Praise For In The Dark Spaces.- Reading Tasks

This is a book that we are reading in my literacy class about some kids being smuggled on a ship or plane and them trying not to get caught these are some of the reading tasks I have done so far...

If the answer is...

Gub - Is the main characters little brother.

Lazella - Is the aunt of both kids. Also the woman who smuggled them on the plane.

Mc Veigh - Is the man whom is trying to catch the girl who was not meant to be on the plane.

Coffin sized cabin - Is where they girl and her brother have to sleep surrounded by frozen veges.

5 Questions I'd like to ask the author.

• Has anything like this ever happend to you/someone you knew or is this just your imagination?
• Why have you decided to leave your readers thinking about where this is being placed until at least chapter six?
• What inspired you to write this type of book?
• Did you know anyone with the names you have in this book and/or did they have a special meaning or was it just a name you thought of?
• Finally what was the hardest part in the process of publishing your book?

Praise For In The Dark Spaces.- Reading Tasks

This week my group has been reading a book called 'Praise For In The Dark Spaces'.

My first thoughts:
This book is very strange and the story line is very hard to pick up as the language they use is more slang that proper words and also the writer hasn't made it very clear what they are trying to say. I don't like this book much at all and I wouldn't read it again if given the choice.

Why don't I like this book?
I don't like this book because it is very hard to follow and its very hard to understand what is happening and one of the reasons I can't is because it was photo copied so I can never figure out what page to read first because it was cut off at the bottom so I can't see the page numbers.

What do I think this book is about?
I think this book is about a girl, her brother and their aunty and their aunty smuggled them on a boat and they have to sleep in a cabin that is just bigger than a coffin. When someone maybe security from Istanbul and he knows they are there but can't catch them but the aunty is on the boat somewhere else where she is allowed. But I don't know if this is correct because I don't understand it all that well.

What could make this easier to read?

• Having the numbers of each page on the bottom so I know what order I need to read it in.
• Having a conclusion from someone else who has already read it and see what they thought.
• Getting together in with the group of people who are also reading it to find out if they understand it or not.

What is mental health?

How do I react?

When I am :
Angry I like to walk around the house or block and calm down.
Sad I like to talk to my mum or watch movies to distract me.
Happy  I play with my new puppy because shes cute.

How do I deal with my emotions? 
I usually take a walk to talk to my mum depending on if I want to share whats wrong.
Who is  the best person to talk to when:

I am at home?
My mum she is very kind to me no matter what I have to say we are like best friends thats why I can talk to her.
Or when I'm happy I like to do puzzles with my mum.

I am at school?
Whaea Raewyn she is always kind no matter what and she has a solution to every problem.

Science - Height

THE FEET CAN MEASURE THE HEIGHT

The bones of the feet can tell a lot about a person. What do feet reveal about a person's height? Forensic anthropologists team up with law enforcers to help solve crimes.

Bones of the feet can reveal an interesting fact about an individual. Let's combine math with forensics to see how.

Aim:  To use forensic science techniques to measure the height of a criminal.

Material:

1.  Ruler
2.  Me
3. My feet
4. 
   
5.  

Steps:

1. Get the ruler.
2. Measure you.
3. Measure your feet.
4. Divide your foot length and your height and times it by 100.

Findings:

Name	Foot  (cm)	Height (cm)
Talia	22	143= short
Chloe	25	155
Sharney	24	152

Divide the length of each person's foot by his/her height. then multiply it by 100. 

Talia = 14.6
Chloe 14.8

Conclusion:

Talia

Today we found out that my feet are 21 cm. My height is 143 cm. Then we divided my height by the length of my foot. We found that it equaled 14.6 cm. 

The case of the Barefoot Burglar

In groups of 3 you are going to need to use your forensic knowledge to solve a crime. You must use the web page: Barefoot Burglar Evidence

1. Determine which of the four suspects is the "Barefooted Burglar"? we think it is Dan,
2. What do you think was the motive for this crime?  He needed a new bugle and thats why he broke in to the piggy bank and stole the fish so that he can sell it.
3. Write the results of your findings and convince a jury of your peers He had the same finger prints and he had a missing tooth also baking soda is the only one that bubble when mixed with vinager and he ahd that.

The Crime

At approximately 7:15 a.m., Friday morning, Mrs. King, the science teacher, thought something was fishy as she walked down the hall and noticed that her door was open. She walked into her classroom and immediately discovered that the small aquarium had been broken and her prized gold fish were gasping in the sink. Beside the broken aquarium were the shattered remains of the pink piggy bank that had been on the shelf above the aquarium. A can of blue paint was spilled on the floor. Footprints of a barefooted burglar led to an open window. Bits of a white powdery substance were found next to the broken, empty, piggy bank. The only other item found was a half-eaten large chunk of chocolate candy.

When the police arrived they immediately began to gather forensic evidence.

Dan the Man Height : 176 cm Alias: The General Dan was wearing a woolen general's uniform with small holes when apprehended in the woods. He claimed to be gnawing on wood for moisture and insects to practice his survival training. His teeth look like a beavers from gnawing. His wife complains that she never has any baking soda due to Dan's compulsion about storing clothes in mothballs. He thinks the baking soda takes away the mothball smell, so he stuffs his pockets with the substance. Also, his wife reports that her giant chocolate kisses continually disappear from the candy cupboard. He blames their dog Patton, an English bull terrier, who patrols the neighborhood. His neighbors report that Dan loves the military. He was very regimented about playing taps on his bugle every day at sunset until an irate neighbor broke his bugle. Dan has been trying to save money for a new one. Peg the Leg Height: 152 cm Alias: Lucky Lady

Peg is a librarian known for hanging horseshoes and four leaf clovers in her library. Employees say she is so superstitious she insisted on carpeting in the library instead of laying tiles so she would not step on the cracks. She wraps construction zone tape around open ladders so no one can walk under them. Cola bottles litter her office, which she drinks with chocolate chunks. Her teeth are chipped from knocking the bottles against them. She is always throwing salt over her shoulder for good luck and keeps a salt shaker in her purse. Her alibi is that she was busy closing open umbrellas the morning of the crime.

