Musical Theatre Definition - Musical Theatre is when you are performing something like a musical play that include musical songs and dance. They use other actors rather that the original actors. The genre they use is drama .
Find a synopsis and a Youtube link for 2 musicals of your choice
Means girls
Wicked
Links -
Wicked
Means Girls
Character biography -
Glinda Arduenna Upland - Glinda also know as Galinda is a fictional character that plays in the movie ¨Wicked¨ . She is daughter of Highmuster Arduenna and Larena Upland , She is described as snobby , superficial and obsessed with appearing in high-class
Mimes Definition - When getting into character and expression using gesture without the use of words , the genre of mime is Musical Theatre and Drama .
Musical Example -
An example of a Mime Movie are Silent Movies , They include facial expressions , body language , pace and many others . For an example of a Silent movie is - The Lion Cage played by Charlie Chaplin , The Lion Cage is about a guy running in to a lion cage and locking himself inside as well as with the lion . The Lion Cage stars - Charlie Chaplin , Al Ernest Garcia , Merna Kennedy , Harry Crocker , George Davis and Henry Bergman .
The Lion Cage
Film Writer - Charlie Chaplin
Played by - Charlie Chaplin
Funny or not funny?
What is Comedy?
Comedy is a genre where there are people that go up on stage or they can video and try to make their audience laugh . There are different types of comedy , like Movies , stand up comedy , slapstick comedy and many other example of comedy .
Find 3 different forms of Comedy ?
Home alone - form of movie and slapstick comedy
America got talent - Dustin Dojo act
Ned Woodman - Child Comedian
Wednesday, 6 March 2019
Music - Dance - Performing Arts
Parris Goebel
Who is Parris Goebel?
Parris Goebel is a New Zealand Choreographer who is from New Zealand and part of a New Zealand dance crew called ¨The Royal Family¨ who were in Sorry by Justin Bieber.
Where did Parris Goebel grow up?

How/When did she study dance?
She went to her first hip hip lesson at the age of 10. She danced with her dance crew ReQuest for a year then they went to Monsters of Hip Hop Convention that was held in The United States of America , After The Convention she dropped high school to focus on her dancing.
Pictures from this Website.
Royal Family
Who are The Royal Family?
The Royal Family are a Dance crew that represent New Zealand . They have been in Hip Hop Championships and females of The Royal Family have been in Justin Biebers music video for Sorry.
What Competitions have they been involved/won?
Hit The Floor , World of Dance LA , Hip Hop International and Many others . Royal Family competitions they have won World Hip Hop dance 3 times
Which Famous Singers have they Danced for?
Justin Bieber , Jennifer Lopez , Nicki Minaj , Janet Jackson , Big Bang , 2NE1 , Blackpink and Ikon
1.
What does the word choreography mean?
Choreography - When you create your own style of dance that includes your own dance moves and can also include famous dance moves as well but mostly your own.
2.
What is a choreographer?
Choreographer - Someone who creates their own dance moves as well as others as well like celebritys .
3. Find 2 other choreographers (they dont have to be from NZ ) find three pictures about each and get pictures.
Matt Stephanina - Matt Stephanina is a famous Choreographer from America on Youtube .
Matt Stephanina has 10MILLION Subscribers on Youtube .
Matt Stephanina has won a nomination of - Shorty Award For Best In Dance.
Trinity Inay
Trinity Inay is a famous teenage dancer
Trinity Inay was in Season 2 of Abbys Ultimate Dance Competition and won 3rd place .
Trinity Inay has collabed with other choreographers on Youtube , One of them is Matt Stephanina.
What does the word choreography mean?
Choreography - When you create your own style of dance that includes your own dance moves and can also include famous dance moves as well but mostly your own.
2.

Choreographer - Someone who creates their own dance moves as well as others as well like celebritys .
3. Find 2 other choreographers (they dont have to be from NZ ) find three pictures about each and get pictures.
Matt Stephanina - Matt Stephanina is a famous Choreographer from America on Youtube .
Matt Stephanina has 10MILLION Subscribers on Youtube .
Matt Stephanina has won a nomination of - Shorty Award For Best In Dance.

Trinity Inay
Trinity Inay is a famous teenage dancer
Trinity Inay was in Season 2 of Abbys Ultimate Dance Competition and won 3rd place .
Trinity Inay has collabed with other choreographers on Youtube , One of them is Matt Stephanina.
Monday, 18 February 2019
HUMAN RIGHTS POSTER
What I already knew?
I knew a small human rights but I didn´t know all of them and I only thought that African children had No education and was living in poverty.
What did you find interesting?
That there were more that one country across Earth that live in poverty and slavery and its not just peoples children also themselves.
What else would you like to learn?
