Atheltics 103 🥏

So today for P.E we were still preparing for athletics which is next week, Thursday.
The events we did were shot put, sprints, and javelin. In our group was Aiden, Alesha,
Kayla, Ian, and
Rojan. We decided that our group goal was to have fun and support one another
without being rude.
The skills involved for shotput was how you were going to throw the shotput
and how your posture is.
After we moved to sprints/javelin the skills for spirits that were needed were how
to start off (starting
position) and the skills for javelin were how you throw it and the way your wrist
goes after you have
thrown it. Where to next is just doing the activities we need to work on for next
week we all think this
is going well so far and to take measurements so we can record results. 

Heart Attack 💘

Heart Attacks

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What causes one?

Why heart attacks happen is mainly due to your heart getting blocked think of it like a sink getting blocked up. That's exactly what a heart attack is but just in a human except your coronary arteries become blocked. Over time a coronary artery can narrow from the buildup of various substances such as cholesterol. The coronary artery causes most heart attacks but not all and it's when fat deposits (plaque) restricts blood flow. Also, another way a heart attack can be caused is by the food you eat. These 'foods' being sugar, salt, and fat. Over time high amounts of salt, sugar, saturated fat (like butter) and refined carbs can raise your chances higher for a heart attack or even stroke. 

Coronary Artery

Just a disclaimer coronary arteries are the blood vessels (arteries) of circulation which transport oxygenated blood to the substance of the heart. It carries oxygenated blood because the heart needs a continuous supply of oxygen to function and survive just like many other tissue or organs of the body. 

Cholesterol

Cholesterol is a type of fat that is in your blood. Most cholesterol is made by your body but eating fatty foods (sugar, butter) can head to high cholesterol levels. Your arteries may get clogged up with the due to it which means you would either have a heart attack or stroke. 

How do you know you're having a heart attack?

For my first guesses, I think you would suffer a horrible chest pain right above your heart. Except, the common heart attacks signs and symptoms include: pressure, tightness, pain or a squeezing/aching sensation in your chest or arms that may spread to your neck, jaw or even your back. Other symptoms of heart attacks can be nausea, indigestion, heartburn or abdominal pain. Other way you may know you might be having a heart attack is because you have shortness of breath (hard to breathe.) 

How do you prevent a heart attack?

Ways you could avoid a heart attack or even help recover for one is to void smoking, control your blood pressure and cholesterol levels, get regular medical checkups, exercise regularly, maintain a healthy weight, eat a heart-healthy diet and control stress. These are some ways but I believe there are many more ways that will definitely keep you on your own to feet to avoid these horrible things but the key one would be to eat healthily and look after yourself. Also, put your needs first before others.

Heart dissection...

 So yesterday (26/2/2020) our class dissected a sheep's heart. When we first got the heart it was very slimy and quite squishy but tough. We had to find the thick side of the heart and the thin side. The reason why is because we had to cut into the thin side so we could open the heart like a book so we could see inside it. Then the fat and muscle were to basically cushion the heart and protect it. The valves are basically to control blood flow in and out of the heart I suppose you could call it like a road. The mitral valve and tricuspid valve control blood flow from the atria to the ventricles and the aortic valve and pulmonary valve control blood flow out of the ventricles. The two holes at the top of the heart are the aorta and super vena cava, the aorta is basically the main part of the heart and we saw that in our dissection. Now we did a sheep's heart but a pig's heart is closet looking to a human's heart because it is split up into parts and easy to see the different parts of the heart. 

Our disection (sheep heart)
no humans were harmed in the disection.

2 weird animal heart facts...

a. Hummingbird's heart rate can soar up to 1000 beats per minute in some species.

b. A blue whale's heart is as big as a compact car.

Fooling With Fairy Tales 🍄

An-noun-cing the royal disco 

Cinderocker is off to the Royal 'n' Roll Disco. She needs to list the things she needs. Match her with the list made out by Prince Headbanger. 

