Educational or Enjoyable School Trip?

From my perspective, school outings should be educational and at the same time enjoyable. That is because school outings should have a purpose, for example, they should learn new things and experience something outside the school. Sometimes, we can never learn or know and answer the students' curiosity without exploring things outside the school. In addition, if the trip is just for education why not stay at school and seat for hours looking at the TV screen. Also, while learning new things students can make memories with their peers and no doubt this will be a fun experience for the students. The students deserve to earn something and relieve their stress from school works or assessments.

To Relieve Pressure and Stress

To relieve some stress and pressure from schoolwork, I would give myself an hour of leisure reading. This will help me to take my mind off from too much worrying about my assessment and the credits I need to get before the study leave. After giving myself an hour of free time I would study for 2 hours and every 20 minutes, I would take off my mind from studying for 10 minutes. Along with an hour of leisure reading, I would try to get enough sleep (8-10 hours) so I won't feel tired at school. For example, I will sleep at 9:30pm and wake up at 6:30 am. Doing this will also make my mind clearer and function well in class.

Also, If I'm under pressure or stress I like to talk to my friends or family to share my thoughts, feeling, and what is happening to me. By doing this will somehow make me feel relieved and the heavy feeling will be lifted up from my shoulders. 

Goals

My goals in ESOL this term are:

- To succeed in the upcoming internal assessment.

- I wish to accomplish all the internal assessment this year. 

Week 7: Reflection in ESOL

In ESOL, we have been reading the second book of Gary Paulsen called The River. These past few weeks that we have been reading, I found the story very interesting as it's about a journey of a boy trying to survive in the woods. As in the second book, three men asked Brian if he could recreate what happened to him in the first book (Hatchet). However, this time he is not the only one who needs to survive in the woods, he is trying to get through in wildness together with a psychiatrist named Dereck. Dereck would be the one who will write what they're or what Brian is doing in the woods that enables him to survive. But little did Brian know after a smooth week of spending in the woods, a disaster strike. A bolt of lightning hit their shelter that was made by Dereck and himself.

So far, I like the flow of the book. What I like about the story is because somehow the book is based on a true event. The book conveyed a message on how to make fire just by using a knife and flint. It also tells what people need to do in case they are in the same situation as Brian and Dereck. Another purpose of the book was to teach people who read the book in case they got in the same position as Brian and Dereck. Just like I said, the story can educate the audience as I learned that even though people are in a state of coma, their body system is still excreting.

EAGLES: Desperado

In ESOL, we have created a scenario that shows a desperate person. In our scene, there is a desperate person and the reason he is desperate was for his family. Since he needs to do something for his family, he needs to commit a crime to be.

We've also listened to a song called 'Desperado' by The EAGLES. For me, the song is about a desperate person on a run. The person in the song is telling himself to stop being a reckless person as nothing good will happen if he's desperate. It also says in the song that you can never feel the freedom even though he is on the run and walking freely without people noticing and he said it feels like he is in prison even though he is free.

ESOL

In ESOL, we have a student teacher in our class. Mr Stephenson has asked us a question.

What three items would be best to have if you were lost in the mountains in New Zealand in winter, and why?

If I were lost in the mountain of New Zealand in winter, It would be great to have with me an emergency kit, an extra jacket and a hatchet. I can probably survive for two days in the mountains if I have these three items before I'm found by rescuers.

Having an emergency kit is helpful as it has these essentials: radio, batteries, torch, flares, pocket knife, a small amount of food ration, a medicine kit and a blanket to keep me warm, will somehow make my horrible situation a little easier. Since they can send signals, flares would be the first-most useful thing in the emergency kit and then the rescuers will know my location. The second item will be the medication kit, in case I’m injured, having this would be useful. I can treat my injury and stop the potential infection if I have a medicine kit. The food ratio would be the last important thing for me in the emergency kit, of course, I needed food and water to survive in the mountains, food and water would give me energy so that during this situation I would be able to think clearly. 

An extra warm jacket would be needed since I'm out in the jungle in the winter. Since a jacket is a strong heat conductor, it will help me to keep my body warm and prevent body heat loss. Considering that it is expected to be colder and windows at night in winter.

The last item that would be best if I have during this circumstance is a hatchet, being in a wild place there is a high possibility that wild animals are lurking around where I’m staying or standing. I know that safety comes first and having this I can protect myself from any harm. I can also use a hatchet to cut branches and build a shelter to use it at night.

321 RIQ || ESOL

 Today, In ESOL we learnt a new strategy of reflecting. We learnt how to use 321 RIQ and the meaning behind the acronym. 

3 Recalls - 3 things I remember about the lesson.
2 Insights - 2 new things I learnt in this lesson.
1 Question - I question I have about something I didn't understand or still want to know more about.

2. Write a 321 RIQ reflection of 1 ESOL so far.

3 Recalls- 

- In ESOL I remember that we have done a self introduce by doing the game where we have to say an adjective word about us that starts with the first letter of our name, we also have to say a thing that we like that also has to start with the first letter of our first name. 

- We have also written things about ourselves and gave it to Mrs Truter, our new ESOL teacher. 

- We have also written a paragraph about the benefits of blogging during class.

2 Insights

- This past few days I haven't learnt new things and done any practical works since we have just started introducing and the teachers still explain what is going to happen this year, and how the internals and externals will work.

- I have learnt facts about Mrs Truter, she is new in Christchurch. She has also been teaching in Auckland for 20 years before coming to Christchurch. She is also from South Africa and she also teaches there.

1 Question

- What are the topics we are going to cover and more details about the ESOL internals.