ESOL - WONDER

Magandang umaga everyone. For the past weeks, we have been focusing on the book wonder. We've started to read this book in term 3, but because of the sudden lockdown, we didn't have the chance to complete it. Luckily, we still have another chance to complete the whole thing and we even get to finish the movie. Our main task for it was to find out what are the differences between the movie and the book, and our reason. I thought that reading this book would be a bit boring, but I was wrong because I quite enjoyed both the movie and even the book. 

Differences of the book and its ending :

Book 

They describe a new dog named Bear in the book. The principal was aware of Auggie's involvement in the fight following the fight, but this did not occur in the book. Julian was expelled for two weeks in the book. In the film, he was only expelled for one week. In addition, the first teacher in the book was a woman, whereas Mr. Brown was the first teacher in the film.

Movie 

The producers of the film do not show you the new puppy named Bear. Auggie sits in the back in the movie, but in the book, he sits in the front. Furthermore, in the film, Summer wishes to shake Auggie's hand. However, in the book, this does not occur. Auggie's hearing aids were lost, according to the book. Also, in the film, Auggie gets into a fight with 7th graders in the woods, which Auggie and his friend win.

Ending

Book - Auggie's mother says in his ear, "Auggie, you truly are a marvel. You are a marvel, "When she does, she's amazed at how well August has adjusted to middle school despite a year of struggle and suffering. He's figured out how to fight his own battles.

Movie - Everyone cheers Auggie as he delivers a voiceover narration (quoting the last precept Mr. Browne gave in class) at the end of the film "Be kind because everyone is going through a difficult time. And all you have to do to find out who people are is to look."

One of the most notable discrepancies in the storyline involves his hearing aids, which are completely absent from the film. His hearing aids fall off and he loses them when the big kids bully them. Getting the hearing aids in the first place was a major deal because he doesn't have them and doesn't want them at the start of the book because he thinks he can hear great and is afraid they will make him look stupid. He fails the hearing component of his annual exam and is fitted for special hearing aids. He first despises them and refuses to wear them, but once they are activated, he discovers how awful his hearing was. Following that, he has no qualms about wearing them in public.

What I enjoyed about the film was that it followed the same plot as the original, although it omitted a few key parts. Maybe it's just me, but I didn't care for the actor's makeup because it made me see Auggie in a whole other light. They missed the HEARING AIDS and the key things in the nature retreat trip, which is one of my three points of distinction! Because we didn't know how he got them, how he felt, or how his mother would react if he lost them, the hearing aids were the thing that made the entire nature retreat exciting and emotional. They didn't notice Amos slamming into Eddie and Auggie's jumper ripping in half. I was disappointed in how they staged that moment. Auggie's sweatshirt had a small rip in it. I expected Daisy's death to make me cry, but it didn't.

Neither the book nor the film became favorites of mine, and I'm not sure I'd watch or read either one again. Reading Normal made me appreciate Wonder's work much more. To teach children to treat everyone with kindness, regardless of their appearance, because everyone is going through difficulties, some of which are more visible than others. That doesn't imply you should be extra nice to individuals with "disabilities," but rather that you should be nice to everyone and attempt to see things from their point of view. This ties in with the final statement, which states that everyone deserves a standing ovation because everyone has faced difficulties in life.

To be honest, I think it's a tie. Neither one, as it was stated, "took my heart." Though, in the end, I think I preferred the book. It provided additional perspectives than the film, which I appreciated. 

Finally, I respect the author's courage in writing about this. After the experience she had with her kid, she assumed responsibility for looking into it and conducting research. It's a major deal if it helps people treat others with kindness, regardless of how they appear or what their background is. I wouldn't discourage anyone from reading it, and I believe it would be beneficial to children.

In extra, I've also created a Venn diagram to make this book extra special. Hope you enjoyed it.

