This is my Term 3 week 6 novel study we had to have 80-100 points to pass.

I am learning how to write a description. This writing is about my old teacher. The success criteria is to write specifically: 

• Hair
• Skin
• Face 
• Voice
• Actions   

Her blond hair is always in a ponytail even if she doesn’t have a pony tail, it is always neat and tidy. When she dashes her hair bounces. It looks like a bright long leaf tree in the autumn.

Her white smooth skin is like smooth wood. Her skin is reflecting like a mirror.  

Her blue eyes glare at me when I get told off. Her freckles are like chocolate sprinkles on cupcakes. She always puts makeup on her face. We don't know why because she looks great without it.

As she says “Hi. How are you?” It sounds interesting and fast. She always encourages us to do well or in hard times and said things like “don’t give up”. She also introduces me to new people. She always talks about how she is named after a cow.

She is different from others because she has a unique voice and she act different to others. Everyone likes how she is nice. She is good a running and other sports. She tries her best to make us smarter everyday. ..and now she is teaching at Heddon Bush. Unfortunately for us, she left.

Philippines

I am learning to write a piece of prose a sketch with detailed words, about a particular place, that is very important to me like Philippines. I know I have achieved this when I can describe this sketch of the place,in specific detail. To do this I need to:

• Use specific nouns
• Activate the nouns with strong verbs

The royal sky shining on water like a mirror. I see a grassy rice farm developing in front of my eyes. My deafening monkeys are chattering as we yell. Our muddy cars zooming beside a busy road. The busy farmers are running to get their lunch break. Dirty homeless people grabbing animals for food and money. Desperate frogs hop as they escape. A small slimy snake slither for his life.

Poem

I am learning to write a memoir poem. (This recalls a moment in time from my past that links to an emotion I felt at that time) The emotion I have chosen to link my memoir to is devastation, sadness and friendship

In my memoir I describe the scene and situation using strong adjective, nouns and verbs.

I hope you enjoy it.

The news was awful enough.

Plenty of heartbroken friends and family sobbing, attempting to cover their eyes.

The pasty tiles on the floor gathering dust by imperfect people walking on it.

A murky evening heating my skin until it has beads of sweat leaked off it.

I was devastated looking at my Grandma lying asleep forever.

A pile of friendly cousins welcoming as I walked in the lounge.

I attempt, painful  to be joyful around a group of people chattering.

Devastated, sadness, friendship.

Will I see her again?

Poem

This poem we had to right a scene and be a character in The Boy And The Stripped Pajamas. I wrote about the Jew slave in Bruno's new house. Read my last poem that I posted. Our success criteria is using a A.N.V chart (Adjective Noun Verb) and pick a character in a scene. I hope you like reading my poem.    

The house was bad Enough

I grabbed the first aid, bucket of potatoes and injured Bruno.

Rock like ash hurting Bruno on the new swing.

As I lifted Bruno a bloody cut bleeding like a gunshot.

Desolate kitchen waiting to be use.

A metal case with first aid equipment.  

Somber doctor healing Bruno with a serious cut.

Poem

This is a poem about Maddy in the 6.3 magnitude earthquake. Our success criteria was to create a poem using Adjectives Noun Verb Chart (A.N.V) to describe the scene and the situation of a Character in the novel. I hope enjoy reading my poem.   

The earthquake was big enough.

It had made a hole in the roof and made liquefaction all round.

The yucky liquefaction is rising.

A scary crack in my room falling apart.

The the violent earthquake shaking.

The Sticky liquefaction started moving like a landslide.

I was scared like my sister with tears as we cried.

My little red heart beating fast as light.

100 Word Challenge

This is my 2 out of 5 100 Word Challenge, this is about Laura, Maddy's friend. This is about Maddy's birthday. Our success criteria was to be a character in the novel in a scene. I hope you enjoy reading my story.

Sunday, 15 August, Sunny, bright. I was hanging with Maddy in her house. Maddy decided to make cupcakes. Maddy’s Brother (Jackson) kept following us everywhere. I got a text from my Mum that I could stay longer but Maddy’s Mum and Dad were still shopping. When they came back Maddy said, “See Mum. There’s a good reason to have a cell phone. Laura’s Mum can contact her if plans change.” I put a candle on one of the cupcakes and sang happy birthday. After I gave Maddy a present for her 12 year old birthday. We played our favorite songs.

100 Word Challenge

This is 1 out of 5, 100 Word Challenge for our Novel Study. My book is Canterbury Quake. This 100 Word Challenge is when the main character in the earthquake.

Saturday, 4 September 2010, dark, warm, calm. Suddenly I felt this violent shake. Mum and Dad yelled “Get under the doorway!!!” But when I got off my bed I got pushed me onto the floor. Tessa was beside me and pulled me but she fell with me. Dad pulled us up and got under the door frame. Jackson was crying. Tessa and I started cry. And we went to the lounge, I stubbed my toe so many times. Somehow Dad got a flash light. And we could all see these broken and fallen items. This tomato sauce that looked like blood.  

The Holidays

The first day of term three we had write 5 sentences about our holiday. We had to use connectives such as despite, and, such as. A connective is a word that connects a sentence to another sentence. After we made the 5 sentences we had to make the connectives better e.g and>such as.  

In the holidays, I watched TV shows as well as movies like The Thinning, The Lego Batman Movie, Transformers The Last Night, Regular Show and more. When it is Sunday we play touch or football in Invercargill. We talked to my Mum in the Philippines because we wanted to know how she is doing. I played some NBA 2K17 plus basketball. And we had to clean the house. However it was still very very boring having no friends over.

First Aid DLO

After our session with Felicia from St John's in Schools we realised we had learnt a lot. We thought...how can we share what we have learnt? So we brainstormed lots of ideas for each scene from making movies to presentations to art projects. Eventually we split into groups and decided what we want to create. My group was Flynn Carlyn and I and we decided to create a movie to share our learning.