Summer Learning Journey | Week Four

Week Four- Day One | Rags and Riches
Activity 1
For this activity, design a book cover for your favourite book. You will need to think about what needs to be on the cover (the title, author, illustrator), pictures, colour, etc. Please create all of the images yourself (draw or photograph) rather than using images that you find online.

On your blog, share the book cover you have designed.

Week Four- Day One| Romeo and Juliet
Activity 2

For this activity, we would like you to learn more about ‘Shakespearean English’ - the version of English that Shakespeare used to write his plays. To do this, please write a short recount about what you did this morning in regular (2019) English, and then use this translating tool to turn it into Shakespearean English.

English version:

This morning I woke up to the sound of my Mum asking me to hang the washing. My eyes open, rotating with my legs hanging heavily over the edge of the bed. I begin to walk down to the lounge, going the long way through the kitchen. A note was on the dishwasher. ‘Clean’. This means that the dishes inside the dishwasher are clean and that I can put them away. Once I had put them away I began to rinse the dirty dishes and put them into the dishwasher. After that, I then remembered its Monday and I have the three activities to do for the Summer Learning Journey, so I begin to work.

Shakespearean version:
This morning I did wake up to the soundeth of mine own mum asking me to hangeth the washing.  Mine own eyes open, rotating with mine own forks hanging heavily over the edge of the sleep chamber.  I beginneth to walketh down to the lounge, going the longest way through the kitchen. A note wasted on the dishwasher.  ‘clean’. This means yond the dishes inside the dishwasher art crisp and beyond i can putteth those folk hence. Once i hadst putteth those folk hence i beganeth to rinseth the filthy dishes and putteth those folk into the dishwasher.  After yond, i then remember'r'd its monday and i has't the three activities to doth f'r the summer learning journey, so i beginneth to work

Week Four- Day One | The Diary Of Anne Frank
Activity 3
For this activity, we would like you to imagine that you have a diary. In your diary please write a story about your most  extraordinary day. What happened? You can tell us about an actual event or you can make one up. It’s totally up to you! Please be as creative as you can.

On your blog, post a diary entry about your extraordinary day. Please start your post with the words “Dear Diary”.

  Dear Diary,

Today I am scheduled to do something very scary and exciting at the same time. Can you guess what it is? Yes, It’s bungee jumping. My diary sits in my lap with my pencil writing these words along with the paper. My Mum puts the key in the ignition, and the engine roars. The car begins to move, slowly then gradually getting faster.

I lifted up my head and had taken a deep breath. I had seen the sign. “ Bungee jumping is open”. I walked past the sign and then up to the jumping spot. My mother and I walked over to the workers and said we have a booking. They took me in and geared me up. I stood on the edge of the platform, my heart beating out of my chest. Moving my right foot forward, diving below. The cool breeze brushes against my skin, a wide grin come across my face. The rope tightens, and I begin to be hoisted up. This wasn’t as bad as I thought, in fact, it was terrific!

Week Four- Day Two | Getting Stronger
Activity 1

For this activity, please give us a list of your ‘Top 5’ favourite artists (singers or bands) and your ‘Top 5’ favourite songs. They can be from any time period and any genre (type) of music.
On your blog, post lists of your Top 5 Artists and your Top 5 Songs.
There are several songs and artists I listen to that I could choose from. If I had to pick five of my favourite artists they would be …

• Noah Cyrus
• Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
• Ruel
• Queen
• Shawn Mendes
  My top five favorite songs are …
• Bohemian Rhapsody ( Queen)
• Dazed and Confused ( Ruel)
• Same Love ( Macklemore and Ryan Lewis)
• July (Noah Cyrus)
• Painkiller ( Ruel)

Week Four- Day Two | K-pop heroes
Activity 2

For this activity, please watch this CBS Sunday Morning Special about BTS.

On your blog, tell us your opinion on BTS. Please don’t just say whether or not you like them, but tell us what it is that you like (or don’t like) about them.

