What is the significance in the 21st Century of our Cultural stories?
First we brainstormed what culture is and came up with lots of ideas.Culture is where we are from and traditions like special holidays or special food we eat with our families and friends.
Then we thought about our own culture and talked to our parents about our traditions and heritage. I wrote a post about my family and things we like to do.
In Literacy we read and discussed myths and legends from around the world then we concentrated on Maori legends. I read how Maui Slowed the Sun, Hatupatu and the Bird Women, Paika and the Whale and Maui and the Giant fish. I have retold the legend of Maui and the Giant Fish in my own words.
We made a performance about the story Battle of the Mountains. Some students wrote the script, some students took on the job of making all the artwork, some worked hard on organising the music and others took on the role of bringing the story alive with dance and drama.
Here is a photo of me in the preparation of making a sign for our amazing production:
Reflection:
For our production I contributed by painting the background and helping set up a lot of the artwork and making a sign for the beautiful Pihanga!
I think the show might teach others about something they don’t know, and our parents will be proud of us and all our hard work.
What I found interesting about working with others? Well I had a lot of fun producing the artwork with my friends. But a couple of times there were some decisions we had to make that we sometimes didn’t all agree on so we had to figure out a way to compromise.
