Passion Project Progress

 In Wananga, we have been working on making a planned schedule for our individual or group passion projects. For my group 5 people working on our own manga/comic. We have been constantly adding details and more information. Ou r passion project is Creating a manga about our daily life in school. We have chosen this because we want to share our story with others. There are five of us making a manga script about our daily life in school. We will be making this manga in paper-like 3a paper and every single person has to do one thing, what I'm doing is making the template and the writing, the other two will be making a story of the manga and the last person will be practicing the drawing stuff. We will be making this project in the DVC room because I need to do the template of the boxes of the drawing. The material we need is paper, then we need a ruler and a pen.

So far we have managed to start on our introduction a starting phase for our comic. We have done a few parts of our first chapter and we are starting to draw it scene by scene. We assigned every single member of our group their own specific jobs or tasks to do while making the comic. 

Poem Analysis

 

• What senses does the poet mainly appeal to? Sound and Sihjt
• Which images are most powerful or striking? The images of the Tekoteko being portrayed as something deathly and horrid. 
• Which sounds are particularly memorable? The repetitive lines of ''Tihei Mauriora"
• Which words do you find most striking / vivid / disturbing / moving? Taiaha the war spear the poem states about it being is fist
• What are your first impressions of the speaker of the poem (if there is one)? A person with a dark sense of humor

1. Why do you think Māori language used in this poem? To show how much Tu , the person in the poem his Maori language capabilities.
2. Is this a rhyming poem, or a free verse poem? Why do you think that is? Free verse Poem
3. Who are:”Kupe Paikea Te KootiRewi and Te Rauparaha”? Historical figures in Maori history.
4. In the third stanza, the poem uses a pepeha style. What is a pepeha, and why would it be important in this poem? To show the range of his capabilities of speaking Maori language.
5. Find examples of the following techniques and explain why they have been included:
1. metaphor : " Jail is my marae " Metaphorically stating how Tu describes jail as his home rather than an actually Marae
2. personification : the TekoTeko/wood carving portrayed as if it was a living being throwing his tongue down at the feet of Tu. Feeling angry at Tu for his capabilities as a Maori and Pepeha descent.
3. strong verbs "he ripped his tongue from his mouth and threw it at my feet"
4. first person pronoun: Tu
5. repetition : Tihei Mauriora, a reoccurring line that is stated throughout the poem

Apirana Taylor : Sad Jokes on a Marae 

Tihei Mauriora I called

Kupe Paikea Te Kooti

Rewi and Te Rauparaha.

I saw them

grim death and wooden ghosts

carved on the meeting house wall.

In the only Māori I knew

I called

Tihei Mauriora.

Above me the tekoteko raged.

He ripped his tongue from his mouth 

and threw it at my feet.

Then I spoke.

My name is Tū the freezer worker.

Ngāti D.B. is my tribe.

The pub is my Marae.

My fist is my taiaha.

Jail is my home.

Tihei Mauriora I cried.

They understood

The tekoteko and the ghosts

though I said nothing but

Tihei Mauriora

for that’s all I knew.

Apirana Taylor

Translation/Glossary/Context

Tihei Mauriora – the sneeze of life / a call to claim the right to speak and how one traditionally starts the whaikōrero portion of a pōwhiri.

Kupe – First Polynesian to discover the islands of New Zealand.

Paikea – The Whale Rider / Kahutia- te- rangi

Te Kooti – Folk hero from 1800s

Rewi – Ngāti Maniapoto chief who fought the British

Te Rauparaha – Folk hero around during 1700s and 1800s.

Tekoteko – carved wooden figure(head) attached to the gable of the whare. 

Marae – ceremonial open space / courtyard

Taiaha – war spear

 

Pathos, Logos and Ethos

In English class, we have been studying what Pathos, Logos, and Ethos are. We are then tasked to research its definition to showcase our understanding of it.

Pathos - Or the emotional appeal is one of the three modes of persuasive writing, mostly used to persuade the audience emotionally. Authors or writers use pathos to make the audience feel what they want to feel. This can be done by using an emotional tone or words to invoke sympathy or empathy from the people the authors want to aim their writing to.