Jake the Jock

                                                                         Height 201 cm

                                                     Alias: Armchair Quarterback

                                                                                         

Jake the Jock is known for quoting statistics on every sport from boomerang throwing to sled dogging. His neighbors report that he is the neighborhood pitcher for baseball games. Last year a baseball hit him in the mouth and knocked out his front tooth. This has cramped his eating style of chocolate chunks, candied apples, and corn on the cob. His wife claims that on the morning of the crime Jake was rubbing his hands with cornstarch to keep them dry in preparation for an important baseball game.

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Lou Lou Height: 160 cm Alias: Sweet Tooth

Lou Lou is so addicted to sugar that she never leaves home without it. She loves to bake sweet things and has an entire pantry full of sugar bins. She claims to have been baking her famous chocolate chunk cookies the morning of the crime (although not a morsel of cookie or chocolate chunk was left when the police arrived.) Lou Lou rarely wears shoes, which often causes her to slip and break things, especially her collection of ceramic pigs. Evidence:

• Fingerprints: Sticky, 'swirl' fingerprints were lifted from the aquarium and piggy bank. 
• Footprints: The painted footprints were measured and were for 26 cm feet. 
• Teeth: The chunk of chocolate candy was collected for examination. It appeared there were teeth imprints.
• White Powder: The white powdery substance by the piggy bank was carefully placed in a plastic bag and taken to the forensic chemist for identification . It had very small grains and when mixed with Iodine it reacted making the colour brown. It did not have a smell.

Name	Evidence
Dan	Fingerprints: whirl Mouthprints: missing tooth Shoe size: White powder: baking soda
Peg	Fingerprints: arch Mouthprints: chipped from cola bottles Shoe size:? White powder: salt
Jake	Fingerprints: whirl Mouthprints:no front tooth Shoe size:? White powder: cornstarch
Lou	Fingerprints:arch Mouthprints: normal Shoe size:? White powder: sugar

Findings: 

We found out everyone's different finger prints. We also found out what kind of mouth shape they have weather it was normal or they had lost a tooth which helped a lot with finding the burglar and pretty much gave us our answer but the white powder is what gave it away because on the site it said it bubbles when mixed with vinegar and Dan had baking soda. 

Verdict: ( who is the burglar and why)

Dan is the burglar!
Because he was the only one with baking soda and it specifically said on the website that the white powder bubbled when mixed with vinegar and that is the only white powder that can we know this because we have tested all of those powders in class with vinegar, water and Iodine.  Another reason why he is the burglar is because he is also missing a tooth.

Poems-Drama

Talia,

Aggressive, charming,  Funny.

Daughter of Anita and Phill,

Who loved dogs, outdoors and travelling,

I feel as if my stomach is eating itself and I love lunch,

I fear the animals of the world won’t be here in 20 odd years, and that we are the cause of this,

I accomplished primary school,

Who wanted to travel the world and see greece in all its glory

Born in ashburton and living in hornby,

Twiss-Harkerss.

T-Terribly short

A- Amazing at being uncoordinated

L- lazy

I- I really love summer

A- Athletically dumb

T- Too Weird

W- Will always stand up for friends

I- Is lacking in friends to stand up for

S- Seriously needs more friends

Scared of electric fences and being killed in my sleep.

Slam poetry is performing a poem in a group.

Hurumanu- Finger prints

Forensic Science

Definition:

is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and criminal procedure.

5 Forensic Science topics;

1. Fingerprints 
2.  Footprints
3.  Clothes
4.  Ballistics
5. DNA

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Finger prints

Fingerprint characteristics

Aim: To look at the different types of fingerprints.

Materials: 

1.   Balloon 
2.   Ink
3.   Fingers

Steps

1. I'm Get balloon and ink  .
2. Dip both you index and thumb in the ink.   
3. Put one mark of each finger on either side of the balloon.   
4.   Blow up the balloon  .
5.   Take a picture .
6.   Find out what finger prints you have.
7.   

Insert two pictures here of your fingerprints

Ink prints

Thumb print	Index finger print

Record the types of fingerprints from those in your group.

Name	Fingerprint 1 (Thumb)	Fingerprint 2 (index finger)

Questions:

Do people always have the same type of fingerprint on their thumb and index finger?
What was the most common type of fingerprint in your group?

Dusting fingerprints:

Lifting fingerprints

Aim: To learn how to lift hidden fingerprints from an object.

1. Lifting and Gathering fingerprints.

Equipment:

1.   Tape.
2.   Finger print.
3.   Card paper.
4.   baby powder.
5.   Make-up brush.
6.  Plastic.

Method: 

1. Get your piece of plastic and place your finger print on it.
2.   Then swipe baby powder on to your finger print.
3.   Get a piece of tape and stick it onto your print.
4.  Put the tape on the piece of card paper and take a picture.

Results:

Lifted fingerprints

Thumb print	Index finger print
mine is the one in the right.

Conclusion Questions:

What could you do to improve your results next time?
I could use less baby powder so my print was more visible.

Why do you think fingerprints are useful to crime scene investigators?
Because they are unique to each ad everyone.