Thursday, October 8, 2009
Week 1 Book Review
This term I have continued to read 'LA Candy' written by Lauren Conrad. I didn't read any over the holidays but now I have got back into it I can't put it down. Jane and Scarlett have just been offered a TV job in a new reality TV series which is similar to a reality version of sex and the city. Jane has found interest in a guy which she is not sure if he has a girlfriend or not and she has just started her internship at her event planning job. She is finding it hell as her boss hates her and she can't seem to do anything right. Scarlett on the other hand has just stared at U.S.C which is the University of Southern California.
Much Ado About Nothing
1. Find out when the play, “Much Ado About Nothing”, was written and describe the storyline.
The play was written in 1598-1599. Much Ado About Nothing is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare set in Messina, Sicily. The story concerns a pair of lovers named Claudio and Hero who are due to be married in a week. To pass the time before their wedding day, they conspire with Don Pedro, the prince of Aragon, to trick their friends, Beatrice and Benedick, into confessing their love for one another. The prince's illegitimate brother, Don John, however, jealous of both Don Pedro's power and his affection for Claudio, plans to sabotage the coming wedding.
2. Identify some of the main characters, dividing them into two groups: ‘good’ and ‘evil’.
Good:
3. What seem to be the play’s messages? List below. Do you think the play is relevant today?
In Much Ado About Nothing, there are many examples of deliberate deception and self-deception. The word "ado" also means busy activity, fuss or trouble. So the play is about a lot of fuss over nothing. I do believe this play is still relevant because listening to what people say to you and accusing people without any evidence still occurs alot in todays society.
4. What is the difference between classical tragedy and comedy? Into which category (if either)does this play seem to fit?
Comedy: a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
Classical Tragedy: The tragic hero who, though not perfect, is certainly in some way morally superior to most of the audience (and who is nearly always upper class), but also exhibits
“Hamartia,” the tragic flaw (literally, it translates as “error of judgement”) which is often
hubris, loosely translated as arrogance, that causes the hero to believe he can outwit fate or violate a moral law, which leads in turn to some kind of catastrophe, which results in peripeteia or a complete reversal of fortune from happiness to disaster.
This play 'Much Ado About Nothing' I believe fits into the comedy category more than the classical tragedy.
The play was written in 1598-1599. Much Ado About Nothing is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare set in Messina, Sicily. The story concerns a pair of lovers named Claudio and Hero who are due to be married in a week. To pass the time before their wedding day, they conspire with Don Pedro, the prince of Aragon, to trick their friends, Beatrice and Benedick, into confessing their love for one another. The prince's illegitimate brother, Don John, however, jealous of both Don Pedro's power and his affection for Claudio, plans to sabotage the coming wedding.
2. Identify some of the main characters, dividing them into two groups: ‘good’ and ‘evil’.
Good:
- Don Pedro
- Benedick
- Claudio
- Leonato
- Hero
- Beatrice
- Don John
3. What seem to be the play’s messages? List below. Do you think the play is relevant today?
In Much Ado About Nothing, there are many examples of deliberate deception and self-deception. The word "ado" also means busy activity, fuss or trouble. So the play is about a lot of fuss over nothing. I do believe this play is still relevant because listening to what people say to you and accusing people without any evidence still occurs alot in todays society.
4. What is the difference between classical tragedy and comedy? Into which category (if either)does this play seem to fit?
Comedy: a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
Classical Tragedy: The tragic hero who, though not perfect, is certainly in some way morally superior to most of the audience (and who is nearly always upper class), but also exhibits
“Hamartia,” the tragic flaw (literally, it translates as “error of judgement”) which is often
hubris, loosely translated as arrogance, that causes the hero to believe he can outwit fate or violate a moral law, which leads in turn to some kind of catastrophe, which results in peripeteia or a complete reversal of fortune from happiness to disaster.
This play 'Much Ado About Nothing' I believe fits into the comedy category more than the classical tragedy.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Week 1 Spelling Definitions and Sentences
1.abandon:
To leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert:
To Abandon a child is very naughty.
