Day: January 8, 2024

This morning, the task I did was called Code or Cipher but I did it in the afternoon. Both Code or Cipher are secret messages passing around through your team. I used a template and inside, there was a dictionary of a few words, an atabash plus pig pen explanations. An atabash is when a becomes z, b becomes y and so on. Basically, one row goes abc… and the other which is underneath goes zyx… which is just flipping, I guess. A pig pen is a tic tac toe/knots and crosses with alphabets on it, a big cross with another few, and the same thing but with dots on it. I solved a few and made my own Code or Cipher relating to the question of ‘two favourite places’ using atabash at the end. I challenge you to solve it.

How did you go? What did you get right? Also, where is your favourite place?

Previously, I had done this task called Summer Chat Story. It is Step It Up to another activity I have done called Silhouette Art. This was about creating a story on what you/I did or are going to do in the Summer Holidays and also using some emojis to replace some words. The emojis could be some of the pictures on the template but I deleted them when I was finished. So what I did was make a copy of a template, get inspired by an example, create my own and share it. This is how it looks.

What would you like to do in the holidays?

Previously, I did this task called Summer Holiday 101. Like before, this task was to complete the template and fill it with your winter destination. But instead of winter destination, this time is changing it to summer. I chose Fiji for my destination, and this is my Summer Holiday 101.

What do you think/is the temperature is like in the summer of your Summer Holiday destination?

Previously, I did an activity called Silhouette art. A Silhouette art is like a shadow of something for an example a cat, and is on a piece of background. It is also a type of art, it looks like a figure on backgrounds. Most Silhouette art I have seen goes on either a sunset background or a sunrise background.

To create it, you first need an image you have, or take a picture on your device. Next, using remove.bg, remove the background so you only have your figure. Press download. Then, using Google slides, insert your image without the background. Google drawings will also do.

After that, right click on the image and click on ‘format options’, adjustments, and set the brightness to 0. Your picture will then be black. Insert a picture of a sunset/sunrise by searching it on Google, or insert one from your device. Your Silhouette art is ready!

I enjoyed this activity as I found it very easy to do. I had followed an instructional video while doing it. My favourite of them all is the rainbowed background.

Which background would you choose?