Why Maungarei Sleeps

LI: to write a pourquoi story that follows the structure and paints a picture inside the reader’s mind.

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                                                                History of Maungarei | 1400 AD

Thursday 29th May 1960

It is told that long ago there was a mighty warrior on guard in absolute berserk mood, as his name flows around Tamaki Makaurau, Maungarei, the heated mountain with fiery temper. Legend says that in the previous generations the land was empty but full with creatures, living plants and humans, as it was Maungarei’s honour and duty to provide and defend them from any harm that comes their way. As enemies started underestimating, this temper that Maungarei welds, perfects this respected warrior. Battles go on and on as if the humans were stuck in a loop, they have been blessed by the one and only guardian that they show most gratitude to is Maungarei. One day went by that changed everything, everyone’s curiosity had kept them thinking of why, why suddenly has Maungerei temper gone solid cold, his confidence have went far out of existence like it was in thin air, including the berserking roars go echoing by in thin air, slowly passing away.

“Fellas, Where are you going, you know I don’t like being left behind?” Maungarei had questioned

“Apologies our friend, but we have no choice, your temper of berserking heat has gone too far to keep us out of danger, but even worse, possibly putting us in trouble, may we meet again one day!” a crowd of villagers answered

“Please, anything but that, we can talk about this, right?” Maungarei complained

“Don’t worry buddy, as long as you exchange that temper into good use, like sleeping or avoiding addiction of exploding” Someone replied

“That is the agreement, between you and us that you can’t forget or break” Someone had added

“I will try my best to obey our agreement, my fellow friends!” Maungarei happily yelled out

 

Sunday 20th April 1972

After a day or two, the humans had finally solved the mystery that kept them concerned. Maungarei has not abandoned his duty including the everyone else, Maungarei has decided to rest, as he was exhausted from the battles that he attended, no matter the cost, him showing commitment, but it was time that the land would recover, the strength and energy of Maungarei still lives on as it flows from the body to the land.

Past the generations of when the legend of Maungarei still lived, Tamaki Makaurau began to exchange into an extremely beautiful & incredible future, along with where Maungarei still stands, happily watching over the ones he had defended.

Mysteries like this are one of a kind but have had plenty of room for it to happen a couple of times, going from centuries into decades. Connections are types of strength too, that can go around from anywhere to anywhere, for example: Tongariro, Mt.Taranaki & Ruapehu. According to the research, it could be possible for them to erupt again once every 2 or 3 generations at least.

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Our activity for today’s writing was to create a pourquoi story about why Maungarei has been sleeping. (a pourqoui story is a type of story that has details for the reader to constructe and build a image of what would happen in the story, depending what the story is really about). After our mission of writing our pourquoi stories, we decided to use our smart skills and use AI to generate a picture of Maungarei, using our opinions of how it would look if the maunga warrior was still awake, as you see here this is my picture I generated, right below:

Autumn Learning Journey – Activity 5# (Activity 8#)

LI: to use Song Maker to create music.

For SLJ Activity No. 5#, the activity was to use a website called “Song Maker” to create music. I started to explore and gather information about how to use the tools and how it works on the website. Then when I was all set, I began my journey awaiting at a wondrous rate as I was thrilled and day dreaming to create my song. Above here is a picture of how it looks on the website, here is a link to my Music.

I found this activity very interesting and very fun because my honest speech about this activity is that I have experience of using this website so I knew for a fact that it would be way too easy for me.

 

Autumn Learning Journey – Activity 4# (Activity 7#)

LI: to define a mysterious token about the season, Autumn.

For SLJ Activity No. 4#, the activity was to define a mysterious token that was written about the season, Autumn. I first used smart searching skills to define about what the token means, the token was written: “being the time of harvest there was a abundance of kai”, and the results I was given was the “wealth of food, time & wealth of people”. I also decided to use my smart researching skills to research about the token that was I given to define. Here is a link to lead you to my researching: Autumn Link.

I found this activity very interesting because of defining a token about the season, Autumn, especially a token that was created from Te Reo Maori.

Autumn Learning Journey – Activity 3# (Activity 5#)

LI: to explore about the ANZAC’s journey in the 90’s.

For the SLJ activity No. 3#, The activity was to explore and use Google Earth to gather information about the ANZAC’s Journey. I first used my smart researching skills to gather information and learn about the ANZAC’s Journey. Then I created a project on Google Earth to find the location of where the occasion happened. I have learnt that a war happened during the ANZAC’s Journey, way back in the 90’s, (Australia vs Turkey). Above here is a picture of my project on Google Earth.

