Mix & Match Poetry Terms & Definitions | English

For english today we have moved into a new topic called Figurative language, we were first got to do a mix & match to see how many we already knew or just get to know what the words mean and was the first task given to finish.

 Figurative Language - Saying one thingand meaning something else

Literal Language - Meaning exactly what you say

Simile - Comparing two unlike things using the words like or as

Metaphor - Comparing two unlike things not  using the words like or as

Personification - Giving human qualities to non-human things

Imagery - Writing with detail to arouse one or more of the 5 senses

Idiom - A phrase common to people who speak the same language - saying one thing but meaning another

Hyperbole - An exaggeration of the facts

Alliteration - Repetition of consonant sounds in a piece of writing

Factual or Satirical? | English

 For English, we moved on to looking at sites and throughout that, we also learned the context of Factual and Satirical meanings. We had learned the basic technique to tell the articles apart whether they were fake or real or in other cases, Factual or Satirical. We looked into 8 different articles from 4 different countries: New Zealand, Australia, the US & the UK. We were then given the task to choose 2 articles from the same country and resemble them and how much of a difference they are apart.

I chose 2 articles from the UK(United Kingdom), it was time to compare these to articles from one another and see if there was any evidence of telling which is Factual or Satirical. I put both websites beside each other and started comparing them and what makes them believable or not believable. 

Daily Mail

Daily Mash

Already I could tell that the Daily Mail is a secure website to explore, which goes the same as the Daily Mash. But to tell the difference I looked into more of the content both sites put up, Daily Mail has content that includes good use of words and when searching up the content it occurs within seconds, also noticing that at the very bottom of the Daily Mail it tells who or which company it was published by and by searching that company that it was published by it is easier to tell whether the company is safe.

For the Daily Mash, you can straight away tell that it is Satirical from the content is being posted. The usage of words this site uses is pretty bad, the articles published are very pointless and not relevant to what the site is about. The Daily Mail is Factual while the Daily Mash is Satirical.

Starfish Poem | Social Studies

Today we had to read a poem about the Starfish and we focused on how this poem was related to the real-life world. The poem resembled how the old man was helping the economy or the ecosystem itself by picking up starfish that was washed across the shore and releasing it into the ocean so that they don't dry up and die. 

The main message taken from this poem is that we need to help the ecosystem from dying or messing up its life cycle, I have highlighted a few parts or lines in the poem that shows or sums up a few things I am explaining that relates to the real-life and a few life lessons. The message is that 'Your input does matter no matter how small of a change you make can make a big difference. 

People can take you as an inspiration and also take the habit to help the ecosystem, soon the amounts of people that took part were all inspired by one man, it always starts with 1 person, an inspiration.

 THE  STARFISH  POEM

Once upon a time there was a wise man 

who used to go to the ocean 

to do his writing. 

He had a habit of walking 

on the beach 

before he began his work. 

One day he was walking along 

the shore. 

As he looked down the beach, 

he saw a human 

figure moving like a dancer. 

He smiled to himself to think 

of someone who would 

dance to the day. 

So he began to walk faster 

to catch up. 

As he got closer, he saw 

that it was a young man 

and the young man wasn't dancing, 

but instead he was reaching 

down to the shore, 

picking up something 

and very gently throwing it 

into the ocean. 

As he got closer he called out, 

"Good morning! What are you doing?" 

The young man paused, 

looked up and replied, 

"Throwing starfish in the ocean." 

"I guess I should have asked, 

why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?" 

"The sun is up and the tide is going out. 

And if I don't throw them in they'll die." 

"But, young man, don't you realize that 

there are miles and miles of beach 

and starfish all along it. 

You can't possibly make a difference!" 

The young man listened politely. 

Then bent down, picked up another starfish 

and threw it into the sea, 

past the breaking waves and said- 

"It made a difference for that one."

Bias/Agenda | English

 Bias - when you unfairly favour one side of an argument

Source - where you got the information from

Credible - factual, truthful, reliable

Authority - the author has good/in depth knowledge of the subject

Reliable - can trust that this information is correct

Perspective - point of view, the way you see it

Agenda - what you are trying to do, e.g convince me of a 'fact

Manipulate - mould something into what you want it to be

Newspaper Article | Social Studies

 Today we had been given the task to make a news article to show what the Garbage Patch was and the causes and effects. We have already learnt about the main topic so we just had to share it in a creative way, so here is my Newspaper Article. My newspaper article will display the information of incidents and the tragic things the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has caused.

SIDE NOTE* - A few more pictures and evidence were supposed to be added to my article but couldn't fit so they will be displayed at the bottom of the newspaper article.

 

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch | Social Studies

Yesterday we started on a new unit in social studies called 'Trashing the Planet', we had been learning about waste and GPGP(The Great Pacific Garbage Patch), the impacts on the environment and sea life and ways we can reduce the risk of causing harm to our ocean and marine life. We were given the task to make a slideshow and show our learning with the information we gathered on our own and share it on our blogs to raise awareness about what is going on in our ocean.

Alkaline Metals | Science

What is an Alkaline Metal?

Alkaline metals are solid soft metals, they stay solid in room temperature but is a soluble meaning it can be dissolved in water and is highly reactive when reacting with H20. There are 6 alkali metals: Lithium, Sodium, Potassium and 3 more alkali metals belong in the same group because they have one electron in their outer shell and all these elements form oxide when dissolved in water to form alkali. 

After the alkali metals react with the water it can fizz up and start but at the same time it is reacting with the oxygen we have creating a Hydrogen gas which occurs when the metal itself explodes or self ignites. The reason to why the alkali metals are soft is because it has 1 electron so the bonding is weak between all the atoms.

Where are they on the P. Table?

They can be found on the left side in the first column which contains the few metals that are reactive which are, Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Cesium/Caesium and Francium.

What Reaction did we do yesterday?

Yesterday we used Lithium and Sodium to see and observe how both these elements react with water. The results were quite amazing and very interesting. The chemical reaction that was used was :

Sodium + Water →Sodium oxide + H20

Chemical Equation: 2Na + H20 →Na20 + H2

Observasion: When observing the experiment we found a lot of interesting things, once the Sodium was dropped into the water it began to fizz up which indicates that it is already reacting with the oxygen and H20. It didn't take too long until it set itself on fire and exploded. Lots of sparks occurred during the explosion and huge amounts of Hydrogen gas was released, during the explosion I also noticed that when these sparks flew and the fire was gone it left behind bits of what was now called Sodium oxide or in simple, sodium powder.  

Why do these metals react this way?

Because all the alkali metals have 1 electron in their outer shell meaning they are highly reactive