Reflection Section Canelo Alvarez KOs Caleb Plant to become undisputed super middleweight champion

 Text Title: Canelo Alvarez KOs Caleb Plant to become undisputed super-middleweight champion

Text Type: Article

Text Creator: Greg Beachem

Text Purpose: To inform the reader about Canelo Alvarez's incredible victory

Date: November 18th

Summary: The article begins by explaining how Canelo Alvarez overthrew Caleb Plant. With a destructive barrage of power punches in the waning minutes of a difficult fight. Canelo Alvarez added another achievement to his overflowing list of boxing accomplishments. The next part of the article then starts to elaborate on how Canelo is a top recognized fighter, this is because he has fought great fighters like Floyd Mayweather. The last part of the article explains that Canelo has now joined a group of six boxing legends to obtain 4 Championship Division Belts. Only five men had ever achieved four-belt undisputed champion status since the feat became possible with the WBO's advent: middleweights Bernard Hopkins and Jermain Taylor, junior welterweights Terence Crawford and Taylor, and cruiserweight Oleksandr Usyk.

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Critical Literacy Questions

Who would be most likely to read this text and why? The audience most likely to read this text are people who are very interested in combat sports like boxing. This is because a world-class fighter like Canelo brings interest into the article. And everyone loves a good show.

Why has the author constructed the text this way? The author has constructed the text this way to make Canelo seem like a monster of destruction. This is done to bring more interest and hype up the Mexican World Class Fighter.

Passion Project Reflection

What is your guiding question, and how did your guiding question change over time? My group's guiding question was How can we create a successful sports tournament

Why did you choose the driving question? The reason we chose this question was that we were all interested and passionate about sports.

How did you collect your research and what did you discover? We collected our research online through google and we discovered that all successful good tournaments include players with a high skill level and referees to reinforce the rules.

Did you encounter any unintentional learning? Personally, I did not encounter any unintentional learning. (evidence?)

What obstacles did you encounter and how did you overcome them? An obstacle that occurred was trying to obtain numbers for the tournament, the reason for this being that the sport that we chose was a very underground sport in New Zealand. (evidence?)

How did your distractions during the process help or hinder you, what path did they lead you on? Distractions during the process that hindered us trying to find out whether we should change our sport to something more known lead us to end up wasting a little time.

What transferable knowledge/skills/concepts have you gained? (evidence?) Transferable knowledge that I learned was when working with a group you have to be consistent and communicate with each other.

The biggest growth for you, personally from this passion project experience? The biggest growth for me was obtaining experience working with a group.

What advice would you give for incoming students who might be completing this project next year?

The advice I would give to other people is to select group members with who you can work well, this is because you can get through things smoother and think of a more successful way to run the tournament.

What didn’t you include in your planning? 

We did not consider how we were going to present our tournament and as a result do not have any photos of our tournament. We also didn’t include many bibliographies.

What didn’t go well for the creating and implementation?

It was hard for us to get a great number of people to come to the tournament because it is not common in New Zealand but this also meant that the people who did show up to the event were all interested in the sport and tried their best. We also did not think to take pictures.

Passion Project Share and Present

 Introduction

What did you do for your project? The project I chose to do was to create a good sports tournament.

Why did you do it? I chose this project because I was curious about how tournaments like the Nba and Nfl are so successful.

Who did you do with? The people who accompanied me were Greg, Meela, and Dylan.

Part 1 

How did the brainstorming of ideas go? Brainstorming the ideas was quite simple as we are all into sports.

What was your driving question? My group and I driving question was what creates a good sports tournament.

How did your planning correspond to the finished project? Our planning corresponded with the finished project as we were able to create a successful tournament that everyone enjoyed. 

Part 2

How did the planning help you? The planning helped develop our group’s tournament as we had to knowledge about what creates a good tournament.

What didn’t you include in your planning? I believe our planning could have had more bibliography on the sites we used for research.

What will you do differently in your planning next time? For the next time, I will include more bibliography for the research, this will also help as we can look back at the information in case we forget or need something.

Part 3 

What went well with the creating and implementation? Something that went well with creating and implementing was that we were all knowledgeable about the sport

What didn’t go well for the creating and implementation? Something that did not go well was trying to get extra numbers for the tournament, this was because the sport we chose was sort of unknown to New Zealand culture.

