Blog Post #4;
Free Choice News Article
On Thursday we had a press conference, featuring the Captains from each team answering questions about their own leadership, relationships between players and coaches, and team trademark behaviours. Your task is to create a news article based on information you picked up in the press conference. This is a free choice News Article, focused on whichever topic your team decided on leading in to the press conference.
Your article should follow the inverted pyramid structure that we discussed in our writing workshop, and should total between 240 and 320 words.
Publish your post to edublogs using the tag Team Dynamics.
November 9, 2017 at 9:36 am
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10P16QoJNGnY1yvRVSFPfRdHsH42btMIWgR1TyveQeh4
November 9, 2017 at 9:42 am
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Xy6OM9FW8aPtN1Z46_hhxvDkcw-3tLEfOScLT2vyQQ
November 9, 2017 at 9:46 am
Larz is a good captain of the vicious tigers because he is very good at showing our team some dance moves that he has learnt over the past few years at footsteps. He is good at keeping our team together and concentrated on the task we are doing. He is very good at making a chant for our team. The captain in each team is for the flaming cobras captain is Ethan.m tofu titans is Calvin.o quicksilver kickers lily.c so that is why I think larz is a good captain of our team.
Larz is a very good friend he loves to play football and he is very good at it. He can be naughty sometimes but most of the time he is great. He also loves to play his PS4 his favourite games on PS4 are GTA5 , Rainbow six siege and fortnite. And that is the background of larz
Larz thinks he is a said he is a good captain because he is a good role model to our team and other teams. Larz said it is good being a captain because it is a very good role and he can keep people in control.
That is why I think larz is a good captain to our team.
November 9, 2017 at 12:12 pm
Blog Post 4
It is the 2nd Press conference and Larz the captain is in it with Cody as replacement, Ethan M, Edward and Daniel. Ethan M has a lot of background behind him he has played football for Hallett Cove but he has just recently started NFL 4 years ago and over that time he has made it to become captain. Ethan said “our team is going really well because we are all going strong.
Edward has a similar background as Ethan M. Edward played cricket for 6 years and he was the captain but then went to NFL 2 and a half years ago and just at the start of the year he became captain from the captain last year (Kevin). Edward said at the press conference “right now we are going really well but we are just practicing our throwing”.
Cody is the General Manager but unfortunately Lily (Captain) couldn’t come so Cody filled in for her. Cody has been play football for 5 years and played for 2 different clubs but then late last year he retired and then made it General Manager for the Quicksilver Kickers. Cody said “So our team works really well together and all of us have a roles to play”.
Daniel is also a General Manager and he was filling in for Calvin (Captain). Daniel also played football for 6 years and then 10 years ago he became General Manager for Tofu Titans. Daniel said in the press conference “with our chant we are going really well but we make it up to stranded.
November 9, 2017 at 12:30 pm
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JWJxXxM6Et3O3ScCY_Z9rcKD2zwCywB35HD8FVntmqE
November 9, 2017 at 1:30 pm
Blog Post #4 Week 4 Term 4
Nic as coach of the quicksilver kickers Nicolas’s has been working hard to win the NFL day tournament. He’s been working hard with the people of Cody, Lily, Zico and Kalani. Trainings have apparently been tough but been learning new things and getting to know each other. Coach Nic has the role of being the quarterback who throws the balls to the wide receiver that is Cody. Nic tips to win the NFL day the Vicus Tigers with the team of Larz, Ethan J, Zach, Ella, Jordan and Skylah. He has had a great reputation with coaching.
The background of Nicolas’s is that he plays tennis for a club and is a wwe fan. Favourite wrestler is Undertaker who is a popular wwe wrestler. Nic is also a fan of NFL who goes for the patriots. He has a mother father and no siblings.
In the first interview we had five of the people getting asked questions named Nic, Zain, Ella, Brianna and Ethan C. Nic kept low key and didn’t give much away. Asked for next question and didn’t answer much.
Nic has come up fantastic ideas for passing ideas and defensive plays. Nic is good at putting us in the right roles and doing what is good for us.
As conclusive Nic is a great coach for the quicksilver kickers. That is how the quicksilver kickers are gonna win the tournament.
November 9, 2017 at 4:19 pm
We had our second press conference last Thursday. We talked more about how our training and how we have been going. Our group has been going very well and we have been successful.i think my team will go very very well in the tournament. Some things we need to work on in our trainings is getting into our formation together quicker. other teams have said they’re working well and think they will do good in the tournament soon.i think other teams will do good and it will be a challenge.
Larz used to play footy for 2 years and now he is the captain of his team the viscous tigers and in his team is Ethan.j, Zach,skylah, Ella and Jordan. I have known larz for 4 years and I first met him because we were playing cricket together.
