History Waves #6 ~ A Special Moment

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ Today, my wonderful little History class farewelled Helmi, an exchange student from Finland.
We will all miss her beautiful smile and spirit!

Happy journeys Helmi!
Stay in touch with Teen Waves!


Pic by G.W. aka P.A.
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Just For Fun #1 ~ Rock Band + Album Cover

My Rock Band ~ Rosa Sericea ~ and First Album Cover
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Just For Fun #1
ROCK BAND + FIRST ALBUM

The Rules

1. - Go to Wikipedia and hit random. The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2. - Go to quotationspage.com and hit random. The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3. - Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”. Third picture... no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use Photoshop, picnik.com or picasa, etc. to put it all together.
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Beyond the Box #3 ~ Music Monday

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ edited in Picnik
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Beyond the Box #3 ~ Music Monday
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Imagine Monday is Music!

1. What kind of music suits the spirit of your Mondays? Explain.
2. Write song lyrics for your Mondays.
3. On a scale of 1-10, where does your Monday rank?
Describe/explain what Mondays mean to you.

Toasted Cheese #1 ~ Challenge of the Unknown

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ Christmas lights on a neighbour's balcony
(edited in Picnik)
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Today's prompt from Toasted Cheese is:
"I prefer to think of it as the challenge of the unknown."~

Explore this idea with particular focus on what "it" means to you!
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Try combining writing and photography/art/media in your post
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History Waves #5 ~ Abraham Lincoln's Beard

Perspectives of Abraham Lincoln
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History Waves #5 ~ Abraham Lincoln's Beard~
Today, October 15th, 150 years ago, (1860) was a very special day.
An 11 year old girl by the name of Grace Bedell wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln.
He was a nominee for President of the United Sates.
She suggested that he grow a beard.
On October 19th, Lincoln replied.
And by February 11th, 1861 when Lincoln was headed for the White House, he was sporting a beard.
Details of the letters and further events are on the Abraham Lincoln Research Site.
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Imagine writing a letter to someone in a position of power. (real person)
(a) Write the letter.
(b) Report on the historical impact of the letter 50 years later.
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News Alert! World Peace Day Today!

News Alert! ~ World Peace Day Today!
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Opinion Piece #10~

From the United Nations website:
Finland: “ENO Treeplanting Day in Joensuu, Finland” http://www.enotreeday.net/ - ENO Tree Planting Day is a global tree planting event for children, youth and NGO's. Trees are planted for peace in over 130 countries on 21 September.
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Write an opinion piece as a poem.
Some suggestions for ideas:
1. Is world peace attainable? How?
2. What does peace mean to you personally?
3. Is there a place for conflict? What kind? Does it stir the creative spirit?~

Microfiction Pictures #1 ~ Bike Riders

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ Travelling the Nepean Highway near Rosebud, Mornington Peninsula
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Microfiction Pictures #1 ~ Write a microfiction using the photo
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NOTE: "Microfiction" means a thumbnail story.
Think of drama skits, comic strips, or even jokes: complete stories that can be told in less than a minute.
For this series, the limit is 140 characters or even fewer - including spaces and punctuation. (This is the equivalent of a tweet on Twitter.)

Try Design 215's character counter, which will count for you as you type.

Who Are You? #4 ~ Be a Place

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ A view from Point Nepean looking toward Bellarine Peninsula and Bass Strait, Victoria
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Who Are You #4 ~ Be a Place~

1. Imagine that your personality is actually like some place ~ a real place! Describe and explain.
2. Imagine that your personality is an imaginary place. Describe and explain.~

Who Are You? #3 ~ Be a Colour

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ A surfer at Gunnamatta, Mornington Peninsula, neonised in Picnik Fractal
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Who Are You #3 ~ Be a Colour~

1. Imagine being a colour and imagine where you would like to be found.
2. What kind of personality would your colour represent?
3. Represent your personality as a fractal. (Even just load a self-portrait photo into Picnik and neonise it into your favourite colour??)~

Who Are You? #2 ~ Be a Car

Collage by G.W. aka P.A. ~ Cars at the Arthurs Seat Car Museum
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Who Are You? #2 ~ Be a Car~

Imagine you are a car! Describe and explain your details including origins and capabilities and uses. Where have you travelled? Where would you like to travel?
1. Be an old car
2. Be a car of today
3. Be a future car~

Who Are You? #1 ~ The Secret You

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ A moment in Dromana carpark, Mornington Peninsula
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Who Are You? #1~

Creatively explain an answer to each of the following:
1. What famous person do other people tell you that you most resemble?
2. What vegetable do you most resemble?
3. Which cartoon character do you resemble the most?
4. If your personality could be described as a season and a weather pattern, what would you choose?
5. You can cast any actor now alive to play you in a film about your life. Whom would you cast in the role?
6. Select lyrics from a song which best describe your mood right now.
7. If you could be any age again for one week, what age would you be?
8. If you could have one superpower, which would you choose?
9. If you could wake up tomorrow in the body of someone else currently living, would you do so? Whom would you pick?
10. What dead person would you least want to be haunted by?