What did you learn about yourself during this phase?  I learned that I can sometimes push through adversity.

What did you learn about working with others during this phase? (Please be respectful here!) I learned that being inclusive with the whole group is a necessity when working with people

How did you show the HHS school values during the whole process? Please be specific. The value commitment was shown by trying to finish and get more numbers when the tournament was a little low. The value achievement was displayed when we finished creating our project, this was shown by us celebrating because the workload and stress would be lessened. Respect was shown when we were all collaborating and talking about creating a sports tournament. Finally Resilience, we all displayed this when we came across the problem of when we should do the tournament, we all pushed through and found out that most students would be better off doing it at morning tea and lunch.

Conclusion

What did you learn about yourself? I did not really learn anything about myself.

What did you learn about your passion? I learned that sports are a necessity in my lifestyle.

What did you learn about creating projects? I learned that creating projects can get very frustrating when

What would you do differently next time? Something I would do differently is to choose a sport more popular so we can get a lot more numbers. This will everything run smoother.

Reflection Section Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder III recap - Brit scores 11th round KO to retain WBC crown

 Text title: Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder III recap - Brit scores 11th round KO to retain WBC crown 

Text type: Article  

Text creator: Sam Wilson

Text purpose: To recap us about Tyson fury and Deontay Wilders's 3rd bout. 

Date: 19th October 2021

Summary: The article begins with reviewing the match statistics of The Gypsy King and The Bronze Bomber and elaborates on votes to prove Fury's victory. The next part then scrolls down to the tweets about how Fury landed a near-perfect punch to seal the victory, this part also talks about the post and pre talks off the 3rd bout. Lastly, the article talks about each individual round and the count on who was winning through points the whole time.

What genre does this text belong to? The genre of text this belongs to is a recap and informative, this is because the article explains how Fury won in the past event.

Reflection Section Anthony Joshua Suffers Second Defeat

Text Title: Oleksandr Usyk stuns Anthony Joshua in a heavyweight boxing title fight.

Text Type: Article

Text Creator: Steve Douglas

Text Purpose: To supply information about Oleksandr Usyk's victory over Anthony Joshua.

Date: 28/09/21

Summary

The article begins by explaining how Anthony Joshua got stunned on the ropes and how this is Anthony Joshua's second world heavyweight loss. The text says Slumped helplessly on the ropes, Anthony Joshua greeted the final bell – and what he knew was the end of his second reign as world heavyweight champion – with a wry smile. Oleksandr Usyk knew it, too, dropping to his knees and looking to the sky. In the middle of the article, they also begin to explain how this may not be Anthony Joshua's downfall as he has a chance at redemption. The article finally closes off with a tweet from Anthony Joshua stating “Keep positive even if the world's crumbling in front of you!” Joshua said in a tweet. “London I love you & thank you each and every time.” 

Critical Literacy Question

What is the text about? How do we know? The text is about Anthony Joshua's suffering defeat and also Oleksandr Usyk's massive victory. We know this because in the article both fighters have spoken their mind about the outcome.

 

Reflection Section Penguin Massacre

Text Title: Endangered Penguins Killed by Swarm of bees in a rare attack in Cape Town.

Text Type: Article

Text Creator: Stuff Article

Text Purpose:  To inform us about the penguin massacre in Cape Town

Date: Tuesday 21st September

Summary: The article begins with a brief explanation about where 63 penguins were brutally massacred by a swarm of bees, one of the penguins even stung more than 27 times. The middle of the article talks about the only reason this occurs was that the hive was agitated and then found the penguins to attack. The final summary explains due to this rare occurrence the penguins in Namibia, South Africa are now considered endangered because of the population decrease. The penguins are now on International Union for Conservation of Nature’s red list.

Why is the text written the way it is? The text is written the way it is in the article because its main goal is to inform us about the rare occurrence in South Africa. 

In whose interest is the text? The interest is set to the wider world like students, children, parents, and grandparents. This is because its purpose is to spread the information to prevent cases like these ever again.

Reflection Section Team USA Takes Out Australia To Advance For Gold

Text Title: Tokyo Olympics: Star-studded USA team rout Australia to play for more basketball gold.

Text Type: Article.

Text Creator: Brian Mahoney.

