Writing prompts 5: Children of blood & bones

Ideas – Relate to the real world.
After reading a chapter, there will be a quote from the story. Write about how the idea could be relevant to the real world and its people. "Gods help us. I close my eyes, trying to drown the tragedy out. Through it all, the cheers never stop. The praise never ends. As we stand on the platform, the crowd rejoices as if there’s a reason to celebrate this bloodbath.
Beside me, Tzain holds me close; he hasn’t really let go since he carried me from the ship. He keeps his expression vacant, but I can sense his remorse.
Though the competitor in him has prevailed, we’re still covered in the blood of those who have fallen. We may have triumphed, but this is no victory."
Most of us know the movie hunger games. When I read this scene, I start to picture the movie: hunger games. This is because of how Zelie is participating in a game where they would kill each other to become the top or to win, which is exactly what Katniss is doing in the hunger games.

Writing prompts 4: Children of blood and bones

Ideas – Relate to the real world.
After reading a chapter, there will be a quote from the story. Write about how the idea could be relevant to the real world and its people.

Be brave, Amari.
This time I hold onto Binta’s words, wrapping them around my body like a suit of armor. I can be brave. This message can be compared to me and my reality. To me, sport plays a huge part in my life and my family members know that. Whenever I have a sports game or tournament coming up my parents always give me advice because they know that I always seem to doubt myself. Their words always help me to do better in the game which is just like Amari. Amari uses Binta's words as a message for her to keep going and to believe in herself, to be brave.

Writing prompts 3: Children of blood & bone

Ideas – Relate to the real world.
After reading a chapter, there will be a quote from the story. Write about how the idea could be relevant to the real world and its people. “How long?” she breathes. “How long have you been a maji?”
She hisses the word like it’s a curse. Like I’m the spitting image of Lekan. Not the boy she’s known since birth. The soldier she’s trained for years.
“The girl infected me. It’s not permanent.”
“You’re lying.” Her lips peel back in disgust. “Are you…are you working with her?”
“No! I was looking for clues!” I step forward. “I know where she is–”
“Stay back!” Kaea screams. I freeze, hands in the air. There’s no recognition in her eyes.
Only unbridled fear.
This scene can be compared to us as people. I say this because we all have somebody that's close to us or that has been there with us for a long time whether they are a family member or a friend. Kaea is the 2nd lover of Inan's father after his biological mother passed. "How long have you been a maji" this quote gives us the idea that she never knew he was a maji, even when they've known each other for a long time. What I mean is, even though it seems you may know a person because you've known for a long time, there is always something that a person is hiding or something that you never knew.

Boomerangs

Last term, My social studies class and I had done some research on aboriginal history. One thing that played a major part in their history was boomerangs. Aboriginals had three types of different boomerangs and one that we all know is the V-shaped boomerang. That boomerang was used just to entertain the kids and the other two were used to hunt for food and kill wallabies or kangaroos and such. We also did some research on the type of art they would use, for example dotting art or they'll draw animals on them.

During the previous 2 lessons, we had the chance to design one of our boomerangs ourselves.

Explain the purpose of the activity?
The purpose of this activity was to design a boomerang and use the art styles they would use to describe a story or to feel what it is like to be in their shoes and designing one of their most cultures traditions.

Explain the story on your boomerangs, include the meaning of the colours?
The story I did on my boomerang was their prey. The big animal is a kangaroo, (Even though the top may not look like a kangaroo I tried to make it how they would draw it) I did a kangaroo because I know it was one of the animals they would hunt for and because it's the national animal for Australia. I did a lizard for it to stand as the big insects they have in Australia, and the lines were just as aboriginals blood.

What went well when painting your boomerang?
I think my art did really well but one thing I hoped to do better was actually finishing my designs.

Writing prompts 2: Children of blood & bone

Ideas – Relate to the real world.After reading a chapter, there will be a quote from the story. Write about how the idea could be relevant to the real world and its people.
Metal gates fly open on the sides of the arena floor, and an endless flow of water rushes in. This has to be a mirage. Yet liter after liter flows in. The water covers the metal ground, crashing with the expanse of a sea. “How is this possible?” I hiss under my breath, remembering the laborers no more than skin and bone. So many dying for water and they waste it on this? This could be compared to / A message I take from this scene is This message can be compared to our real world because there are many people that don't have the opportunity to get water or food every day and yet so many people waste it everyday. An example is the homeless, many people sit around in the streets hoping that a person will be kind enough to offer them food or water. Some of these people also look through the bin because they know that there would be people throwing their leftovers in there.

Writing prompts: Children of blood & bone

 I pause for a moment, aghast at the number of them filling the narrow path. Before today, I caught only glimpses of the laborers brought in to staff the palace—always pleasant, clean, groomed to Mother’s satisfaction. Like Binta, I thought they lived simple lives, safe within the palace walls. I never considered where they came from, where else they might have ended up, “Skies…” It’s almost too hard to bear the sight. Mostly diviners, the laborers outnumber the villagers by hordes, dressed in nothing but tattered rags. Their dark skin blisters under the scorching sun, marred by the dirt and sand seemingly burned into their beings. Each is hardly more than a walking skeleton.  After reading a chapter, there will be a quote from the story. Write about how the idea could be relevant to the real world and its people. A message I take from this scene is, "Their dark skin blisters under the scorching sun, marred by the dirt and sand seemingly burned into their beings. Each is hardly more than a walking skeleton." When reading this, the details that are being used for how the villagers look give me the same view of child labor. It's not just in this book that people are suffering from this, it's actually happening to children and adults in many countries around us. This is compared to child labour because children or even adults work for hours just to get a small amount of water and food, even if the weather conditions are really bad.

Visual Arts

1) Why do we look at street art? Why do we stop when we see it? What is our reaction?

The reason we would stop to look at the beautiful street art is because of all the different meanings each artwork has. For example, some street art is influenced by the social issues or inspirations of other people, like Pink the artist which is shown below. Our reaction towards street art is 'Woah', or inspired.

2) Why do we need and use visual symbols around us? We use visual symbols to attract people towards their artwork or business, like Mcdonalds and their letter 'M'.

3) What are examples of common visual symbols in our environment? (collect examples for the drawing - think about what you might be able to use in making artworks later on as you do) Christchurch street art:

Worked with: Memory