Kia ora Bloggers, 

during my social studies lesson, this week we have been learning about moving to another country. Whaea Muritere, gave us a task to learn about finding a random country and research everything we could, and what it’ll be like if we moved there. I have learnt that in China the popularity there is 1.398 billion, which is quite a lot, if you think about it. This work kinda reminds me of our last work we did on where our grandparents/ tupuna migrated. This work helps me learn about different or other counties and how maybe you would like to move there in the future. My overall view during this week’s work on moving to another country has been really fun and interesting. 

Kia ora bloggers, in social studies this week we have been learning about migration. 

Whaea gave us a task to learn about our ancestors and where they migrated from. I

have learnt that one of my great grandparents used to be an engineer in the 1900s.

This week’s work has been really interesting and fun. This work helps me learn about myself

and where I come from. I have found this week and last week’s work really helpful because

I have learnt a lot more about my family.

Here is my work

 Identify and describe an important character in the text.

Ponyboy  Curtisis in my opinion he has gone through so much in his life and he is only been around for 14 years they talk about it in chapter 3 and introduce that ponyboy and sodapop parents have passed away 

Family 

-Sodapop 

– Ponyboy 

-Curtis / Mother 

– Darrell Curtis .SR

Parents Background 

• In chapter 3 they introduce that ponyboy and sodapops parents died in a car crash and they passed away during the car crash not long after ponyboy joined the gang because his brothers Darry and also sodapop were in the gang . There Parents names were Darrell Curtis being his father and his mother being Curtis 

Attached

• Ponyboy was attacked by the greasers in the very beginning of the book on his way home from the theaters alone when he asked one of the gang members  to come with him   but none of them wanted to and he got jumped on the street by 3 greasers during one of them sat on his chest so he couldn’t breathe properly but eventually after a lot of beating some of the gang came after the socs had left and found him in the gutter 

Friends 

• 7 mains in the gang 

• Two bit 

• Sodapop

• Darry

• Ponyboy 

• Johnny 

• Steve 

Our year 10 class has been reading a novel named outsiders, one question we were
all asked is what is an Outsider is . My first answer was someone who doesn’t belong. At this time i have read up to chapter 8 the book is very exciting. It has to be one of the best books i have ever read, the book has good characters, good backgrounds. Also all the events that has happened in the book have been nail biting. After reading close to most of the novel i have a new understanding of the word outsider. My new understanding of the word outsiders is ” someone who is deemed unpopular and chooses secrecy over friendship”

 The first chapter of The Outsiders showed the personality of charictors, and introduced an idea of the storyline. It had quite an abrupt start, with him nearly getting killed in less than 10 sentances, but it was a good start to a good story