Our PBL Production and Journey This Term!

Welcome back to Blog-Mania! English! Emily is here with her journey with PBL throughout Term 3! Take. It. Away!

Thanks Blog-Mania Guy.  This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about cultural stories and the big question was;

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 the stories we share, where we are from, our celebrations, the food we eat and the clothes we wear.
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 Maui and The Giant Fish, Maui and the Sun and The Battle of the Mountains. I retold the legend of Atlantis in my own words (which is coming soon to Blog-Mania’s next season).

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.

For our production I contributed by playing the ukulele and the xylophone (also coming to Blog-Mania next season). We learnt multiple songs on the uke like Lava, Fight Song, Mihi Mai Ra and more.

I think the show might impact on others by teaching them how the mountains came to be where they stand today and that Legends don’t just have to be told they can be performed theatrically.

What I learned about working with others was how people act, some can be very funny and some can be very serious, people learn instruments a different speeds. Learning the xylophone was easy but learning the uke presented a challenge. I overcame it though.

Alright I will see you next season for Blog-Mania! What is your favourite myth or legend? Byeeeeeee!

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