Sewell Peak Challenge Reflection

Yesterday all of the year tens walked up Mount Sewell. Before we went I was feeling very nervous and scared I wasn't able to do it. I did not want to be embarrassed but then I realized that most people will be in the boat as me and the same physical capability as me. When we were in the van on the way there I was getting butterflies in my stomach.

When we started I was feeling really pumped and full of Adrenalin. on the way in the van, we were singing really loudly all these funny songs and it made me feel better and it was really fun. When we started walking it was okay but then about 2 minutes into it I was already feeling the pain in my legs and I started to get really difficult after that. But it helped a lot when we stopped to have breaks because I could get my breath again, it was a very steep hill!

By the time I got to the end I was feeling Awesome because I had just achieved something I didn't think I could do and I was secretly very proud of myself. It was pretty cool when they bought out the big chilly bin of ice blocks.

Walking up Sewell Peak is a metaphor for year 11 because year 11 is a big step for us. becoming year  11 means becoming a senior and it means more responsibility and a lot of big challenges we have to face. Mount Sewell is a metaphor because it is a difficult hill to climb and there are a lot of challenges and there were times when I thought it was just too hard and wanted to give up. But you have to push through it give it your all and when you get to the top it is a huge achievement and you can say that you've done it, and succeeded at something you thought you couldn't do but proved yourself wrong.

Firsts Paragraph, ENGLISH, 2018

My topic is about the legalisation of women voting and when it happened. Kate Sheppard is a very important women that was apart of the Women’s Suffrage New Zealand that made history.

On A website called NZ History, I learnt that on the 19th of September, 1893, a new Electoral act was introduced into the law in New Zealand. Kate Sheppard let the Women’s Suffrage, it became a social laboratory, and that achievement was a result of years of effort by suffrage campaigners. WSNZ was a very important political issue in the late nineteenth century, women excluded from any involvement in politics. But on 19 sep, 1893, the franchise was given royal assent by governor Lord Glasgow. This website was useful because

On a website called The Women’s Suffrage New Zealand I learnt what the WCTU was and what they did. WCTU stands for Women’s Christian Temperance Movement, led by Anne Ward. The WCTU travelled all around the country to collect signatures to gain a new act into the law, women voting. They organised petitions to parliament, and there were over 9,000 signatures delivered in 1891, then another 20,000 signatures in 1892 and then 32,000 signatures in 1893 - which was almost ¼ of New Zealand’s adult female population.

In conclusion, I have learnt that New Zealand was one of the first countries to add women voting into the law. I think that female suffrage is really important because Women need a purpose too and I think that schooling and education wouldn’t be as important to a women. Men would be the ones that end up with all of the jobs, and I think that women can have goals too and they should be aloud to fulfill them. I think it is outrageous that some counties in the world only made women voting legal only a couple of years ago, but I am proud to be in a fair country.

Making Connections English

My presentation is about the connections made in the movie The Freedom Writers and the book The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian.

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English, My Prezi Review

I used Prezi to present my work about The Freedom Writers. At first Prezi was hard to use, I didn’t quite know
how to sign up without paying and when I figured it out it didn’t let me so I had to wait for my teacher to come
back. After I got the hang of it and understood how to use it was actually a really good tool to use to present your
work. At some times it was quite confusing because there’s so much you can do with it that it was hard to choose
how I was going to make my presentation.

I did all my planning on a google doc before going into Prezi because it was easier to plan it then put all my ideas
into a Prezi. I am happy with the way my Prezi looks and I think it makes it look way better that using google slides
to present my work and instead of just flicking from slide to slide you can personalise it and make it your own, it
can look and make it any way you want.

Here is a link to my prezi.

English: Visual Mihi

English: Freedom Writers, Ava

Freedom Writers

Ava’s Childhood

Ava had a loving and caring family, especially her father. But on her first day of school she was waiting for
her dad to take her to the bus, but a car drove past a man got shot right there on the street right in front of
her. When her dad run out it was too late he was dead. The police took her father for retaliation, he was
innocent but they took him because he was respected by her people, they called her people a gang
because they fight for their America. When she got her initiation into the gang life she was beaten so she
wouldn't break. They are her family.

Court

In court Ava was asked what happened in the shop when someone was shot dead. She wanted to lie and
say someone else did to protect her people and family, but she couldn’t send an innocent person to prison
just like her father was, because she seen his family, she knew that she had been in that position before
except her father didn’t even get a chance. So she risked it and told the truth. After that people were after
her they wanted her dead because she betrayed them, but the only reason they didn’t kill her was because
who her father was.

For Ava being in that English class had a big influence on her decision in court. It was important learning
about holocaust because it related back to Ava and her situation. Before Ms G came along her world was
all about her gang and her family. But being in that class helped her understand there is so much more to
this world. When Miep Gies came and talked to the class, she talked about everyone being a hero in
their own way, she said she wasn’t and that she was just doing what was right when she was protecting
Anne Frank. Ava knew couldn’t lie she had to do the right thing. She did what she believed was right.
Her values changed, that’s what made her tell the truth in that courtroom.

My PechaKucha

For unit 1 I think I am showing the following time management skill level, Multi structural. I am able to complete the task in the time given most of the time. I have evidence for choosing this level from class when I completed my Pecha Kucha but did not complete mapping.

For unit 1 I think I am showing the following working independently skill level relational. I have chosen this because I can get my work done without being reminded most of the time. I have evidence for choosing this level from class when I did my work without much help at all. I can get on with my work without being reminded most of the time and can adjust what I'm doing to fit in with any changes that happen in the classroom.

English: Junior And Rowdy's Friendship

Rowdy and Junior’s friendship at the start of the novel.

Rowdy and Junior’s friendship at the start of the novel is strong.Rowdy stuck up for Junior after he was getting
beaten up by the three Andruss brothers. He cut off their braids that were very important to them and shaved
off their eyebrows when they were asleep. When Rowdy and Junior were discussing about going to the
powwow, Junior wasn’t feeling that keen on it but Rowdy was trying to encourage him to go. Junior couldn’t say
no, and when Rowdy said “Come on, I’ll protect you” that meant that he had his back and he had nothing to
worry about. Rowdy really looks after Junior because he knows that he is his only friend and he needs to keep
him safe.

Rowdy and Junior’s friendship when Junior’s sister Mary dies.

At this point in the novel Junior and Rowdy’s friendship has gone downhill. The funeral was hard for Junior, he
had to get out of there so he ran. Hes was planning to run deep into the woods and never be found, but instead
he found Rowdy. Rowdy was very upset he was actually crying, his face shiny with tears. But he refused to
admit it, “It’s okay; I miss my sister, too. I love her” said Junior. He reached out and touched Rowdy’s
shoulder. BIG MISTAKE. He punched him. But Rowdy MISSED the punch! “I missed on purpose” he said,
“No, you didn’t. You missed because your eyes are FILLED WITH TEARS!” That made Junior laugh. But he
couldn’t stop. It made Rowdy cry harder, “It’s all your fault,” said Rowdy. “What’s my fault?” Junior asked.
“Your sister is dead because you left us. You killed her.” Rowdy was blaming junior for his sister's death. She
only left the rez because Junior had left the rez first. She had burned to death because he decided he wanted to
spend his life with white people. “I hate you!” Rowdy screamed, “I hate you! I hate you!” he ran away. Junior
feels guilty for his sister's death, and he still wants Rowdy to come back but that’s the last thing Rowdy is
thinking about. Rowdy was so upset about Mary’s death because their family is very important to Rowdy they
are like his family.