Friday 19 June 2015

Persuasive email

To Ms Vanderpump,

I am emailing you about your recent decision regarding school assembly seating.

We are currently discussing the topic in class and have listed a few of the many reasons why we have a right to disagree with your decision.

The year 7's are taking over the little privileges we had. Firstly, there is no longer a peak TV run by year 8's, assemblies and house leadership have changed in their favour, and we were excluded from doing the tough kid challenge. We feel slightly betrayed and punished. Having named only a few of the many, I hope that I have made my point clearly but haven't expressed too much anger or imposed an attack on the decision.

I hope you will change your mind soon,
Milou.

In room 15 we wrote letters to Ms Vanderpump regarding her decision to remove year 8's from the bleachers. She then came to talk to us and said she would look into it over the next two weeks.


Friday 12 June 2015

Greatest Invention Of All Times Pursausive Writing

Moustache Guard Coffee Mug (MGCM)

mustache-guard-mug.jpgImagine this. You are a forty-year-old man, you live alone in a big grey house. One of your most prized features is the handlebar moustache that lives on your upper lip and you love coffee. Every morning you sit outside on your big porch sipping a latte. This morning you are ready to go out, wearing your best white suit. You finish your cup and want to put it on the table, but your beautiful moustache has inevitably been dipped in your coffee mug while you were drinking. Suddenly, a big drop of latte escapes the grasp of the hair on your lip and drips onto your suit, soaking it in coffee. Everything is ruined. Your suit, your coffee, and worst of all, your beautiful moustache.

Introducing the moustache guard coffee mug (or MGCM). A specially engineered cup designed to keep your moustache out of your drink. It will protect your clothing, keep your moustache clean and healthy, and is easy to use and portable. It is available in many different designs to suit your personality and style, and is useful on many occasions.

So back to the forty-year-old man and his suit. Every year the average person goes through $2400 worth of clothing. A good suit costs around a shocking $2000, which means you only have enough money to buy, perhaps, one suit, two pairs of pants and four t-shirts.

Or if you are a female, imagine the unlikely but plausible situation in which you are a young bride-to-be who happens to be sporting a magnificent artificial moustache. To celebrate your wedding in advance you drink a glass of red wine. The wine sticks to the moustache and destroys the wedding dress. A dress like that costs on average $3500, which is way over the yearly budget you have for clothes.
With the moustache protecting cup you can have a wardrobe full of clothes all year round, and not have to spend any extra money!

Alright, so now lets say that you were stubborn enough to ignore the offer on the MGCM and change into your only pair of pants and a grubby t-shirt. You confidently stride out the door and onto the street. But something’s wrong with the people. They are all pointing and laughing. The moustache, which was once beautiful, now hangs limply on your face like a dead fish. The MGCM has a special block which protects your moustache from the disastrous liquids in this world.

Lets predict that by that time in the story you had given up being so hapless and gone to a store to buy the MGCM. To paint a picture, let’s say that on your way in the store you saw a convincing advert for the Moustache Mug, and were completely convinced that the Mug was the best invention in history. It stated the facts that it was portable, saved a lot of money, helped maintain the health and quality of your moustache, and was stylishly designed to suit your personality. So imagine that you bought one for the very little money it costs, and used it every day at your leisure. And feel free to imagine that you and the moustache lived happily every after.

Tuesday 2 June 2015

Extension Maths Scale Drawing


In extension maths we had to draw up and measure scale drawings. I did 4 by 2 grid, 5 centimetres squared each.