My speech (:

I performed my speech to the class last thursday, I was happy with the outcome (:

Although, I needed so speak a little slower, but I got some good feedback from some people. They said that my speech was good, informative & funny. It turned out that it was 3:25, even though when I practiced it at home it came out as 3:54. Showing that I was speaking a little too fast. I thought I should have memorized a bit better iswell. But oh well, I put alot of effort into my speech & I was happy to get it over and done with as I had butterflies in my stomach at the start..

So, congrats everyone who got through, we all did really well!(:

What was your speech about & how did you do?

Results for term 4 goals.

So, my term 4 goals were to be the best I can before college, get better at math, be more apart of R.E discussions & overcome my fear of speeches..

I think that I have got alot better at math, I did well in my maths test. I have been studying math at home is well. I still want to learn more though as I have an entrance exam soon.
Secondly, I have been more apart of R.E discussions, but I think I can still participate more. This goal still needs to be completed :) & for my fear of speeches..well.. lets just say that I havent done mine yet. I bet im going to be doing it today though :') Wish me luck.

Last goal: My last goal for this term is to try my best at my speech, & keep on studying math.

Do you have any last minute goals?

Maths (:

This blog entry is about Maths! Who dosent love Maths? So, some areas I am strong is are:

-Adding Fractions & decimals.
-Working Form.
-Area & Perimeter.
-Ratios
- & Angles.

Need help with any of these? Comment here ;)

I need to improve on my volume, Multiplying hard numbers & Adding hard decimals.
Question: Do you have any good strategies for these?

Comment here if you can help me!(:
-Shanaea

What I learnt this week

What I learnt this week

This week (Two days into it!) I have already learnt something. It is true that you learn something new each day. This week I learnt about roman letters and numerals, there are only seven numerals! If you want to read a number or write a number you will have to do the letters and put them together. Some of these numerals and letters were really long and you could spend 5 minuites trying to read one. There are only 22 lettters.
Learning about Rome is really intresting & I learn alot of new things. I want to learn more about Ancient Rome.

Are you liking learning Ancient Rome?

-Shaney

Passion Project

Passion Project

I am pairing up with Joanna for the Passion Project. We will be attempting to write a song and make a music video. It will improve our video making skills. It will also let us get some knowledge about song writing and what famous people go through. We will be singing and it will be good to work with someone on something we are both really passionate about. I think it would be good for our tech skills in college and in the future.

What is your idea for the passion project?

My Poem

My Poem

This week on our task sheet we had to upload a peice of recent work, I was really proud of my poem that I completed last week. So, I decided to post it. Here it is!

Waterfall River

Trees enclosing me at every step,

Water crawling up my legs.

Heart pounding in my ear,

As it draws near.

Water pushing me,

As I fight my way to what will be seen.

Grass waving a simple, Hello, at my side.

A bird glides above me as fast as wind in a storm.

Water spray’s my face lightly,

I hold on to a rock tightly.

I hear the water falling from a cliff,

Everyone said it was a myth.

But here I am,

Standing in front of a waterfall,

A stunning moment that I have captured.

By Shanaea.

I liked this piece of work because I love water and nature. When I found out that I could write a poem, water instantly came into my head. I think that personification brings the story to life and that description is the key to sucess. Writing is very expressionate and brings out strong feelings that you can write on paper. I went to this waterfall and remember it vividly, it was a windy day but I loved seeing the waterfall. I wish to write some more poems later in the school year.

-shaney

Book Review

HereAfter

HereAfter is a book written by Tara Hudson.
It is about a girl named Amelia, she is a ghost after she suddenly drowned in a river. She has nightmares about her being in the river. But this time, she wasnt the one drowning. He was. Joshua was drowing. Amelia saves his life even though she is not confident in herself. Amelia and Josh have a connection that niether of them have felt before. Josh can see her, no one else did or have. He agrees to keep her secret as he tries to learn more about Amelia. She gets closer contact to the real world, but a dark force is trying to pull her into the ghost world...Forever.

This book is ghostly action packed book with a romantic twist. I recommened it for ages 11+.

By Shanaea x