Act 3 Scene 2 - Merchant Of Venice - Shakespeare.

Act 3 Scene 2

Why does Portia want Bassanio to delay his choice?
Because Portia does not want Bassanio to choose the wrong casket and not marry Portia.

What makes Bassanio choose lead over the silver and gold caskets?

Find the quotes in the text to support your thinking.

Because Bassanio thinks every other guy who has come must have chosen gold to represent Portia and gold is decieving, and he didn't choose silver either because silver is to common and Bassanio chose lead because it's humble.

Quote:

The seeming truth which cunning times put on To entrap the wisest. Therefore then, thou gaudy gold, Hard food for Midas, I will none of thee. Nor none of thee, thou pale and common drudge 'Tween man and man. But thou, thou meager lead, Which rather threaten’st than dost promise aught, Thy paleness moves me more than eloquence, And here choose I. Joy be the consequence!

What does Portia’s speech A3S2 L166-174 reveal about the expected roles of a woman in marriage?
Portia is saying that if a am I woman that does not mean that I am stupid.

What did Gratiano’s and Nerissa’s wish to marry depend on?
Portia.

How does Portia know that the letter contains bad news?
She saw Bassanio's face fall and turn pale.

What help does Portia offer straightaway?
x3 the original amount.

Why do we not expect this help to be successful?
The law won't allow it because it is past the due date.

Do you think Portia would still be in love with Bassanio if she knew he had lied about his wealth?
Yes because she fell in love with him before he chose a casket.

Word Vomit

In the forest far away from town, there lived a scientist in an old caravan which was dented and hardly even working. She studied bears and how they live in the wild. But this wasn’t your normal brown bear it was black and white spotted bear, known for its skin and how rare it was. This bear used to live in a locked up den in the middle of nowhere. He would not get fed by his owner and would always leave the bear hungry.

CHROMATOGRAPHY : Science

CHROMATOGRAPHY

Aim: 

To separate the different pigments in inks using paper chromatography.

Equipment:

Ink pens, test tubes, a strip of filter paper, ice-block stick, tape, chromatography solution.

Method:

1. Cut a piece of filter paper long enough to reach the bottom of your test tube.
2. Rule a line in pencil 2cm from the bottom of the paper.
3. Fill the test tube with 1cm of chromatography solution.
4. Place a dot of ink above the ruled line.
5. Tape paper to stick and place in solution.
6. Wait and observe.
7. Repeat with 2 other colors.

Results & Discussion :

After we put the filter paper in the test tube the paper absorbed the water and the colors spread along the paper. We had blue, purple and green. The color green spread along the paper and started turning into blue. The color purple spread long the paper and started turning into blue. The color blue spread long the paper but it did not turn into any other color.

Conclusion:  

In this experiment, we saw that the primary which is blue didn't turn into another color because you can't mix any other color to make blue, that's why it's called a primary color. Green and purple both changed into blue because you need blue to make those to colors. In conclusion, this experiment turned out really good and the result was good as well.

Act 3 Scene 1 - Merchant Of Venice - Shakepeare

Act Three, Scene One

Why does Shylock assume Solanio and Salerio know of Jessica’s flight?

Because they are friends with Lorenzo and he suspects Lorenzo to be the reason, why she ran away. They are Christian and he thinks they would do something like that to get revenge on him.

What is the second suggestion of misfortune for Antonio- find a quote.

They talk about when he's going to lose a pound of flesh.

Quote:  Twenty merchants, the duke himself, and the highest-ranking Venetian nobles have all tried to persuade him to forget his contract, but nobody can do it. He’s determined to get the penalty specified in his contract with Antonio.

Who has been looking for Lorenzo and Jessica, how do we know?

Shylock and Launcelot, because of Jessica she has taken all his ducats ( Money ).

Where do Shylock and Tubal arrange to meet and with what purpose?
Synagogue to talk about money

Distillation

Aim: To separate a solute from a solvent in a solution using distillation.

Equipment: A solution of cola, test tube, heatproof mat, a delivery tube and bung, Bunsen burner, tripod, gauze mat, retort stand, boss head clamp & boiling tube.

