Unfamiliar Texts

Lament

In the poem “Lament”, one aspect of style which effectively conveys the idea of sadness is the use of simile. A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things, which sparks the imagination of the readers that the poem is about sadness or longing.  It helps the author’s message to be conveyed to the readers clearly. This is shown in ‘Seagulls flock like angels in the distance waiting for a catch.’ It effectively sparks the imagination of the readers that Buck is gone and is longing for Buck. 

Miek Corporation (PBL 2k17)

Miek Corporation

Members:
Mae Rose
Kiah
Ej

Topic:
We have chosen "Poverty" as it is one of the most common problems we have in today's society.
Being in poverty means experiencing hunger, poor health, debts and unaffordable or bad housing.

Website Name	Link
Child Poverty in NZ	https://www.unicef.org.nz/in-new-zealand/child-poverty	16-11-17
GEOF397 Topics	https://geog397.wiki.otago.ac.nz/index.php/PovertyinNewZealand	16-11-17
NZ History	https:// nzhistory.govt.nz/keyword/porvert	16-11-17
Wikipedia	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_poverty	16-11-17
Facts about poverty in NZ	http://nzccss.org.nz/work/poverty/facts-about-poverty/	16-11-17

Who then had to answer some questions about our topic:

Who is affected?
Children, Youth, Adults, Senior Citizen
What are the issues?
Hunger, homelessness, addiction, corruption, overpopulation, epidemic diseases, health issues, fewer job skills.
When did it start?
September 18, 1937
Where is it happening?
New Zealand and all over the world.
Why is this happening?
Because of lack of education, overpopulation, epidemic diseases, and because of environmental problems.

Then we had to say what we plan to do to solve this issue:

We want to make some food for them and distribute to the people who lack finance/food.

Zumba Event Report:

The Zumba Event was held on the Gymnasium during lunchtime on 28th of November, the event was successful as many people came even though there is a lot of events happening outside the gym, the same time as this event. We collected $17 from this event.
We are planning to do another Zumba event this coming Saturday to collab with The Filipino Youth Group.

1st Action 

Zumba Action: https://youtu.be/SmK80de3blQ
Date: 30-11-17
Action taken?: We did the Zumba event and We collab with another group to plan and to make this event happen.
Enablers: The group we collab with which is Franz, Chammy, JoeVick and John and my teammates (Ej and Kiah), The teachers, The Filipino Youth Group.
Disablers: There were many events happening outside the gym during our Zumba so there were fewer people than what we expected.
Reflection: Overall, this event was a huge success and we learnt something from it and we helped those people in our community, school.

2nd Action: https://youtu.be/7NehBLxQOeE
Date: 2-12-17
Action taken: We held a Zumba event in the Wigram Park.
Outcome: There were students and parents who participated in this event.
Enablers: Mrs. Marijo  Flores, students, parents.
Disablers: The hot weather.
Reflection: Overall, We are planning to continue this event as it made the people around Wigram Park more active.

3rd Action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSDskNSNIfM
Date: 5-12-17
Action taken: Another Zumba class for Year 7's and 8's.
Outcome: The kids
Enablers: Miss Tafau, Miss Merrin, Year 7's and 8's.
Disablers: None
Reflection: Overall, this Zumba class is a big success, the kids became more active and they are all looking forward to our next Zumba class.

We are presenting our Project using Powtoon.

Persuasive Writing 2k17

Paragraph 1:

Having a healthy lifestyle can change your life forever, healthy foods never fail us as it supports a lot of functions in our body.

According to www.healthyeating.org, It supports a lot of functions in our body such as your digestive system by making your body digest better and boosts your metabolism, circulatory system by giving strength to your bone marrow giving you more red blood cells and many other functions in your body.

Healthy foods do this as they give and consists a lot of vitamins and minerals that can help our body to function better and remove dirt, removes germs that can possibly be a disease, illness that can make us sick in the future and toxins that can harm our body.