Text Purpose: To inform us about how the USA Beat the Undefeated Australia Boomers.

Date: Aug 05, 2021.

Summary: The well-known
Team USA Basketball team is a very popular team in the Olympics, this is due to having a legendary streak and famous players in the past, players like Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Jordan have played for the team. But an upcoming team from Oceania with Nba stars like Patty Mills who recently signed with the Brooklyn Nets and Joe Ingles from the pacers. This team stopped the USA Dream Team in the exhibition matches which led to rumors of the USA Team losing their skill. Team USA started off in a slump missing their first 10 3-Pointers, whilst the Australia Boomers were making a lot of shots. Down near halftime, the USA Team started to pick up the momentum and in the next two quarters, they showed why there the best.

Who is real in the text? Real people in the text are the examples of Kobe Bryant, Patty Mills, and Joe Ingles.

What has been left out of the text? The reasoning of why the Australian Boomers lost has been left out of the text as we do not know what lead the team into losing momentum.

Ethos, Pathos & Logos

What are Ethos, Pathos, and Logos?

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos are techniques of persuasion that form the rhetorical triangle. A compelling argument, sales pitch, speech, or commercial uses elements of these 3 strategies.

Ethos

Ethos is used as a means of convincing the audience or by using reliability, honesty, and credibility. The Greek philosopher Aristotle outlined Ethos as one of the main 3 keys to persuasion.

What is Ethos?  Ethos is the persuasive technique that appeals to an audience by highlighting credibility. Ethos advertisement techniques invoke the superior “character” of a speaker. 

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This ad uses Ethos by displaying the superstar Athlete Kyrie Irving and his new shoe, Ethos is used as there is a superior character and it highlights Kyrie's skill and credibility in the shoe.

Pathos

Pathos's main goal is to convince the audience emotionally, this can mean making you happy and joyful or sad and depressed. This is because it wants to elicit pity or energy as it appeals to compassion and feeling.

What is Pathos?

Pathos is a persuasive technique that is used to convince the audience through emotion. Pathos advertisement techniques invoke the sense of memory, nostalgia, and or shared experience. 

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This ad demonstrates Pathos by using sympathy,  we feel sympathetic towards the children as we have things that the children do not have which in this case is food. We also feel sorry for them because they are in bad shape.

Logos

Logos main goal is to get you to use common sense and think, this is to make you see the logicality in the decision you are making and how it benefits you.

What is logos? 

Logos is a persuasive technique that aims to convince an audience by using logic and reason. Also called “the logical appeal,” logos examples in advertisements are usually data graphs and statistics. 

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This ad demonstrates the use of logos by letting us see the battery drain through the hours, this is logos as it gives us a physical demonstration of the battery life and how long it lasts. 

Questions

1. What are we doing? We are learning about the key persuasive techniques Ethos, Pathos, and Logos.

2. Why are we doing it? We are doing this to develop and understand the key techniques, this is because learning this will enhance our ability to write persuasive formal pieces.

Reflection Section Romeo and Juliet

Text Title: Romeo and Juliet Act 1, Scene 5

Text Type: Educational Video

Text Creator: William Shakespeare

Text Purpose: To summarise about Romeo and Juliet.

 CL Question: Why are we reading this text?

Date 21/06/21

Summary

In Romeo and Juliet Act 1, Scene 5 the summary begins with a quick recap on Act 1, Scene 4.

Act 1, Scene 5 begins with the massive feast happening in the Capulet Estate. Romeo adeventures the banquet and is spotted by Tybalt, Tybalt then talks to his cousin about fighting Romeo then and there, however Capulet decides to le things slide as Romeo is doing no harm and has been heard to be mannerful. Romeo then spots Juliet and approaches her, they begin to talk and within minutes they begin got kiss. After the kissing and massive banquet Romeo and Juliet finally learn of eachothers bloodline learning that they’re sworn enemies. 

Why are we reading this text?

We are reading this text because to learn about why Romeo and Juliet is classified as a tragedy, this is because other love stories are not classified on tragedies.

Reflection Section Denzel Washington

 Denzel Washingtons Life Advice

Source: Motivational Madness

21st of May 2021

Purpose of Text: Explain his life story and motivate the audience.

