Creative Writing English 2020

I thought it was just another walk, like every other night but I later learnt that I was wrong. This time it was different, Max had run away from me abruptly. 

There we were just walking along the track, side by side. We had reached about halfway through the track. That's when it all happened, Max suddenly bolted away from me. I chased after him whilst calling his name but he was just too fast. Then it all came to me, i had really lost him and I was just so upset, this had never happened before it was so unusual. 

The first method I tried was looking towards the way I had last seen him last. So there I was following a few footprints but still, I just couldn’t find him. I remember getting more concerned as time went on, especially without knowing what had caused him to run away like that. I continued to search for him, I wasn’t giving up. Not long after I began to hear growling noises, the first growl shook me up quite a bit. With the feeling whatever was making these noises had something to do with why Max had run away. So I decided to go towards the noises. The closer I got, the louder they became and the faster my heart started to race. Absolutely petrified that I was going to get hurt, I kept going for Max. Then came a very sudden point where the growling stopped and out of the corner of my eye I saw some type of big animal shadow running the opposite way. It was so distant that I couldn’t exactly make out what it was but I could see that it wasn’t small at all. 

At this point I knew something really bad had happened to Max, I had that feeling and I just couldn’t shake off the thought that whatever big animal that was had hurt Max. I knew I had to keep looking around, so I did. But this time I was calling out to him hoping he would either bark or come to me. “Max, Max, come here boy”, I repeated it about ten times, but no reply, not even the slightest sounds. Honestly, at this point I thought I’d never see him again. But still, I chose not to give up. Just as I was about to just go home and see if I had any luck there, I saw something laying down. Immediately I rushed over and there he was, laying in a hole, bleeding out. Tears just started dripping down my face and I couldn’t stop, I was hugging him and he was just so cold. I knew he was gone but I didn’t want to believe it. I began to just scream for help even though no one could hear me. 

I stayed there with Max for about another two hours before I finally decided it was time to let go and bury him. I kept him in the hole he was already in and gathered dirt and flowers to put on top of him. As I started to make my way home I was balling my eyes out, I couldn’t sleep once I was there and in the morning I went back to where I had buried him and just sat there talking to him. I have done the same, every day, every morning since.

Home ec

Chop Suey

In yesterdays practical we ensured that we limited the chance of contamination. The first process we done was washing our hands, tying up our hair and spraying our table tops with antibacterial spray. Before using any equipment we made sure it was all clean and dry. When we used the meat we we made sure we properly handled it, we collected the meat from the trolley in a tray to make sure the blood didn't drip everywhere we also made sure that we cooked our completely. I know that my food is safe because we used all clean equipment and we didn't cross-contaminate anything by using the right coloured boards. We do these actions to try prevent any sort of contamination. I know that if I do this action as they are meant to be cooked at 75 degrees which kills the bacteria. 

ENGLISH

Cooking

Ham & Lettuce was the high risk food. We handled the Ham by using tongs and putting it on a chopping board. For the greens we washed them to make sure they were clean.

Prior to practical I washed by hands, tied my hair back and put on a clean apron.

By cleaning our hands and using soap we are creating an environment bacteria won't like.

Market Day

3 things that went well… 

• Our food tasted good
• Good teamwork
• Good feedback

3 things that did not go so well…

• We didn’t print out our posters or price lists
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3 things you would change if done again…

Market day went pretty good for my group we worked well as a team, our food tasted food and we got a lot of good feedback from our customers. Unfortunately we forgot to print out our posters or price lists and if I would change something I would make sure we had our posters ready for the day.

Acts of Union 1707

Treaty essay

Historians argue that understanding the causes of significant events is much more important than just remembering dates, facts and figures about things in the past. The Treaty of Waitangi was a contract signed by the Maori and British in 1840. The treaty was needed because there were many issues between the whalers and the Maori. 

The behaviour that was happening at Kororareka was bad. Without the treaty the whalers would continue being lawless and disrespectful. The whalers behaviour would have continued to be harmful towards Maori which didn't lead to a positive relationship between the European and Maori. For example the whalers would arrive to Kororareka and spend all their money on drinking which there could be up to 200 of them at a time. There was also increased prostitution with no laws around it and just general bad behaviour. The treaty helped control the whalers because it provided laws that both sides agree to.

 The missionaries wanted to protect the Maori and their rights so they influenced them to sign the treaty. For example the missionaries would purchase land in trust for the Maori, taught them to read and write in Te Reo and helped them with their farming. The reason they encouraged the Maori to sign the treaty was because it was the best way to help them protect their rights.

 The introduction of muskets to Zealand caused wars that killed many people. Maori traded large quantities of food and flax in exchange for muskets. Traditional weapons such as taiaha and mere were used before muskets but with the introduction of them tribes without muskets were forced to seek trade with Pakeha for their own because otherwise they would have no chance winning these battles. These musket wars killed over 20,000 people. The impact of all of this was important because land boundaries were changing rapidly because of these wars. The Musket wars caused increased violence and deaths because there were no laws around the ownership/trading of muskets. A treaty helped to prevent this and provide stability.

Interestingly, there was actually another agreement before the treaty. The Declaration of Independence was an agreement with the British crown signed by 34 rangatira in 1835 which was five years before the treaty. The agreement had a few main points and purposes of why it was needed including the fact that the Maori had declared them selves to have power over the country also that New Zealand was an independent country. The Declaration of Independence helped the Maori a lot, they were able to trade without their ships getting seized because they now had a flag.

This essay has demonstrated that the treaty was needed in New Zealand. Due to the issues of the behaviour of the whalers, the musket wars and the Declaration of Independence many Maori were dying and being treated very badly. We could learn from these situations today by making a treaty. The past has shown that treaties has been successful in creating peace such as the Treaty of Waitangi. The treaty did this for New Zealand so we know that it is possible.