Tag: Reading

LI: To make an informed opinion 

A provocation is an action or speech that triggers strong feelings about a topic. Over the last few weeks we have been learning about the experiences of the men of Te Hokowhitu – a – tu, the first Maori Battalion in WW1. These men had very different experiences to the men who sign up today. Our challenge throughout this unit has been to answer the question: Should the men of the native contingent have had the right to prove their mettle at the front? After completing the tasks and reading a wide variety of texts our group’s response to the provocation is like your thoughts and idea’s all together.

LI: To map the highs and lows in the character’s mood and emotions as the story progresses

We read the texts ‘Home Little Maori, Home’ and ‘Hami Grace’s Diary’ and as a group discussed in our learning conversation the ways the mood and emotions felt in their experiences in WW1 affected these men. We think this shows how both men had high and lows but for different reasons. This is because Rikihana Carkeek wrote about what happened in the trenches of Gallipoli whereas Hami Grace wrote about his journey to Gallipoli. Both men were on ships but one was a warship and one was a hospital ship.

We have been exploring the ways writers use words to create mood and atmosphere in a text. Our group used a text we read in class called king and country . You can see the ways the author used different langauge features to create mood and atmosphere in this text by looking at the examples we have highlighted and explained in our DLO. My favourite example in the text we read was Verbs because the author uses verbs to describe how passionate he is with his perspective and thoughts. This shows he has a strong belief of what he is saying. The author says this with pride which dictates the reader to stand by his side and believe that he is right. I can visualise them putting their hands up. I found this activity very interesting  because I learnt about more language features