Ukulele/Recorders

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Last week in Hurumanu 2 we have been learning about ukuleles and recorders. There were soprano, concert, tenor and baritone. For recorders there is great bass, bass, tenor, alto, soprano and sopranino.

There are 3 part of a ukulele. It has a head, a neck and a body. For recorders there are four parts. It is the wind way, the head, the middle point and the foot joint.

The head contains the tuning heads that makes the ukulele sound like a ukulele. The notes of  a ukulele are G, C, E and A. Though  baritone has different notes, it has D,G,B and E.

The neck is where you do your chords. It contains frets you count the strings from the bottom to the top.

The body is where you strum your strings up and down. The sound hole is al

so at the body and it project the sound that the strings make. The body of a ukulele also has a saddle which the string is attached to. The saddle is supported with a bridge.

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Have you played a ukulele or a recorder before ?

Bird Mask #2

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On my last blog post about drama, I talked about what we have been doing in drama. We have been currently learning about bird masks and planning out what it would look like. 

We had to make a mask plan e.g: colours, shape materials. I haven't made a mask plan yet but I have a list of materials that I may or may not need. I am inspired by this bird mask that kind of looks like a barn owl. 

Here is the list :

Mask Info:
Cardboard Paper
Popsicles stick/ Stick
Paint 
Velcro/Ribbon?
Feathers
Paper mache? 
Heart shaped face
White and brown/black

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My Bird Mask Research

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This week in Drama we have been learning about masks, specifically bird masks. We had to choose a bird that will inspire us on making a bird mask. It could also be a bird that was made by fantasies like a phoenix. 

For my mask I chose a Barn Owl. I chose it because it has really pretty features and it also looks like one of the mask I was inspired on.

Here is more info about Barn Owls:

Barn Owl

Features:
1. White heart shaped face
2. Looks like from a fantasy
3. Their back has a tawny colour with little black and white spots.
4. Both male and female have both similar colours.
5. Female barn owls are most likely to be larger than males.
6. Female owls also have more spots on their back than males.
Interesting Facts:
1. The barn owls are really quiet when flying around.
2. Barn owls are probably the most owls that are more spread out around the world than other owls.

We also  had to make a mask plan e.g: colours, shape materials. I haven't made a mask plan yet but I have a list of materials that I may or may not need. I am inspired by this bird mask that kind of looks like a barn owl. 

Here is the list :

Mask Info:
Cardboard Paper
Popsicles stick/ Stick
Paint 
Velcro/Ribbon?
Feathers
Paper mache? 
Heart shaped face
White and brown/black

This is the mask that inspired me on hopefully making a barn owl mask.

The next step to our bird research was to act like a bird. We need to work on our body shape and how we can act like a bird. We had to stick out our nose as if it was our beak. Then we had to bend down and stick out our arms. I don't actually know if that is how a bird acts but it is quite similar.

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Have you seen a barn owl before?

My Writing Goals

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Today for Hurumanu 1 we have been thinking about what a can improve on our "Hero writing".

We had to find out what we needed to word on and what our goal is.

My goals:

For punctuation I need to work on using numerous punctuation like semicolon or apostrophe. I am also trying to learn how to use these punctuation correctly.

My second goal is to have better ideas on my writing. I need to work on adding extra details or facts that will define my writing.

For my last goal I need to work on my vocabulary. I am trying to add detailed and specific information to interest the reader to my writing.

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I am looking forward on accomplishing these goals this term.

The Guitar

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For Hurumanu 2 or 'Counting the beat' we have been learning more about guitars and different types of music they play.

Mr Mitchel has brought guitars in the classroom for us to see. he brought a lot of acoustic guitars, a Spanish guitar and an electric guitar. The guitars that we saw that day were quite similar they all had the parts of a guitar but they all looked different. 

An acoustic guitar is a little bit more harder to play than an electric guitar. Acoustic guitars doesn't really need other instruments to go with it because it already sounds good on its own.

Electric guitars have many numerous sounds that you could play. It is also easier to play than an acoustic guitar because it has lighter strings. Though it may be hard to play chords because of how little the space between the strings.

It is rather comfortable to play a Spanish guitar because its string are made out of nylon. The Spanish guitar has a quite wide space between its string unlike other guitars.

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Have you ever played a guitar before, if so what kind of guitar was it?

Counting The Beat

 Good Day Everyone.

For Hurumanu 2 we have been learning about music. For the first few weeks we had to know what is music and where can we find music. 

First we had do define music. Then we had to learn about different types of music and where we can find music.

Our definition of music this : "Music is sounds, notes and beats that are put together to express ideas or emotions."

The different types of music we came up with were : Rock n Roll, Rap, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Blues, Lyrical, Metal, Heavy Metal, Classical, Calm, Pop, Karaoke, Electrical, Singing and Soft. 

Where can we find, hear or experience music. Our class answered with this: "We can find music in Spotify, Public Toilets, Radio, Social Media, Movies, TV Programmes, Concerts, CDs, Speakers and Youtube.

That is all we had to do for the first few weeks. It has been really fun learning many types of music there are around the world. I'd like to learn more about string instruments like the ukulele and how to play it.

Heroes

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This week in Hurumanu 1 we have been learning about Heroes. what makes a hero, a hero. 

First we had to identify what is a hero and what makes them a hero. Some of the things that our class came up with was: A hero is Helpful, Brave, Courageous, Persistent and Resilient. 

After that we had to find a hero that has most of these traits. Then we make a document that has a lot of information about them and what they did heroic.

I wrote about Dr. Jose Rizal. Here is my writing:

My Hero: Dr. José Rizal

Dr. Jose Rizal is known as a National Hero of the Philippines. He was born on

June 19, 1861 and died on the 30th of December in 1896. In his family he had

nine sisters and one brother.

People looked up to him as a great hero for he had sacrificed himself to the

colonizers as he believed that it would be better if we were in peace. Apparently

he had hid documents in his clothes and shoes on the day of his execution hoping

they would give his body to his family.

His Death was caused due to misunderstandings. After his release of being exiled

he was accused of being part of a revolutionary against Spanish colonizers. Eight

Filipinos from the firing squad were forced to execute him even though they didn’t

want to. Behind them were Spanish soldiers who were ordered to eliminate the

people who rejected to execute Dr. Jose Rizal.

Traits that made them a hero:

• Great Role Model

• Brave and courageous

• Helpful

• Persistent and Resilient

• Putting others before themselves

• Sacrificing

• Respecting Others

• Doing the right thing because it’s the right thing to do.

• Kind to Everyone

• Intelligent 

• Hardworking

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Who is your hero and why do you look up to them?

Activities in Drama

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The past few weeks the year 7/8 's we have been doing a lot of activities in Drama. I am also one of those people. 

We were mostly doing games or activities that would help us in drama. One of the games were 16/16 circle where we had to go in a circle and take 16 steps to the right or to the left. The purpose of this activity is to time when to walk so we don't bump into each other.

We also played a game called walk and jump when the instructor says walk we have to walk or when they say jump we jump. This activity gives us the skill to move as a group and when to walk.

Another game we played was Fiesta. You had get in a circle and either go left and right by saying a certain word. This teaches us how to be aware of the person talking and be aware f what is happening around the circle. 

Copy circle was also one of the games we played. It is where someone in he circle becomes the leader and we had to copy what they were doing. This activity teaches us how to move as a group and be aware of what the leader is doing.

All these games were basics of learning skills from Drama. These were Drama games that would help us during Drama Class.

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