Reflection Section

 In Social studies last week and this week we have made our own prezi about Turangawaewae, meaning places that are important to you.

On my prezi I had 6 important places, they were my

1. Homeland 
2. Church
3. School
4. Home
5. Mall
6. Movies

The reason why all these places are important to me is because they are either my favourite places to go or they are part of my religion & beliefs and they are very important to me. My homeland is Samoa, and that is a important place because I was born there and life was very different there to right now. Because my family are christian, church is a big priority so we go church every sunday, and its a family expectaion to go. School is a place where I can hang with my friends, and learn something new everyday. Home is also important because its a safe evorinment for me and my family. The mall is my favourite important place, because I can have some time away from home with friends, and I get to buy things for myself and feel good and also have fun. My last important place is the movies, not only is it fun to watch new movies on a big screen, but its a relax time for me, I love eating popcorn while watching a movie. 

Yellow Brick Road

•  Where is he from? - Waiuhi, near Gisborne, New Zealand) 
• How many of his works have been adapted into films? - 5 
• What does " Yellow Brick Road" mean for you? - A brick road that is yellow
• How you ever heard this expression before? - Yes
• What do you predict this story will be about, based on the title?- About something to do with a pathway

1. Why does the narrator (speaker) believe they are moving to Wellington

 - To have a better life, because waituhi and wellington is a big difference, wellingtion has more oppportuinites while waithui you have to do labour work, but obviously the parents wants whats best for their children

( FOR THE MONEY)

2. On Page 1, what big difference between Waituhi and Wellington does the narrator mention?

- They will make lots of money and be rich as anything because Wellington is where the money is. And the son belives you obviously have to go where they money is, and there is no use in staying in Waituhi and being poor.  And lots more of pakeha there, makes him feel scared. 

3. On Page 3, we find out that Dad told Uncle Sam they were moving to Wellington because there are no more jobs back home, plenty of seasonal workers, but he and Hine had enough of that. 

( Fresh start & bring his kids up with a better life) 

4. How does the narrator's attitude towards moving change once they nearer to the city?

- He was happy at first but started to get nervous when they nearly got there.

5. Emerald City, Yellow Brick Road, Flying Monkeys, scarecrow, tinman and cowardly lion, are all illusions ( refrences ) to what famous book? Why do you think the author made this comparasion ?

- THE WIZARD OF OZ

- It has the same mening ( yellow brick road) of this specific scene