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TASK 2— Laura Ninness
STEEL Paragraph:

There are a few cultural and identity issues in the movie whale rider, but I'm going to point out one that stands out for me, Gender Inequality.

In this film, the director has successfully managed to point out the huge gender inequality in the Maori culture. For example: the boys get to learn how to battle with sticks, they get to learn the whale chant, and a few other things that the girls could also be taught

Here is a  quote from the film:
“If the knowledge is given to everyone, we can have lots of leaders and soon everyone will be strong”.

This quote relates to gender inequality to me because the Maori people in the film only gave the techniques and most knowledge of the ancestors to the young boys, and if they taught everyone there would be a lot more stronger people in their tribe or family.

In the film, paikea ended up becoming a young chief and showed her grandfather that she could do and learn as much as the boys, and I think that they decided to stop tradition and do what they thought was the best choice for their people.

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by Brody
The movie deals extensively with theme related to Mauri culture and specifically the role of the chief Koro in their society. In the movie the character is shown as a leader who instructs and trains young Mauri boys how to become chiefs. A good example of this is when he throws his necklace in the water to see which boy is strong enough to get it. He was surprised that no one got the necklace and then Pai a girl gets it he is even more surprised. Even a culture of such a tradition is capable of change.

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Task 2 STEEL paragraph BY JYE

 The cultural issue I
am talking about is the Maori tribe accepting a new chief as a girl instead of
a boy. The Maori’s chief must learn to have trust and faith in this new leader.

Technique: The Maoris chief (Koro) has no faith in pai because
she is a girl and the long line of chiefs have been boys. But what Koro doesn’t
know is that pai can speak to the ancestors

 

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Task 2 STEEL paragraph BY JYE

 The cultural issue I
am talking about is the Maori tribe accepting a new chief as a girl instead of
a boy. The Maori’s chief must learn to have trust and faith in this new leader.

Technique: The Maoris chief (Koro) has no faith in pai because
she is a girl and the long line of chiefs have been boys. But what Koro doesn’t
know is that pai can speak to the ancestors

 

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The cultural issue of gender is important in the movies because Pai is a female and if she is a girl she cannot be chief because it is their tradition that only a male can be chief. When her Koro teaches the young Maori boys how to be chief and a true warrior Pai isn’t allowed to be involved and she hides around and tries to earn what they are doing. In the end of the movie her koro finally expects Pai for being a female and she becomes chief.

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the Māori people thought that only boys could lead them and be chief but pai was next in line but since she was a girl

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I can't think of any movies with protagonist on it maybe this it . Most girls do not have good education without it in some  part of  cultures you're nothing. But you can change that if you can all women can. 

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I can't think of any movies with protagonist on it maybe this it . Most girls do not have good education without it in some  part of  cultures you're nothing. But you can change that if you can all women can. 

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Stand up for all women today.

Malala Usifazi

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What do you call a pod of musical whales?

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What do you call a pod of musical whales?

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An orchestra!!

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Today was my school dance and I asked my grandfather to come because I had a special surprise for him, but he never came. After my dance I did a speech for my grandfather, I was hoping he would be there to hear it but he didn't he stayed at home to help the whales. I tried not to cry but I couldn't I was just to upset that he didn't come to watch me. By Chloe

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SPEECH: Whether you look it or not you will have to live with it for the rest of your life.

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SPEECH: Whether you look it or not you will have to live with it for the rest of your life.

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THOUGHT :  What had happened it not her fault or anyone else's.
EFFECTS:  I'm not the only grandparent she got but
why do I feel like I am?.
ACTIONS: You may be the boss out there but I'm the boss in this kitchen!!.
LOOKS: A caring old lady.

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Dear Diary, I am Pai, my grandfather does not accept me for
who I am anymore, my dad keeps pressuring me to come live with him and I am
seriously considering it. My brother died and I didn't. I am a girl, I want to
become a chief but my grandfather doesn’t want me to. My grandfather seems to
have a problem with me becoming chief. It should have been my brother. Today I
wanted to learn all the stuff the boys were learning, I wasn’t allowed to.

