Speech/Quotation Marks

This is a google drawing I made about Speech marks. I typed what speech marks are used for, where they are used, an example of speech marks used in dialogue, video about speech marks and some synonyms for said (synonym means exactly or nearly the same as another word). Here is the Link to the video since it doesn't work on google drawing.

Hyperbole's

For writing we were learning about hyperbole's. Hyperbole's are a type of exaggeration. In my google drawing I am explaining more about hyperbole's, how to pronounce it and an example of when to use a hyperbole and what exaggerating is.

Recount quiz

For this weeks reading we were learning about recounts. We were finding examples of recounts from the blogs of other schools we were seeing what they wrote in their recounts. If there was something interesting, we would add it to our recount examples. We then did a quiz about recounts I scored seven out of ten. I got 6, 8 and 10 incorrect since those three were related to the one answer I didn't know. I don't want to spoil the answers for the ones that want to do the quiz.

6 Sentence story narrative

For writing I was working on  narratives with Sebastian and John as they were my partners. We wrote six sentences about a image we choose. The first sentence introduces the character (s). The second is where they live, third, their special talent, fourth, their problem, fifth, their feelings about the problem and the sixth is how the character solved the problem. This presentation shows the image we chose and what we wrote for the image.

Pourquoi story - How tattoos came to tonga

It is said that long ago, the first Tongan tattoos were made from a boy within one of the old tribes. It all started when he was asked to fetch water from the river in the forest. The path was shady, the trees seemed like a doorway leading to paradise as the place was blooming with life. The plants there had bright colours and the river there seemed smooth and flowing, the birds there had unique colours. He got distracted for a moment then decided to get some water before his parents got mad. Then he heard a splash in the water, turned back and looked in the water he assumed it must have been a fish.

Suddenly a tentacle wrapped around his ankle catching him off guard and almost dragging him into the water. He gripped the tentacle and tried to rip it off, more tentacles wrapped around increasing the difficulty to get out and decreasing the time to get out. He could taste the salt water in his mouth and the sting in his eyes he started attacking the octopus and then it sprayed ink all over the water, that’s when everything went silent...he leapt out from the water coughing. He looked at himself and realized he was covered in the ink after annihilating the octopus, he ran back to the village incase more aggressive creatures to tried to attack him, getting the water was the least of his concerns. When his mother saw him she asked: “What on Earth happened to you?” “I almost drowned to a octopus” The boy gasped.

Interested in the art but disgusted he decides to wash himself, he managed to get rid of the smell but the faint imprint from the marks were still there. Which he decided to draw on big rocks he came across. Later on the tribe decided to draw marks on themselves, some of the tribes people disfigured the tattoos and that's how more tattoos are made from as generations came this is the story of how tattoos came to Tonga. The environments in those times were beautiful but now they are cut down and used in many ways, this is why those interested cannot find where he went to collect water and maybe never will, so protect the environment for it serves many purposes.

For Tongan Language week we had to write a pourquoi story(myth/legend) about how Ngatu, Kailao, Tatatau, Umu, Ta'ovala or something in Tonga, came to Tonga (hopefully that wasn't too confusing). I wrote about how Tatatau/Tattoos came to Tonga. We didn't need to write names for our characters which is why my characters have no names.

Magic Box Poem

I will put into the box

my good luck charm,

a golden apple from the most sacred farm,

a diamond hidden beneath the glistening waters,

an ancient sword passed down by the greatest fighters.

I will put into the box ...

a stopwatch made from the fabric of time,

a place filled with serenity blossom trees and streaming rivers,

a miniature totem filled with the wisdom of time,

a warm blanket that will protect me from the cold shivers.

I will put into the box …

a memory from the all the childhood times,

a shooting star from the infinite cosmos,

an amulet that will always shine

to me friendship’s importance is the utmost

My box is fashioned from the core of a galaxy, the wonders of space and time, with with precious gems on the lid and adventure in the corners.

Its hinges are filled with the most rarest elements of the old world

I shall explore in my box until I get bored, I doubt it will happen for the adventures are endless!

In LS2 Mrs Anderson's writing group looked at a poem called The Magic Box by Kit Wright. After reading it we made a magic box poem of our own, we put what we want into the box (it doesn't need to rhyme I just made it rhyme).

Story starters

For writing we used this site called story starters scrambler to get an idea for a story. My one was: Write a horror story about a young private eye who solves crimes. Hopefully you can see what I wrote for the story.