Romeo and Juliet ( Act I, Scene 2,3,4)

Summaries Act I, Scene 2

• Lord Capulet is with Paris
• Paris asks Capulet for his daughter Juliet. Capulet is firstly reluctant to give his approval because Juliet is too young. He eventually agrees to the marriage but only if Paris can gain Juliet's approval
• Capulet invites Paris to a feast to be held that night
• Capulet sends off the guest list with a servant, who can not read
• The servant meets Romeo and Benvolio whom he asks for help
• The guest list includes Rosaline, Romeo's love interest , so Romeo decides to go to the feast despite the risks involved
•  Benvolio hopes that Romeo will see another women at the party to forget about Rosaline.

Scene 3

• Just before the party, Lady Capulet asks the Nurse to find Juliet. Juliet enters the room. 
• Lady Capulet tells the nurse to go the Nurse, but then quickly calls her back.
•  The Nurse then tells a story about Juliet as a baby, 
•  Lady Capulet wants the nurse to hush but can’t quiet the Nurse, but Juliet finally does.
• Lady Capulet asks Juliet what she thinks about marriage.
•  Juliet says she hasn't thought about marriage
•  Lady Capulet then tells Juliet, she gave birth to her at her age right now
• She then tells Juliet, Paris wants to marry her
•  Juliet says she’ll give a chance on trying to love Paris, but won’t go any further than her mothers instructions

Scene 4

• Romeo and his friends walk towards the Capulet’s party. Romeo who still in sadness  says he won’t dance at the party. Mercutio teases Romeo making all his smart remarks about love into sexual metaphors.
• Mercutio launches into a speech about dreams and Queen Mab, the Queen of Fairies. The speech begins as a kind of fairy-tale, with Queen Mab bringing dreams in her carriage made from a walnut. But the dreams become more and more evil, unleashing men’s greed, violence, and sexual desire. Mercutio works himself into a passionate feeling
• Benvolio stops the fun and says they’ll be late if they don’t hurry. Romeo again says he has a bad feeling. He senses that the events of the night will set fate in motion and result in his untimely death. But he ignores this feeling and goes with flow
  

Words i dont know.

• Ere
• Tut
• anguish
• giddy
• plaintain-leaf
• whither
•  thither
• Ne'er 
• Lammas-tide
• wean'd
• dost 
• fall'st 
• prolixity
• boisterous
• visage

Questions:

Why were women at the age of 14 aloud to give birth?

Why were they aloud to marry so young?

If you had no education were you still aloud to be a servant?

Why did mercutio use the story of Queen Nab to tell to Romeo?

Why did parents have to decide who their child is going to marry?

Picture:

Voki- Shakespeare -

Ruta-Kau's Group

shakespeare

Hello!
I made a movie type thing to share information about Shakespeare.

Here is the link
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13746486/shakespeare

There is no post thingy for blogger...






REFERENCES
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http://www.biography.com/people/william-shakespeare-9480323?page=2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare

Book Review

I've only started reading the book "the secret circle" which is by LJ Smith. This author is also known for writing the well known book "the vampire diaries".

I haven't finished the book yet but I will share and review where I am up to.

The book opens up with Cassie living with her dad in Cape Cod. Reading a guide on the what to know basics.Her life in Cape Cod is miserable having to deal with her two brothers. The only thing motivating her now is the fact she keeps telling her herself "one more week and then I can go home.

The starting is actually pretty boring, its long and dragging. Hopefully the book gets better as I read more of it.

P.S Miss, I will update this again when I'm halfway through the book. (:

Poem

I stand in front of the mirror lost in it's presence,
Wondering what is my life purpose,
I stare deeper into the clear glossy mirror,
I ask myself why?
I see myself dying.

In the mirror I see my life, 
Happiness and living the perfect life,
All dreams coming true,
I see a strong and fearless man,
A man who could have everything he ever wanted,
A happy ending

In the mirror I see pain and sorrow,
Death and tragedy,
Re-living the past,
Remembering the unwanted,
I see my misery,

In the mirror I see my reflection,
Bold and True,
But disappointment fills my eyes,
Only seeing myself,
A sad and lonely boy who is trying to find himself in this world.

