Using Direct Speech
- Author By pesodynk
- Publication date November 2, 2023
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- Tags: 2023, Literacy
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Title | A 20 Minute City |
Introduction | A 20 minute city is a concept of commuting to different facilities in under 20 minutes, hence the name “20 minute cities”. It would be quicker and better than a normal city. A 20 minute city would have everything from supermarkets, hospitals, parks and recreation, education and even public transport, all in the span of 15-20 minutes. There are many benefits of living in a 20 minute city. |
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The first benefit is travel. Since public facilities will be within reach in 20 minutes, it’s faster to travel since you don’t need to travel anywhere else but the suburb that you live in. For example, if you are trying to go to the dairy in a normal city, travel times would take around 5-15 minutes. But thanks to the amazing concept of a 20 minute city, travel times get sliced into a good 3-10 minutes. In fact, some residents can walk there in just a couple minutes. |
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My second benefit is emissions and money which is in relation to the first benefit. Since commuting is way closer, you would save petrol, which would lower emissions in a 20 minute city, rather than increasing emissions by traffic jams on the motorway. Saving petrol would also save money, and even your mental health, let me explain.
Since there wouldn’t be as much traffic, you would have good mental health because you won’t have to show your misery in your regular rush hour traffic. But a 20 minute city would be close enough to take a bus or even walk to work. |
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My third and final benefit is mental health. Since there would be lower emissions, active commuting and with the editions of greenspace and parks and traffic jams. Quality air would be a big reason. |
Conclusion | So those were benefits to a 20 minute city. Travel, saving money and mental health. This topic was very interesting and I hope that this idea goes forward into countries. In fact cities like Paris, Barcelona and even New York. |
Hey guys. Today I have finished Part 3 of the Dawn Raid story. I have been really interested in this book. So have the time to check out the slides. And on the last slides is where I have to do these create tasks. Those tasks are below this blurb.
WALT: Monitor ourselves to read a novel
This task is all about efficiency and how we can improve, this is because this week’s work is short and simple unlike other tasks in the past. And we are reading Seventh Grade by Gary Soto. Click the title above to read it yourself! Or listen my very own voice over of the story it the bottom of this blog post.
WALT:
What is our success criteria?
Answer the following questions about Seventh Grade.
Scroll down to see the voiceover and it’s rubric.
Question | Answer |
What background information do you learn about Victor? | Victor is a boy in Fresno who went to Saint Theresa’s with Teresa who is Victor’s crush. |
When the boys scowl, the girls look at them. What might the girls be thinking? | The girls think that they might be nice but won’t take it seriously. |
What obstacles are getting in the way of Victor making Teresa “his girl”? | Won’t speak confidently and French properly. |
How does the tension increase now that Victor and Teresa are in the same class together? | The tension already encrusted when Victor had a thought about Teresa being in French class with him because Teresa was in French back Saint Theresa’s. |
Why did the teacher turn his back and walk to the blackboard? | To make the class sing the lyrics on the blackboard.
Or to not make Victor embarrassed. |
The French teacher, Mr. Bueller, realises that Victor is faking his knowledge of French, yet he does not let on about it. What impression does Mr. Bueller’s action tell you about him as a person and as a teacher? | He is a pretty chill teacher, I think that he doesn’t yell that much and he resolves problems whether it’s awkwardly faking French and helping people do french. |
Create an audiobook version of the story.
This is a rubric for my voice over version of Seventh Grade.
If you don’t know what a rubric is, a rubric is an awesome way to record data and mark your own work. There will be 4 topics that will score from 1-4 and then out of 16 overall. In this case, it is to show how fluent my reading was in the recording aka the voice over. So I recommend listening to the voice over BEFORE checking the rubric.
And to listen to my voice over, listen to it below this slideshow.
This is the voice over to Seventh Grade made by ME. It also includes a short description of who Gary Soto is as extra because I was having a fun time that day.
PS: I didn’t say the French teacher (Mr Bueller) correctly so please bear with me near the end of the story, Thanks!