ESOL Class Trip Opinion

  A Class trip or a School outing can be educational and enjoyable at the same time. Yes, there will be elements of observing and studying what you are learning in the place. But at the same time, you may just end up having a fun time or even being able to do activities. I think that it does go both ways since not only do you study for whatever topic you may have whilst be a trip but you also get to experience the fun and enjoyable sides of the trip. Although some may be purely for the purpose of education but at least you get to get out of class for a while and be in a different place other than being at school all the time.

Goal In School

 In ESOL, My class had a discussion about gaining credits for NCEA Level and how to achieve those goals. For mine, I choose to say that I would be grateful every day so that I lessen the stress I get every day in school in my studies. Learning to be grateful in all things either it be small or big is beneficial to me personally as it helps soothes me and calms me down in general. Reminding myself every day of the good things that happened to me is a good practice for me to counter stress.

ESOl 2021 Goals

• to achieve all of the allocated amounts of credits allowed in ESOL to help pass NCEA Level 1
• personally, being able to be responsible and to overcome my fear of not passing 
• to improve my vocabulary, speech, reading, and writing skills in ESOL

River Blog Entry

The novel ''The River'' is a book that is not really my preferred book to read, but vice versa, it is also a book I am fine reading. The book itself showcases a realistic point of view of what it might be like to survive out in the wild. I like the unique words that it has and I seem to encounter words I have never known or heard of before, which increases my vocabulary. So far I don't have any dislikes of the novel.

The book itself is easy to understand and empathize what the author is trying to convey out in the book about surviving in the woods again

Preferences

• I like how we sometimes take a turn in reading the book so that we can hear everyone's reading capability and voices
• I like how we talk about things from the novel to remember our past knowledge about the book
• I like how we do fun activities that sometimes relate to what we in class.

The parallel learning of essay structure to me is a decent practice again about how to make essays. but I am used to writing essays in different formats such as creative, recount, and so on. It helps me regain some of my knowledge how to properly build up an essay in the right order 

I prefer we do this type of learning in a fun activity to Kahoot.

The top 3 Items to bring in my opinion

 Being lost in the cold mountains can be quite risky as there are many possibilities that may occur. Applying that I already do have warm clothes and a jacket to keep me warm at the least. Items that are used for navigation and food rations may be also good to be able to survive. The first item I would bring is a device that is able to dial in an emergency call, as there is no signal on the mountains. Since emergency calls do not require a network signal. So that it is accessible for me to call the police or mountain rescue teams. The second item I would bring is a flashlight that has strong brightness or light capability as it would be easier for people to see or spot me. As it would link back to the first item that I need for me to let the group know of where my exact location is. The third item I would bring is some rations and water. Maybe without prior knowledge, some fruits or living beings in the mountains may prove not edible or dangerous. Bringing in good food and water enough to sustain until rescue arrives is essential for me. For there is no telling of when the rescue team may arrive. There may be other factors that would change my lists as I still do not know of the possibilities I may encounter whilst be in the mountains. Other things that could prove potentially dangerous or harmful might come across to me. Such as wild animals and natural hazards. Overall keeping in touch with the people who can help me get back to safety is my most prioritized in my opinion as chances are. There is no knowing what will happen and what will I encounter being lost in the mountains.

Entry : ESOL

 In the year 11 ESOL class, we learned a new strategy of reflection. It is a step by step process called 321RIQ that consists of three components. 

3 Recalls - 3 things to remember about the lesson such as information you can easily recognize about the topic or text.

2 Insights - 2 New things I have learnt this lesson. New information you have managed to learn and understood the concepts and use of it in the context

1 Question - 1 question about something I do not understand or still want to know about the lesson. Questions of the things you may not know about or still unsure and not clarified.

321RIQ Reflection

So far over the span of a few lessons in year 11 ESOL, we have done a couple of class activities including an activity where we introduce ourselves one to another in a format of a game. As a class, we also wrote a letter to our teacher Miss. Truter about our background and our identity as well as information that she has not known about us. I learnt how to do another process of blogging recalling back the term [321RIQ] and about how the Year 11 ESOL class will be handled throughout the year. A question that I am so curious is about the specific class rules and privileges in the class.

Effect of Unfair Trade

This post is about the factors that an individual or community may have on unfair trade in their wellbeing.  Places such as cocoa plantations about its workers and the way their system is carried out throughout the place.

Is Deer Culling good or bad?

Culling the population of deers comes with pros and cons. Controlling the number of deers allowed to live in a long term period may affect the plantation in the environment. Pests like wild deers are normally being allowed to reproduce yearly or in a long term period of time before the hunters that have been given license can be given the right to exterminate them. It can also allow the hunters to exercise while hunting them as they run around chasing deers can help them enhance their stamina. deer hunting has been around for 350,000 years. Artifacts found in Germany and France have paintings or carvings about humans years ago hunting deer.

In comparison, if deers are left to their own business they may end up overpopulated and they may start overgrazing food sources they normally eat. In my own way of viewing, I guess it helps people adapt to harsh living conditions like hunting wild animals for survival in case of emergency. 

