T3+Writing

__**Thursday 22nd Septmeber 2011**__

__**Wednesday 14th September 2011**__ __**WALT: Follow the features of recount writing.**__
 * Retells past events in the order they occurred.**

S.C Recall past events Use personal pronouns Has an introduction Has a conclusion Is written in past tense Has sequenced order Tell us what, when, why, where, - introduction Personal comments

Conjunctions - to connect time Adjectives - big Nouns - Climbing, Sam Verb - Run

Introduction Who? Room 30 and Room 29 What? Outdoor education camp When? Monday 5th September - Friday 9th September Where? Ngamuwahine Day 1 - Tramp, cooked own meals, set up rooms, night walk, spotlight Day 2 - Swimming, loop track, firelighting, ABL, Art, burma trail, spotlight Day 3- Activity day 1, spotlight, possum hunting, swimming, bomb fire Day 4 - Activity day 2, Spotlight, Camp concert Day 5 - Clean up, eel, clash of camp, scavenger hunt, Home!



__**Monday 22nd August 2011**__

The place where I live

Not far from a park is my house. It has always got toys on the floor and dishes on the bench. My house can get messy sometimes but it always gets cleaned up after a while. It has four big bedrooms that have each got a different colour paint on the walls, two bathrooms that have a bath and shower in each, one kitchen and one lounge that has our chewed up couches, my fish tank and sky television. It has a massive back yard, big enough for my cream sharpei dog to run around and also to fit a medium size blow up swimming pool and a spa pool under the shelter on the other side of the house. My house is a friendly house and always has cheerful kids running around it. In the summer I can go outside and play with my younger siblings, run around the house with the gorgeous dog and play lots of games. When I’m cold I can hop into the nice hot spa and relax. I love being around my house as it is fun, friendly and big!

**Monday 22nd August 2011**  **WALT: Use a range of language features to write descriptive stories.**
 * S.C**
 * Include at least**
 * 3 similies √**
 * 3 metaphors √√√**
 * 2 personifications √√**
 * 1 alliteration √**
 * 3 onomatopoeia's √√√√**

Write a mystery story about a sophisticated hippopotamus who likes to solve puzzles.

There is a big house on top of a hill, in that house lives a hippopotamus, He likes to solve mysteries. One day the phone started ringing in Mr. Hippo’s house. “Ring, ring, ring, ring.” “Hello, who is this?, there’s a puzzle to be solved?, I’ll be there right away.”

So Mr. Hippo went to the foxes house. “Knock, knock, knock, is anyone there?” Yelled Mr. Hippo impatiently. “This door is very strange, it feels like someone has nailed it closed on the other side because it wouldn’t budge at all.” Still nothing answered the door. “Oh man, that fox is like his mother, always late and always playing tricks.”

Just as he went to turn around there was a big “Boo!” in front of him. “AAAHHH, Fox why did you give me such a fright?” The fox just snickered. “What was it that you wanted me to solve?” Asked Mr. Hippo. I looked up and all the trees were swaying in the wind. In my mind I thought about how much of a beautiful sunny day it was.

Just then the fox started talking. “My kitten is stuck in the tree, and it sounds as if she is screaming for help.” “Ok fox I’ll climb the tree and get her down for you.” So Mr. Hippo started climbing the tree, but his foot slipped and he fell, he hit the ground with a little thud and said, “ Shivers, she’s really stuck up there!” “It’s alright I will try again.” So Mr. Hippo tried again. “This tree is like climbing a mountain, really hard!” Shouted Mr. Hippo. Mr. Hippo managed to get the foxes cat and climbed back down the tree with the foxes cat in his arms. When he got down from tree the fox spoke cheeckily to the Hippo, “You are as clever as a fox.” The mystery ended with Mr. Hippo saying, “If you think I’m as clever as a fox then why couldn’t you climb up the tree and get your kitten yourself?” The fox didn’t reply but instead he just laughed to himself.