The Past of Other Countries and Nature and Wildlife
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Critical Literacy
14/02/2019
Critical Questioning Matrix
Palmolive Hair Products
What kind of language is used in the text?
English language is used but filmed by a Filipino actress so the viewers would use their product.
How does the text depict age , gender , cultural groups?
I think the age they are going for is 18+ maybe and gender more specifically females because they are the most likely gender to have long hair but males can also have long hair , Filipino cultural group is who they most likely to use it because of a Filipino actress but other cultural groups can use as well.
What do the words suggest?
The words that are spoken suggest that we use Palmolive Hair Product because Palmolive Hair Product will give anyone with long hair shiny , silky , soft and smooth hair.
What does the author want us to know?
The any other Hair Treatment Brand is lying and that Palmolive Hair Product uses natural ingredients for their customers so they have the best results.
Pizza Hut Pizza
What views of the world is the text presenting?
They only film a few people and their friends enjoying their food and is filmed in there apartment or in Pizza hut
What kind of language is used in this text?
They use the language English and people talk but you can hear them you can only see their mouths , they also use a satisfying music so people will crave for pizza .
Which positions , voices and interests are at play in this text?
The actors are talking about how happy they are so Pizza Hut will make you think that if you eat their pizza that it will make you happy.
What is the text about? How do we know?
About a group of friends happy while eating pizza and about pizza in general and how good Pizza Hut makes it taste with their toppings. Because they blur the background and make the pizza look colourful and crave for it .
Drake - Gods Plan
How does this text construct a version of reality?
In reality Celebrity's only go to there country and hometown and not the other countries that are starving and homeless but there are also people in their country.
The Hare and The Tortoise
What does the author want us to know?
That you don´t always have to be fast and flashy and you can always be slow and steady.
Who is most likely audience of this text and why?
Children because this is a fictional story of animals and children read books or ask their parents/caregivers to read books like these to them because they believe they are real
Is this text fair?
Yes because The Hare was making fun of The Tortoise of how slow he was and so he decided to take a name while the tortoise was racing.
What are characters destructed in this text?
The Tortoise , Hare , Rabbit and other animals in the crowd that were not mentioned.
What do you think Critical Literacy is?
Its a easier way to explain what English is and and simpler way students can learn.
What did you learn during Critical Literacy?
How to tell a Satirical News Report Website from a Factual News Report Website.
What did you find challenging during Critical Literacy?
I didn´t have trouble learning in English but if I did I would ask the teacher for help or someone else if the teacher is busy with someone else
How will you use Critical Literacy skills in real life?
Critical Literacy can be helpful and used outside of education for things like getting a job.
What are you look forward to in English this year?
To having a easier education because of the things I learnt last year and thing I am still learning this term and next term , but English will still be difficult in the future when I reach Senior English.
Bias Definition - When you are one person or a group and compare with another that is unfair.
Critical Questioning Matrix
Palmolive Hair Products
What kind of language is used in the text?
English language is used but filmed by a Filipino actress so the viewers would use their product.
How does the text depict age , gender , cultural groups?
I think the age they are going for is 18+ maybe and gender more specifically females because they are the most likely gender to have long hair but males can also have long hair , Filipino cultural group is who they most likely to use it because of a Filipino actress but other cultural groups can use as well.
What do the words suggest?
The words that are spoken suggest that we use Palmolive Hair Product because Palmolive Hair Product will give anyone with long hair shiny , silky , soft and smooth hair.
What does the author want us to know?
The any other Hair Treatment Brand is lying and that Palmolive Hair Product uses natural ingredients for their customers so they have the best results.
Pizza Hut Pizza
What views of the world is the text presenting?
They only film a few people and their friends enjoying their food and is filmed in there apartment or in Pizza hut
What kind of language is used in this text?
They use the language English and people talk but you can hear them you can only see their mouths , they also use a satisfying music so people will crave for pizza .
Which positions , voices and interests are at play in this text?
The actors are talking about how happy they are so Pizza Hut will make you think that if you eat their pizza that it will make you happy.
What is the text about? How do we know?
About a group of friends happy while eating pizza and about pizza in general and how good Pizza Hut makes it taste with their toppings. Because they blur the background and make the pizza look colourful and crave for it .
Drake - Gods Plan
How does this text construct a version of reality?
In reality Celebrity's only go to there country and hometown and not the other countries that are starving and homeless but there are also people in their country.
The Hare and The Tortoise
What does the author want us to know?
That you don´t always have to be fast and flashy and you can always be slow and steady.
Who is most likely audience of this text and why?
Children because this is a fictional story of animals and children read books or ask their parents/caregivers to read books like these to them because they believe they are real
Is this text fair?
Yes because The Hare was making fun of The Tortoise of how slow he was and so he decided to take a name while the tortoise was racing.
