Reflection Section

Text title: Greta Thunberg takes another swipe at Jacinda Ardern's response to climate change. 

Text type: Article

Text creator: Unknown Auckland reporter

Text purpose: To tell us what Greta Thunberg thinks about what Jacinda Arderns thinks of climate change.

Date: Tuesday 28 of September

In the article that I read talks about Greta Thunberg's perception about climate change from Jacinda Ardern. As she says New Zealand hasn't really done much to help with the climate crisis because the NZ emissions still haven't gone down. From 2022 the government is going to try and meet a "carbon budget" which is the number of greenhouse gases New Zealand is going to "spend" each year.  The climate change Minister Shaw says that New Zealand will try to ensure that they are playing a part towards the global emissions in half by 2030. Thunberg responded in December on a tweet talking about how New Zealand had bigger goals than one target “If that was the sum ambition of any government, then that would be worthy of criticism; it is not our sum ambition and it is not the totality of our plans on climate change."

Critical literacy question: Who is most likely to read in text and why? I think people who are interested in climate change would be because it tells you information about what New Zealand is planning to do. I think people who are interested in what Greta Thunberg is talking about would be as well.

Reflection Section

 Text title: Acids

Text type: Article

Text creator: Miss Abernethy 

Text purpose: To learn about what a combination reaction is. 

Date: 21/09/2021

A combination reaction occurs when one or more reactants react to make a product. The general equation for this reaction is A + B --> AB. We did an experiment on it using a bunsen burner. The products we used were magnesium oxide. The word equation we are doing is Magnesium +  oxygen   →   magnesium oxide. In the process of the reaction, we are holding the magnesium on the fire. As this happens we can see the magnesium turn a different colour and state. In our experiment, we observed that the starting state of the magnesium is solid, shiny, malleable, and has a silver colour to it. The end state of the magnesium is crumbly, textured, not shiny, and it’s white instead of silver. The general rule for it is A+B→AB. Magnesium has an electron configuration of 2,8,2. O has an electron configuration of 2,6. Magnesium will lose two electrons to gain a full outer shell and Oxygen will gain two electrons to gain a full outer shell. An atom loses electrons to get a positive charge. An atom gains electrons to get a negative charge. The positive charge is attracted to the negative charge to form a new ionic compound.

Critical literacy question: Why am I reading this? In science, I went on Miss Abernethy's websites to learn about what a combination reaction is. From reading her article I was able to find out the scientific process that is occurring in the combination reaction.