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Read the page by yourself

Discuss with the group any words, concepts or phrases you don’t understand and record the meanings in your own words

New words: 

English word

Meaning

Maori word

Meaning

Artillery 

Recruit 

Lieutenant 

Pioneer

Shelling

Battalion

Debri

Embrace 

Hastily 

Assurance 

Mound 

Despite

Crater 

Guns,bombs,

New team member

 Boss of the group of soldiers

First person to go to a new place 

 Shelling means constant bombardment by guns, tanks, artillery

 A large group of soldiers

Stuff 

Hug 

moving or acting quickly

Confirming  

 Pile of dirt 

although

A hole in the ground

Whaea

Respected adult female 

Your summaries:

Railey- on 8th of September 1916 TIpu finally turned 20 so went to the war where the pioneer Battalion was.

Then Tupi was finally reunited with his brother named Rongo

Comprehension.

Extra sources: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/maori-in-first-world-war/on-the-western-front

How long has passed since we last read about Tipu and Rongo? What has happened since then? Where are the two boys now, and how is each one feeling?

3 August 1915 - 8 September 1916 - 14 months had passed. 

Tipu - his birthday  (20th), went to Egypt for training then was sent to France

Rongo - sent to France. 

What is ‘turk lane’? Explain.  It was built, provide pictures to help explain.

It's a 8 kilometer trench made in  France and made by the pioneers battalion New Zealand soldiers. The trench was finished at midnightc 16 September. Heaps of people had to die, and were prepared because they had to dig while getting shot at.

Who was the Pioneer Battalion? Soldiers from New Zealand. Their job was to go ahead of the army, and make a trench.

Describe how Tipu is feeling (refer to paragraph 3 on page 20).

Shocked because of the smell and the people that had passed.

What does this envision? “strung along the trench like men in a waka.Team work makes the dream work.

Image result for pick axe”the Pioneers toilet paper with pick and spade,”