dance showcase day (Final)

Lo2, 5 The week leading up to our final show was the most stressful week of this whole process. However, I am grateful for all the opportunities I got for this experience. The first experience which was challenging yet exciting was going through the light plot – I was in charge of working with the…

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Dance Midway

LO 2,4,7 Throughout our rehearsals, we had difficulties keeping up with choreography and keeping ourselves organised with costumes too. It was difficult for both of us to find extra time to come up with dance moves, and with this style of dance, we were not used to it and it really pushed us out of…

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Dance Showcase beginning

LO1, Lo3 My friend Tara and I have been long talking about leading a dance in grade 11 as we have both been a part of past dance showcases and culturamas in school. I have been in every dance showcase since Grade 7, and in a cultural performance every year in high school. My passion…

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Outline of IO

Initial IO Outline (Planning) Global Issue: How an imbalance in power can affect one’s identity Combo 1: Lit text: Thetis (Carol Ann Duffy) The poet, a woman, is victimising herself as she’s aware of the imbalance in power between gender Every stanza, the woman ‘turns’ herself into a new animal, a more powerful one each time,…

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Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid/Society Blues

This song describes a narrator’s actions after joining the John Birch Society – an anti-communist group founded in 1958. Dylan’s use of imagery shows that the narrator has been so caught up with their views that they began expressing their thoughts with little evidence. When the narrator looks at places such as “looking under the…

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SG Murni Gymnastics progress

LO1, LO2 & LO5   When we got back from our term 2 break, the COVID-19 virus outbreak meant that the kids will have to wait until a few months until they’re allowed to visit us again. During this time, we were able to evaluate on what we have done so far, and plan ahead…

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How does ‘The Times They Are-a-Changin’‘ explore the global issue of social transformation?

  “The Times They Are-a-Changin’” was recorded in 1963, two months after the March on Washington for jobs and freedom. This march occurred to advocate the rights of African-Americans for their civil and economic rights. In this song, Bob Dylan uses specific imagery  to appeal to the audience’s emotions. By appealing to the audience’s emotions,…

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