Sunday, October 11, 2009

Spelling List Week 1, Term 4

1.Abandon -

To leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert.


2.Absorb -

To suck up or drink in (a liquid).

3.Abuse –

To treat in a harmful, injurious, or offensive way.

4.Accent –

Degree of prominence of a syllable within a word and sometimes of a word within a phrase.

5.Accident –

An undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss.

6.Accompanied –

To go along or in company with.

7.Accomplishment –

An act or instance of carrying into effect.

8.Accurate –

Free from error or defect

9.Acquaint –

To make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant.

10.Acquire –

To come into possession or ownership of.

11.Acres –

A common variable unit of land measure.

12.Activities -

The state or quality of being active.

13.Acute –

the state or quality of being active.

14.Adapt –

To make suitable to requirements or conditions.

15.Adaptation –

The act of adapting.

The adaption of the physics section in the library was amazing. 

16.Adequate –

Sufficient or suitable.

17.Adjustment –

The act of bringing something into conformity with external requirements.

18.Administer –

To bring into use or operation.

19.Admiration –

A feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.

20.Admit –

To give right or means of entrance to.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Reflection Task

STREET JAM JAZZ CLASS
Why you ‘signed up?
I signed up for a fitness class and to keep my dancing skills after dropping ballet class.
What were your fears/expectations?
I thought it would be a good class that was very hard and challenging. I also thought the other dancers would be very advanced jazz dancers.
Did it live up to your expectations – what benefits/enjoyment, did you derive from the activity?
Yes it did it was a fun and challenging class that helped me improve my fitness and dancing skills.
Would you recommend it (why)?
Yes i would reccomend it because it is really fun to do.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Creating your own advertisement


Over the weekend you need to develop an advertisement (on word, publisher, photoshop, etc) that could be used as part of an anti-bullying campaign.Once you have designed your advertisement you need to write a summary of the ad, addressing the following things:
1. What message you hope the ad will deliver.
That bullying amongst children is unacceptable and has serious effects.
2. Why did you make certain choices regarding colour schemes, graphics and words?
I made the backround very eye opening and sad about the toddler with a black eye to tell the audience that this is a real problem.
3. How effective do you think this ad will be?
The advertisement with be largley effective. I beleive this because the advertisment is so sad so it will make it memorable.
4. Who is the target audience of your ad? I.e which age group, boys or girls, etc.
All children boys and girls including bullies are he target audience.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

SPELLING WORDS WEEK 7


1. Absolutely

Yes of course Celia, I will absolutely get you an ice tea.

" Without exception; completely; wholly; entirely. "

2. Immediately

Once you are done in my office you will immediately retrieve my ice tea.

" Without lapse of time; without delay; instantly; at once."

3. Necessarily

You do not necessarily need to get my ice tea if you bring me a milkshake instead. 

"By or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement."

4. Carefully

Place the ice tea carefully on my desk and leave.

" Cautious in one's actions."

5. Obstinately

She obstinately decided to get her own ice tea instead of celias'.

"Firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc."

6. Voluntarily

She should of gone voluntarily instead to my office.

" Acting or done without compulsion or obligation."

7. Sensibly

The young girl sensibly waited at the traffic lights till it was safe.

"Having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment."

8. Efficiently

I can efficiently retrieve an ice tea.

" Performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort."

9. Frantically

Frantically she ran to the shop. 

"Desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear or pain."

10.  Optimistically

She optimistically waited at the train station for her father to come home.

" Disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome."

11.     Scientifically

The man was scientifically investigating the fingerprints.

"Of or pertaining to science or the sciences."

12.     Temporarily

The computers next door are temporarily unavailable.

"lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent."

13.     Unbelievable

Your blue and green hair is unbelievable.

"Too dubious or improbable to be believed"

14.    Irretrievable

The item in the well is irretrievable now.

"Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable."

15.   Inflammable

Unluckily my pyjamas were inflammable.

"Capable of being set on fire."

16.    Charitable

The man has a very charitable practice. 

"Generous in donations or gifts to relieve the needs of indigent, ill, or helpless persons, or of animals."

17.     Irresistible

My cherry lip gloss is irresistible. 

"Enticing; tempting to possess."

18.     Resignation

I will fill in my resignation forms today and then leave the factory by next week. 

"The act of resigning."

19.     Autonomous

That is one autonomous and wild kid.

"Self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only."

20.  Receivership

The shop went into receivership. 

"The position or function of being a receiver in charge of administering the property of others."


Tuesday, August 25, 2009

VIEWING AND RESPONDING POWERPOINT



Questions:
1. Provide a brief description of what you see in this advertisement.

2. Explain what you think the purpose of this advertisement is. Support your answer by referring directly to the stimulus.

3. What sort of audience do you think this advertisement is aimed at? Support your answer by referring directly to the stimulus.

4. Why do you think the creator of this advertisement has chosen to use particular graphic features? Consider things like pictures used, colours, size, etc. Explain your answer in depth.

5. Why do you think the creator of this advertisement has chosen to use particular language features? Explain your answer in depth.

6. Do you think the advertisement achieves its purpose? Explain and support your answer.

Advertisement 1 :






1. The advertisement shows a green frog surrounded by green recycling symbols with a heading “Go green”. Also at the bottom of the advertisement is the words “reduce, recycle, reuse”.

2. I believe the purpose of the advertisement is to encourage people to go green and recycle. This is displayed by the recycle symbols and the quote, “reduce, recycle, reuse”.

3. The audience of the advertisement can generally be aimed at all ages and gender however I believe it especially applies to children. This is because the picture of the frog would appeal to young people.

4. In creating the advertisement I think the graphic designer focused on the appeal to the target audience. Hints like the frog in the centre of the design and a focus of green colours to make the message very clear to the children “Go Green”.


5. ???

6. Yes the advertisement does achieve its purpose. I believe this because it makes the message very clear and simple.



Advertisment 4:



1. The advertisement is a scene set in either what looks to be a warehouse or an ally way. There is a large cardboard board box with a polar bear and its cub sleeping inside it. Then a garbage bag beside the cardboard box. The heading is " Global Warming is Leaving Many Homeless".


2. The purpose off the advertisement is to send the message that global warming is making many animals left without homes, which means that they will die without living in their natural habitat. A second purpose is that the graphic designer is trying to make the readers have pity on the animals and do something about global warming.



3. Adults are the audience for this advertisement. I believe this because I don’t really think children would fully understand the concept of global warming let alone the every day life of the homeless.



4. The creator of this advertisement used the particular graphic features such as a surreal picture where a polar bear is in a box to get the message across in a way that the average Australia could understand. Not many people are educated about Antarctica and polar bears but everyone knows the concept of a homeless person and how they live. This is why the designer chose to mesh the two ideas in together.



5. ???





6. I do believe the advertisement has achieved its purpose in raising awareness on the effects of global warming on animals. The picture is quite shocking in a way, which may bring pity on the animals and get people taking action on the issue.