Task Descripton:
For writing, we had to make a copy of a doc with tasks about metaphors on it and then name it Metaphor Activites.
The first activity was to write a metaphor for each of the following describing words. The words were strong, angry, brave and cheerful. Activity 2 were Metaphor riddles, you had to guess the answer for the riddles (shown in the image above). It was pretty challenging!
Task Description:
For writing, task 2 of figurative writing. We had to choose to write either a poem or story and include at least 5 figurative language features. This is my one paragraph story, I made it short because I didn’t have that much time. The language features I included are metaphor, idiom, hyperbole, simile, personification and onomatopoeia. I also highlighted where the language features were used.
Have you ever seen Matariki?
Sure you have.
Remember that time, when you were
outside taking out the garbage early in the morning.
You looked up at the dark night sky being lit up by a cluster of 9 stars.
Remember staring at the seven sisters. The beauty making you almost forget that the garbage bag was in your hands?
That was Matariki.
Have you ever felt Matariki?
Sure you have.
Remember that time, when you were fishing with your dad.
The amount of bait in the bucket getting smaller as you kept failing to catch a fish. The water splashing on your arms and clothes from the fish jumping around while on the hook.
The water trickling down your arms, cold but also cooling.
That was Waiti and Waita.
Have you ever heard Matariki?
Sure you have.
Remember that time, you were sitting on a chair outside getting fresh air.
The trees rustling because of the strong wind. The wind howling so loud that
It felt like it was directly blowing into your ears?
That was Ururangi.
Have you ever smelt Matariki?
Sure you have.
Remember that time when you and your family went outside to do fireworks after the rain stopped? The smell of fireworks mixed with the smell of petrichor filling your lungs.
That was Waipuna-a-rangi.
Have you ever tasted Matariki?
Sure you have.
Remember that time, you were at the dining table.
You grabbed a berry from the delicious looking bowl of fresh berries and fruits.
The berry popped in your mouth, fresh and juicy. It tasted so good you couldn’t help but grab more.
That was Tupuarangi.
Task Description: For this task, we wrote a poem about Matariki using our 5 senses. We had to use the same template from a poem called “That was Summer” by Marci Ridlon but just make it Matariki instead of summer. This is my poem! I hope you enjoy reading it.
Multiple groups of students being led by teachers go to different parts of the Museum.
Unique artifacts from around the world all in one room!
Super interesting diaries from soldiers and nurses.
Enormous taxidermy elephant named Rajah is surrounded by a crowd. For lunch, all of the groups
United on the field outside of the museum.
Many people rolling down the hill into the leaves before the bus arrives.
Task Description: For writing, Room 12 did a poem about camp, but if you didnt go camp you could do a poem about something else. I did an acrostic poem about the school trip I went to last year!
Task Description: For writing, our task was to write an information report on anything. I chose to do an information report on beluga whales. Did you know that a beluga’s length ranges from 8.5 feet to 22 feet?
Task Description:
For writing, we used image prompts and created a story. The purpose was to describe and create a descriptive piece. I enjoyed doing this, I hope you enjoyed reading the story I came up with!
Police officer Gerald wakes up to another day of work, it’s Friday the 23rd of September. He puts on his hat, and gets his to-do list.
TO DO LIST FOR THIS WEEK:
☑ Find a kid’s missing pet giraffe.
Find the Mayor’s stolen super tall top hat.
☑ Find the geese that escaped the local zoo.
☑ Arrest the Big bad wolf who ate the three pigs.
The last thing to do is to find the stolen top hat. Gerald gets his uniform on and blows his whistle so his giant sloth wakes up and rides him to work. The sloth is very slow, so Barry the sloth gets honked at by a lot of cars. Gerald decided to give him roller-skates so Barry could go faster. “It couldn’t be that hard to find, I mean have you seen how tall his top hat is Barry?” Barry makes a sound “mm”, Gerald assumes he means yes.
While riding to work, they hear a very loud THUNK! CRUMBLE! CRACK! They see a very long black cylinder hat looking thing, “That must be the top hat!” Gerald shouted. The sloth skated to the black cylinder, they went into the house and found out…
It’s not the Mayor’s top hat, it’s a rusty, mouldy tube that fell from the stranger’s roof.
Gerald had to call some people to fix the roof for them. Gerald looked at his watch, he wasn’t at work and it was 9:03 am, he was 1 hour and 3 minutes late to work. Gerald decided to run to work since his sloth was still pretty slow even with the roller skates. He had to make his sloth Barry stay at home.
“Phew! I’ve made it.” Gerald was relieved. He then realised he had to get Barry to take him home. But he had to go to the meeting, he has something very important to know as there are many notices he has to keep up on.
“I’m here!” Gerald shouted, “sorry I’m late.” Gerald took a seat and sat quietly. Another police officer continued talking, “Ahem, as we all know. The mayor has not been seen since his hat went missing-” “Maybe he was just so short that we cant see him without his long hat!” Gerald laughed. No one else did except him. He saw an annoyed face on his co-worker, it seems they’re offended since he interrupted them. “Sorry.” Gerald said and he lowered his head down out of embarrassment.
Finally the meeting finished, and Gerald went home. He decided to walk home since Barry wasn’t there. He still had to look for the mayor’s hat, so he decided to have a look while walking home. He walked into the nearest flower shop, “have you seen the mayor’s hat?” Gerald asked the shop owner. “No, I haven’t, I assume that a costume or grocery store has. I’m not sure which one but it’s known for the mayor buying from it a lot.” “Hmm, okay.” Gerald wrote down a note.
▪ Check every single store.
Gerald then looked at every single shop and asked the owners.
“Have you seen the mayor or the mayor’s hat?”
“No.”
“Have you seen the mayor’s hat or the mayor?”
“No. But would you like to buy something?”
“No thanks” Gerald responded.
After asking multiple and most responded no, he asked the last two stores. “Have you seen the mayor or the mayor’s hat?” He asked desperately to the owner. “No. Maybe you could ask the other store.”
Gerald sighed. After this store, he has to continue walking home to feed Barry.
“Have you seen the mayor’s hat or mayors- I mean mayor?” Gerald was so tired, he was stumbling on his own words. “I have!” The shop-owner said. He owned a costume and mask shop. “I am the mayor, what made you look for me?” Gerald said that they were looking for the stolen hat, the mayor replied “I decided to take it off for a while, it was never stolen!” Gerald asked the mayor to come with him to the police station to explain it wasn’t stolen and he wasn’t missing. He just decided to take a little break from being mayor to run his own shop.
The case is solved! Gerald got a promotion, Barry was fed and the mayor was found!
TO DO LIST FOR THIS WEEK:
☑ Find a kid’s missing pet giraffe.
☑ Find the Mayor’s stolen super tall top hat.
☑ Find the geese that escaped the local zoo.
☑ Arrest the Big bad wolf who ate the three pigs.
Task Description: For writing, we had to make a narrative story. I had to use a story starters website because I couldn’t really come up with something and it said, write a to-do list for a balding police officer who rides a giant sloth to work. Then, this is what I came up with. I hope you enjoy reading my writing!
Task Description: For this task, we had to choose a protest and create a timeline for it. My timeline is about the Maori Land March protest led by Dame Whina Cooper.
These are the levels that I am at in Room 5.