Something’s Ethan said
“I think I can be a strong leader”
“Become a better team
Edward
“Focusing on our throwing”
“I was happy”
“We have good coaches”
Cody
“Our team works well together “
The tournament will be in week 8&7 in week 7 well start and in week 8 we will do the finals.
I think the tournament will be very good and I think all the teams will go very well
November 10, 2017 at 10:12 am
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jEw70-8N3YF1ewqn8opLdF21AEkcjK80IrfFUsPMqo8
November 10, 2017 at 10:17 am
Team Captains have made an unexpected appearance at woodend primary school for a press conference. The captains discussed how their teams are going in the lead up to the tournament and why they were chosen to be the captain of their team.
the Flaming Cobras coach, Zain, has confirmed Ethan’s assessment of having a positive attitude towards the tournament and to strive to be there best. He has also confirmed that there team is learning a lot at training. There team is confident they can have a good season.
Ethan has stated that he has made a good captain by leading his team in training and making sure everyone gets a fair say in team decisions.
Calvin says that he makes a good captain because he takes every opportunity to be nice and he says he is confident. His team chose him to be captain because he works well with the team.
Ethan says he was chosen to be captain because he works well, cooperates with the team and puts good input into team discussions. They said he would make a good captain because he is a confident leader.
A difference is that Ethan puts more input in training and helping people out if they need it while Calvin works more into helping people in them discussions.
These two captains have some differences but they get the same message through to their team.
But all the captains are good leaders and that’s why they’ve been chosen.
Edward says he can work on helping his team playing the game and working on their offense, defense and other little skills.
Ethan says that he can work on putting more input in team discussions.
We’re looking forward to seeing the teams perform in their games it is very exciting The tournament will start Monday week 7.
November 10, 2017 at 10:23 am
Training
We have been focussing on training lately and our training is on all areas and those areas are speed, throwing getting around obstacles, getting to the right passing spot. The set up is good but can all ways be improved and maybe a bit bigger because a corse lately has only been around a 1m and a half long but maybe if 3m that would be good.
We have had practice matches we did pretty well indeed and the other teams were tough to beat lately we’ve been practicing a dance that might be used at the beginning of each match. During our team meanings we have been trying to draw a banner.
Ethan has been coach and he has been teaching us all about NRL and the set up for offensive and defensive and how to do comebacks and that sort of tactics. He has also been building our confidence and making be able to speak more detailed and makes us work harder.
Ethan the coach says he became coach because his bright and speaks well and thinks of all possibilities. Ethan likes coaching because he likes to help people improve and he feel like he accomplished something.
If your not doing anything in trainning the coaches will get you to do something else to do and Ethan is also the fastest in our group To Fu Titans and possibly in the whole competition. I’m also quite fast just saying.
I hope you injoy my article about trainning.
November 10, 2017 at 10:34 am
What could second press conference mean?
The year 6/7s of room 17 have had yet another press conference leading up to the final product. This week it was with the GMs and captains. The conference was similar to last weeks except this time the people were a lot more responsive and the reporters had better more constructive questions. Earlier this that week the teams had a discussion on what questions to ask and what questions they could get the most information from. They seem to have lots of information on other teams gameplay seeing that the captains and GMs weren’t hiding much.
So far the press conference hasn’t been much of a big deal and hasn’t given much advantages to the other teams but it was clearly known that they new something about all the other teams now. leading up to the press conference the teams were still a bit behind on some preparation.
They were still a bit underprepared because they were struggling to come up with questions but in the end they had a decent amount.
“It was probably more difficult to come up with questions that could help get lots of good information and get info that could give us advantages” said Ethan cahill after the meeting.
During the conference the comments were a bit like “our team is going very very well and and I reckon we’ll be successful for the tournament” Zain had said. Edward said that Isaiah is a good leader,he commented on himself that he is getting better at throwing,and can be bossy. When cody got asked who stands out he said no one stands out they are all doing very well. Larz said that his team needs to make sure that they are on task more, but from trainings it seems that they aren’t doing to bad.
All The teams have been keeping up with all the dates and the GMs have been doing well planning the day. The coaches have been training their teams hard and they have improved immensely.
The tournament is looking good so far and should be sight to see at the end of term!
November 10, 2017 at 10:43 am
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ksvx0CVkBln3RHjhSCPPuH9ub3onhgPy949fb0ks0dU
November 10, 2017 at 11:17 am
Thursday we have a second team press conference The coaches and general managers were asked to speak. They spoke about how The teams were going and what was going on in the teams. Ethan Who is the captain of the flaming cobras say he leads his team his team respect each other and the work well together
Edward said that team is going well and we need to work on our throwing
Cody says his team works well together but his team is getting slightly of track and distracted and they need to improve on their throwing.
Larz says that his team communicates well and there is positive attitude and his team communicates well.
