Exemplar A: Excellence Research topic: What’s on Amy Tan’s Mind? Research questions: ▪ What issues stand out in Amy Tan’s writing? ▪ How do the narrative techniques used highlight these issues? ▪ Why does Amy Tan highlight these issues? Research Notes: The Kitchen God’s Wife Author: Amy Tan. ISSUES Sense of self identity: ▪ Revelation of her mother’s secret past brings the identity of who Pearl’s biological father really is. ▪ To Pearl this news is horrific
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my cultural self portrait I decided to use the traits and surroundings from the Maori tribe in New Zealand. The Maori tribe has very interesting clothing‚ hairstyles‚ and body adornments. Clothing‚ adornments and even hairstyles showed a lot about a person’s status‚ and fine clothes could enhance a person’s’ power and or authority. Traditionally‚ Māori made their clothes and adornments from native plants‚ and bird and animal skins
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away. ‘Aue!’ screams your heart. ‘Aue!’ scream your memories. But all that can be heard is the shaking of your body as you sob quietly. I battle inside. I scream. ‘I want to wail.’ ‘Not here‚ Tama.’ ‘I want to sing. It’s my way‚ it’s the way Maori have always done it.’ ‘Not here‚ boy.’ ‘Why Dad?’ ‘We’re different‚ boy. They have their own way – we have ours.’ ‘But‚ Dad.’ ‘Shhh‚ boy.’ ‘Thank you‚ school.’ The speakers explode and words smash the silence. You open eyes and people breathe
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Whale Rider The “Whale Rider”‚ filmed in New Zealand and directed by Niki Caro‚ is a film based on the novel of the same name‚ by Witi Ihimaera. Many of the extras in the film were actual residents of the town Whangara. The film is about a girl‚ Paikea Apirana‚ played by Keisha Castle-Hughes in her debut role‚ who battles to gain her grandfather’s respect‚ and to become the chief of the tribe. By tradition‚ the leader of the tribe should be the first son‚ however Pai’s twin brother had died at
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The New Zealand film‚ Whale Rider (2002) directed by Niki Caro is an extraordinary example of the feminist literary theory. The visual text follows the journey of a young eleven-year-old Maori girl named Pai‚ shorten for Paikea who believes she is destined to be the next chief in line of the patriarchal Maori tribe she is part of in the east coast of New Zealand. No matter the circumstances her traditional‚ stubborn grandfather named Koro refuses to accept that a female could possibly lead and guide
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player. For example‚ former football player Ray Lewis had a pre-game ritual of performing a quick dance that would excite the crowd and his teammates each time he did it. Another great example of sports rituals is the Haka. The Haka is a traditional Maori dance from New Zealand. The best known Haka of them all is called "Ka Mate". It has been performed by countless New Zealand teams both locally and internationally. Some call these rituals “superstition”. The real value in superstition and ritual is
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contact in Māori between 1642 and prior to the sighing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. Between 1642 and prior to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi‚ many European traders and missionaries arrived‚ bringing changes for Māori. They impacted the Māori society and introduced many new things to the Māori like pigs‚ muskets‚ tobacco and alcohol. Missionaries also influenced Māori and introduced Māori to Christianity and to the written language. Europeans changed the lifestyle of Māori‚ civilised
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the Focus on the Family website‚ a person with a Biblical world view “believes his primary reason for existence is to love and serve God” (Tackett‚ 2012). Barna Research Group asks the following questions to determine if a person has a Biblical worldview: “Do absolute moral truths exist? Is absolute truth defined by the Bible? Did Jesus Christ live a sinless life? Is God the all-powerful and all-knowing Creator of the universe‚ and does He still rule it today? Is salvation a gift from God that cannot
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now? A Maori response to the Pakeha quest for indigeneity (Mikaere 2004)” and “Queerying Masculinities in School: Faggots‚ fairies and the first XV (Town 1999)”. This essay will also critically examine various ideas from different writers in compromising with my own experiences and understanding in order to engage in-depth with these two articles. Word count: Introduction 146 words The first reading examines the three most important issues regarding the relationship between Pakeha and Maori. These
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1.Identify THREE ‘quality indicators’ relevant to early childhood education in Aotearoa/New Zealand and discuss why they are important for children‚ parents‚ and/or society. 1. Partnership with parents and families/whanau 2. Responsive adult: child relationships and interactions 3. Biculturalism This essay will discuss the importance of partnership with parents/whanau‚ providing responsive relationships and interactions with children and biculturalism on society. Research shows that children
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