Paragraph Writing

For my social studies as an extra, I had done a kind of essay? as I could say. I had done an "essay" about how to to write a paragraph. I put down the key points about writing a paragraph. I also wrote down the meaning for the T.E.E.L acronym, also two paragraphs about myself.

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• Your paragraph will be much better if you start it with rhetorical questions. Or start it with a sentence that states the subject and main idea.
• Develop a thesis statement, if your first sentence was a statement about the main idea. Then you should come up with facts or describe the main idea. If it was a question you should answer the question.  This should be at least 3 - 5 sentences.
• Write down things that support or argue with your thesis in order of importance. This is a good way to make the reader believe you. For example, you wrote a paragraph about koalas. You write something down about it. So you must have a scientific explanation.  
• Add an example.
• Make sure to summarize your topic.
• Write down your opinion, or why you think it's true.
• Have evidence if it’s for a persuasive or research paragraph. Or give a link to where you got your information from.

T.E.E.L acronym meaning:

T - Topic - Start your paragraph with a sentence based on the topic or main subject. 

E - Explanation - Give an explanation about the topic, or give your opinion.

E - Evidence & Examples - Give evidence and examples to prove your statements.

L - Link - A link is to show you are telling the truth and showing where you got your information.

Use T.E.E.L as a guide when writing your paragraphs, it makes things a lot easier. Using this acronym works and many different kinds of paragraphs. Mainly informative and persuasive ones, but it also works on essay paragraphs. Or just your usual kinds of paragraphs. 

Here are 2 paragraphs based on myself as an example of how I do it:

My name is Rieya Naidu and this is about me!

Let’s say I have quite a large family, I wouldn't say I have such a big family where I have 13 people in my family. I don’t have a typical kind of family. We are a mix of cultures, we call it a fruit salad. We have Kiwi, Filipino, Spanish, and Fiji-Indian.  We have strict rules, always babysitting, and NEVER allowed to waste time but we live happily. However, we did not expect to face some circumstances and trials in our lives. It has been hard since there are two kids still young. So it’s me the oldest and one of my sisters the second oldest. Who has the obligation to look after them? But our family never loses hope, and our parents always find a way to make our lives normal. 

Ok, now let’s talk about me. My full name is Rieya Preciousa Naidu, I am 13 years of age and am a freshman in high school. I have three little sisters, so I have a family of six. As I have a Filipino family in the Philippines I have a lot of cousins, aunties, grandmas, and grandpas. The same goes for the Fiji-Indian side. Likes? Well I have a passion for badminton, and netball believe it or not I like to do sports. Sometimes I pretend I don’t want to since my friends don’t. But sometimes I'd rather listen to myself than them.  I have a shy personality, but once I trust someone I am the exact opposite around them. I am not the brat type of person but I will act a bit like that. But only depending on the way someone treats me. I love to be organized if I see in the house something messy it is triggering. For some reason, I have a big sister instinct to keep my sisters safe. Of course when I am trying to make sure they don’t get in trouble or keep them safe they think I'm being mean. But I mean a big sister has to do what they need to to keep the young ones safe and sound. 

(I know I didn’t do my things based on T.E.E.L but this is an example of how I write my paragraphs.)

My Timeline

For social studies, I had to create a timeline that included the Black Death, COVID - 19, and dates that are important to us. From the top is the oldest date and you could get the idea in what order it would go. 

It is nice doing these kinds of things as it is very boring just staying home all day, and not really having anything to do. 

Here is my work for social studies -

Just click this link to check it out

COVID - 19

Before the lockdown, I had made a slide based on COVID - 19. It was to show what it is how to prevent it and the symptoms. So no one has to panic about it because the preventions were such easy things to do.

Just click the link - 
https://create.piktochart.com/output/45092176-covid-19

Staying Mentally Well - Health

As it's a level 4 lockdown it is compulsory to do schoolwork at home, as we will be missing school for a month. Since it's level 4, we never know if it will be extended due to the current event getting worse. 