Method:
1. Set up the equipment
as shown in the diagram.
2. Add approximately 50ml of cola to your test tube.
3. Light your bunsen burner. Open air hole gently pushes the Bunsen burner under the tripod.
4. Heat the solution until most of the solvent has been evaporated. Turn off your bunsen burner.

Results & Discussion:
First, we set everything up as it said on the scipad and then we lit the bunsen burner. Then we poured the coke, we used diet coke. After that, we moved the bunsen burner in and out. Next, we saw the little bubbles rising from the tube into the test tube. After that, we saw multiple bubbles rising. By accident, a little coke went into the test tube and so our clear bubble water went to a light cream color.

Conclusion:
To conclusion, this experiment was to extract the water from the coke and see what it comes to. Our experiment worked out really well except for the part when a tiny amount of coke went into the test tube changing the color.

Musical 23rd / March / 2018

Moana

Our group song

You're Welcome - From Moana.

What is the song about?

This song is about thanking Maui a demigod for all that he has done for the food, water, trees & much more.

What is difficult about singing this song?

It's when the rap part comes up, then we have to sing fats and keep on the beat. Also to sing without the lyrics and try
not mess up the words.

How are you feeling about your performance?

Nervous, because I am not as confident.

2. The story of Maui

Who is Maui? (Find and research two stories of Maui, add links to your blog post) There are some animated stories of Maui on youtube have a look at a few and add them to your blog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBB3RKazIj8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6q8E1laQjY

New Musicals

There are new musicals coming out all of the time. Have a look at the list below and see if you can find a clip from each musical on Youtube. Add the links to your blog and a short synopsis. Choose 5 or do all of them if you have time.

Mean girls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk4Zd0UqcyU
Dear Evan Hansen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEmPrKxN3vk
Waitress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSekfmYsC3w
School of Rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2wGtlfD19w

Sponge Bob Square Pants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HObbvrlYEA

Mean Girls Summary:
Mean Girls is a musical about high school girls who are not open
other people coming into their group and the effect on other girls.

Dear Evan Hansen: 
This musical is about Evan Hansen a boy in high school who suffers
from a social anxiety disorder, which stops him from making friends or socializing with other people. After the death of his best friend, he tells a lie that brings him closer to his best friends family. While allowing to sense a gain of purpose.

Waitress:
It tells a story of a waitress( Jenna ) in a bad relationship with her husband Earl.
When Jenna surprisingly becomes pregnant she starts an affair with a Doctor and tries to find ways out of the situation. She finds a pie contest with a grand prize.

School Of Rock:

Dewey Finn an guitarist and a singer who has no job pretends to be a substitute teacher for a prestigious prep school. Seeing the talent in his students he joins a battle of the band's contest.

Spongebob Squarepants:
Is about a Nickelodeon kids show brought to Broadway. It's about a sponge named sponge bob SquarePants and his adventures with his friends under the sea.

Word Vomit

Word Vomit:

Apple, An Oar, Maths Textbook, Crayon & Rabbit.

Once upon a time in a cryptic land where everything was odd. There lived a rabbit.
This rabbit's name was Mr. R. He lived in a house near a river bank by itself.
It was a small house with old doors and no windows.
The rabbit owned a shop near a school.
Mr. R sold maths textbooks and crayons for children.
That was his day job, at night Mr. R was head of the crime solvers.
You might ask “ What is a crime solver”.
It’s a job where they solve mysterious crimes, like who stole the last cheese from Mrs. Squeaks house.
Mr. Sniff told Mr. R are you ready for this.
Mr. R replied bring it. Mr. Sniff said it involved blood and murder.
Mr. R had a crime to solve but he didn’t know what was coming.

My Writing Goal For 2018

My writing goal for Punctuation:
Right now for my punctuation, I am at 4 
to improve I need to use more comma's but properly. Use question marks when they are needed and use explanation marks to express feelings.

My writing goal for Vocabulary:
Right now for my vocabulary, I am at 4 
to improve I need to make my reader interested in what I am writing and to use words that explain how your feeling.

My writing goal for Organisation:
Right now for my organization, I am at 5
to improve I need to focus on one idea in one paragraph.

My writing goal for Sentence Structure:
Right now for my Sentence Structure, I am at 4
to improve I need to make sure I chose the right sentence to show the reader what I want them to know or how I want them to feel.

