You are older now and your room is not as wonderful as it once was.  It is time to try convince your parents to let you re-design your room.

When you go to ask them they reply:

NO!

and give you the following objections:

1. It’s too expensive.
2. You never even clean your room; why re-design?
3. You already spend too much time there.  We only see you at meals as it is now.
4. You never spend any time in your room; why should we bother?
5. Your brother (sister) is going to feel left out.  We can’t start redecorating everyone’s room.
6. Your taste in interior decoration is questionable.  We can’t paint ceilings and walls in school colours or indulge in other such fads.
7. I’ll end up doing all the work.  I don’t have the time or the energy.
8. It’ll cost too much.
9. I said “No!”

Task: Write a persuasion that will convince your parents to change their mind.

The the audience for your persuasion are your parents - an audience opposed to what you have to say. You must use direct speech and powerful words, though respectful and appropriate, to convince them of your side of the issue. This is done by providing arguments against the 9 objections from your parents. You may find it difficult to convince them on all nine objections, just do your best (8 out of 9 objections could still convince your parents to say yes).

Title: I want to re-design my room

Position: (outlines the issue and your point of view)

Arguments: ….. because ……

Conclusion: (restating position and main arguements)

When you have finished create a plan of how your new room will look.

Power Words

Power words are words used to help make a statement stronger. Click below to see a few examples to do with selling.

All pets must be kept out of direct sunlight and should not be anywhere that gets too hot or too cold.

Stick Insects

For the Stick Insects I will provide the small plastic or mesh terrariums, container for the leaves and a spray bottle. Euycalyptus leaves will need to be replaced every 5 to 6 days, so you will need to have a local supply. You will also need to spray the enclosure once per day, more if it is hot. Mum or Dad will need to come and help take this terrarium home.

1. Student Name - Goliath Stick Insects with large square mesh terrarium/ spray bottle.
2. Rebecca - Crown Stick Insects with hexagonal mesh terrarium/ spray bottle.
3. Student Name - Spiny Stick Insects with hexagonal mesh terrarium/ spray bottle.
4. Student Name - Childrenii  Stick Insects with hexagonal mesh terrarium/ spray bottle.
5. Student Name - Stick Insect Nymphs with rectangle mesh terrarium/ spray bottle.

Giant Burrowing Cockroach

The Giant Burrowing Cockroach will be provided in a heavy glass terrarium that has a lot of sand and peat moss mixed in.You only need to provide dry/rotting eucalyptus leaves when there are not many left or if they are getting mouldy (Any mouldy leaves must be taken out). You can provide one or two thin slices of raw carrot once per week as a treat, if it is still there after 2 days then take it out and throw it in the bin. They like high humidty so the terrarium needs to be moist but not wet or mouldy, spray when necessary (every 4/5 days). You will also need to make sure the water pillows are always wet. Mum or Dad will need to come and help take this terrarium home.

1. Student Name - Giant Burrowing Cockroaches with glass terrarium and spray bottle.

Giant Panda Snails/Fraser’s Land Snails

The Giant Panda Snails/Fraser’s Land Snails will be provided in a heavy glass terrarium that has a lot of peat moss with a thick layer of leaf litter on top of one side. You will need to feed them mushrooms, cucumber, rock melon, sweet potato, carrot and cabbage.  Feed every 2 days and make sure any uneaten food is removed the following day. The cuttle bone also needs to be replaced once they have finished eating it. They like high humidty so the terrarium needs to be moist but not wet or mouldy, spray when necessary (every 5 or 6 days).  Mum or Dad will need to come and help take this terrarium home.

1. Student Name - Giant Panda Snails with glass terrarium and spray bottle.

Pill Millipedes

The Pill Bugs will be provided in a plastic terrarium that has a little cocopeat with a thick layer of leaf litter on top. The feed on the decaying leaf litter, though you can occasionally (Once per week) feed them cucumber or carrot.  Make sure any uneaten food is removed the following day. The cuttle bone also needs to be replaced once they have finished eating it. They like medium humidty so the terrarium needs to be moist but not wet or mouldy, spray when necessary (every 5 or 6 days).  Mum or Dad only need to help take this terrarium home if you normally go home by bus.

1. Lauren - Pill Bugs with plastic terrarium and spray bottle.

Strawberry Hermit Crabs

The Strawberry Hermit Crabs will be provided in a glass terrarium with a heat mat. The terrarium will have  plenty of coco-peat and 2 bowls for water and food (the salt bath won’t be taken home). They have special hermit crab food and can be occasionally fed banana, apple, carrot, etc. They are big and have very big nippers, so you need to be careful when handling them. They need high humidity, if you see the coco-peat drying then you need to spray a lot.

