For reading we read the text RISE UP: The Story of the Dawn Raids and the Polynesian Panthers and after scanning through this important knowledge, we had been asked to create a DLO that goes through and discusses both perspectives of this event that had happened. What I found interesting was that they had mini pamphlets, that gave a brief expression of what your rights were ,which was very cool !
LI: To identify the key historical context and events related to the Polynesian Panthers and the Dawn Raids as depicted in the graphic novel.
For our reading we read the text ‘ Once a Panther ‘ a graphic novel that narrates New Zealand’s history about the Polynesian Dawn Raids and how it looked, felt and probably sounded like when becoming a victim to these dawn raids ! After our concentrated reading and guided reading doc, we had been gifted the task of making our own comic strip, that illustrates another example of prejudice, racism or stereotypical behavior towards people, in this practice we learnt how to use dialogue speech bubbles properly ! What I found challenging about this challenge was trying to create my own, because I never really experienced any harsh racism comments, but it was interesting finding out peoples experience with racial behavior directed to themselves, or to one of their family members !
For our researches on our chosen dinosaur eggs, we had a challenge to imagine that ourselves were like Mary Anning, a paleontologist, and find some dinosaur eggs in the bushes ( outside ) , then excavating the rare phenomenon, and also taking a photograph of the eggs. We then opened up Adobe Express to refine our image to what it might’ve looked like in a prehistoric/ old-fashioned picture way, after our research on our dinosaurs ! My buddy and I had an ankylosaurus as our fossil, and what an interesting fact we found out was that, scientists think that an ankylosauruses armour could change its colour whenever in danger. This task was amusing to do because we had to create our own egg then after we all picked random eggs, while excavating it was a blast !
LI: To evaluate (form an opinion) the text and respond to the provocation
For reading we were given the task to read a text explaining the Polynesian dawn raids, and how it affected people. Then after reading the text we had to form a DLO about the provocation on , if the government of today ( 2021 ) apoligise for the mishaps of the government (1969). During this task we had a lot of reasons to think why and why they shouldn’t of had done this, but ultimately we all came to the conclusion of agreeing on they should of apoligised because without the confirmation of their wrong doings, the next generation will probably carry on the generational trauma . Something I found interesting was that when Jacinda Ardern was apoligising they put a mat on top of her head and it was lifted off, making it very interesting to watch because it was the first time I witnessed such a thing ! I really enjoyed this because we were learning about the past of NZ and acknowledging on what people have done to our culture and what they’re still doing.