Watching this video of the K-pop group was pretty interesting. K-pop is a group of seven men in their 20’s who write songs, and perform in front of people. This group of people is actually the first Korean K-pop ever to release songs and that's what like about them. These people are different, growing up they wanted to be song artists so that is what they have done. K-pop is also known for them singing songs in the Korean language as well as english.

Week Four- Day Two | Girl Power
Activity 3

For this activity, we would like to choose one role model and tell us about them. What makes them a role model? They can be people you know personally, people you have seen on television or the internet, people you have heard on the radio or people you have heard about from a friend of family member. You do not have to know them personally.

On your blog, tell us about your chosen role model. Please be sure to tell us why you think they are a role model.

If I had to choose one person who I believe is a role model I would choose my older sister.

To me my older sister has always been a great role model. I believe my sister is a great role model because she is naturally a nice person. My sister always gives up her time to help others. Whether this means her own job or helping out with little things around the house, she still is an amazing person. My sister has just turned into an adult and finishing her last year of high school. Throughout her high school years she has set so many goals. I always had seen her working hard every night at the kitchen table asking me for help with things and my parents too. My sister's hard work has paid off with many awards and soon off to university. Recently my sister had not only finished high school,  she had also just gotten her restricted license. I am very proud of my sister and there are great things she has done that prove that she is a great role model.

Week Four- Day Three | Talk Show Host
Activity 1

For this activity, we would love to know more about your interests (passions) and your future plans. What do you think that you would like to do when you are older? Do you have a specific job in mind?

On your blog, please tell us about your future plans (i.e. what you plan to do when you finish high school or college). Would you prefer to start working right away or to continue with your studies?

After high school and college ( university), I have many things I could do in mind. A couple weeks ago I had just finished my last year of primary school and soon I will be starting high school. I have several passions such as music, writing, sports, and science. I believe that I could do any of these, but I’m not certain what I want to do just yet. Going through high school I assume, people would make their decision on what they want to do with their future when they learn/ study different things and new experiences. I still have five more years of school to start making my decisions on what I want to do. There are a few things I want to study and along the years I would do little things that would build on it as well as studying it in my free time.

Week Four- Day Three | Plot Points
Activity 2

For this activity, imagine that you had the chance to write your own movie. What would it be about? Who would be your main characters? What are the important events that would take place?

On your blog, provide a synopsis (overview) of your movie. In particular, tell us the name of your movie, the main events that take place in your movie and the names of the main characters. If you wish, you could do this as a storyboard.

If I got the choice of writing my own movie I would have it to do with murder and mystery. The movie would be about a group of girls who are getting anonymous texts and weird things are happening. Like random people going missing and different murders. The main characters in my movie would the small group of highschool girls who are getting these messages. The important events in the movie could be the texts, murders, fights and even betrayal. The name of the movie could be ‘The Unfortunate’. Some names of characters could be Bethany, Hanna, Sammi and Ali.
Week Four- Day Three |
Activity 3

For this activity, we would like to know if you would consider doing a 20 or 40 Hour Famine to raise money for charity.
On your blog, tell us whether, or not, you would participate in 20 or 40 Hour Famine. If you have already participated in a 20 or 40 Hour Famine, please share your experience, including why you decided to participate and some highlights and challenges of the experience. To get full points, please provide at least six sentences.
Reading what I have to do to complete this task has made me wonder if I actually would do this. Going 20-40 hours without food, for me, isn’t the end of the world  and many people do this anyway and even longer. I can survive quite a long time without food so this challenge wouldn’t be hard for me at all. The longest I survived without food was a little more than two days when I was sick, but I still stayed hydrated. Not eating food for this long wouldn’t affect me because I usually don't eat much during the day, a little meal at breakfast sometimes but not much until dinner time. If I had the choice to participate in a 20 to 40 hour famine I probably most likely would. Would you give it a try?

