Passion Projects: Wananga

Passion Projects

Hi there,

 For the past few weeks in Wananga, we started on Passion Projects. My idea for my project is scrapbooking, focusing on Visual Arts. I am working on this project with my friend Dominique. Our purpose in scrapbooking is to show our creativity and interests. We are making our theme K-pop, this includes the groups we favour like BTS, Stray Kids, Enhypen etc. 

Here are some examples of what our scrapbooking might look like.

  

English: Yellow Brick Road (Post-Reading Questions)

Hey viewers,

Continuing on with the Novel Studies, our task today was to read the Yellow Brick Road novel. After reading the story we had to answer questions in full sentences, about what the story was all about. There were also specific pages we had to talk about. 

1) The narrator (speaker) of the story believes they are moving to Wellington so they can begin a new, better life by discovering new jobs, finally making money to help his family out of suffrage. Evidence for this statement: "We'll make lots of money and be rich as anything because Wellington is where the money is and you have to go where the money is, ay Dad. No use staying in Waituhi and being poor all the time, ay"

2) On Page 1, the big difference between Waituhi and Wellington, that was mentioned by the narrator was that "Wellington is where the money is. And you have to go where the money is, ay Dad. No use of staying in Waituhi and being poor all the time". The meaning of that quote is basically saying that there is a bigger population of Pakehas than their own hometown.

3) On Page 3, the narrator's dad told Uncle Sam that they were moving to Wellington because there were no more jobs back at home and they had plenty of seasonal work like shearing, fruit-picking etc. On top of that, Wellington had plenty of work there; plenty of factories. Another reason is that he wanted his kids to have a better life. 

4) The narrator's attitude towards moving to Wellington changes, as they were getting closer to the city. Earlier at the beginning of the trip and during, he was optimistic, curious and interested but then later on when they got closer to the city, his whole mood switched and started feeling worried and anxious. While that being said, there were signs ahead that made him feel those kinds of emotions, additionally also by some people who they encountered that were not so friendly.

5) Emerald City, Yellow Brick Road, Flying Monkeys, scarecrow, tinman and cowardly lion, are all allusions (references) to a famous book titled "The Wizard of Oz". I think the author made this comparison to show the audience what it's like to be in two different worlds, Rich and Poor. It shows that moving into a different or unalike place can make a big difference in peoples lives and that life can be an obstacle.

Social Studies: The Gruesome Camps

 Hi there,

Today in Social Studies, we had to create a Bar Graph showing the number of deaths that occurred in the death camps during the Holocaust. In my previous post, I made a map of where the death camps were located. 

Yellow Brick Road - Pre-reading Qns: English

Hi there,

Today in English we began a new topic on Novel Studies. Our new set of work is about the "Yellow Brick Road" story. This post is just answering pre-reading questions regarding the Author and story.

1) Witi Ihimaera is a New Zealand Author born in Gisborne, NZ in 1944. 

 One of his famous works that were adapted to films is the Nights in the Garden of Spain (1995). 

2) I have never come across an expression called "Yellow Brick Road" before or heard of Witi Ihimaera and any of his books. But I am assuming that the Yellow Brick Road means to capture people to follow it or it could be a non-existing road.  

3) Based on the title, I am guessing the story will be about a protagonist who discovers a Yellow Brick Road and follows the path. So basically going on an adventure.