Curies Dear Diary: Into the jaws of death

We have been learning about anzac wars and what it felt like at war and so we wrote a diary pretending to be one of the soldiers.

WALHT: to use our senses to show rather than tell.

Learning Progression: Structure and Language. Use Visual features to engage the audience and convey meaning.

BK: Here is a picture called ‘Into the Jaws of Death.’ Taken by Robert F. Sargent June 6, 1944

Read this description of the image

MM: Complete a Y chart on a mini whiteboard first about what you would have seen, heard, and felt jumping out of the boat on the dawn of June 6 1944.

You will attend a workshop on Monday to help you with this task.

AU: Pretend you are one of these soldiers and write a diary account of the day you went to war.

Dear Diary

I am having an very hard time working as a soldier in war. There is a huge army of enemies waiting on high land above the sea where we shall fall upon our dead. I have had a hard but enjoyable time working as a soldier we have been sleeping in uncomfortable trenches but we have been having a fun time training with guns and I love having mascots here beside me I feel very safe and brave. Having the mascots with me is very helpful because they always have a happy side somewhere to give to the soldiers .

Mayas Dear diary

WALHT: to use our senses to show rather than tell.

Learning Progression: Structure and Language. Use Visual features to engage the audience and convey meaning.

BK: Here is a picture called ‘Into the Jaws of Death.’ Taken by Robert F. Sargent June 6, 1944

Read this description of the image

MM: Complete a Y chart on a mini whiteboard first about what you would have seen, heard, and felt jumping out of the boat on the dawn of June 6 1944.

AU: Pretend you are one of these soldiers and write a diary account of the day you went to war.

You will attend a workshop on Monday to help you with this task.

Dear Diary

I jumped into the water  I could feel the water getting colder and colder every minute.I felt my heart going faster and faster as I begin to feel frightened.Then out of nowhere boom boom my fellow soldier was sinking into the deep blue ocean he had been shot.I could feel tears falling down my cheeks and i knew i had to be very quiet as we were getting closer then boom before I knew it we were at war i was shooting so much that my hand started to feel numb.I slowly started to walk back up onto land and hit one of the soldiers dead.I got shot back the pain was like a shark crunching the boat to pieces.Then I ran into the ocean as fast as a cheetah would run away from its enemy and went down into the water to retrieve my friend and he slowly woke up he was alive and when I knew it I was dead boom boom.   

Carmen's war hero's (Poster)

On April the 7th we started to make a world war mascots poster at first I found some images in the book then found info on the animal put it in my own words and eventually made this poster. :-)

Mayas war heros

Charlie's Dear Diary

This is my Dear diary from world war one.This is what I think diary's in world war one were like

Dear diary,

Today has been quite exciting but shocking actually. It was me and the lads first day training and seeing our trenches. Training was fun. I got to hold my rifle for the first time! The trenches were worse than I expected them to be. I know they're trenches but I thought we would have our own space. The officers laughed shamefully at me when I asked for more food. The food is absolutely horrible. Getting decent hot food from the field kitchens to the front line trenches could be impossible. All I really had today was canned meat called bully beef, If you have a go at eating it in the trenches you’d have to dodge the mouthful of flies.The meat was was making my mouth go warm with a hard chewy texture in my mouth.). Though this is my first day so I can't really complain. I would explain my day to day routine but I've forgot most of it. We basically have to wake up an hour before sun up and some of my mates today were taught how to do patrols.One of my friends is a signaller. Most old soldiers will know what this is. Bayonet drills, bombing practice, in short, all those exercises which were supposed to make an efficient soldier. He began to regret this. I can understand how he must've felt.  Then we had breakfast and did our chores. To be honest we haven't done much today anyway.At last, the battle has ended, with 5800 troops (a third) killed on the first day. Our total losses were 420000, the French had 200 000 casualties, while the Germans had 500000. I did not think that the battle was a success. It definitely wasn't worth the effort and the casualties but I've survived! However, I can't just keep thinking things are going to be ok. Word has gone around the trenches that there will be another battle in Picardy (France) in about 2 weeks time. It can't be as worse as the Somme. Can it? They should give us a break. It's hard dealing with war anyway and now they're putting us through that all again. Everyone keeps telling me I'm really lucky and all that rubbish but sometimes I wish I was dead.. With my mates then I know I wouldn't have died alone I can't believe I'm saying this but I wish I never joined the army. Those posters were nothing but lies. I wish I was back home to my family and not in this ghastly place. I can feel it will get much more worse. This is only the first day anyway.

Curies war heroes Poster

In April we started learning about anzac stuff because soon it would be anzac day we started learning about mascots at war and we had to make a poster about mascots who helped in war. I found pictures about these brave animals and wrote a description about them in ym own wrods from some facts.

All these brave animals helped in war

Charlie's War Heros

This is my War Heros's When you start to read this you think this is about solder's, Well that part is right but did you think this was going to be about dogs did you?Well It is so just in case you dont know this image is about solder dogs!!

Carmen's Dear diary writing into the Jaws of Death

In week 10 we learned about anzacs and war here is my diary entree hope you enjoy my writing. 

Dear Diary I got put on the terrible list to go to war 3 months ago! We started training in front of the sandy Egypt pyramids like 1 month ago. All our training paid off it was time.

“Wake up wake up soldiers” yelled our leader I could barely lift my heavy eyelids.  

At last they got to shore the poor anzacs I couldn't see anything at all except for trees. I’m a backup just in case something happens so I’m still on the ship thank gosh! I looked over and waited for three hours it felt like forever…  then suddenly…  BOOM  the enemy struck so powerfully my heart wouldn't stop pounding. All most everyone died so I got called to the to fight on the battlefield.

I’m on the soft sandy beach I can see all of my friends getting shot but where are the enemies shooting from? All the things I learned where are they? I knew it I knew it they were in the forest and all my friends were shooting at the top of the mountain.

For a minute I stuck my tongue out of my mouth I could taste some sort of mouth burning powder like dust i’m pretty sure it was disgusting.

BOOM 1 point for the anzacs! My ears are about to burst they are so sore.

First day completed I don't know how many day's are left.

Time of war!

My Anzac recount

This is a recount as if I was at the war at Gallipoli. This is my 2nd task to do for our Anzac activities. I think I could have improved more on showing and not telling, because it was really hard to do that. One sentence where I 'showed' really well was where I wrote, "I felt like I was trapped in a pitch black room," because instead of saying I felt really scared and angry, then that would be telling. I also did well at describing the scene at the beginning.

25.04.1915 

Time of war!

The time has finally come. Me and the other troops were going to a battle at Gallipoli I have been writing in this diary on the boat about what each day felt away from home.Suddenly I felt scared, because we were there at Gallipoli, but still a bit far away that's, because we had to walk there. The real danger has come. I smelt the sea water as I jumped out, the water was up to my thigh. I could hear the bullets as it flew past, I couldn’t hear that well afterwards. Finally, we reached our destination, Suddenly, I felt like I was trapped in a pitch black room. I could see the Humongous  cliff with our enemies on top. I ran as fast as I could to get cover, and then I found a little wooden boat. Suddenly someone told me to come with them, so I went then I found this long trench, so I ran and jumped and landed nicely I also saw some of my mates. A streak of light went passed me. I realized that was a bullet so I quickly went a little bit deeper into the trench. I saw a lot of people that passed away at the no-man's-land. The gunshot sounds were starting to fade away. I heard my tummy rumbling. The smoke smelt strong. The ringing in my ears was deafening, so they had to scream so I could hear. It was begging to get dark and I felt tired, so I made a bed then I slept. This was my first day of war!