                

Day 4/5 - Tongan Language Week

Hello everybody, this will be the last task around the Tongan Language week. This is probably one of my favorite activities since I get to draw some patterns for our day 4 activity. Tonga kupesi ( kupesi means the name given to design a tapa cloth), we need to search the pattern in google and have a go at drawing it I was so excited to do it. And I'm satisfied with the outcome of my art, and I have enjoyed doing this. Furthermore, let's move on to our last activity for day 5 for this one.  I have learned another thing about Tonga, and that is everyone is allowed to work or go out every Sunday. They only do three things and that is, they go to church, eat and sleep. So for the task, we have to write persuasive writing, to convince the government why they should remove this type of law and what are my argument be?

Drawing:

Speech:

                                                 

Day 2/3 of Tongan Language Week

 Hello everyone, this will be my day2/3 activities around Tongan language week. This two activity is quite an interesting one since I learned that there are only 17 letters in Tongan alphabet, while in another hand in Maori there is only 15 letter in the alphabet. For day 2, I was actually asked to make a video of me singing the alphabet since I was too shy to do it and some of their words were too difficult to pronounce. So what I did was to sing the whole song by myself even though I had a had time doing it. Instead of making a video, I made something that will still relate to it, like researching about the alphabet and what's the difference between the Maori and Tonga. While on day 3 I learned more about their traditional dances, like example the most famous traditional dance is called the Lakalaka it expresses the history and the legends of Tonga. 

Day 2: 

The Māori alphabet

The Maori alphabet consists of 15 letters:

• eight consonants: h, k, m, n, p, r, t, w
• two digraphs, representing single sounds: ng, wh
• five vowels: a, e, i, o, u

The vows may be brief or long. Contemporary conventions are the macron: ā, ē, ī, ō, ū, lengthy vow. Long vowels have historically not been noted or signified by two vowels, aa, ee, ii, oo, uu, a system currently used in the 2000s by the Waikatans.

In New Zealand, there are three main dialects; East North Island, West North Island, and South Māori Island. Māori South Island possibly comes from Māori Island in the East of the North. Moriori from the Chatham Islands spoken by Moriori may, in turn, originate from the Māori South Island. 

In many places, different pronunciations are found. The 'ng' is pronounced by Ngāi Túhoe as 'n' whereas the 'ng' is substituted by the 'k.' The 'wh' is pronounced as 'w' and is a glowing stop in the Whanganui and Taranaki tribes. The 'wh' in 'whaka' is pronounced in certain parts of the northern country as 'h' so that 'whakahaere' is like 'hakahaere.'

Motuʼaleá Faka-Tonga

• 17 letters in the Tongan alphabet.
• 5 vowels; a-e-i-o-u
• 12 consonants; f-h-k-l-m-n-ng-p-s-t-v- ‘
• pronouncing the consonants you add ʻaʼ to the end – Fa-Ha-Ka-La-Ma-Na-NGa-Pa-Sa-Ta-Va
• Fakaʻua (glottal stop) is considered a consonant and the last letter in the Tongan alphabet

In the early 19th century, Tongan was written by the missionaries using several alphabetic systems. The first book in Tongan was William Mariner's 1817 grammar and dictionary of the Tongan language. In 1943 the Privy Council of Tonga adopted the current system. A variety of weekly and monthly periodicals are available in Tongan and certain religious works books and translations, such as The Bible.

Day 3:

The Me'etu'upaki is an old group Tongan dance, already reported by early navigators like Captain Cook. The Tongan dance is a dance by an ancient group. The dance standing with paddles. This dance has typically been meant for guys, even if women do not have enough men. The (me'etu'upaki) looks like a battle dance but is done in contrast with arms with small symbolic paddles. Most actions have paddles on his hands, but a good and bad performance depends on the small and delicate movements in his head and legs. The paddles do not serve as gestures, but they are turned, moved on and down, or to the left. The dancers start in one row, perhaps in two, when there are many, and occasionally the positions are separated into chaotic movements, but they return to perfect unity at the finish.

The otuhaka (first of all: row-of-dancing) is a traditional Tongan-based group dance with a notable Sâmoan influence, in which dancers sit down and perform their gestures with their arms exclusively. 

