We have been doing another research assignment recently and we have to present our information in two different ways. I decided to do a blog post for one of them. My research assignment is on Veronica Roth. Veronica Roth is the author of the divergent series which was published in 2011. Divergent was her first published book.
Veronica Roth was born in New York in 1988, August 19th. Her mothers family was polish and her grandparents were concentration camp survivors. She grew up in Barrington, Illinois with her older brother, sister, mum and dad. Her parents got divorced when she was five and her mother, Barbra remarried a man called Frank Ross. When Veronica Roth was in high school she learned about christian religion and has stuck with it since then.
Veronica married Nelson Fitch in 2011, which was the same year she published divergent. Her older siblings lived in Chicago which was an inspiration for where divergent was set. Now she is 26 years old and has recently published her fourth book called Four: a collection of short stories. Her other books include Insurgent which is the sequel to divergent, and Allegiant which is the third book in the series.
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Holidays!!!
The Holidays are over and school has started again. It is now term four which will be my last term at St Bens. This reflection is about something we did in the holidays. I'm going to write about going around Westfield and to the movies with my friend Samanalie. First we picked her up from her house and then we drove to Westfield. We all headed to the movie theater first to buy me and Samanalies tickets for the giver. My Mum, my Nan and my sister Katherine went off to look around the shops and stuff, so me and Samanalie went in the opposite direction.
We started of by heading to EB games. At EB games we looked around at the games and I decided to buy a game for my PS vita called Danganronpa 2:Goodbye despair which is the sequel to one of my favorite games Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. We then headed to smiggle, where we entered a competition to find these pictures hidden around the store. Once we did that we went to nature discovery, where we looked at all the dinosaur stuff (Because Samanalie is obsessed with dinosaurs). We left after a while and headed to the food court for lunch. We waited in a really long queue for Mcdonalds and we found a table and sat down. We talked about random stuff and we noticed that some of our Mcdonalds food cartons had sticker things on them. There was some sort of monopoly game thing on these where if you collect a whole set of monopoly properties you win a prize.
We hurried to the movie theater so we could get popcorn before the movie. We noticed my Mum was there and we found out that she, my nan and Katherine were going to Planes: Fire and Rescue. We said goodbye to them and headed upstairs where we sat down trying to avoid a group of kids from a holiday program. We started playing on my phone while we waited for the cinema to open. Once the cinema (Cinema 7) opened we headed in and sat down. We talked about the book version of the giver while we waited for the movie to start. The movie was awesome. Its about a boy called Jonas who lives in a Dystopian future society. In this society peoples lives are decided by the government and they cant choose anything. Jonas is assigned a special job titled the Receiver of memory. He learns about what happened before the society was created. Jonas then plots to run away with a baby called Gabriel to find elsewhere.
When the movie was over we left the cinema and went to the arcade. In the arcade we played many games like motorbike games, air hockey, a submarine game and we played a doodle jump arcade game. We headed to Wendys for some icecream before we headed home.
We started of by heading to EB games. At EB games we looked around at the games and I decided to buy a game for my PS vita called Danganronpa 2:Goodbye despair which is the sequel to one of my favorite games Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. We then headed to smiggle, where we entered a competition to find these pictures hidden around the store. Once we did that we went to nature discovery, where we looked at all the dinosaur stuff (Because Samanalie is obsessed with dinosaurs). We left after a while and headed to the food court for lunch. We waited in a really long queue for Mcdonalds and we found a table and sat down. We talked about random stuff and we noticed that some of our Mcdonalds food cartons had sticker things on them. There was some sort of monopoly game thing on these where if you collect a whole set of monopoly properties you win a prize.
We hurried to the movie theater so we could get popcorn before the movie. We noticed my Mum was there and we found out that she, my nan and Katherine were going to Planes: Fire and Rescue. We said goodbye to them and headed upstairs where we sat down trying to avoid a group of kids from a holiday program. We started playing on my phone while we waited for the cinema to open. Once the cinema (Cinema 7) opened we headed in and sat down. We talked about the book version of the giver while we waited for the movie to start. The movie was awesome. Its about a boy called Jonas who lives in a Dystopian future society. In this society peoples lives are decided by the government and they cant choose anything. Jonas is assigned a special job titled the Receiver of memory. He learns about what happened before the society was created. Jonas then plots to run away with a baby called Gabriel to find elsewhere.