News Alert! Write Across Victoria

Write Across Victoria
is a creative writing competition for Victorian students in years 7, 8 and 9.

Choose your favourite story starter and finish the story for your chance to win some fantastic prizes and have your story published online and in Express Media's Voiceworks magazine.

Story starters

#1 Andy Griffiths

'Are you joking?' I said.

'No,' said Mandy.

Behind us I could hear the lions roaring.

They were restless. I could tell it was close to feeding time.

'But a stunt like that could get me killed!'

'Yeah, I know,' she said. 'But I thought you said you loved me.'

#2 Glenda Millard

Samba was sixteen, scared of storms, gentle as a lamb and could melt your heart with a look. We buried the stranger to protect her. We found him outside our door on Friday the thirteenth. Samba straddled him, teeth bared, hackles raised with blood all over her beautiful white coat.

#3 Simmone Howell

Dad had gambler's hands and itchy feet. The day I turned twelve he said, "Big Boy, take care of your mother." He pressed a key into my palm and disappeared himself. The key was to Dulcie, our mint green VW kombi van. Dad said she was magic. I was about to find out why.

Prizes
Over $3000 in cash and prizes to be won! And the chance to have your story published in Voiceworks magazine and online at The Age, Melbourne Writers Festival and Express Media.

The overall winner will receive:

$500 cash
Books to the value of $500
Books to the value of $500 for your school
A subscription to Voiceworks magazine

The finalists, one guy and one girl from each year level (Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9), will each win:

$150 cash
Books to the value of $100
A subscription to Voiceworks magazine

***Submit your story by completing the online ENTRY FORM before entries close at 7 pm Monday 6 September 2010.

History Waves #4 ~ Unbelievable! Change can be changeless!

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ Pelican in the process of a proud pose at Hastings, Westernport Bay, Mornington Peninsula
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History Waves #4 ~ Unbelievable! Change can be changeless!~

Pelicans have sported big beaks for at least 30 million years, the discovery of an ancient pelican fossil reveals.
Researchers uncovered the remains of the earliest known pelican, including a preserved beak, in southwest France.
What has surprised them most about this ancient pelican is that it is almost identical to modern species...
Few other flying animals appear to have survived unchanged for so long. The only other good examples, says Dr Louchart, are bats, which have a body shape that appears to have survived unaltered for around 50 million years.~ Archaeology Daily News June 11, 2010

Read the full article by following the link.
Write a creative newspaper article (which sounds possible) as to why the pelican has never really evolved into new forms.~

Creative Sport #3 ~ Design a Track

Pic by G.W. aka P.A. ~ My photo of a bike rider enhanced in Picnik with a neon effect.
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Creative Sport #3 ~ Design a Track
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Imagine that you have been given the opportunity to design a bike track for competition
1. Design the outline of the track keeping in mind the terrain and desirable season
2. Include place, length of track, obstacles, public observation area etc
3. Include any other unusual features
4. Photograph your design and post it on your blog
5. (a) Design a competition programme as a leaflet - photograph it or actually create it in a programme like Microsoft publisher and post it on your blog.
(b) Include a logo.
You may like to try the Picnik programme for different effects - including a Clip Art effect!
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Weave a Picture from the Picture #5 ~ Eyes Upon Eyes

Collage by G.W. aka P.A. ~ Multiple exposure of my beautiful Shadow's face
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Weave a Picture from the Picture #5 ~ Eyes Upon Eyes~

Dive into any writing style - maybe mix and match - and explore the power and possibility of EYES!~

Opinion Piece #9 ~ Typical Teenager?

elitesuperhaxor — February 19, 2008 — a funny Aussie outback song about a typical teenager
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Opinion Piece #9 ~ Typical Teenager?~

Create a song of your own which reflects the typical teenager.
Are there a few identities?~