In the video Denzel Washingtons Life Advice,  Denzel Washington explains how his life and upbringing was when growing up. At the start Denzel talks about how acting was for him when he was younger. Denzel later talks about how his life and choices went from med school to acting. Denzel states that everything takes time and it will get better eventually. 

In whose interest is this text?

This text is mainly focused on graduation students but also can be in interest to anyone who needs source of motivation or wants to see what life had been like for Denzel Washington. 

What kind of language is used in the text?

The kind of language used in the text is strong descriptive words and also words that deeply describe his feelings during the moments he had lived through.

Reflection Section

 Text Title: 'The Three Secrets of Resilient People

Text Type: Ted Talk

Text Creator: Lucy Hone

Text Purpose: To inform us of 3 ways to become more resilient.

Date: May 7th, 2021

In the video Lucy Hone talks about becoming resilient, it begins with Lucy Hone talking about her story of what happened to her daughters, after this she talks about what she thought about when the incident happened. Lucy Hone talks about 3 ways to get over problems, 1st Shit Happens, 2nd is to select your attention, and finally is it Harmful or Hurtful. The purpose of this text was to explain ways to become better at being a resilient person.

My Culture

My Culture

This poster is what I define as my culture. I define it as my culture because I was born and raised in Ireland for a few years of my life, then migrated to New Zealand. The Philippines represents the roots of my heritage. I have put in the National flowers of the Philippines and Ireland which are the shamrock/clover which represents luck and Sampaguita which represents many things like love and purity. I have also put in hobbies that I believe make me who I am, like singing, working out, and playing sports. This poster also presents parts of the culture like what they wear occasionally, animals native to the country, and foods native to their home country.

Finally, the house represents how all of these things create my special place called home.

Coaching

What Makes a Good Coach?
Self Awareness - A good coach understands himself and the outcome of each decision he can make.

Specific - A Good coach can give specific detail to players and situational decisions.

Feedback - Coaching comes with giving and receiving feedback, a good coach will listen to the advice and given and also reciprocate advice if needed.

Planning - Coaches should have a planned regiment for the players, whether its activities or warmups.

Knowledge - Coaches usually have a knowledge of who is a strong and who is a weaker player.

Empathetic - A good coach has empathy and can listen and understand where players come from.

Positivity - Good coaches can bring advice and critical feedback without being harsh and too deep about it.

Resources - A good coach brings or obtains the resources needed for the session. 

Are you a good coach?

Why? I believe I am a good coach as I am firm when it comes to rules, I am also easy and nice enough to approach for advice. I also listen to the advice given to me. I have the potential to be a good coach as I can understand the game and emotions that come in. 

Film Aspects D.L.O

 

For English my class had to create a D.L.O answering questions about film aspects. We had to choose a couple of questions to answer and write about what they are and what they do.

Culture Types

 

Reflection Section - The Learning Pit

 

Text Title: The Learning Challenge

Text type: Image text

Text Creator: WordPress.com

Text Purpose: To inform students that failure can be learned and improved.

Date: 26, 3, 2021

Summary:

In this image, our teacher explained that using the learning pit is helpful to use. We used a different image but I couldn't find the specific one so I used this one. This image, it explains that failures can be driven towards a successful future even though it was hard. First, you fall into a deep pit. Not falling into disparity, thinking about how to overcome the certain problem. Then find opportunities to overcome the problem. Finally, succeeding it.

Critical Thinking:

Who benefits from this text?

Due to the text's important messages such as not giving up. It is beneficial for everyone. Learning from mistakes is essential for life.

What do the images suggest?

I believe, this image suggests being resilient is needed to be successful.

Tieke Identity

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYOiGEarbF8 Tieke Sound.

For Wananga, Caesar and I have been working on a D.L.O that explains what our Kahui building is named and is based on south saddleback.

We were given 5 questions to ask.

What is it?

What does it sound like?

Where is it found?

What does it eat?

What does it look like?

What does the is HHS Whakatauki? The Hornby High School is Te Huruhuru Ao O Horomaka, The sacred feathers spreading across Horomaka. This means spreading our creativity around the area.

Tieke Characteristics

Adults are black with a chestnut-colored saddle across their back, while juveniles are entirely covered in chocolate brown plumage for their first year. Saddlebacks have distinctive fleshy, orange wattles on the sides of their mouths.