Week Four- Day Four | Fashion forward
Activity 1

For this activity, please read this article about where some famous New Zealand brands got their names from. Brand names are very important to companies as this is how they are known. On your blog, tell us how Twenty Seven Names got their name. Looking at their clothing brand, tell us whether you think this is a good name for them, or if they should change it to something else! To find out where this clothing brand had got the name from I easily went onto their website. Searing through pages and pages until I found a page called ‘ about’. The about page was talking about who first got into the fashion industry and also about where they had got the name for the shop. I kept reading searching for why they named the clothing shop ‘ Twenty Seven Names’, and I found it. Inside the paragraph, it said, ‘the label name is a homage to the list of 27 people who helped to get their labels off the ground’.  I actually quite like the idea of the name and where they got it from. I believe this is quite a special name because, without the 27 people who helped, no one would have heard about their shop. 

Week Four - Day Four | Try Your Own Tapa
Activity 2
For this activity please create your own tapa cloth design. You can draw your design on paper or using a drawing app such as Google Draw.

On your blog, post an image (photo or screenshot) or your tapa design and describe what each part of your picture represents (means).

Above is a tara design I had made. As you can tell there is a turtle in the middle of the design which represents a navigator. The patterned korus around the edge of the piece of paper represents the waves in the ocean.  I had to think about how the turtle and the korus linked together, and I found out the meaning behind the tara design. This design shows the turtle as the navigator showing the waka to New Zealand.

Week Four- Day Four | Top Secret Street Art
Activity 3

For this activity, take a look at the Christchurch street art website and choose two different pieces of artwork. Look carefully at both pieces of art, and identify similarities and differences between the two.

On your blog, post screenshots of the two different pieces of art that you have chosen. Below the pictures tell us about the similarities and differences that you see in the two pieces of street art.

Christchurch street art website

Looking at these two artworks I can see many differences and similarities. The obvious difference between the two is that one has lips with lettering and the other one is a group of rabbits running through a field of grass. When I look at the pictures I also see the difference | of colours that were used. Something that was similar between them both was the little detail. I also realised by looking at the two that the artwork to the right has a happy feeling, but the artwork to the left has a different feeling or story behind it. 

Week Four- Day Five | The World of Hiphop
Activity 1

For this activity, watch this video of their award winning performance. What do you like about the performance? What did the dance crew do well? What could they work on?

On your blog, write a review of The Royal Family performance. Please talk about the dance, dancers, costumes, and the music. What did you like? What didn’t you like as much? What do you think could have been improved?

I tried getting onto this video on youtube but it wouldn’t let me due to restricted mode.

Week Four- Day five | En pointe
Activity 2

For this activity, please choose your favourite inspirational quote from this website. Create a text graphic using this quote.

On your blog, share your text graphic and underneath it, explain what it means to you.

Inspirational Quote Text Graphic

This quote, created by Dr. Seuss has a pretty big meaning to me. There are people out there in the world who are different than the rest and are being judged for it. Some people are worried about what others might think of them if they aren’t the same as everyone else so they try and fit it. This quote for me means, be different and don’t let anyone take that away from you.

Week Four- Day five | Concluding the Journey
Activity 3

For this activity, please reflect on your experience with the Summer Learning Journey programme this year.

On your blog please tell us:

1. Which activity you enjoyed the most
2. Which activity you enjoyed the least
3. Three things that you learned while completing the programme
4. What changes/improvements you would make to the programme for next year

The activity I enjoyed the most was probably the work I had done about my mum and her dream job. I’m not quite sure why it was my favorite maybe because I got to learn more things about my Mum and what she wants.

The activity I enjoyed the least; I don’t think they're actually was one. Some activities took more time than the rest and some were more challenging but I easily enjoyed doing every task/ activity.

Three things that I learned from doing the Summer Learning Journey are probably to push myself more, keep the standards of your work at my year level and in every activity, there was always something new I had learned.

If I had to make any changes or improvements to the Summer Learning Journey for next year, I probably wouldn’t. This is my second year participating in the SLJ and I have enjoyed a lot. I believe that nothing needs to be changed, it was great!