Group 2A – The Great Shearers Strike

LI : To understand the story of the poem

For reading, we were challenged to create a DLO explaining both perspectives about the Great Shearers Strike. We watched 2 videos that told us about the Strike in Australia (the strike was inspired by future labour reforms and the birth of Australian Labour Party. We shared our knowledge to explain what we know from the video that is added to our perspective A and B (Farmers and Shearers). Did you know that the farmers were paying the shearers low money which led to the shearers to protest and show them what is not enough on the other side Shearers needed a day off due to showing their bosses about how they do things, treat others and how they were getting low paid money. In our own opinion it talks about which side is the best decision. We wrote a summary about the story of the Great Shearers Strike. We enjoyed learning about The Great Shearers Strike because we got to learn about how strike was invented and how they fought for their own rights.

Waltzing Matilda Summary

LI: To understand the story within the poem

For Reading, we learned about a poem/song called Waltzing Matilda. We read a text that talked about a swagman traveling from one place to another. In the poem, for every end of the line there is “You’ll come a Waltzing Matilda with me”. When we read the poem, we answered all of the questions with our own words and what we know about it. We were challenged to create a DLO that reflects the analysis of the poem and to summarise the poem with exactly 25 words. We enjoyed doing this activity because we got to learn his history and understand. 

Hone Tuwhare Poem Video

For Reading , Group 2 was challenged to create a Google vid Cattaleya and I parterned up for this task and read a poem that Hone Tuwhare wrote and adding photos that relate to the words in the poem. We read the poem called Rain , this task was very interesting because some of the photos were not really what I was looking for. Overall this task was certainly one of my favorites because I love learning about people who were New Zealanders and about their story.

Procedural Text

LI: To create a procedural text to tell someone how to do something using a  sequence of  steps, instructions or actions in a particular order.

Our challenge was to work in our dinosaur research pairs create a prototype of our dinosaur’s skeleton. The challenge was to make teh skeleton of our dinosaur and record the steps we followed. Once we had our first prototype we revised and adapted both the prototype and the instructions

We used the language features found in a procedural text to help us write clear instructions so that another pair could follow our instructions and create our prototype.

I think this activity was very fun because we had the privilege to create a dinosaur out of paper and spending time with my partners Hasna and Sweet-E that I really collaborated well with.

 

 

Malala Yousafzai Poster

LI : To analyse how Malala uses her personal story and persuasive language to achieve her purpose

LI : To identify the main arguement Malala presents for education and peace

For reading, we were challenged to design a poster promoting one of Malala’s key messages. Create a poster from Canva or Adobe Express, Me and Hasn chose Canva. Here is some of the information that I know about Malala from my research about her.

Malala Yousafzai became an international symbol of the fight for girls’ education. She was born in Mingora, Pakistan on July 12, 1997. Malala rose to global prominence after surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban in 2012. She has become a symbol of resilience, courage, and the worldwide fight for girls’ education.

 

Group 2 Tongan Language Week – Word Problem

Our challenge was to create a DLO and make word problems that needed to relate to Tongan language week, for example my question was ; If masi wanted to buy 5 mango otai and 5 watermelon otai but she only had 6.80 how much more does she need to buy 10 otai’s all together ? She wanted to take it to a performance event for her little sister and her friends but it is $10.60 to get in so how much does it cost if you add it to the otai’s price ?

Something I found interesting about this Challange was that I get to celebrate my culture and giving my classmates math word problem challange to solve out.

Group 2 Comic Strips

LI: To identify the key historical context and events related to the Polynesian Panthers and the Dawn Raids as depicted in the graphic novel.

Me and my Group 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.
In this comic strip I chose to relate to the idea “taking a stand in today’s world”.

Something I found interesting about this challenge was that this comic strip I made was inspired about the RISE UP: The Story of the Dawn Raids and the Polynesian Panthers.

AI Movie

LI : To use our knowledge about dinosaurs in a creative ways

We were given 2 create challenges to help us show our learning in creative and fun ways.

Create Challenge 1:

Use ADOBE Express to generate an image about each dinosaur on your completed sheet. You can not use their name – only the facts you have gathered.

Create Challenge 2:

Use https://hailuoai.video to create AI films showing 3 of your dinosaurs in their natural habitat.

I enjoyed these challenges because it’s so fun to see the dinosaurs doing what they normally do and very interesting to learn about the Stegosaurus.

The Egg cracking a new born Stegosaurus baby :

 

 

RISE UP : The Story of the Dawn Raids and the Polynesian Panthers

LI : To evaluate (form an opinion) the text and respond to the provocation

For reading, Group 2A read a text called RISE UP: The Story of the Dawn Raids and the Polynesian Panthers. We were challenged to create a DLO that explores and discusses both perspectives of this historical event in our groups. We used our smart searching skills to learn and find stuff about the dawn raids, which lead us to talk about the danw raids. For our own opinion , we said that we think the dawn raids was a very discriminal and shameful event that occured in New Zealand. Something I found interesting about this text was that alot of policies had targeted pacific people just because they don’t belong in this country.

Trip to Auckland War Memorial Museum

LI : Panmure Bridge School Visited The Auckland Museum

We went to the museum to finish off our topic of Volcanoes.  Classroom challenges – We had 30 seconds to decide what to pack if there was a volcanic eruption near us. Our group had to make wise choices so they could stay safe in the event they were evacuated. The objects we pick to put in the backpack is : backpack , toys , can of food , hole punch , torch , can opener , pan , gloves , cat , muesli bar , cat food , goggles , bottle of water , tea towel , first aid kit , mask and colouring book. Our group had to make wise choices so they could stay safe in the event they were evacuated. One interesting fact that I learnt from walking around the galleries is that I saw all the places the Maori Patallion fought against countries and Another interesting fact I learnt about the session we had about Volcanoes is that every volcano in Auckland is extinct except for Rangitoto.