For Reading we were learning about the Shearers strike and were asked to create a Google draw that includes our groups opinion, two perspectives and the outcome.
My group created this and we agreed with perspective A because we thought that it was unfair that the shearers wern’t getting paid enough ad they had a reason to go on strike.
What I found interesting about this task was learning about the whole story and finding out many things from it like what a strike is and what a shearer is.
Procedural text|Paper dinosaurs
For inquiry we created Paper dinosaurs as a task from our dinosaur dig. We got into our pairs and were given a piece of red paper to create our prototype. When we finished our prototype we were given a black piece of paper and created our real model. As we did we made a procedural that showed how to make the dinosaur.
Something I liked about this task was how we could experiment with the prototype to make the actual model better.
Mood Board|Hone Tuwhare poem
Today for reading, we were given the task to create a moodboard and a Google vid the has a recording of us saying the poem “Rain” and the mood board was for a poem called “Child coming home in the rain from the store.” both of them made by a pretty famous poet called “Hone Tuwhare”
Some people in my group and I created this mood board that consists of many shades of grey, because we thought that the poem had a more greyish vibe like rain, the poem is about a child getting food for there family at home but as they were about to leave the store it started raining so they had to walk home in the rain, and that mother is waiting for them at home. Something I found fun with this task was deciding on what the colour scheme.
Me and 2 others created our Google vid together, we said a line each and we used Adobe express to create a photo that we thought described the poem. Something I found interesting about this task was finding the right prompts to create the right photo.
Malala Yousafzai
For reading LS2 has been learning about Malala Yousafzai who is a Pakistani education activist and when she only 16 when she gave her powerful speech to the UN(United Nations). She fought for education and equality rights for everyone but mostly girls, when she went on the bus to school she got shot by the Taliban in the left side of her face thinking it would silence her. But she only came back stronger and because that happened, that’s when she realized that girls and many other people have the problem of not being able to go to school, so she fought. She fought for everyone to have the luxury of going to school and learn many things. Her story is very important and she should be more well known. So my reading group and I created a poster that shows people one of her famous quotes, the quote we chose was “One child, one Teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” because we all thought it was a very powerful quote in our opinions.
Dinosaur Reasearch| The Triceratops
Triceratops
For inquiry, We got into groups of 2-4 and created a DLO about the dinosaur we got from another activity which was where we got our mini dinosaurs from. My group got a triceratops and created this DLO on Canva, it includes the Diet, Habitat, Predators and Protection.
RISE UP: The Story of the Dawn Raids and the Polynesian Panthers
We read the text RISE UP: The Story of the Dawn Raids and the Polynesian Panthers and asked to create a DLO that explores and discusses both perspectives of this historical event in our groups.
Our DLO shows both perspectives of what people think about the Dawn raids and my groups opinion.
We agreed with Perspective A, because we thought it was unfair.
Something I found interesting was discussing with my group and finding out we all agree with the same opinion.
LI: To evaluate (form an opinion) the text and respond to the provocation
Once a panther
We read the text Once a Panther and asked to create a comic strip that depicts a scene related to the ideas of prejudice, justice, or taking a stand in today’s world using thought bubbles or dialogue that explains the image. Our comic strip showed a more wise and older Polynesian panther talking to a more new and younger one is nervous.
Something I found interesting about this challenge was thinking about a scenario that our entire group could agree on.
LI: To identify the key historical context and events related to the Polynesian Panthers and the Dawn Raids as depicted in the graphic novel.
AI Movie
For Inquiry LS2 was given a task to create a Video of the dinosaurs we found and reasearched about in our dinosaur dig challenge.
Qe were given 2 create challenges to help us show our learning in creative and fun ways.
Create Challenge 1:
Use ADOBE Express to generate an image about each dinosaur on your completed sheet. You can not use their name – only the facts you have gathered.
Create Challenge 2:
Use https://hailuoai.video to create AI films showing 3 of your dinosaurs in their natural habitat.
I enjoyed these challenges because it was fun giving the AI prompts and then if you got something you didn’t want you could just change up the prompt to get which made the AI cool to use.
This is my video I made using Adobe express and Hailuo. My dinosaur is the Triceratops.
LI: To use our knowledge about dinosaurs in creative ways
Maths DLO
This week for maths Group two has been learning how to subtract fractions a created a DLO that explains to others. Subtracting fractions looks hard but once you get of it you’ll realize its kinda easy or that its similar to normal subtracting. When you subtract decimals and you are not sure what to do you can look at this DLO we made to help you understand it more.
Mary Anning DLO
Before we took part in our own dinosaur dig LS2 were challenged to capture the story behind Mary Anning, a pioneering fossil hunter and paleontologist during the early 19th century.
Mary anning is one of the most interesting paleontologists I have ever reasearched.
Something I learnt was when Mary anning was only 5 months old, she was with her babysitter at a event until a huge thunderstorm broke out and the babysitter took Mary to shelter under a tree along with another kid but thunder struck the three of them killing the child and the babysitter except for Mary who survived which was a miracle.