what I have learnt this term in Home Ec

This term in home ec we have been looking at nutrition and how this is relevant to me as an individual.

Three key points that I have learnt about are:
the Food Nutritional Guidelines (FNG), these are five key points that outline the basic guidelines that we should add to our food plans for a healthy lifestyle
1. eat a variety of foods from each of the four food groups to get an array of nutrients from protean, carbs and fibre to the smaller ones like calcium and vitamin d.
2. eat enough for growth of activity the nutrients that help with this are iron, calcium and protean for growth and carbs and fibre for activity
3. foods should be prepared with less fat, sugar, salt, this reduces the risk of heart attack, diabetes, strokes, rotten teeth and obesity.
4. partake in 60 min of exercise a day of moderate to high intensity this is so we stay fit and in good shape
5. drink 2 L of water a day this is so we stay hydrated and are able to remove toxins from our body instead of water you can also drink low fat milk of diluted fruit juice.
the second key point I have learnt is how to create a meal plan for the day that follows the FNGs instead of doing what I normally would have in a day.
and the third key point I have learnt this term is that to absorb calcium in to your body you need to have vitamin D which you can only get from the sun.

In the future I will be able to use this information by trying to follow the food nutritional guidelines more in my day to day life.

During the practical lessons we have demonstrated how to cook foods by lowering fat/salts & sugars
examples of how we did this was by using spray oil when we cooked foods in a frying pan instead of pouring oil, using natural sweeteners like honey instead of adding sugar and using low salt ingredients when cooking.

Serving Size vs. Portion

Serving size is what a health professional says you should eat to be healthy and portion is how much you actually eat in a meal.

Unfamiliar Texts 2

22/7/19
you can see the story and the questions here

Scooter: a light two-wheeled open motor vehicle on which the driver sits over an enclosed engine with their legs together and their feet resting on a floorboard.
Intricate: very complicated or detailed
Fete: a public function, typically held outdoors and organized to raise funds for a charity, including entertainment and the sale of goods and refreshments.
Incomprehensible: not able to be understood; not intelligible.
Estimated: roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of.
Recruited: enrol (someone) as a member or worker in an organization or as a supporter of a cause.
Invaluable: extremely useful; indispensable.
Denied: state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of.
Campaign: work in an organized and active way towards a particular goal, typically a political or social one.

I think this story is about someone with a scooter that is very intricate and they go to a fete then they got recruited for a campaign that got denied (or something like that) I can not justify why I think this because I am just making up a story from the words I have been given.

The title of the piece is ‘Ten Years Old’
Write down two memories you have from when you were ten
My first memory: When I turned ten I wanted a big party because I was going into double digits and that was really big for me, I didn’t get big party to be honest I don’t even remember if I even had a party.
My second memory: I remember that one time my friends and I did a competition I think it was a colouring in competition but I’m not sure but I won it so I got some things from smiggle and I was really happy because I never got things from there and I really liked the things they had.

What ideas do you think this piece might include?
I think I might include what the world looked like from a ten year old's perspective and how they are innocent and don’t really know what's going on
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26/7/19

you can see the story and the questions here

What do you think this piece is about?
I think this piece will be about a ten year old who goes to a fete and wins a scooter and has a great day because that would be really nice and it would make sense with the clues I have been given

What things do you think would be of concern for a sixteen year old?
Maybe how they have grown up and have more knowledge of the world and how it’s not such a good place as you thought it was when you were young and how you wish you could go back to the days full of innocence and you didn’t have a care in the world compared to now when you are old enough to understand what is going on but too young to do anything about it.

Thinking about the title and your predictions above what do you think might be the main purpose of the speech?
Maybe to show that you can hold onto the happiness you felt when you were ten and still have that when you are sixteen you don’t have to let life get you down it is okay to be happy and have fun.

What does the speaker want is to think about/do/join/change, and so on? 

The speaker wants us to donate to Child Soldiers International to stop child soldiers being a thing
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30/7/19
you can see the story and the questions here

Paragraph Summary 

1 Memories of things that narrator did as a child, list of what Juliet lost when she was 10.

2 Narrator says what was painted on her face at 10, it gets compared to what Juliet got painted onto her face.

3 Narrator compares what music both they and Juliet listened to.

4 List of the narrator’s happy experience of play fighting, list of Juliet’s experiences of war.

5 Explaining that Juleit didn’t have a good life and how it is not uncommon

6 The narrator explains what was the purpose of the speech.

7 Challenges the audience to donate to Child Soldiers International and support them.

Summarise the speech in less than three sentences
The narrator says what they did when they were 10 then they compare it to what a girl called Juliet did when she was 10. The narrators memories are happy were as Juliet's memories are more dark and depressing. Then near the end of the speech it is revealed that Juliet is a child soldier and that her life is not strange and that we should donate to Child Soldiers International to help children like Juliet.

The writer/ speaker wanted to teach us about child soldiers because it is a real issue and it shouldn’t be happening and they need our help.

nutrients mind map

In home ec we made a mind map of nutrients and what we know about then here is a photo

CRAP

Contrast

Repetition

Alignment

Proximity

Fonts

Unfamiliar Texts

14/6/19

Expelled: The girl had behavioral problems so she got expelled.

