Activity 5 - Introduction Hook

WALT: Plan out a persuasive piece of writing

Task Description:

For this task my literacy class and I are learning different meanings behind persuasive writing. For this task I was to hook every audience into becoming either a future athlete, a sports person or even a couch or manager. I really hope you enjoy the post I have presented as yesterday I was out at a Netball tournament. This persuasive writing was really interesting and I really hope you enjoy it as much as I love this topic. Enjoy as their is one more to go!

Stand Up: A history of protest in New Zealand

WALT: Make connections between texts and the world

Task Description:

For this task I was to complete the presentation of stand up: a history protest in New Zealand. This literacy work took me a few hours to complete which seems really good in my own opinion. I really think this task extended my knowledge of knowing more about the maori and pakeha history through all of this. Overall I really enjoyed this incredible history task and can't wait to learn more while going along. Can't wait to see what is to come.

What is Science - Literacy Work

WALT: Synthesise information from multiple sources

What is science?

List the process of the ‘scientific method’ and a short description of each stage.

Asking a question

proposing a possible solution called a hypothesis

Testing the hypothesis through experiments

Examining the results of the experiments to see if the hypothesis has been supported

And then proposing a new question or hypothesis

Different Scientists: 

Scientists	Specialised Field & Description
Alexander Graham Bell	Famous inventor, who created telephones. Thomas Watson was the name of his partner who helped him to get money. The both of them came up with the idea of making telephones.
James Chadwick	British physicist, who was awarded a Nobel prize for physics of his discovery of the neutron in 1932. James earned a master’s degree in physics 1913.
Francis Crick	Physiologist and biologist, he focused on his studies for physics and earned his bachelor’s degree. He began working towards a PhD but paused due to world war ll.
Rosalind Franklin	British Chemist, at the age of 15 Rosalind knew she was going to pursue an education and career in science. Rosalind became working as a research assistant at the British coal utilisation research association.
Stephen Hawking	British theoretical physicist, within 3 years of enrolling in university college in oxford he earned a natural science honours degree in 1962 at only 20 years old. Stephen studied the laws of physics that make up the universe.
James Clerk Maxwell	James is known for being one of the most important scientists of all time, Albert Einstein recognised the beginnings of Clerk Maxwell's relativity theories. The words that came out of Albert Einstein was “The work of James Clerk Maxwell changed the world forever”. Jame’s research into electromagnetic radiation brought things we still use today. Like TV's, Phones, radio’s and infra-red-telescopes.
Alfred Nobel	Famous scientist, inventor, businessman and a founder of the Nobel prizes. Alfred’s father was a famous engineer and inventor who moved to st. peters burg to work in explosives manufacturing factory. Alfred moved to st. peters burg to work again in his father’s manufacturing factory.

Then find more famous scientists HERE to add to your list.