Tomorrow when the war began: Chapter Three

Must Do Questions: 

Why does Robyn think they are the only people ever to have gone into Hell? The hermit and her friends

Why do you think the valley is called Hell? because it is very hard to get to and it is very steep

Why must the teenagers seem like visitors from hell to the wild things living in the clearing? How is this ironic? because no one ever goes there

What picture of Kevin do we get in this chapter? that he is nervous and he hates insects

What does Ellie liken Fi to? Two Minute Noodles

Do you think this is a fair assessment of her character. Use examples from the text to support your thinking. At times Ellie switches her story telling from retelling the story to commenting about her life in the present - why do you think the author has chosen to write in this style? I think the reason that she is changing the story is because she has been in this situation before

Harriet Tubman: Research Task

This Research Task was about Harriet Tubman and what she's done. I have also learnt about the slavery environment and how she improved it by using the Underground Railroad to free slaves.

Blood Vessels

Arteries are any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.

Capillaries are any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules. A

  tube that has an internal diameter of hairlike thinness.

 Veins are any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood towards the heart.

Blood: Your blood is made up of 54% Plasma, 45% Red blood cells and 1% white blood cells and platelets.

Plasma is a straw coloured liquid that transports carbon dioxide from your cells to your lungs, nutrients from the small intestine to your cells and chemical messengers (hormones) to your cells.

Red blood cells contains a chemical called haemoglobin that carries oxygen around your body.

White blood cells are responsible for fighting infection and disease. the number of white blood cells increase when a person is fighting an infection or disease.

Platelets are tiny fragments of cells. they are reasonable for making blood clot when you cut your skin.

P.E Reflection

Athletics:

Thoughts:I’m happy with most of my results, the one I would like to do much better in is high jump.

Goal: My goal is to do better in every single sport and do much better in high jump

Action: I am going to try harder and harder

Slavery Songs

Today we learnt about why slavery songs are important. They are important because they cured the boredom of the slaves while they were working. They also kept them awake and kept them going.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8frEt6w4G8

Language Features

LO: Today I am learning to understand different types of terms we use in English

My Word: Onomatopoeia

Definition: The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Example: Impact sounds—boom, crash, whack, thump, bang.

Tomorrow when the war began- Chapter Two

Chapter Two:

1. How did the group of teenagers ascend Tailors Stitch? A Land Rover
2. What are the two special events happening the day after the teenagers leave for the bush? Conmen Day, Kevin's Concert
3. How many days were they planning on staying? How much food do you think is reasonable to bring, split between 7 teenagers? Two Weeks, Enough for each teenager so a lot between all of them.
4. Who is the Hermit and what is he supposed to have done? Live in the bushes and murder people
5. Do you think the Hermit will be significant to this story? Why/Why not? Yes because why else would they include him ion the book
6. Is their decent down Satan’s Steps into Hell dangerous? Yes Discuss what are the dangers, how could they have made it safer, what would you have done? They could of slipped and died, They could get stuck for a while and run out of food, They could be something down there.
7. Predict what the bridge signifies. Someone built it

Tomorrow when the war began- Chapter One

Tomorrow, When The War Began
Chapter One

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of first person narration? Advantage: They know more information about the events in which happened in the past. Disadvantage: They may be biased about what happens and may not be telling the truth.
2. Why do you think Ellie needs to tell the story in chronological order? So the readers know the correct order in which the events happened,
3. Pick one interesting word from the chapter, find its meaning, and explain why it is interesting. Hermit- A person living in solitude as a religious discipline. I think it is interesting because i have never heard it before
4. John Marsden foreshadows several events and characters in this chapter. Make three predictions based on the evidence in the text about what may occur later in the story. 1) Something Bad Might Happen, 2)They might get lost, 3) They may start a war
5. What kind of story do you think Ellie is going to tell? Uses evidence from the text to support your answers? A fictional story because some of the places seem fake or imaginary.
6. What set of skills do these characters have that convince their parents that they can ‘go bush’ independently. Find examples for three characters. Ellie- "Well we thought it was time we showed independence and initiative and all those other good things.

Human Rights Poster

This week in Social Studies we have been learning about the Declaration of human rights and here is a poster I have made about all 30 of them.

Character Strengths

Learning Objective: Today I'm Learning to define what Character Strengths I have.

What does it mean to be a good Mathematician?

What does it mean to be a good Mathematician?
In my opinion a Mathematician is someone who has studied Maths and are very good at what they do, which in this case is Maths. I also think a Mathematician is someone who carries a lot of knowledge of Math equations and how to solve them as well.  A Mathematician is also someone who makes a living over Maths.