Persuaded: I persuaded my friend to come to the party with me.

Transferred: I did so good in my reading test that I got transferred into a higher group.

Atmosphere: The atmosphere was so thick with tension you could cut it with a knife.

Armament: the government gave the equipment the military needed for armament.

Pouting: The girl knew pouting would help her to get her way.

Apprentices: the apprentice got fired because he couldn’t do his job right.

Cavalier: the man made everyone hate him because of his cavalier attitude.

Holy Orders: I have a friend who is part of the holy orders.

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17/6/19

Friendly: kind and pleasant. I think of people who come and talk to you when you have no friends or something like that.

Persuasion: the action or process of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something. I think of an essay or when you are in court and you have to convince someone else of something like trying to convince your parents that you are not crazy.

I think this story might be about someone persuading someone else to do something in a friendly manner, maybe about the Holy Order? Because that is what the words mean and I got told to look at the vocab words from before and the holy order is really the only thing you can persuade someone on.

Write down 6 word you can connect to the word school
Class
Friends
Food
Assessments
Exams
Confusion
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18/6/19

My first impression of this extract is that it was not what I expected for it to be and that the ending was surprising but well done because you expected it to end in a different way, you expect him to be ok after he gets kicked out or that he manages to walk away from the crash.

I was incorrect when I predicted that this would be about someone persuading someone else to do something in a friendly manner about the holy order. I think this is because I took the meaning to literal.

One thing that surprised me about the story was that the kid died in the end and that there was no dialog in the story.

Who do you think the intended audience is?
I think that the intended audience is secondary school students because in the bio of the author/text it says “the intended audience is secondary school students”

I think the statement Alan’s parents have failed to teach him the right way to live because the way they were portrayed on the story were pushovers and that you could easily get them to go your way and they would let Alan do what he wants were as in the “real world” it doesn’t work like that you have to follow rules and you can’t do what you like.
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19/6/19

I think we start to see a point in change in paragraph 3 of the story

The change is when we start to hear all the things Alan is doing in class and with his Mini

The point of change helps us to understand the purpose of this writing because it shows that being charming and being able to talk your way out of things sometimes is not going to help you if someone really wants to get rid of you.

Why do you think the title of this story is appropriate?
It is appropriate because there is some friendly persuasion done by people so it sort of tells you what is going to happen without spoiling the story.

How does this relate to the author's attitude towards the characters in his story?
I don’t really know it could be he made these characters friendly and have people easily persuaded just so he could have “Friendly Persuasion” as his title

Write a different title for this story and explain why you gave the story this title.
My new title is “The Missfit” because that is kind of what Alan is he doesn't do his work and distracts others with his attitude so I think it is fitting.

How does the title and the point of change get the authors point across to the reader?
I don’t really know it could be that it shows that friendly persuasion can only get you so far.

Point out one metaphor and describe its significance
“he had gathered a small following of apprentice Romeos” this is significant because it shows what his friends were like and what he was teaching them to be.

Find two examples of euphemism from the story

Example 1: “Alan and his Mini were unrecognizable” we are being told that Alan is dead, burnt to a crisp and his Mini is a wreck as well.

Example 2: “he and his Mini were pointed to the direction of the gate” this is saying he was expelled.
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21/6/19

Give an example of listing from paragraphs two to four
“Slim, tanned, back-haired and hazel-eyed, Alan was totally charming and totally irresponsible”

The author, David Hill, wanted to highlight the issue of people getting their way because of their looks. Because that is not how life works you need to work to get what you need. He does this be using the technique of listing when he writes “Slim, tanned, back-haired and hazel-eyed, Alan was totally charming and totally irresponsible” this is effective because it paints a picture of what the main character Alan is like. Another technique the author uses is euphemism, for example when he says “he and his mini were pointed in the direction of the front gate” this means that he was expelled and is used to emphasis the idea that looks can only get you so far if you are a real ratbag people will find a way to get rid of you. This makes us think about other people we have heard of real for fiction that rely on their looks to get through life and it ends up backfiring on them so that we don’t follow in their footsteps. Finally, the author wanted us to remember that actions have consequences because whatever you do has an affect just like in the story when Alan convinces his parents to let him out for a night and he ends up crashing his car and burning to a crisp.
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24/6/19
you can read the poems here
What do these poems suggest about the way we should approach poetry? What is one specific example (evidence from the text)? 

these say that we shouldn't be scared about poems and just enjoy them like you would a good meal and don't be proper when you are reading just enjoy it the line "don't be polite Bite in" from the first poem shows this

Choose one poem and create a collage which represents it visually. (I am doing the second one eating poetry)

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26/6/19
You can read the poem and the questions here

What are your first impressions on this poem?
I liked it, it was a nice little poem but I didn’t really understand what she meant by “you are twelve teeth old”

Write down any words you didn’t know and what they mean
Fossick: rummage; search.
Alveolus: the bony socket for the root of a tooth.
Marina: a specially designed harbour with moorings for pleasure yachts and small boats.
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1/7/19

this is carrying on from the last post with the same poem as before that you can see with the questions here

What is your interpretation of the stanza:
Suddenly, you’re eleven teeth old
And have grown, like Lazarus,
Younger beneath moonlight.
My interpretation of this stanza is that it is referring to Lazarus from the bible rising from the dead so technically becoming younger.