For Me, Eating healthy foods can be a practice to have a healthy body and it can make a difference especially on your families and future generations to come.

Paragraph 2:

Eating healthy foods can give us a better body for the future you.

According to www.hhs.gov, the food you take each day can affect your health and how you will feel today, tomorrow and in the future.

Your diet can determine your future and helps you to maintain a healthy weight, reduce the risk of diseases such as chronic diseases, hypertension, diabetes and certain types of cancer.

In today’s society, unhealthy foods like fast foods, junk foods are giving us a different lifestyle, so eating healthy foods can give us a better future so teaching children how to eat healthy at a young age will help them stay healthy for the rest of their lives.

Paragraph 3:

Eating healthy foods can affect both mental and physical health, helping people be healthy in both.

According to www.webmd.com, by doing this it can help people shape their diets, they can improve their mental health and decrease the risk of psychiatric disorders and their physical health such as having a healthy and glowing skin, more resistance and endurance, and much more.

More research has been found that nutritious diet isn’t just good for your body, it can do good to your brain too. It promotes your mental health and physical health.

A nutritious diet can give you many benefits reducing the risk of mental illnesses, giving you a healthier body than before, removing toxins in your body and much more.

Conclusion

Re-state thesis:

Healthy living really can make difference in our physical, mental health

Re-state list of points:

It can support a lot of functions in our body, It can give us a better future by having a healthy body, it can affect your physical and mental health.

Your Job, Your Future

Your Job, Your Future

When completing your Career Plan Booklet you are given the opportunity to investigate a career that interests you.

You will research your chosen career and present your information as a Google Doc Report

FQ 1: What does my chosen Job entail?

You should provide the following information about your job, a good source of information is the http://www.careers.govt.nz/ website

1. Provide a one paragraph written overview / summary of your job.

       Medical Radiation Technologist use x-ray and other imaging equipment to take images of injuries and diseases.

2. What are the working conditions like?

Medical radiation technologists:

usually do shift work, which may include weekends and evenings

may be on call, particularly at public hospitals

work in hospitals, medical laboratories, private practices, and clinics.

3. What skills and knowledge are required for this career?

It needs to have knowledge of human anatomy, physiology and pathology, positioning and imaging techniques, and how to use x-ray equipment, physics and radiation physics

, safety issues related to the use of radiation equipment and radioactive materials.

4. What are the personal qualities that you require to do this job?

• provide information to patients about what will happen during their examinations.
• prepare patients and equipments for examination.
• produce diagnostic images
• check the quality of images taken
• make reports
• perform quality assurance testing on equipment   

5. What are the key tasks that you will do in this job?

Medical radiation technologists prepare and comfort patients for scans

6. How much will you earn? Salary? And what are the work hours like?

Medical radiation technologists with one to six years experience may earn between $50,000 and $69,000 a year.

Medical radiation technologists with more than six years experience may earn between $71,000 and $98,000.

usually do shift work, which may include weekends and evenings.

7. What training and education is required for this career? How long does the training take and cost?

   

   3 years of training is required.

   Certificate, associate's degree or bachelor's degree in radiologic technology

   State licensure or certification

   

8. What pre-requisites are there to get into the training course?

       

9. What subjects will you need to study in school to prepare you for this career?

                       Anatomy

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Physics

10. Add any interesting information about your chosen career that you may find

     

11. Add in an image / photo / picture that relates to your job

FQ 2: What are the advantages and disadvantages of your job

1. Identify the positive, negative and interesting aspects about your chosen job by completing a PMI Chart

Positive	Negative	Interesting
Say goodbye to boring routines. You can work pretty much anywhere. You can earn a healthy living. It’s a career you can feel good about. You can have your own leisure time when you are not on call. Allows you to help others Can work in various medical settings.	Work hours may include evenings, weekends and holidays. May require lifting or turning heavy or disabled patients. Possible exposure to radiation. Work may require travel to remote locations. Work may require standing for long periods.	They have to deal with completely uncooperative individuals to get on the x-ray table and position them. Being able to do our job well, even under immense stress, could mean the difference between a patient’s life and death, or them being able to receive an appropriate diagnosis.