In the beginning, the song was performed by the older women, mainly women, who should be too old to stand. They were mainly ladies. Very commonly, a Úla, performed by her (standing) daughters and some young girls, mainly ladies, was followed by a Úla. In another method, the Otuhaka was said to occur serenely and delicately early in the morning to awaken the King. Traditionally, music consists of batting the tafua bamboos, rolling in a mat, only to preserve the beat.

The Ma'ulu'ulu is a traditional Tongan dance performed by a seated group of men and women; the dance style is the straight follow-up of the Tongan Ancient the Tongan which was synthesized in the 19th century with the Samoan maulu'ulu. The Maulu'ulu was one of the various dance forms (e.g. Taualuga) and choral song styles (e.g. 'otuhaka), introduced by cultural spread to the Kingdom of Tonga in the late 19th century. The Samoan maulu'ulu currently differs from the Tongan Ma'ulu'ulu considerably from their technical and choreographical differences, yet the similar origins remain celebrated.

The maulu'ulu was one of several dance forms (such as Taualuga) and choral singing styles (such as 'otuhaka) that were introduced into the Kingdom of Tonga in the late nineteenth century through cultural diffusion. Although their common roots are still acknowledged, there is currently a significant technique and choreography between the Samoan and Tongan maulu'ulu.

The tau'olunga is a dance for unmarried young women, particularly to perform on their wedding day. A married couple or an older woman performing a tau'olunga is unusual, but not impossible. It is also uncommon to see a man perform the dance, but he can increase the dancing girl's movements to highlight her beauty. Regardless of these exceptions, the tau'olunga can be performed at any special event. It is usually performed by a small group of girls, up to ten or more, although it can also be done solo. Older women's involvement is typically limited to handclaps to the beat of the song. The tu'ulafale is the name given to this position.

The Sipi Tau, the pre-game challenge of the Tonga rugby union national team, was written by King Tama Tu'i Tupou IV in 1994, but its origins may be traced back much further. There were no problems in Tonga before the 1800s. In fact, chatting was regarded as a sign of weakness in warfare. However, in the nineteenth century, a war dance from the neighboring Wallis and Futuna Islands was introduced, and Tonga rapidly seized it. The Tongan rugby squad has used numerous different Sipi Tau over the years, however, it is unknown when they were initially used in rugby. The most recent was written to commemorate a brief but successful trip to New Zealand in 1994. The existing expressions were first utilized.

Soke or eke is a Tongan group dance in which the performers bash sticks against each other to the beat of a drum. It shares some aspects with the English Morris dance, but it is a completely separate development. The entire performance, as with other Tongan dances, is designed to enchant the audience and delight the chiefs. There is actually no hidden agenda.

Tongan Language Week - Day 1

 Malo e lelei, this week we are learning more about the history of Tonga. For this new topic we have new things to research from, there are 5 different activities we can do. On the first day of learning from their history, well we have to research the meaning behind each quarter in the Coat of Arms of Tonga designed in 1875. I was amazed when I learned about the meaning behind it, and also even learn some new words by re-reading the text all over again. 

Fun fact: Tonga is the only kingdom in the Pacific to have a monarchy :)

In 1875, with the constitution created, the arms of Tonga (ko e Sila 'o Tonga) were developed. 

The three swords represent the king of Tonga, particularly the Tu'i Tonga, Tu'i Ha'atakalaua, and the current Tu'i kanokupolu. Under King Siaosi Tupou I Tonga was united, who then formed the first formal government and also organized the arms coat. The olive branch dove symbolizes God's willingness to rule forever in Tonga (the dove and olive branch are taken from the story of Noah and the Great Flood in the Bible). 

The three stars represent Tonga's principal island groups, Tongatapu, Vava'u, and Ha'apai. The Crown represents Tonga's king, the sovereign monarchy. The bottom of the scroll says, 'God and Tonga are my heritage,' Ko e Tonga Mo Tonga Hoku, Tofi Non, in Tongan.

Current Electricity

 For science, we have another research to do, and last week we looked at Static electricity this time we're learning more about current electricity. Current is the passage of electrical charge carriers, but usually, electrons are the most prevalent charge carriers, are negative. The progress from negative to relatively positive points. Electric current can be either direct or alternating. Let say in a short sentence, the current is a mass of the amount of energy transferred over a period of time. Because of the way electrons move, current electricity is called that. Like a river current, they always "flow" in one direction. As electric current can pass through conductive materials.  For this task, we again have to answer questions about the current electricity. 

1. What is the particle that moves in a wire?

Because charged particles carry an electric charge, an electric current is a flow of charged particles. Charge carriers are moving particles, and different sorts of particles can be found in different conductors. The electrons were the ones who are flowing through a wire and it was used as a charge carrier in electric circuits. Ions are charged carriers in an electrolyte, while ions and electrons are charge carriers in an ionized gas (plasma). The ampere is the SI unit of electric current, which is defined as the passage of electric charge across a surface at one charge density per second. Mobile electrons are charged particles that move along wires in a circuit. Positive test charges are pushed in the direction of the electric field within a circuit, by definition. As a result, electrons that are negatively charged flow in the opposite direction of the electric field. While electrons are the charge carriers in metal wires, they can be positive, negative, or both in other circuits.

2. If there is a high current in a circuit what does this mean?

 Its current charge rate is the rate with which a point on the circuit is crossed. In a circuit, several columns across the cross-section of the wire, leading to a high current. A large current when carriers are tightly packed in the wire, no high force is needed for a high current. In many other words, carriers do not have to travel a long distance in a single second rather than a big number of them must pass through the cross-section. That isn't all about how far the charges travel in a second, but how far the charges travel across the cross-section of the circuit.  

3. How does electricity work to heat up a stove?

There are usually about four or five heating element on your stove that has its own control switch. Heat is produced when an electric current flows down each leg and collides in the heating element. This circuit also has a temperature switch, which allows you to simply control the heat output of your electric stovetop. When the temperature has reached its point, the circuit closes and no current is provided to the heating element. However, if the temperature drops too low, the circuit will close again to provide power. An electric stove is powered by coils. Electric stovetops, unlike gas stoves, do not emit a flame. An electric current, on the other hand, activates a heating element. If your stove includes coils, heat will be transferred straight from the coils to your cookware.

4. Where is DC electricity used? Where is AC electricity used?

Solar cells, batteries are the most frequent sources of this type of power. DC power is commonly utilized in low voltage applications such as battery charging, automobile and airplane uses, and other low voltage, low current applications. Any electrical gadget that uses a battery as a power source uses direct current. It is also used to charge batteries, which is why rechargeable gadgets such as laptops and mobile phones need an AC adapter that converts alternating current to direct current.

AC electricity is often used to power our televisions, lights, and computers. The direction of the current in alternating current electricity alternates. AC electricity is superior to DC electricity for supplying electricity, owing to the ability to transform voltages. The way it changes the direction of the flow, on the regular basis is called alternating current. . As a result, the voltage level reverses in lockstep with the current. AC is used to power homes, businesses, and other structures.

Electrons have an electric charge that is negative (-). Because opposite charges attract, they will gravitate towards a region with positive (+) charges. In an electric conductor, such as a metal wire, this movement is facilitated.

Connecting a wire from a battery's negative (-) terminal to its positive (+) terminal causes negatively charged electrons to race through the wire towards the positively charged side. A similar thing happens with a direct current generator, where the movement of coiled wire through a magnetic field drives electrons out of one terminal and attracts electrons to the other. A somewhat different design alternates the push and pulls of each generator terminal using an AC generator. The final outcome of the way electricity in the wire moves in one direction for a short amount of time before it alternates its direction when the generator changes its position. 

 

Design technology

 For this task, there will be no research task because it's all about designing. We were given three different topics to choose from such as design digital, design engineering, and last but not least design construction. I checked each of them and design engineering caught my attention, I really find it interesting and also fun to do. Because it's all about testing our thinking with hands-on materials found in our house, the activity that I choose to do was to make paper rockets. I picked it because I remember last time when we were at Science and we also have to make the same thing but with different materials. When I was making one of these paper rockets, I had a hard time putting the fins on the side but I still manage to do it. I was really happy that it worked, but I wasn't happy with how it looks. 

Materials: Paper, a scissor, straw, and a tape 

Video: 

Outcome:

Lockdown - Week 2

 Magandang umaga/gabi everyone, today we are looking at doing some other tasks. Since we have done our first tasks in week 1, now we are moving on to different topics like learn more about Paralympics, learn more about the world, and design technology. Those are the three categories, we have to do in each category we have to at least do 2-3 work and share it on our blogs. In this blog, I will be sharing with you, what I've made for the first category which is around the world. I have chosen to do activity 5 which is about interviewing someone in my family about their favorite place in the world. Since my parents were tired, I asked my sister. Well, her favorite place in the world was Greece since one of our Grandma lived there she wanted to visit her and also enjoy the beautiful view and the weather. I have created a D.L.O about Greece, and I have found tons of information and I actually talked about it to her. We also looked at some places people loved to visit in Greece.

           

Lockdown activity ( South Korea )

 Hello everyone, I have finished another topic that is based on around the world. For the first one, I planned on interviewing one person in my family, now I have to choose another topic. This topic is kinda similar to the first one because the task was to research a popular tourist attraction from your "country of study" and create a poster to advertise the attraction. So I thought why not look at a different country, so I picked South Korea since tons of teenagers or adults really wanted to visit this country because of the view, food, and people. Most famous celebrities came from this country and are also one of my favorite country that I wanted to visit in the future with my whole family. When I was looking at some tourist attractions, I was amazed at how some temples and houses look way different from the houses here in New Zealand. So here is my poster, hope you enjoy it.

Paralympics

Hello everyone, today I have moved on to another category for our task in lockdown week 2. For this task, we have to learn more about the Paralympics by completing different tasks, and we have to make sure to put it on our blog after we have picked 3 tasks about this. I think carefully when I picked these three tasks, and I'm happy when I learned more about them. Like when I heard of the 2020 mascot named Someity also sounds like 'so mighty', she is a superhero and she is there to celebrate the people who have superhuman power. I was satisfied, with how my research turns out and I'm happy to look more depth about Paralympics since I don't watch any of the athletics games so I know nothing about it. 

First task:

1. The 1964 Summer Paralympics, also known as the Paralympic Tokyo 1964, were the second Paralympic Games to be held. They were originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games.

Tokyo 2020

- Tokyo will be the first city in history to host the Paralympic Games twice. There were 21 countries and 378 Paralympians who competed in nine different sports in 1964, this first Paralympics game was held in Asia. 

Tokyo 1964

- Tokyo 1964 was the first time the term "Paralympics" was used in the official documentation. It was held immediately following the Olympic Games, using some of the same venues.

About disabled 

- According to two para-athletes who competed in Asia's first Summer Games, Tokyo's first Paralympics in 1964 helped change societal perspectives on people with disabilities in Japan, driving a paradigm shift from pity to empowerment. 

Hideo Kondo, who competed in archery, wheelchair basketball, and other sports in 1964, described the event as "life-changing." He witnessed the chasm that existed at the time between what it meant to be a Japanese para-athlete and how overseas athletes perceived themselves and were perceived by others.

Changes made

- As it started, Japan put so much effort just to improve accessibility and inclusion, but many were complaining that there was much work that needs to be done. In Tokyo, 4,400 athletes with disabilities will compete in the world's largest parasports tournament. 

It's a place for sporting history, but organizers hope it will change people's attitudes towards people with disabilities. 

"It's a priceless event," said Masaaki Suwa, a Japanese para-canoeist who didn't make the Tokyo Games but will be rooting for Japan's team on TV. 

