Today at lunchtime I went to room ten. When I go to room 10, we do all sorts of stuff like stop motion puppets and sometimes just have free Time and today we did baking.
When we do baking we do all sorts of things like pizza donuts but today we did these weird banana cinnamon swirls it was really fun and after we got to eat them and here how they turned out looking.
They might not look the greatest but they taste amazing.typing club
Today we started a thing called typing club. It is made to make your typing better. We all thought that we didn't need to do this whole typing thing but on the 4th level everyone was having a pretty hard time because it tried to teach us a new way of typing that none of us had ever used before.
I’m a blackfella - Steven Oliver
VOCABULARY
Place each word from the box in a gap to complete one of the six sentences below. See if you can do this without a dictionary.
We decided not to _formulate_ a new mathematical solution - one that no one had ever done before.
If you say, “All the people from that country are lazy”, you are only using stereotypes.
We do not condone such naughty and unnecessary behavior in this school.
The soldier was extremely violent and we soon began to see that he was just a savage.
I beseech you, please do not misbehave in class. Be sensible and help the teacher!
When someone is of high standing and always behaves well, we call them noble.
2. Decide whether each of these words is a verb, adjective or noun. Highlight your choice.
condone verb/adjective/noun
stereotypes verb/a
djective/noun
savage verb/adjective/noun
beseech verb/adjective/noun
noble verb/adjective/noun
formulate verb/adjective/noun
LANGUAGE AND LAYOUT
Does this poem rhyme? Yes, it does and very good rhymes. If so, what is the rhyme scheme - that is., is the rhyme in pairs (aa, bb, and so on) or is it irregular? It is irregular I think because only sometimes it's aa bb. What effect does the rhyme have on the poem as you read and listen to it? It is interesting and makes you want to read more
Look for examples of internal rhyme - were words on the same line rhyme. What effect does this have on the way you read and listen to the poem? It makes it sound more interesting
Can you identify any slang words? What effect do they have on this poem? It has the words slack in it and I think it makes it more interesting
Which line is repeated? Why does the poet repeat it? I'm a black fella, not a drunk criminal textbook uneducated unemployed welfare-dependent slack fella. To show how some people see black people and stereotypes
This poem has no stanza or verse breaks. What effect does this have when you read through the poem? It makes it sound more smooth
Can you identify any figures of speech (e.g. metaphors, similes, etc) in this poem? If so, what effect do they have? If the poem has no figures of speech, does it matter? It makes it sound more recognizable and it doesn't matter if it does have any fingers of speech
UNDERSTANDING AND EVALUATION
What does the poet say he is throughout this poem? I'm a black fella
What does the poet say he is not throughout this poem?
How would you describe the poet’s emotions throughout this poem? not a drunk criminal textbook uneducated unemployed welfare-dependent slack fella
What does the poet say about how other people see him? a drunk criminal textbook uneducated unemployed welfare-dependent slack fella
Who do you think you are throughout the poem? What does the poet want them to do? Not to think that all black people are bad
What do you think the poet is saying with these lines: But the drunk white man who stumbles and falls/Oh, he’s not a reflection of a race at all? That if a black man does crime and other stuff that doesn't mean all black people do that and for some reason if a white man does crime people don't think all white people do that
What is the problem the poet refers to in his final line? What is the solution? Think back to your discussion in the warm-up section.
What two lines do you think to sum up the poet’s overall theme? The line when he said
when a drunk black man stumbles and falls then that black man is me but when the white man stumbles and falls he's not a representation of a whole race at all.
Evaluate this poem in one or two sentences. That is, state if you like the poem or not and why. the line when he says when a drunk black man stumbles and falls then that black man is me but when the white man stumbles and falls he's not a representation of a whole race at all.
FOLLOW UP
Practice and perform this poem in small groups.
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How the water cycle
Works
The water cycle is a pretty cool thing, and it is very easy to understand, so first it rains on the ground then the sun evaporates the water, and if you don't know what evaporation is, well it is when it is so hot a liquid turns into steam, and once the water evaporates it goes back into the air and forms a cloud which is just a whole lot of the evaporated water in the air. If there isn’t any water from clouds to evaporate it will also evaporate the water from rivers, lakes, the ocean but then since it rains again it's just an infinite loop.
Also, did you know that the water you drink today from your sink could have had molecules that dinosaurs drank? So that means that most water is over one million years old, and also did you know that nearly 97% of the world’s water is salty or otherwise undrinkable. Another 2% is locked in ice so that leaves just 1% of water so all people can drink which is very interesting, and so those were facts about water, and here are some more facts about the water cycle.
The water cycle describes the movement of water through the Earth's surface, and underground. Water is always moving from one place to another through the stage of evaporation. Water in the water cycle can exist as a solid, liquid, or gas and that’s is some facts about the water cycle.
This is the end thanks for reading and I hope you learned a lot of new stuff about the water cycle and just the water cycle in general.
by Koda.
