Power to the People

 1. Planning

Our Project Planner-Power planner

Looking back at the planning we did at the start, I think it didn't have much information about what we were doing.

Having had the experience of this project, if I was planning another project I would display the science board better.

2. Process

Links to our Group Planners:

• week 5
  

• Week 6
  

• Week 7
  

• Week 8
  

• Week 9
  

Time management and workflow

Looking back at how well we planned and then recorded each week's and day's work and managed our time, I think we went very well.

Collaborative skills

Considering how our group managed our relationships, discussions, decisions, and the way we shared out and contributed to the work, I think our group worked together very well.

In the future, I would the same.

3. Research

Our Research Process - Research Process

Looking at our research and comparing it to what other groups did, I think we didn't do that good.

4. Planning and Preparing our Presentation

Our Presentation Ideas - Presentation Ideas

Looking back now at how we planned and prepared our presentation, I think it needed more information

5. Showcase Day

Our Presentation - Power project side

Looking back on Showcase Day, you might want to consider some of the following questions:

What worked well for Showcase Day, and why? the science board What didn't work well and why?The way the science board looked Did you vote on the projects?No Why or why not? I didn't even know Did you have a team member with your display at all times? Yes

My positives for Showcase Day were It didn't look to bad, There was enough information on it.

6. Reflection on the Project

a) What skills did you use, learn or develop during this project which will be helpful in your life beyond school? I learnt a lot of facts.

b) Would you like to do more of this kind of learning next year? No

c) What did you learn from this process that will help with future projects? How to communicate with others.

d) What advice would you give to the teachers if they are running this or something similar in the future? See if any groups need a helping hand.

Power to the people

What have you achieved/learned/found out since your last post? printed slides

How effectively have you used your time this week? Very

How have you contributed to your group’s progress? cutting out slide paper

Glows: something that is going well in your project: science board

Grows: Something you need to work on: finish science board

Where could you get help with this? group members help

What are the next steps for your project? Finish science board

Power to the people

 What have you achieved/learned/found out since your last post? wind turbine facts

How effectively have you used your time this week? very

How have you contributed to your group’s progress? this week it has bee hard because half our group has not been here.

Glows: something that is going well in your project: finish slide

Grows: Something you need to work on: how to present

Where could you get help with this?  ask

What are the next steps for your project?

how to present

Power to the People Project

Week 2 of the people to the people project. I have completed a lot of things and have done a lot of research about wind turbines and the wind.

What have you achieved/learned/found out since your last post? More stuff about wind turbines.

How effectively have you used your time this week? Very effectively

How have you contributed to your group’s progress? We all help each other

Glows: something that is going well in your project: slide show

Grows: Something you need to work on: better information

Where could you get help with this?  library books

What are the next steps for your project? research helpful information

Power to the People Project

 At Otaki College all year 10s are doing a project about power. There are 4 people in my group, Chloe, Tama, Joseph and I. Our question about power is "How much power could wind turbines in Otaki produce in a year?" This week we have been researching lots of information about wind turbines.  

What have you achieved/learned/found out since your last post? A lot about wind turbines

How effectively have you used your time this week? Very effectively

How have you contributed to your group’s progress? Researching stuff, collaborating

Glows: something that is going well in your project: I think our group is collaborating very well

Grows: Something you need to work on: Keeping on track

What are the next steps for your project? A lot more research.

Night by Elie Wiesel - My essay

 In the Holocaust memoir 'Night' by Elie Wiesel, an autobiography that tells us Elie's life from 12 years old to 16 years old. Three events that impacted me emotionally were the first night in the camp"Never Shall I Forget", The death march, Elie's father's death. The writer uses a range of language features including repetition, sibilance and metaphor to describe his experiences in the concentration camps. His purpose in writing this memoir was to tell his story about the holocaust so people won't forget.

One event that impacted me emotionally was Elie Wiesel's first night at a concentration camp in Birkenau. In this part of the book Elie made a very powerful poem for his first night in the camp, with the first four letters "Never shall I forget..." repeated over and over which shows the language technique of repetition. The line that stood out to me the most from the poem was "Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky". Horrific pictures envisioned my brain uncomfortably when I read this. The line has a very sad and sickening feel to it and it makes me feel sorry for the Jews who died.

The death march started in their concentration camp Buna where they had to evacuate because the Russians were gaining closer. Sadly, Elie had an operation on his foot that would take around two weeks to recover. Around a week after Elie's foot operation the evacuation happened and his foot was still not fully recovered. On foot with his wound opening and the shivery snow sprinkled down it was hard not to be in pain. In the already harsh conditions SS officers didn't make it much easier "Faster you tramps, you flea-ridden dogs!" and to shoot any one who could not sustain their pace. This helped me understand how the Jews were really treated by the SS officers. The author uses techniques of metaphor and dialogue. This impacted me because they were made to feel like nothing. Treating them like wild animals. Longingly desperate for the march to end they had a few stops until they reached Gleiwitz. Where they spent three days with no food or water before going into a cattle car with a hundred people for 10 days and nights to arrive at Buchenwald, one of the largest concentration camps established.

Buchenwald was sadly Elie's father's last shop. Suffering from dysentery, Elie's father was getting weaker and weaker. Inmates that were too sick could stay in their bunks. Elie's father grew too weak to even get out of his cot. Elie would often give up his daily ration of bread and soup to his father. Elie's father frequently begged to his son to bring water Elie would try not to give it to him but he could never refuse. One day as an SS officer passed between the bunks. Elie's father was pleading. "My son, water . . . I'm burning up . . . My insides . . .". This dialogue must have been hard for Elie to hear because he could do nothing. His father implored him with sadness in his tone. This made me feel disheartened for the son and the father. It also made me feel confused because I didn't know why water was bad for his father. Pleading over and over till the SS officer couldn't stand it anymore. The officer wielded his club and dealt him with violent blows to the head. The Date was January 28th, 1945.

Elie Wiesel's life in this period was absolutely depressing and revolting to read. This book explains how Jews were treated in the concentration camps and the history of the Holocaust. With the appalling conditions and mass killings it's hell. Elie Wiesel used techniques such as repetition, sibilance and metaphor, to describe the first night in the camp"Never Shall I Forget", The death march, Elie's father's death. Elie witnessed so much that my eyes would not bear to imagine. It opened me up to big significant historical event with people's own real stories. The Holocaust is something people should never forget.

Elie Wiesel, Author of Night, Aged 12

 

Our English class is studying the memoir Night, by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. 

I worked in a group with Chloe and I to create an Empathy Map for Elie at this age.

Elie is a boy who is around 12 and is very religious. There a four childen in his family. Elie is the third oldest and the only boy. His two eldest sisters help in their parents store. As for Elie, his place was in the house of study. Elie met Moishe the beadle in 1941. Moishe the beadle helps Elie to guide him on his studies of Kabbalah and to understand more about his religion. They spoke almost every evening in the synagogue.