A Hero's Journey

This is my work sheet for A Hero's Journey which is about the movie Mulan.

Our class did this as we are learning about understanding Joesph Campbell's structure of a story.

 

Reflection on the Night Unit

1. What did you learn about Judaism?

For Judaism I have learnt that is the religion for the Jew people,their culture and things to do with their traditions.

2. What did you learn about the Holocaust?

I have learnt that it happened in World War ll, it was were Adolph Hitler wanted to kill all the Jews in Germany. Where all the Jewish people were sent to gas chambers and concentration camps. Millions and millions of Jews were killed.

3. Do you think you increased your own empathy, integrity and compassion, and how?

I think I have because I have learnt a lot more into the topic and I learnt a lot more things that I didn't know before. I could feel that these people had just so much going on at just one little moment.

4. Which activities did you enjoy the most?

I enjoyed how the whole class read the book together and how the teacher read the book at the same time. I also found that the films that we watched shared a lot of information into what was happening to the people that were at the concentration camps.

5. What recommendations do you have for Mrs Torley to change anything if she is teaching this again next year?

I think sitting down with the class to read the book was very good way for everyone to get all the information form the book. I think one thing you could do is that you could be a bit harder on the dead lines for the work to be done.

My Essay for "Night" by Elie Wiesel

 The book "Night" by Elie Wiesel is a autobiography of his time during the Holocaust and life in the concentration camps; it reveals the impact for society and for the individuals. This event took place when Germany took over Sighet in Romania during the Second World War. Elie had his own doubts about thinking life was worth even living. He used a variety of techniques to describe the course of events, such as repetition, rhetorical questions, and dialogue because his father was talking to him. His writing impacted me emotionally, making me feel uncomfortably distressed, horrified and puzzled about him and his father.

I just can't forget hearing his vivid description of babies getting thrown into the vast pits of fire. Elie was in very much of disbelief of all the stories he was hearing about the fire pits and the crematoria. He wrote, "Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever." The phrase 'Never Shall I Forget' was repeated seven times in the book; the word seven is a symbol for all association with God. Lots of children were sent to the gas chambers first because Adolf Hitler didn't want another generation of Jews. Pregnan t women and other women were forced to leave their babies, to give up their own children, some of which didn't even get to have a day or two with their own mothers.

Elie was very curious about all means of God and rules about the Talmud, but in Chapter 4 it all started to change. A young pipel was getting hung for the reason he was stealing, in punishment he was sent to get hung. While the young boy was drifting through life and death, a man spoke, "For God's sake, where is God?" The speech techniques he used were repetition and rhetorical question because the man said it in a swearing way but he meant it to find something out. That was the moment he second-guessed himself. But just why were they forced to walk past the hanging and to see that at such a young age for some people? This made me feel sickened for the prisoners to walk past and have to look at the young boy.

His own father was too weak and frail to even do anything, lying there on his deathbed. Elie would always help his dad in some sort of way by giving his own ration of bread or soup. But this incident just did not make sense, "My son, water...I'm burning up... My insides...." The technique used is dialogue, with Elie recording the words his father said. It made me wonder why Elie didn't give his father any water that he was asking for. What would have happened to his father if he did end up giving him water to drink? That was the last ever moment Elie spent with his father, now his only lasting memory was that date January 28 1945.

The range of techniques Elie used to explain the experience that he went through over this period of time included repetition, rhetorical question and dialogue as he and his father were talking. His writing impacted me emotionally, by making me feel discomforted, sickened and confused about the events that took place. It is absolutely unbelievable that Elie was just 15 years of age just watching all of this in front of his own eyes, but he had to lie about his own age so he wasn't sent to the crematoria. Lots of children were sent to the gas chambers first because Adolf Hitler didn't want another generation of Jews. Pregnant women and other women had to leave their babies to give up their own children and babies which didn't even get to have a day or two with their own mothers. These mothers would have been miserable and depressed. The events that took place over this time were truly unbearable scenes that a 16-year old left the concentration camp. The camp was liberated by the American army. All these events finally came to an end.

Elie Wiesel, Author of Night, Aged 12

Our English class is studying the memoir Night, by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.

I worked in a group with Yilin and Hine, we created an empathy map for Elie at this age.

Elie is aged 12 years old and is passionate about studying the Talmud. He is the third child in the family and the only boy in his family, he has three sisters. His two older sisters are called Hilda (eldest), then Bea, then Elie and the youngest Tzipora. His parents' names are Shlomo Wiesel (Father) and Sarah Feig (Mother). He and his family live in Sighet, Transylvania.  He asked his father to find him a master who could help him towards his studies of kabbalah, but his father thought that he was too young. But he found one himself - Moishe the beadle. His father hardly ever showed his emotions towards his own family.

Brain Master

Feed back from other groups.

None of the groups said we need to change anything on the board or about the rules, and how to play. The groups that played game they said they enjoyed playing it and they said they had lots of fun. They also said that our instructions were easy to follow to learn to play. It was quit interesting how everyone like it.

I think our game was quit fun when we played it. Everything on the board is quit different compeared to everyone else game. But it is more fun when everyone is having fun and participating with eachother. 

Curious Cove

 My favourite part of camp was when we went to Motuara. when we got to the island We all slowly got off the boat. Soon later we started walking up the island. It took about 15 minutes to get up the island which was steep but still fun. Getting to the top and looking over the sea, just in the distance we saw Kapiti Island, which was cool as. About 10 minutes later was we started to walk back down the island. It was way faster walking back down then going up the island. When we got back to the bottom we waited for a few minutes then we left to go to Ships Cove.

My least favourite part was going on the boat and when we came back on the ferry, because I felt very sick. I also didn't like when days it was raining cause we wouldn't do much.

Cool as place

Unique scenery

Really interesting things

Incredibly small crabs

Ocean is amazing

So fun when it rained

Cute animals

Out of this world sea life

Very fun place.

Everyone loves going on walks

Curious Cove Animation

About my board game.

 Last week on Monday 16-11-20  my groups board game Brain Master was created, it was created becasue our teacher told everyone in the class to get into groups to creat a random game. In my group was Me, Eden, Selena, Tara and Ella.  Anyway our game is called Brain Master, and its quite a easy game to play with friend. Things you need for the is counters, 2 dice and the board that we made. The teacher gave a list which should be on the board game, this is it 

The game has a name?  Instructions were simple and easy to follow? Rules were clear for your group to understand? The equipment was listed for the game? It was Fun to play? 2-6 players play this game? Game presentation is 100%? The game has to be finished by 27-11-20.

I think the game was really good and fun to play.