Tag: reading 2023

6 questions for “Seventh grade”

Seventh Grade – Gary Soto 

 

 

First some questions

Answer the following questions about Seventh Grade.

 

Question Answer
What background information do you learn about Victor? Victor Rodriguez is a 12-13 year old boy who enjoys learning Spanish but doesn’t enjoy maths. He has a crush on a smart, “Cute” girl named Teresa and has a friend named Michael who has taken up the way of GQ magazine models, always scowling when he can.
When the boys scowl, the girls look at them. What might the girls be thinking? There are two possible thoughts, Option 1 and I quote “Omg, that guy looks so cool, I hope I he’s in the same class as me” this is what he hopes there thinking, Option “Look that weirdo, whys he doing that face dumb face, is he trying to act cool?”.
What obstacles are getting in the way of Victor making Teresa “his girl”?
  1. He’s too nervous when she’s near him.
  2. He tries to act cool when she’s near, for example French class.
  3. He can’t look her in the eye’s.
How does the tension increase now that Victor and Teresa are in the same class together? The tension rises on Victors side because now he thinks he has more of a chance at getting Teresa but he nervous scale also rises ten fold but it decreases when Teresa asks him for help in French. 
Why did the teacher turn his back and walk to the blackboard? Because he could tell that Victor was losing his confidence and was beginning to say non-existent words or trying his hardest to imitate French. 
The French teacher, Mr. Bueller, realises that Victor is faking his knowledge of French, yet he does not let on about it. What impression does Mr. Bueller’s action tell you about him as a person and as a teacher? He doesn’t like to embarrass his students in front of the rest of the class. He cares for the knowledge of his students and wants them to gain confidence as well, he could also tell that Victor didn’t know french at all.

 

CREATE:

Create an audiobook version of the story. 

 

  • Using Online Voice Recorder or another recording tool, record yourself reading ‘Seventh Grade’. 
  • Make sure you listen to this version first. Try to read at a similar speed and tone. 
  • Record yourself for at least 5 minutes. 
  • Listen back to yourself reading and score yourself using this rubric
  • Share you’re recording and marked rubric on your blog

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This week we had to read a book called Seventh grade which is a book by Gary Soto, this is about a boy named Victor who just started a new year in 7th grade. He was given options for class and he picked french as one because he had a crush on this girl called Teresa. He then goes off to see his friend Michael who seems to be scowling like a male model, he picked this up while reading a model magazine that was his brother’s. The rest is in a link at the top.

Pseudoscience Task

Pseudoscience Task

Walt: Find and link information across a range of texts

 

Task

Work on this Doc together with a partner.

 

What was the author’s main message in pseudoscience

Make sure you have real evidence to back up something and make sure you clarify it with someone else so they can test your “theory”. Also don’t believe everything you see in advertisements. 

 

What are some of the differences between scientists and advertisers?

Scientists Advertisers
Study the topic and clarify it with another scientist.  Take the facts put on the ad but aren’t specific with details like saying “chocolate can help people with memories!”
They always make sure that when they study that thing they do it step by step so the critique can take that information and use it to make sure it checks out. Advertisers can talk about chocolate and how it helps you while also people who eat too much could get very sick because of unhealthy eating.

 

Write 3 sentences explaining something new you’ve learned from this reading. 

I have learnt something new about cocoa beans and how they have a chemical called Flavanols which can help older people remember but can be eliminated while being formed into chocolate. I also learned something new about WW2 and how England had to lie so Germans didn’t actually know how they could see in the dark. I also learned the difference between scientists  and advertisers with how scientists clarify facts while advertisers take a fact and don’t elaborate on it.

True or False

Statement True/False Slide/Page Number Evidence
A pseudonym is a false name True Page 3 “For example, a “pseudonym” is a false name that people use instead of their real name.”
Blackcurrants have vitamin D True  Page 3 “It’s true that raw blackcurrants are high in vitamin C.”
Flavanols help people remember things True/false Page 4 “Flavanols do seem to help older people who have difficulty remembering things. But the process of turning cocoa beans into chocolate destroys the flavanols, so there is no evidence that chocolate helps with memory at all.”
Scientists critique each other True Page 3 “Scientists write so their work and ideas can be critiqued by other scientists. They need to explain their method with enough detail that another scientist can repeat it or look for errors.”
Carrots have vitamin A True Page 6 “Carrots have vitamin

A in them, and vitamin A is

important for healthy eyes.”
Carrots help us see in the dark False  Page 6 “But eating extra carrots won’t

improve your night vision.

The British government used

pseudoscience to trick their

enemies,”

I learnt something new about Cocoa beans and also learned two new words, Pseudoscience and Pseudonym. I learnt everything from this text based on Pseudoscience.

Fast rust talk

Fast Rust Task

 

Task

Work on this Doc together with a partner.

 

What 3 ingredients are needed for rust to occur.

Salt or rain  Water Iron Oxygen from the air

 

Write a brief paragraph explaining the rusting process (why rusting occurs)

Rusting occurs because salt-water combines with oxygen from air on metal and it makes hydrated iron hydrated aka rust. Oxygen from the air mixes with water and when it’s on metal it creates iron Oxide. It then proceeds to make hydrated iron oxide.

 

How could you prevent something from rusting?

Usually you paint the metal with paint because it puts a barrier between the Iron and oxygen/water. Bridges get painted every four years but parts of the bridge closest to salt water gets coated more sooner because it could get rusted faster.

 

Write 3 sentences explaining something new you’ve learned from this reading.

I’ve learnt that rust takes 4 steps and 3 ingredients, Oxygen for air, Salt-water and Iron. I also learned that rust can rust at different times, like it could take four years or 1 day. I also learnt the scientific term for rust which is Hydrated iron oxide.

 

Write down any new words you found in Fast Rust or the article about rust. Make sure you learn what the word means and write down a definition you understand for each new word.

Word Definition
Corrosion A breakdown of materials due to a chemical action like rusting.
Compound A combination of two or more elements 
Alloy A metal fused with an element to make the metal stronger or more resistant to corrosion. 
Element  A simple chemical that can’t become more simple. 
Iron Oxide  Iron Oxide is another name for rust.
Nitrogen Is an element that is non metallic and can be used to make, dye, explosions etc.
Oxygen  Is another element that is produce by a tree and can help people breathe
Carbon Is used to mix with another element to create alloy.
Steel Steel is a metal made with Iron and Carbon and little elements.
Rust  Is a metal that has been eaten away by Iron Oxide.

This week we learn’t more about rust and what it takes to make it happen. Rust is a compound of three elements, Iron, Oxygen from the air and  Salt water. Paint is something that can keep Iron from rusting.

Anzac Poster

I choose to make a poster as my secondary task because making something that supports something more important is good. Anzac day is important because it allows us to go back to a time were everything wasn’t technology and safety but in its place were war-zone’s, Dominion and some much more. Like I stated in the poster, these people sacrificed their lives for while other managed to stay alive keep fighting for what they love.