Reflecting

Once you have completed your interview, think about your persons responses and write a quick summary discussing the following points:

1. Has technology impacted on their job? If so, how?

it will impact radiology by the technology that improves every year in our today’s society, That includes patient history, problems, information about the order; patient allergies will be accessible to the radiologists in the click of the button. The orders will come in, in a cleaner fashion; right now they come in on paper, and radiology can help provide decision support in the ordering process, so that the right test is ordered for the right patient and the report will come in with all of the information that the radiologist needs.

2. Was there anything discussed that surprised you?

None.

3. How do you think their working experience will differ from your own?

          I think it will differ their working experience from my own by how long they have become a radiologist and by experience as well, but it will not differ from mine if I worked hard to improve my skills as a radiologist.

FQ 4: Evaluating your Job – the what and why you are interested in this career

You need to answer these questions and you are expected to write a paragraph for each.

1. Why you think this job is important, what values does it promote?

     I think this job is important because you can help others and Radiology’s role is central to disease management, with a wide choice of tools and techniques available for the detection, staging and treatment. Diagnostic imaging provides detailed information about structural or disease related changes. Early diagnosis saves lives. Without diagnosis there can be no treatment, there can be no cure.

2. Why have you chosen this career to investigate?

I have chosen this because I was curious if I can do this job and if it will suit my liking and my interest, and I want to help people and serve them.

3. What qualities and skills do you already have that suit this career?

• My social skills for preparing the patient.
• My understanding and following instructions.
• My eagerness to help people.

4. What qualities and skills do you need to develop for this career?

    My experience and to improve my social skills to suit the liking of the patient.

5. The job market is competitive, what can you do now or in the near future to out-compete others for this job.

   -

FQ 5: What were your sources of Information – bibliography

Include a bibliography which lists the details in full of the different sources of information used.  If you are unsure how to set out your bibliography, check the Library webpage.

https://oarinfo.ca/radiologists/importance-radiology

FQ 6: Reflecting on the Research Process

1. What worked / went well for you during the research?

My researching skills improved during this research.

2. What have you found challenging during the research?

       The sometimes lack of information and explanation and the complicated words.

3. How did you try to overcome these challenges?

      I tried to understand it and revise it and put it to my own words instead.

4. If you were to do this again what would you do differently and why?

    None.

Being a Medical Radiation Technologist

“Radiologists save lives.  Image interpretation is the most visible contribution of radiologists. The population should be informed about the importance of diagnostic imaging.”-Dr. Tayo Denton

Career Investigation Success Criteria
All requirements have been meet to a high standard, including a comprehensive bibliography.  A wide range of information has been provided and the presentation has real impact.	Level 5A
All requirements have been meet to a good standard.  A bibliography has been included.  Information provided is relevant and presentation is neat and tidy	Level 5P
Most of the work has been completed to a reasonable standard and most of the requirements have been covered.  A bibliography has been included.	Level 5B
Minimum requirement for Level Five are not meet  The work is not presented clearly, lacking organisation or style and information is at a very basic level.	Level 4A

Careers 2k17

2017 Year 10 Careers Essay

QUESTIONS

1.  Using the research you have just gathered on your chosen job, Explain in an essay..

What are the key aspects of the chosen job or career you have studied this year

• What Criteria do you need to get into the job/career
• What skills and qualities are needed to work in this job/career
• Describe the day in the life of the job/career

Introduction

Write it here:

This essay will explain what the key criteria, skills and qualities are needed in order to be a Medical Radiation Technologist, It will also explain what it is like in the day to day life for a Medical Radiation Technologist.

