Pourqoui Story

For this task I created a Pourquoi story talking about the Maungarei and what happend when it erupted.

Long ago, far back in the mistis of time when the world was very young and dinosaurs once ruled the earth, there once lived a young mountain called Maungarei the Raging Demon. It was long ago one day and this present day this was one of the weeks that we called the terror of destruction. It was 9:00pm as the earth rumbled and shaked with terror, all the people looking outside of their windows at magungra. As the people looked up they noticed something far in the distance.

“It can’t be” as I mentioned with fear.

The volcano was about to erupt. The people of our village ran for their lives as the raging demon started gushing molten magma with hot rock flying far distances, people were getting hit and killed by the eruption. This day was one of the worst days of my life. As the lava reached the surface, people nearby started getting water to put out the lava, but it was no use and by the time people got close they burned like no other. 

The raging demon erupted for 2 weeks straight no breaks just the gushing out magma spitting out of it. The people of our village had no chance but to take cover and hide somewhere far far away. The explosion kept on happening day by day with each day starting to cool down. But something happened and Mt Maungarei didn’t stop erupting. We all came to our senses thinking this is it as the lava started reaching us as we lost breath. Some people even get burned from meters away because of the intense heat.

Maungarei started to feel disengaged as her lava started to cool down

“Heyy where are you guys going”   confused Maungarei

“Your too destructive and so were leaving”  demanded the village chief

“Please don’t leave i’ll be very lonely”  as she answered full of sadness

“Sorry Maungarei but you’re already caused enough damage” as they walked away.

The people of the villages left and Maungarei became lonely. Soon after a while she regretted her actions and felt destroyed for the destruction she has caused to the villages. When she calmed down the villagers came back to their home and asked Maungare if it would ever erupt again. 

“No, I promise to be in a deep sleep and never wake up from my slumber“answered Maungarei.

The villagers became delighted and carried on rebuilding their villages together. And soon the story of Maungarei the raging demon was told throughout generations and is now extinct this present day.

I enjoyed this task because I got to learn on how to create my own pourquoi story.

Diary of the past

LI: To use the ideas on your plan to help you write a diary entry through the eyes of a soldier who lived through WW1.

For this task I created a vidoe that talks abut what happend during the WW1.I have been looking at the events that took place at ANZAC during WW1. Many of our NZ soldiers were wounded or killed in action. I looked at videos of life in the trenches,  and read about Hami Graces diary. I used Google ids to record my diary entries. I enjoyed using this as it allowed me to voice over diarys. Something I found interesting about this was that 8,700  Australian and 2,779 New Zealand soldiers were killed at Gallipoli during the First World War

Time Travelers prodcast Samurel Marsden

For this task I created a podcast ft Ssamurel Marsden. Our group created a script about what Samurel Marsden would have said when the time travelers went back in time to go grap him. Samurel Marsden in the podcast is played by Vaingalo and the 3 host Darius, Daniel, and Rekard. Something I enjoyed about this task is the podcasting and recording of the scenory and the background of our script.

 

 

Mapping the Migratory Flight of the Kuaka

LI: To use Google My Maps to show the migratory flight path of the Kuaka.

For this task I created a google my maps and I had to find out where the kuaka travels to and how many km can it travel. One of the refueling stations that the kuaka has to stop is  the Yellow Sea region, located between China and Korea. The kuka travels far out to have better breeding grounds and food for themselves. One interesting fact about there travel is that they can fly for a distance of approximately 11,000 kilometers. 

Dot to Dot Conections

LI: To draw the lines between the words to show how the connections you have made.

For this task I created a dot to dot conection DLO about the kuaka/Godwit. The Kuaka is one of the worlds non- stop flying bird traviling upto 55 miles per hour under 11 days. I found some words that relate to the kuaka bird and I had to connect the words with another to make conections.

Photo Story

LI: To understand the concept of visual storytelling.

For this task we went on a walk across the tamiki river altheway to pointengland reserve. I found out that near the marist rugby club that the feield back in the day was just a swampy mud and had a swappy look. Our teachher took pictures of the river walk and we created a time order sequence of the photos in time order from when we left school, to when we started the walk, to when we left. One thing I enjoyed about this walk was the nature surrounding us the roar of the river, and the peacefull boats just hovering on top the rivver.

A Moment In Time

LI: To write a poem that describes a moment in time.

At camp we had lots of challenge activities to try. Our challenge in with our poem was to chose our words carefully so that we painted a clear picture of what we were describing in the mind of our readers. I have described what it was like to build a raft. We chose this challenge because raft was one of the most memorable activities at camp Becasue we had so much joy creating our raft.