Daniel says his team has a good Chant but a bad dance he says he is a good captain because he is bossy and he speaks to his team, his team has good attitude and stays on task.
November 10, 2017 at 11:25 am
Last week on Wednesday room 17 held their second press conference. This time team captains were answering the questions.
Ethan McInnes from the Flaming Cobras said he’s team is working really well.
“I reckon we can come out as a strong team”
Edward from the Thunder Cats said
“We are focusing on throwing and Isaiah shows the most leadership”
Cody from the Quicksilver Kickers said
“We thought Lily will be a good captain because she is always on track”
Larz from the Vicious Tigers said
“I make sure everyone is on task and on track” h
He also said there is no bad behaviour yet.
Daniel from the Tofu Titans said
“At the moment we have to work on our dance”
“We are going to inspire other people to play this sport”
The second conference went pretty well just like our first one.
November 12, 2017 at 2:17 pm
Woodend 2017 confirmed AFF teams. Rm 17 students were put into groups. One of the teams (Vicious Tigers) involved the students Larz, Ella, Skylah, Ethan J, Zach and Jordan. They were all assigned jobs Larz(the captain), Ella(The general manager) Jordan(Art director), Zach( Coach), Skylah(The reporter) and Ethan J(The trainer) I think those people will do great in their jobs. In week 3 ( Tofu titans,Thundercats, Vicious Tigers, Flaming Cobras and Quicksilver Kickers have been to another Press Conference. This time the captains were answering the questions. But this article is about my team’s captain
The captains job is to help choreograph the dance and make the chants. All the captains from every team seemed happy to be captains and didn’t want to change. In my opinion Larz will be fine being captain. I think he can be responsible when needed and can take charge if it is needed.
At the press conference when Larz spoke he said “Our team is good at communicating and staying on task”. Then Ethan said “Our team is going really well during training”. Cody said “One of our values are to work well. Also that he is not the captain and that it is Lily. Edward also says ” I think I will be a great captain because I am a bit bossy”. Last of all was Daniel and he said “We are a bit behind and have not really started the dance”.
In the lead up to the tournament we will be discussing more how it will work out on day and we will also have more press conferences. Also each team will be making a banners, T-shirts, dances and chants to use and do on the day.
I think all the captains will do great and help their do very well. I also think everyone will try their best to make the day successful.
November 12, 2017 at 4:01 pm
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10S5W-xmBPub2rUF66P2eVnGSD3NfoXhbHZ9vTZUG5AA/edit
November 12, 2017 at 6:20 pm
What to expect from my captain of my AF team
Lily was chosen captain for our American Football team which I am apart of. We sat down and started to discuss who should be captain and several other roles. During this discussion Kalani nominated Lily as Captain and we all agreed to her being our captain.
There was a press conference for the captains of the AF teams, where the reporting members had an opportunity to ask each team Captain questions. During this time I was cameraman and the reporting team members ask several Questions. Each Captain took turns answering the Question.
After the press conference I thought lily was a good captain because she tried her best at all sorts of stuff not knowing how she would go being captain, she also listed to the reporter questions and was honest and perlite in her answers.
She explained about her team and gave an insight on what the team dynamics were.
She said “my team is doing well” and expressed her desire to make the team better.
it’s an honour and a privilege to become a captain and takes great responsibility. I believe lily has many great qualities that makes a good captain, A good captain should have great communication skills, have the ability to organise and lead the team to success, be dedicated and respectful to others.
Thanks to Lily our team has grown with confidence to stand and win, and allowed us the abilities to improve in our ways of strength’s. She has shown tremendous courage and I thank her for all here hard work.
Zico Peppas signing out!
November 14, 2017 at 9:42 am
There was another press conference last week. The representatives for each team this time were: Daniel (Tofu Titans), Edward (Thundercats), Lily (Quicksliver Kickers), Ethan.M (Flaming Cobra), and Larz (Vicious Tigers). We will be having one every week. The five reporters asked the representatives questions that they came up with their team like last week and the weeks to come. It was in week 3 and soon the teams will have to finish their dances for the opening ceremony which I am curious to see. I think they will be very interesting.
The week before we had our first press conference. We discussed how the teams were going. The press conferences are organised by each team’s reporter. The reporters and their teams organise questions for the press conference. The questions answers are then used in our blog posts.
Tofu Titan’s are still working on their dance and Daniel is enjoying being general manager. Thundercat’s are focusing on throwing. Quicksliver Kicker’s have stuff to improve on. Vicious Tiger’s communicate well. Ethan. M says that he will become a better leader.
Each week there will be another press conference every week. With new representatives as well and a new article.
The press conference worked out well and the reporters do a great job setting it up.
