What is the difference between a factual and an interpretive question

A factual question is a question that has only one answer because it's fact-based.
ex. What is a tsunami?

An interpretive question is a question that has more than one answer, it's based on the person's interpretation of it. So, the answer will be an opinion, not a fact.
ex. Why are people scared of tsunamis?

What is a question and how do you come up with questions for learning opportunities?

A question is a worded sentence that will be responded with a piece of information.

It is:
Something you ask
Ends with a "?"
The tone (goes up)

Inquiry questions are important because:
- It indicates the research you want to do
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Group Success Criteria

Brainstorm and consider what items your want to include on the poster.

Pictures describing the characteristics of the role
Colors to make it exciting
Title of the role being focused on
Information of the role
Keywords
Advantages & Disadvantages of the role
Creative drawing

Belbim Team Roles Questions

1. Compare your actual Belbin results to what you thought you would be.
I thought I would be a Complete Finisher, a Shaper and a Team Worker. I was far off with my deduction because my actual Belbin results showed that I was an Implementer, a Shaper and a Co-ordinator.

2. Do you agree with the results.
No, I do not agree with the results. Personally, I thought I would be more of a complete finisher rather than an implementer. From the definition I saw in the Belbin Roles document, I thought I was the opposite of being an implementer. I do like to be organized with my work but I get reluctant to accept tons of work. I do agree on being a co-ordinator and a shaper though because I sometimes like to lead my group and have things my way.

3. Discuss how your group balances its Belibin roles.
Based on our results, our group has balanced out quite well because each of us has our own individual skills that would benefit the progress of the work.

Ubennyah: Resource Investigator, PLant, Completer Finisher
Aqmar: Team Worker, Monitor Evaluator, Resource Investigator
Me: Implementer, Shaper, Co-ordinator

We are all stronger in different parts.

4. How can the team wheel help our group to complete projects.
It indicates the different skills each team member has. Therefore, picking out individual roles are easier because our team knows which person would be better at doing that specific job.

Belbin Team Roles

I am a Completed Finisher because sometimes I don't trust people to finish the job well, so I like to take charge at times making sure things are going my way. For example, while filming our Year 9 film, I made sure all the angles looked appealing to me and when one of them was not, I shot it myself even though I wasn't the camera person.

I'm a little bit of a Shaper as well as I am competitive and I like to win. In group quizzes, I always strive to make our group have the most score. Also, when my teammates answer questions correctly, I praise them, making sure they feel important to the team. That is why I'm also a Team Worker.

I am a Team Worker because I hate it when people leave me out of groups, so I make sure everyone is involved and feeling great about themselves and the team. I love to encourage my teammates because I want them to know they're doing a good job, but if they slack off, I put on my shaper role and ensure they get back to work.

Learning Intention

L.I:
To plan and undertake an enquiry into the causes, impacts and management of natural hazards.

My version:
To organize and research and tackle questions based on the causes, effects and the handling of natural disasters.

Why do you think it's called the restless earth?

I think it's called the restless planet because one of the examples that Ian showed was volcanoes and volcanoes have been active in this planet for 6, 000 years and they haven't stopped being active, that's why parts of the earth are formed by the doings of the lava and the molten rocks in the volcanoes.

ELP Reflection

What is the key question of this topic? 

The key question of this topic is "What is Human Rights?"

Write an answer to that question, thinking about what you have learned. 

Human Rights is a compilation of entitlements a human being can obtain since birth. They are basic rules to avoid people having the absence of basic resources and to avoid being discriminated and treated unfairly. 

Why do you think this topic is important? 

This topic is important because people ought to know about the rights they have as a person because if they don't, they could be mistreated or taken advantage of. People should be educated on this because the next generation should be told about this as well. 

Which learning opportunity did I most enjoy doing? 

Creating the biography, because I had a chance to use my imagination and my researching skills to create a story of my own. 

Which learning opportunity did I least enjoy doing? 

Ranking the list of Human Rights because it was hard to decide between the top 3 as I found them equally important. 

What skills have I used? 

Creativity: I created my own storyline and made my story out of imagination. 

Information processing: I gathered information from videos and different websites and compiled them together and put them to use in my story. 

Plan and research: My group had split the work and each of us had to research on a specific part of the issue. 

How can the learning help me in the real world? 

If I am educated on this topic, I can share my knowledge with other people and they can pass it on to others as well. The world needs to know about their rights, including the next generation. 

What key idea do you think people should be aware of about this topic? 

The fact that they have the right to know about their rights as a human and how they can spread that  piece of information to others. 