• Adrian – Glass terrarium, heat mat, bowls and food.

Silkworms

The Silkworms will be provided in a plastic terrarium only. You will need to have a supply of mulberry leaves (check for leaves on your tree, as it is early in the season).  You will need to change the  leaves if they are dry or if they have eaten them all, this maybe as often as once a day.

You can store extra leaves in a glad bag in the fridge for a few days, make sure to remove as much air as possible from the glad bag.

• Phoebe – Plastic terrarium and 10 silkworms.
• Taylah – Plastic terrarium and 10 silkworms.

After selling out in record time, our new stock has finally arrived. Several eager volunteers have been assembling the kits and we are ready go. We will start selling in the Infants Playground with Group 4 and then Group 6 (Tuesday) and Group 1 (Wednesday). There are 100 kits available for sale (same as last time – they didn’t last long). Good Luck!!

3-6 students who already have permission notes can bring them to the classroom before school and at recess (not lunch).

Quote from previous post:

After selling the first 100 hundred kits, the class has made $200 with $90 going to cost of supplies. The class then decided to spend another $90 of their $110 profit so that they will have enough to make one hundred more kits. If they sell all of these kits their total profit will be $220. Gross sales of $400.

Sales so far:

• Group 1 – (will sell later)
• Group 2 – 18
• Group 3 – 56
• Group 4 – 66 (Infants) 62 in one day, wow!!
• Group 5 – 42
• Group 6 – 18 (Infants)

Day 2: 20 sold

Day 3: 35 sold

Day 4: 48 sold (sold out)

Day 5: 6 sold

Day 6: 75 sold (16 kits remain)

Day 7: 19 sold (sold out)

Total : 200

You put a great deal of effort into our class business and it certainly shows. I am very proud of all of you.

EVERYONE, WELL DONE !!!

It may be in the form of:

• DVD  (T.V. advertisement)
• CD recording (radio advertisement)
• Drama (live TV infomercial)
• Powerpoint presentation (newspaper/magazine advertisement)
• Poster (billboard advertisement )

You will present your advertisement with a speech to class during Week 9.

In your speech, explain the type of advertisement you have chosen and the techniques you have used to influence your target audience.

We will discuss the following advertisements in class and how they have been successful.

Though we have finished our studies on British Colonisation and did a great job for our stage 2 performance of Waltzing Matilda, I thought you would enjoy the this Kriol version Waltjim bat Matilda. Thank you Sophie for sending me the link to this wonderful version.

Waltjim bat Matilda

Ali Mills version

one balla carrdia bin cum up langa billabong
im bin chid on a groun langa coolibah tree
im bin chingum but corobree watchim but him billy boil
you balla cum n waltjim bat matilda langa me

waltjim bat matilda, waltjim bat matilda,
you balla cum n waltjim bat matilda langa me
im bin chingum but corobree watchim but him billy boil
you balla cum n waltjim bat matilda langa me

bum bye datun maaa bin cum up langa billabong
carrdia bin gatchim wholly maaa ngee ngee
im bin put im dtun maaa inchide langa ducker bag
you balla cum n waltjim bat matilda langa me

waltjim bat matilda, waltjim bat matilda,
you balla cum n waltjim bat matilda langa me
im bin put im dtun maaa inchide langa ducker bag
you balla cum n waltjim bat matilda langa me

bum bye datun marrdagee bin cum up langa dimina
pleetjaman bin cum up one, two, three
where datun maaa you bin putim langa ducker bag
you balla cum n waltjim bat matilda langa me

waltjim bat matilda, waltjim bat matilda,
you balla cum n waltjim bat matilda langa me
where datun maaa you bin putim langa ducker bag
you balla cum n waltjim bat matilda langa me

bum bye datun carrdia bin jump in langa billabong
you gan gatchim me libe one ngee ngee
and im pirit jere chingin out inchide langa billabong
you balla cum n waltjim bat matilda langa me

waltjim bat matilda, waltjim bat matilda,
you balla cum n waltjim bat matilda langa me
and im pirit jere chingin out inchide langa billabong
you balla cum n waltjim bat matilda langa me

waltjim bat matilda, waltjim bat matilda,
you balla cum n waltjim bat matilda langa me
and im koodook (spirit) jere chingin out inchide langa billabong
you balla cum n waltjim bat matilda langa me

Dibmorr diborr dibmorr diborr dibmorr diborr – whee!

Best selling author Scott Flansburg has been teaching maths and entertaining people with his astonishing math skills for more than 20 years. Today was our day to be entertained and inspired by ”The Human Calculator’.