Inspiring teacher

I decided to type my home learning...

I honestly think the teachers i got this year are excellent teachers. Its so hard to choose to write about one. But... 
I nominate my tutor teacher Mrs Petero as the most inspiring teacher.

The reasons why:

First off she is my tutor teacher, shes kind, nice and funny . She does everything a normal tutor teacher does but does it in a fun but in an educational way. Shes a role model to us students and is always showing the 10 independent qualities.

Shes enthusiastic and is always happy. The best thing about my tutor teacher is supportive and helps you to achieve the best in you. She keeps us on track and is always checking up on us. Shes always encouraging us to try our best at everything and to give everything ago even though we may not be good at it.
 
Having a tutor teacher like her is possibly the best thing. She is different to other learning leaders and truly inspiring .She is not only inspirational but also one of the best teachers at Alfriston college.

0lympic 0pinions: HOTDOG EATING or ANY OTHER COMPEITIVE EATING SPORT

I honestly think at least one eating competition should be in the Olympics, I don't just mean those silly eating competitions where you have to eat a banana the fastest. I mean like a serious eating competition like for example the "Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest" which is held annually  on every July 4.

Some foods where they have competitions for;
hamburgers, hot dogs, pies, pizza and even whole turkeys.
Whole turkeys? Wow, imagine eating a whole turkey, I reckon I would be full for ages if I  attempted to eat a whole turkey especially in 15 minutes. I reckon if I did, i would feel traumatized about turkey eating and would never eat turkey again.

Personally I think an eating competition should be an Olympic sport as it is different and yes eating is a sport. It is also known as competitive eating or speed eating. And yes like any other sporting events people who join eating competitions train for the event to. Surprising right?
Some competitors in eating events train several months before the competitions in order to increase their stomach capacity and eating speeds. Stomach elasticity is usually considered the key to eating success.

Some ways competitors train is drinking a lot of water over a short period of time in order to stretch their stomach to the max. While others drinking up to 6 liters of water whilst eating low calorie foods such as vegetables. Others chew a whole lot of gum just to strengthen their jaw muscles.
I honestly think this process of training is dead scary, as many things could go wrong during your few months of training.

Competitions  last usually for about 8-15 minutes. A world record for most hot dogs eaten is 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes. That's crazy. And in that time the competitors must eat as much food in front of them. Like any other sport there is also a commentator who to announce whats happening to entertain the audience. During professional matches there are also judges who weigh the contestants plates at the end to see who's eaten the most. The person with the least amount of food is the winner.


Wouldn't this sport be interesting? I certainly think so. I believe that the IOC should at least consider putting this sport up in the Olympics in the future. Although I don't think this sport will be ever considered due to its dangers and risks that could happen due to this sport.
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References;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%27s_Hot_Dog_Eating_Contest
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_eating

Olympic's Greatest Moment

The most memorable moment in Olympic history was on September 19th of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Greg Louganis was into his 4th day of the 3 meter springboard competition. Leading the competition in the 11 dive springboard event. He was on his 9th dive when he cracked his head while trying to attempt a reverse 2 and1/2 somersault pike. He falls awkwardly into the water whilst the medical teams come and wait for him to emerge from the water. He emerges soon after and says to the medical team just temporary stitch it up I've got to more dives. 35 minutes after the crashing into the water he gets two temporary stitches and completes his last two dives. Shortly after his finishing of the event he is taken to hospital to get 5 stitches to last him the rest of the Olympic games. And surprisingly he still manages to snag gold with 740.80 and takes out first place. 

 I admire his determination and perseverance to finish the event despite his injury on his head. I reckon this is a great example of a person who never gives up in order to reach his goal.
I think this is not the greatest but one the most memorable things that has happened in the Olympic Games. 

