Week 3- Creative Writing

Creative Writing

15.02.17

In English we have  been working on Creative writing. We have written haiku's, a Sensory language paragraph and created a class padlet.  We wrote definitions of a metaphor and simile in own words. I have enjoyed these activities because they have opened up new ideas for myself when I am writing a paragraph.

 Over the last few days we learnt that in order to create a good piece of creative writing what do we need to do, so we created our padlet and wrote down ideas of what creates a good padlet. Last week My class and I create 4 haiku's. We found out that haiku's must have something that relates to the four seasons. 
The activity I enjoyed the most is writing a sensory language paragraph because I like the idea of pieces of writing that describes things you hear, see, feel, and smell, because you can almost imagine yourself being there.

Things We Have Done

Here is the link to our padlet we created:
https://padlet.com/jn23/gvebydw9s70a

Sensory Language Paragraph
I breathe in the bitter salty scent of the glistening seashells which surround the very tip of my toes. My taste buds dance to the saccharine wine that i gulp down my throat. The waves brush against my feet as gently as can be,
while the moons gleams brightly and the sweet tone of a nightingale singing the early hours away.

Metaphors and Similes

Metaphor- Something that makes you feel something. It is something True and untrue in a ordinary sense, and  make you see beyond things in reality and imagine the way it is. It is a figure of speech.

Similes- A comparison to one thing to another for example she ran as fast as cheetah

Metaphor

• Something you feel
• A metaphor is a tree, strong and natural
• All the world’s a stage
• Compares two things
• Metaphor is a stronger feature to use.
• A figure of speech.
• Direct comparison.

Similes

• Use the words “like” or “as”
• Comparison from one thing to another.

Maths

14.02.18

Last week we learnt how to spot out patterns. We were given a sheet which had random shapes and patterns, we had to figure out some patterns on the piece of paper and group them using colour. Some groups were grouped because they went up in timetables while others, had similarities in the way they were formed.

Human Rights

13.02.18

Today I have learnt that Humans today are still being violated and people are suffering, I have also learnt that there are 30 Humans rights and that humans rights means nothing in another's eye.

Extracting DNA from a banana

Aim: I want to investigate how to extract DNA from a Banana

Materials
Measuring cylinder
Cold 95 percent ehanol
Universal indicator solution
Boling tube with rubber bung
Hooked wire on handle
Petri dish

Method:
1 first you have to place 50g of banana and 100 ml distilled water in the food blender and switch on 'High'  for 20 seconds.

2 Pour the blended banana mixture through a piece of clean muslin into a beaker.

3 Measure out  15 ml of the blended banana mix pour into a boiling tube. Add 6 drops of dishwashing detergent, put a thick rubber bung into the tube and shake for at least five minutes. （Mixture should become thick and gooey）

4 Carefully add 15ml of cold alcohol to the tube of banana mixture.The alcohol forms a layer on top of the blended banana.

5 To collect the DNA, dip a hooked wire into the mixture where the layers meet, then turn the wire to 'twist DNA and place on to a clean petri dish. Watch carefully as you lift the DNA from the mixture.

6 Add some universial indicator solution to your DNA.

Results
1 what does it look like?

2 what is pH of DNA         

Is DNA acidic, basic or neutral?

3 what is the full name of DNA?

Haiku