Complete Homework : Term 3 Week 1

Term 3 - 2016 Home Learning Tasks

Week 1

Task 1 - Read a chapter book and write a summary of the chapter you have read.

Title:  The Hunger Games

Author: Suzanne Collins

Chapter Number:

Summary

I enjoyed this book & I am going to be sharing a little bit about this book. Enjoy :)

The story is about a place in North America called Panem. Neighboring Panem is 13 districts. The Capitol - the ones who own the 13 districts force the people of each district to send one female and one male 12-18 year old as a tribute to fight to the death in the Hunger Games. This happens every year, but District 13 was blown to bits because they were the face of the rebellion against the capitol before the Hunger Games was well-established. A young lady named Katniss Everdeen volunteered for her sister Primrose Everdeen when her name was called for her to go to the Hunger Games along with a young man named Peeta Mellark. What Katniss doesn’t know was that Peeta likes her, and he declares his love for her. Unfortunately, they were on death’s doorstep more than once during the games. When they win the games, the President of the Capitol, President Snow thinks that a rebellion may be starting.

Task 2 - Write your own poem about the Olympic Games. It should have at least 4 verses with 4 lines in each verse.

The Olympic Games

Countries with different names

Versing to reach their full potential

So be very gentle

Taking our time with fear

To make sure it’s all clear

Praying we win it

Just for a little bit

Having all those skills

With types of thrills

Finally we are first

Not on our worst

Making sure we’re done

Waiting for one

Winning that gold

Until we’re old

Task 3 - Solve this word problem

James decided to paint his bedroom. His bedroom walls are 5 metres long and 3 metres high.

1. If 6 litres of paint can cover 10 square metres of the wall, how much paint should James buy to paint all the walls of his bedroom.
2. If paint costs $12.00 per litre, how much will James pay for the paint.

Solution : I now know that one wall has the dimension of 5m x 3m or 15m2, if 6 litres of paint can cover 10m2, 1 litre can cover 10/6 L  or 3/5m2 .

For 1 wall James would use 9 Litres of paint, and I have imagined this would be like a square room. A square room has 4 walls, so that would mean I have to multiply my first answer (9 L) by 4. 9 x 4 = 36, 36 litres of paint had to be used for James to be able to paint his full bedroom.

1 Litre of paint costs : $12.00 ; there is 36 Litres of paint so that means 12 x 36 = ?

12 x 30 = 360 ; 12 x 6 = 72 ; 360 + 72 = $432.

Winter Learning Journey Day 7

Day 7 - Activities 1 - 3

Approximately one month after the Olympic Games finish, there is a second Olympic competition. This competition is specifically for athletes who have physical disabilities. It is called the Paralympics. The first official Paralympic Games were held in Rome, Italy in 1960.

To view the promotional video for the Paralympic Games, check out this link!

Activity 1: At the first ever Paralympic Games in Rome, the athletes competed in eight sports. Cycling was one of them. For the cycling event, two people compete together as a team – one of the people has a disability and the other does not. Here is a picture of a para-cycling team from New Zealand:

At the moment the most famous para-cycling team in New Zealand is comprised of two female athletes – Emma Foy and Laura Thompson. Emma is blind but Laura is not. Together they work as an amazing team. Imagine that you were asked to compete in a tandem cycling event and you had to choose one person to compete with. Who would it be? On your blog, tell us who you would compete with and why. If it was me, I would choose my son, Aronui because he’s pretty fast and very funny. He would make me laugh as we biked along and would be very supportive and encouraging! I know that I could trust him to be a good teammate. Who would you choose?

For this activity I would choose my sister, she is very enthusiastic and has lots of courage and that could really help with cycling. My sister is really fun and I really like the way that she would push me to really reach my goals.

Activity 2: It is very expensive for each of the Paralympic athletes to fly from New Zealand to Rio de Janeiro to compete.  Most athletes have to fundraise in order to make the money that they need to go on the big trip. Recently, Harvey Norman announced that they will be helping to raise funds for the New Zealand Paralympic team. What could you do to help raise funds to support our amazing Paralympic athletes? On your blog, list 2 different ways in which you, your family or friends could raise money to support the athletes.

I would set fundraisers from Car-Washes, Sausage Sizzles, Night Events & much more. When we fundraise lots of money we could donate it to help for the Paralympic Athletes.

My next one is similar to the first one, basically selling anything for money or having events or even bake sales. I would be very nice to do this.

Bonus: This year two new sports are being added to the Paralympic Games. They are canoeing and triathlon. In the triathlon the athletes must swim 750 metres, cycle for 20 kilometres, and then run for 5 kilometres. Paralympic athletes may also compete in other sports including archery, boccia, football, judo, powerlifting, rowing, sailing, swimming, sitting volleyball, track cycling, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair rugby, and wheelchair tennis. To learn more about all of the Paralympic sports, please visit the 2016 Paralympic Games website.

Imagine that you are on the Paralympic Committee and you have been asked to create one new sport to add to the competition for this year. Use your awesome imagination to design a brand new Paralympic sport. Please remember that some of the athletes will not be able to walk or run and others may be blind or deaf. On your blog, please write:

1. The name of your sport,
2. A brief description of how you play the sport, and
3. Three rules for the sport

Double Canoe Rowing Speed

Double Canoe Rowing is basically having a partner & your partner can have a disability or not. Playing this type of sport is just rowing but making sure that if your partner is blind, they would be at the back which is the speed, and the unblind person will be in front navigating..

Rule #1 - All athletes can not stop unless they really need a good break

Rule #2 - Make sure that all athletes are tightly strapped while Speed.

Rule # 3 - Make sure that all athletes are having fun.

Winter Learning Journey Day 3

Day 3 - Visit the website for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Click on the name of the one of the sports that is listed on the main page. If possible, choose one that you have never heard of before and read about it. After reading about the sport, post a short description of it on your blog. The post must include:

1. The name of the sport
2. The aim of the sport
3. Two rules for the sport

I have picked Olympic Fencing. The aim of the sport is that each opponent used a different type of unique combat to fight each other with a blunt ended blade and to hit each other as many times as possible.

Rule 1 - Barging the opponent, using your hand to cover the target zone or foot faults can lead to a points penalty at the referee’s discretion.

Rule 2 - In foil, strikes outside the target area stop the contest before resuming afresh, however strikes with the blade do not stop the action; the latter rule also applies to the epée.

Activity 2: Take a picture of yourself playing one of the 28 Olympic sports and post it to your blog along with the name of the sport and a brief description of what you are doing in the picture. As an example, I have posted a picture of my son, Aronui, posing as an archery competitor. He made his bow out of a tree branch!

I am holding my blunt ended sword. I have also decided to blur my face out. Having a little cushion there is just for the background of the sword.

Bonus: This year two sports are being reintroduced into the Olympic Games. They are golf and sevens rugby. Imagine that you worked for TVNZ and you were paid to travel to Rio de Janeiro to attend the Olympic Games and report on the golf and/or the rugby competitions. On your blog, write a poem that describes how you would feel about travelling to Rio. Would you be excited? Would you be scared? How would you feel?

Poem :

Confused, Excited and Amazed

Snoozed, Lighted & Blazed

Rio and it’s features

Schools and Teachers

Making my interview simple

With smiles with dimples

Wishing for luck

Lurking like a duck

Soon I find it

With a transmit

That's Rio