Collaborative Story : The final PART

Read the part before this from Ameleigh`s Blog  here  

I begin to scream but nothing literally nothing comes out of my mouth. It feels like I’m falling but not in a good way like I’m falling to my death. I then begin to think this is all a dream. I’m bound to wake up sooner or later. A few seconds later I start to pinch myself actually anything that can try to wake me up. I try everything to pinching to punching and slapping myself. But nothing worked. I think to myself “I’m dead” now. I might as well lie down in mid air and pretend I’m dying I’m going to die anyway. I then start to notice my body is starting to disembark from each other. Body parts flying everywhere here there and surprisingly their all mine. But what really shocks me its not hurting at all, it still seems like I’m still in one piece. I then start to scream but this time I not only here mine but also my evil twins the same thing is happening to her. Our two screams is enough energy to blackout the whole of Manurewa Wonderland that’s only if I’m actually still there. But then something unbelievable happens the floating body pieces of start to change places my head is now where my belly button is and and my arms and legs start to change places. I yell to myself “this is madness, crazy madness”. But again it still doesn’t hurt. I then begin to see a light which blinds me and thought to myself “goodbye world , goodbye parents and mom I’m sorry it was me that actually pee’d on the floor. I begin to prepare into my death.

I see a light then black out. I start to dream and see pigs actually flying and cows actually jumping over the moon and a dog telling me to wake up.  All of a sudden, its a blur.

 

I then got startled by a big bang and soon  begin to rejoice cause I'm not dead but soon begin to check my body parts and quickly check every body part is where it is suppose to be. After a quick and thorough check I begin to wonder where I am? And the constant repeating question where my twin is and what does she want with me?

The thought of this keeps giving me a headache.My buzz soon ends as I begin to roam the halls of this place. I then stare at a wall with lots of newspaper clippings, with my jaw hanging down looking like it’s broken. 

 

I read the title in shock “Zombie Apocalypse Virus Sends Paris Down”. Oh My god I’m in the future. At that point my I hear zombies trying to beat down the door. But at least it’s a double proxy door, what’s the worse the worse that could happen. I was wrong just then the doors begin to crack. I suddenly hear a loud boom and just then my twin rolls down the hall with a flying tractor that speeds up to 120km an hour. She yells “get on, unless you want to be food”. I did not hesitate and climbed on and not a split second after the glass broke. Zombies running everywhere trying to eat our brains acting like crazy mentally challenged people. But luckily we flew off just in time.

We had a whole lot of talking to do, but getting away from the Zombies is this story getting to know my twin, finding all the answers to my questions and finding out what caused this and why is whole totally different story.

PS. WE WIN!

3 Day Episodes

What would you call it?
I would call my 3 day episode "Movie-Marathon"
What would you do each day?
On each day there would be a certain type of genre (eg horror or comedy etc).
But how to choose a genre is the hardest part of all because different people want different genres so my idea to choosing the genre is to put all the different types of genres in a hat and a student picks a genre and that is the theme for the movie for that day.
But on day 3 it is possible that a trip could be involved going to the cinema to watch a movie.

But at the end of the day there will be quiz to test the students knowledge of the movies.

And there will be a prize for those students who get the most questions right.

Is there a trip?
Possibly to the cinema or other movie place.

How much does it cost?
Students will need to bring at least $20 to pay for cinema ticket plus bus fare for transport. Extra money is optional for food.

On the other 2 days Students are free to bring their own food.

Students are also welcome to bring in movies from home.

What independent learning qualities will people develop?

-Thinking- When answering the quiz questions.

-Joy - When watching movie.

-Caring- For those students who share food;D and when cleaning up the mess at the end of the day to show caring for the environment

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Best Friend;

I decided to use my jumble story I edited it and made sure it had the minimum number of words.

I remember the first time we met, we were 6 years old. We were at primary school in Los Angeles; I didn’t know that Mary Jane could not speak English.  Some children were laughing at her because she couldn’t comprehend properly.  We became close because and I tried to communicate with her in any other way.  She speaks to me in French and I answered her through actions.  It was pretty funny but we clicked with each other. One day her father and mother came to me one day and they told me that their daughter likes me very much.  Though we may not understand each other most of the time we were close like best friends.  Eventually I helped her understand English slowly. Our conversation finishes with laughter every time.  We play each day at school, we learn, we eat and go home together.  After 10 years, we’re teenagers and we’re still best friends.  We go to dancing together, she goes with me during my band practice and she’s always helping me with my homework.  Her parents trusted me a lot.

