

• When someone would move another person will either copy the action or just stand there doing their own thing ( which is the whole point of kinetic response ) 
• When you are on stage you got to act like your character if someone makes you laugh you make sure not to because of that apart of the training.... not to laugh.

View Points ~Drama

In drama, we are learning all these different techniques. For this point, it is view pointing. View pointing is an actors point of view there are nine different viewpoints.

Viewpoints of space ( Spataitial Relationships, Architecture, Floor Pattern)
Viewpoints of the Body  ( Shape, Gesture)
Viewpoint of Time  ( Kinaesthetic response, Repetition, Duration, Tempo)

Spatial Relationships:
This is the distance between the stage, body distance, body to objects, body to body, or an object/piece of architecture.


Architecture:
The physical environment in which you are working with and how aware of space/movement

Floor Pattern:
It is a floor pattern that actors may choose. This determines how the actor gets to place to place.


Shape:
It's peoples body relating to one another to make a certain type of body shape in space.

Gesture:
A movement involving a body part/s that gives shape to express what you are talking about. It's another way to get a point across in a story.

Kinaesthetic Response: 
This is a physical reaction to something which occurs outside you.

Tempo:
The rate or speed at which a movement occurs. For example, fast or slow something is happening.

Duration:
How long a movement or sequence of movement continues.

Repetition:
Repeating something on stage. It can be an exact copy or it could be a variation.

Grit:
Meaning it is resilience. Never giving up. Having a growth mindset.

Complete combustion experiment ~ Science

In Science, we are learning about combustion so I have decided to do THIS

Combustion is when a chemical will react between the oxygen and another thing.

Aim: I want to find out what happens

Hypothesis:
There's not really a hypothesis because I already saw the video ( WHICH I DON'T RECOMMEND YOU WATCHING THE END RESULT BECAUSE THAT'S A SPOILER UNLESS YOU JUST WANT TO SEE THEN PROCEED WITH MY BLOG)

Equipment:

• Water ( Colour it if you want to see what is happening)
• Candle
• Plate
• Glass
• Matchsticks or a lighter

Method:

1. Grab your water with or without the colour in it 
2. Pour your liquid on the plate half full.
3. Place your candle in the middle of the plate.
4. Light the candle
5. Grab your glass and place it on top of the candle with the open side facing down so it's like a dome cave thing
6. And now watch as see the magic

Results/ Observations:

I think it went pretty well as you can see from the videos... I hope 

Conclusion/ Discussion:

The reason why this happens is that there was oxygen in the glass with the candle in it which had a lot of oxygen ( Air) and so the something happens to make it be able to get rid of the air to make room for the water to rise in.

Evaluation:

What would I do the same?: Literally the same thing

What would I do differently?: Maybe find different was to see how it would work.

Mask~ Drama

In Drama, we are looking at comedia style stuff that involves being a character with or without a mask so we watch taming of the shrew and all that and how people preform with facial expressions with or without a mask on.

So then we created a mask for ourself so we looked at all the masks, picked one out and made it out of paper mache. So here is my process...



I chose the one with the pointy nose because I wanted mine to stand out and seem unique, well all the mask was unique but this one stood out to me. Mine turned out good but there was some hole everywhere so I adapted to it and made it look like my person was the plage doctor that is starting to have the plage.

My one challenge was to make the mask because I have never made a paper mache mask before.
I was very surprised that it came out good because I thought it would be a flop.

Ideal World ~ English

In English, we are thinking creatively for today we are talking about: If you have the power to change the world what would it be and look like?.

In my ideal world, I would have peace where everyone will get along and no one would have beef ( no drama and no problems). Everyone will have soft hair and soft skin because...... yo... Everyone should keep the earth healthy and happy. People will live longer because the amount of death is sad BUT when you die you get reincarnated to a different life

How to make it a reality: Maybe by giving each other compliments, help clean around your neighbourhood. Don't know about the soft skin, hair, and life bit though.

______~ Home ec

Our last practical was_______ ( can't remember the name so anything that has ________ is the name of it)

_____ is in my opinion like stir fry but with noodles. This meal consists of noodles, meat, vegetables, and soy sauce. The way it was cooked is letting the noodles sit in a bowl of water for 10 mins then draining it and leaving a 1/2 of the access water with it ( but little ol me didn't read the recipe because I was under stress and so I accidentally drained the whole thing -__-) anyway once that is all happening you cook all the other ingredients with each other . You got to make sure that the meat is moist, not hard because if it is it's going to be burnt, and you don't want that happing. 

Teamwork:

Eh, could have gone better, I felt like I was out of my head because I wasn't in the right mind state but we all tried to make it work 

Outcome:

The outcome was good it was well presented but I wouldn't know what it tasted like because I didn't eat it but my sister did so i'll tell you her feedback in the conclusion.

Conclusion:

Taste: 3/10. My sister rated that because she felt like it was too soy saucey because it looked like it was drenched in it

Prep: 2/10. I think we did ok I guess but I felt like we could have done better with all the prep.
Teamwork: 7/10. I felt like some of us was working together and others were lacking 

Treaty~ Social Studies

In social studies, we are learning about the Treaty of Waitangi. SO once we learnt about it we got to pick a treaty between the United States & Native Indians, and England & Scotland. I chose the United States & Native Indians treaty. To show our learning we have to present our work and I chose to do a poster ( also sorry if it's not enough or complete I found it really hard to read and gather information. This is it so far i'll update it later)

Maori and Euro Population Changes in NZ 1836-1901

1.  What does the graph show us?: This graph showed us that the Europeans grew in their population whereas the Maori population keep increasing and decreasing.
2.  Why do you think the numbers of Maori change?: They live in a land where the Maori don't have the technology so all these Maori could have a disease and they can pass it on which will affect their population growth.
3.  Why do you think numbers of Europeans changed?: Because the Europeans live in a popular environment can populate more and more.

Spag Bol ~ Home eco

In our last practical we did we made Spag Bol

Spag Bol is a pasta type of dish that uses spaghetti pasta and tomato sauce, in that included onions, garlic. The pasta had to be cooked on/in an al dente level. At the end when everything was cooked we had to heat the meal - the cheese ( Because if we did it would have been cold) 

Teamwork:

Once again this was another successful practice because there were some ups and downs but mostly good because we worked together getting the jobs done.

Outcome:

The outcome was good it was well presented, by that I mean it looked good and tasted nice BUT to me, I can handle dry pasta for a little bit of time before I gag ( Yes there was sauce but I dint;t think of mixing it).

Conclusion:

Taste: 7/10. I rate it that because for me at the start it was nice and delouse but if I eat too much dry pasta I gag.

Prep: 9/10. I think we did good on prep and cooking it, I keep everyone on their toes once again ( even me too)

Teamwork: 9/10. I think we worked well as a team even though I thought we weren't going to make it because I put the wrong pot on the wrong element BUT  we made it on time, maybe earlier than some, but I'm lucky I had luke because I would have forgotten some steps