Example

'if I don't take my learning seriously, I will soon see the struggles and suffering ahead of me.'

Logos - Is where the authors write about their writing with the use of logic on their audience. This mode is for when writers want to use facts or citing important and relevant statements to further make the audience feel the significance of the writing by the use of logical reasoning. In this mode of persuasive writing, the use of jargon or advanced vocabulary may come in handy to help enforce your point of view on a logical argument. 

Example

'in all of 4 years of me walking through the same street, I have never seen a dog not barking at me at the first sight.

Ethos - lastly, Ethos is the ethical appeal of the three modes. It is to convince the audience how reliable and trustworthy the author is trying to tell them. This is a way for the author to use persuasive skills and language to help feel the audience feel as if their writing is worth listening to and reading. This can be accomplished by making the use of vocabulary at the appropriate level for the audience that the authors are trying to aim for. It is also a way for authors to show their skills, accomplishments, and lineage.

Example 

'if my writing is below your level of expectation, then at least consider that I am still young and have much more to learn so that I can be better and achieve your level of expectation.'

These three components of persuasion are effective to make the audience persuade to read your argument for whatever topic.

Sources 

Source 1

Source 2

What are we doing? We are learning a combination of Pathos, Logos, and Ethos to help us in our persuasive writing.

Why are we doing it? It is to help us be effective and precise when it comes to persuasive writing.

What questions do I have?

ESOL Class Trip Opinion

  A Class trip or a School outing can be educational and enjoyable at the same time. Yes, there will be elements of observing and studying what you are learning in the place. But at the same time, you may just end up having a fun time or even being able to do activities. I think that it does go both ways since not only do you study for whatever topic you may have whilst be a trip but you also get to experience the fun and enjoyable sides of the trip. Although some may be purely for the purpose of education but at least you get to get out of class for a while and be in a different place other than being at school all the time.

Matariki Reflection Post

Matariki is a celebration time of the year where the harvest from seasons is plentiful and the before coming of Winter. Matariki has a cluster of about 9 stars in total including the parents and the children. It is also important for the Maori Culture as this is their way of restarting their Maori calendar. Matariki was used to determine the harvests each year dictating if it was good enough to harvest just before Winter. Matariki lasts about 3 days and is celebrated both in North Island and South Island in New Zealand. It could be perceived as the Maori New Year. It has some significant influence in agriculture in relevance to the Maori culture. 

Disclaimer: This is my understanding of what is Matariki.

Reflection Post: Week 5

For my reflection post this week I will be stating about a new programme where I and my year level cohort [year 11] are put in this session called 'Mates and Dates' In order to accomplish much more relationships with friends or romantic partners.

For the first session that I was part of. To me personally, it was alright despite the kind of topic that was given to us to answer, but they do tell about the things the do matter in relationships either it be for friends or partners.

Reflection Week 5 Term 2

 For every Friday in Wananga, the class has to do a reflection time to reflect on what they have done during the week. For my reflection, I choose to reflect on my school work and my progress in NCEA Level 1

I am doing just fine in my studies, but sometimes I do struggle to comprehend the knowledge of what my teachers are trying to pass on to me. I struggle to understand some subjects like Maths and DVC. But I don't plan on giving up but showing some resilience and push on and do the best I can do even if it is not much. Learning is such a valuable life lesson to be taught to everyone growing up.

Goal In School

 In ESOL, My class had a discussion about gaining credits for NCEA Level and how to achieve those goals. For mine, I choose to say that I would be grateful every day so that I lessen the stress I get every day in school in my studies. Learning to be grateful in all things either it be small or big is beneficial to me personally as it helps soothes me and calms me down in general. Reminding myself every day of the good things that happened to me is a good practice for me to counter stress.

Pink Shirt Day :3

 Today is Pink Shirt Day 21/5/21. Pink shirt day symbolizes anti-bullying across the world. People wear pink shirts or something that has pink on it. It originally in Canada. It is also a campaign to celebrate diversity and equality. Places like New Zealand Do this to support the idea of Anti-bullying or trying to make the country a better place. Activities are also held during this event to commemorate anti-bullying.