Accurately, around 1.7 million is the current population of deer around New Zealand whilst around 54,000 are normally being diminished each year. Deer can populate quite fast so they may be a chance that the normal reproduction rate of deer each year may vary. As deer don't have that many predators that hunt them it enables them to repopulate much faster than other pests in New Zealand.

Managing the population of deer is to ensure that we can have a healthy and balanced environment. it can also help us reduce the potential chances of acquiring diseases from deer. Car incidents that relate to deer can also be reduced if their numbers are kept on a sustainable rate. Therefore I 

Hottest and Coldest Places on Earth

Temperature is rather something as we living beings on this earth commonly know or feel on this earth. as we feel it basically every day while we also encounter those cold frigid or blazing hot unforgiving days. Ther are also specific places around the earth that excel at the normal temperature we experience on a daily basis. Places that can be either a lot hotter or colder. The information that I personally gathered will be based on what I think and how I understand it.

COLD!!!.
The coldest place on earth is Antarctica which is fairly agreeable as the area looks like a frozen wasteland with ice. Antarctica is located in the South Pole and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean and the place is mostly covered with ice around 98% of it is pure ice. The temperature is mostly cold with some regions of Antarctica having a slight change of temperature as on the coast of Antarctica it is much warmer than inland with around -10 Celcius on a daily basis, Whilst a place like Vostok Station the coldness can skyrocket to a huge number like -70 Celcius. One specific fact said that the highest recorded temperature in Vostok Station was a whopping -89.6 Celcius and that the cold temperature in refrigerators is mostly around -15 Celcius. adding the chill and frigid wind factor it could even go colder. A person can only outstand the coldness of Antarctica for around three minutes maximum until you are either sick or receive cold-related health issues.


HOT!!!.
Dallol, in Ethiopia, is agreeably the hottest place on the earth as on a daily basis the maximum temperature is around 41 - 40 degrees. but Death Valley a place in California is arguably much more hotter. It was announced that the highest official temperature recorded was around 134°F (56.7°C). in Death Valley. Resources from the web show that the Valley looked mostly like a desert with occasional sandstorms rampaging about in the region. The weather is mostly sunny on most days. The average highest daily heat temperature is around 115 degrees Fahrenheit. It is said that a few people can somewhat inhabit the hottest place on earth but some die to heat-related diseases. 

Difference???.
The difference between them is quite obvious as each has a temperature that is basically the opposite. There are other factors that differentiate both of these coldest and hottest on earth. examples like the wind, texture of the land and its inhabitants. while the wind can basically boast the coldness in Antarctica. It is quite preferred in the Death Valley as the wind can somewhat help you withstand the scorching sun. Whilst the Death Valley has deserts sand on it the Antarctica vice versa has hardened ice on which you can walk on top of it. I preferably like cold places so I came to the conclusion that there are a bit more people who can somewhat inhabit the cold and harsh lands of Antarctica.  

ESOL = Corona Virus

The coronavirus is a respiratory virus that began in Wuhan, China last year. The virus has been said to affect people with a mild illness. like cold and other common illnesses. In recent news, there has been lots of discussion about this unknown virus. Interestingly some reports say that even doctors can not be able to clarify and justify what the virus is about. There are well-known public health officials working hard to identify the virus as this was different from the others that have occurred back then. The virus has gotten its first victim, not inside China but rather outside as it claimed the life of a 44-year-old man in the Philippines. There are also quarantine zones that have been established in Wuhan and other nearby cities to keep in check of the virus.

This virus can involve every single one of us. I especially think that this is mostly for the people in China and its communities as the virus is making it hard to live out their own daily life. With the side effects of the virus such as cold and other illnesses along with death reports in the news. It made me question if people are really safe from this virus.

This makes me think about China and its people as people have been harassing and discriminate them them due to this disaster and that they make fun of them. I really worry for the people who have been affected by this and also my homeland as news has been reported of the virus affecting the Philippines the place I grew up on.

ESOL = Recipe Parfait

 Yogurt Parfait

Ingredients

• 1 cups of caramel yogurt [ nonfat if preferred]
• A hand of fresh grapes or other berries.
• 1 Tbsp of frozen purple Yam ice cream.
• Sugar if needed 
• Choco Sticks

Method

• Place ½ cup of yogurt in the glass.
• Combine the strawberries and grapes = alternative blend them
• Then add sugar/sprinkles for topping
• Layer them in this way yogurt, Berries then add sprinkles 

Equipment

• 2 cups [depending on how much ingredients available]
• Blender if you want them the grapes blended
• Teaspoon

Picture = what it is supposed to similar to look like

Menu Paragraph

      Yukira Rip-off

    Menu

                     Starters                                                                                        

• Soup
• Salad 
• Spring Rolls

                  Main-courses

• Sini-gang [meat is Wagyu Beef]
• Chicken Teriyaki

                Dessert

• Halo-halo
• Ube Cake

Food is a wonderful thing to have in your stomach. Many have their own preferences whilst others are different. Throughout eating food, mostly made from my ethnicity, Filipino. I decided to open up and try new foods that I have not had before like for example eating the type of food my friends normally eat . I'll be discussing my preferences in food and which are the most exquisite and delicious based on what how much I liked it. Leading to the creation of what my dream menu is going to be.

