UNWIND Exploring the Blurb

27/02/19, Wednesday

UNWIND
The process by which a child is both terminated and kept alive is called 'unwinding'. Unwinding is now common, and accepted practice in society.

In the not-too-distant future, teens Connor, Risa, and Lev are on the run for their lives. Following the Second Civil War, between pro-choice and pro-life forces, the United States now allows parents to unwind their unwanted and difficult kids between the ages of thirteen and eighteen: Their bodies are surgically taken apart and all the organs and tissue are used in other people. According to the law, the kids aren't considered dead, they're "living in a divided state." But Connor, Risa, and Lev, and thousands of other teens slated for "unwinding" don't see it that way. They choose instead to "kick AWOL," or run away. Unwind follows these three across the country as they travel together, split up, and meet again when their destinies cross in a Harvest Camp where they are slated to be unwound.

1. What do you already know about pro-life and pro-choice groups? What do these terms mean? Is it an issue you have thought about? What I know about pro-life and pro-choice is that the pro-life group think that every human, including the unborn, have a right to life, they believe that abortion is wrong and they think that it is murder. The pro-choice group believes that a woman has the choice to abort a child. I haven't thought about this issue.
2. What do you know about organ donation?  What I know about organ donation is when a person gives their organ to someone else, legally either by consent while the donor is alive or dead.
3. Teenagers to be unwound are sent to Harvest Camps. Can you make a connection between the language used to describe this place, and other places people have been sent historically? Harvest Camps is a place where an unwanted teen gets their organ taken to donate it to someone else. The death camps during WW2 teh german death camps.
4. What religious connotation does the word 'harvest' evoke? The seven laws of the harvest.
5. The term "living in a divided state" here is really a euphemism for what? Can you think of other, common euphemisms? Why do people use euphemisms? I think that the term living in a divided state means being unwound, it is getting your organs into someone else meaning that part of you is in somebody meaning that you're living in a divided state. I think passed away instead of died is a euphemism. I think that people use euphemisms to make it lighter for the reader or to make it more appropriate.
6. What is the definition of legal?  The definition of legal is permitted by law doing something that is permitted by law.
7. What about ethical? I think the definition of ethical is dealing with morals or the principles of morality.
8. Do you believe that because something is legal, it is also ethical, or morally right? I don't think so some legal things isn't really morally right since some laws are ridiculous and some doesn't make sense.
9. Can things that are ethically sound ever be illegal? Provide examples. I think it can be illegal like when a child is hungry and he stole a loaf of bread I think that it is acceptable to give the loaf of bread to the child but stealing is illegal.

10. Can you think of examples in history to support your ideas? Provide examples.

UNWIND Slangs

AWOL: a runaway teen, scheduled to be unwound, hoping to survive to age 18; said to be "kicking AWOL." From the military term, Missing in Action Without Leave.

Bill of Life: the law instituting unwinding.

Boeuf: a soldier, male or female (from the French word for beef) 

Chop Shop: the operating room where teens' bodies are surgically taken apart.

Clappers: suicide-terrorists who have replaced their blood with a nitroglycerin blend. They blow themselves up by clapping their hands.

Harvest Camp (formerly called "unwinding facilities"): where teenagers awaiting unwinding are housed, as well as where the procedure is performed.

Humphrey Dunfee: an urban legend about an unwind whose parents go crazy from grief and kill all the recipients of their son's body parts, in an attempt to reassemble their son.

Juvey-cops: Police officer specializing in taking down AWOLs.

"Living in a divided state": a euphemism for being unwound.

StaHo: State Homes, orphanages where wards of the state stay until their eighteenth birthday or until they are sent to be unwound.

Storked: babies who are left on doorsteps. The homeowner is obligated to keep and raise the child.

Tithe: a child of a religious family who is born and raised to be unwound, as an act of charity. 

Umber: the socially acceptable way to describe someone who is African American. (In contrast to sienna, the socially acceptable way to describe someone who is Caucasian.)

UNWIND Examining the cover

27/02/19, Wednesday

-How do you think this story will be written? I think the story will be written a slow and steady pace. Writing that has cliffhangers.
-Why do you think the story is entitled as it is? I think the story is entitled as it is because it really shows out the meaning or it makes the book stand out more.
-Where do you think the story will take place? I think the story will take place at a well-developed city with advanced technology since you can see the personalities of the people they can unwind the teens without problems because they have the technology.
-What time period do you think the story is set in? I think the time period is set in the future since all the things are developed they have new technology and they think they can replace anything.

ESOL hottest and coldest places on earth

27/02/19, Wednesday

                                                 WEATHER AND CLIMATE

       Death Valley is one of the hottest places on earth, Death Valley has a hot desert climate, with long hot summers. When the sun heats the ground, that heat is then transmitted upward, but the dense below-sea-level-air absorbs some of the heat and then radiates it towards the ground. The Valley is surrounded by mountains while its surface is flat and lacking plants but in spring the flowers bloom here and its really colourful and lively the park is famous for its rare sight of flowers. It is said that the rocks in death valley travel by itself because at night when the playa floods and cold nights freeze the water into a flat layer of ice that then break into huge floating panels as it becomes day, the winds drive the rocks forth across the icy surface, which leave trails in the soft mud below. There is a known animal there called a roadrunner it is less than 2 feet tall and it weighs about 1 pound. It is one of the common species found in Death Valley. The other animals are Desert bighorn sheep, Desert cottontail, Kit fox and Coyotes.

Antarctica is the earth's southernmost continent. It is the coldest, driest and windiest continent, and has the highest average altitude of all continents. The normal annual temperature varies from about −10°C on the Antarctic coast to −60°C at the highest parts of the centre. Even though it's enveloped in ice it holds one of the world's biggest mountain ranges. It holds the southern-most active volcano called Mount Erebus despite the freezing weather it had "Lava Lakes". The animal it holds includes Seals, Whales and Penguins. It also stores a lot of fresh water it holds 70% of the planet's fresh water. Some mountains are concealed under the ice called Gamburtsev Mountains.

The similarities between these two are they are both technically desert. They both have extreme weather ranging from 134 degrees to −89.2 °C both really hot and cold. They both have animals that can adapt to the extreme weather they're having. The difference is that Death valley's weather can go down to normal temperature while Antarctica's weather remains cold.

Physical Education Reflection

27/02/19, Wednesday

What I learned?

A new thing I learned in P.E is how to hold and throw the discus properly. Our teacher taught us how to hold the discus properly. I chose discus because I think it's interesting.

What is the proper technique and how do you do it?
   Hold the discus with your middle finger facing 12 o'clock with your other hand hold it with palm flat on the surface of the discus. Our teacher told us to not swing our arm too much trying to gain momentum since it will drain our energy.

Did I improve?
  I improve a little bit. I haven't practice discus that much and I haven't practised the proper techniques to throw it properly.

What other events would I like to improve in?
   I would like to improve in Javelin because I think it's really cool and it looks nice.

Is there's something I can do to improve?
   I can correct my form in throwing and hold the Javelin properly.

The Slave Trade Triangle

25/02/19, Monday

1. What is The Slave Trade Triangle?
    The Slave Trade Triangle is the trading of slaves between Americans, Africans and Europeans.

2. Where did the slave trade triangle occur?

Map showing the slave trade triangle:

3. Why did the slave trade triangle happen?

*Economic Gains

*Free labour

*Exchanging of goods

* Laws

4. When did the slave trade triangle happen?

Start: 15th-16th Century

5. Who was involved in the slave trade triangle?

Europeans

Africans

Americans

More specifically the roles played by these people were Captain, the crew of the boats, Captors (Europeans and African chiefs), auctioneers, plantation owners, masters, plantation overseers and workers, slaves.

Dystopian Literature

20/02/19, Wednesday

Dystopian Literature

According to the Science-Fiction Dictionary, Brave New Words, dystopian literature is "an imagined society or state of affairs in which conditions are extremely bad, especially in which these conditions result from the continuation of some current trend to an extreme." 

Three Synonyms For Dystopia

1. Chaos

2.Anti-utopia

3. War

Antonym of Dystopia

Utopia, a place or state of things in which everything is perfect.

What dystopian Novels have you read?

The Giver

Hunger games

How many others can you name?
The Maze Runner
The Darkest Minds
Delirium
Divergent
City of Ember
The 5th wave
Gone

SOST Human rights Poster

18/02/19, Monday

What you already know? I already know that Human Rights were established in 1948.
What you find interesting? I find the history of human rights interesting.
What you would like to learn next? I'm not sure what I would like to learn next.

Critical Literacy Reflection Time

15/02/19, Friday

What do you think Critical Literacy is? I think Critical Literacy is to research something or discover something and try to understand the concept of something.

What did you learn during Critical Literacy? What I learned during Critical Literacy is that you need it so you can make sure of something like you need to make sure that news is true you can use Critical Literacy to make sure that it is true and you can rely on it.

What did you find challenging during Critical Literacy? What I find challenging during Critical Literacy is researching because it's hard to find a source that you can really rely on.

How will you use Critical Literacy in real life? I will use Critical Literacy in real life when I see a video or news that I want to do research on and find something about it.

What are you looking forward to in English this year? I'm looking forward to FIlm study because I'm really interested in how we can examine films.

Critical Literacy Matrix

13/02/19, Wednesday

Sensodyne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv8Nda33PE8

1. What kind of language is used in the text? The language used in the text is professional words to explain more with professionality.

2. Who is allowed to speak? The GSK sales manager is allowed to speak to explain why you should you Sensodyne ProNamel and how it's effective

3. What does the author want us to know? The author wants us to know that we need to use Sensodyne what is the importance of enamel.

4. What is the text about? How do we know? I think the text is about caring for your teeth and using this product to take care of it. I know because the girl mentioned that the dentists are going to recommend the product and she talked about how our enamel needs to be taken care of.


