After reading diary of Anne Frank and TBITSP we talked about what people must have felt like having their whole word turned upside down.
I can’t imagine what it felt like in their shoes because I think no one could last a day in their shoes.
Yesterday we discussed how we could put their cloth of dreams back together again for this activity and was inspired by the book Teaspoon of Light.
Me and Vaha write a letter to Bruno’s Grandma and we had to use simple and compound sentences. A simple sentence is one idea and compound sentences is two ideas connected by fanboys. And the letter to Grandma we had to use a compound sentence because, we had to show what life was like in Berlin and what life it like in Out-with.
Today we were challenged to create a recording of our narritive story my story was about Fly by Night, I used a Gemini Gem to help us add detail to a narrative. Our Gem asked us questions that made us think of different ways we could add detail and description to our narrative. When I finished I used the Storybook feature in Gemini to create an illustrated version.
This was a bit harder to do because I had to keep adjusting the prompts to get as close to my original narrative as I could. Something me and my partner I recorded with found interesting was when we use the Gemini Gem it actually helps us to make it better because we know now and we can potentially use it for good use
| The sun was going down and disappeared behind the uneven line of the horizon, leaving the sky to be filled with the soft light of the moon. That night was a big moment for me because it was the first time I was going to try flying. I felt very nervous, and a tight feeling in my chest made me feel anxious. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew and almost made me fall off my spot. I grabbed onto the rough piece of wood with my talons, holding on as tight as I could, feeling like I might break from all the fear inside me. I looked at my friends, who were already flying smoothly under the bright, white moon. That made me start to question myself, what if I can’t fly like they do? What if I never learn how to fly at all? |
| As I looked down at the dark woods far below. High above, my friends were beautiful. They glided and soared under the glow of the giant moon, looking so free. I wanted to join them, but a strange, shaky feeling started deep in my stomach. It was not a good feeling. It grew and grew until my whole body began to tremble. My knees knocked together, and my feet slipped on the rough wood. I gripped the bark tightly, terrified that I was about to fall off the branch. As I was just sitting there shaking, dark thoughts started to creep in. I began to doubt everything to myself, it felt like there was something wrong with me. I just wanted to be like everyone else, I only just wanted to be normal. |
| As I was alone gripping onto the wood, my mother glared at me as I was sad sitting alone on the branch. She flew right to me and asked what was wrong? I responded why and she said believe in yourself and also said it is just a leap of faith. |
| After a while I decided I cant be scared anymore, soon after I decided that I am going to jump and then “I did” I jumped spreaded my wings and glided in the night sky just like my friends I was having so much fun while soaring around all night until morning I had fun that night, that night I learnt lots of things something big I learnt was I can finally rely on myself and trust my ability to figure something out as I go, also I discovered my true authentic self without what anxiety expects of me and one last thing I overcame my fear and also brings a new chapter in my life with a new me. |
LI: To write a description of life with the Frank family in the annex in 1942
The Annex was quiet except for the sound of creaking from the old wooden 4 floorboards whenever we walked, the loud chimes of the clock could be heard from inside. It was very cramped and whenever we ate because we always hit someone’s elbow or bump someone’s plate because it was such a small space to live in for 8 people and up to 2-3 of us had to share one small room. We had to stay silent to stay hidden from the German people who raided and persecuted many other Jewish people like us.
The silence was slowly clawing at all of us, you could even hear the sounds of heavy breaths and thumping hearts because of how quiet it was. We had to keep this Annex a secret to stay safe so they only used the basic necessities. Food was rationed and most of the time it was gross but it was the only thing keeping us from starving to death so it was that or nothing.
Everyday we had to live in fear because we didn’t know when it would be our last day together so we had to cherish every moment we had with our family and being alive. One fateful day we heard the boots stomping up the stairs. We heard glass shattering and the shards scattering all over the floor and we thought it was the Germans but on a very slim chance we didn’t get caught but it was still terrifying to think about.
We are reading the book ‘Diary of Anne Frank’. Mrs Anderson created a Gemini Gem to prompt us to think more deeply about what life would have been like in the annex, what we felt and why we felt that way.I enjoyed using the Gem because it helped me add more detail and more dscriptive words to my writing.
Why Maungarei sleeps 
For this task we used ai and and the prompt I used was volcano with angry face and human expression with really angry face
Back, far back, when time was very young, Maungarei the fire mountain was calm, peaceful and soulful. But was awoken from her sleep, angry and had a bad temper and her gaze was sharp as a arrow head , her head was shaped as a arrow her rage took over her emotions and with her fiery core that built her anger up and took over her making her rumble and grumble in fury making the other maunga run away in fear, she got so angry she created a smoke screen of fury Maungarei soon regretted her actions and realised how lonely she had become sad and angry until
Maungarei had a bad temper and was very angry because she was the oldest sibling and her mom and dad made her look after her siblings. They thought she had it easy but she had it the worst they made her clean all day and night until she erupted with anger.
Maungarei knew it was time to charge and calm down. She was still angry but still sad when sundown hit she asked for a wish
“Can I be like you guys calm and peaceful?” she Replied . The other maunga
“No you’re scary and mean we don’t like You” they replied and walked away. and then she fell asleep and the other maunga came back but were still afraid so they didn’t get too close.
But her strength still remains as a warrior watching over the land.
The world was more peaceful and calm, the world was better and improved , the land began to flourish and land was greener and greater. Also her spirit was still strong and still stood tall as a guardian watching over the land.
LI: To retell an event in history through the fictional eyes of someone who was there
Today we made a Google vid and talked about the diary we made talking about the ANZAC’s in WW1 and explored the Walking with ANZACs site and read Hami Grace’s diary. Doing this helped us put our own diary entries together.
On Tuesday 1 of April we went on a walk down the tamaki river to Pt england and had a picnic and playing some sports and having fun and after that looking at the tamaki river thinking what did Samuel Marsden see thinking to my self. after we got back to school we did are podcast and something I enjoyed was the walk and playing the sport.