This is the right way I liked to eat my food. It starts with the weather and feel of the day. if it is rainy and cold I prefer to eat hot and is soup related like for example a Filipino traditional food like sini-gang [ it is mostly made with soup, vegetables and meat depending on what the person feel likes putting into it] sometimes I eat spring rolls or in my language its called lumpiang shanghai. It consists of mincemeat and mixed vegetables and it is then rolled into a cylinder shape. There are many more that I prefer on those days but the two examples were my somewhat top picks.

But when it is a sunny and warm day. I mostly prefer drinks that are made traditionally like for example ube drink-related [ it similar purple yam] and other more.  The main-courses I prefer in does days are wagyu beef. the beef is originally from a cow that has been processed in Japanese culture since it came from my dream to be culture I have a high standard of Japanese food. Another dish I have in mind is the chicken teriyaki. the chicken consists of Japanese style cooking but with the teriyaki wine/sauce. There are some of just my top picks of what I prefer to eat at that time and feel of the day. Overall this js just based on my opinion and what I prefer to eat.  There are still lots I want to explain but there are just way too much things to eat in the world. 

                      

                  

Conversation Week - ESOL

Explain what Conservation Week is. To preserve and protect our country's unique plants, animal and environment. The Department of Conservation role or the purpose of the conservation week is inspire and encourage people to get involved and help out nature or New Zealand.


Explain 3 things young New Zealanders can do to help to conserve our plant, animal and environment
1.To reuse reusable bags
2. Avoiding items that contains micro-beads
3. Try to decline using single-use items such as plastic water bottles

Explain why is it important or not.

'Cleaning everything and tidying up may seem a bit too complicated considering we also do have our own things to do in life? Imagine the world being engulfed by rubbish and other things that hinder or harms the wild life and the environment. The living things that surround the earth slowly but surely dies off. But there is one solution, everybody could potentially work together and help out on cleaning earth to convert it into a better place, also for the new generations that are coming to experience what is life on earth without too much rubbish.

There are multiple ways of achieving this. One way that I found resourceful is to constantly use reusable bags whenever you shop or in general. As all around the world rubbish is everywhere especially in the sea, harming the wild sea life that in habits the ocean. For instance in this site 'National Geographic' we see the information given to us about what occurs around the planet regarding pollution and one topic I was intrigued was air pollution. Considering it was air related at first I thought it was probably not a huge threat but then as I started understood after seeing the part where it was responsible of the massacre of 8,000 people or more in Bhopal, India which made me become more wary about air polluted gases from trucks or factories.

Charlotte's Web = ESOL

Charlotte' Web

Gluttony is a character trait that could be used to describe something or someone that wants more than enough or having the desire to devour food.

Gluttony was a theme we saw throughout the book Charlotte's Web by E.B White. One of the characters was called Templeton the rat.The theme I picked for this character was gluttony as the way I see him is someone who is always hungry or thirsty for something.

In the entire book Temple-ton was mostly viewed as a delivery boy as he would run errands for Charlotte and the farm animals. Fetching words from discarded magazines and newspapers that will save Wilbur's life ensured that Templeton never went hungry as he was promised a reward/bait that he would get some food in exchange for his work.

Similarly,  I could somewhat relate to Templeton's characteristics. My cousin who was a small and smart girl would look like she wouldn't eat much but as we kept on learning about each other I somehow realized that she would eat a mountainous amount of food per day and I thought of an idea, I baited her into helping in my studies as I was in need of help.

ESOL

[The Lion King]

He is Big, Friendly and most of all Funny, He hangs out in the jungle along with his friend named Timon. The both of them usually go to the open jungle to have some fun and ponder if the world has changed as they wander around the world endlessly. He says this specific quote in the film [Plays the quote] ''When I was a young Warthog'' He along with his buddy Timon, both of them also sang the so called song. ''Hakuna Matata'' Overall I prefer this animal in the Lion King Film, Who is he.

ESOL = Animals = Mammals

The Mammal that I am interested in is Walrus

What are Walrus, Walrus an arctic marine mammals that mostly lives in the Antarctica

Where does the Walruses live, ?
they are mostly in the Antarctica

What do Walruses eat?
its diet mostly includes clams, mussels and other bottom dwelling beings, the way they it them is locating them first by their whiskers, and then they eat it, they also are known for eating carcasses of young seals when their is no food or their is a little bit of food left

How it lives?
Walrus are a very social animal which means they like to go and meet and communicate with other Walruses, they also like to be in a herb and sometimes they can have a fight to either who has the right to dominate the herd or a female walruses either by fighting it out with their tusks.

this is a picture of a walrus
from defenders.org

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