Prince Headbanger

High-heeled sneakers 

Gold lame jacket

Spangled jeans

Glow-in-the-dark socks

Sterling silver comb

Pocket mirror 

Elvis cape

Diamond studded baseball cap

Perfumed odor-eaters

Gold and ruby earring 

Ruffed silk shirt

Cindie's R 'n' R Ball List

Spangled jeans

Sterling silver comb

Pocket mirror

Perfumed odor-eaters

Ruffed silk shirt

Now list some common nouns from both lists and some adjectives you can find in each list:

Nouns

a. Sneakers

b. Gold

c. Jacket

d. Spangle

e. Jeans

f. Glow

g. Socks

h. Silver

i. Comb

j. Pocket

k. Mirror

l. Elvis 

Adjectives 

a. High

b. Heeled

c. Lame

d. Dark

e. Sterling

f. Diamond

Make the report eggs-act

One of the king's men was asked to write a report for the Nursery Rhymes Gazette. He does not have the slightest idea of where to put his full stops and capital letters for the beginning of sentences. Correct his work: we arrived at the scene of the disaster at about 1 pm poor Mr Dumpty was lying on the ground with what seemed to be a fractured shell he was moaning a lot and blamed a loose stone in the wall where he was sitting before the accident the other men and myself tried to give Mr Dumpty first aid, but the sticky tape and super glue just would not work we called the Cackleberry Ambulance but they would not come they thought we were just yolking.  

corrected...

We arrived at the scene of the disaster at about 1 pm. Poor Mr. Dumpty was lying on the ground with what seemed to be a fractured shell. He was moaning a lot and blamed a loose stone in the wall where he was sitting before the accident. The other men and myself tried to give Mr. Dumpty first aid, but the sticky tape and super glue just would not work. We called the Cackleberry Ambulance but they would not come they thought we were just yolking.  

Fairy Tale Cop

It so happens that some nursery rhyme and fairy tale characters have been in trouble with the Fairy Tale Police and have been put on the police report sheet. Complete these sentences from the report with a subject or a predicate which explains what the mischievous characters have been up to:

Slave Trade Triangle 🗺

Harriet Tubman 🤔

Home Economics 101 🥔

So today on a lovely Friday morning we made potato salad. Basically, we have to make a blog post about what we did, hygiene and texture. First off we cleaned our hands and tables, made sure people's hair was up and put aprons on. After that, we got potatoes, washed them and then cut them in pieces for the salad. Next, we got the bacon and cut that up soon cooking it while the potatoes were boiling. Soon we made the dressing with mayonnaise, mustard, pepper and spring onion. One person in our group ate it due to us not being hungry but it looked pretty good and it didn't look too dry. Then we cleaned up and I think we all did a good job especially with the way we all worked together.  

Soundtrack Of My Life 🎶

So this mini-presentation was supposed to be out last week, except I was sick so I didn't end up finishing it until this week. Anyways this is the soundtrack of my life which means in the following below are some songs that connect with me and I really like. 

 

Spirituals 🕯️

Spirituals are not rituals they are songs that slaves sung back in the early days of our earth. They are basically singing their hearts out or either their emotions. Some of them can be calm, sad or even horrible. I think they were important to the slaves because it provided hope for them and everyone could sing along due to being in the same boat.  

A Song;

I think the meaning of this song is that they are tired and just want to lay down at home and sleep the rest of the day/night away. I think it also meant it would keep them busy and working because listening to songs helps me clean/work so it would work for them too.

Athletics 201 🏹

So today in P.E we went over shot put and long jump. First, we did shot put and got told to work on our throwing technique. We had to bring the shot put close to us and push it out onto the grassy field. After we did shot put we moved to long jump which honestly wasn't that bad. We had to go to the end of the long jump pit and count 21 steps back the reasoning why it is because that's how long our runup is. To sum it up P.E wasn't too bad today so it was fun. 

Human Rights 🤩

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Critical Literacy 2020 🤠

What is Critical Literacy?

a. Critical Literacy is when you apply critical based thinking to literacy-based topics.

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Word Definitions

Bias

Favoritism towards something, favour one thing over another.

Source

Where you get the information from.

Credible

A source that can be easy/abled to believe and trustworthy.

Authority

To have power or the respect of people.

Reliable

A source you can fall back on that's trustworthy.

Perspective

Your own opinion that may or may not be different from others, a.k.a the way you saw it. 

Agenda

Your intentions of what you are going to get done.

Manipulate

Convince someone to think the same opinion as you.

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Finding Your Focus

Word Definitions

Text

A piece of writing or words you can get information from.

Construction

Something that is put together or built.

Representation

The showing or picture of something like art.

Stereotype

You assume that it's supposed to be one way or a standard. 

Inclusion

Adding it into something or apart of something.

Exclusion

Not letting someone join or getting rid of something.

Masculine/Feminine.

A formal way of saying different genders.

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Crossword

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Putting Words Into Sentences

Text
I studied the text to find my answer to the question.