Statement about your chosen career	Explanation of the skill or quality needed for this chosen Career	Example of this skill or quality in this career	Link back to the question and to the next paragraph.
Paragraph 1 To become a Medical Radiation Technologist there are many key criteria required to enter this career or job.	The key criteria for becoming a Medical Radiation Technologist: You need to get a certificate, associate's degree or bachelor's degree in radiologic technology and    State licensure or certification.   In high school and college, you need to take Anatomy, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. And after this, you need to do 3 years of training.		These are the key criteria needed in order to become a Medical Radiation Technologist.
Paragraph 2 To become a Medical Radiation Technologist there are many important skills and qualities required to enter this career.	It needs to have knowledge of human anatomy, physiology and pathology, positioning and imaging techniques, and how to use x-ray equipment, physics and radiation physics, safety issues related to the use of radiation equipment and radioactive materials.		These are the key skills and qualities required to enter the career of a Medical Radiation Technology.
Paragraph 3 The day to day life of being a Medical Radiation Technologist requires a variety of activities. This will be discussed in this paragraph.	Being a Radiation Technologist requires waking up early, getting ready for appointments during the day, doing procedure in different departments, taking parent’s biopsy, encouraging and making my patients comfortable during their appointments.	The examples are by putting and laying your patients down comfortably and setting up the machine you’ll use in your appointments.

Conclusion:

Write it here

Therefore I conclude that there are many key criteria, important skills and qualities required to be an Medical Radiation Technologist. Some of these are having a degree and completing bachelor’s degree in Radiologic technology. The general day to day life of an Medical Radiation Technologist involves many hours in hospitals and in appointments with patients.

Creative Writing #1

                                                                      My First Draft

Title: Winning the near impossible!

Have you ever challenged yourself outside of your comfort zone and not knowing what the
outcome of it? I have. I challenged myself by playing a sport which is what I’m not familiar with and not knowing how hard and frustrating it can get. I first started when my friends encouraged me to pick a sport knowing that I don’t do any sports, I vigorously force myself to pick Volleyball and at first I thought I’m only doing it in short-term. I remember the feeling that rushed into my body when I first went inside the court and saw many people trying out, trying to get into the team, I can feel the warmth of the gym as it was one of a scorching day in the summer season and I can feel the eagerness of the people around me. I can hear the whistle and I can see the balls spring up and down. I try to link myself into this unfamiliar sport which I have come to love and my teammates and as we need to unite as a team, we started to get to know each other and know each other’s weaknesses and strengths to help each other improve and so we can work and connect with each other easily inside and outside the court.

Our coach eagerly join our team into a competition, surprising us and making us panic as this was our first competition but we still prepare ourselves and enhance our teamwork few weeks before the tournament. On the day of the tournament, we all got into the van with anxiousness and eagerness to win the tournament. As we walk into the court, we calm and set ourselves down, in hand. The game started and we all can hear our own pounding heart as the opponents had the ball first, our game started fresh and it was going good and it has exceeded the coach and our expectation not knowing what risk we are about to experience. My teammate spiked the ball into the opponent’s side and it got in and as she was about to land, she twisted and landed with her ankle gaining sprains. We needed to carry on with uncertainty and losing something of value during the game.
A wave of anxiousness and fear rose up in me like a volcano, for only a week earlier we train and enhance our team, losing something during the game makes me hysterical throughout the game. We tried our best throughout the game with the feelings we got in the worst scenario that could ever happen in court, losing and hurting a teammate. It all got into us but we decided and managed to focus on the game, and we did this for our teammate who got hurt. We luckily managed to have someone who can sub her and after all the circumstances, we got through it together. We demonstrated a team who can work as whole even though there were circumstances but we managed to won the game making us put all the fear and anxiousness aside. I knew we weren’t the perfect team ever. We did what most teammates can do during a circumstance. but either way, it sure felt good to be on a team who can unite inside and outside the court.