Health

In Health, we were learning about spiritual well-being, we have been doing it for the past few weeks.

Why is Spiritual well-being important?
Spiritual well-being is important because without your spiritual well-being your body wouldn't be balanced. Also, It makes up your identity/who you are.

What have we been learning so far?
So far we have been learning about the Random Act of Kindness (RAK) to help others have a great day and restore the faith in humanity. We are also learning about Identifying your self (Self-identity).
We were given a paper and we wrote down all the things that make us who we are in 5 minutes.

My important values:

My identity Photo:

My Identity consists of many Classifications, but here are some of my identity written down.
The most important identity that is a part of me is Christian, Badminton, Pianist, Filipino, Volleyball

SCIENCE - DNA Extraction

Aim: To Extract DNA from a kiwifruit.

Method:

 Using a spatula, scoop 1/2 kiwifruit into a bag. Add 25mL water + a pinch of salt.

- Mush until a thick soup.

- Pour over cloth into a funnel into beaker

- Pour liquid into a test tube. Add dishwashing liquid + swirl. Allow sitting for 5 minutes.

- Tilt test tube on 45 degrees angle and slowly pour 10mL of ethanol down the side. 

- Allow to sit.

Result:

After we wait the DNA of the kiwi fruit floated on top of the test tube. The DNA looked like a fluffy piece cloud

Discussion:

We added water to help break the kiwifruit apart. Salt help clumps the DNA. And the ethanol helped to see it as it sits on top.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, the experiment was pretty cool, it helped us to see DNA more. And we managed to extract the DNA.

Pictures:

Reflection

In English, we have been doing some narrative writing for the past few weeks.

What new things have you learned?
New things I have learnt are the many ways to start a narrative. eg. Show don't tell and using sensory language to start a sentence.

How is this going to help you to be a better creative writer?
This helps a lot to make me a better writer because of the practice I do to achieve good writing, as well as the tasks given to improve my writing.

What activities did you enjoy from this unit of work? Why?
The activities that I enjoyed the most are the show don't tell and creating a protagonist, because it makes it a bit challenging, and I like to do things that are new and a bit challenging.

Which styles of learning work best for you?
The styles of learning that works best for me is when we are working silently, and are allowed to listen to music. I liked that style because it makes me focused more on my learning and it doesn't make me go off-track on my learning.

10 Worst countries for child labour

In social studies, we have been learning about modern child labour in different countries, Children are forced to work in hazardous places such as mining, quarry, brick making, carpet making, etc.

Their rights were taken away as they don't have a choice, most of them pay their debt to the money-lender, they work all day, every day and they don't get paid a single amount of money.

It is still shocking that even in modern times, there is still quite an enormous amount of countries that allow child labour. But the countries that are in Extreme conditions are:
Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar, Yemen, Burundi, Sudan, Eritrea and Afghanistan.










Insert: Ryan D'cruz

Antagonist

In English, we were asked to create an antagonist using digital tools.

What does antagonist mean?
An antagonist is a person who opposes or is hostile to someone or something: an adversary.

Keyboard Skills

What grade did you get on your assessment?
In my assessment, I got excellence in playing the piano, and I was so happy to get that excellence grade.

What could you do to improve your grade?
I could've practised more and played it smoother to get a higher grade.

What have you found enjoyable when learning keyboards?
What I found enjoyable is when I was able to play the whole song properly.

What did you find challenging about keyboard skills and why?
What I found challenging is to start to play the song when you don't know how it suppose to sound.

Protagonist

Create a Protagonist:

In English, we were asked to create a protagonist using digital tools such as canva, piktochart, prezzi, etc. I chose to do create my protagonist using Piktochart.

Here's my Protagonist:

Nobel Prize Winner

Who are they?
Donna Strickland 




What did they do?

She invented a Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA), it is a method making laser light of high power and short duration.

What got them the Nobel prize?

Her inventions helped to have a deeper knowledge about the world and shaping it.

What are the effects today of what they achieved?

