Nosedive

Nosedive

11. How are adults constructed in this text?
Adults are constructed to be fake, following the rules in order to be liked and keep up their reputation.

28. What kind of social reality does this text portray?
A social reality I can compare to this are stories I hear of celebrities appearing to like each other when they interact on camera in order to be liked by their audience, though in reality, they despise each other. Without their audience, they will lose their projects, calls and etc and without these aspects, they wouldn't be able to make any money, similar to nosedive needing to have good rankings in order to get good treatment and a good house or car.

29. How does this text construct a version of reality? 

It's similar to everyone in real life comparing themselves to other people, especially people who have better-looking face or body than them, they also base their worthiness by the number of likes they get on social media.

34. What different interpretations of the text are possible?
That despite not having social media people in real life still try hard and sometimes can be artificial with their reactions and interactions in order to get what they want.

What scene(s) did you find most uncomfortable/disturbing? Explain

The scene I found very disturbing is towards the end of the text, where Lacie Pound sneaked into her childhood friend's wedding. During the start of the film, Lacey was introduced to be a well-mannered lady, she was constructed to be polite, well-presented, and bubbly, she always had always worn neat ironed long sleeves and long skirts. However, the text took a drastic turn, changing the protagonist from a neat looking girl who goes to church every Sunday to an escaped asylum patient, having her mascara running down her face, hair all over the place, and her pastel dress covered in mud. Though her appearance wasn't the only thing that disturbed me, but also the way she acted, Lacie forced her speech to the audience despite people being unwanted to a point where she had a knife in her hand just to finish her speech.

What does the term ‘nosedive’ mean? How do you see this in the story?
The term 'nosedive' is a sudden fast fall. This is shown in the text with Lacie already having a decent ranking

Essay Brainstorm

Essay Brainstorm
Stories are told better through tv than books.

2. A picture is worth a thousand words.
1. Allows your imagination to run wild in books
Tv shows usually miss out parts in books.
3. Tv's might not interpret the book right.
Some people prefer watching seeing what's happening rather than reading and imagining.

Cave Drawings

Cave Drawings
My cave drawing consists of things that represent me. The three stick figures represent my family, me being the figure on the left, my mum in the middle and my dad on the left. The star and the sun is inspired by the flag of the Philippines, where I came from. The map of New Zealand shows where I migrated to, relating to it are the mountains when I first came here, the first thing I saw on the aeroplane is the snowy mountains. 

Why is it important to you?
It's important to me because it represents me and my origins.

How does your design fit with traditional cave art technique?
It fits because I saw a lot of cave drawings representing nature, in my case, it's the mountains, stars and sun. They also show their family using stick figures, so I figured to do that as well.

Camera & Shots

Themes Of Hunger Games

Theme Guide Booklet by Sofia Balboa

What am I learning?
I am learning to identify different themes in the film.

How does this work show my learning?
This work shows my learning be creating a creative presentation of examples of themes in The Hunger Games.

What am I wondering?
I am wondering how director/writers come up with themes.

Are Students Addicted To Their Phones?

Are Students Addicted To Their Phones?

Although it's no secret that it is easy for students to be addicted to their cellphones due to having unlimited things to do with it, it can also take a toll on their brain, leaving them addicted. Like most things in life, cellphones are better in moderation, being addicted to it can cause many problems that affect students physical wellbeing.  Being constantly on their cellular devices would consume all their time and be unconsciously glued to it to a point where they don't leave their bed, resulting to being unable to stretch or properly move their body. Without any exercises or merely moving every day would eventually lead to early future health problems like arthritis, heart diseases, lack of energy and eye problems. Yes, cellphones allow you to do almost anything, however being hypnotised by screens can be the cause of health problems many people face today.

Technology Change

 It's evident that technology has tremendously changed throughout human history. Technology has benefited humans at the start, from creating fire to using it as our smartphone.

 Technology are tools that help make people's lives easier. Technology comes in a lot of forms and sizes such as your computers, tv's, Ipads, cellphones to your basic needs at school such as pens, pencils and rubbers.

Business Enterprise

  

Water Scarcity

What went well and why?
My group and I came up with ideas quickly and narrowed it down to make a filter for showers.

Why it didn't go well?
 Someone decided to not help in some parts of the group work and we had to force her to do work.

What would you do differently next time?
Come up with a more complex idea and think outside the box.

Why?
I feel like our idea wasn't as creative as I hope it would.

Radiologist

Radiologist by Sofia Balboa

Sentence Starters

Friday, August 8th 2019

The Adverb Start
Curiously
Highly
Scaredly

Highly, the Queen is honoured.
Scaredly, the boy hid behind his classmates.

The-Ing start
Explaining
Fighting

Explaining the situation, the teacher ran out of breath
Fighting his doubts, the dancer ran to the stage.


W-Start Sentence 
Who the killer was, still remained unsolved.
While the children ran home, the woman stayed in the rain.

The Ed Start
Committed
Delighted

Committed to what he has done, the culprit lied.
Delighted by the gifts, the kid shouted for joy.

Red/White/Blue

The car was, fast, clean and shiny

The athlete was fast, sweaty and tired

About The Hunger Games

Colour used in The Capitol was bright, metallic and futuristic.

In a Dystopian film, "The Hunger Game" follows a brave female protagonist named Katniss.

SEXXY Paragraph

Contrast to District 12's dull and natural palette, the Capitol had bright and futuristic colours, showing the theme of rich vs poor, keeping the audience glued to the screen, the difference between two settings.

Showing the theme of Rich vs Poor, The Capitol juxtapose to District 12 wore bright, complicated and colourful clothing to prove how rich and advanced they are compared to the other districts.

Hunger Games Symbols

Hunger Games Symbol by Sofia Balboa

 What am I learning?
I am learning to identify the different symbols used in the film.

How does this work show my learning?
This work shows my learning by writing paragraphs about the symbols used in the film.

What am I wondering?
How did the directors/writers came up with the symbols.

Discussion:Workshop 5

Definitions
Thesis-The statement you're arguing
Hypothesis-Your statement about what you think will happen.

Themes
Use of music
Difference in costumes
Colours

Ordering them

1.The difference in costumes
2.Themes
3.Use of music
4.Colour

Thesis Statement: Multiple methods are used effectively to engage viewers in the Themes of Gary Ross's 'The Hunger Game'

In Gary Ross's 'The Hunger Game'. colour, music and silence are used affectively to engage viewers in the theme of Rich vs Poor.

In the film 'The Hunger Game', Gary Ross utilised themes, music and costumes strategically to engaged the audience in the theme of Rich vs Poor.

Ideas
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Character Resume

Full Name by Sofia Balboa

What am I learning?
I am learning to show different character's problems and how they overcame it.

How did this work show my learning?
This shows my learning by creating a resume about the character and their challenges.

What am I wondering?
What's the  reason for Cato's attitude or desire to win the game.