Setting as Backdrop

 For this exercise, we had to write a short scene that kicks off the story and establishes the setting. Instead of presenting a snapshot of the landscape before moving into our story, we can bring readers right into the setting by combining the setting’s description with action. For Today's task, I used a website to create a story for me, the website I used was https://www.plot-generator.org.uk/story/ I made this story theme be about financial problems and the location was at a church.
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Chris Bishop looked at the warped torch in his hands and felt lonely.

He walked over to the window and reflected on his conventual surroundings. He had always loved calm Church with its cooperative, clumsy crucifix, Candles,. It was a place that encouraged his tendency to feel lonely.

Then he saw something in the distance, or rather someone. It was the figure of Michelle Smith. Michelle was a caring monster with scrawny thighs and hairy arms.

Chris gulped. He glanced at his own reflection. He was an incredible, brutal, wine drinker with solid thighs and tall arms. His friends saw him as a gleaming, grieving gentle. Once, he had even brought a bewildered old man back from the brink of death.

But not even an incredible person who had once brought a bewildered old man back from the brink of death was prepared for what Michelle had in-store today.

The sun shone like walking mice, making Chris stressed.

As Chris stepped outside and Michelle came closer, he could see the quickest smile on her face.

"Look, Chris," growled Michelle, with a violent glare that reminded Chris of caring cats. "It's not that I don't love you, but I want Money. You owe me 5277 dollars."

Chris looked back, even more, stressed and still fingering the warped torch. "Michelle, I love you," he replied.

They looked at each other with anxious feelings, like two modern, mammoth monkeys smiling at a very malicious funeral, which had jazz music playing in the background and two gracious uncles shouting to the beat.

Chris regarded Michelle's scrawny thighs and hairy arms. "I don't have the funds ..." he lied.

Michelle glared. "Do you want me to shove that warped torch where the sun don't shine?"

Chris promptly remembered his incredible and brutal values. "Actually, I do have the funds," he admitted. He reached into his pockets. "Here's what I owe you."

Michelle looked healthy, her wallet blushing like a plain, prickly piano.

Then Michelle came inside for a nice glass of wine.
 

Reflection Section

 Text title: Big brother, Little sister

Text Type: Book

Text Creator: Witi Ihimaera

Critical Literacy Question: This story is about big brother and little sister, I think for these stories Big brother and little sister will have a fight or don't like each other.

Date: Monday, March 15,2021 

The Image in this story is his big brother going somewhere at night but her little sister want to come with him but his big brother doesn't want her little sister to come with him because its very night and walking down the street his brother scared if there is something gonna happened both of them gonna get told of. His big brother run out in the road and her little sister follow him down the street while crying and shouting his big brother name. Suddenly his big brother feels sad for her and he said that goes back to the home before I get angry but her little sister doesn't want but his brother got angry and he throws a stone on her little sister because her little sister doesn't want to go home.

Beatles Perspective

Perspective for -  

The Beatles tour in NZ 1964 was for the youth of New Zealand. This was because When the Beatles arrived in New Zealand at Wellington Airport on 21 June 1964, they were cheered on by crowds of rapturous youths. For devotees of popular music, in the mid-1960s the four Liverpudlians were simply the greatest musicians in their general anywhere in the world. Of course, looking back at the images of throngs of hysterical girls with faces pressed hard against wire fences, screaming themselves hoarse as they caught a glimpse of their musical idols, it all seems a bit ridiculous, a bit excessive.

Perspective against - 

The Beatles tour was bad for older generations because When the elderly and widowed ratepayers were having difficulty in finding their rates, the letter said the utmost discretion should be shown in the holding of a civil reception ... Mr Robinson said the reception would cost £60. The decision to extend a mayoral welcome had been made by himself. “Last week,” he said, “there was a reception for the Vienna Boys' Choir. Next week there will be one for Arthur Rubinstein. We cannot set ourselves up as judges of who should get a reception and who should not.”... Mr T. H. Pearce said he was wondering what council policy was on such matters. “Last evening,” he said, “I welcomed home a team of footballers. There were all fine young men, but there was no civic or mayoral reception for them. If we are going to pander to the hysteria, antics, adulation, rioting, screaming, and roaring and all the things these bewigged musicians engender, then I think we should make a point of honouring any youths with a sporting background who are at least endeavouring to act in the best traditions of the young men of this nation.”