When the movie was over we left the cinema and went to the arcade. In the arcade we played many games like motorbike games, air hockey, a submarine game and we played a doodle jump arcade game. We headed to Wendys for some icecream before we headed home.
Sunday, 7 September 2014
Production- Final Reflection
The production is now officially over. We had tons of fun learning all the dances, practicing our lines and making our costumes. My favorite bit was acting in room tens flashback scene. I really love acting so I had lots of fun. I hoped I did okay on both nights. On one night Mini Argon and Neon were Grace and Lawrence and the other night it was Niamh and my sister Katherine. Some people were telling me that some people in the audience cried.
This blog post is shorter than normal, mainly because most of it was deleted without me knowing how. I dont remember what I wrote last time so this is it for now.
This blog post is shorter than normal, mainly because most of it was deleted without me knowing how. I dont remember what I wrote last time so this is it for now.
Monday, 1 September 2014
Production part 2 -Agents of S.P.A.C.E
This week is production week. We are holding it at the theater which is located in Victoria University. On Wednesday, we are going to the university to practice all day because on Wednesday and Thursday night we have our performances.
There are two scenes I am in, in the production. I am in the Cantina scene, which is the first scene. During this scene I am an alien. My costume is a white t-shirt and shorts as a base with a blue top that is cut in places so that it looks alieny. I have different type of blue fabrics tied to my arms and legs to make tentacles. In my other scene I have a black and white dress that is actually my mums and I have her black boots, that she wears everyday.
My Parents are both coming to the Thursday night show, because my sister is being Mini Neon on that night. My mum is also coming on the Wednesday night to hopefully film it for everyone. I think this might be our best production yet. It is my fourth and last production (My first was Uno's garden, then remember the days, then not another fairy-tale) I have enjoyed learning my lines and acting/dancing in the scenes. I hope everyone that watches us enjoys it as much as I do, doing it.
There are two scenes I am in, in the production. I am in the Cantina scene, which is the first scene. During this scene I am an alien. My costume is a white t-shirt and shorts as a base with a blue top that is cut in places so that it looks alieny. I have different type of blue fabrics tied to my arms and legs to make tentacles. In my other scene I have a black and white dress that is actually my mums and I have her black boots, that she wears everyday.
My Parents are both coming to the Thursday night show, because my sister is being Mini Neon on that night. My mum is also coming on the Wednesday night to hopefully film it for everyone. I think this might be our best production yet. It is my fourth and last production (My first was Uno's garden, then remember the days, then not another fairy-tale) I have enjoyed learning my lines and acting/dancing in the scenes. I hope everyone that watches us enjoys it as much as I do, doing it.
Monday, 25 August 2014
Elections
The elections are happening soon. So to get ready for the elections we are learning about the elections and politics. New Zealand has its elections, for the party in charge, every three years. Any person over the age of 18 can vote. They can also sign up to become the prime minister. The party officially chooses the prime minister. The national party is in control right now which means that they got to chose the prime minister. They chose John Key as their head of party so that meant he is in command till another party is elected or National decide to change who their head of party is.
Voting is a rather large topic. New Zealand always has its voting day on a Saturday. When people vote they go to a polling booth, which is in usually a school or a hall. People place their votes and at 7pm the votes are counted up. These scores aren't always what they end up to be. Sometimes they do a recount if the votes are close and sometimes people that couldn't make it to the voting booths votes are counted up late. Usually you should wait a few days before celebrating that the party you voted for one, just in case.
Voting is a rather large topic. New Zealand always has its voting day on a Saturday. When people vote they go to a polling booth, which is in usually a school or a hall. People place their votes and at 7pm the votes are counted up. These scores aren't always what they end up to be. Sometimes they do a recount if the votes are close and sometimes people that couldn't make it to the voting booths votes are counted up late. Usually you should wait a few days before celebrating that the party you voted for one, just in case.
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
Reading Challenges
Every term we get a new set of reading challenges. This term our challenges are to read a book recommended by a family member, to read a book set in space, to read a Classic book, to read three books in a series, to pick a random book off the shelf without looking and read it, and our normal twenty book and ten book challenges.