What are characters destructed in this text?
The Tortoise , Hare , Rabbit and other animals in the crowd that were not mentioned.
What do you think Critical Literacy is?
Its a easier way to explain what English is and and simpler way students can learn.
What did you learn during Critical Literacy?
How to tell a Satirical News Report Website from a Factual News Report Website.
What did you find challenging during Critical Literacy?
I didn´t have trouble learning in English but if I did I would ask the teacher for help or someone else if the teacher is busy with someone else
How will you use Critical Literacy skills in real life?
Critical Literacy can be helpful and used outside of education for things like getting a job.
What are you look forward to in English this year?
To having a easier education because of the things I learnt last year and thing I am still learning this term and next term , but English will still be difficult in the future when I reach Senior English.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=aHAApvHZ6XE
What aspects of stories was Andrea interested in?
What aspects of stories was Andrea interested in?
The subliminal messages
What did the as imply with the big diamond ring?
That you have to buy someone a diamond ring to show you love them
What is subtext?
The things you can see but show with video
With CL , Can each student have their own answer?
Because you come from a different culture and background
What does Andrea compare CL to?
Wonder woman shield and lasso of truth.
How can CL be applied to your life outside of school?
Decoding stuff like media reading and writing
Bias Definition - When you are one person or a group and compare with another that is unfair.
Source Definition - A type of way to do something or to find out .
Credible Definition - Someone you can trust and believe .
Authority Definition - To have to permission or rights to do something .
Reliable Definition - To trust someone for their honesty and for them to be responsible for anything.
Perspective Definition - When 2 people have a different point of view .
Agenda Definition - Normally where you have a meeting or appointment
Manipulate Definition - To control someone or something .
Which of these websites are real news sites and which are fake news sites?
The Onion - I think The Onion is a Satirical News Report . They use real photos of real people but false news . They share headlines that will make people make things up.
The New York Times - I think The New York Times is a Factual News Report Because there is one picture that I saw and know is true.
The Civilian - I think that The Civilian is a Factual News Report Website because I know that Australian Strawberry brands had needles in the centre of them so Australian Strawberry brands have promised to make items found in strawberry's more fun now.
The Daily Mail - I think The Daily Mail is a Factual News Report Website because they all sound realistic and and there was no photos that looked Photoshoped , they also looks like they post true news.
The Herald - I think The Herald is a Satirical News Website because they say that midwives get a strike that was from last year .
The Shovel - I think The Shovel is a Satirical News Report because they have very little news.
Daily Telegraph - I think Daily Telegraph is a Factual News Website because they show trues pictures of what happened , like when there was a man electrocuted.
Practise
Apply your Critical Literacy skills :
- Can you find this image online?
- CRAP test
- Google image search
What I searched for when I found the photo was ¨Petrol price raise where people abandon there cars¨
- General Google Search
Mass Desertion car in Germany actually happens to be just a huge traffic jam in China.
Is this a real story?
The Germany story is not true but the huge traffic jam in China is true.
Why do you think people shared this online?
So the first person who shared this on social media would become famous and earn money from being well known of sharing this photo .
Monday, 19 November 2018
Wearable Arts
The Passion Project I join is Wearable Art that was my third choice . Creative Junk was the place Wearable Art persons visited to look for recycled reusable stuff to make for a Wearable Art . I am making Peacock with blue fabric , blue and gold ribbon , milk bottle top and a mask with a peacock feather from a Creative Junk . I have a long blue fabric that is use for long back dress with a legging
Friday, 26 October 2018
English "Hunt For The Wilderpeople"
26/10/2018
In English we are Learning to Think Critically to Identify and Describe the key Aspects of a Visual text.
The Picture I have used below is an Screenshot of my work What is Called a Plot . It is a Timeline of all the Main Events in the Film
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Three Piece Puzzle
28/8/2018
Started the Three Piece Puzzle by doing a Paper Three Piece Puzzle first by using a method that Mr Rzoska showed the class , We processed the same method we used for the Paper Three Piece Puzzle and copied the method on to the Three Piece Timber Puzzle.
Started the Three Piece Puzzle by doing a Paper Three Piece Puzzle first by using a method that Mr Rzoska showed the class , We processed the same method we used for the Paper Three Piece Puzzle and copied the method on to the Three Piece Timber Puzzle.
We used Three Pieces of timber wood to start off with , measured with a ruler vertically , horizontally and straight , lined up the timber wood with the line , drew the lines by the both sides of timber , drew the shaped to create the puzzle and started the cutting of the puzzle.
We used the method we used for the Paper Three Piece Puzzle Plan and coped that method of the paper to the Three Piece Timber Puzzle , Started drilling , cutting and chiselling
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