Sentence Starters

The -ED Start,
Committed, Undaunted, Determined, Forced, Gifted, Blighted, Thrilled, Delighted, Blessed, Overpowered.

eg: Forced into the corner, the boxer realised he had lost the match.

Forced into his mouth, he chocked on his food.
Overpowered, that's the Golden State Warriors.

The W-start.
Who, While, When, Where, What, Whereas, Whom.

eg: Whilst the teacher was trying to think, Rykin continued to talk.

What the freak, that's what he said when he got a bottle thrown at his head.
When I died, I said are you gonna cry.

What the freak, that made my head hurt. Overpowered, That's what that throw was. Quickly, I threw the bottle back at his head. Under the table we both had a scrap.


Basketball may be the best sport in the world. When the sport is played, the enthusiasm in the arenas is amazing. Underrated, that's what the sport is. This is not just a sport, it is an Art. It has many fancy moves such as the Jelly, Filet, Euro Step, 360 between the leg behind the back jelly, Hop Step, Alley Oop, Step-Back and much more. For these reasons Basketball should be considered in the best sports of all time.

What the freak, he said at the sudden impact of the bottle hitting his head.
When we were balling, Johnny suddenly collapsed. 

Thrilled, that's what Johnny's enemies were when he collapsed.

Title

Author of novel

Key Argument

Outline of essay

Ed:
Committed to the game, Johnny made sure his team won.

Adverb:
Obviously, Johnny won the game for his team.

W:
Wondering why someone someone through that bottle, got me thinking.

Abomination Paragraph:
Martha has experienced Bullying at her school and one way she has stuck up for herself in the text is when Tracey Stamper was talking smack to her and out of nowhere she just said 'Shut up Tracey Stamper your Ugly`

English

Adverbs:
Quickly, Curiously, Importantly, Firstly, Often, Remarkably, Similarly, Significantly, Surprisingly, Readily, Concerningly, Interestingly, Confusingly, Consequently, Shockingly, Ironically.

Surprisingly, he was in a good mood this morning.
Firstly, I wake up in the morning.

Prepositions:
In, Against, Before, Between, Over, Behind, Within, Under, Below, At, For, Throughout, Near, About.

In Australia, the weather was scorching hot.
About and hour ago, I woke up.

Basic Body Paragraph:

P-Point: state the point you want to make.
eg: Throughout the novel Abomination, Martha is bullied at school.

E-Evidence- support your point with 2-3 sentences.
eg: An example of this is the incident with the girls throwing water over the bathroom stall onto Martha. When she came out of the stall they punched her in the gut and called her a slut. This made Martha feel angry and upset.

E-Explain- link my evidence to my point -2 sentences.
eg: Unsurprisingly this is an example of physical bullying by students towards Martha. There was an imbalance of power between Martha and her bullies because there was one of her and three of them.

L-Link-link back to main point or link to next paragraph.
Another way Martha experiences suffering is at the hands of her parents and the church of the Righteous.

Critical Literacy Questions

Abomination:

1. Why are you reading this text?
Because it is apart of our Novel Study work in English.

2. What genre does this text belong to?
Teenagers and above.

3. Is the text fair?
Not at all.

Sentence Cards

The W-Start:
Start the sentence with a word starting with W.
When Wolly forgot his glasses he accidentally walked into a Rooster.

Explore the Subject Sentence:
The upstairs window, which has been open for years, was finally closed after years.

The Em-Dash Sentence:
Jonathan Cornetto- The weirdest kid in his school- had passed away without anyone knowing.

The Red, White and Blue Sentences:
Scoring, Defending and Teamwork the main and most important parts of most sports.

The Semi-colon Sentence:
She is great at Basketball; he's better though.

The Power Sentence:
Without a doubt Michael Jordan is the best player in history.

Start with a Preposition:
During the Playoffs, LeBron James is a real threat.

The Adverb start:
 Unfortunately, LeBron didn't make the playoffs this season.

The-ing start:           
Completing this job, allowed Russell to play ball with his mates.

Character Strengths

Martha:
1. Bravery, not so much at the start of the story but going into the middle and on words she gets quite brave she sticks up for herself and doesn't have her parents control her.

2. Hope, she has hope that the kid in the cellar gets out and hope that her parents don't get in trouble if anyone finds out about the abomination.

Scott:
1. Perseverance, even though he knows he can't really help Martha he always try's and ends up succeeding.

2. Creativity, he finds creative to help and get to know Martha.

Abomination Critical Literacy Matrix

Why are you reading this text?
Because it is our topic in English.

Is this text fair?
Not really because Martha has to do everything her parents say and a poor 6 year old is being kept in a cellar.

Who is missing from this text?
At the start definitely Mary.

What do the images suggest?
There are none.

Term 1 Music Evaluation

1. Everything especially the piano.
2. Playing Piano with the left hand chords
3. To play different instruments.
4. Playing chords with my left hand on the piano

Create Task: Music

Song that reflects the relationship of Martha and Scott:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWTaaS7LdU

Guitar Skills

1- Head stock

2- Finger-board

3- Body

4- Waist

5- Frets

6- Nut-7-Neck

2. Where did the Guitar start its life?

The guitar''s roots go way back to 15th-century Malaya in Spain. Its engineering was pioneered by a Spanish black man, who gave just four strings or ''courses'' to his guitar. Thereafter, the instrument went through the Baroque and Classical periods before evolving into the six-stringed, modern-day guitar.

3. 

Find 5 key musicians that guitar?

Jimi Hendrix

Jimmy Page

Slash

Eddie Van Helen

Kirk Hammett

Part 2:

1. String,

2. 

4 sections of orchestra?

1-Percussion

2-Brass

3-Woodwind

4-String

10 Instruments

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1-Bansuri

2-pungi

3-Dhoi

4-dohlak

5-esraj

6-ghatam

7-piano

8-guitar

9-violin

10-saxophone

What a Friend Should Be: Create Task 3

This is the poster I made about what a friend should be like: