Miss Allaker's Year 9 Work Blog: 2016

Thursday, 10 November 2016

Nick, Tony and Jaime desciption

Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Quote hunt - Frog Whistle Mine

	2^nd James, Selena, Savaanah	3^rd Baata, Jazzmyn, Rossmary	1^st nMichael O, Ben, Vincent	Ricardo, Ilhan	Ryley, Ariki, Zaidyn, Alvin	Jack, Michael, Caleb, Anson
Why Nick won’t tell people about the earthquakes	“Nick looked down at his feet. ‘I can’t, what if I’m wrong? People would get frightened for nothing.” P66	“Please keep your voice down. I cannot tell people. It will only cause alarm.” Pg 150	‘I can’t, what if I’m wrong? People would get frightened for nothing.” Pg 66		‘I can’t, what if I’m wrong? People would get frightened for nothing.” Pg 66	“Because people would make a big thing of it and people would get very scared.” P66
Tony doesn’t trust Jaime	“The creepiness wasn’t down to one single thing… Tony decided that Jaime Duggan was not someone to be trusted.” P25	“Yes, he would go and see Duggan’s place and he would make sure he took someone with him.” P57	“There was something creepy about him. But what the man looked normal enough…” p27		“Had Duggan’s question really been that friendly? Or had he already known something about the rat? Maybe he had put it there. But why?” p 57
Tony finds out Jaime didn’t kill the tourist.	“No, son. We found her alive and well.”p156	“The thing is that she is no longer missing…” “Have you already found her body?” “No, son. We found her alive and well.”p156	“What?... No longer missing?... No son, we found her, alive and well.” P156		“The thing is she’s no longer missing.” “What? This is definitely not what Tony had expected to hear… have you already found her body?” No son, we found her, alive and well.” P156	“No longer missing?... have you already found her body?” p156
Tony being brave	“The dam...” said Nick, “Burst… Get out. Save yourselves.” “Not without you,” replied Tony, hauling Nick out of the water.” P191	“You see if you can hold it while I try to open the jaws.”pg 72 (about the Weka)	“Tony grabbed his shoulders and began backing down the tunnel; Rose grabbed hold of his feet.” P191		“Tony knew that must mean the limestone pit had already flooded… they had to get to Nick quickly.” P187
What the mine is like after the earthquakes	“Tony knew that must mean that the limestone pit had already flooded and was overflowing.” P 187	“and the water rushing out of the mine removed the sand and concentrated it more...” P197	“The flowing water had washed away most of the sand falls leaving a clean track.” P187		“the water rushing out of the mind and concentrated it more… golden jewels within the rusty sand.” P197
Rescuing Nick	“No,I’m too weak. Leave me here. You’ve still got a chance to get out.” Tony ignored him.” P191	“I’m going to get Nick, don’t you worry.” P187	“You cut the tapes while I look for injuries.” P 189		“When they got to the wagon they saw water coming out of the tunnel… when that filled… that would be a problem in getting Nick out.” P188	“We won’t be able to get him in.” Rose p191
Jaime not liking the French	“…I suggested we have a Napoleon brandy… his face went serious and he said he would never drink anything made by the murdering French.” P97	“Was your wife French?” “Nay.” He said in a flash of anger.” P71	“In September, the French started testing weapons again… I went to Tahiti to protest… ended up in prison.” P117			I went to Tahiti to protest the testing and ended up in prison. It was not for long… I had to move away from the French.” P117
What happened in the islands where the bombs were tested	“On July the second of tha’ year the French government exploded their first nuclear bomb on Muroroa… almost fifty explosions… creatin’ large amounts of radioactive fall-out.” P116	“Each of them creating radioactive fall-out.” P116	“o’er the next eight years there were almost fifty explosions, each of them creating large amounts of radioactive fall-out.” P116			“each of them creatin’ large amounts of radioactive fall-out.” P116

Tuesday, 1 November 2016

Working on static images

Students working very hard on their static images. Lots of amazing ideas and good focus being shown.

Monday, 17 October 2016

Tuesday, 30 August 2016

Lord Farquaad as a villain - HOW?

Technique	Description	How does it create the villain?
Over the shoulder shot	It is over the gingerbread man’s shoulder. We can see Lord Farquaad’s face looking down at him. LF is interrogating the GBM	It makes LF appear bigger than he is, so he looks more powerful. Because of his actions of interrogating the GB and torturing him, this makes him appear as the villain.
Dialogue	LF is asking the GB about where the fairy tale creatures were in a very aggressive manner. “Where are they!?” He also demands to know “Who is hiding them?”	Because he speaks very aggressively and the tone of his voice suggests he needs the answer immediately, he appears to be stronger. He also threatens the crippled GBM and if he doesn’t get his way he is going to pull off his gumdrop buttons. This makes him a villain because he is acting violently which is something a villain in a story usually does.
Music	The music is played as LF walks down the corridor towards the dungeon. It is loud and a low toned with high organ music over the top. There were drums and orchestra playing and choir repeating the same low toned sound like a marching beat.	Music sets a scene. The marching sound makes him appear powerful, it sounds like a big person or army walking along. Traditionally organs are played by antagonists or villains, so when we hear it being played as LF walks towards the dungeon we assume he is the villain. This accompanied by a low angle shot of him walking, makes him appear larger, more frightening and threatening than he is which is common a villain.
Close up	When LF is talking to the GBM we see the camera is close up to his face. On his face we see the expression of anger and smugness as he interrogates him. The GBM is on a baking tray with no legs. LF has just crushed on in his hand.	This creates LF as a villain because it shows that he is in power or has power over the GBM. Accompanied with the lighting which shines from below up on his face, makes him look menacing. Due to what he has earlier done to the GBM he comes across as a villain.
Costume	He wears dark leather gloves, a red hat, a red cape and doublet which is lined with gold.	His costume makes him a villain because the gloves he wears are associated with a torturer. We even see a close up of the gloves as he makes his way to the dungeon. The colour of his clothing and hat suggest he is in a position of power because red is often associated with royalty. Red is also associated with evil and anger so him wearing those clothes makes us think in our minds that he is angry or evil which makes him a villain.
Lighting and Long shot	The lighting is dark in the dungeon as LF enters. The shadow of the GBM is seen on the wall. He is being dunked into a glass of milk (milk torture). On the right of the shot the lighting is very dark and LF is in the shadows grinning.	Because LF is in the shadows his is seen as more mysterious and possibly dangerous character. Dark lighting is associated with evil, danger, fear and mystery. By putting LF in the shadow with the dark light he become all of those things, which makes him appear as the villain.

Tuesday, 9 August 2016

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Wednesday, 15 June 2016

Essay writing tips for next weeks exam

YOU NEED TO USE THE KEY WORDS FROM THE QUESTION IN YOUR OPENING SENTENCES.

In a DESCRIBE paragraph:

'An interesting/important/significant event/idea/character/setting is ________________.
In the next sentence, you should DESCRIBE IT.
Eg. If it was an important character you were describing you would say... 'He/She is (then name three describing words eg. brave etc). He/she is also (name three more describing words).
You should try to use 6 describing words in your describe paragraph.
Follow this with 'For example__________________ (make sure it is a quote).
Explain how the example shows us something from the list of 6 things you named at the start.
'This shows us..._________________.
Linking (pick one)
'I liked the way he/she... because...'
'I thought he deserved respect when...'
'I was disgusted/confused/uncomfortable when... because...'
'It made me think about...'

In an EXPLAIN paragraph:

The reason why (name then event/character/setting/idea) is important/interesting/significant because...__________.
You need to be really clear why it is important. Think about the themes eg. Identity, having courage etc.
'For example...__________________.'
'We saw this when...______________.
Explain the example above:
'This showed how...________________.'
'This was important/interesting/significant because...______________.
Linking
'This makes us think about... ________________.'
'We experience the same thing in our own lives when..._____________'

Monday, 23 May 2016

Tony is interesting because he faces challenges which are difficult but he overcomes them. For example when the weka bird was “caught in a trap”, Tony tried to help it. “They crept forward until they were almost within arms length.” The bird was panicking, flapping its wings and trying to bite him. This was a challenge because the weka kept pushing him away and he could have been hurt badly by the sharp beak and talons. He overcomes this challenge by speaking calmly and approaching the bird cautiously while making soothing noises. This makes him interesting because his actions teach us to approach situations cautiously or else we might be hurt.