Visual Pepeha

This is my mountain to the sea picture. l drew my family and my mountains. l stuck on my river. I cut out the kete and glued it on and sketched my portrait on a blank piece of paper.

Swimming Assessment

Te Ahuahu Trip

Bump Bump “Are we there” I yelled. “Yes we are there” smiled Mrs Clarke. We rushed to the mountain. “Off you go!”shouted Mrs Whitelaw. “Hooray!” shouted the school. Stomp Stomp. Cow poop was everywhere!!!!! I saw dirty grass. I heard cars going vroom vroom. I heard kids going chatter chatter. Then a man arrived and told us a story about the grassy Te Ahu Ahu mountain.  

Finally it was time for lunch. Creep Creep. “Ahhhhhh!” screamed Piata. A big black spider was on her.  “It’s ok,” whispered Mrs Clarke. “Time to go now,” shouted Mrs Clarke.  Everybody ran down the grassy hill. The cows went moo moo. “Mrs Whitelaw, can I go on the bus?” I asked.  “Yes,” smiled Mrs Whitelaw.

“Yay!” I shouted. Vroomvroom. Off we went. I smiled.

Slam! The bus driver put the brakes on.  One of the parents voices echoed down the bus.

We’re at school. “Hi Sara,” announced Louisa.  “How did you get here?” I asked. “It’s a long story,” replied louisa. “Let’s play,” I screamed.

Ring ring!!!! I ran to class and jumped on the floor. It was time to go home.  “Bye Mrs Craig!” shouted the class.

I walked out of class. I felt sore and tired. I walked into the Library and sat down quietly.

      Slam! The bus driver put the brakes on.  One of the parents voices echoed down the bus.

We’re at school. “Hi Sara,” announced Louisa.  “How did you get here?” I asked. “It’s a long story,” replied louisa. “Let’s play,” I screamed.

Ring ring!!!! I ran to class and jumped on the floor. It was time to go home.  “Bye Mrs Craig!” shouted the class.

I walked out of class. I felt sore and tired. I walked into the Library and sat down quietly.

     

Pepeha

Here is my pepeha.

Autumn cameo

Showing our Writing Process - Write Draft / Edit and Polish / Publish

Written Language - Cameo

Learning Intention: I am learning how to use appropriate and effective similes in my cameo writing.

Success Criteria:

I am able to find and highlight similes in a cameo and explain why they work.

I am able to write appropriate similes for objects in my cameo.

Here is an example:

WINTER

Winter blows its cold breath everywhere.

The early morning frost greets you like being welcomed onto the marae.

The wind howls in the freezing air like a stray dog hungry for a bone.

Snowflakes flutter like leaves falling from autumn trees, covering the ground with a white sparkling blanket.

The trees become bare, brown bones standing like statues admiring the view.

Heavy rain falls from the sky like a thousand hooves pounding against the ground.

Chilly bitterness in the air, winter is here.

Here is my draft piece of writing!

                   

                      Autumn

Leaves fall like a butterfly landing on a flower.

Trees sway in the wind like a tornado.

Wind howls like a dog in trouble.

Leaves crumble like a piece of paper torn up.

Leaves cover the ground like a colourful blanket.

Mornings are cold like a fresher.

Trees become bare like a bone.

Dews sparkle like a gems that’s just been polished.

                    Autumn is here.

Here is my published piece of writing.

Autumn

Leaves fall from the tees like a feather from a bird.

Trees sway like a piece of paper blowing in the wind.

The wind howls like a dog in trouble.

Leaves crumble like a piece of paper being scrunched up.

Leaves cover the ground like a colourful blanket.

Trees become bare like a bone.

The dew on the leaves sparkle like a gem that’s just been polished.

                    Autumn is here.

This is my story about my Easter weekend l hope you like it.

My Easter holiday with my cousins

Splash! My cousins were playing in the shimmering pool at my house. My sister and l were playing on the shady deck.  My cousins mum and dad were talking to my mum and dad on the deck. shiver shiver. I was playing with popcorn seeds and pretending it was cute little tadpoles. Drip Drip, my crazy cousins hopped out of the pool and changed into their cuddly clothes.

“Guess what?” said mum, “It’s Easter.” “Yay” l shouted.  Mum had hidden Easter eggs for a Easter hunt. We wrote our names on a zip up bag to collect our eggs. We followed my mum to the stunning tall trees and hoped over the rusty old fence. Suddenly one of my cousins shouted, “I’ve found an Easter egg.” There were four Easter eggs to find each but my other cousin found six eggs.

It was the best Easter egg hunt ever.

Volcano.

This is my moment in time about the volcano erupting.

Boom Crash! Sizzle sssssssss Bang!!!! Bang!!!!!! Rocks shot out of the volcano. Boiling hot lava slithered everywhere. Little small stones raced down the twisting path. The tall firing volcano was erupting. The lava was sparkling.The lava was still slithering like a snake. The stones were still rolling down the dry smooth path. Little flames floated up like little bubbles into the steaming blue sky. Rumble Rumble skreeeeeeek.