Descriptive Writing

At the moment in class we have been working on descriptive writing. We have been using pictures to give us ideas of what to write about. Here is a piece of writing I did

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Dino Attack

One day as I was walking around I heard a ear deafening roar. It was from a
Pachycephalosaurus,  53 Utahraptor and 96 Rhamphorhynchus. Suddenly
there was a tsunami of 264 mosasaurus covering the horizon. When the
mosasaurus tsunami hit the ground 30 of the mosasaurus broke their bones.

I started to run from the dinosaurs but they were faster than me. Then a
dinosaur ate me but I had a pocket knife and cut out of the dinosaurs neck.

Quick Writes Term 4

We have been working on ‘Quick Writes.’  This is where you are given something to write about (a writing prompt) and you only have 10 minutes to write as much as possible using this writing prompt.

For our writing prompts we will use either images or short videos.

1) tomato festival

Tomato Fight

In the annual tomato festival in the Mediterranean village of Bunol people are fighting with tomatoes. Bunol is a place near Valencia which is in Spain. While they're fighting with the tomatoes they are standing on tomato pulp. The people who are fighting with the tomatoes are wearing goggles to protect their eyes and they are covered in the sticky tomatoes. People will probably fall over into the pulp and get more covered in tomatoes.

Stormy Day

A Stormy Day

One day we had a paroro (storm) and it was crazy. The wind was like a tornado sucking up a house while I was down stairs and watching the tv. We then heard a bang so I went to the wini (window) and saw some lightning.

Spider Man

Spiderman

In New York there was a parade that had a Spiderman costume in it. There was confetti everywhere music and the smell of corn dogs and people talking.

Beekeeper

Quick Write Number One - The Beekeeper

For the next two weeks we are going to work on ‘Quick Writes.’  This is where you are given something to write about (a writing prompt) and you only have 10mins to write as much as possible using this writing prompt.

For our writing prompts we will use either images or short videos.

The purpose of this is to practise writing fluently.

When we look at our writing prompt we will have about 10-15 mins to discuss it and brainstorm some ideas and vocabulary.   

Our learning goals are to:

-write a description, using powerful words and phrases

-include some Te Reo Māori

-carefully check that our sentences make sense and have correct punctuation and spelling.

When we are writing we need to think about…

1) What do I want my reader to see?

2) What do I want my reader to hear?

3) What do I want my reader to smell?

Tips:

-look closely at the picture or video

-think about the three key questions and the learning goals

-give yourself time to plan and write

Do your writing here

The Bee Keeper

On a spring day the bee keeper went to the bee nest to collect the honey. The bees tried to sting the bee keeper like a wave of stingers. The bees were buzzing.