The Narrative- (Setting it up)

 For this exercise, you will choose different settings and write 3 short, opening descriptions that show the reader when and where the action is taking place. You will post these on your blogs. Use sensory language in your descriptions. Examples:

A ghost town in the wild old west (think old cowboy movie). A contemporary (modern-day) metropolis (big city). A medieval household. A made-up fantasy land. Aboard a vessel, such as a spaceship, in the far-off future. Or come up with your own time and place

Contains x3 Places- The time was three o'clock when John got home from class, he let his backpack slide to the carpet as he slumped into the recliner. He shuffled to the radio and put it on his favourite country station. The lyrics sung about a man losing his wife and his dog on the same day. The words stung John’s ears, and he quickly hit the power button to silence the words. His eyes burned. He thought about Allyson and wondered what she was doing. He imagined slow dancing with her to that song like they had at the school dance. His face turned pale, and he dragged himself to the kitchen and opened the cabinet to find a box of Oreos. His mind flashed back to one week earlier when she had sat with him in this very kitchen and eaten Oreos with him. He slammed the cabinet door shut with a loud thwack that sounded like a pop gun. His stomach felt hollow like a Halloween jack-o-lantern. He marched to his room and crawled into bed, hiding his head under the covers. Maybe some sleep would help him forget about the pain in his chest.

International Women's Day

JK Rowling (1965)

Through her books, author Joanne Kathleen Rowling (JK Rowling) brought the world one of the most-loved and most famous characters ever. She wanted to be a writer at an early age and wrote her first book at the age of 6, The book was about a Rabbit and the book was named Rabbit!. Jk Rowling Fascinated the whole world with her creative imagination and great ideas.  

Since their publication though, the books have been turned into an unbelievably successful series of films, which launched the careers for Hollywood. She has also published books under a different name, Robert Galbraith. Some publishers rejected books that 'Robert Galbraith' had written, with one even saying that 'he' should go on a writing course! We bet they were rather embarrassed when they found out who 'he' really was.

JK Rowling was born on July 31, 1965, in Yate, England. She adopted her pen and named it, J.K. A graduate of the University of Exeter, Rowling moved to Portugal in 1990 to teach English.

As the first female novelist to become a billionaire, it's safe to say she has left a huge mark in history!

The Beatles (Let it be)

Artist: The Beatles
Album: The Beatles
Released: 1968
Genres: Pop music, Country music, Rock, Pop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDYfEBY9NM4

What does the song "Let it be about"?
-Beatlemania-

It begins with Paul saying how when he finds himself in times of trouble, "Mother Mary" comes to him.  I had always thought that Mary means the virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. But Paul's mother was also named Mary, and she died when he was a young boy. Paul has said in interviews that when he wrote the song he was thinking about his mother.

In the song Mary comes like an angel whispering to him these wise words-- let it be. "Let it be" means let go, relax, don't worry about your troubles.  These are words of comfort, reminding us not to think about sad things too much, to accept the bad things that have happened that we cannot change.

But this is not the only message in Paul's song. Next, he lifts the listener up and out of his own life, soon he is singing about all the broken-hearted people in the world, people who hate each other or are at war. "Although they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see. There will be an answer-- Let it be."

This time the words "Let it be" have a different meaning.  "Let it be" here does not mean to just relax about our problems and accept bad things.  It means "let it happen"-- let some new world, a happier and more peaceful world, become a reality.

When Paul wrote this song in 1969 there was violence in Ireland, wars happening in Vietnam and around the world.  So he was speaking about sad and angry people who are fighting one another all over the world. We still have situations like this today, with broken-hearted people fighting each other in Pakistan and India, or Palestine and Israel.

I think this song is Paul McCartney's greatest work. It gives us his vision for peace. It is similar in some ways to the song "Imagine," which John Lennon wrote several years later. Both songs give us hope of a happier and more peaceful world.

The Lyrics-

When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness, she is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And when the broken-hearted people living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be, be

And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me
Shinin' until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

And let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

 

Narrative Opening (show don't tell)

Use “show don’t tell” to write 3-5 effective narrative openings. Your narrative could be about absolutely anything, and you don’t have to finish it! Just start… -

I sat on the curb feeling the heat on my face. My mother looked like she was crying behind me. My brother was sitting next to me with a red face; he looked guilty. Our dad was standing and emotionally tearing whilst watching the nice calming house decay. Our family communed on the sidewalk watching as their beloved house burnt into ashes.

