For this reading task we’ve made a DLO to show our understanding of this topic “the charge of the light brigade”.
Something I enjoyed about this activity was that I could show my understanding and show I learnt many things about this topic “the light brigade”.
In reading one of our tasks were to create a summary that explained the ballad, Waltzing Matilda by Banjo Paterson, in exactly 25 words, no more or less. This narrative poem explains the supposed swagman that was trying to steal a jumbuck ( sheep ), with his tucker bag (bag made for food, especially made for swagmen). During this attempt the squatter ( the owner of the land ) had rode through the lands on his thoroughbred horse and had caught the unlucky swagman,
For this task our main focus this week was learning and exploring about the shearers strike. Our group looked at the two perspectives of the shearers strike. When we read both of them we formed an opinion of which we thought was a better argument than the other. our main focus this week was learning and exploring about the shearers strike.
What I found interesting about this activity was learning how they persuade to stand up for themselves and persuade people to use their own voice and rights.
LI: To understand poetry can transform everyday life into something meaningful.
Poets use various techniques to make this happen, creating specific feelings and moods for the reader.
For this weeks reading we’ve got challenged to create a Google vid that showcases one of Hone Tuwhare Poems, the one we have chosen was “Rain”. First we needed to create images using volcabulary to illustrate more images using prompts to connect to the poem.Then we recorded ourselves reading the poem.
Something I enjoyed about this create activity was using my voice to create and share with others.
For this task we got challenged to create a Google video based off the poem made by Hone Tuwhare, Rain.
For this task me and my group created a poster about Malala Yousafzai, and how she stood up for womens rights to learn and be educated.
She wanted Women to have equal rights to go to school but as she was on the bus the talibman shot her on the left side of her forehead and had to undergo a lot of surgery and plastic surgery to make her more confident in herself. Time passed and she got back and started making a speech about why women’s should have their rights. She stood tall with pride and justice and people all over the world acknowledge her from this day forward for having bravery and even though that she got shot she still wanted to raise her voice so that other can hear her. I enjoyed this task because I look up to Malala Yousafzai by having the confidence to stand up their in front of the world governments of the United Natioan at 16 years old saying her speech so I really look up to her. Something I found Interesting was that after getting shot she didn’t get silenced by the bullet but spoke with pride. “Empower others with the Weapon of Knowlege” That was her sentence that I acknowledge.
LI: To identify the key historical context and events related to the Polynesian Panthers and the Dawn Raids as depicted in the graphic novel.
Our class read the text Once a Panther and asked to create a comic strip that depicts a scene related to the ideas of prejudice, justice, or taking a stand in today’s world using thought bubbles or dialogue that explains the image.
Something I found challenging in this task was selecting a scene that described the dawn raids the best.
LI: To evaluate (form an opinion) the text and respond to the provocation
For this weeks reading task we made a DLO about a provacation, we gave a question to answer and looked at both sides of it, we checked which one we thought had a better reason to the question, the question was “Should the government have apologised for the dawn raids that happened yesterday (1970s) ?”
We thought yes because the people that felt hurt to this and the family’s broken in this event still needed a apology otherwise the hatred for the government would still be there.
We still checked the other answers for no and the reason behind it, overall we thought yes was the reasonable answer.
This task was fun and I liked how I could tell my own opininons.
To explore Matariki we worked collaboratively to complete a series of challenges.
Something I learnt was Matariki is a time for remembrance of your ancestors, a time for family’s get together, celebrate the new year and planning for the future.
My favourite challenge was birds and Matariki because it made me think about the stars that they represent and learning the different names of the birds.
LI: To form and justify an opinion
We explored what a provocation is and why it is important to have an informed opinion when sharing our perspectives. Our provocation was ‘Should Matariki be a public holiday?’
In our opinion we said that matariki should be a holiday because if other countries can celebrate a national day why can’t New Zealanders.
I found this task interesting because we had to trie back up our uninformed information with informed information