Term 4 Week 3 - Glacier Formation

Below is a FAQ, detailing the Formation of Glaciers. Followed by this, there is information about what affects a near-by Glacier or Mountain range can have on weather. Please comment at the bottom of the post.

http://issuu.com/coatsd/docs/glacial-formation?viewMode=magazine

Thanks,


Daniel Coats

Term 4 Week 2 - Homework

Below is my homework task, done through FPS. The four Glentanner Camp recommendations weren't all on the below document so all of them have been included at the bottom.

http://issuu.com/coatsd/docs/aorakimtcookhomework?viewMode=magazine

1. Full acceptance of others will not only make them feel much more comfortable and allow them to enjoy the experience, but they will think higher of you, not in regards of your ability to pull an affective prank, instead as a kind and including person. The personal rewards to boht parties far outway what can be achieved through unethical and uncalled for antics.
2. Make an effort to help out or offer a favour on atleast 4 occasions a day. Whether it be cleaning the dishes or carrying the bag of someone who's back has fallen victim to Spaniard Grass. Sometimes a little can go along way for someone else, and just as any favour, will help you to affectively build a relationship with another.
3. Be a friend to everyone. Although during a school day we may just reside alongside the same friends, camp is an opportunity to, as we'll all together, hang out with a whole set of different people or everyone at once. Some may seem the complete opposite of you, but that provides know excuse when in a situation suited to everyone.
4. This said, we should still know who we're comfortable around and what we're comfortable doing. Some people have a habit of annoying others, quite often accidently, so make sure if you want to get on with someone that you understand these traits.

Thanks,

Daniel Coats

Homework Term 4 Week 1

Homework Term 4 Week 1:


http://issuu.com/coatsd/docs/mount_cook_village_times?viewMode=presentation

Thanks,


Daniel Coats

FPS Finals Time Again!

It seems like a lifetime since I last posted on FPS success in America, and it's about to seem like a whole lot longer ago. I got the call, less than an hour ago, and soon found out that Auckland was two and a half weeks away! That means national finals, and another chance for a top placing at the international competition.

Expect to see this updated soon, as the competition comes around before I know it.

Writing - Creating Opening Paragraphs

Purpose of this task:

1. To think critically about the opening paragraphs of stories by reading examples and completing exercises
2. Create an intriguing opening paragraph for your survival story that captures the reader's interest

Exercise 1:

• What triggered his intrigue in this ad?

• Why was he waiting in this reception area?

• In what way does this magazine ad effect him?

Exercise 2:

• What object or challenge lies in their way?

• Why must they negotiate or overcome this object?

Using Unusual Words

Unsure of... waif, limpid

Definintions: waif defn. a person, especially a child, who has no home or friends. limpiddefn.clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.

Writing Task - write the opening paragraph of your survival story

No longer did the world concern him, or more accurately, no longer did society concern him. This young twenty-something waiter knew, in much confidence, that he had a stake in society and therefore an opinion in what it may concern. May he choose to live a life of solitude, he may, just as justly he may live a life of fantasy.