Elie Wiesel, Author of Night, Aged 12

Our English class is studying the memoir night by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.

To find out what Elie Wiesel was feeling at this age I reread the first few pages of his memoir, Night.

At the start of the book, Elie was a young 12 year old Jewish boy living in Transylvania where he spent his childhood. Elie was a kid who believed strongly in his religion. Elie was deeply observant and noticed thing that most didn't. In 1941 he met Moishe the Beadle. Elie liked Moishe the Beadle's wide, dreamy eyes. During the day, Elie would study the Talmud, at night he would run to the synagogue to weep over the temple's destruction. He was a boy who believed strongly in his religion.

Room 12s trip to zealand

How not to get off task during class time

This week we are learning to understand what being in the right place at the right time means. We are also coming up with some tips to help us stay in the right place at the right time.

This is the animation I made to day called Jazz

My Hāngi reading task

This is a letter that I wrote to the council about some windmills going on the property next door.

Dear Council,

My name is Eleanor  I live in 24 Waitohu Valley Road.
I am writing this letter because I do not want the windmills to go next door in the paddock so I want you to move the windmills!!!

I do not want the windmills  built next door too my house because they are wrecking the pretty view. Would you like too by my 2000 dollar house with windmills next to it? No You Would not!!

I have cows in the back of my house and they are  just rowdy by themselves but with the windmills that is just horrible, and you dont want to do that to me do you?

The birds sometimes come and say hi for the last time because they will not see the windmills an hit them and die! Sometimes my cows get lost and hits it  to! Not just that what if the spinning part comes off and hits my house.

My point is that I just want you to move the windmills or even better not have them at all! If you do not move them then I'll take it too court and you do not want that!!
From Eleanor