2.absorb:
To suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up:
To absorb water.
3.abuse:
To use wrongly or improperly; misuse:
To abuse the privillage of having an ipod
4.accent:
Prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
Maisie has an accent
5.accident:
An undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss
It was an accident that the tv fell over.
6.accompanied:
To go along or in company with; join in action
I accompanied my mum to the doctor.
7.accomplishment:
An act or instance of carrying into effect
It felt so good and i felt accomplished when i finished my homework.
8.accurate:
Free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact
The speeling list had to be accurate.
9.acquaint:
To make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant
To acquaint the teacher with our plan
10.acquire:
To come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own
I acquire a phone case.
11.acres:
A common variable unit of land measure, now equal in the U.S. and Great Britain to 43,560 square feet or 1/640 square mile
The farm was on so many acres.
12.activities:
The state or quality of being active
We can do so many activties now we have made bunk beds.
13.acute:
Sharp or severe in effect; intense
The pain was very acute.
14.adapt:
To make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly
To adapt to the new changes will be hard.
15.adaptation:
The act of adapting
The adaptation wasnt acctually that hard.
16.adequate:
As much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit
The dress was adequate for the party.
17.adjustment:
The act of adjusting; adaptation to a particular condition, position, or purpose
The adjustments on the dress made it so much better.
18.administer:
To manage (affairs, a government, etc.)
The administer was very friendly.
19.admiration:
A feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval
The feeling of admiration by my friends was great.
20.admit:
To allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to
To be admited you had to be 16.
To leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert:
To Abandon a child is very naughty.
2.absorb:
To suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up:
To absorb water.
3.abuse:
To use wrongly or improperly; misuse:
To abuse the privillage of having an ipod
4.accent:
Prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
Maisie has an accent
5.accident:
An undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss
It was an accident that the tv fell over.
6.accompanied:
To go along or in company with; join in action
I accompanied my mum to the doctor.
7.accomplishment:
An act or instance of carrying into effect
It felt so good and i felt accomplished when i finished my homework.
8.accurate:
Free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact
The speeling list had to be accurate.
9.acquaint:
To make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant
To acquaint the teacher with our plan
10.acquire:
To come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own
I acquire a phone case.
11.acres:
A common variable unit of land measure, now equal in the U.S. and Great Britain to 43,560 square feet or 1/640 square mile
The farm was on so many acres.
12.activities:
The state or quality of being active
We can do so many activties now we have made bunk beds.
13.acute:
Sharp or severe in effect; intense
The pain was very acute.
14.adapt:
To make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly
To adapt to the new changes will be hard.
15.adaptation:
The act of adapting
The adaptation wasnt acctually that hard.
16.adequate:
As much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit
The dress was adequate for the party.
17.adjustment:
The act of adjusting; adaptation to a particular condition, position, or purpose
The adjustments on the dress made it so much better.
18.administer:
To manage (affairs, a government, etc.)
The administer was very friendly.
19.admiration:
A feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval
The feeling of admiration by my friends was great.
20.admit:
To allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to
To be admited you had to be 16.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Researching Elizabethan England
Brief Facts about William Shakespeare:
• William Shakespeare was born in April of 1564.
• Shakespeare's baptismal date was April 26, 1564.
• Shakespeare was born in the village of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire.
• Shakespeare's father, John Shakespeare, came from a family of yeomen.
• Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, came from an ancient family of landed gentry.
• He was educated in the local school, where he studied Latin and Greek, among other subjects, during a school day that often lasted from dawn to dusk.
• Shakespeare was married to Anne Hathaway in 1582, when he was 18; she was 26.
• The exact wedding date is uncertain, but the marriage certificate was issued on November 27,1582.
• William and Anne had their first child, Susanna, in May of 1583.
• This was followed by the birth of twins, Hamnet and Judith, in January of 1585.
The role of women in Elizabethan England:
• Even though there was an unmarried woman on the throne in Elizabethan England, the roles of women in society were very limited.
