Onomatopeia & Hyperbole | English

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post, today for English I finished off the remaining activities for the figurative language slides. 

Onomatopeia Sentences:

1. The elephant splashed the water along the dry dirt.
2. The boy moaned as pain spread along his body.
3. Connie stole Sasha's food making her snarl at him.
4. The fire crackled in the empty campsite.
5. The armour worn on the soldier clanked as she walked across the camp.
6. A loud beeping noise alarmed the scientists in the cave. 

Alliteration & Personification | English

Hi everyone! Welcom to another post, today on english we continued working on our figurative language slides. For this post I combined the Alliteratiion and Personification slides. 

Personification:

1. The book was calling me to read it.
2. The wind howling thorugh the gloomy morning.
3. My mother talks to her plants thinking it would make them happy. 
4. The chair screeched as she told the chair to stop.
5. The thunder grumbles as rain started to pour. 

What have I learned?
I have learned about personifications and how to use them.

How does this show my learning?

I have completed the work on the slides and wrote some of my own examples. 

What am I wondering?

I don't have any questions as of now.

Similies & Metaphors | English

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post today, I completed a slide on similes and metaphors for English. For these terms, I had to identify which one is a simile or a metaphor and have a go at practicing writing some similes and metaphors.

Similes: They are times where you compare two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'. 

Metaphors: This is used at times where you compare two, unlike things by saying something else is something else. 

Metaphors: 

1. The fog was a veil.
2. My sister is a cute panda bear.
3. Ice cream is my happiness in a bowl. 

Similes:

1. She types as fast as a strike of thunder. 
2. He shines as bright as the morning sun. 
3. He is as loud a rocket launch.

What have I learned?
I have learned about metaphors and how they differ from similes.

How does this work show my learning?

I have completed the activities on the slide and created sentences of my own.

What am I wondering?

I don't have any question as of now. 

My Teacher is the Bomb | English

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post, today I did another task for the figurative slides. For this task, we learned about idioms. 

Idioms: Idioms things that are understood in ordinary English and do not mean what they say. Idioms are not meant to be taken literally; e.g ‘My teacher is the bomb!’.

Examples of idioms: 

Literal Column: 

'Literal' Meaning that it means what it is saying. 

A. Chill = Ice

B. Driving up the wall 

C. The nose is out of the joint

Making up some idioms: 

1. She drives me crazy!
   - She is making me grow crazy.
2. You're on thin ice! / standing on thin ice!
   - ex. You're on your last warning.
3. It's time to hit the hay!
   - It's time to sleep!

What have I learned? 

   - I have learned more about idioms what it is used for and how to tell the meaning of the idiom. 

How does this work show my learning?

   - I have completed the work that was on the slide and have posted it onto my blog. 

What am I wondering?

   - There is nothing I currently have any questions about. 

World's Best Milky Way Photo | Wānanga

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post, today I decided to write about article about the Milky Way Photo of the Year. 

Text Title: Kiwi's Milky Way photo named one of the world's best

Text Type: News Article 

Text Creator: Allan Granville - Stuff 

Text Purpose: To Inform and show.

What does the author of the text want us to know?

The author wants us to know about the amazing feats that someone in our country had achieved on a global scale. The author describes the many entrees that had went and took on the challenge of capturing the best photo of the milky way. They also informed us of the many obstacles the photographers went through to get this amazing photo of our home galaxy.

'Mt. Taranaki Milky Way' — Larry Rae

Mix & Match Poetry Terms & Definitions | English

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post, this week for English we are doing work on Figurative Language. This is the first task we had to complete for the whole slide.

 

Rare Blood Super-moon | Wānanga

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post. This week I decided to do a critical literacy post on the rare blood supermoon that appeared on Wednesday. 

Text Title: Full coverage: After 40 years, rare blood supermoon lights up night sky

Text Type: News Article 

Text Creator: Stuff 

Text Purpose: To inform and show. 

What views of the world is this text presenting? 

This text is showing us a rare phenomenon where the moon appears to be a dark red rusty colour. This has caused excitement for many astronomy lovers and scientists around the world. The text is also informing us about something that hasn't happened in many years. Both a supermoon and blood moon happening at the same time. 

Credit: New York Times 

Credit: Business Insider