HCE 9 – English Write

“Birds on a Wire” – created by Banksy

Explanatory Paragraph:

When looking at this picture, I believe it represents protests that sadly happen quite frequently for various reasons, but in this particular image, it seems that they are going against “different” people, from moving in or visiting a different country. A believe racism plays a big part in this message and how if you have a different race, you don’t belong. In this image, the author used birds on a wire, holding posters that are often used during protests with humans. The author is using the birds as a creative way of showing what really happens but through a different perspective still with the same idea. The posters hold strong meaning as well, in one of them, the poster says, “keep off our worms” and I believe this has a deeper meaning with how humans say the same things but not about the worms. It could be about land, about food etc. I also noticed the different colours the author used which makes a big difference in how you view this image, I can see that the bird on the right is colourful as for the birds on the left are all the same with no colour apart from darker shades. This whole image negatively represents inclusivity, respect and collaboration. The birds representing the people were completely disrespectful when not allowing another bird to enter just because they weren’t the same as them or they didn’t fit their invisible standards. This goes along with inclusivity and how they are not including others and letting them enter their land or where they live. With collaboration, the birds could all work together to be inclusive and teach the others respect, just like what humans should start to do, but instead, they are continuing to go against each other and not have an open mind to accepting others. 

Short Story Tableaus – The Gift of the Magi

                          

Description for photos:

Exposition-  Looking out window

Della looks out of her apartment building window. She sees the snow of Christmas closing in. Della lives in a poor neighbourhood. She sees people talking to each other.

Inciting Incident- Looking in glass

Della looks at herself in a pier-glass and notices her beautiful long hair. Della gets the idea to cut and sell her hair. People are surprised by this idea because her hair is so cherished.

Rising action #1- Della gets her hair cut.

Della goes to a hair salon. She tells Mme. Sophronie she wants to cut off all her hair. Mme. Sophronie cuts off Della’s beautiful long hair. Customers wait for their hair appointments.

Rising action #2- Della buys the chain

Della goes to a local shop. She sees the beautiful chain in the window. The man sells her the chain. Locals wait in line for service.

Rising action #3- Jim comes home

Jim walks into the small apartment. He is shocked by Della’s hair change. Della patiently awaits his reaction. People are also shocked and reacting to the change in hair.

Climax- Exchanging gifts

Della tells him to open the present she got for him. Jim receives the chain and tells Della that he sold his watch. Della opens her present from Jim. Della receives a comb she can’t use.

Falling action- Putting on the chops

The couple continues their life and makes dinner. They don’t let their failed gifts ruin their Christmas. Della helps Jim put on the chops. Some other people react to the act.

Resolution- Christmas 

Jim and Della still have a good Christmas. Others are also exchanging gifts. They sit around their old Christmas tree. They are grateful for each other.

Indigenous Exploration – Mental Health Issues

Intro – In this podcast, myself, Nico and Tavia will be talking about the mental health issues among Aboriginal people in Canada. We will be discussing many different topics, such as suicide, alcohol, drugs, depression and racism. We hope that you enjoy our podcast and learn more in depth about the mental health issues for Aboriginal people.

Reflection:

My experience creating this assignment – When creating this assignment, I found that my group was very organised and efficient, which helped to make this experience fun and easy. Occasionally, I did find it hard to edit the audio clips by using all the different tools in the audacity app but eventually everything was able to fall into place and me and my group were able to overcome this obstacle. Overall, my experience was great and easy going and I would say that this project helped me to learn more in depth about the mental health issues of Aboriginal people in a fun and interesting fashion.

My group’s path in researching mental health: When researching about the mental health issues of Aboriginal people, me and my group used the tips that we learnt from our visit in the library and these tips helped us to find correct and useful information by narrowing down our answers to be very specific to what we were looking for. We came across various articles and news paper reports about our subject and we found all the information very educating and perfect to use for our podcast. Overall, me and my group were successful in finding the right information for our topic.

Obstacles and items I learnt in recording: When recording our audio clips, me and my group came across a few obstacles. One particular thing that we found difficult at first was making sure that the audio all sounded somewhat the same and that it was all the same volume. This meant that we had to figure out the right distance to talk into the microphone that would be equal for all of us. We also had some difficulty with background noise with the hallways being full of loud people. Me and my group were able to find a quiet spot that would help us focus and give our audio a good and clean result.

Option 2 – Communication: 

One way I used to communicate my learning was by talking and discussing with my group about the research and making sure that we all understood and were on the same page with everything. By communicating our research, thoughts and ideas, this helped us stay organised and kept us all on agreement for our script. Another way I used to communicate my thinking was staying in touch with my group and keeping each other updated in case somebody missed a day of school. This helped us all to stay on top of our work and to stay organised.

Sites we used: 

https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/indigenous-mental-health-and-suicide 

https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=43dcbs&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA455060496&searchId=R4&tabID=T003&linkSource=termClusters&inPS=true 

Hospitalization for mental health related ambulatory care sensitive conditions: what are the trends for First Nations in British Columbia? – Document – Gale Power Search 

https://www.elisplace.org/behind-the-headlines-a-look-at-indigenous-mental-health/#:~:text=The%20British%20Columbia%20Aboriginal%20Survivors,a%20risk%20factor%20for%20suicide.