Tag: Competencies

Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes:Novel Tasks Blog Post 2

17th-19th of June 2024.

This week I picked character categorisation I have nine characters from the stories. The book i’m reading has several stories with different characters. I struggle with keeping my work under wraps and end up picking a path that’s way too ambitious resulting in unfinished work. I managed to keep on task finishing my work on time and progressing ahead.

                                                 Categories                                                                                                           Flat ,   Dynamic,    round,    static.

Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes. Novel Task Blog Post.

For 2 weeks we picked 2 tasks for our novels and worked through them. I chose Book Summary and Character Analysis but before this we had to finish a pre-reading activity. The pre-reading activity included questions like why you chose this book, how many pages are there and do you think you can finish it in 5 weeks.

Back to the 2 tasks. I thought that starting with a book summary would be the best so I could get a better understanding of the book altogether. If I knew the point of the book It would actually make the novel 2 times more enjoyable. It is easy to figure out what the novel is about by looking at the back of the book which usually tells you a little about the book and its plot.

My second task I did Character Analysis was picking a character in your story (A main Character). Once you Have picked your character you must fill in the boxes with answers and support them with information from the book. You can do this by writing down the page that supports your answers, also you could quote a line from that page this is something new I’ve used for my work.

I’m very positive about my progress on my work and I have met each criteria I haven’t faced any difficulties along the way. My interest in mythology is empowering my resolution to read the book.

Week 1 – Book summary.

This book is about various different Greek heroes. All the heroes in the book are different people with different personalities, appearances and qualities.

Many of the main characters are born in an ancient setting of Greece, most are born of royal descent, many are hated at birth and destined for greatness

But when people build too much of an ego and forget their old ways, or some are led astray by others words. There are moments when you think to yourself. ”Damn I could have made better choices”. This has happened to many people like Theseus and Hercules(Roman Terms) Stories of blessings and curses Let’s see how they unfold.

 

Week 2 – Character Analysis.

Poetry ballad:High Wave Battle

                       Poetry ballad:High Wave Battle

     Before you read this poem be sure you are alright with bloody themes and                                                               gruesome language.

 

This post will be about the poem my classmates like the favourite poem that they liked. We are learning about language features and different forms of poems. Haiku, sonnet, ballad, couplet, quatrain, and cinquain. These are some of the poems I have written.

The one below is the poem they thought was the best. The poem I wrote was a ballad.

 

 

 

Ballad:High wave battle

Above the high tides.

The battle is done, many ships have gone and sank.

Everyone will switch sides.

Things are found, sold off just like that at the bank.

Oceans converge breaking the line, chasing my memories.

Absorbed in a sponge. Taken away, with nothing else to say.

In an endless battle. Forever, having to fight for centuries.

Pushed by the waves no time to relax, this is the only way.

A gun is fired and a person will fall, making the water stained.

Now blood I crave, I thirst for death taking out all of a crew.

They scream in pain and cry for help, but their voices have been strained.

Corpses are merged chucked in pot just to make a brew.

Very deep tells a story with meaning a bit morbid but i like your use of language. – Ava and Carley. (Feed back from my group)

Introducing Poetry

   This blog is about which videos are good for introducing poetry to           teenagers age 13-19 out of the five videos I picked Ted Ed

This video portrays many different types of poets from the past and talks about famous poets who had different styles of poetry. It explains what each poet did to make it more interesting or special like Eugen Gomringers silencio or Reinhard Döhls Apfel. These are all different unique forms of poetry. Poetry has evolved over years of development overall Ted Ed tells us about a variety of different forms of poetry and the people who made the groundbreaking discoveries.

I think Ted Ed actually introduces the concepts and different types of details in poetry the best out of the other videos. Ted Ed gives many examples on the different poets.