The sea cucumber:Summary

 The sea cucumber is an interesting creature.It can change body states-meaning it can go from a liquid to a solid,or the other way around.The sea cucumber can literally scatter itself into pieces to trick predators into thinking it is dead.Then,once the threat is gone,it can reassemble itself and continue on.It can use this ability to squeeze into tight spaces and harden itself onto rocks,making it hard to pry off by predators who are after it.Not only that,but it can also eject it’s intestines and kill the predator with it’s toxic juices.

My Summary of The Sea Cucumber:

The sea cucumber can change the shape or state of it's body.It can scatter it's body into pieces and reassemble later when the threat is gone.It can squeeze into tight spaces/cracks between rocks and harden itself.It can also eject it's intestines and kill their attacker with the toxic juices.

Christchurch Street Art

 

The significance of the objects and character/s.

This piece of art is called 'Kaitiaki'.The main character in this piece of art is a woman holding two birds.The birds are an owl and a kingfisher.

The significance of the colours used.

The colours used are blue,orange,brown and a sort of teal colour.There is also a bit of yellow,orange,purple and white on the feathers and on the cloak.These colours make the image stand out more and pop.The feathers on the cloak also look as though they are the same colour as the birds she is holding.

The location of the Art work and why it's important. 

This artwork is located on the YMCA building,on Hereford road.This way lots of people will be able to see it and admire the work.It's also very brightly coloured and stands out,making it hard to miss.

Here is the artist,Fin DAC,talking about this work:

The bird on the right is a kingfisher or kotare and is found on the South Island where Christchurch is situated.

The owl on the left is called a ruru and they are sacred to Maori culture and synonymous with signs of warning. Given the earthquakes here a few years ago, from which the city is still visibly recovering, I felt it only right to reference the disaster but also to look forward to the future in a way that I can only hope local people will.

Big ups to my apprentice for the week Distranged Design aka Jacob Root (and his parents Jeff and Kelly) for going above and beyond the call of duty.- Fin dac

The Magpies Summary

Here is the poem 'Magpies' by Dennis Glover.Below is my summary.

When Tom and Elizabeth took the farm
The bracken made their bed
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said

Tom’s hand was strong to the plough
and Elizabeth’s lips were red
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said

Year in year out they worked
while the pines grew overhead
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said

But all the beautiful crops soon went
to the mortgage man instead
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said

Elizabeth is dead now (it’s long ago)
Old Tom’s gone light in the head
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said

The farm’s still there. Mortgage corporations
couldn’t give it away
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies say.

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Dennis Glover: ‘The Magpies’ source
When Tom and Elizabeth took the farm The bracken made their bed and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The magpies said	When Tom and Elizabeth first came to the farm/started living there.The magpies noise.
Tom’s hand was strong to the plough and Elizabeth’s lips were red and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The magpies said	What Tom and elizabeth did/how hard they worked/what they did.
Year in year out they worked while the pines grew overhead and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The magpies said	They worked hard.
But all the beautiful crops soon went to the mortgage man instead and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The magpies said	Crops had to be sold in order to get money for the mortgage.
Elizabeth is dead now (it’s long ago) Old Tom’s gone light in the head and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The magpies said	Elizabeth died.Tom is light in the head.
The farm’s still there. Mortgage corporations couldn’t give it away and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The magpies say.	The farm wouldn’t sell and the magpies are still around after Tom died.
Summarise in 60 words minimum 70 words maximum   Use your yellow bookmark card (Section 4 Summarize) to help you,
Begin Summary here: First it tells us about when they first arrived and what they did on the farm.Next it explains how hard they worked and how the crops had to be sold in order to get more money for the mortgage.Lastly it tells us that Elizabeth dies first,and even after both of them die the magpies and farm are still there as the farm won’t sell.