Tag: Writing

Great Beginnings

Lost In The Woods

As the trees swayed around, there was a sudden snap. Startled by a strong gust of mist, it rummages through the field. An unexpected call reaches out to you. You are confused as you hear the sound of a slight crack nearby. As the sound of the mysterious call slowly came closer I was eager to find out what it was and who was calling me. Slowly walking towards the noise, I started to get the weird feeling someone was watching me.

 

Still walking anxiously, trying to solve this mystery as my eyes began to pick out through the mist a tall, boney and skinny black figure. It was hard to see clearly. Stuck frozen, my anxiety grew as I turned around. I started running for my life. I tripped on a log and fell and hit my head hard onto the solid ground. Staring down at me was the tall black figure. I was unable at first to see who it was but when I saw it ……

Metaphor Activities

In week 5 Team Tuis focus for writing was based on figurative language. The figurative languages Team Tui learnt about were metaphors, similes, hyperbole, personification, oxymoron, alteration, illusion, onomatopoeia, and lastly idiom is applied in life and writing. Something I learnt about a metaphor was that it is like exaggerating for example ”I felt as if I walked a million miles to school”.

That was Matariki Poem

 

On the first day of term 3, Monday 17 of July, Team Tui’s focus for the last couple of days was to complete and publish our work on Matariki. The task was to pick 3-5 of the Matariki stars and put it all together to make a poem on our senses. For my 3 stars I chose the stars were Pohutukawa, Waiti, and Ururangi. And for my 3 senses I chose Seen, heard, and felt. Pohutukawa was my Seen, Waiti was my heard, and Ururangi was my felt. Here is my Matariki poem.

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