Polynesian Travel.

In social study, we have been looking at pre-european New Zealand. We were ask to make a slide-show on Polynesian travel. This is the one Thomas, Ruby and I made.

In Santa's Defence

OK in Santa’s defence, the list just said velociraptor. It said nothing about it being a toy. In Santa’s defence, his eyes aren't as good as they used to be. In his defence, he is getting on a bit. He was just giving the kid what he wanted. If he did not want a real velociraptor then he should of been more specific. In Santa’s defence, the elves never asked his opinion once he handed them the list. In his defence he just delvers the toys/gifs. In his defence, it was a very well behaved velociraptor. It sat beside him the whole time and shut up once Santa theated to chuck him overboard. In his defence, the boy seemed thrilled with it. It was the parents how complained. The boy loved it. He said himself that it was the best gift ever.

 

MATHS-coutulating the squares on the edge of an even grid

Hello. In math today Mr Ress got us to work out how many squares are in the outside of a 10 x 10 square. We have found 6 ways of doing said ecation. two of the ways is on that I found which is  (n-1)+(n-1)+(n-1)+(n-1)= a
A= the answer and N= the number so this turns into... (10-1)+(10-1)+(10-1)+(10-1)=36 or it could be 9+9+9+9=36. Are you confused yet? Because I am. If we were to simplify this then it would be 4(n-1)=a or 4 x 9 = 36. Now if you are wondering how I got n-1,  it is because when you count the sides you end up counting the corners twice and so you just take one  AGGG!  well I can't explain. Um here is a picture that explains it a bit better than I can

Another way, is 4n -4. Or 4 x 10 - 4 because you have your 10x4=40 but you have counted your corners twice so you just get rid of one of the times by taking away 4 so you have your anwer, 36.

here are all the ways to do it 

I know this was hard to understand, I can't seem to find a way to explain this easily. Sorry for making it so hard to understand. I wouldn't of posted this but I had to. Sorry. Can you think of any other ways of doing this?

Charters Challenges-Coraline

As one of my tasks for Coraline I had to Select 4 lead characters and create a Challenges Chart. here it is 

Characters Name
Coraline
A Challenge faced by the character
Saving herself and everyone else
How the character reacted
She kept trying and was sly and slick.
What that shows us about the character
She wound give up on the ones she loves

Characters Name
W.B
A Challenge faced by the character
Coraline was constantly mean to him
How the character reacted
He still tried to be friendly and he tried to help
What that shows us about the character

He does what he thinks is right, and doesn’t give up on it

Characters Name
Other Mother
A Challenge faced by the character
Convincing coraline to stay in the other world
How the character reacted
She got more and more impatient and make rushed moves What that shows us about the character

She has a short temper and wants things to be done as quickly as possible

Characters Name
Other Father A Challenge faced by the character
Trying to worn Coraline without the Other mother finding out How the character reacted
He came up with clever ways to try and get the message across What that shows us about the character

He is kind at heart and does not want to hurt Coraline.

Coraline

this is some work for a workshop with Mrs Handly

night
other world
wybie 'other'
cant talk
mother and coraline going into the house after seeing the show
POV other mother wants wybie to smile
wybie is unhappy

warm light
high angle, makes the subject vulnerable wybie and the pov is of the other mother
dark colours but bright because coraline does not know this yet
facial expression-sad because his mouth has gone down and is eyebrows are arched in fear.


S.E.X.X.X.Y ------> The lawyer
In the film Coraline, high angle shots are used effectively to establish a characters position of power. This is demonstrated in the scene where Coraline and Wybie return from visiting their neighbours. A high angle shot from the POV of the other mother looking down the stairs towards wybie makes him look vulnerable this makes us understand that the other mother has all the power and might not be as kind as coraline thinks at this point. The purpose of this is to show a character that is unhappy in the 'other' world and foreshadow the horrific turn of events later in the story. Combined with the use of facial expression,Wybie's mouth is frowning and his eyebrows are arched in fear, the idea of being vulnerable is enhanced. this aspect asn be compared to coralines battle with the other mother at the end of the film, where we get to see the true evtl nature of the beldam

Symbols Scavenger Hunt

I had to make a Symbols Scavenger Hunt for the button eyes, the coraline doll and the button key. I'm not sure this is what they wanted but this is all I could come up with. Here it is

Create a Symbols Scavenger Hunt for the viewer. Give them an explanation

of 3 Symbols to look for and a list of key moments in the film they could look

for them. Remember to include an answer sheet!