One Friday night during the first week of the school year, Mary Jane invited me into this fancy restaurant at Rivendell.  “Its my shout” she said, and I said “what’s the occasion?”. I picked her up anyway and we drove into Rivendell.   After the big meal, as I was eating she told me that she was leaving our school.  I burped out loud accidentally and people in the restaurant were looking at us with a surprise and I pointed her.  She pinched me and said “its not me” and we both giggled and laughed.  I thought she was joking but then she explained why she needed to go back to France along with her family permanently.  I did not say a word, I did not look at her, I was trying to imagine what’s going to happen when she’s gone.  How can I tell her that I have this secret and I’ve been keeping it for a long time.  For 16 years we’ve been friends inseparable, we grew up together, I am her first friend when she arrived here in New Zealand until now in high school. She has no secret for me she tells everything to me, of course we’re best friends, but when it comes to me I share most of the things to her except my biggest secret.  You can probably guess what I mean, of course I have crush on her. She was the most beautiful girl in the whole school and she’s my best friend and the worst is happening she’s leaving me.

I dropped her home and there was silence between us. No of us talked a word to each other until next day.  During lunch time at school she finally spoke and told me that they are leaving soon.  I am a man and I can not cry especially in front of her.  I can not deny that I am sad and angry, why she needs to go? Why can’t she stay? I told her that and she cried she said there’s no turning back now, and it’s final.  I did not go out during the weekend and on Sunday night I received a phone call from her and she said that she’s now at the airport and if I want to come and see her and say goodbye.  I jumped off my bed and drove to the international airport.  I did not know that she’s leaving very soon, why I didn’t spend my time with her with the last few hours she had in Los Angeles. I blamed myself and I’m confused. When I saw her I hugged her so tightly and a tear was falling on to my cheek. Corny but true.  My first love is leaving me.  I gave her a letter and I told her to read it later when she was in the plane.  I said sorry for not revealing my entire secret to her though she was my best friend. She smiled at me and she said sorry too because she’s the had the same feelings for me to. I stared at her in disbelief as she walked into the aeroplane.

One month later I received a letter from Mary Jane’ and I was very excited to open it and read it. I’m shaking and my heart beats fast than to normal speed.  She said that she read my letter and that she should have told me earlier about her true feelings and that she did not want to hurt me.  I am confused what is she talking about? Is there any other man that’s involved or is it  that she has another crush or what.  I don’t understand.  As I continue reading it my tears kept flowing down my soft cheeks. I started to shake and cry out loud.  My best friend is gone, my first love left me so early and she went home to heaven early. 

 Mary Jane died of brain cancer after the operation she did not wake up.  She told her parents she wanted to live longer so they needed to go home for a very advance treatment in France.  She said that I want to come back to NZ to see her best friend once she’s cured and that her best friend is waiting for her.  Now she’s not coming back but her memories will always be in my heart.   

My best friend will always be my best friend.

Blogs

Smosh
Smosh is a blog which is run by Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox.
They blog all sorts of funny stuff including funny videos, photos, and images online.
You can visit their blog here

Santlov
This is more of a photo blog.
This photo blog focus's more on toys. On how they are like humans. Honestly i think the photography is amazing on this blog. The author of this blog is unknown.
You can check out the blog here

 Ice cream fellow
This blog is dedicated to frosty treats. This blog contains pictures and recipes of ice cream, just anything about ice cream. I found this blog interesting because it has a recipe for peanut butter ice cream and i've never heard of that.You can check this blog here

Prezzi presentation

http://prezi.com/crmjh02fswj6/my-holiday/
http://prezi.com/crmjh02fswj6/my-holiday/

Photo Essay. Redone.

It is now in picture form.

Photo Essay.