My writing goal for Structure & Language:
Right now for my structure & language I am at 3
to improve I need to try to match all my writing with the reason I am writing.

My writing goal for Ideas:
Right now for my Ideas, I am at 3
to improve I need to write more Ideas and make sure each Idea has lot's of information.

Act 2 Scene 9

Act 2 Scene 9

What is the purpose of the rhymes in the caskets?

To chose the right casket and know what you deserve.

Why does the Prince of Aragon discard the golden caskets? What does his interpretation of the inscription tell us about his character?
He thinks that every other man that has come to meet him will choose that casket because Portia deserves to be in the golden casket.

What is Portia’s reaction to Bassanio’s arrival?
Doesn't care as much.

Science Experiment - Saturation.

Aim:

To form a crystal from a supersaturated solution.

Equipment:

Test Tubes, Bunsen Burner, Heat Mat & Test Tube Tongs.

Method:

1. Gently heat the test tube until it becomes liquid.
2. Place in test tube rack for 30 minutes.
3. Wait for the magic ingredient.

Results & Discussion:

When we started boiling the crystal on top of the bunsen burner it slowly turned into a liquid. Until we left it to long on the bunsen burner and it exploded, a drop came on my hand and it turned into a solid again. Then we waited for 10 minutes for it to cool down. After waiting we added a tiny amount of the powder and slowly it went back to the solid we saw at first.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, we are turning solids into liquids and then back to a solid. This experiment explains a lot about heat packs and ice packs and how they form by just breaking them in half. 

Concentration - Science Experiment.

Aim: To make a dilution series to investigate the concentration

Equipment: A potassium permanganate crystal, six large test tubes, tweezers, a plastic transfer pipette, a test tube rack, 10,l measuring cylinder.

Method: 

1. Place the six test tubes in a test tube rack. Label the rack with numbers 1-6.

2. Using the measuring cylinder, fill test tube 1 with 10 ML of water. Fill the remaining test tubes with 5 ML of water.

3. Using your tweezers, add a single crystal of potassium permanganate to test tube 1.

4. gently shake the test tube until the Crystal has dissolved.

5.Using the transfer pipette. carefully remove exact,y 4 ML from test tube 1 and pour it into test tube 2.

6. Rinse the transfer pipette thoroughly to ensure that no purple solution remains.

7. gently shake test tube 2 and repeat the transfer process, transferring exactly 5 ml of solution from test tube 2 to test tube 3.

8. Rinse the pipette again and repeat the transfer process for test tubes 4, 5 and 6.

Results and Discussion :
When we poured the Potassium Permanganate it turned dark purple. As we transferred the potassium along the six test tubes the concentration of the potassium got lighter until the last test tube was a really light pink and purple color. We mixed all the test tube and it came to this color -------------------------------------------------------------->

Conclusion: 
This exercise involved mixing a solute with a solvent to get a solution and to see if the solute was insoluble or soluble. The solute was soluble meaning the crystal dissolved in water.
In conclusion, the mixing of dark colors with water get lighter as you add more water in. 

Social Studies - Cultural Work Presentation

   

What have I done or have been working on?
I have been working on creating a presentation to show to the class about my culture. This slide shows what I have done.

What have I learned about my or others cultural group?
I have learned that Laos has a new year that lasts for 3 to 4 days or at least a week.
I also learned that the Philippines have different languages in their country. I have also learned how to count in Laotian.

Act 2 Scene 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 .The Merchant Of Venice.

Why does Launcelot want to leave shylock? Give evidence from the text to support your thinking?

Because Shylock and Launcelot don't get along. Quote: Certainly the Jew is the very devil himself.

Why is Bassanio worried about taking Gratiano with him to Belmont?

Because Gratiano will get drunk and he will embarrass Bassanio.

Line s 114-142...

3. Launcelot and his father are very anxious to find Launcelot a new job. They both want to impress Bassanio. This leads to frequent interruptions.

      b. contradictions

      c. misuse of words to impress.

      Find examples of each of these in the text.

Quote: The old proverb is very well partnered between my master Shylock and you sir: you have the grace god and he hath not.

Act Two, Scene Three

1. What does Jessica think of her life at home? Give evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Boring.

Quote: I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so.Our house is hell, and thou, a merry devil, Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness.