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Dear Diary, I am Pai, my grandfather does not accept me for
who I am anymore, my dad keeps pressuring me to come live with him and I am
seriously considering it. My brother died and I didn't. I am a girl, I want to
become a chief but my grandfather doesn’t want me to. My grandfather seems to
have a problem with me becoming chief. It should have been my brother. Today I
wanted to learn all the stuff the boys were learning, I wasn’t allowed to.

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Many countries still cling to their history and don't wish to change their traditions, because of this many cultures do not survive and are very rooted in the past which will not allow them to increase food and water production .

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task 2
the Māori peoples believe only males can be chiefs witch is so sexist cuz pai is amazing, im gonna eat a pie for lunch

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grandpa is upset with me because I was born a girl and he won't let me learn the Māori dance with the rest of my friends, he caught me watching them down the side and was disappointed in me. I don't understand why I cant do what the boys do, it wasn't my fault I was born a girl. But I will explain to him tomorrow at the dance how I am sorry that I broke the Māori line.

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Can you think of any other films that have a young female protagonist in them?
Do you think female protagonists in films are rare? Why?

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Good ideas, now try to re-write in first person. 

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Good ideas, now try to re-write in first person. 

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Write a STEAL paragraph for one of the characters in Whale Rider.

SPEECH - What do they say? How do they say it?
THOUGHTS - What do they think? What do they feel?
EFFECTS - What effect do they have on other characters? How do they make them feel?
ACTIONS - What is their behaviour like? How do they act?
LOOKS - What do they wear? What does their body language say? What are their facial expressions?

NOTE: Different to STEEL!

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Date?! Good idea for a diary entry!

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Dear Diary
Why my grandfather doesn't like me? Why does he not appreciate the things that I'm showing him, and that I can do everything just like the other boys? Why can't a girl be a chief? Yes, I understand that it's a tradition that a chief have to be a boy, but it doesn't mean that a girl can't be a good leader. One day I will show everyone that a girl can be a chief.

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Pai’s diary entry

I have been trying to sneak and look to at the classes my grandfather koro has been teaching the mouri boys how to fight and become a chief. I was holding a taiaha trying to learn how to fight and I got caught by Koro he made me feel ashamed for being a girl and made me feel that I am not worth anything.

by eli ryan

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Task 1 Koro’s
diary entry.Today I found pai using a taiaha (fighting stick). The
gods were as angry as I was, I told her to go home even when she said sorry.
She makes me feel so ashamed and angry with myself, why couldn’t we have had a
boy to lead our tribe. I now have to train others to become chief and hopefully
change our future that the gods had set for us.

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Task 1 Koro’s
diary entry.Today I found pai using a taiaha (fighting stick). The
gods were as angry as I was, I told her to go home even when she said sorry.
She makes me feel so ashamed and angry with myself, why couldn’t we have had a
boy to lead our tribe. I now have to train others to become chief and hopefully
change our future that the gods had set for us.

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Dear diary, my name is Pai I honestly don’t know why my Koro doesn’t appreciate me, my grandfather is the chief of all people and he is struggling to find a new one It seems like he hates me, it is really hard being a girl because he doesn’t believe in me. Its only because I’m a girl and it’s a tradition that I’m not allowed to be chief.

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Pai 

Hi my name is Pai, I am twelve years old and I live on an island
in New Zealand. I can’t help that I am a girl and that my Grandfather hates me
because of it. He is the chief, and he’s looking for the next one, my brother would
have been next in line but he passed away during birth, koro is very disappointed
in me.

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Pai 

Hi my name is Pai, I am twelve years old and I live on an island
in New Zealand. I can’t help that I am a girl and that my Grandfather hates me
because of it. He is the chief, and he’s looking for the next one, my brother would
have been next in line but he passed away during birth, koro is very disappointed
in me.