How can I rate my: 

Level of knowledge and understanding: :D

Progress: :) 

Enjoyment: :) 

What targets could I set to help make progress in my learning? 

- I could quiz myself about the topic and making sure I know the answers to the questions. 

- I could answer questions with keywords and detailed information. 

- Improve on my research skills. 

Biography (HIV)

14^th July 2007

The sun was shining brightly, Maggie could still smell the fresh rain from two hours ago. She was standing outside of her hut with her grandmother waiting for the wet mud to dry up in the walls and the floors of the hut. She looked at their small and shabby hut. It was starting to degrade and soon they would have to build a new one. Maggie was afraid her grandmother was too old to build a hut, or anything for that matter. She was getting more wrinkly now, and her back was hunched really badly, yet she tried to be strong and protect her.

Maggie’s parents died when she was just a little child. Her mother died while giving birth to her and her father died of HIV a few years after that. Both her parents had HIV, that’s why Maggie got infected too at childbirth. It seemed like the villagers were more bothered by it then she herself. They avoided her like the plague, except Oola, her neighbour. Maggie’s grandmother was the only thing left that she treasured and love.

Maggie went to Oola’s garden to work while waiting for the hut to dry. She was looking at the fresh raindrops on the flowers, but her mind was far away. She was having a pile of “what-if’s” running through her mind., as usual. “What if my parents weren’t dead?” “What if I went to school? Will I have friends? Will I still have to work at Oola’s garden?” “What if I didn’t have HIV? Will children then talk to me?”, she thought. Soon, she snapped out of the trance and went back to work.

The sun was starting to set, so she stopped working as it was getting dark. She collected her daily pay from Oola and walked back to her hut. She saw her grandmother preparing dinner as she entered. The smell of the food made her mouth water. This was her favourite time of the day, where she could spend time with her grandmother and eat a scrumptious meal.

Days have passed, Maggie’s hut was starting to crumble. So, she and her grandma set out to refurbish the hut as it was a good day to do it because they had plenty of wet mud after the rain. After hours of reshaping and rebuilding the hut, they were almost done. Maggie’s grandma had thought of taking a break and treating both of them to a jug of rooibos tea while Maggie cleaned herself. As she was approaching Maggie with the tea, she slipped and fell on her back. The floor was caked with mud, wet slippery mud.

The jug made a loud clank that made Maggie jump and turn around to see her grandma sprawled across the floor. Her eyes open widely and she let out a scream and rushed to her helpless grandmother. As Maggie tries to help her up, Oola rushed to help carry her up. She told Maggie she heard a loud sound and a scream coming from here and she was worried something happened. After successfully carrying Maggie’s grandma up from the floor, they brought her to the nearest nurse in the village. The nurse set her down the bed and told them to wait outside. Maggie exited and stared at the door, waiting for the nurse to come out with her grandma. This time, the only what-if that ran through Maggie’s mind was “What if she dies?”

An hour later, the nurse came out pushing Maggie’s grandma on a wheelchair. She told Maggie her grandma was paralyzed, and she couldn’t move half of her body. Maggie fell to her knees and faced her grandmother, tears falling down her cheeks. She took her grandma’s hand and told her everything was going to be okay. Her grandma seemed to believe her eventually. Now, she just had to convince herself.

Day by day, Maggie’s grandmother grew frailer and frailer. Fortunately, Oola gave Maggie a few days off from work. One day, as rain was pouring down really heavily, Maggie and her grandmother had to stay inside of the hut. They were wrapped together in a long blanket because they were both very cold, especially Maggie’s grandmother. Maggie could hear her grandma breathing really heavily. She realized not only has she grown weaker but older as well. She was soon to be 83 years old. Maggie moved closer to her and stared at the door waiting for the rain to stop as her grandma closed her eyes, smiling peacefully.

The rain stopped two hours later. Maggie had to put her grandma back on the wheelchair, so she tried to wake her up. She didn’t respond. Maggie shook her, but she didn’t respond. She tried to hear a heartbeat from her, not a single one was heard. She stared blankly at her grandmother and started to burst into tears. She felt broken, a part of her gone. A thousand tears filled with a million memories. Her tears just kept coming and coming as she held her tiny, frail grandmother in her arms.

Months passed since the incident, Maggie was feeling quite better. No more sleepless nights, or moments where she considered committing suicide. One day, as Maggie was working in the neighbour’s garden, she saw a sophisticated man walking around the village with the village translator. They then approached her and the man told the translator to introduce him. He was a volunteer from an organisation called Global Fund and he was here to collect children victims of HIV. Maggie told him she had been an HIV positive since birth. Then, the man asked her if she would like to follow him to a HIV therapy institution. At first Maggie hesitated, but then followed him eventually.