- As I sit alone crowded near large skyscraper type buildings, I wait. Waiting for a magical prince to sweep me off my feet, but that isn't the case; the truth is whenever I try to interact everyone pretends like I'm; Invisible. The sad dull world looked awfully big compared to a small teenager like me, I sometimes wonder if I would ever find true love!. - The Dark shivery night hit, as my sister and I stroll outside, we see someone or something blurry in the distance, I cannot recognise it because of the fog; we have a curious look on our faces, as we light our candles and run through the fields and into the forest. As we see the blur we start getting closer and closer; It looks inhuman!. We run away fast while looking back with an exhausted face.

Reflection Section (Battle of Passchendaele)

Text Title: Witi Ihimaera
Text Type: Narrative
Text Creator: Patricia Grace
Text Purpose: To inform us about what happened inside of the Butterflies book.
Date: 12 February 2021


New Zealand's Blackest Day!
Credit-https://nzhistory.govt.nz/new-zealands-blackest-day-at-passchendaele

Ever since 1917, Passchendaele has been a byword for the horror of the Great War. In terms of lives lost in a single day, the failed attack on Bellevue Spur on 12 October was probably the greatest disaster in New Zealand’s history.

Eight days earlier, around 500 New Zealanders died during the capture of Gravenstafel Spur, one of two spurs on the ridge above the village of Passchendaele in Flanders, Belgium. Although this attack was successful, it had a tragic aftermath. The British High Command mistakenly concluded that the number of German casualties meant enemy resistance was faltering and resolved to make another push immediately.

An attack on 9 October by British and Australian troops was to open the way for II ANZAC Corps to capture Passchendaele on the 12th. The plan failed. Without proper preparation and in the face of strong German resistance, the 9 October attack collapsed with heavy casualties.

The New Zealanders nevertheless began their advance at 5.25 a.m. on the 12th. The preliminary artillery barrage had been largely ineffective because thick mud made it almost impossible to bring heavy guns forward, or to stabilise those that were in position. Exposed to raking German machine-gun fire from both the front and the flank, and unable to get through uncut barbed wire, the New Zealanders were pinned down in shell craters. Another push scheduled for 3 p.m. were postponed and then cancelled.

The troops eventually fell back to positions close to their start line. For badly wounded soldiers lying in the mud, the aftermath of the battle was a private hell; many died before rescuers could reach them. The toll was horrendous: 843 New Zealand soldiers were either dead or lying mortally wounded between the front lines.

On 18 October, Canadian troops relieved II ANZAC Corps. In a series of well-prepared but costly attacks in atrocious conditions, they finally occupied the ruins of Passchendaele village on 6 November. The offensive had long since failed in its strategic purpose and the capture of Passchendaele no longer represented any significant gain.

Who is this Text meant to interest?
 

This text interests viewers who want to know about the war in Passchendaele. This is text based on what happened before and after the war. The battle of Passchendaele was a war fought between the New Zealand Allies and the German Empire. The death numbers of New Zealand was chaotic, due to the mistake of communication and proper preparation, in which the British Empire had heavy casualties. 

The Haka - Ka Mate

What is this line referring to?

'Tis death! 'tis death! (or: I may die) 'Tis life! 'tis life! (or: I may live)

'Tis death! 'tis death! 'Tis life! 'tis life! This Sentance is referring that your going to live or your going to die in the Maori pov:, and that they are willing to sacrifice their lives to serve the purpose and to struck fear to the opposition. How the Haka was used successfully by the Maori Battalion in World War One and how the Maori Battalion was viewed- On its return from Europe in 1919, the Māori Pioneer Battalion was enthusiastically cheered at homecomings across New Zealand. Yet divisions remained in New Zealand society. Though equal war pensions were awarded to white and Māori soldiers, Māori was largely excluded from the ballot to allocate land and vocational training to returning soldiers under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act of 1915. Furthermore, returning Māori servicemen suffered disproportionally from the influenza epidemic brought back from Europe due to the limited health services provided to them.

Computer Fundamentals

Research Found by: Kaedun and Khush

How Computers store data? 