"They are accomplishing wonderful things, but they are not superhumans. I want people to understand that they, too, are human beings "AF was told by the 35-year-old

Second task: This one was about the Mascot Someity

Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Mascot is a pretty interesting person with powerful powers and tactile cherry flower sensors. For telepathic powers, SOMEITY can use its sensors on the sides of its head, fly its Ichimatsu pattern cap and even move items without touching them. Mascot Someity has a peaceful, silent personality, guided by strong internal strength, but can show incredible powers that symbolize Paralympic competitors' tenacity and dedication. Sometimes you like being in nature and can connect with natural elements like stones and the wind, for example.

Courage: it embraces the Paralympian's unique personality, which tries to achieve what the general population considers to be surprising, but the Para athletes are truthful. It symbolizes someone who exceeds their circumstances and demonstrates their genuine value.

Determination: the expression of Para-athletes' goal to push their physical strength to the ultimate maximum. A Paralympian is going to push himself to the limit to achieve what he wants to do. 

Inspiration: when the stories and achievements of Para athletes are brought about by strong and personal affection, the impact is on the individual's life. Paralympians serve as an example to others, using their accomplishments to lead the way.

Equality: para-sport is an agent of power in order to tear up societal discriminatory obstacles for people with disabilities. The Paralympic movement recognizes that people of equal value have the same meaning, regardless of their differences. Someity people live in the digital world and can move freely through the internet between them and the real world.

Third task: This is about what we value/or what is value?

In the way you live and work, your values are things that you think are important. They (should) define your priorities and, in-depth, they are likely to be the tools you employ to tell us whether your life works as you please. Usual pleasant things - you are contented and happy – are excellent when the things you do and the way you act to match your values. But it's when things feel wrong that when they aren't matched with your personal values. This might be a true source of discontent.

For me, I have a lot of personal values, such as achievement, kindness, honesty, healthy, learning, and love.

Therefore, it is highly necessary to make a conscious effort to discover your values. People value things to themselves, and it gets tightly connected when they have anything. The simple effects of ownership make people more equal than equal persons like their house, a mug, and even initials. We have various experiences of life, which encourage people to value things differently. Someone born in a hustling community can appreciate the goodness and kindness of its excesses, and anyone born in a community that appreciated parties and messes about people working hard. Tools and practices that assist us or others are tied to their values. In our subjective sense of how they benefited ourselves and those around us, we come to "value," more than other people.

Sophie Pascoe

 Kia Ora everybody, today we were told to make another presentation about a swimmer named Sophie Pascoe. She was a Paralympian, from this country. In this task, we are given 4 different questions about her, and some other facts such as her age, where she lives, etc. When I was reading her bibliography I was shocked about her accident, but the more I read about her articles I was inspired by how she didn't stop her career as a swimmer. She continued, and live the best life and achieve her goal as a Paralympian swimmer. I was happy with how my research came out, and I have learned more about her and how the Paralympics work. 

Here is my research: 

Filipino language Week:)

Kumusta everyone, in Wananga we tons of different activities we can do while we are in lockdown. They called it "Lockdown 2.0", so basically, they have 10 different activities and this is my first one yet since I was focus on doing my yr 9 tasks. In this task, we are given about 5 different questions about the Philippines, and we are asked to present them in different ways, so I thought why not use canva to present my work. Using canva is the easiest way, and I'm most familiar with it.

 I've enjoyed doing this task, and I'm really proud since it didn't take me a long time to do it. Because I've asked my family, and even my aunties and cousins in the Philippines about their thoughts, and opinion. I can't wait to do another activity, around these lockdown tasks. 

Here is the slideshow, I hope you've enjoyed reading it. 

                      

Nelson Mandela

Bonjour, our second and last task for our " Power to the People" was to create a timeline of our chosen leader, and also to create a political poster. I have learnt a lot of things about Nelson Mandela, and fun facts is that he was sent to prison and spend the next 18 years that is seven miles off the coast of Cape Town. I really enjoyed reading his story, the fact that he dedicated his life fighting for equality.  Mandela was the first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. 

Timeline:

Link 

Political Poster -