Scott was visiting to help promote the Commonwealth Bank Australian Maths Challenge - 31 August to 1 September 2010.

The challenge will involve students answering questions correctly online over the duration of the Challenge (31 August to 1 September 2010) at school and at home. Students gain points by playing Live Mathletics and answering interactive maths questions. Your can have full site access and can practice from Wednesday 25 August BUT no points will count until the commencement of the Challenge at 8:00am Tuesday 31 August. Good Luck!!

Click here to visit an old post with more videos of Scott Flansburg

]]> http://mrrees.com/2010/08/24/special-guest-scott-flansburg-mathletics/feed/ 8 http://mrrees.com/2010/08/24/special-guest-scott-flansburg-mathletics/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MrReesClassBlog/~3/cTs8l7BZRDg/ http://mrrees.com/2010/08/22/making-ice-cream-energy-in-energy-out/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:56:47 +0000 Mr. Rees http://rees.edublogs.org/?p=2159 In our last lesson about Solids, Liquids and Gases we talked about Energy In = Energy Out.  When we change particles (matter) from one state to another we add energy and when the particles change back they release that energy. For example: We can take water and add a lot of cold energy to make it freeze. When we warm it back up it will release all that cold energy. You can test this out by putting an ice-cube in the sun and then put your hand on either side without touching it. Your hands should start to feel cold because of the energy being released.

We will test this when we make our Ice-cream. The energy from the ice melting should be transferred to the cream and start to freeze it.

Procedure: Making Ice-cream (Energy in = Energy out)

Step 1
Fill the ice end with as much ice as possible, then add 1/2 cup of rock salt.
(MEGA: Add 3/4 cup of rock salt). The lid should be hand tightened – do not use the wrench!

Step 2
Mix up your ice cream ingredients in a container, then pour mix into the end with the metal cylinder, leaving about an inch for expansion at the top. Hand tighten the lid.

Step 3
Have a ball! Shake, roll and pass it around as you mix and freeze the ingredients. Its not necessary to shake the ball…just motion will do it!

Step 4
After about 10 minutes open the ice cream end using the included plastic wrench.  Scrape the sides of the cylinder to mix up the ice cream using a plastic or wooden spoon (don’t use a metal spoon as it will scratch the cylinder). Then check the ice end. Pour out the excess water and add more ice and up to 1/3 cup more rock salt to enhance the freezing ability. Close the lids securely and continue having a ball for approximately 5–10 more minutes.

Step 5
You now have about a 500ml of delicious soft-serve ice cream. The consistency will vary based on the ice, your mix, the outside temperature, shaking frequency, etc. Once the ice cream is to the consistency of your liking, gently scoop it out and Enjoy!

Updated: 26-08-10

All our work on our unit ‘Who will buy? and setting up our business seems to be paying off . Group 3, who were the first ready, were lucky to be the first to market. At the end of the first day they have sold 19 Kits and Group 5, who started second, squeezed in an early sale this afternoon. By tomorrow afternoon we will be able to see how quickly group 5 can catch up.  I have been very impressed with how knowledgeable you are about stick insects and how well you explain it to potential customers.

[Update]: Thursday 19th Aug

The 3rd group has now had a chance to hand out their permission notes and pamphlets, though we will be unable to see how many kits they sell until Monday. Somehow we have SOLD OUT and have made enough money to pay all of our loan from the bank (Reesbank). We will need to start putting together more kits ready for Monday. We had to turn away at least 20 customers, so hopefully they will be back on Monday.

We will start selling in the infants area later this term and let the groups who have not started have a go at a new market.

Well done everyone!!

[Update]: Monday 22nd Aug

We made an extra 45 kits from the last of our supplies and again we have SOLD OUT. We now have to wait for more supplies from overseas to arrive (1-3 weeks) before we can sell again. Great job everyone!!

After selling the first 100 hundred kits, the class has made $200 with $90 going to cost of supplies. The class have now decided to spend another $90 of their $110 profit so that they will have enough to make one hundred more kits. If they sell all of these kits their total profit will be $220.

Sales so far:

• Group 1 – (Infants)
• Group 2 – 15
• Group 3 – 46
• Group 4 – (Infants)
• Group 5 - 39
• Group 6 – (Infants)

Day 2: 20 sold

Day 3: 35 sold (sold out)

Day 4: 45 sold (sold out)

100 total (+55)

[ video soon]

more photos can be found in the gallery

Friday 13th will be the highlight of the week as a crescent Moon temporarily joining the planets Venus, Mars and Saturn.

Finder chart for Thursday 12 August 2010.
Look above the Western horizon as evening twilight ends.

More information can be found on Paul Floyd’s website .