1. Which of Bassanio’s friends is Jessica planning to marry?

Launcelot.

Act Two, Scene Four

3. How does Jessica get a message to her lover?

Through Lorenzo.

3. How will she be disguised for the elopement?

As a man.

Act Two, Scene Five

5. Why is Shylock uneasy about going out for the evening? Give evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Because he is unsure of Jessica because she might run away.

Quote: I am bid forth to supper, Jessica.

There are my keys.—But wherefore should I go?

I am not bid for love. They flatter me.

Merchant Of Venice / Act 2 Scene 6.

Act Two, Scene Six

How does Launcelot manage to tell Jessica that Lorenzo will be there that evening?

Through a letter.

What does Jessica throw down to Lorenzo?
A box,

Why is Antonio looking for Gratiano?

Because their friends are waiting for them.

Act Two Discussion Questions:

In A2S2, Launcelot deceives his father. In A2S6, Jessica deceives hers, What does each of them hope to achieve?
Freedom

In A2S5 Lines 11-18 & 28-39. In both speeches, Shylock is speaking to his daughter, Jessica. What is his attitude to her? Give supporting examples from the text.
Over Protected.

In A2S5 Lines 11-18 & 28-39. What do Launcelot and the audience know, that Shylock does not? How does this show dramatic irony?
That Jessica is running away.

Musicals .

Jesus Superstar: 

Who wrote the musical?

Tim Rice & Andrew Llyod Webber.

What is it about?

 the bible and Jesus.

Wicked:

Who wrote the musical? 

Winne Holzman

What is it about? 

The story wicked is about a girl with a green skin called the wicked witch of the west and Galinda the good witch of the south. The wicked witch of the west is notorious when she grows up.

Add a link to the song from the show.

Merchant Of Venice / 7 & 8 /

Act Two, Scene Seven

1. Which casket does the Prince of Morocco think is worthy to contain Portia’s portrait. Use evidence of the text to justify your answer.

The golden one.

Quote: A coin that bears the figure of an angel, stamped in gold, but that’s insculped upon. But here an angel in a golden bed.Lies all within. Deliver me the key. Here do I choose, and thrive I as I may!

1. How is Portia feeling in A2S7 -at the beginning, -while the Prince is making his choice, at the end

She feels nervous at the beginning but at the end, she is so relieved that she does not have

to marry the prince of Morroco.

What was Portia's father trying to achieve by the use of the caskets? Does this seem to be working?

Back in the day's everything was destined for you, so by choosing the right casket you know you're with the right person.

Act Two, Scene Eight

4. What double disaster has struck Shylock?

1. Jessica has run away with Lorenzo & 2. Jessica took Shylocks money with her.

Where did Shylock think Lorenzo & Jessica might be?

In the gondola.

How did Bassanio and Antonio part?

They talked and they shook hands and then parted.

What is the first suggestion of trouble for Antonio? Find a quote that tells you this. A ship with treasure has been wrecked in the English channel.

Quote: I spoke with a Frenchman yesterday who said that a Venetian ship loaded with treasure was wrecked in the English Channel. I thought about Antonio when he told me. I silently hoped it wasn’t his ship.

Investigating Solubility .

Aim:

To investigate the solubility of baking soda, table salt, and copper oxide to see which is the most soluble.

Equipment:

100mL beaker, 100mL measuring cylinder, salt, baking soda, copper oxide, stirring rod, spatula.

Method:

1. Fill a beaker with water
2. Add a spatula full of baking soda.
3. Stir the solution until it dissolves.
4. Repeat step 2 and 3 until no more will dissolve.
5. Record how many spatula fulls were added.
6. Repeat the experiment with salt and copper oxide.

Results & Discussion:

These are my results for the experiment.

Salt: 2

Copper oxide : 0

Baking Soda: 4
I found out that no matter how much you mix copper oxide in water it will never dissolve. It takes salt 2 spatula's to dissolve and for baking soda, it takes 4. 

Conclusion:
In conclusion, copper oxide is impossible to dissolve in water, baking soda and salt are possible. The aim was to see which solid was the most soluble. Baking soda and salt were but the quickest was salt.