Speech Unit Reflection

• Which steps of the speech unit did you complete?

 In our speech unit, I finished communication self-reflection 1, what makes a good speech, reviewing speech techniques, asking the right question, written speech submitted, speech video submitted, communication self-reflection 2, and speech posted on my blog. 

• Which steps did you not finish?

I didn't finish posting a short video on my blog and researching my topic

• How well did you manage your time in class and at home?

 When it came to writing my speech I did most of it at home but when I got to recording It I didn't have enough time.

• What have you learned from this process?

I learned how to write a speech in a form that I am talking to the audience rather than reading a story.

• For our next unit, which is the NCEA static image/poster assessment, what are your goals in terms of the learning process, managing your time, and achievement?

My goal for our next unit is to have it in time and to manage my time better.

10T speech

 The negative impact of bullying in schools 

Have you ever been bullied? I know I have and it is not a nice experience

Hi, my name is Ella and my speech topic is the negative impact of bullying in schools.

Bullying in schools is a global problem that has a significant effect on students. It affects the student's right to learn in a safe environment without fear. As a student, school life isn't easy. Being bullied makes it that much harder. In New Zealand, 94% of New Zealand teachers said bullying occurs in their schools. Around 45% of teachers and staff say that social and verbal bullying had been brought to their attention and 25% heard of physical bullying weekly In 2013. 4 out of 9, year 9s students reported being bullied monthly or weekly.

Bullying impacts the whole school community, the bully's family, and the bullied. Bullying has a harmful effect on the victim's physical health and emotional well-being. It can cause the victim to feel unhappy, frightened and unwanted, or even suicidal. Bullying can affect everything about the victim whether it's how they see themself, their future, friends, family, school, or their health. It’s not just the bullied who are affected. The person behind it could be unhappy and is more likely to have problems in their home or outside and could even be depressed. 

 

Bullying has such a big impact on everyone but it is one we can control. The bully makes them look more powerful than the victims which makes them insecure. A bully appears to be stronger or bigger and even more popular, but they are neither. Deep inside they feel insecure and powerless. When you stand up to a bully, show them you are not powerless and insecure and take control away from them. I see this a lot in schools, especially with years 11s and 9s

As a student, there are many ways to stop someone from being bullied. If you ever witness someone being bullied, stand up for them. You can do this by getting a teacher or adult, and reporting it to a teacher after if you want to stay anonymous. In my opinion, the best way to get a bully to stand down is to get an adult or teacher so they can de-escalate the situation so it doesn't get out of hand. If you are being bullied, seek out help from either an adult, a friend, the school counselor, or a family member. Many organizations can help you with this like Kapiti youth support. I think it is completely inappropriate to bully someone and tear down their self-esteem. This will cause more damage than you realize and once it is said there is no taking it back.

In my personal opinion, I believe that the bully should have consequences like being stood down, if it is severe enough they should get their family involved and even the police if it is bad enough. We don’t see much counseling getting offered to the bully. The biggest reason behind someone's bullying is other things are going on at homelife or outside of school. I don't believe there is enough done to address the situation and that there is more we can do. So stand up and don’t be a witness to bullying 

reflection on the Night Unit

 Reflection on the Night Unit

A.  Look back over all the work in the Night workspace and answer the following questions:

1. What did you learn about Judaism?

It is a religion of the Jewish people 

2. What did you learn about the Holocaust?

It was a hard time for everyone and they had a death march 

3. Do you think you increased your empathy, integrity, and compassion, and how?

Yes, I think I increased my empathy by learning more about what really happened 

4. Which activities did you enjoy the most?

Reading the book 

5. What recommendations do you have for Mrs Torley to change anything if she is teaching this again next year?

nothing I think she did everything well.

10T English essay

 In the memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel, he writes about his survivor's perspective of his experience during the Holocaust. In his memoir, Elie uses language techniques such as repetition, dialogue, and first-person narration to make us understand his experience. His memoir makes me feel heartbroken and bitter that this could happen to people. 

Elie Wiesel talks about his first night in the Auschwitz concentration camp and all the horror he sees. For example, the babies being burnt alive. Elie explains this with a prose poem, "Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky." The technique of the prose poem is repetition. Elie repeats the words, "Never shall I forget," seven times. This point helps emphasise his first night there and all the horrible things he sees. The technique makes me aware of all the disturbing things people are capable of doing. This prose poem makes me feel devastated as I picture the faces of all the children I know and imagine that they'll never be able to see their families again.

When Elie was working at the factory, he came across a French woman who said these words when he needed encouragement, "Bite your lips, little brother...don't cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later." He writes this text as a dialogue, and Elie repeats the conversion he has. The effect of this technique is to show that the French woman is giving her trust to him by revealing her identity by showing that she could speak German. The way Elie described his experience in the camp using dialogue makes me feel hopeful that someone is looking out for him in a time of such darkness.

When Elie's father is severely unwell and dies, Elie doesn't feel sad or miserable. He feels free, "Deep inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have found something like: Free at last!" He uses the technique of first-person narration when using the first-person pronouns 'me/I/my'. The effect of the first-person narration shows that Eile is looking deeper into himself, finding the ugliness within him. How he described this part of his life made me feel pity for him having to think this way about his father, especially at a young age, watching his father give up, not having the will to live. Elie had to look out for himself. For this, I don't have any judgement towards him for thinking that. 

In conclusion, Elie Wiesel's memoir Night uses language techniques such as repetition, dialogue, and first-person narration to show us that the Holocaust had a terrible and sad effect on Jewish families. In my opinion, I hope that the world has learned about the Holocaust from Ellie Wiesel's memoir. When I read Night I had sad and emotional feelings about the Holocaust, reading about everything Elie went through. Hopefully, lives will never be lost in such violent ways ever again.         

Elie Wiesel, Author of Night, Aged 12

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

To find out what Elie Wiesel was feeling at this age I reread the first few pages of his memoir, Night.

At the start of the book, Elie was a young 12 year old Jewish boy living in Transylvania where he spent his childhood. Elie was a kid who believed strongly in his religion. Elie was deeply observant and noticed thing that most didn't. In 1941 he met Moishe the Beadle. Elie liked Moishe the Beadle's wide, dreamy eyes. During the day, Elie would study the Talmud, at night he would run to the synagogue to weep over the temple's destruction. He was a boy who believed strongly in his religion.