Customize your own free photo collage So i tried to make a photo essay and it turned out to be like this. And I didn't know it was a video.

Reflection

Well term 1 has been interesting. It had its ups and downs but anyways it has been pretty fun. I actually think I excelled in most of my classes(i think i did, lets hope) but honestly i feel like i could've done better and worked harder. A minus is that this year I have a few teachers who don't explain the class tasks properly and I'm not actually learning anything in those classes(don't worry miss your not one of them). Another minus is that I'm getting a lot more distracted then usual, and this is preventing me from working to my potential. But on the brighter side i think this term has gone extremely fast and surprisingly I've enjoyed most of term 1  and can't wait for term 2 to start.

English Homework POST 6.5 LOL

Lol this voki does not look like me (:

Humanitarian Issue

The thought of "what if the world population doubled"? has always crossed my mind so i did a little research and found out that:

On earth right now there is approximately over 7 billion people on this earth right now. 45 years ago the worlds population had only approximately 3.5 billion people that's half of ours today. The united nations believe that by 2050 the worlds population will rise to 8.91 billion people on earth.

If the worlds population did double food would become a shortage because there would be twice as many people consuming food everyday. The demand for food would also increase because of the population overload. Everything would be a shortage and the prices for food would dramatically increase because of the want for food. Eventually food would become a scarce thing and soon the government would want to have a limit per family. In some cases a lot of people would eventually die because of the shortage of food.

A good thing about this is that there would be more jobs because of the population more houses,malls and schools would need to be built to fit the population. But a bad thing is that 100 trees are needed to make one wooded framed house which means we would lose a lot of oxygen as trees give us oxygen. It would also harm the endangered species of animals as it would destroy their habitats.

Water would also be a shortage because you need water to live right?You cant live without it. This would mean water would go out very quickly because their would be twice as many people drinking and people need at least 8 cups of water a day. And an normal household uses about 870 litres of water a day imagine 14 billion people using that much water everyday.

If the world actually doubled the population electricity would very dangerous. As there is about 14 billion people on the planet more power plants will be needed to built in order to match the peoples needs. But to much electricity or an overload can be very deadly. With alot of electricity pollution would be increased because of the toxics released from the power plants.

So what if the population did double all these things would happen but according to research the worlds population is growing not shrinking which could mean this could happen in the future.

refrences
http://natgeotv.com/ca/aftermath/facts

BOOK REVIEW - CATCHING FIRE

So I chose to read the awesome sequel to the Hunger Games - Catching Fire. I read this book because the last book kept me hanging and i wanted to find out what would happen to Katniss and Peeta.

Every year in Panem, the dystopic nation that exists where the U.S. used to be, the Capitol holds a televised tournament in which two teen "tributes" from each of the surrounding districts fight a gruesome battle to the death. In The hunger games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, the tributes from District Twelve, prevented the Gamemakers from choosing only one victor, forcing them to let both teens survive. In this fast paced anticipated sequel, Katniss, again the narrator, returns home to find herself more the center of attention than ever. The sinister President Snow surprises her with a visit, and Katniss's fear when Snow meets with her alone is both palpable and justified.

Catching Fire is divided into three parts: Katniss and Peeta's mandatory Victory Tour through the districts, preparations for the 75th Annual Hunger Games, and a truncated version of the Games themselves. Slower paced than its predecessor, this sequel explores the nation of Panem: its power structure, rumors of a secret district, and a spreading rebellion, ignited by Katniss and Peeta's subversive victory. Katniss also deepens as a character. The characters are also more relatable this time in my opinion.

Though initially bewildered by the attention paid to her, she comes almost to embrace her status as the rebels' symbolic leader. Though more of the story takes place outside the arena than within.The tantalizing hints of a possible District 13 guarantee more surprises for readers. The ending is a cliffhanger, and fans of the series will eagerly await the next installment.

I personally thought this book was better than the first, with its twists and turns you will never know what comes next. I also groaned at the ending becausen at the book's conclusion, since the ending had many loose ends. I cant wait to read the last of the trilogy "Mockingjay". 


http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6148028-catching-fire