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.

Maths: Circles

For the past two weeks for Maths we have been learning about circles and compasses.
A compass is a device in which you use to draw a circle and this is what it looks like
For the next week looked at Maori and Polynesian design. We had to create our own designs my first one was just using a compass and isn't really a cultural design.












The next two are of my brainstorms for my final idea.

The final one is my final design:

Act 5 Merchant Of Venice

Act Five, Scene One

1. What are Portias feelings as she approaches the house? Happy because she knew that she was going to fool them
2. What is the first argument to break out? How they gave away the rings
3. How do Gratiano and Bassanio try to justify parting with the rings, are they successful? They were succseful because they ended up sleeping together.
4. Was Bassanio right to give away the ring, give reasons for your thinking. No because he made an oath.
5. How can the newly-weds threaten to sleep with the men who took their rings- and mean it? Because they broke their oath
6. What effect do these arguments have on Antonio? He feels bad because he influenced him to give the "men" the rings
7. Portia and Nerissa have the rings. What does this prove to Antonio, Gratiano and each a  Bassanio? That they all broke oaths and cannot be trusted
8. How do Antonio, Lorenzo and Jessica benefit from news that Portia brings? Antonio's still alive and Lorenzo and Jessica are together.

Research Project- Sustainability

Key Question 1: What is the environmental/social sustainability issue? 

Antarctica and the waters surrounding it are under pressure due to it melting.                                                                        

Key Question 2:  What factors have caused this issue?

Global warming is causing the ice to melt and therefore antarctica losing it’s ice. This is the longest danger to antarctica. some ice shelves have collapsed due to global warming. Global warming is a slow increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere. Global warming is caused by carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases.

Key Question 3:  What will happen if this issue continues to degrade? 

If all the ice covering Antarctica sea level would rise about 70 meters. The ocean would cover all the coastal cities. And land area would shrink significantly. Animals would loose their habitat and humans will therefore loose their homes.

Key Question 4: What are the possible solutions to this issue (either being currently done or could be done)?  We could ban mining in the Antarctic and not kill any of the animals native or living in the antarctic. There are petitions about Global warming and climate change most specifically Greta Thunberg. She is leaving school every friday and going down to the Swedish parliament to argue with them to reduce emissions in accordance with the Paris agreement. 

Conclusions:

Antarctica is melting. Global Warming is causing the ice to melt and therefore causing antarctica to lose its ice. If all the ice covering Antarctica sea level would rise about 70 meters. The ocean would cover all the coastal cities. Greta thunberg is leaving school every friday and going down to the swedish government and started a petition to stop global warming. By stopping global warming antarctica will stop melting.

Evaluation:

What did you do well? How do you know this?

Answering all the questions

What didn’t I do all well I could have? 

Time-management

How could you do better next time? 

Get less distracted

How did this project help you to understand more about how people have an influence and impact the environment? 

I helped me realize how bad some people in this world are when it comes to saving the environment

If you could research this topic some more, what else could/would you find out?

I think I’ve found everything I need.

The Merchant Of Venice: Act 4

Act Four, Scene One

1. What does the Duke believe Shylock intends to do? Show no mercy
2. What does Shylock intend to do, and what reasons does he give for his decision? Cut a pound of flesh from Antonio because he just dosent like him
3. Why must the law be allowed to stand (why can’t the judge dismiss this case) He must cut exactly one pound no more or no less
4. Shylock is very clear about the restrictions in the wording of the deed, how does Portia use these loopholes? No blood and Mercy
5. What penalties does Shylock now have to pay? Are they fair? Why/why not. Half his wealth to Antonio and the other half to the general state
6. How do Lorenzo and Jessica gain by the result? Antonio would go along with Shylock punishment if his money was given to Lorenzo and Jessica
7. What reward has Portia claimed and why is this significant? She gets half of Shylock's property when he dies
8. Portia tells Shylock ‘The quality of mercy is not strained’. How does she try to persuade Shylock to show mercy, how much mercy is she willing to show him (line 345-362) Portia gives a speech about mercy, she saying No one shows mercy and that's because he has to.

Act Four, Scene Two

1. What invitation does Portia refuse and why? The duke asked her to dinner and she said no because she had to leave to Padua straight away.
2. What does Nerissa plan to get, why do you think this is important? He husbands ring
3. Do you admire Portia after these scenes, or do you find her actions cruel. Use examples to support your thinking. Cruel.

SDL Goals and Reflections

My goals for this week are to finish all my work and maybe even read a few times.
Reflection: I didn't do one last week because was absent but I think I did well the days I was here.