• In general men were expected to be the breadwinners and women to be housewives and mothers.
• On average, a woman gave birth to a child every two years, but as a lot of babies and children died from sickness, families were not always large.
• Childbearing was considered a great honor to women, as children were seen as blessings from God.
• Women were regarded as "the weaker sex", not just in terms of physical strength, but emotionally too.
• It was believed that women always needed someone to look after them.
• If they were married, their husband was expected to look after them.
• If they were single, then their father, brother or another male relative was expected to take care of them.
• Many women in this period were highly educated, like the Queen herself.
• Women were not allowed to enter the professions i.e law, medicine, politics, but they could work in domestic service as cooks, maids etc, and a female painter.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Week 10 Book Review
Although I haven't finished My Sisters Keeper I am having a break from it as I read in a magazine about Lauren Conrad's new book LA Candy. I am only up to chapter 7 but am enjoying it a lot. It is about two best friends Janie and Scarlett who move to LA to live the great life style. Jane is going on a event planner internship and Scarlett is going to U.S.C (university of Southern California). They are meeting new friends and just starting to settle into their new life styles.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Homework Wednesday 3 August- Reflection Task
This year I have participated in a number of co-curricular activities although my favourite was QGSSSA Touch Football. I signed up to this co-curricular activity because it is my favourite sport and I have played touch football since year 5. My expectations when signing up to this co-curricular activity was that we would play games on Friday nights against other schools, some away at schools in Brisbane, towomba etc and some at home (Owen park). QGSSSA Touch Football for 2009 did live up to my expectations, it was fun, a good way to keep fit and touch is a great game to get involved in. I would deffently recommend everyone to join QGSSSA Touch Football for 2010.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Week 8 Book Review
I am still enjoying my sisters keep a lot. I usually get bored of books by this stage although this book has kept my attention very well. This week i have read a few more chapters and I have just reached the part in the book which Ana's mother, Sara has found out that her own daughter is suing her for the right for her body parts. I can see where Ana is coming from as she is doing this but i don't understand how she could just let her sister die. It seems that Ana is a very selfish person as she isn’t thinking about her sisters life.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Homework Thursday 27th August- Bullying Add
1. The message behind this advertsiment is to stop bullying and to stop people thinking that if they bully people they will be cool and the bigger person.
2. The colour scheme i choose is a very bright yellow. I choose this because it really grabs your attention and makes it hard not to see the advert.
3. I think this add will be quite effective as it has a slogan which really makes you think about how bullying does not make you cool or the bigger person. It also has relevant photos and pictures.
4. The target audience for my add is kids and teenagers for both females and males. The reason i choose this target audience is because although adults have work place bullying it isnt the same as school yard bullying. The cartoon photo gains the attention of younger school students and the real photo of someone filming a fight really gains teenagers attention.
ADD IS ON A WORD DOCUMENT AND WONT UPLOAD!
2. The colour scheme i choose is a very bright yellow. I choose this because it really grabs your attention and makes it hard not to see the advert.
3. I think this add will be quite effective as it has a slogan which really makes you think about how bullying does not make you cool or the bigger person. It also has relevant photos and pictures.
4. The target audience for my add is kids and teenagers for both females and males. The reason i choose this target audience is because although adults have work place bullying it isnt the same as school yard bullying. The cartoon photo gains the attention of younger school students and the real photo of someone filming a fight really gains teenagers attention.
ADD IS ON A WORD DOCUMENT AND WONT UPLOAD!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Week 7 Book Review
At the moment I am reading a book written by Jodi Picoult called “My Sisters Keeper”. I am about a quarter of the way through and I am really enjoying it. I really like how she has wrote it with the different perspectives and I am starting to unravel the plot. The characters are all clear to me now, there is Kate who is sick with cancer, Anna her little sister who the book is mainly based on, Jesse the older brother, Campbell Anna’s lawyer she has hired to sue her parents, Brian Kate, Anna’s and Jesses Dad and Sara Kate Anna’s and Jesses Mum.
