Tag: Inquiry

For the past 2 weeks room 7 and I have been making fan-fiction for dragon ball. Our teacher (Mr Bell) told us to be in groups but he allowed me and my friends to work in four’s. He told us to write a made up story for our fan-fiction. My friends and my friends finished our writing in two and a half weeks. When we were done our teacher told us to make a screen casting of us reading it.The easiest was working together as a team and the hardest was thinking of characters.

Last week and this room 7 and I have been learning about Foreshadowing, fore shadowing is when authors give clues for you to figure while reading a book or watching a movie or show.

Foreshadowing is when the author gives hint for you to figure out like something in a movie or in a story book. We were doing a little bit of foreshadowing while watching Dragon Ball . We were at a party where Goku was getting smashed by Tao. We all thought that Goku was going to win but he tried doing the Kamehameha wave but that just ruined Tao’s clothes. When Tao tried his signature move he sent Goku flying and Goku hit a wall and blacked out.

Foreshadowing makes a story or movie better because it could be useful for bets and for fun. Some don’t like it because they think it’s spoiling the stories or movies and if it does happen they won’t be surprised.I even think it’s a little spoiling for others because it won’t be fun if someone says what happens in the story because they won’ t be surprised.

We got to this part when Goku woke up and he was hungry. He saw Korin’s tower and said he was going to climb it so he can drink some magic water so he can be stronger. That’s when we did some foreshadowing. We thought he wont make it up because only 1 person has made it up to the top of Korin’s tower. It was getting dark and he was tired. We did some more foreshadowing that he was going to sleep and he did go to sleep.

This morning room 7 and I have been learning about someone named Guy Fawkes. We decided to learn about him because it is November the 5th Guy Fawkes day. One day there was a king of England and Scotland, there were lots of fight between England and Scotland because one country was no catholic and one was. everyone hated the king for not stopping the fights until one man named Guy Fawkes wanted to put gun powder under his royal chair and light it up when he sits down. About 30 minutes later the guards found it and sent Guy Fawkes to prison to get executed.

Today I was researching Tonga’s and the British company together.

I think the people in Tonga want to be like the British people because the British was protecting them while the world war was happening so they had some British people hanging out with them and some British showed them what they had like toys, toothbrushes, food and fuel canisters. They think the British were cool those day because they didn’t have anything, they only had sticks, flax and the traditional cloth they wear till this day. They’ve been under British protection for 70 years, so the Tongans respect the British so much. Tongans respect the British so much they want to be like them, some people didn’t like them because they thought they were show offs and they wanted to be the cool ones.I wonder how the British even communicated with them.

This week I decided to do a presentation about a New Zealand artist named Revus. He is a famous rapper in East Auckland. He was born in the West side of Auckland.I like him as a rapper because his flow and vibes he brings to his music.He has made many songs that have gone viral! He also has made songs with other famous New Zealand artists

Yesterday I was researching about Knova. He is a famous reggae artist in both New Zealand and Australia. I’m going to tell you some facts about Knova. Knova has won many awards especially pacific rewards. Knova has made lots of reggae music in his music journey. Knova has made over 1 thousand songs. Knova has met his favourite artist before which is Fiji. Next I’m going to tell you what he’s doing right now in his life. Knova has quit singing for a little bit because he just had a baby and he is looking after him. Knova has written a song for when he hops back on making songs. Knova is making a song for his dad and mum. I also wrote about his life and I recorded it. Here is the video.

Last week room 7 and I have been learning about the Waka hourua. It is an old ancient Maori canoe that can be used for travelling and transporting. It is 18 metres long and 5 metres wide, It is very big. It has two giant mainsails it also has a hut for shelter. I heard that you can make fire on the Waka hourua. I enjoyed finding facts about the Waka hourua, some facts are amazing. What I found challenging is when I had to draw a Waka hourua it was very hard but very fun to draw.