Comprehension Cards

Rust 2   13/14

1. The word reconciliation in Paragraph 2 means...
B Harmony

2. What was different about the law firm of Mandela and Tambo?
A It helped black South Africans who couldn't afford to pay for legal help

3. Which words provide the best summery of Nelson Mandela's character?
C Wise and determined

4. You could predict any project Mandela supported would be likely to...
C Be highly successful

5. The main idea of Paragraph 1 is that Mandela was...
C Inspiring x
B An interesting person

6. Which statement would Mandela have most likely agree with?
C Violence should only be used when nothing else has worked.

7. People around the world asked Mandela for advice because...
B They admired his achievements and his character.

8. Mandela was given the name Nelson by his...
C Teacher

9. You could conclude from the text that FW de Klerk...
A Also worked hard for peace

10. It is fact, not opinion, that Mandela...
B Was president of South Africa

11. The text was written to...
B Give information

12. The first thing Mandela did was to...
B Go to Johannesburg

13. Mandela was different from Tambo because he...
A Won a Noble Prize

14. The pronoun them in Paragraph 4 refers to...
C Mandela and Tambo

Comprehension Cards

Fuchsia 1   14/14

1.The word aristocrats in Paragraphs 3 and 5 refer to...
C wealthy landowners.

2. The French Revolution occurred because the common people...
B were starving while the aristocrats lived in luxury.

3. Madame Guillotine was...
A Used to chop off people's heads

4. The 'Rain of Terror' lasted for about a...
B A year

5. The Novel about the Scarlet Pimpernel was written ____ the French Revolution.
C more than 100 years after

6. If an aristocrat begged for his life at the guillotine, the crowd would probably have shouted
A Off with his head

7. We can conclude that the common people revolted against the ruling classes because they were...
C Desperate

8. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel rescued the French noblemen and women because they...
A Felt a loyalty towards them

9. The Scarlet Pimpernel was written as a work of...
B Fiction

10. It is a fact, not an opinion, that thousands of French nobility were...
A Executed by guillotine

11. An adjective which might be used in a summary of the French Revolution is...
C Brutal

12. In Paragraph 3, the pronoun they refers to the...
B Thousands of aristocrats.

13. Sir Percy and his wife's brother are similar because they both...
C Are in danger

14. The Scarlet Pimpernel was named after...
A small red flower.

Rust 1     14 /14

1. The word eradicate in Paragraph 4 means to...
B Get rid of

2. The main idea of the text is that...
A Many species welcomed into Australia are now pests.

3. After myxomatosis was introduced, Australian authorities tried...
C Rabbit calicivirus

4. Cane toads are different from koi because they...
A Are very poisonous

5. It is most likely that the effect of koi herpesvirus on native species will be...
C Carefully tested

6. You could conclude from the text that the writer...
C Cares about native fauna

7. Which sentence summarises what Paragraph 3 says about feral mammals...
C They survive by destroying land and native fauna and flora

8. Introduced species are called guests because they were...
A Welcome

9. Rabbits in dry areas survived myxomatosis because...
B There were fewer mosquitoes

10.It is an opinion, not fact, that cane toads are...
A Repulsive

11. The text was written to...
B Give information

12. The word retard in Paragraph 6 means to...
A Slow down

13. Cane toads were failure because they...
C Didn't eat the beetles

14. The pronoun they in Paragraph 4 refers to...
C Cane toads

Sustainability

Sustainability means providing for the humans of this generation while making sure it's still there for future generations. Some ways we do this is with conservation, maintaining an environment, habit or wildlife to make sure it will be in our future instead of becoming instinct. Carbon footprint is an example of a way we look after our environment, we keep track of the carbon dioxide and methane created by an entity. 

Sustainability is important because if we are not sustainable we could lose an entire species. 

Group Performances

This term we are looking at group performances. I am in a group with my fellow class mate Alex, who will be on drums and I will be on guitar. We will be doing Seven Nation Army, because it has a good beat.

Seven Nation Army

The Song is about something he might have done years ago or maybe a rumour that won't go away and he wants to escape it.

Coraline: Plot

For this activity we had to create a timeline with key plot points and explain why they are important in the film.

Gymnastics Term 3

For the last three weeks we have been focusing on Gymnastics in PE.

To begin with I could do a side mount, and walking on a beam, forwards roll and backwards roll on floor. I could also do a seat drop 1/4 turn and controlled bounce on tramp, I can still jump up on to the bar. On the parallel bars I can jump up and swing, I can do a tuck jump on the small tramp.

I have improved with my bridge and can sometimes hold a proper one for a few seconds, I was able to lift one of my hands off the parallel bars and move it a few millimetres.

I would like to learn how to do a walkover.

Workshop 4: The Other Mother

Gradual change-slowly changing

Subtle-not obvious

a. 

Physical- real mum, short, curved hips

Costume- long sleeves, little skin showing, pants, warm, cosy, comfortable, mum clothes.

Lighting- artificial, warm, orange

Feel- safe, happy, relaxed

Director- Shows the Coraline feels at home

b. 

Physical- short, curved

Costume- long pants and sleeves, red/black, white

Lighting- warm, orange, artificial

Feel- safe, happy, relaxed

Director- Shows the other mother is changing

c. 

Physical- way more pointy elbows, neck head

Costume- greys, better fitting, more skin showing, tighter, beetle shell shape on the back

Lighting- darker, artificial

Feel- sketchy, untrustworthy, off

Director- Shows the audience that something is wrong withe the other mother

d. 

Physical- Pointy elbows, head, long neck, skin and bone, much taller

Costume- dark black and red, more bug like

Lighting- warm, orange, artificial

Feel- unsafe, scared, uncomfortable, intimidating

Director- Shows us that the other mother isn't perfect like Coraline thought.

e. 

Physical- no skin, metal skeleton, needle fingers, extra legs, looks like a giant metal spider.

Costume- dark, rags, ripped and dirty

Lighting- artificial, dark, green

Feel- grotesque, evil, terrified/horrified

Director- Grabs attention, shows the other mother is evil and wants to steal Coraline's soul.

The theme of looks can be deceiving is shown through the gradual change of the other mother from a honey sweet woman to a vinegar sour metal spider. At the start of the film the other mother appears short, curvy and wearing the same clothes as Coraline's real mother. This makes the audience feel safe, happy and relaxed towards the other mother. The dircetor did this to show us that Coraline feels at home with the other mother in the other world. However, the other mother changes slowly throughout the film until she finally becomes a skeletal, metal spider who wants to trap Coraline in her other world. When we frist meet the other mother she is in a warm oragen light that makes her feel safe, but by the end she is surrounded by a dark and green light which makes her seem evil, grotesque and horrifying. Selick shows these changes to help the audience to be and this shoes the theme looks can be desiving.