Construction
The construction took longer than we thought.

Representation
Was there any student representation for the school's athletics?

Stereotype
The most common stereotype is women working in the kitchen. 

Inclusion
They have been selected for inclusion in the collab with Nike.

Bias
The teacher was biased with her students.

Exclusion
The group's exclusion caused drama.

Masculine/Feminine.
He was masculine where she was feminine.

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Questions

What am I learning?
To identify word definitions and learn to understand them.

How does this show my learning?
It shows my learning because I have used the words in sentences to represent my understanding.

What am I wondering?
When these words will be used in our journey into Critical Literacy.

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Questions;



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What 4 Questions To Use...

Inclusion
1. How are the children, teenagers or young adults constructed in this text?
2. What view of the world is the text presenting?
3. What kind of languages is used in this text?
4. How does the text depict age, gender and/or cultural groups?

Exclusion
1. Who is missing from the text?
2. What questions about itself does the text not raise?
3. What has been left out of the text?
4. Whose views are excluded or privileged in the text? 

Representation
1. Why has the composer of the text represented the characters in a particular way?
2. What do the imagines suggest?
3. What do the words suggest?
4. What knowledge does the reader/viewer need to bring to this text in order to understand it?

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Dance Monkey



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Putting It Into Practice

Video

Paragraph
The adults constructed in this text are portrayed as stereotypical. What I mean by this is that the woman cook, clean and are always dressed up prim and proper where the men are outside doing the lawns and stuff. This text shows us what it was like in the 70's reality and shows us that everything has to be perfect and not to be out of place. Except in this text, there is a lot of stereotypes of what each gender should be doing and that they aren't as strong as a man because they are treated as a piece of fine china cutlery.


Video

Paragraph
In this text, the adults constructed in it are standing up for their own and being powerful. The reality shows the a woman doesn't need a man to be happy or to be able to do things by themselves (basically be strong and powerful.) I think this was way more like reality because woman are now spreading their wings are leaping into new opportunities. In the first text, the woman was quiet and basically keeping to herself whereas the girl in the second text was outgoing and loud but also wasn't afraid to express herself. 


Conclusion
I think that they portrayed women differently in the '70s than now. I also think that men had more power in the '70s from now because woman are getting in there too. So there is a huge change and difference from the two of these videos. 
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Self Directed Learning 
Goals: T1W5

How I Will Do My Goal:
After I have made a presentation I will reflect at the end on those three questions (on matrix) as in add an extra slide about how this helped me learn and grow as a person. If I get stuck I will ask for more feedback about my work to help me also improve myself and top my work from last year.


Reflecting On The Goal...
My goal was to reflect on what I have done as in after I have made a presentation. Honestly, I haven't made many presentations but I will probably stick to this goal because it will help me know if I have made mistakes, can improve or complete work to a higher standard as best as I can.

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Putting It Into Practise

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What Happened in the advert?

a. What happened was Dave was the sober driver and that he got jealous/sad because all of his mates were drinking and having fun but Dave decided if he just had a shot he would be fine but he continued drinking. Later he didn't tell his mates he wasn't sober and drove them home causing a crash killing his friend and losing both of his other mates trust where they call him Dave instead of a mate.

( Synopsis - Fancy word for what happened. )


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What Happened in the advert?
a. What had happened in this advert was that the boy was thinking about the possible outcomes if he let someone drive when they were clearly too drunk and not thinking straight. The reason why he spoke up was that he actually used his brain and even though he was a bit nervous he still spoke up and possibly had saved a few people's lives.



Is The Text Fair?
Honestly no because it makes it look like only Maori men in New Zealand drink and drive, where honestly they don't not everyone is like that and also not everyone tells someone to not drive if they are drunk that's what the advert is trying to tell.



How are children, teenagers or young adults constructed in this text?
It makes young people look irresponsible and can't control themselves with alcohol. Except in the second one, the guy stood up and said something. Honestly, I think these are stereotypes but some people can be like that and some people aren't it really depends on who you are and there is no problem with that. 



How does the text present age, gender or cultural groups?
That only young people go out and party and with the gender they are biased. Also, we see women but they are in the background but used as a distraction for the guys. If you noticed the only cultural group in the adverts are mainly Maori as I said not all Maori's act like that. 



Why is the text written this way? 
I think the second one was written that way because violence doesn't scare us as more because of the video games and movies we can watch with violence. I think it could also have been funny because it makes people remember the advert.