Palmolive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMtzuz0XVQQ

1. What has been left out of the text? I think what's been left out is The opinion or the test on other people's hair.

2. Whose views are excluded or privilege in the text? I think the view of the people who actually use Palmolive.

3. What do the words suggest? The words suggest that you don't need a comb to comb your hair if you use this you can use your fingers to comb your hair.

4. How would the text be different if it were told in another time, place or culture? The text would be different since some places can't really trust the advertisements.

SHORT STORY

The hare and the tortoise: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/pdfs/aesop/the_hare_the_tortoise.pdf

1. What does the author want us to know? The author wants us to know that ‘Slow and steady is sometimes better than fast and flashy.’ 

2. What is the text about? The text is about a hare and a tortoise having a race but the hare is being too cocky and too proud of himself.

3. How are the characters constructed in this text? The hare is prideful, proud of itself and the tortoise is determined and the tortoise is hard-working.

4. What kind of social realities does the text portray? The social realities the text portray are people being too proud of themselves and I think the tortoise represents the people who advance slowly in life but they still try and work hard and in the end, their hard work will pay off. 

Critical literacy Butterflies

13/02/19, Wednesday

1. What kind of language is used in the text? The way the grandparents spoke show that they can't speak good English, it's poorly spoken and I think because they didn't get an education. While the teacher uses good English and the teacher uses a long and specific sentence.

2. What is this text about, how do you know? This text is about the different perspectives of people and I know this because the teacher sees the butterflies as something that can't harm anything or anyone while the grandparents see the butterflies as pests or something that can ruin their plants.

3. What does the author want us to know? I think the author wants us to know that this is how life was back then for other people or the author wants us to know that everyone has their own perspective on things.

4. How are characters constructed in this text? The grandparents really care for their granddaughter, they love her and they believe in her. I think the granddaughter really wanted to work hard in school.

5. What kind of social realities does the text portray? I think the social realities portray is when Patricia Grace was growing up since the Maori people weren't treated nicely and fairly.

Art Shading/tone

13/02/19, Wednesday

1. Have you improved your understanding of tone/shading? Yes, I learned a lot about shading using the videos and slides that our teacher provided with us with.
2. Do you understand that drawing using structure can help you draw better? Yes, our teacher showed us that you can use structures to improve your drawing.
3. What are you going to work on going forward in pencil drawings in and out of the class? I'm going to work on my speed on drawing and drawing in general.

Maths Week 3

12/02/19, Tuesday

1. What were the main mathematical concepts or ideas that you learned or that we discussed in class? 

We watch a video made by youcubed about the concept of someone who thinks they're not good at maths and they try to explain that no one's not good at maths they just need to practice the problem and keep trying. That if you fail you need to show resilience and just try because of the mistakes you did you can learn more because you learned what you shouldn't do.

2. What questions do you have about the exercises we did?

The question I have about the exercises we did are how the questions about maths relate to the exercises we did and how effective it is with helping people solve the maths problems.

Critical Literacy Practise

12/02/19, Tuesday

- Can you find this image online? Yes, it's all over the internet.

The news that there's a traffic jam in China got released on 23 August 2010.

The source is fair and it gives photos.

-Is this a real story? The story that Germany did this is not true but the picture is from a traffic from China

Critical Literacy Bias/Agenda

08/02/19, Friday

Factual or Satirical

The Onion: https://www.theonion.com

-What does the website look like? The website looks like your average news page but if you look at the titles of the news you will notice how it's obviously fake.

-What photos is it using? Some photos they photoshopped and some photos they just found on the internet. 

-What headlines are they sharing? The headlines they're sharing are unbelievable but sometimes it makes you think that this can happen.

-Do you think it is a factual website or a Satirical website? It is a Satirical Website.

The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com

-What does the website look like? The website looks like a newspaper, it shows you different topics including opinions, Science and Politics.

-What photos is it using? The photos it's using are the pictures of what's going on or who is included in the news.

-What headlines are they sharing?  The headlines they're sharing are believable and it can happen or it did happen.

-Do you think it is a factual website or a Satirical Website?  I think it's a factual website.

The Civilian:http://www.thecivilian.co.nz

-What does the website look like? The website has their information and it has many topics.
-What photos is it using? They used the photos from the event that happened.
-What headlines are they sharing? The headlines they're sharing are unbelievable you can see the headlines as a joke.
-Do you think it is a Factual website or a Satirical website? It is a Satirical Website.

The Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html

• What does the website look like?
• What photos is it using?
• What headlines are they sharing?
• Do you think it is a Factual website or a Satirical website?

Critical Literacy

07/02/19, Thursday

Link: https://youtu.be/aHAApvHZ6XE

-What aspects of stories was she interested in? The messages we don't notice right away.

-What did the ad imply with the big diamond ring? Love and kindness, it shows that to show love you need to buy something expensive.

-What is a subtext? The messages you can't see or subliminal messages in advertisements.

-With CL, can each student have their own answer? Yes, everyone has their own answers.

-What does Andrea compare CL to? Wonder Woman's lasso of truth.

-How can CL be applied to your life outside of school? You can see the hidden messages when watching movies, reading books and video games.