I found this activity very interesting because I learnt a new word & that I learnt about a war that I didn’t even know about that was back in the 90’s.

Autumn Learning Journey – Activity 2# (Activity 3#)

LI: to design a Easter Egg Basket for Easter.

For the SLJ Activity No. 2#, The activity was to design a Easter Egg Basket by using Google Drawings. I was able to get some creative ideas by searching for creative designing ideas first, then I started to create my basket with a Google drawing. The purpose was to create a Easter Egg Basket for Easter. Above here is a picture of my design. Here is a link to my design: Happy Easter

I found this activity pretty easy and interesting because I would have never thought of creating a Easter Egg Basket formed as a bunny.

 

Autumn Learning Journey – Activity 1#

LI: to explore the 5 trails of the ANZAC at Ngatapuwae (in NZ).

For the SLJ activity No. 1#, I learnt about the 5 trails of ANZAC in Ngatapuwae, (Ngatapuwae is located in Papatoetoe). I first used a website named after Ngatapuwae, I then decided to explore the 5 trails to gather some information from each trail. Did you know that: No. 1#  is where the ANZAC soldiers landed at Ngatapuwae in 1915, at No. 2# they started to explore the cove of the beach, at No. #3 I learnt that Turkish Fire is one of ANZAC men’s nightmare, at No. 4# they moved from the cove to the high ground to place a checkpoint for them, then at No. 5# I learnt that the ANZAC soldiers officially made No. 4# as their campsite and that No. 5# was capable for the men that were stationed at the outposts, could only move around at night at No. 5#. Above here is 2 pictures, 1 of them is a picture of the 5 trails and the 2nd one is a picture of where Ngatapuwae is located in NZ.

I found this activity historically interesting because of how the ANZAC Soldiers feared Turkish Fire in 1915, which I didn’t know.

Time Traveler’s Podcast

LI: to generate questions that will help us reflect on the past.

For our inquiry learning, we learnt how to reflect on the past by roleplaying. The instructions that we were given was to get into groups of 5, in order to roleplay for this activity. Me and my group decided to roleplay as time travelers, bringing back someone from the past, my group decided to choose a famous britian missionary that had fame for being the first missionary to spread christianity in NZ: Reverend Samuel Marsden. Above here is a picture of me and my group working on our scripts and above the picture is the recording of ourselves roleplaying.

I found this activity historically interesting because of bringing both my positive attitude and my confidence up at the next level, and that my role was actually to try and use expression to be Samuel Marsden.

Ancestor Poem

LI: to write a poem to describe your ancestors and the legacy they left behind.

LI: to use the literary devices of alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor, simile, hyperbole and rhyme.

For our writing learning, our class learnt how to write poems about their ancestors using several different languages including: metaphor, rhyme, simile, hyperbole, alliteration and onomatopoeia. The instructions we were given to do this poem activity was to gather some past photos of ourselves, use some images from searching, use digital portrait, and to use some personal information about ourselves, including using wordhippo. Above here is a picture of my ancestor poem.

I found this activity very emotional and interesting because this activity brings back flashbacks of when I was a junior, but at the same time I was interested and that my curiousity kept me thinking more about my ancestors past and how it was like when my ancestors were here.

 

Semi’s Vision Board 2025

LI: to introduce our goals by creating a vision board.

For our inquiry learning, our class learnt how to create vision boards, (a vision board is a board that shows the goals you would achieve and the things you like to do). As you see here this is my vision board for 2025. This is basically my inter mediate plan for high school next year. Above here is a picture of my vision board that I created for 2025.

I found this activity very interesting because my main goal for next year is to make sure that my plan is leading on the right track.

Dot to Dot Connections about the Kuaka Birds.

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

For our reading learning, our reading group learnt how to use Dot to Dot Connections about the Kuaka Birds. Dot to Dot Connections is about make connections by using keywords from the texts of the story we have read, like Kuaka Birds. The 7 keywords we used to make a connection alltogether, was Flocks, Diet, Migration, Navigation, Habitat, Pollution, and Endangered Birds. We found out how to make connections by using the images from the story and the information, and also using our research skills.

I found this activity very brilliant because of making my Dot to Dot Connection DLO as a loop.