Week 7 Spelling Word Defentions and Sentences
1. Absolutely : without exception
We were going to show absolutely no matter what.
2. Immediately: without lapse of time; without delay; instantly; at once
Immediately everyone had to evacuate the building.
3. Necessarily: by or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement
You don't necessarily have to attend.
4. Carefully: cautious in one's actions
Carefully the boy crossed the road.
5. Obstinately: firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose
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6. Voluntarily: done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice
We worked at the shop voluntarily.
7. Sensibly: having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment
Walking sensibly across the road is to protect your safety.
8. Efficiently: performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort
To efficiently us your power effectively is always good.
9. Frantically: desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain
Frantically the mother looked for her child.
10. Optimistically: disposed to take a favourable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favourable outcome.
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11. Scientifically: of or pertaining to science or the sciences
Scientifically the boy explained the results.
12. Temporarily: lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent
Temporarily he had no job.
13. Unbelievable: too dubious or improbable to be believed
The boy pulled an unbelievable funny face.
14. Irretrievable: not retrievable
The cat was irretrievable to get out of the tree.
15. Inflammable: capable of being set on fire
The shirts tag said inflammable.
16. Charitable: generous in donations or gifts to relieve the needs of indigent, ill, or helpless persons, or of animals
The family had a lot of money and used it for charitable things.
17. Irresistible: not resistible; incapable of being resisted or withstood.
The chocolate bar was irresistible.
18. Resignation: the act of resigning.
She wasn’t getting paid enough so she put a letter in for resignation.
19. Autonomous: having autonomy; not subject to control from outside.
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20. Receivership: the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
The receivership collected all the papers.
We were going to show absolutely no matter what.
2. Immediately: without lapse of time; without delay; instantly; at once
Immediately everyone had to evacuate the building.
3. Necessarily: by or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement
You don't necessarily have to attend.
4. Carefully: cautious in one's actions
Carefully the boy crossed the road.
5. Obstinately: firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose
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6. Voluntarily: done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice
We worked at the shop voluntarily.
7. Sensibly: having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment
Walking sensibly across the road is to protect your safety.
8. Efficiently: performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort
To efficiently us your power effectively is always good.
9. Frantically: desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain
Frantically the mother looked for her child.
10. Optimistically: disposed to take a favourable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favourable outcome.
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11. Scientifically: of or pertaining to science or the sciences
Scientifically the boy explained the results.
12. Temporarily: lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent
Temporarily he had no job.
13. Unbelievable: too dubious or improbable to be believed
The boy pulled an unbelievable funny face.
14. Irretrievable: not retrievable
The cat was irretrievable to get out of the tree.
15. Inflammable: capable of being set on fire
The shirts tag said inflammable.
16. Charitable: generous in donations or gifts to relieve the needs of indigent, ill, or helpless persons, or of animals
The family had a lot of money and used it for charitable things.
17. Irresistible: not resistible; incapable of being resisted or withstood.
The chocolate bar was irresistible.
18. Resignation: the act of resigning.
She wasn’t getting paid enough so she put a letter in for resignation.
19. Autonomous: having autonomy; not subject to control from outside.
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20. Receivership: the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
The receivership collected all the papers.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Tuesday Week 7 Lesson- Analysing Advertising
Slide 121. Provide a brief description of what you see in this advertisement.
I see a Beach with dark gloomy clouds and a man with a surfboard walking on the sand into the water. The man who is holding the surfboard is wearing a bright yellow quarantine suit.
2. Explain what you think the purpose of this advertisement is. Support your answer by referring directly to the stimulus.
I think the purpose of this advertisement is to represent and show that if we keep polluting the world and especially the ocean that in the future we will have to wear quarantine suits to go into the ocean otherwise we will get sick from the pollution.
3. What sort of audience do you think this advertisement is aimed at? Support your answer by referring directly to the stimulus.
I think the audience that this advertisement is aimed at teens to adults. It isn’t really aimed at children because the message in the advertisement is not actually stated and you have to look at it and think about this might be a little to hard for children.
