This week for Reading, LS2 explored the Holocaust story and looked at how the author creates mood and atmosphere throughout the story. We noticed that the language used helps build tension and shows how different characters see events in different ways.
In reading, my group created a DLO about different types of characters and how mood and atmosphere are used in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.We also explored how mood and atmosphere affect the way readers feel during important parts of the story.
After reading Diary of Anne Frank and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas we talked about what people must felt like having their whole world turned upside down.
I can’t imagine what it felt like during the time they have spent captured but it must’ve felt horrible and terrified.
Yesterday we discussed how we could put their cloth of dreams back together again. This activity was inspired by the book Teaspoon of Light.
We drew what we thought that might be on their cloth of dreams the symbols what they were dreaming, the hope, freedom they had. Their thoughts of being with their whanau was uneasy.
Fredom
Hope
Whanau
Dreams
We listend to the audio book of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. After each chapter we explored the mood and atomsphere.
Mood is what the character feels.
Atomsphere is the vibe in the room.
We worked collaboratively to summarise each chapter in 10 sentences. This helped us practise simple, compound and complex sentences. Some days we used Gemini to prompt us and some days we used
Something I found sad about these times was that most Jewish people lost their life because of hatred and discrimination from the Germans.
LI: Learning to show an expression meter of how the mood changes throughout the story.
For Reading, Mrs Anderson Reading have been reading the book called The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. My Partner and I fiigured the mood in the story goes either high or low. Eg: Shmuel and Brunos friend is really high near hyperactive because their really happy about how they had a connection between them, When they are searching for Shmuels papa they felt hopelee because he was no where to be found and they were close to giving up.
This meter shows the mood throught the chapters in the story and why.
LI: To create a digital image of the Panmure Basin
Panmure Bridge School went for a walk to the Panmure Basin to discover the new bridge that was build. Throughout the walk we learned so many facts about the mythical Taniwha that guards the bridge and protects it. LS2 created a digital drawing that we traced of the Basin and it’s new bridge.
LI : To use AI to create an image that shows the contrast between events or characters.
For this week Reading activity, LS2 learnt a new word “Contrast” we were challenged to generate an image relating to the book we’ve been reading The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. We used Nano banana to help us with the image using our own prompt relating it to the story showing what different lives Bruno and Shmuel have. I generate this cool image as well with the prompt I came up with to relate.
LI: To understand we make judgements based on stereotyping, assumptions and prejudices
We read the text Bok Choy for Reading. This text showed us the prejudices that existed towards the Chinese immigrants in early NZ. It also showed us that it is important to show empathy for those who are seen to be different from us. Our challenge after reading this was to write a letter to Ah Sum to thank him properly, as you didn’t have the right words when you were shivering in his hut.
LI : To make an informed opinion
Our task was to create a DLO that shows both perspectives of this event. Our group considered whether or not the risks that Johnny Pohe took were probably not the right choice because he knew he will have bad consequences and know that it will end bad.
LI: To collaborate to create a piece of art.
For this collaboration work , we worked in groups and had each part of our leader to draw. We drew it based off the picture we got. Our leader Sir Edmund Hillary was a was a famous explorer and mountain climber. He is well known to be the first person to climb up Mount Everest he has inspired me a lot.