Chosen themes

Love
Betrayal
Jealousy

Claudio

Claudio
Claudio falls in love with Hero.....but when Claudio sees Margeret kissing someone in the window he thinks that Hero is cheating on him for another man. In the end Hero gets married to Claudio pretending to go to the wedding as Hero's cousin.

Claudio is very well mannered, romantic and loves hero very much.

Character Profile

For each central character consider the following:

1. General information about the character. E.g. Age, role in the play, relationships to other characters, etc.

2. What themes the character helps to demonstrate and how they achieve this.

3. Relevant quotes and examples from the plot that are significant to this character, you should already have some from the previous exercise but you can continue to add to these. Be aware that you don't simply have to use quotes that the character says, you should also consider things others say about them. Make sure that you explain the quotes, don't just list quotes and rely on them to explain themselves.

Spelling words and definitions week 1 :)

1.abandon: to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert

To abandon a ship that is out in rough weather, gushing storms, strong winds.

2.absorb: to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up

Any sort of sponge absorbs any liquid.

3.abuse: to use wrongly or improperly; misuse

It is very rude to abuse anyone, especially in public.

4.accent: prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.

The music from the piano performed an accent during the solo.

5.accident: an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss; casualty

Today there was an accident in the library that one of the teachers fell over.

6.accompanied:

to go along or in company with; join in action. to accompany a friend on a walk.

7.accomplishment: an act or instance of carrying into effect.

Today i made a major accomplishment.

8.accurate: free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact.

The police officer was very accurate.

9.acquaint: a process imitating the broad flat tints of ink or wash drawings by etching a microscopic crackle on the copperplate intended for printing.

The scientist suggested to the uni students that they should check if there is an acquaint in the plastic.

10.acquire: to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own.

My friend made an acquire of me.

11.acres: a common variable unit of land measure, now equal in the U.S. and Great Britain to 43,560 square feet or ¹/₆₄₀ square mile (4047 square meters).

My mothers grandmother has a total of 100 acres.

12.activities: The state or quality of being active.

There are many different activities that you do whilst being a student at school.

13.acute: sharp or severe in effect.

There is an angle called an acute angle.

14.adapt: to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly.

They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.

15.adaptation:the act of adapting.

Adaptation is like adapting.

16.adequate:as much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit (often fol. by to or for)

This car is adequate to our needs. adequate food for fifty people.

17.adjustment:

18.administer

19.admiration

20.admit

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing "story outline"

Much Ado About Nothing was written in 1598 and was first published in 1600.

In Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare combines a comic love-plot of two professedly single characters coming together and a darker plot of spurned love and reconciliation. These two plots occur against a backdrop of nobility, friendship, and are sumptuousness combined with deceptions and moments of burlesque comedy.

(taken from, http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/plays/adosubj.html)

Much Ado About Nothing Characters

Benedick: Young lord from Padua who thinks he hates Beatrice but really loves her.
Beatrice: Niece of the governor of Messina who thinks she hates Benedick but really loves him. Leonato: Governor of Messina, uncle of Beatrice, and father of Hero.
Don Pedro: Prince of Arragon, a fine fellow who has led his forces to victory in a war against his brother, Don John.
Don John: Don Pedro's bastard brother, a wicked fellow who was defeated by Don Pedro. Claudio: Young lord from Florence who falls in love with Hero. He seems knightly and pure, but his conversations suggest that his attraction to Hero results partly from the fact that she will one day become a wealthy heiress.
Hero: Leonato's daughter, who falls in love with Claudio.
Margaret, Ursula: Hero's attendants. Antonio: Leonato's brother.
Balthasar: Don Pedro's attendant.
Conrade, Borachio: No-good followers of Don John.
Friar Francis: Priest who helps Hero regain her reputation.
Dogberry: Constable of Messina.
Verges: Headborough. Sexton Boy
Minor Characters: Messengers, Watchmen, Attendants.

Researching Elizabethan England

The role of women in Elizabethan England:
The roles of women in the society were very limited. The Elizabethans had very clear expectations of men and women, on average women were meant to give birth to children every two years but many babies died from a different type of sickness and this meant that the families were not large. Women were know to be the "weaker sex", it wasn't just the physical side either. Women were made to be a house wife that looked after the children, cleaned, cooked, and washed.