Slide 8
1. Provide a brief description of what you see in this advertisement.
In this advertisement I can see a large carboard box next to carbage bags in a very scumy ally way which is very dirty with graffiti on the walls. Inside the carboard box is a mum and baby polar bear asleep. On the wall in the alley way there is a sign which says "Global Warming is leaving many homeless".
2. Explain what you think the purpose of this advertisement is. Support your answer by referring directly to the stimulus.
The purpose of this advertisment is to show that if we keep polluting the world then it won't really affect humans but it will leave lots of animals homeless. The polar bears homes will melt from the global warming and they will be left homeless. This advertisment shows this by having them asleep in the carboard box.
3. What sort of audience do you think this advertisement is aimed at? Support your answer by referring directly to the stimulus.
The audience this advertisment is aimed at is teenagers and adults. It is very clear to work out and is clever so it will intrest teenagers to think about it. The message might be a little hard to work out for small children but it has been shown in a really clever way and whoever gets it will be really shocked off how sad it will be if global warming really does take there homes.
1. Provide a brief description of what you see in this advertisement.2. Explain what you think the purpose of this advertisement is. Support your answer by referring directly to the stimulus.
3. What sort of audience do you think this advertisement is aimed at? Support your answer by referring directly to the stimulus.
The Real Cost of Posh's Locks Editors Letter (Disagree)
Dear Editor
I just read the article “The Real Cost of Posh’s Locks” and I am strongly disagree on it and don’t think it should have ever been produced in the first place! As a owner of a hair salon I sell human hair extensions to many women and the smiles and gratification I receive when I am finished gluing in the many strands of hair so that the customer have long lushes hair is more worth it than worrying about Indian girls who shave there hair for a religious ceremony and were worrying that they don’t get paid.
My beauty salon specialises in human hair extensions and the amount of people who buy them illustrates that know one thinks about where the hair comes form and they don’t need to know. I make huge profits out of human hair extensions and don’t need some newspaper who has nothing that people actually want to read about and actually care about to write that we shouldn’t get them!
Megan Hanneman
I just read the article “The Real Cost of Posh’s Locks” and I am strongly disagree on it and don’t think it should have ever been produced in the first place! As a owner of a hair salon I sell human hair extensions to many women and the smiles and gratification I receive when I am finished gluing in the many strands of hair so that the customer have long lushes hair is more worth it than worrying about Indian girls who shave there hair for a religious ceremony and were worrying that they don’t get paid.
My beauty salon specialises in human hair extensions and the amount of people who buy them illustrates that know one thinks about where the hair comes form and they don’t need to know. I make huge profits out of human hair extensions and don’t need some newspaper who has nothing that people actually want to read about and actually care about to write that we shouldn’t get them!
Megan Hanneman
The Real Cost of Posh's Locks Editors Letter (Agree)
Dear Editor
This article that I read yesterday brought to my attention of where the long locks for hair extensions really come from. As an owner of a hair salon I sell hair extensions to many young ladies but after reading this article I think I am going to stop!
I did not know that in Northern India thousands of women were divesting themselves from their crowning glory. As a beauty therapist as well I earn a living and have a passion for making women look and feel their best but knowing that young Indian women have to shave our heads and don’t get any sort of profit or even acknowledgement from it.
I hope lots of people read this article and that people take after me and stop selling real human hair extensions. There are alternatives to real human hair extensions such as acrylic hair or hair pieces.
Megan Hanneman
This article that I read yesterday brought to my attention of where the long locks for hair extensions really come from. As an owner of a hair salon I sell hair extensions to many young ladies but after reading this article I think I am going to stop!
I did not know that in Northern India thousands of women were divesting themselves from their crowning glory. As a beauty therapist as well I earn a living and have a passion for making women look and feel their best but knowing that young Indian women have to shave our heads and don’t get any sort of profit or even acknowledgement from it.
I hope lots of people read this article and that people take after me and stop selling real human hair extensions. There are alternatives to real human hair extensions such as acrylic hair or hair pieces.
Megan Hanneman