Reading Response 1

Title of book : Kapa Haka Diary
Author : Shirley Cormack
Genre : Narrative

Date Read : 19 February 2020

This text is about a diary of a group called Kapa Haka. It talks about how the author and the members in the group practised for a school competition at the end of October. They got a successful competition. I chose to read this text because I want to know more about Maori culture, especially about the performing art. I also like how the members in Kapa Haka took care of each other and tried to get a great time of their performance.

One language feature I learned from the text is "Ke mau te wehi". A evidence that shows this is Someone called out, "Ke mau te wehi". When we heard that, we didn't want to stop. This means the audience wants to say "That's great" to their performance. It gave energy to the Kapa Haka members to do the show better. This interests me because after the members heard that, they didn't feel pressure even if they had a music competition. They were happy together because they knew they practised really hard to have a good performance.

I can relate to the main character's viewer when he cares about everyone and he wrote a book to talk about them . The character reminds me of another narrator, Malala on "I Am Malala" book. She describes her family and friends in details and express what she thinks about them.