Malala Yousafzai

 

For Wananga, my class was given multiple activities and had to choose 2. I chose to do an activity where we had to name and create a small D.L.O about a woman who has inspired me in any way.

International Womens Day Poem

 

For Wanaga we were given a task to create a poem or short story for a significant woman or role model who has been apart of our life. Mine is about my mother as she has done a lot for me.

Reflection Section

 Text Title: Butterflies

Text Type: Short Story

Text Creator: Patricia Grace

Text Purpose: To convey a message and entertain.

Date: 19/02/21

In the short story named 'Butterflies' by Patricia Grace, a clever girl with plaited hair who lives with her grandparents heads to school. At school, she writes a short story about how she killed all the butterflies, as they are believed to be pest to the cabbage. The teacher believes the butterflies should not be killed as they are beautiful insects. the grandparents then say she must buy her cabbage from the store.

Butterflies talks about the 2 different perspectives between the Grandparent and grand daughter to the teacher at school. The short story conveys a message that different upbringings can cause people to see life differently.

What Genre does this belong too?

The story Butterflies belongs to the genre of short stories, it belongs in short stories as they are used mostly to convey messages to the audience. 

WTE Sentences

Begin with a Preposition

Try starting your sentence with a Preposition. Prepositions are little words indicating movement to position.

in 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran off aground off the coast of Alaska.

After the war had ended, a sense of fear surrounded the city.

The -ING Start

Try starting a sentence with with the -ING form of a verb. The rule: when you have finished your -ING phrase, place a comma, then write the rest of the sentence.

Wanting to see peace restored, the UN sent troops to Africa.

Fighting to see the finish, the troops raged on surpassing their limits.

The -ED Start

Try starting a sentence with the -ed form of the verb. It makes for a punchy opening to the sentence.

Undefeated in battle, Alexander the great remains one of history's greatest military leaders.

Astonished by the fragrance, David froze.

The Semi Colon

When you have two independent clauses (two mini-sentences) joined by a conjunction (e.g and, but) you can remove the conjunction and replace it with a semi colon.   

Her entry was dramatic start to the play; her exit came too far soon.

She began to love life; it wouldn't stay like that.

The EM-Dash

The em-dash in English is the long dash. Use the long dash to drop a phrase in a sentence that is at complete odds with the flow of the sentence—way out there—but which adds colour and interest.

Playing polo—nice for some—is a favourite pastime In Upper Bulgaria.

Basketball - an aerobic activity - is one of USA's most popular sports.

The W Start

Try beginning a sentence with a W-word. Here are some: who, while, when, where, what, whereas. The W-start makes writing sound thoughtful and knowledgeable.

When the baking was completed, the ovens were cleaned thoroughly.

When the rain fell, puddles enveloped the vicinity.

Explore the Subject

Accomplished writers use this sentence style. The rule: begin your sentence with the subject then place a comma. Say something interesting about the subject. Place another comma. Then, finish your sentence.

Henry Smith, who was well known for his position against bribery, decided to stand for mayor.

Muhammad Ali, one of the best boxers in all time, stood for his civil rights.

Critical Literacy

 The Film 'Treaty Of Waitangi What Really Happened' Directed by Peter Burger, is about the signing of one of our founding documents. It is a dramatisation of the days leading up to and including the signing. We know this through the chiefs arguing, discussing and eventually signing the Treaty, based on history. We also know threw the films title and voice-over.

Wanaga Reflection

 Text Title:What Really Happened The Treaty Of Waitangi

Text Type: Mockumentary

Text Creator: Peter Burger

Text Purpose: To inform the audience about what actually happened at the Treaty of Waitangi.

Date 12/02/21

The Mockumentary named "The Treaty of Waitangi What Really Happened." Is about how the British crown wrote out a treaty and deliver it to the native people of New Zealand/ the Maori. The Mockumentary shows a couple different view points from different characters such as Hone Heke, William Hobson, Kawiti and Tamati Waka Nene. Key points in the story are the Crown creating the treaty that is to be used to allow settlers in Maori land, the arguments between each race due to the Maori worried about they're rights , the Maori chiefs finally signing the treaty, and the crown getting the land they want with a trade-off of the Maori getting tobacco, blankets and expanding they're trade.