Identify what line the first point of change is
I think that the line until you keel over in stanza three is were the first point of change is (change in atmosphere)

Identify what line the second point of change is
I think that the lines but only when you are sleeping, do I discover a tooth in stanza 6 is were the second point of change is (change in the poet’s understanding)

Describe the atmosphere in the first three stanzas in the poem
I think the atmosphere is light hearted and happy and very centered around boats but it makes you think of a bright sunny day were you are having a good time and you don’t really want it to end.

Identify two words that contribute to this atmosphere
Fossick, and float

Describe the atmosphere in stanzas 4-6 of the poem
I think that the atmosphere has turned dark and things are going wrong then at the end maybe things are becoming hopeful again.

Identify one phrase that contributes to this atmosphere
Your gums are an ocean of blood

Describe the atmosphere for the last three stanzas of the poem

I think this atmosphere is hopeful and that everything is calm and you have the quiet of night and in the morning everything will be okay again
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2/7/19
this is again carrying on from the last post with the same poem as before that you can see with the questions here

Chose three features / techniques and state and example and effect
Direct address
Example: “today you are twelve teeth old”
Effect: makes it feel more personal
Simile
Example: “and have grown like Lazarus younger in the moonlight”
Effect: it puts a picture in you head and help you to visualize something by saying it is like something else

Metaphor
Example: "your gums are an ocean of blood"
Effect: it helps you to visualise
What are the many references to boats and the sea being compared to?
They are being compared to a person and also the tooth

What is the effect of this extended metaphor?
It helps the reader understand that this person really likes boats or that they are like a boat because they keel over like a boat or they just sort of act like a boat maybe I am not really sure
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5/7/19
this is again carrying on from the last post with the same poem as before that you can see with the questions here

Give one language feature that the author uses to describe the setting
Listing
Give an example
We fossick for shells, starfish, pipi and paua

The poet's feelings for her child's loss tooth is sadness I guess because in that stanza it is kind of sad and she says as I stroke you your eyes collect water your gums are an ocean of blood this shows that she cares about the child so is a little sad that the kid is sad.

DTE looking at business cards

I like this because it catches your eye and the gold with the marble in the background is a good contrast and it is simple so it is nice to look at.

English 2019

8/2/19

what is a metaphor? a metaphor is a phrase that compares something with out using like or as for example it was raining cats and dogs

what is a simile? a simile is the same as a metaphor only it uses like or as for example sweet as honey

Similes and Metaphors in songs examples:
1. "eyes blue like the Atlantic and I'm going down like the titanic" from Eyes Blue Like The Atlantic by Sista_Prod

2. "When I was a young man like you
Son, I held a woman too
Held her in my naked hands
When I was a young man
Now you know how it feels
Women are as slick as eels
Woman, quicker than the asp
Always slipping from your grasp" from Chant ll from the musical Hadestown

Key: 

Simile in blue 

Metaphor in yellow
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13/2/19

we are learning about how to describe places in our writing to do this we had to take a description of a place from a book and add on to it here are mine

Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
“On soft Spring nights I’ll stand in the yard under the stars — Something good will come out of all things yet — And it will be golden and eternal just like that — There’s no need to say another word.”

my bit
and yet seeing the ocean with the cliffs around it you almost have to say more. It was a beautiful view. the ocean was a dark blue, the cliffs were green with plants. I felt like I could look at that view all day

this is the picture I based my description on:


I didn't really like doing this because I felt like there was no need to add on what was being said and my writing was bad so it would ruin it. But I hope you liked it.

Level one Home Economics

8/2/19
yesterday we did our first practical lesson of the year we made Chicken Chow Mien click

reflection what were things we had to remember:
- food safety we had to remember not to cross contaminate eg: put cooked chicken on the board that had it raw.
- personal safety we had to remember to pay attention when we are cutting our food so we don't cut our self's and look out for hot things so we don't burn our self's
- hygiene we had to remember to wash our hands after touching our face/hair. we also had to remember to cover up our cuts

Moving forward to next week, what improvements would you need to make in these three areas and how do you know that your action is avoiding the growth of bacteria? Next week we can repeat what we did this week because we remembered everything and worked really well. We know that the actions we did avoids bacteria growing because we know that bacteria like specific environments like warmth and moisture so getting rid of those environments by washing our hands or wiping down our tables kills that bacteria.
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6/8/19

yesterday we made taco bowls

what cooking method was used?
backing and shallow frying

what nutrients were on offer from the practical?
Iron, vitamins, calcium, protean

explain the link between yesterdays dish and the dinner plate
there was a lot more salad compared to meat it was probably 3 quarter and a quarter meat

soundtrack of my life

In English because it is the start of the year we had to make a slide show of songs that relate to our life in some way -- eg: your Mums favourite song -- we had to do this so the teachers got to know us better this is mine.