Kaedun- Binary data is stored on the hard disk drive. The device is made up of a spinning disk that can both read and write information in the form of patterns. There are various types of data storage tools which saves our data and information. One worldwide known data storage tool is the USB (Universal Serial Bus) flash drive. It is typically removable, rewritable and much smaller than an optic disc. Most USB's weigh under 30g. It is very easy to share and store information. A USB flash drive can be attached to a USB port and provides a certain amount of storage space, which is used to store data. Flash drives are found in homes, workspaces, businesses and schools.

Khush- Back then in 1995, pictures were four megabytes each and not many videos. With other applications and files, that would add up to half a gigabyte (GB). Now, we have thousands of pictures of at least five megabytes, a video starts at about 65 megabytes per minute, then including music, Microsoft 10 needs at least 60 gigabytes and installed office 365 would add three gigabytes. Adding up games, documents, applications and business apps. In 20 years, our need for data storage has grown over 1000 times bigger. Imagine how much storage would you need in the next five years or a decade.

What is compression?

Kaedun- Compression means increasing a source of pressure, for example, volume, gas or an engine, etc. In terms of data compression, it is a process whilst the size of a file is reduced by encoding the file data again so that you can use less amount of storage than the original file. Data compression also means that the original file can be transferred or stored, and recreated, and then used later.

Khush- When a file is compressed, it takes up less disk space than an uncompressed version and be transferred to other systems more quickly. Compression is often used to save disk space and reduce the time needed to transfer files over the internet. There are two main types of data compression; file compression and media compression. File compression is used to compress all types of data into a compressed archive. These archives must be first decompressed with a decompression utility in order to open the original files. Media compression is used to save a compressed image, audio, and video files. This can include formats, for instance, JPEG images, MP3 audio, and MPEG video files.

How does the Binary number system work?

Kaedun- The binary number system is basically 2 numbers as the base and only requiring only two different symbols, for the digits, 0 and 1, instead of many different symbols needed inside the decimal system. The numbers from 0 to 10 are really important in binary 0, 1, 10, 11, 100, 101, 110, 111, 1000, 1001, and 1010.

Khush- The binary system is used by almost all modern computers. Each binary digit is known as a bit (binary digit). A bit is a single one or zero that make up the 8-bit binary number. Using ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) codes, binary numbers can also be translated into text characters for storing information in computing memory. Some examples of binary numbers converted to ASCII text include 110000 = 48, 1111111 = 127. While base 2 binary code is used by computers for text information, other forms of binary math are used for other data types. For instance, base64 is used for transferring and storing media like images or videos.

How are images represented during binary?

Kaedun- Digital images are made up of pixels. Each pixel in an image is made up of its own unique binary code. If the colour black in a pixel was the number 0 and white was number 1, then the binary code for a black and white image would be something like 10101010 or something along the lines of that. Imagine the image what it would look like if it was exactly how I made the line of 1's and 0's the image would be in basically a pattern. If you wanted to do it in bits then 1- bit would give us 2x Colours and 2- Bits would give 4x Colours. To store an image on a computer, the image is broken down into tiny elements of pixels. If you would like to know what a pixel is, it's a short picture element that represents one specific colour.

Khush- Digital images are encoded in binary. To store an image on a computer, the image is broken down into tiny elements called pixels. A pixel (short for picture element) represents one colour. An image with a resolution of 1024 by 798 pixels has 817,152 pixels. In order for the computer to store the image, each pixel is represented by a binary value. We call this representation of colours a "bit-plane". Each bit doubles the number of available colours, ex. 1-bit would give us 2 colours, 2-bites would give us 4 colours, 3-bites would give us 8 colours, etc. In a monochrome (two colours) image, 1 bit is needed to represent each pixel, such as 0 for white and 1 for black. Images are stored in scan lines. Each line is encoded from left to right, top to bottom. In order for a computer to interpret the image, the computer needs to know the colour depth - how many bits represent each pixel, and resolution - width & height (in pixels). We call this extra piece of information "metadata".

How is text represented in binary?

Kaedun- All data inside a computer is sent as a series of electrical signals that are either on (1) or off (0). Therefore, for a computer to be able to process any kind of data, text, images or sound, they must be converted into binary form. If the data is not converted to binary, series of 1s and 0s, the computer won't understand it or be able to process it. When any key on a keyboard is pressed, it needs to be converted into a binary number so that it can be processed by the computer and the typed character can appear on the screen.