The effects of what she achieved are they, her inventions can trap an object in three dimensions 

Setting activity 2: Setting as Backdrop

Here is a short example of a short scene:

• The shoppers coursed through the streets like rats in a maze.
• Kate craned her neck and spied a tiny patch of sky amidst the towering skyscrapers.  
• A brand new 2012 Porsche sped by and Kate whirled on her heels just in time to see it disappear around the corner of Lexington.

Here is my example:

• The shoppers craned their neck and observed a gathering below.
• A newly opened shop made people rushed like water through the falls.

Setting Activity (Sensory language)

Three different short opening scenes.

Example:

1. It was really busy, the heat flow through your body and the horns echoing through the city.


2. The clouds hover above as the snow falls to the ground and the wind starts to blow the coldness.


3. It was warm, the flowers bloom as they sprinkle their sweet scent.

"Show don't Tell"

Narrative opening using "show don't tell".

Here are My examples:



Lydia's face turned red as she walks and looks up to see the orange flame from her house.



In the middle of nowhere two girls were running as they look back to see the hideous hairy creature.



Tom's face suddenly turned red as he looks down and walks home carrying a box of items from his workplace.



Clair stopped and the crowd flooded to her as her face became puffy and red.



Julie sat down in tears while seeing his boyfriend walk away from her.

Harriet Tubman (Writing)

Harriet Tubman 

In Social Studies, we have been doing some research about Harriet Tubman, we also are learning about the S.E.E.L. paragraph, so we were asked to write a S.E.E.L. paragraph about Harriet Tubman.

What is the S.E.E.L paragraph?
SEEL paragraph a construction of paragraphs to show/prove the point of something.
S - Statement - Reflects the question. Starts it off. It may have some classification in it.
E - Explain - It is where you write the "why" part. Must use "because" to show you are explaining.
E - Example - Shows you can apply the "real world" to the explanation.
L - Link - It ties the paragraph back to the starting statement or take you to the next paragraph.

Here is my writing:

Harriet Tubman was one of the well-known "conductor" in the underground railroad. The underground railroad was one of the most dependable systems slaves used to escape from their masters. Harriet's hard work wasn't put in vain as she escaped and made it to the north where it was safe. She came back to save other slaves and made 19 trips. It was successful because she saved roughly 300 slaves. Slaves knew where to go/ what to do through the help of spirituals/songs which made it harder for their masters to realise how slaves escape without making it obvious or without having someone to tell them. In conclusion without the help of Harriet Tubman, many slaves would never be able to escape and the underground railroad would not be known by many slaves.

ESOL

Hottest and Coldest places on earth

Death Valley is a place where it is recorded to be the hottest place on earth. Death Valley is a deserted place in the Eastern part of California. Death Valley has a subtropical climate, with long extremely hot summers and short, mild winters, as well as a little rain. When the sun heats the ground, the heat is then radiated upward, but dense below-sea-level. Animals like the roadrunner, fox, coyote, desert cottontail, bighorn sheep.





Antarctica is undoubtedly the coldest place found in the southernmost part of the earth. Antarctica used to be ice-free until 34 million years ago when it became covered with ice. East Antarctica is colder than West Antarctica. Animals like Earless seal, whales, penguins, leopard seal, killer whale, blue whale and krill live there.



Similarities:
The similarities between Antarctica and the death valley is that they both are dessert, considering the coldness in Antarctica it is considered as a desert due to the dryness of the weather. Also, both Antarctica and death valley have animals.


Differences:
The difference between Antarctica and the death valley is that death valley has a hot wheater whereas Antarctica has cold weather. Death Valley has a higher population than Antarctica.

"Show don't Tell"

What do you think "show don't tell" means? In my opinion, I think it means describing something you saw/happen without telling it/how it happened.


Eg.

I looked up to see the buildings

The tears fell on Sarah's face.

She jumped up and down when she saw him.

The lake sparkled in beauty.

Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman

Lo: Learn how people search for freedom.

Why is Harriet Tubman and important figure?

Harriet Tubman is an important figure because even if she freed herself already, she still came back for others to save them and she saved over 300 slaves.

Bibliography:

http://www.pbs.org/black-culture/explore/harriet-tubman/

http://www.harriet-tubman.org/death/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/tubman/aa_tubman_youth_1.html

http://www.harriet-tubman.org/