Thursday, March 26, 2009
Playground Project 1
These are the playground that we had taken in Tampines. For a more accurate report, we had also spent time playing in them and experience what these playgrounds have to offer the children.
For the first playground, there are two good points about it, firstly, the playground is very safe for children to play in, this can be seen from the map on the floor, which prevents children from getting injuries. Secondly, it has facilities that allow children to think while playing. There are also two bad points about it. Firstly, it has only two colours, which made the whole playground look boring, and would not attract children to play in it. Secondly, it has too little things to play with, and children would get bored of it after a few times.
For the second playground, there are two good points. Firstly, it has a variety of things to play with, and children would still go there after a long time. Secondly, it is brightly coloured, it not only attracts children, it also makes children who are playing in it feel joyful. It also has two bad points. Firstly, its facilities had rusted due to the sun and rain, this does only make children to avoid playing in it, it sometimes put children in danger. Secondly, it does not have a mapped floor, which puts children in danger too.
As for the last playground that we went to, it has also two good points. Firstly, it has a lot of things to play with, and even things my team and I had not seen before besides that, they also included a small area for rock climbing, which is very rarely seen in normal playgrounds. Secondly, it also has a lot of colours and interactive areas, which attracted many preschool children to play in. However, there were two bad points. Firstly, some of its facilities are very challenging, it might be quite easy for us, but becomes dangerous when it comes to smaller children or even toddlers. Secondly, it has a very small area to walk on the bars and ladders, these might act as a threat when there are many children playing on it.
With these good points and bad points of these playgrounds, we have decided to work on a playground for children that suffers from emotional trauma. , in which specifically, blood phobia. Research source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_phobia#cite_note-5
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Appendix 1.7a
Differences in plot between the movie and the novel
MOVIE
Jess wore a pair of purple colored girls shoe to school.
NOVEL
Jess wore his own shoe to school.
MOVIE
Jess first met Leslie in school, when they were having lesson.
NOVEL
Jess first met Leslie when he was doing his chores.
MOVIE
Janice Avery threw a bread at Jess on the bus.
NOVEL
it was not mentioned in the novel.
MOVIE
May Belle drew on Jess's drawing book.
NOVEL
may belle did not know that jess had a drawing book.
MOVIE
Leslie gave Jess a chewing gum on the school bus.
NOVEL
It was not mentioned in the novel.
MOVIE
A few metres after swinging across the rope, Jess and Leslie found an old lorry.
NOVEL
They did not find anything after swinging across the rope.
MOVIE
There were warriors to protect the castle.
NOVEL
there were no warriors to protect the castle.
MOVIE
They were attacked by enemies in Terabithia.
NOVEL
it was not mentioned in the novel.
MOVIE
They took things from Leslie's house to build the castle.
NOVEL
They took things from miss Bessie's pasture to build the castle.
MOVIE
Some animal had gone into the green house and made a mess of it.
NOVEL
there was no green house
MOVIE
Jess gave P.T. to Leslie to catch the troll.
NOVEL
Jess gave P.T. to Leslie as her Christmas present.
MOVIE
Miss Edmunds wore dresses to school.
NOVEL
Miss Edmunds wore jeans to school.
MOVIE
Leslie had 'captured' some 'blue light' into her purse at the church.
NOVEL
Nothing happened at the church.
MOVIE
may belle, together with Leslie, took the father's key to make a surprise for Jess.
NOVEL
may belle did not make anything special for jess.
MOVIE
while taking back the keys, Jess and Leslie were being attacked.
NOVEL
jess did not lost any keys.
MOVIE
Leslie knew where Janice Avery was seated.
NOVEL
Leslie did not know where Janice Avery was seated.
MOVIE
a cleaner came into the classroom when Jess were finding Janice Avery's table.
NOVEL
a teacher wanted to go in to the classroom but was stopped by Leslie.
MOVIE
Leslie lead the children in protesting against Janice Avery.
NOVEL
Leslie only promised to help May Belle.
MOVIE
Janice Avery sprayed ketchup on Leslie and that's why she had to go to Jess's house to clean up.
NOVEL
Jess sprayed milk on Leslie and that's why she had to go to Jess's to clean up
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Friday, March 06, 2009
Foreshadowing means to show or indicate beforehand.Thus, in chapter 9 (The Evil Spell),
the title tells me that something unpleasent will happen in this chapter,which is the pouring rain that lasted for the whole chapter. And because of this, leslie thought that an evil spell was casted on Terabithia. the phrase on page 105,"O Spirits of the grove" tells that leslie was trying to talk to the spirits and find ways to overcome this spell. another example would be on page 107,the phrase "horrible realization that it was still raining" tells me that the rain would continue into the next chapter.
In chapter 10 (The Perfect Day),
from the title of this chapter, i can tell that something really pleasent was going to happen as the 'perfect' word was used. 'the perfect day' comes when jess went out with miss edmunds to the national gallery which he had never been there before. "worth anything he had to pay" this phrase,tells me that he had really enjoyed the day with miss edmunds. at the ending of the chapter,the phrase"your girl friend's dead" has already gave me the idea what the next chapter will be about.
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Worksheet appendix 1.8aQ1) How would you describe the overall mood in Chapter 9 (The Evil Spell)?
The overall mood is rather dull and rainy as it was raining the whole chapter.
Q2) How would you describe the overall mood in Chapter 10 (The PerfectDay)?
The overall mood is happy and sunny although the ending was a little bit saddening.
Q3) The Evil Spell
Heavy downpour on Easter
pg 100
Kingdom lies even under the spell of some evil unknown force
pg 105
Dry path covered with trash
pg 102
ankle-deep water on the way to terabithia
pg 104
Icy mud on the cold ground
pg 102
A curse on our beloved kingdom
pg 105
Creek had swollen to the trunk of the crab apple
pg 104
Filtered light of the sun made the place almost dark
pg 105
The perfect Day
Jess went to the museum with miss edmunds
pg 113
Jess managed to let his mother agree letting him go to the museum
pg 111
Jess managed to leave with miss Edmunds before his mother change her mind
pg 112
Jess first time going to a national gallery
pg 113
Miss Edmund paid for jess lunch
pg 114
Jess was alone with miss edmunds
pg 112
Miss Edmunds asked jess to keep her company
pg 111
Miss Edmund told jess stories about college
pg 115
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