Class distinctions in Elizabethan England:
In Shakespeare's time there was a very strong social class. This was controlled by wealth, ancestry and occupation. There were four 'main' social classes:

• the nobles (which were in control of the land, they were the lord and lady of the allocated land space, and they were the richest of the social classes)
• the gentry (the gentry were classified as the knights, squires, gentlemen, and gentlewomen / people "who did not work with their hands for a living." ) http://www.brandonsd.mb.ca/crocus/library/social_classes_in_shakespeare.htm
• the Yeomanry (the yeomanry were classified as men and women who were between the nobles and the poor)
• the poor (they were classified as people who were disabled, ill, had no money income)

Entertainment in Elizabethan England:

Elizabethan entertainment was very extreme when something was being celebrated.

They include:

• Feasts - A large, elaborately prepared meal, usually for many persons and often accompanied by court entertainment. Often celebrated religious festivals
• Banquets - A ceremonial dinner honoring a particular guest
• Fairs - The Annual Summer Fair was often a bawdy affair
• Plays - Starting as plays enacted in town squares followed by the actors using the courtyards of taverns or inns ( referred to as Inn-yards ) followed by the first theatres ( great open air amphitheatres built in the same style as the Roman Coliseum ) and then the introduction of indoor theatres called Playhouses
• Mystery Plays - Re-enacting stories from the Bible
• Festivals - Celebrating Church festivals
• Dancing - Elizabethan dances enjoyed by the Upper Classes, Royalty and Nobility included the Cinque-pace, Galliard, Pavane, Roundel, Tordion and the Volta
• Jousts / Tournaments - A series of tilting matches between knights
• Games and Sports - Sports and games which included archery, bowling, cards, dice, hammer-throwing, quarter-staff contests, quoits, skittles and wrestling
• Animal Sports - Including Bear and Bull baiting. Dog and Cock fighting
• Hunting - Sport followed by the nobility often using dogs
• Hawking - Sport followed by the nobility with hawks

The Names and Types of Elizabethan Entertainment were as follows:

• Jesters - A fool or buffoon at Elizabethan courts
• Mummers - A masked or costumed merrymaker or dancer especially at a festival
• Minstrels - Travelling musician who sang of legends (declined in the Elizabethan era)
• Troubadours - Travelling musician who sang of courtly love (declined in the Elizabethan era)
• Acting Troupes - Travelling actors
• Jugglers - Also used tricks, deception, or fraud

(taken from, http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-entertainment.htm)

Education in Elizabethan England:

Education was generally for boys of the upper classes. The normal week of a boys Elizabethan education consited of:

• Monday - An examination based on the previous Sunday’s sermon
• Tuesday to Thursday - the basic curriculum
• Friday - Examinations and Punishments
• Saturday - study of the catechism and some arithmetic

(taken from, http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-education.htm)

Fashion in Elizabethan England:

clothing for the nobel women:

• Underclothes!
• Smock or shift, also calleda chemise made of linen
• Stockings or hose
• Corset or bodice
• Farthingale - a hooped skirt
• A Roll or Rowle
• Stomacher
• Petticoat
• Kirtle
• Forepart
• Partlet
• Over Clothes!
• Gown
• Separate sleeves
• Ruff
• Cloak
• Shoes
• Hat

clothing for nobel men:

• Underclothes!
• Shirt
• Stockings or hose
• Codpiece
• Corset
• Over Clothes!
• Doublet
• Separate sleeves
• Breeches
• Belt
• Ruff
• Cloak
• Shoes
• Hat

taken from, (http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-clothing.htm0)

Reflection Task

This year I have participated in QGSSA Swimming as a co-curricular activity. I would definitely recommend it for other students as the atmosphere is awesome and it brings swimming to LIFE! I decided to do this co-curricular activity because it is my favourite sport and it what i train for all year long to compete for Age Nationals. All sports that are at St. Hilda's School are good to participate in but honestly i would have to say that QGSSA Swimming is the best for atmosphere and a great team sport whilst participating in relays.