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Hi This is Pai, and there are a few things that I question about my life. The first is, why did my twin brother die at birth? If he had lived then my Grandfather would be happy, and there would be a new chief for our tribe. If I were a boy, things would be so much easier.
Caden Smith

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PART A — Laura Ninness

Hi diary, I'm paikea.
For my whole life I have felt that I am neglected and pushed away from my grandfather, I know he loves me and he does show it sometimes by taking me on bike rides with him. I'm a twin and my twin brother died when he was born, I feel Koro wishes that my brother was the one that lived.

You see, my family descends from a long line of chiefs stretching all the way back to paikea, the first whale rider. And Koro is putting all the boys to a test to see who is fit to be a chief, I tired to learn from a distance but Koro caught me. I even eavesdropped to hear the whale chant.

The school was holding a concert and we got to invite our family, so of course I invited Koro, I even had a very special surprise for him. So recently I came first in a speech competition and I wanted to do my speech for Koro since I wrote it for him, that moment ment everything to me but Koro didn't show up.

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Day 1 of starting this dairy

I think that is should just go I am the that my grandfather is grumpy all the time. I wish I was a boy so that he could be proud at what I do. I wish my brother and mother where still alive to be proud of me. My dad is still alive but he left me when I was just a baby and I never see him.

Day 2

Dad is coming to my grandfather place today; my grandfather is more hard one him then me. My dad comes and he asks me if I want to go home with him. I want to go but why is he doing it now he could have gotten me when I was little, my grandfather raised me and my father hasn’t got anything to do with me but I would love to see what he does every day what his job is and how he can make me feel at home.

Day 3

This is my last day of writing because I am going with my dad I hope that I have to good time with my dad. I love my grandfather but I have to move on from here.

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Diary entry 8.5.2000

 

Why can’t koro accept me, it’s not my fault I was born, it isn’t
my fault my brother died at birth. 

Why can’t he just accept me for who I am. 

I am his blood, he is supposed to love me the way I love
him. Today at dance he completely rejected me and ignored me when I tried to
talk to him.

At least I still have grandma, she accepts me. She loves me.

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Diary entry 8.5.2000

 

Why can’t koro accept me, it’s not my fault I was born, it isn’t
my fault my brother died at birth. 

Why can’t he just accept me for who I am. 

I am his blood, he is supposed to love me the way I love
him. Today at dance he completely rejected me and ignored me when I tried to
talk to him.

At least I still have grandma, she accepts me. She loves me.

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Grandfather doesn’t listen to me; I wish he could listen to me for once. if only I wasn’t a girl I could make him feel better. I want to become chief for him but I can’t.

I’m trying to show him that I can be someone, something, anything yet he still doesn’t listen.

Should I even be who I am? Should I be different? Can I be different? Can I be Chief?

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Pai’s diary
entry

Hi my name is Pai and I am  years of age. I am from the Maori
tribe in New Zealand and I come from a long line of ancestors. I am stuck here wondering
why my grandfather has such hate for me. He is the chief and is getting ready
to see who the next one in line is. My dad keeps pressuring me to live with him
and his new wife, but I can’t something had hit me inside and I just can’t. I
was born a twin, but sadly my twin brother had passed at birth, ever since then
my grandfather turned into a cranky old man for these whole 12 years all because
I am a girl. -casey

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Pai’s diary
entry

Hi my name is Pai and I am  years of age. I am from the Maori
tribe in New Zealand and I come from a long line of ancestors. I am stuck here wondering
why my grandfather has such hate for me. He is the chief and is getting ready
to see who the next one in line is. My dad keeps pressuring me to live with him
and his new wife, but I can’t something had hit me inside and I just can’t. I
was born a twin, but sadly my twin brother had passed at birth, ever since then
my grandfather turned into a cranky old man for these whole 12 years all because
I am a girl. -casey

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Being a different gender is  a huge problems in many cultural especially if you're a girl. In many country girls have no voice. All Pai wanted is someone to hear her and tell her what to do. Because is a girl, her voice was nothing. until she prove to her grandpa that his wrong and he should take interest in both gender.  