November 14, 2017 at 11:00 am
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I9x6LSk7lyT_v3FpP1JaQ33bOqWGpHE3GC2cLdA7g2I
November 14, 2017 at 11:01 am
Training
We have been focussing on training lately and our training is on all areas and those areas are speed, throwing getting around obstacles, getting to the right passing spot. The set up is good but can all ways be improved and maybe a bit bigger because a corse lately has only been around a 1m and a half long but maybe if 3m that would be good.
We have had practice matches we did pretty well indeed and the other teams were tough to beat lately we’ve been practicing a dance that might be used at the beginning of each match. During our team meanings we have been trying to draw a banner.
Ethan has been coach and he has been teaching us all about NRL and the set up for offensive and defensive and how to do comebacks and that sort of tactics. He has also been building our confidence and making be able to speak more detailed and makes us work harder.
Ethan the coach says he became coach because his bright and speaks well and thinks of all possibilities. Ethan likes coaching because he likes to help people improve and he feel like he accomplished something.
If your not doing anything in trainning the coaches will get you to do something else to do and Ethan is also the fastest in our group To Fu Titans and possibly in the whole competition. I’m also quite fast just saying.
I hope you injoy my article about trainning.
November 14, 2017 at 11:17 am
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I251kL-Jzz-xJd3uInAk4_t4NAx0P-cqA8iNLbzbC-A
November 14, 2017 at 12:35 pm
In our second press conference our captains came up to speak for the first time. Our captains don’t have the biggest job till the carnival so we decided to give them a go at answering some questions. The press conference took planes in the atrium on the 2 of November 2017 in term 4. The hole teams program is all leading up to the week 7 American flag football carnival.
I think the captains were well chosen Ethan m was a good pic because he is a really natural leader, Lilly was a good pic as well for the same reasons, the vicious Tigers chose well with larz because he is a strong leader, Calvin was also chosen he is a really good pic because he is one of the most sensible kid in the class and will help stay on task.
Some things Ethan said
“I think I can be a strong leader”
Edward thought that his team could focus on their throwing
The tournament will take pace in week 7 and 8 in week 7 will do the qualifying games and in week 8 we will do finals
I think the captains did really well in there speaking and set a really good example.
November 14, 2017 at 5:57 pm
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17VzBn0aPwxX8vrz-dHrTQyT3OhpR3jMZH7P0Mj7oQxQ
link to doc
November 15, 2017 at 7:36 am
PRESS CONFERENCE
Last week on Thursday in room 17 we had another press conference. In this press conference the captains spoke Lily, Ethan M, Edward, Calvin, Larz. If you haven’t read my other posts, in our press conference the reporters ask questions to 5 team members from different teams. The questions are questions that each team have made up.
Each team has a Captain, Reporter, Trainer, General Manager, Coach and a Art Director. Every Wednesday the coach and trainer works together to run training. At least 2 times a week the General Managers get together for a meeting and
the reporters organise the press conference. All of the team have to work on a banner, chant, dance, questions and working together on the day.
THUNDERCATS
GENERAL MANAGER- Brianna
ART DIRECTOR- Amber
CAPTAIN- Edward
COACH- Isaiah
REPORTER- Isabelle
TRAINER- Amber
VICIOUS TIGERS
GENERAL MANAGER- Ella
ART DIRECTOR- Jordan
CAPTAIN- Larz
COACH- Zach
REPORTER- Skylah
TRAINER- Ethan.J
TOFU TITANS
GENERAL MANAGER- Daniel
ART DIRECTOR- Savana
CAPTAIN- Calvin
COACH- Ethan. C
REPORTER- Verity
TRAINER- Jessee
FLAMING COBRAS
GENERAL MANAGER- Kye
ART DIRECTOR- Alka
CAPTAIN- Ethan. M
COACH- Zain
REPORTER- Nora
TRAINER- Alka
QUICKSILVER KICKERS
GENERAL MANAGER- Cody
ART DIRECTOR- Kalani & Zico
CAPTAIN- Lily
COACH- Nicolas
REPORTER- Kalani
TRAINER- Zico
November 15, 2017 at 8:52 am
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AOKqPqhuT9kwb2h1Cia97mrhkl0b-zaP6ZBmsevK3P8
November 21, 2017 at 11:50 am
In the 3rd press conference on the 9th of November 2017 our 5 teams showed us their dance I strongly believe that the dances could use a bit of work. Then our general managers spoke about the opening ceremony.
The people in the dance aren’t in sync and I think they might need some more time to improve on their skills . If the teams get some more practice time by the day they will look like they were professional.
My second point is the dances are poor and need a bit more thought because a lot of moves are bad and don’t go well together with other moves. Also most of the moves aren’t original and it is hard to transition from one move to the other.
My third and final point I strongly believe that the dances are a little bit short because for a good dance it could probably more the 1 minute. In that case it will give others more time to get good moves in and make those moves original.
In conclusion I think the dances can be improved a lot if more time is provided and we had some examples of what we should do