100 word book report

I am still currently reading Vampire Academy and I am hoping to finish it during the school holidays!! Now one of the girls that ram away from the academy is getting trained by Dametri to regain full power so she is eligable to fight and defend as a gardian. I really can't wait till the end.

Anti-Bullying Campaign

Summary
This advetisement shows one larger boy bullying another smaller boy. The main subject matter of this advertisment is to make a stop to bullying as it is petrifying and no one would want to feel like they are under pressure by someone else twenty-four seven. The colours that i have chosen seem to be serious (red, it is bright and out there making the main focus point the people inside the red stop sign). I think that this advertisement will be fairly effective as it will reach the eye of childeren, this is because it is a cartoon figure, and it is bright and colourful.

Task Requirements

For each of the advertisements that follow, you must consider the following questions. In your answers aim to create a response that is well structured, has depth and utilises supportive evidence from the stimulus.

1. Provide a brief description of what you see in this advertisement.
2. Explain what you think the purpose of this advertisement is. Support your answer by referring directly to the stimulus.
3. What sort of audience do you think this advertisement is aimed at? Support your answer by referring directly to the stimulus.
4. Why do you think the creator of this advertisement has chosen to use particular graphic features? Consider things like pictures used, colours, size, etc. Explain your answer in depth.
5. Why do you think the creator of this advertisement has chosen to use particular language features? Explain your answer in depth.
6. Do you think the advertisement achieves its purpose? Explain and support your answer.

ADVERTISEMENT

This advertisement puts across a cold feeling because of the dark, grey sky, the man going for a surf in a protection suit and the rubbish all over the ground. The main purpose of this advertisement is it to show how to world could end out to be if we don’t change how we are acting now. The target audience would have to be directed to adults as children wouldn’t understand the full meaning. The creator of this advertisement would have chosen the particular graphic features as it portrays a cold sensation throughout the body and makes us humans really wonder. This advertisement does achieve its main purpose of trying to make the world a cleaner and better place for us to live in.

GO GREEN!

The main image of this advertisement is bright green and featuring a little frog as the main focus point. This advertisement focuses on the fact that recycling is very important to our world and we should increase recycling and reusing object and items that we can. The advertisement is mainly focused on the children of the 21st century as it is simple and child like. The creator has filled the page with little green recycle images and a large frog to catch the eye of children. “Go Green” means that the creator is encouraging to recycle, reduce the amount of plastics. The creator has chosen these simple words because once again it is targeted at a young age (children) and it is encouraging them to be eco friendly. Overall I truly think that this advertisement has reached

VOTE EARTH!!

This task shows to the world that you should vote for the earth, otherwise you will end up having a polluted and destroyed nation. This main purpose of this advertisement is to make awareness to the world that “your light switch is your vote”. This means that the people of the world that you should turn off your light switch to save the electricity. This advertisement is mainly focused to adults that are interested in the environment and educated; this is because if you put the sign in an uneducated country do you really think that they would understand what it means? The creator of this advertisement has chosen particular colours (green) to make the advertisement environmentally friendly, he/she has also used large arrows to bring the main focus to the centre of the advertisement. The creator has also used large bold print to make the words stand out as well as the image. There are not many language features in this advertisement as not many people would want to sand in front of a sign reading all the small print and not understand the meaning; it is more of a visual advertisement poster. Overall I do believe that this advertisement does achieve its true purpose as it had a strong centre, words are understandable and readable and it is in environmentally friendly colours.

100 word book report

VAMPIRE ACADEMY

The book that i am reading is called vampire academy. I am currently 3/4 throught the book, it is about two girls (main characters) that ran away from the academy to be free from everything. They eventually get caught and get taken back, kept a close eye on. They are taught there skills that they missed out on while they were away.

The Real Cost of Posh's Locks Disagree

59 coolula drive
Hamilton Island
0433093315

The Real Cost of Posh’s Locks

Dear Editor,

Thankyou for taking the time to read this letter. To get my point across quickly, I am writing to you to say that your newspaper article on the 17th August 2006 is just attention seeking and brings the poor into perspective making everyone feel sorry for them.

Beauty is a woman’s ticket to success. Hair extensions are everything, who cares where they get them from, it is beneficial to all the fantastic hair salons that make large profits. Beauty does come at a price.