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Being a different gender is  a huge problems in many cultural especially if you're a girl. In many country girls have no voice. All Pai wanted is someone to hear her and tell her what to do. Because is a girl, her voice was nothing. until she prove to her grandpa that his wrong and he should take interest in both gender.  

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task 1
a)
I had a school dance on today and I was hoping that my grandfather would come but he didn’t, with him there I feel like I am able to do anything. After my dance I had to get up and do a speech. If my grandfather was there I would have been fine but I was so nervous. I tried very very hard to hold back my emotion but I couldn’t but I still finished my speech, my grandfather would have been proud.

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task 1)I had a school dance on today and I was hoping that my grandfather would come but he didn’t, with him there I feel like I am able to do anything. After my dance I had to get up and do a speech. If my grandfather was there I would have been fine but I was so nervous. I tried very very hard to hold back my emotion but I couldn’t but I still finished my speech, my grandfather would have been proud.

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task 1
I had a school dance on today and I was hoping that my grandfather would come but he didn’t, with him there I feel like I am able to do anything. After my dance I had to get up and do a speech. If my grandfather was there I would have been fine but I was so nervous. I tried very very hard to hold back my emotion but I couldn’t but I still finished my speech, my grandfather would have been proud.

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Its hard living in such a traditional family my pop the chief
he always wants to do things right he always wants to follow the tradition its
good in some way but in some ways its hard. I wasn’t expecting pop to turn up
at the dance but when I got back and woke up the next morning im kind of glad
that he didn’t im glad that he stayed to help the whales. I didn’t really know
why my pop hated me until I realised that he didn’t hate me he was just trying
to help me and I thank him for that. by blake 

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Its hard living in such a traditional family my pop the chief
he always wants to do things right he always wants to follow the tradition its
good in some way but in some ways its hard. I wasn’t expecting pop to turn up
at the dance but when I got back and woke up the next morning im kind of glad
that he didn’t im glad that he stayed to help the whales. I didn’t really know
why my pop hated me until I realised that he didn’t hate me he was just trying
to help me and I thank him for that. by blake 

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a)
A culture issue in the movie whale Rider is that

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b)
Koro's feeling towards Pai is that, she cant be a chief because she's a girl and no girl has ever been a chief.

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Dear diary Koro is disappointed in me because I am a girl and have severed the link to the ancient ones, I feel like I have let Koro down because there is nobody to be the next chief. If only I was a boy.

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Hi I'm Pai I don't understand why my grandpa doesn't like me and  accept me for who I' am. It not my fault that I was born a girl. Why did I survive instead of my tween brother. I dried to act like how my tween brother would have acted if he was alive but Koro still doesn't me  

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Hi I'm Pai I don't understand why my grandpa doesn't like me and  accept me for who I' am. It not my fault that I was born a girl. Why did I survive instead of my tween brother. I dried to act like how my tween brother would have acted if he was alive but Koro still doesn't me  

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TASK 1
a)
The way that Pai thinks about herself is that she thinks that she's strong and can do what the boys do.

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Please post your responses to each task to this Padlet and don't forget to include your name!

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                     Whale Rider

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                     Whale Rider

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a) Write a diary entry from Pai's perspective,  discussing how she perceives herself (what she thinks about herself).

b) Write a diary entry from Koro's perspective about his feelings towards Pai.

> Think about from what point in the film you are writing from. Do          these feelings change throughout the film?

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Write a STEEL paragraph on a cultural issue or identity issue found  in Whale Rider.

> Do you need reminding of what STEEL stands for? ASK!

NOTE: Different to STEAL!