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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Topic 5 Stem 2021

 1.Know the parts of flower and what function of each part (what they do and why)

Your thoughts about a flower)Beautiful,Usable

What have you noticed about it)1 day it is growing another day it starts to grow.

What you know)they grow and use oxygen. 


Aim 

To carefully dissect a hibiscus flower and bud to identify and collate the flower and bud parts.

Materials

>one newly opened hibiscus flower

>One bud at an early stage of becoming a flower.

This is what we learned in class.





Tuesday, June 22, 2021

DSRJ Caged Bird - Central idea and Tone

 Caged Bird Central Idea and Tone 

Group members: 

Focus: Critical Questions for Understanding Poet’s Purpose - Useful link 


LI: identify and critique the author’s intention for writing; identify symbols and inferences in writing; 

SC: identify tone; diction; poetic devices; describe impact or intended effect. 


Identify the speaker of the poem. Jairus: The caged bird 


What is the speaker’s tone? D.J:Mostly negative and some positive


What vocabulary is used (diction), which reveals the speaker’s tone? Renei: Seldom,Grave of dreams,The caged bird,Rage


What is the connotation, implied or true meaning of each word ?

D.J: Seldom see through Grave of dreams; Dreams of something but is not to come true; 

The caged bird:The bird is trapped in a cage 

Rage; Really angry


What stanzas are repeated? Jairus: paragraph 3 and paragraph 6


Why are they repeated? Renei: The 3rd paragraph and the 6th  paragraph,is repeated because you're trying to emphasize and because it's the same thing.


Identify FOUR symbols from the poem which are used to stand for bigger ideas than their literal meaning? D.J:Grave of dreams represents no dreams of positive vibes.


What is the central idea of a poem? Renei: It highlights the differences between being free and being trapped.


State central idea in one sentence.D.J: It highlights the differences between being free and being trapped and the author is trying to spread the messages to the readers that it is talking about her.


Last question: Based on what we know about Angelou’s life, what are the possible connections between Angelou’s life and her poem “Caged Bird”? 

Team: jairus: her life experiences

We worked as a team to come up with this.


Monday, June 21, 2021

Friday, June 18, 2021

Topic 4 Stem 2021

 


We were learning about how objects float and semi-float.

Thursday, June 10, 2021

What If Questions

 


It was hard working on this because we had to think carefully.

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Topic 1 (STEM 2021)

 Task 1

>CO2

>o2

>biology

>Chemistry

>Science


Three different areas of Science.


>physics)Light,machines,space,Rays)

>chemistry)Medicins)

>Biology)Living Organisms Human,plants,animals)


Task 2

Thinking captain

How do planes fly


Lift

Thrust

Weight

Gravity

Drag

Propeller

Lift keeps the plane up.

Drag is the force that slows the plane down.

500 tons

Gravity forces the plane down

Captain needs to steer the plane.


D.J (7m 9m 6.8m)_2nd


Air planes can fly definetly


 


Friday, May 28, 2021

Sea life experience

SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium, Auckland | Official Site

 What we learned about Sea life is that we are part shark because our teeth is made out of shark skin very fascinating right.It was a very cool experience thats got a be the best experience ever.Did you know that we part turtle because Humans and turtles share a common ancestor.