Two days later, they arrived at the institution. It looked like those buildings in the city from the pictures Maggie had seen in some flyers. As they entered the reception desk, Maggie saw children, some very young, some as old her. Her heart was beating very fast, she was nervous but excited. Maybe this once she would be accepted as a person and not shunned by others, because these people were just like her.

It took some time to settle in. Maggie was so happy to hear that she was sharing a room with a few other girls of her age. They spoke her language and they included her in when they did things. “So this is what having friends feel like.”, she thought. She loved it.

As months passed, Maggie went through some HIV therapy, she took antiretroviral drugs to reduce the HIV in her bloodstream, she was becoming healthier. She thought life was starting to seem brighter. Every night, she thanked her grandmother, she knew she was guiding her along her life journey.

15^th July 2011

4 years have passed, Maggie was a miracle. Doctors predicted she wouldn’t make it to this day, yet she was still alive. All the times where she had fought through the pain and hardship to survive the disease was worth it. She was living her life the fullest she can. Maggie had volunteer to care for the younger HIV victims, and she was enjoying life with friends and nurses. She wasn’t as strong as a normal 12 year old girl, as she was still infected with HIV.

One day, as Maggie was handling some of the HIV children, she felt a little unstable. She stopped to balance herself, but it was impossible to think with all that black spots in her vision. Suddenly, there was a thud on the floor. Every child that was there turned around to see where the sound came from and saw Maggie passed out on the floor. Luckily, the other volunteer was there and she quickly called a nurse. They carried her to the nurse’s room and set her on the bed. Maggie was burning hot but she couldn’t stop shivering. Soon, Maggie was sent to the emergency room to have a doctor check up on her.

A few hours later, the doctor had Maggie rest in one of the rooms after taking a doze of polyoxidonium. He concluded that Maggie was facing a high fever as hot as 107 degrees. Her immune system couldn’t stop the fever due to HIV, so it kept getting stronger and the temperature got higher. Her organs were on the verge of shutting down. The only thing they could do was to wait and hope the polyoxidonium took action.

A few days ago, she was sweating excessively and was unable to walk. Appetite has failed her and she never ate anything. Now, she couldn’t do anything at all. Her organs were shut down and she was very weak. Suddenly, she started reminiscing about her life, the stages she had been through, the pain of facing the shuns of many people, the death of a loved one, the struggle to survive the physical pain, they were all worth it. Slowly, she relaxed and let her eyelids drop with a small smile on her face. Soon, her soft breathing stopped and no further sound was made.

Days later, the doctors and nurses decided to hold a memorial service for Maggie. Somehow, word got out and a few reporters arrived at the memorial service. Soon, Maggie’s story was all over the news internationally. People soon knew about her life and got inspired to work together and help the HIV children victims.

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”

                                                                              The End

Biography S.C Reflection

My individual success criteria is to be able to educate others on the awareness of HIV and the empathize victims of HIV. I think I did follow my success criteria because I created a story based on the research I made. I also brought the main character to life because I tried to imagine being in her shoes, experiencing the feelings she had in different scenarios.

My group success criteria is to understand my issue and relate it to Human Rights, and to educate other people on the topic with confidence. We all researched about a certain victim and modified their story a little bit. We understand our issue well, we know which Human Rights this issue has violated and the reason to this topic being an important Human Rights issue.

ELP Section A

People should know about the issues of Child Labour, because it’s a serious matter. The more people who know about this, the more awareness there is. Then more people could try to put a stop to all the manufacturing companies that uses children as their workers.

The most interesting topic among the issues is Child Soldiers, because so many things are happening to them, they are forced to do things they don’t want to do and I want to know how they control and respond to this situation as children.

I would like to work on HIV child victims issue because that is what I have been researching on for the past few weeks and I want to bring the information to use. Also, I would like to raise awareness on this issue because I feel terrible when I read about children whose lives are destroyed because they’ve become HIV victims. 

Statement Clothing

This shirt is trying to tells us that we should spend our time trying to grow a loving and happy relationship with one another instead of making wars against each other.

This shows how society can be when it comes to popularity, and that you have to be mainstream and become something you're not if you want to stay on top of the chain. This shirt is saying that, people would rather die than join the mainstream group because it's not who they really are. 

This picture is saying, if you aren't brave enough to say no with your voice,  express it with your clothing. 

They are promoting eco-friendly materials used in clothing. Not every clothing material has to be synthetic or animal-skinned. 

The pattern of the baby is lined, like a fingerprint. This shirt is saying how every baby is an individual. Every person is unique in their own way, just like a fingerprint.