When a new fashion comes in such as ‘temple hair’ a celebrity must get it, otherwise they will be left out. Thankyou once again and I hope you understand and make a change.

Emily

The Real Cost of Posh's Locks Agree

59 coolula drive

Hamilton Island

0433093315
23/8/09

The Real Cost of Posh’s Locks

Dear Editor,

Thankyou for taking the time to read this letter. The main reason that I am writing to you is that I agree with your article about the cost of hair extensions and where they come from, and it should definitely stop. Yes, beauty makes a woman feel self confident and beautiful though there are other ways in which they can do this.

Beauty is a major key to success for celebrities, in the Courier Mail on the 17th August 2006 it states that ‘Victoria Beckham pushed her glossy fingernails through her hair…..it seemed as if she was going bald.’ The latest fads ‘hair extensions’ which Victoria Beckham was wearing had made her hit the front headlines of the newspaper. ‘The time that it takes for a footballers wife to have human hair extensions, in Northern India thousands of women will be diverting themselves of their crowning glory.

Who knows where we get human hair extensions from? In Northern India thousands of women wait patiently to get their hair shaved off with a dry razor. These women think getting their hair shaved off is good, and it will bring good luck to their family, though they are wrong. The temple women are being cheated into a scam, they do not get told that their own hair is being sold all around the world and being made into hair extensions. They don’t even get any profit from their hair. The top hair salons buy this hair really cheat and sell it for a large amount, they like the smell of profit under their belts.

Just imagine if you were these women, how would you feel. Truly everyone should make a stop to this and at least tell the women and give them some of the profit that is made out of their own hair. The world should stop lying to the poor and taking advantage of them. Think hard about what we have and what they have.

Thankyou once again

Emily

Spelling Words Week 7 Definitions

Absolutely
Meaning: without exception; completely; wholly; entirely
Sentence: You are absolutely right.

Immediately
Meaning: without lapse of time; without delay; instantly; at once
Sentence: I immediately took action when I heard a gun shot.

Necessarily
Meaning: by or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement
Sentence: Necessarily you don’t need to attend the camp meeting.

Carefully
Meaning: cautious in one's actions
Sentence: Everyone must carefully cross the street holding their child’s hand.

Obstinately
Meaning: firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
Sentence: Your obstinately not controlled.

Voluntarily
Meaning: done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice
Sentence: When making a contribution to a charity it is called a voluntarily contribution.

Sensibly
Meaning: having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment
Sentence: Some on the student at St. Hilda’s school are sensible.

Efficiently
Meaning: performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort; having and using requisite knowledge, skill, and industry; competent; capable
Sentence: Efficiently I completed my artwork, using minimal paint.

Frantically
Meaning: desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
Sentence: I frantically ran out of my room when I saw a giant spider on the table.

Optimistically
Meaning: disposed to take a favourable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favourable outcome.
Sentence: My best friend has a very optimistic plan for the holidays.

Scientifically
Meaning: occupied or concerned with science
Sentence: Last weekend I scientifically analysed a leaf.

Temporarily
Meaning: lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent
Sentence: Tomorrow I am going to buy some boxes to temporarily store toys in.

Unbelievable
Meaning: too dubious or improbable to be believed
Sentence: My mother told me a story and it was unbelievable.

irretrievable
Meaning: not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable.
Sentence: My sock that fell over the fence is irretrievable.

inflammable
Meaning: capable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable.
Sentence: The flannelette pyjamas that I own are highly inflammable.

Charitable
Meaning: generous in donations or gifts to relieve the needs of indigent, ill, or helpless persons, or of animals
Sentence: A man is very charitable for giving money to the homeless.

Irresistible
Meaning: not resistible; incapable of being resisted or withstood
Sentence: chocolate is totally irresistible.

Resignation
Meaning: the act of resigning.
Sentence: Resignation is a difficult thing to do if you love the job and are moving to another location.

Autonomous
Meaning: self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only.
Sentence: when it comes to voting I am autonomous.

receivership
Meaning: the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
Sentence: As I am a banker I am the receivership of the income of money. the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.