Ashton Kutcher Speech - Teen Choice Awards (HQ)

The teen choice awards are awards where teenagers vote on their favourite movies and TV awards.
Ashton Kutcher recently gave some awesome advice on life.
Not being afraid of hard work, being thoughtful, generosity and having courage are values we should all live by. 



Have a think about your previous week.

What have you worked hard on this week? What were the results of this hard work?

Being thoughtful. How have you been thoughtful towards others this week? Have you had some moments when you needed to be more mindful of others people's feelings? What will you change next week to be more mindful of others?

Having courage. Alongside doing well in your learning, I hope you leave Room 13 with the courage to follow your own path in life. Is there a time recently when you were faced with a popular choice and the right choice? Which choice did you make? Were you happy about it? What did you learn as a result of this choice?

A Persuasive Breakfast

Persuasive writing is all around us. Think about where else you might come across persuasive writing features in action.

How has Kellogg's cereal used persuasive devices to entice us into eating Crunchy Nuts? Please give clear examples.

What are some other examples of persuasive adverts that tempt or draw you in?

I Wanna Iguana!

Listen to the story and think about how the author has used persuasion.



How does Alex persuade his mom to get an iguana?

Give an example of the persuasive devices that Alex uses and explain how it is effective?

This book is written for a younger audience is it still relevant to you?

Tell about a time when you tried to persuade your parents for something? How did it go? What did you say or do to convince your parents?

Enhancing the Halo Presentation

We were privileged to have Nick and Geoff from the Halo Trust come to 'Lucky 13' to talk to us about the Enhancing the Halo Project. We learnt how we can make Wellington New Zealand's natural capital by making all our back yards into safe havens for native wildlife.

What did you think about the presentation?

Has it made you think differently about our native birds?

Where you persuaded into becoming a halo household?

Terry Fox ~ Marathon of Hope

What is the key message from this video?  What emotions does it invoke in you?

What has been done well in this documentary? How has the film maker told the story?

Do you know of any other inspirational stories like this (people who have overcome great adversity) ?

What inspires you in life?

Terry said "I want to try the impossible to show that it can be done."
What is something you have overcome that felt impossible at the time? How did you overcome it?

I am eleven

What did you think of the film? What would you score it out of 10? Why?

I thought the film was good but sad as well because seeing what some of these kids have to go through is quite sad. For example how Billy from the UK was bullied badly. My personal score would be 8/10 because it would of been a 10 if it wasn't so sad.

Who is your favourite 11 year old? Why? Has this changed from your initial thoughts when we watched the trailers?

Billy because he is a very funny comedian. No, Billy is still my favourite because I learned more about him and think it is admirable for how he overcomes bullying, plus he is pretty funny. 

What has stuck in your mind from the film? Is there anything that you are still thinking about?

Remi because I like the french language and he has cool eyes.

What would you like to find out more about from the film?

How long it took to shoot all of this?

Where did the money come from? 

What made you laugh/cry/cringe in the film?

Billy gave me a good laugh, sad thing is when they had to brush their with teeth with their hand. 

Brannan

I am eleven

What did you think of the film? What would you score it out of 10? Why?

I thought the film was 99.99% excellent and 0.01 % bits that needed fixing up. Yet overall I thought the film was really good. I think that the fact that the kids featured in the film were only 11 years of age added to the interest of the film for me because I remember when I was 11. I would DEFINITELY give the film 9.5 / 10.

Who is your favourite 11 year old? Why? Has this changed from your initial thoughts when we watched the trailers?

I actually can't decide who my favorite eleven year old is. I did like the way that Remi from France made his judgements about his country and the way that his family uses solar panels instead of the EDF to get power. I also liked Jack from Thailand. I like elephants too. It is a pity I have never been able to get up close with an elephant before.

What has stuck in your mind from the film? Is there anything that you are still thinking about?

The way that Vandana or whoever it was wanted to study Medicine and become a doctor because she was the type of person that was always caring for others.  I also liked the way those two boys who wanted to be rappers said that their city will always stay the same because his heart will always be there.

What would you like to find out more about from the film?

The way that they came to be who they were in the film. They all looked like a great bunch of kids. 

What made you laugh/cry/cringe in the film?

I thought Billy's thoughts about dirty dancing with all the great dance move and the nice romance was quite funny. I also thought that some other things with Billy and what he said were funny.

Troy Rhodes