ESOL - My Holiday

Thursday 21 October, P4 ESOL.

In this blog I will be writing about what I did in term break. 

Physically I did a couple of things, my whole family was very busy during the past few days. 

We did a lot of exciting activities like when we moved houses! We needed to pack a lot of boxes and go back fourth in between our new house and our old house, we also did a lot of cleaning inside our old house which was a bit tiring. Another physical thing I did was draw and colour a lot because we didn't have wifi for the whole term break! I went outside in the yards with the dogs, it was loads of fun! We moved a couple of furniture in our new house too. 

Intellectually I only learned a limited amount of things since I didn't have much access to the wifi though I did learn my way to school by walking there from time to time inside the term break, I watched a couple videos on how to draw certain things and surprisingly I was actually able to do most of them! I watched an Indian suicide case and I learned a couple of things from that...

Although I did do a couple lots of things I was still very bored and didn't really feel that happy during the weekends. I wish I could've done more fun things during my birthday and throughout all of the other days. I also felt sad because of something that happened in term break that I cannot discuss. my final thought is that I do think that my term break could've been a lot better but it wasn't the worst days of my life so i'm pretty much alright with how it turned out.

Circuit Constructing.

In series the voltage is split.

 

In parallel the voltage is the same.

Voltage Rule ; In series the voltage is split between components in parallel cur\\the voltage is the same everywhere. Volts (V)

In series it will be the same

In parallel is will be split 

Current Rule ; In series current is the same everywhere. In parallel current is split between pathings.

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Current (I) - How quickly the electrons move (flow).

Voltage (V) - How much energy the electrons are carrying.

Resistance (R) - Used to slow/resist flow of electrons (current). 

ESOL T3 - Feedback.

I personally think that the best lesson was reading Wonder and playing some fun games that our teacher presented us. I liked reading wonder because it gave us time to “wonder” and have our own peace and quiet. Although I wouldn’t want to read ALL the time. I really enjoyed playing the games a lot because it gave us the opportunity to bond with friends and classmates, and it was also fun competing to make sure our team will win!One task I was proud of is, well i’m not specifically proud of a particular work that I did because I think I did decent work not outstanding or bad work. One thing I would do differently next time I do ESOL is that I'd try to make more time in completing work and try my best to have a decent grade. I would like to try and get out of my comfort zone at some point so that I can speak better in future jobs..One more thing I’d like to share is that I liked watching the movie about the three men in Jamaica who were trying to win the Olympic games, I enjoyed this part of the term because we got to learn about a sport that I haven’t heard much about and that we didn’t really have to do much when we got to class!

Food economics / Food review

 Kia ora!

Today I will be discussing what I did for food economics last week. Sadly I forgot the name of the food but it was a burrito or taco looking snack! Now you may be asking, how did you make this delicious tasting snack? Well here is what I remember. 

First things first, we got our instructions from our teacher and once she was done talking to us she let us off to go have a try at cooking this snack. First I cut the meat into little pieces, approximately 1 cm wide and perhaps 2 cm long whilst my partner started to cut the vegetables. Me and my partner stood a little far from each other since we didn't want an infection to occur if the veggies and the chicken mixes. After we were done cutting everything, I seasoned the meat with spice mix and popped it in the oven. While waiting for it to cook we put in the tortilla in the microwave for 10 seconds and started preparing everything that was gonna go inside. Finally! We assembled everything together and had a bite.

It tasted delicious... as the food filled my mouth with flavor and texture I felt all the Little veggie pieces and the meat getting crushed in my mouth, they all thankfully mixed well together. As I was biting it some of the filling got out, but it's okay I put it back in! The flavour that stood out most to me was the onion, it had a very strong but good flavour. Perhaps if I could re-do it again I would perhaps put more ingredients in the meat.

Static Electricity.

What are the 3 particles that make up everything? Which ones have positive and negative charge?

Protons = Positive 

Neutrons = Neutral 

Electrons = Negative

Objects want to be "electrically neutral", what does this mean?

It means that they want to have an even balance of negative and positive, opposites attract.

When you rub two insulators you can get a static shock, so what is an insulator and a conductor?

Insulators are bad at passing on electricity but conductors are good.

What is an example of static electricity?

You can get static electricity from your hair, carpet, jacket,cardigan, slides, etc.

Open Steak Sandwich !

                                        Open Steak Sandwich

How we made it ~

We started off by getting all of our needed ingredients and supplies out and on our tables. Of Course we sanitised it before putting them on. Once everything was all set, our teacher instructed us on what needed to be done and we finally started! Firstly we rolled the red meat and rolled it into slightly long pieces whilst our partners cut the vegetables which consisted of peppers, onion, salad leaves, tomatoes, etc. After the cutting has been done we mixed some of the vegetables with the meat and put it on the pan to fry, it didn’t take long for it to cook nicely! Once these were cooked we put them in our buns and put the extra sauces and veggies onto the burger.

How it tasted ~

By far this was my favourite food we made in our class, it tasted so good it’s indescribable! Everything from top to bottom complimented each other, the steak was the perfect texture it wasn’t rubbery/chewy or too under-cooked. The vegetables tasted a tad bit sweet and went well with the sauces we put on. You could hear the veggies crunching in your mouth as you bit into it! 

The Cay - Questions about Chapters 12-13.

1. How many days have Timothy and Philip been of the islands?

They've been in the cay for around 40 days.

2. What does Philip do to help Timothy when he is sick?

Philip helps timothy by assisting him, gave Timothy water and ripped some parts of his clothes to put on top of Timothy forehead like Philips mom did with him.

3. Explain why Philip is ready to climb the coconut tree?

Because he succeed climbing it and Timothy taught him what to do and how to specifically climb the tree. 

4. Why do you think Timothy is trying to teach Philip these survival skills?

Because Timothy thinks that he may die so he teaches Philip how to do these certain tasks so that when he is gone he will still be able to survive on his own.

5. What do you think Philip mean by his comment, "are you still Black"?

I think Timothy asked this question sarcastically because he perceived black people as being bad or unhelpful whilst Timothy was good and helpful which he thought wasn't the case.