• Button Eyes- Ref 1, Ref 2
• Buttons in the novel act much like masks in that they conceal. Buttons though

conceal a being’s intentions rather than identity. Coraline cannot read the Other
Parent’s intentions, as they reveal no perceptible emotion through their dead, plastic

button eyes. She can’t even discern if they’re watching her, as the buttons don’t rotate

the way normal human eyes do. The buttons therefore become a symbol of the

inscrutability and inhumanity of the Other Parents.

• The black button eyes of the other mother are probably the most iconic or

well-known image to come out of Coraline.

• They were looking at her with their black button eyes. Or at least she thought they

were looking at her. She couldn't be sure. (4.128)

• These eyes are definitely creepy. The black button eyes let us know that we're in

the other world and highlight how disturbing it is. Buttons are a seemingly harmless object,

but in the other world, they become sinister and threatening. In fact, turning nice things

into threatening things seems to be one of the main functions of the other world and the

beldam herself.

• These buttons essentially act like masks. Coraline can't tell if her other parents

are watching her and she can't get any clues through their eyes as to what they're thinking.

Because we see so much through people's eyes, these buttons hide the humanness of the

people wearing them (if they're even human at all), preventing us from really knowing a

person. For this reason, Coraline's other mother could never really be known, or loved, by

the children she kidnaps.

• Coraline Doll
• ?
• The Key - Ref 1, Ref 2
• The key serves as a plot device and is central to the novel as such. The key allows the

bearer access to the human world and the dimension where the Other Mother/The Beldam lives.

Both Coraline and the Other Mother/The Beldam want possession of the key as it represents

freedom and power for them both. The Other Mother/The Beldam desires the key as it affords her

freedom to move back and forth with impunity between dimensions, allowing her both to hunt

and escape reprisal as she pleases, which in turn gives her immense power over her victims.

Coraline wants the key because to her it is both her means of escape, and as with any key, it can

also lock doors barring entry giving her power over The Beldam, who can only find prey in the

human world.

• The key into the other world becomes a hot commodity, or item, in the story. There's only

one key to the door between the other world and our world. And the other mother and Coraline

both want to control that key.

• The appearance of the key can help us understand what it represents. Compared to the

other keys, it's "the oldest, biggest, blackest, rustiest key" (1.51). It's different from all the other

keys, just like the other world is different from the real world. In this way, the key seems to

represent the other world: old and ugly.

• Usually when we think of keys, we think of unlocking something or opening something up.

Coraline certainly does this when she finds the other world. But if keys can unlock, they can also

lock you in. Eek! That's more what Coraline is about – the fear of being trapped somewhere you

don't want to be. So how do we eliminate the fear of being trapped? Well, trap the key itself! And

that's exactly what Coraline does.

Clues

1 unusual at first  but gets more and more common as the film roles on. Find it in the other world
as coraline find out about the Other Mother.

2 given as a gift it disguised itself as being harmless, but it did more harm than good.
Find it in the second day of being at the house.

3 used to stop a child from pestering but still made trouble. Gets hidden to keep something
locked, should never have been found. Find it in the second day at the house. Belldam also
eats it.

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ANSWERS

1 The Button eyes

2 The doll

3 The key

Coraline Plot

In english I had to make a short animation on the plot of coraline so I did it in Powtoon, (surprize surprize). here it is

Whose views are excluded or privileged in the text?

It is manly in coraline's POV. We don't get to see much of W.B or the Other Family