THE MACKAY SCHOOL YOUTH COURT AWARDS

This year's winners are the following:

1. BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE: Francisco Covarrubias,because he acted like a real teenager.

2. BEST GROUP PERFORMANCE: Sebastián Salazar. That group performed very well.

3. BEST CASE: Martín Whittle. I liked that case, because it seemed real, it's something that can happen to anyone.

4. BEST SENTENCE: Matçías Fuentes. It was a very appropriate and realistic sentence.

5. BEST EVIDENCE: Martín Ljubetic. The video they presented was a very good evidence for the case.

6. BEST SCENERY: Ignacio Ruiz. The satge seemed a real court.

7. BEST OUTFIT: Lucas Landaeta. He was very well characterized.

SELF-EVALUATION: I think I did a good job, in the creation of the play and at the stage. 

In a court room

Today we will be checking the trial of Peter, a man who was surprised driving drunk last week. As I just said he was driving drunk, after being in a party, and while he was doing this he crashed into a light post, so he has committed a missdemeanor. The man is accused of damage to public property, driving under the influence of  alcohol and damage to private property, as the light pole fell on top of a house,  receiving a demand from the building owners. The case is being processed in a criminal court, and the witnesses are the same owners of the house affected, and a few people that where driving by. 
The arguments presented by the prosecution are that if he did this once, he can do it a second time, and that he has broken the law, so he must accomplish the corresponding penalty. The arguments presented by the defence are that it was the first time he did this, he also said he would pay for the damage done to the house and to the company responsible of the lamp post.
The final sentence was that he must pay the damages produced to both, the company and the home-owners affected, and he also needed to do community work (30 hours). The affected people wasn't happy with the sentence, so they would demand him again, for more money. 

Writing Task: Travel Writing

Have you visited New York?? I live there, so I can talk to you about it. The first thing that I can say is that New York is a very cosmopolitan city. You can meet different cultures, and the people here is very nice (although there are of course some phonies). Well, it has a lot of attractions, and I don't know where to start.
You can go to Central Park, it's located in the middle of Manhattan, and you can do a lot of things there, like going to the lagoon to see the ducks, walk around and relax. Inside the park, you can also visit the Central Park Zoo. Near the park you can visit the Museum of Natural History, one of the largest in the world. You can also go to the Empire State, one of the tallest buildings in the world!  During the winter you can go ice skating on the frozen lake of Central Park. Going to the theatres is a very nice activity. You can go to Broadway and see different plays (some better than the other). At night you can visit different clubs and have a drink with your friends, and then walk in the Central Park.
Visit this city in winter is better, because the view of the snow-covered town is very beautiful, the only problem is that it's too cold, and you will have to wear many clothes. It is a perfect city to go with friends and family.

(248 words)

The Cathcer in the Rye video

Link: http://youtu.be/lcHVd0xXxgY

Week summary (29 july-2 august)

1.- I honestly did not have any knowledge of modernism (in art, literature and architecture), so this week's classes helped me understand it better.
2.- This week I've learnt about different aspects of modernism (in architecture, arts and literature), making different presentations about it. We also learnt the definitions of some literary terms, like theme, symbol and motif, in the content of modernism in literature. We also did some activities related to The Catcher in the Rye, and read some chapters of it (12-14).
3.- I need to review modernism, because because they were points that I did not understood very well.

Writing task

Hi Jane

Long time since we saw last time. How are you? hope you are fine. I have bad news: I've been expelled from Pency, because I flunked all the subjects, except English. Now I'm leaving this goddam school, and going to New York, but I'm not going to my home, I'm staying in a cheap hotel till the day I'm supposed to go home.

Any way, Pency wasn't such a great school. They post it like a great school, with horses all around, but I've never seen some goddam horse any where near the school. when it's cold, either you freeze or die of the hot.

one of the subjects I failed was history. I went to talk to my teacher and he told me that life was a game and all. Game my ass. He also read my essay. I have to admit it was a shame, and the worst thing was that I knew it, but I didn't care.

Now that I'm in New York I can go and visit you, and play checkers maybe? I hope we can. I'm going down to the hotel bar for a drink.

See you soon

Holden

 

Podcast

Radio commercial

The link of our radio commercial: https://voicethread.com/share/4448305/
(If the link doesn't work, copy and paste it in the browser) 

Detail Explanation of techniques used

Detail Explanation of techniques used in the creation of the interactive poster

The techniques used in our poster are: fear, shock advertising and the problem benefit one. Now we are going to explain the techniques, and put some quotes (of the poster):

Fear: this technique is about taking a dangerous and fearful approach to persuade a customer that they need to buy a product. We wanted to create fear to our audience, saying that the world is ending, and that we needed to do something about it. Quote: "each day less people care about the place where their children will live"
Shock advertising: Occurs when the ad appeals to move the audience by presenting shocking images or situations. We used this technique to shock people, and to raise the awareness of what is happening in our planet, so they can take action in this problem. Quote: "We all know that the world it`s in trouble"
Problem- Benefit: The ad  shows what kinds of problems can arise when people do not use the product, or service. We showed some ways to improve the environmental issue. The problem= global warming.  Benefit= the palace where your children will live. Quotes "we will give you some tips to save the world, for the future generations." "Save the world at your home"

Description of the Adversting Campaing

Description of the Advertising Campaign

This campaign is important because it is necessary to raise awareness of the environment  to prevent some disasters in the future. The campaign is directed for all types of audience because we all need to be aware about the environment, especially the kids and young people, because they are going to be the future of our planet. The objectives of our campaing are: get the attention of the people, and tell them how they can save the planet (and also save some money), and how we can make this better. The mass media used in this campaign was: print media (the pamphlet), internet (the glogster), and broadcast media (podcast). The steps we followed to make our campaign were:  we started with the pamphlet (due date march 28), then we made an interactive poster, using glogster, (due date April 11), we need to do a podcast of the campaign (due date April 18), and the last stage is an oral presentation for the 23 of April.

Here are some pictures of the pamphlet:

The link of our poster (in glogster): http://carlanga9816.edu.glogster.com/lets-go-green

Book page number 162 "Discussion point"

Discussion point page number 162

1.- What effect would video recording and distribution have on the film industry?

A.- Cinemas no longer have the same number of people that had existed until the DVD's. 

2.- How would radio and television negatively affect film and record sales? How could the development of radio and television be used to boost film and record sales?

A.- Radio and T.V are faster and cheaper, contrary to films and records. They may publish the films, for example. 

3.- How has digital technology and the increased use of the Internet affected film and sound recording? How has the Internet had an effect on distribution?

A.- The Internet has helped the recording media (such as DVD's, CD's, etc.) are disappearing slowly. Thanks to the Internet, it has increased the speed which the news are known, the videos are seen, etc. 

4.- What distinctions can we make between professional film and sound productions and personal or amateur use?

A.- Professional videos have more quality than the amateurs. The quality of sound and image are much better in the professional ones. That's why they are pro. 

Analysis of the second video

The video is about the power of language. It's saying that words can solve problems (and avoid them), save people from being arrested, or killed. That's why it's necessary express ourselves.

Answers of the first video

1.- When the people start giving money the blind man.
2.- The second one is more emotive.
3.- They didn't care about it. 
4.- They saw it, and had compassion of the blind man. 
5.- Yes, because the second sing did effect.