Shiny Shades, Magic Map and Mouldy Mayo?
This is the question Room 7 answered as part of our narrative study. During the research stage, we looked into videos by Murray Gadd - dubbed in Room 7 as the “King of Literacy”. Throughout the video, Murray gave us all the ins and outs of a successful narrative. We learnt that good writers need to have a setting, characters, a problem and a solution. We took inspiration from his example book, Inside the Suitcase, written by Clotilde Perrin.
learned that the stories needed a climax because the hero or main character had to overcome something. This makes the story relatable and pulls your audience in. That makes it fun to read for others and often teaches a life lesson.
I discovered that there is more than just writing that goes into a story. There always needs to be characters, descriptive words and dialogue. This takes a lot of planning, and because of this, my writing has improved.
Narratives need paragraphs and a lot of detail. You need to try and make it as exciting as you can so your audience is thinking, What’s going to happen next?
The class brainstormed to choose a range of items to include in the narrative and voted for the final three that were to be used. Once decided upon the students were given a story starter, and their challenge was to create an interesting, engaging story using shiny shades, a magic map and some mouldy mayo.
Having initially begun my career in education as a teacher aide in 2016, I have thoroughly enjoyed working alongside students to build their confidence and develop pride in their identity. I’m passionate about te reo Māori and kapa haka, as I firmly believe this is an important part of students finding their identity and sense of belonging as a student in Aotearoa.
With a particular focus on building students’ mana, I have developed a strength for building connections and relationships with my students. In my daily practice, I seek to achieve this by encouraging students to step out of their comfort zone, and show opportunity by giving everything a go.
Outside of the classroom, you can find me getting lost in my kindle or spending time with friends and whānau at the lake.
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