For my health project, I needed to create a presentation based on one of the topics shown on the slides. It was also optional if you wanted to work in a pair, so I decided to work with one of my friends. Her name is Skyler (https://hpsskyler.blogspot.com/)

For the topic, Skyler and I decided to do Staying mentally well. The task for this topic was to pick one of the underlinings. Then to make a presentation about it, we picked stress. But it was out of stress, depression, anxiety, phobias, or panic attacks. 

Here is the slide:


                       

Mount Vesuvius Eruption

The Daily Stone News

https://spsrieyan.blogspot.com/

Now a Ghost Town City

March 16, 2020

Mount Vesuvius Eruption

WHAT HAPPENED………. On the 24th of August 79 A.D the famous Mount Vesuvius had erupted. It was such a tragic event. It had been unpredictable to have such an event to occur. For two days and nights, the volcano had been pouring out lava. It was raining rocks, the smoke and ashes substituted the sky. Leaving no sunlight but always in the darkness. It had killed almost everyone in the city. Which left only a few people to survive that terrible event. Which could have led to trauma back in the day. After the eruption, Pompeii was a forgotten city for almost 1700 years. No one had gone back during those years it had been a ghost city. The lava had preserved the city leaving its original form, showing how things were like back in the day. This was a tragic event so it was always remembered.

Rats and Mice - Social studies

For another one of our independent tasks in social studies, I did one based on rats and mice. Both of them had to be watched with videos because the questions were based on them. So you had to make sure you remember what the host was saying. Sometimes you would have to watch the video again, luckily it was only a short video. 

Here is my work:

Rats and Mice:

Where did this happen?

• At a farm

How did this happen?

• The rats started to since they are one of the most sexually active animals, also because of a rain flood and they hid in the farm and kept breeding.

How much offspring (babies) can 2 mice parents make?

• About 2,000 babies in a matter of months.

How much wheat did the mice eat?

• 500,00 tons of wheat, which could have been a supply for 4 years.

How did they get rid of the mice and how many dead mice were there?

• Hey used lots of poison, which they spread through air and land. Within just a few days 100 million mice corpses were found.

Rat Temple:

Where is this happening?

• Rat Temple in Northern India.

Why is this happening?

• Because some people believe in reincarnation, and they believe that they are their family. They also think that they are from the gods.

What special treatment do these rats get?

• They get to be treated as humans.

Chromotography

Aim: To separate the different pigments from ink using chromatography.

Hypothesis: I this the dot of colour will spread right to the top of the strip of the paper, and through the process, the colour will fade.

Equipment:

• Felt tip pen
• Filter paper strips
• Test tube
• Measuring cylinder
• Pencil.

Method:

• Draw a line across the filter paper in pencil, 5cm from the bottom.
• Draw a coloured dot in the centre of the line.
• Measure out 10mL of water and place in the test tube.
• Place the filter paper in the test tube and fold over the side. MAKE SURE THE PENCIL LINE IS NOT IN THE WATER.
• Wait for 5 minutes and observe the results

Observation:

My first colour - For my first experiment which was a bright magenta colour, It didn't change into any other colour. But it did fade, the dot went up as the water was going up when the paper absorbed more water. When you took out the paper you could that this colour was not made with many colours.

My second colour - For my second experiment which the colour black, I was really surprised by the results. The colours in black were really concentrated so it didn't really fade that much. I was surprised because it was made with lots of colours, like orange, brown, purple, and blue.

As an extra experiment, my partner and I did a rainbow to see what would happen, and it looked really pretty. The colours just kept mixing so it was kind of like going on top of each other. But I think since it lots of colours on it, it takes longer to get the paper to absorb more water.

Conclusion:

My Hypothesis was kind of right because it happened for my first colour but not really for the other two. I think it's because it depends on the colour you use like if it's a primary colour it won't be made with lots of other colours. But a non-primary colour would probably be made in many colours.