Writing Task

Pacific Islanders in
WW1

WALT use descriptive language to add detail

A group of soldiers from New Zealand and Australia went to fight in the war.
They were known as the ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps).
Some Pacific Islanders went to war too.

Task 1: Watch the videos about the Pacific Islanders who went to war.

New Zealand: The first world war	Anzac Special - World War I and its Pacific volunteers

Task 2:

Choose a Pacific Island:

Tonga

Samoa

Cook Islands

Fiji

Niue

Research your chosen Island and write some vocabulary about it:

Tonga is small	It is brave	Tonga is the fourth island	Tong has the biggest waves

Task 3: Pretend you are someone from your chosen Pacific Island who
has volunteered to serve in World War 1. Write a letter to someone back home.

• What do you miss from home? [Research your Island for this]
• What is your job?
• Where are you and how did you get there?
• What do you smell, hear, see, touch, taste?
• When will you be home?

Start writing here:_

Dear Aunty hope you are all right .I  miss the food and its taste.My job that i
have to in the war is take a look out of danger.The food here is canned beef and
corn.Im missing the water and the waves.Hope i can hear back from you.

From Kahzyilou_