The first challenge was to read a book recommended by a family member. I started reading the last thirteen series a while ago when my sister started buying the books. She told me to read the next one in the series and I did. Then there is the series challenge. Last term I read Among the Hidden in our book groups. There is actually a lot of books in the series and this term I found them in the library and I started reading them. They are quite short so I can easily finish them in a day but I keep forgetting to bring them to school so I can return them and get the next ones out. I have already done the 10 and twenty book challenge. I can usually finish a medium sized book in a day (like divergent). I read a lot in my spare time and I usually end up rereading my books many many times. It wasn't hard to read more than twenty books by this week (week five) especially since we were allowed to write down five books we read in the holidays on the reading log.
The first challenge was to read a book recommended by a family member. I started reading the last thirteen series a while ago when my sister started buying the books. She told me to read the next one in the series and I did. Then there is the series challenge. Last term I read Among the Hidden in our book groups. There is actually a lot of books in the series and this term I found them in the library and I started reading them. They are quite short so I can easily finish them in a day but I keep forgetting to bring them to school so I can return them and get the next ones out. I have already done the 10 and twenty book challenge. I can usually finish a medium sized book in a day (like divergent). I read a lot in my spare time and I usually end up rereading my books many many times. It wasn't hard to read more than twenty books by this week (week five) especially since we were allowed to write down five books we read in the holidays on the reading log.
Monday, 11 August 2014
Netball
What is the funnest sport in the world? Some might say basketball or tennis,but I say netball. In netball there are two teams of seven which include a Centre (C), Goal Attack (GA), Goal defense (GD), Wing Attack (WA), Wing Defense (WD), Goal Keep (GK) and Goal Shoot (GS). Both girls and boys can play netball, but it is more common for girls to play netball. You can start netball in year four, which is when I started. When you are younger your position rotates so you can try all the positions, defense and attack ones. As you get older your position becomes a set position. I play goal keep, which means I defend the other teams goal to stop them from getting goals.
The game is split up into four, seven minute, quarters. At the beginning of the game there is a toss. One teams captain picks which hand they want and if that hand has the whistle in it they get to pick either ball first or they can choose which goal they want (these goals swap every quarter). If they don't pick the whistle the other teams captain gets to pick what they want. Once the game starts the team, whose captain chose the ball first in the toss gets the ball to start with. The center starts center circle with the ball they throw the ball to their team mates and they try get it down to their end so they can shoot. Once one of the teams get the ball in the goal post, the other teams center gets the ball and they get to start in the middle.
The court they are in is split up into three thirds with each of the thirds on the outside containing the goal circle. Only certain positions can go in certain parts of the court. For example Wing Attack cannot go in the goal circle wheres Goal Defense can. Your teams Goal attack cannot cross over the line to the other teams third, this is also the same for a few other positions.
The game wins after the final quarter has had seven minutes and the bell in rung. Once you are finished you do your three cheers for the other team and you line up to high five the other team. Most teams do player of the day after it. Player of the day is a certificate with a voucher to somewhere like a restaurant or a sports shop.
I hope you are considering playing netball after this. Netball is a great sport to play and it helps with your reflexes, teamwork and shooting skills. If you play netball I guarantee you will enjoy it (even if you are a boy).
The game is split up into four, seven minute, quarters. At the beginning of the game there is a toss. One teams captain picks which hand they want and if that hand has the whistle in it they get to pick either ball first or they can choose which goal they want (these goals swap every quarter). If they don't pick the whistle the other teams captain gets to pick what they want. Once the game starts the team, whose captain chose the ball first in the toss gets the ball to start with. The center starts center circle with the ball they throw the ball to their team mates and they try get it down to their end so they can shoot. Once one of the teams get the ball in the goal post, the other teams center gets the ball and they get to start in the middle.
The court they are in is split up into three thirds with each of the thirds on the outside containing the goal circle. Only certain positions can go in certain parts of the court. For example Wing Attack cannot go in the goal circle wheres Goal Defense can. Your teams Goal attack cannot cross over the line to the other teams third, this is also the same for a few other positions.
The game wins after the final quarter has had seven minutes and the bell in rung. Once you are finished you do your three cheers for the other team and you line up to high five the other team. Most teams do player of the day after it. Player of the day is a certificate with a voucher to somewhere like a restaurant or a sports shop.
I hope you are considering playing netball after this. Netball is a great sport to play and it helps with your reflexes, teamwork and shooting skills. If you play netball I guarantee you will enjoy it (even if you are a boy).
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