the fish of Maui Retelling

                                         The Fish Of Maui

Maui Nukurau  was born a different individual  who had special powers . maui had four foster- brothers named Roto,Mua, Pae and Taka. one day Maui’s brothers decided to go fishing. But they didn’t tell Maui as they were jealous of him. Maui found out and whilst his brothers were all asleep he decided to hide in the bottom of his brothers canoe. The next morning his brothers set of laughing not knowing that Maui was in the boat. The brothers found a good place to fish but Maui was not  happy with it. So he jumped up from his hiding place. The brothers were shocked! Then they began to paddle as Maui requested. Maui would not let them stop until they found the perfect place.  The sun slowly began to set then came the light of marama the moon. The next morning the brothers became grumpy  but Maui was finally satisfied with his fishing spot. His brothers would not give him any bait as utu or revenge. So he cut his own nose with his hook to use as  bait.

He whirled the jaw bone of his ancestors around his head. Then he flung it into the ocean. The bone locked in the arm of a carving. Maui began to tug at the fish hook with every single muscle in his body. maui braced himself as the sea began to churn. Maui planted his feet firmly on the canoe. Hand over hand Maui hauled in the line. The fishes strength was not strong enough for Maui and the great fish began to floated to the surface.  And what a fish it was. Maui told his brothers to not mess with the fish because it was nice and smooth. Then Maui went and got the fish hook but immediately when Maui was out of sight his brothers began to jab their spears into the massive fish. The great fish cried in agony as the spears hit it. In no time at all the fishes once smooth back was now a mass of valleys and ranges. The fish of Maui was now a uneven land. It is now called Te ika a Maui. the fish of maui is now the north island of new zealand.

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speech recording- term 3

argument speech books or films

                                        Argument Speech: book or film  By Liz

Today I will be talking about the subject of books and films and which one to choose if you had to. First off which one would you choose books or films?  when it comes to choosing one over the other it gets hard. I personally myself would choose books even though i love films.

Many people describe books as an escape from the real world. The first ever book was made with Papyrus which is Egyptian paper or in a certain video game a spaghetti loving skeleton. In books there are many different genres such as horror, fantasy, comedy, murder mystery and much more. There are also different types of books like fiction, Non fiction and my personal favourite comic books. Although books have been around longer more people seem to like movies these days which I do agree with. If you think about it movies often get inspired by books.

Now onto most people’s favourite topic movies. The world’s first motion picture film was made by the Thomas Edison company in 1895.  Movies have most of the same genres as book but movies also have age rating which can actually be really annoying because you could be waiting to watch a film for ages and the age rating is a 16 or something. Films often make people who read the books watch the film. The problem with films is that  they sometimes  take your favourite characters and change them completely most of the time for worse. Or they take classic films and turn them into a cheesy love story. But there are also the films which end up being amazing and unforgettable mostly disney films or harry potter or star wars of course.

It can get quite irritating waiting for a film to be released but same goes for books. Films involve voice acting which is what i want to be when i am older which makes it hard to choose between books or films. More people seem to watch films these days but that’s how society works.  Hopefully now you  can choose between films and books if you didn’t already.

Choclate bars rebus writitng

today we did rebus writing which is were you use pictures to write certain words but not all words.

All of a sudden we were teleported to the                                                

first we saw alien

HAVING A                                    

It felt like a                              

IT WAS SUCH A

                                      

                         MY SPACE   

TOOK A IN FRONT OF ME

THE TIME WAS 

        and our holiday was close to the end.

     We were lost in a                              far far away.

I WENT HOME WITH MY 

This term we have been looking at ways to make our writing more interesting for the reader.

We have used the following criteria to guide us:

• Changing the word order of a sentence
• Using literary devices such as metaphor, simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia and  personification
• Using specific verbs and adjectives
• Using  show, don’t tell techniques
• Using different sentence beginnings and lengths

Here are some examples of my writing this term.

Show Don’t Tell - Emotions

Happy: My tired arms thrust high into the air as I finally stepped across the finish line. A huge smile covered my red-hot, sweaty face when I saw my parents cheering for me in the crowd. My heart beat wildly with pride.

Angry: my fists were clenched in frustration as i saw an empty jar with crumbs. A growl came from my mouth as i turned away. I saw my brother with crumbs n his face so i knew he had eaten the last cookie.

Sad: My eyes began to fill with tears as I waked down the street all alone. My ‘friends’ walked past laughing at me probably.… at least it felt that way. I had no one to talk to. No shoulder to cry on. I felt alone.

                                   Music writing story

It was an average day for the villagers of temmie village. The sun was shining, kids were screaming in joy. But all of a sudden a foul smell began to form around the village. Out of nowhere a stranger appears and begins to murder everyone in sight. He was not alone another man was stood next to him he looked like a doctor but.. He couldn’t be. He seemed to be putting things in bags, humongous ones. “ oh i’m gonna eat you up” said the guy whilst evil laughing. It was clear what he was gonna do with the bodies. But then in the blink of an eye a guy with a big cheesy smile approaches. “ don’t you move even the slightest or you're going to get a serious beating” the mystery man says whilst winking. No one expected what happened next.

“How could they do this to me it’s not fair” i said as i was going crazy from anger. I put on my viking helmet and stormed into my room punching everything I could find. My mother said “ Are you ok”. “Noooo!!!!!” I replied, “now go away”. I began to scream.my brother knocked on my door and said “ look im sorry i ate the last donut”. “You should be” I shouted aggressively.

I  was walking to the shops after school feeling distant from my other classmates. they don’t accept me for who i am. “ oh look it’s you, the short potato” stated bob as he walked past me. “Don’t call me that!” i shouted in anger whilst storming off so he couldn’t follow me. But it didn’t work because all of a sudden he was next to me “i think you just lost your money so make this easy and hand it over”. “Why should i”. Bob was clenching his fists “time for a beating” he said smirking . “please just leave me alone” i insisted walking off then i started to run. “ hEY GET BACK HERE!!!!!” now i was sprinting as fast as my legs could take me.Luckily i made my escape and now was outside my front door. “ i’ll see you tomorrow you short potato” bob said whilst walking off. I sighed and went inside to my room. I knew the same thing was gonna happen over and over again.

Week 7- Tuesday

Today I worked on my tasks for the week but am still yet to complete them.
for genius hour Micah, Ashlee and I designed a logo for our drift trike and we thought of the word MALT.
Tommy wasn't with us though.

genius hour- drift trike trailer

                                                     




DRIFT TRIKE TRAILER  PLAN
We need:
Wood
Wrench
Blue/ Black spray paint
White spray paint
Trailer base
Bolts & nuts
Stencils of our enititals MALT
Hook to attach to the chair (BUNNINGS)
BIG metal ring

this is the drift trike Micah, Ashlee and Tommy and I made. we spray painted it black.