2018 persuasive writing

28/08/2018

Mobile phones control people’s lives.

It is true that mobile phones are controlling our lives.Most people are too addicted to their phone because either they are using social media or using it for business purpose. Nearly 50% of  the world are using mobile phones right now and only 12% - 15% are for business purpose . Mobile phones have many disadvantages. But there are a few advantages too.. The only advantage of using mobile phone is that it has made communication easier. It is good for research work.

The disadvantages are it  attracts the teenagers towards social media . It influences us to be addicted to. We spend most of our time on our phone. We do not get enough sleep because we are using our phone too much. It  affects our eyes because we are looking at our screen for hours. These mobile phones are controlling our live because we spend more than 8 hours on their phone. Due to mobile phones people are having diseases because they are not exercising. People are having sight problems. Young people are not involving themselves in outdoor or community activities.  

culture unit ( Japan )

 CULTURE UNIT (JAPAN)                                                                      28/08/2018

cultural practices

cultural practices  -refer food and drinks specific to a culture ,how they are gathered, prepared , cooked, served and eaten.These practices are underpinned by attitudes, values and beliefs.

something new I have learnt about japan

I have learnt that they preserve their fish to make it taste better

I have also learnt that the people have to learn for years to make sushi

how is Japanese food presentation different from NZ

japanese people

which rice is used for making sushi

App Making

App making

25/06/2018
Hi this is Wardah with another amazing blog post .This blog post is on app making. For the past few weeks we have been either creating a game or a app that helps people reduce depression . we were  divided in to groups 3 or 4. we got to choose our own groups. There were four people in my group Roanne who was our group leader ,Deveie,Ofa and Wardah. Our group choose to create an app on depression we finished our app it was a success.

D.L.O- digital learning object 

https://studio.code.org/projects/applab/UzeBhkzCDkELf5TCvSlMFljGk3rNrku_ujWBGFkRx7s

REFLECTION

Learning-
Using app lab was an amazing experience.I got to learn coding  an app and creating an app on app lab. I learnt to do coding by doing a tutorial. I got to learn new words and phrases, steps and process to code an app and I have proven this by code and creating an app with my group members.It has also taught me how to code for future.App lab is great website that creates app on computers and on phones.We all should try it.

GROUP-
creating an app can be a hassle but my group was the best . Roanne who was our group leader ,Deveie,Ofa and Wardah. We all worked together and helped each other through out our creating app journey. Ofa did all the reasearch work ,Deveie and I did the coding and Roanne created athe starting screen. thanks Roanne ,Deveie and Ofa .

FINAL PRODUCT
our app was done and ready on time .
here is a link to our app
https://studio.code.org/projects/applab/UzeBhkzCDkELf5TCvSlMFljGk3rNrku_ujWBGFkRx7s


SOURCE
www.code.org/applab

QUESTIONS

what do you think of our app?
did you like using app lab?

William Shakespeare

 Here are my four D.L.O's on the study of William Shakespeare

3:  https://videos.mysimpleshow.com/rLCdQDg8GL 

4:   https://videos.mysimpleshow.com/CJywRqpG4u  

What are we learning?

we are learning  about Shakespeare and his plays 

why are we learning it?

because it is a important part of our English classes  and preparing for our next topic 

how did we learn it ?

by researching and creating D.L.O's for presentation

what questions do I have ?

why did romeo and Juliet choose death 

rocket

07/06/2018

making a bottle rocket 

AIM-to make a rocket and launch  in the air

EQUIPMENT- 

baking soda 

vinegar(100mL)

bottle (1.5L)

card (2x A4)

tape (1m)

cork 

cardboard

METHOD-

PART 1

Assembling the body of the bottle 

1. Roll a 7 by 9 in (18 by 23 cm) piece of thin cardboard into a cone
2. Tape the cone to the bottom of a 20-ounce (591-mL) soda bottle.
3. Add rocket fins to the bottle

PART 2

Building the launcher 

1. Mark a spot 5 inches (13 cm) from the end of a PVC pipe
2. cut the pipe
3. Place the opening of the bottle inside the PVC pipe

PART 3

Launching the rocket 

1. Fill half of the bottle with vinegar
2. Make a baking soda packet
3. Go outside to your backyard or an open area.
4. Place the baking soda packet inside the bottle
5. Step back and watch the rocket fly

RESULTS- unfortunately I was absent on the day we did the experiment  

HART- halt all racist tours

HART - halt all racist tours

What are we learning?
we are learning about hart. HART in 1969 to protest against the proposed 1970 tour. The tour went ahead after the South Africans agreed to accept a mixed-race team.HART merged with the National Anti-Apartheid Council in 1980 to become HART: NZAAM (Halt All Racist Tours: New Zealand Anti-Apartheid Movement). After ten years as National Chairperson, Richards was replaced by John Minto

why are we learning it?
to learn about the anti apartheid that happened in south Africa .

how did we learn it?
 by researching on google and creating a D.L.O 


this is my D.L.O 

persuasive writing

topic: gaming is making too many people unhealthy

public art is a waste of time 

success in sports is all about winning