Day 1 Activity 2 Setting sail
The first settlers to come to New Zealand must have been really brave! They had to leave their original homes and sail thousands of miles across the ocean on a special boat called a ‘waka’ to reach New Zealand.
Imagine that you were on board one of the wakas. On your blog, write a short letter to a friend telling them about your voyage to New Zealand. In the letter be sure to tell them how you feel about moving to a new country. If it was me, I would have felt really nervous…
Dear Patrone,
Hey mate how are you? It is daytime right now and I'm writing this to you on the waka boat I am travelling on. I'm on my way to New Zealand
on the waka boat. The water is shiny and nice and warm but at night its windy and cold.
In the waka boat there is not much food so I caught a fish the other day for me to eat. It wasn't very nice but I had to eat it to survive. I have been using the seawater to wash and clean my body it is so salty.
The waka boat is cool because its shiny and smooth and it was fun on the waka boat and I was happy to come New Zealand. I had a fun day it was relaxing and nice on the way to New Zealand but sometimes I was scared and didn't enjoy some part of my journey. Anyway I hope this letter reaches you and that you are okay. Send my love to the family.
Lots of love,
Jahrey
Kia ora Jahrey this is catrin from lakebrunner School/Greymouth High school. I like the way you have structured your letter and the way you have described the surroundings. What gave you the idea to put in "send my love to my family" did you have to leave your family behind? If you would like to see my learning go to https://lakebrunnercatring.blogspot.co.nz/.
ReplyDeleteHi Catrin G thank you for the comment.I was pretending to be like my dad because his story is similar to this activity. When
Deletehe was 4 years old he left his home in Samoa to come to New Zealand for a better life. He left his family and friends behind. I wanted to imagine what he went through. I will look at your blog now thanks and bye :)
Bonjour Jahrey,
ReplyDeleteI love how your letter is very detailed and heartfelt I could definitely feel your longing for both your friend Patrone as well as your family. I like how you were very descriptive about the feelings and sights you were experiencing on the Waka too.
Maybe next time you could add in a few more details about the journey, for example you’ve said you didn’t enjoy some parts of the journey. Why was that? Was it because of the sea? Or perhaps there were storms?
Your letter reminds me of my family and myself, I think I’d write something similar to you. It makes me wonder how long it’d take to get to them though. How do you think your letter would’ve been delivered and how long do you think it might’ve taken?
It was lovely reading your work, tino pai Jahrey.
Toe feiloa’i fo’i,
Cia.
Hi there Jahrey
ReplyDeleteI am so glad to see you doing the activities. Does this unit remind you about what we were learning about last year with the voyagers that came to New Zealand. I was so excited when I saw the unit. I hope you are learning lots more about the early voyages to New Zealand.
Kind regards
Ms Petrus
By the way I liked your letter. Wow your writing has improved- well done. Keep on trying, I love seeing how your work improves.
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