5 Questions About Macbeth

Which factor is most influential: (a) Witches & their prophecy? (b) Vaulting ambition? (c) Lady Macbeth?
The witches. It's because of the witches' prophecies that Macbeth decided to kill King Duncan and Banquo, as well as attempt to murder Fleance.

Why is he obsessed with killing Banquo? (oh yeah, and Fleance too)
He knows from the prophecy that Banquo's children are going to become kings. If he kills Banquo and his only child(Fleance), that can't happen.

He visits the Witches for a second time. Why? How does he react?
He visits them to see whether Banquo's children will become kings like the witches prophecised. When the row of kings shows up lead by Banquo, he starts yelling at the witches. Maybe he feels betrayed?

Has he completely lost it in the Banquet scene? (do you think the Ghost is real or imaginary?)
He's definitely lost it, but not completely. The ghost is imaginary, it's a hallucination.

Explain his decision to murder Lady Macduff & children (increasingly erratic & illogical behaviour)
After Macduff's betrayl, he said he wouldn't think before he acts anymore. He immediately says to kill his family as revenge, despite Lady Macbeth's opposition.

Migration

Migration Slideshow!

In Social Studies, we learned about migration. We were required to make a slideshow about push factors - things causing people to emigrate (move away) - and pull factors - things attracting people to immigrate (move there). For example, a push factor could be that laws forbid you to be yourself, and the corresponding pull factor could be that the laws allow you to do whatever you like with your identity. This is just the short version of what I've learned.

Critical Literacy Matrix Questions - The Outsiders (Movie)

I will be doing three critical literacy questions on the movie The Outsiders.

What kinds of social realities does the text portray?
It portrays the reality of discrimination - rich vs poor. It also paints us a view of the inside lives of gangs that their enemies don't bother to see.

What view of the world and values does the author assume the reader holds? How do we know?
If Ponyboy - the protagonist of the movie - is the author, he assumes that the reader/viewer holds equal value to people. He assumes that they know that everyone sees the same sunset and everyone is the same deep down.

What is the text about? How do we know?
The text follows the adventure of Ponyboy Curtis, a young Greaser boy who's in a gang with his two older brothers, Darrel 'Darry' Curtis and Sodapop Curtis, and their friends, such as Johnny Cade, Dallas 'Dally' Winston, and Keith 'Two-Bit' Matthews. The text shows Ponyboy's relationship with his brothers, his gang members, and his opposing gang, the Socs.

(Left to right) Darrel 'Darry' Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Ponyboy Curtis

(Left to right) Ponyboy, Johnny Cade,
Dallas 'Dally' Winston

Focused Listening

Adele - Hello
Original

• What instruments can you hear?
  Piano, drums, two vocal lines, bass guitar, keyboard
  
• How would you describe the singer's voice?
  Soft and emotional, powerful, depth
  
• What kind of feel does this song have?
  Sad, lonely, emotional, regretful
  

Cover

• What instruments can you hear?
  Keyboard, 2 vocal lines, autotune backing vocals, drums, synthesizers, bass,
  
• How would you describe the singer's voice?
  Calm, male more raspy
  
• What kind of feel does this song have?
  Quite upbeat, more positive

Chemistry: Cobalt

If I were a metal element I’d like to be Cobalt and my symbol is Co.
My atomic number is 27 which means I have 27 protons in my nucleus and 27 electrons around my nucleus.
At room temperature (20 °C) I will be a solid

My melting point (the temperature when I turn from solid to liquid) is 1495 °C.
My boiling point (the temperature when I change from liquid to gas) is 2927 °C
I was first discovered by Swedish chemist Georg Brandit in 1735, in Sweden.
I am found in nature as a metal.
My uses to humans are:

• Colouring things such as glass and china, blue.
• Helping make Alnico, an alloy used in jet engines and gas turbine engines.
• Use in magnets and stainless steel.
• Being part of vitamin B12.

Some interesting things about me are:

• Despite being blue, my chloride counterpart (Cobalt Chloride - CoCl2) is actually pink.
• When put in Sodium Hydroxide, CoCl2 starts as blue and floats, before turning pink and sinking.
• Even though I'm in a vitamin, I can be very toxic!

Cobaltite

Cobalt metal

Cobalt powder

Cobalt Chloride

A vase dyed using cobalt.