Khush- A code where each number represents a character and can be used to transport/convert text into binary. One code we can use for this is called ASCII. The ASCII code controls each character on the keyboard and assigns it a certain binary number. For example:
-the letter a has the binary number 0110 0001
-the letter b has the binary number 0110 0010
-the letter c has the binary number 0110 0011

ASCII code can only store 128 characters, which is enough for most words in English but not enough for other languages. If you want to use accents in other languages or larger alphabets then more characters are needed. Therefore another code, called Unicode, was created. This meant that computers could be used by people using different languages.

Show Don't Tell

What do you think “show don’t tell” means? Show don't tell- Show doesn't tell means mean's instead of telling what the character is doing you show his/her expressions like showing how the person is upset, angry and show how he is feeling that and what is he/she doing that makes the reader think that the expression or action of the character is Happy or Sad. It doesn't have to only be an expression for example if someone is standing by a tall building and they have to look up and squint there eyes, or cover there head and look all the way up, that is showing what they are doing instead of telling Task: How can we re-write these sentences to “show” and not “tell”? The buildings were tall. Sarah was really upset. She was so happy to see him. The lake was beautiful. - The residential buildings leaning, over covering the sky. Sarah turned dull staying silent, depressed; with the tears falling down her sorrowful face. Her face looked joyful, As she enhanced the memories of her dead husband. The lake was clean and calming, The Lake is Sarah's special and most calming and memorable location.

Significance of WW1 (Anzac)

When do you hear this music?
Anzac Day- Sunday, 25 April and Monday, 26 April And Friday 23rd April (Remembrance Day)

Why this song significant/important to New Zealand?
We remember the brave soldiers from Australia, New Zealand, France and Great Britain, who contributed to the fight and passed away, we remember the soldiers with poppies. Our red poppy is a symbol of both Remembrance and hope for a peaceful future. Poppies are worn as a show of support for the Armed Forces community that put their lives on the lined. The poppy is a well-known and well-established symbol, a symbol that carries a huge part of history and meaning with it. The song has a strong theme/meaning of shared fear and terror in combat.

What is the History behind the last post - why was it played and when? Anzac day is a day to mourn/remember the soldiers from WW1 (Australia, Newzealand, Great Britan, France and Turkey.) 

What does this song represent?
Is the national day of remembrance for all Australians, New Zealanders, French and the British who served and died in WW1. Anzac day was first observed in 1916. The day has gone through many changes since. The ceremonies that are held at war memorials up and down New Zealand and all the rest of the allies of Great Britain, Memorials are also in places overseas where everyone gathers with silence whilst closing eyes, remembering what happened in the past.

Sensory Language

What is Sensory Language?

Sensory language is made up of two words, sensory and language. It means using language to create mental pictures that appeal to the sense of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Sensory language is also used to give the reader a visual effect of the story or poem. 

Kaedun-

The tall rosiest full-blown flowers,
with a contradistinction touch of the colour brown and white,
capturing the attention of photographers nearby.
The Birds gliding past one another. Individuals chattering locally,
capturing photos and observing the delightful flowers.
The pitch-black nighttime was chilly and the breeze was glacial. 

Example: William Shakespeare (Macbeth)

First Witch: When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second Witch: When the hurly-burly’s done,
When the battle’s lost and won.
Third Witch: That will be ere the set of sun.
First Witch: Where the place?
Second Witch: Upon the heath.
Third Witch: There to meet with Macbeth.
First Witch: I come, grimalkin!
Second Witch: Paddock calls.
Third Witch:  Anon! ALL Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air.

Parihaka - Tim Finn

Parihaka- Tim Finn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsM1nL5aLSM&feature=youtu.be 

Message Of The Song!- The Message of the song was to say what happened and the impact that Parihaka had on the people and getting the message across that it is still happening today.

Passive Resistance Method-  Passive Resistance method used in the song on what happened at Parihaka was "His children's children wearing the white plume," and the white plume is a sign of peace and each year, there is a gathering in New Zealand to remember the loved ones that died and got help captive in prisons. You Can't Pull Out The Roots- I think that it means you cant pull them from their home because they will stick there like roots, for example, a tree is a home and the people are the roots.

Determination - Think of Te Whiti, he'll never be defeated, even at the darkest hour, His presence will remain.

How does the song relate to- generations are still affected by what occurred in Parihaka and this is a well-known song.