Be Creative

For part of the reading contract we ha to design a pair of New Zealand togs.
Here is my design.

Pania Of The Reef

We are reading the book the 'Tiki Bone' for chapter chat and one of the activities for this week is to make a screencastify retelling  a legend of your choice, I chose the legend 'Pania Of The Reef'.
The video is me telling the legend and the writing is what I wrote for a script to tell the legend.


 

Pania Of The Reef

Pania was a beautiful maiden who lived in the sea on the east coast of the North Island OfAotearoa. By daylight she swam about with creatures of her reef world but after sunset would go to a stream that ran into the bay where the city of Napier now exists. She would travel up the stream to an area where she could rest among the flax bushes. Karitoki, the very handsome son of a Māori chief, quenched his thirst every evening at the stream where Pania rested because it had the sweetest water. He was unaware she was observing him for many weeks until one night she whispered a faint spell. It carried on the wind to Karitoki who turned around to see Pania emerge from her hiding place. Karitoki had never seen someone so beautiful and instantly fell in love. Pania fell in love also, and they pledged their lives to each other and were secretly married. Pania and Karitoki went to his house, but because it was dark no-one saw them enter. At sunrise, Pania prepared to leave but Karitoki tried to stop her. She explained that as a creature of the ocean, when the sirens of the sea called her each morning, she could not survive if she did not go to them. She promised to return every evening and their marriage continued on that basis. Karitoki boasted to his friends about his beautiful wife, but no one believed him because they had never seen her. Frustrated by this, Karitoki consulted a wise elder in the village who believed Karitoki as he knew ocean maidens did exist. The elder told Karitoki that being a sea creature, Pania would not be allowed to return to the sea if she swallowed cooked food. That night, as Pania slept, Karitoki took a morsel of cooked food and put it in Pania's mouth. As he did so, Ruru the morepork called a loud warning and Pania was startled from her sleep. Horrified that Karitoki had put her life in jeopardy, Pania fled and ran to the sea. Her people came to the surface and drew her down into the depths as Karitoki swam frantically about the ocean looking for her. He never saw her again. When people now look deep into the water over the reef, some say they can see Pania with arms outstretched, appealing to her former lover. It is unknown whether she is imploring him to explain his treachery, or expressing her continuing love. The sea off Napier is now protected by Moremore, the son of Pania and Karitoki. He is the guardian of the area, a taniwha who often disguises himself as a shark, a stingray or an octopus.

His Own War

This week we have done a reading contract for the book His Own War which is a true story about a man who does not want to fight in the war because he believes no one should be killed no matter the circumstances.
I have done 11 activities so I will get 3 awhi for doing 3 extra activities.

His Own War

Scavenger Hunt

1. How many black and white photos?
5

2. How many images of Archibald can you find?
6

Make up 2 more questions of your own

What page is the picture of all men about to leave on the ship o war?
(27)

How many pictures/paintings are on page 31?
(2)

Syllable Search

Find 3 words with the following:

2 syllables - punished, adventure, cowards

3 syllables - endurance, Dunedin, November

Are there any words with 4 syllables?
Desperately, Waitemata


Exploring Language

Find the meaning and write a sentence for the words down below

Perspective
Your side of ways or side
It is always good to get other peoples perspective of the story so that it is fair.

Resent
To feel or show displeasure
The girl looked resent so when asked her what was wrong.

Conscripted
To draft for military or naval service.
Archibald Baxter refused to be conscripted into the war because of his strong beliefs of never killing anybody even if they have done really bad things.

If This Is The Answer

Write a question with the answer being the following.

Volunteer
What did Archibald not want to do in the or for the war?

July
What month in 1917 was Archibald marched out of bed?

1914
What year did World War 1 start?


I Can Spell

Choose 3 words from the text to learn how to spell.

Pac if ism

Diss  enters

Cir cum stance s

Listen Up

Make up 5 true or false questions that are based on the book

Archibald was born in Dunedin?
(True)

At the start 13000 people volunteered to go to the first world war?
(False)

By the end of the first world war there were over 100 000 men in uniform?
(False)

When Archibald collapsed he weighed 22kg?
(False)

His full name is ‘Archibald McColl Learmond Baxter’?
(True)

Write On

Find 12 verbs from the text.

Thinning
Milking
Herding
Building
Shooting
Speaking
Erupted
Fought
Run
Change
Salute
Pull

All In Order

Now put at least 10 verbs from the list above in alphabetical order.

Building
Change
Erupted
Fought
Herding
Milking
Pull
Run
Salute
Shooting
Speaking
Thinning

Where, We’re and Wear

Make a sentence with where, we’re and wear based on the story.

Where was Archibald born?

We’re very lucky the war is over.

Archibald refused to wear a uniform.

Did I Understand

1. Why did Archie refuse to be conscripted?
Because he believed no one should kill each other, no matter the circumstances

What happened to him?
He was sent to a military camp and sentenced 84 days in prison

What other things did he refuse to do?
Wear a uniform, salute officers and obey commands

2. Why did Archibald require the courage and endurance of a soldier     
when he refused to fight in the war?
Because you will get punished and get a beating and it is quite scary standing up to talk in front of people no dought speaking to the NZ government

3. For what different reasons may someone be a conscientious objector?
Religious, political or personal reasons

4. How do you think Archie felt about his time in military prison?
He must of been hungry, but still stubborn for his beliefs.
He also could have been scared and missing home.

Do you think it was right to treat him in this way?
No

Why?
Because they should have at least listened and it is a pretty reasonable excuse so i would have just left him


Self Assessment

What did I do well?
Managing my time to get it all done

Which activity challenged me the most?
The did I understand

What did I do about it?
I started rereading the book

Which activity was the easiest for me?
The I can spell

How can I extend myself next time?
Find the meaning and make a sentence for the words I can not spell

Word, Meaning, Sentence

For Chapter Chat this week we had to write a meaning and sentence for these words.
I found it difficult to find a sentence for some of these words, so I used my best friend google.

Word	Meaning	Sentence
incredulous	Indicating or showing unbelief	Max had an incredulous pitch in his voice which showed Alex he was lying.
glided	To move smoothly	The aeroplane glided in the air.
enigmatic	Resembling an enigma	Lilly was pale but breathing steadily, her enigmatic eyes closed.
redolent	Having a pleasant odor	The lady was redolent when she went out for dinner.
perpetuate	To make perpetual	Again, they perpetuate the traditions of the Achaemenid Empire.
elemental	Of the nature of an ultimate constituent	This elemental fire is in itself a divine rational process.
frigid	Very cold in temperature	The water had to be frigid to turn into ice.
sullenly	Showing irritation	The boy had a pitch of sullenly in his voice as he argued with his sibling.
lassitude	Weariness of body or mind from strain	The lassitude attitude of the girl made her always wear her jersey.
camphor	a whitish, translucent, crystalline, pleasant-odored terpene ketone,	Tea and camphor are the stable exports.

Learning Te Reo Words

This week for chapter we are reading the Bone Tiki and we had to make a dictionary of these Te Reo words, here we are.