Garden Models

For inquiry Room 8 was entrusted to design how the school garden was going to look.

400 Injured in Chinese Explosion

In our class as part of our reading transition, we read a news paper articles from a paper written for New Zealand  children. Today I read about the Explosion  in China that Injured 400 people.

                                                                                

Article:

400 Injured in Chinese Explosion

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?

The article mentions no statements from anyone involved in the explosion like the firefighter, workers and simple bystanders.

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article.

A shipment of highly dangerous explosives were delivered to a warehouse. The explosion happened around 11:30pm and tragically at least 17 people lost their lives and over 400 people were seriously injured.  

3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place.

The article has given us that it was in Tianjin a city in China. The city has about a population of 7.499 million (2000).

4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future.

The article does not give an  exact date but the article was created on the 14th of August estimating it happened before. It think they will first try to find the cause of the explosion.

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place.

I think that a spark lit in the warehouse and catches on the explosives and to the rest of the warehouse.

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article.

Initial- Existing or occurring at the beginning.

Industrial-Relating to

Dangerous-Able or likely to cause harm or injury.

Me At MERC!!

I made a video about what I did at MERC using WeVideo.

How to make Ice Cream!!

I am learning to write a procedure that people can follow.

Endless Ripples. . . . .

We analysed  a video clip and targeted  a quote, aiming too make a connection between it and the advertisement. 
 It's a very emotional advertisement with a message that  will make your heart fill.


Advertisement.

Red Lights!!

WALT use ethos, pathos and logos in a persuasive writing.

I truly believe that people that it is  so inconsiderate  when  they run a red light.  They  should think twice about what their doing. Running a red light is very dangerous.

Firstly, when you think it won't get worse it mostly will. You might hit or bump into a car then bump into another and another. You might swerve and crash into a building with an abundance of people in it. The driver might hit or crash into an important structure.

Secondly, if something bad does happen (most likely) the driver isn't the only person involved. Their is a 75% chance that you will hit a car. You could swerve and hit someone or something. The car you hit might have more than one passenger e.g their kid, friend and parent.

Third of all you can get really injured or you could injure someone else. Their is a very high chance you will crash. A very high percent of deaths are caused by car crashes. People do die because of car crashes.

Running a red light is very dangerous. Many, many things can go wrong.

Winner of Best Ad 2014

WALT analyse text to identify examples of ethos, pathos and logos.

Persuasive strategy	Yes / No	How the author used it?
Claim – States the main   point or stance	Yes	The purpose for this advertisement, is to encourage people to be more like the man. To be more considerate to others. Even though the advertisement has subtitles to support understanding, the meaning is very clear because of the man’s actions.
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	yes	Six other actors (including a dog, a little girl, and four adults) are also in the advertisement to support the message. Every day the key actor (the man) visits these people. Then the audience begins to see the difference of the man’s generosity and compassion has on the other actors.
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	Yes	The advertisement shows the audience how the other actors emotion changes through the key actor’s actions. At the beginning of the ad the other actors are needing help and support , also their are people give strange faces to the man because of what he was doing. But at the end we see the little girl in a school uniform, the dog becomes his companion, the woman with the trolley giving extra food and the woman in her apartment she hugs the man for the food/bananas he left for her.
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or  facts to support the argument	Yes	The people that made the ad has used a link from real life because somewhere is the world where people are begging on the streets children that don’t have the opportunity to get education, people that don’t have food and homeless animals are all things that we can relate real life to. Even though people in New Zealand know this isn’t happening here it is happening somewhere else.