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Cultural Connectedness by https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3 Whale Rider Padlet - 9ENQ3 en-us 2016-06-09 03:25:48 UTC 2016-06-19 02:18:16 UTC hello@padlet.com *** Task 2 - Fenwick https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114161045
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!

]]> 2016-06-09 03:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114161045 *** Task1 - Fenwick https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114161147
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?

]]> 2016-06-09 03:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114161147 Whale Rider Fenwick https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114165617 2016-06-09 05:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114165617 Fenwick https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114177139 2016-06-09 07:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114177139 *** Posting Fenwick https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114179774 Please post your responses to each task to this Padlet and don't forget to include your name!]]> 2016-06-09 08:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114179774 https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114281598 2016-06-10 02:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114281598 lacodah_wilkins https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282003 TASK 1
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The way that Pai thinks about herself is that she thinks that she's strong and can do what the boys do. ]]> 2016-06-10 02:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282003 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 https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282207 ]]> 2016-06-10 02:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282207 Bacon https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282377 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.

]]> 2016-06-10 03:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282377 TASK 1 lacodah_wilkins https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282382 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.

]]> 2016-06-10 03:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282382 good point https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282499 2016-06-10 03:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282499 TASK 2 lacodah_wilkins https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282636 a)
A culture issue in the movie whale Rider is that ]]> 2016-06-10 03:06:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282636 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  https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282703 2016-06-10 03:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282703 https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282835 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.

]]> 2016-06-10 03:09:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282835 https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282839 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.

]]> 2016-06-10 03:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282839 https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282845 task 1
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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.]]> 2016-06-10 03:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282845 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.   https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282961 2016-06-10 03:11:34 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114282961 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 https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283027 2016-06-10 03:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283027 Part A -Brendan Landers https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283056 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?

]]> 2016-06-10 03:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283056 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. https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283063 2016-06-10 03:13:20 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283063 Part A – Tori Elliott https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283156 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.

]]> 2016-06-10 03:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283156 https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283311 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.

]]> 2016-06-10 03:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283311 Task 1 caden_smith https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283325 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

]]> 2016-06-10 03:19:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283325 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. https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283379 2016-06-10 03:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283379 by Sarah  https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283385 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.

]]> 2016-06-10 03:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283385 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. https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283611 2016-06-10 03:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283611 task https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283683 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

]]> 2016-06-10 03:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283683 Task 1 (Yok yokkie2529 https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283700 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.]]> 2016-06-10 03:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114283700 Who wrote this?! Fenwick https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114442470 2016-06-13 03:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114442470 Great use of a diary format Fenwick https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114442657 2016-06-13 03:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114442657 Fenwick https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114442722 Date?! Good idea for a diary entry!]]> 2016-06-13 03:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114442722 *** Task 3 - Fenwick https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114443300
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!

]]> 2016-06-13 03:48:52 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114443300 Good ideas, now try to re-write in first person. Fenwick https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114444868 2016-06-13 04:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114444868 *** Task 4 - Fenwick https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114445105
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?

]]> 2016-06-13 04:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114445105 task 1 part a https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114549807 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. ]]> 2016-06-14 00:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114549807 https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114549873 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

]]> 2016-06-14 00:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114549873 Part B -Brendan Landers https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114550140 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 .]]> 2016-06-14 00:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114550140 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. https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114550174 2016-06-14 00:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114550174 SPEECH: Whether you look it or not you will have to live with it for the rest of your life. https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114550213
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.

]]> 2016-06-14 00:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114550213 Task 1- part a chloecheetham12 https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114550579 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]]> 2016-06-14 00:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114550579 What do you call a pod of musical whales? https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114550691 An orchestra!!]]> 2016-06-14 00:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114550691 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. https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114551045 Stand up for all women today.

Malala Usifazi]]> 2016-06-14 00:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114551045 task 2 https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114551153 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 ]]> 2016-06-14 00:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114551153 Task 2 Sarah https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114551510 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.

]]> 2016-06-14 00:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114551510 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   Example:   Effect:   Link: https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114551746 2016-06-14 00:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114551746 https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114551762 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.

]]> 2016-06-14 00:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114551762 rharhabear https://padlet.com/Fenwick/9ENQ3/wish/114551779 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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