Current Events Term 2, 2017

   Current Events Term 2, 2017

WALT: I can successfully research a current event.

Here is a link to our online modelling book for this unit of learning.

The National Standard that I have been aiming for during this unit of learning is:

• Year7/8: I can use appropriate skills and technologies to find and use a range of texts for specific purposes.

Each week we have read a short text about a current event/ topic. We then formed questions based on what we had read.  After this we researched the answers to our questions and finally we gave our opinions on what we had found out.

Here is some evidence of my learning.

Describe Map One link

Describe map Two

My Next Step is to continue to  apply the reading and  research skills that I have learned in a variety of other areas.

drama

In ARTS this term we have been learning to:

Select and use techniques and relevant technologies to develop drama practice.

Here is a link to our online modelling book.

• During this unit of learning we:
• Described the characteristics of silent performances.
• Identified different techniques used in silent performances.
• Used these techniques in a variety of different practice situations.
• Worked in a small group to put together our own silent performance.

The most challenging part of this unit of learning was been silent because if somthing went wrong you can't tell them to do that scene

The two things that I enjoyed the most were:

1. doing this with my firends and having a good laugh 
2. we all had the same idea 

The story that my group told silently was that I stole the fidget spinner and then I ran into the stage and threw the fidget spinner case away and then I ran off ...........

Overall I think my group worked really well because we all had the same idea so we just clicked and it was so easy to do the process and film the act.

student led conference

here is my student conference

Jak o'connell cv

In CAREERS EDUCATION we have been learning to write a skills based Curriculum Vitae.

A skills based C.V. focuses more on the skills that we have,  rather than our work history.

Here is a link to our online Modelling Book that shows the process we have followed.

Three things that I have learned about writing a Curriculum Vitae are:

 1. I have very good computer skills

 2.  I am very good at teamwork and stuff like that 

 3.  I am very good at resilience 

Here is a link to my Skills based Curriculum Vitae.link link

Jak's Visual Language Assessment

Term 1 book review

Surface to air is a awesome book if you love rugby so at the start of the book he loves soccer but his dad had to fight for the war what just started and his dad sent him to a braoding what olny plays rugby so he did not want to go he ended up going and it changed his life. Review I would give it a rating of 10/10 it was just a great there is a whole sires and author tom plamer.

current events

Blog Post Title: Current Events Term 1

Current Events Term 1

In Current Events I covered these topics:

• The design of the Halswell Skate Park and I made a submission to the council.
• Donald Trump’s Refugee Plan
• Christchurch Earth Memorial
• The new Ngā Puna Wai Sports Facility
• The Red Zone and Avon River Regeneration Plan with a submission to the council.

My favourite topic was skate park because I got to work with my firend brayden and it was a good project .

Here is a link to my learning assessment task on the Red Zone and Avon River Regeneration Plan.

The Reading National Standards I have achieved are (delete the ones that are not relevant)

• Year 7 and 8
• Identifying and resolving issues that come from competing information in texts
  gathering, evaluating, and synthesising information across a small range of texts
• I can use appropriate skills and technologies to find and use a range of texts for specific purposes.
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