English - Brainstorming Task (Homeschooling is better than traditional schooling)

 

English - The hunter swoop

 

  1. 1 sentence - top left hand corner:

- The dark blue pinkish sky is getting dark because of the sunset in the horizon.

2. 1 sentence - top right hand corner: 

- The dark black ginormous cliff head is dominating the landscape.

3. 1-2 descriptive sentences - bottom of the image:

- The sunset is dying down in the distance behind the short dark hills.

4. 1-2 descriptive sentences - middle of the image:

- My long skinny rope is dangling down in the air below the cliff head. The rope is slipping through my fingure tips and I am wondering if I am going to walk on my own two feet back home.

English - Brainstorming Task (The internet has ruined our ability to be bored)

 

English - Creative Writing Matrix (Random Wikipedia)

Random Wikipedia Article

1) Garret Barry (Piper) was born in 1837, during the great famine.

2) A disease caused him to loose his sight as a young child. 

3) Barry died in 1899, he was Irish and blind among the most famous players of the 19th century.

4) Barry was a popular and respected musician travelling his region to play at house dances.

5) Barry was raised on a farm in the townland of Kylea called 'Inagh Parish' on the shores of Cloonmackan Lough, in an area known as the Garden of Willows.

6) He inspired many later pipers such as Willie Clancy.

7) There is no record of him exists other than certification of his death as a 52 year old bachelor in 1999.

8) Its possible that Garret Barry travelled in Country Kerry in his younger years.

9) An old neighbour of the Barry family claimed that Garret Barry had received some torturing from a Kerry Piper. 

10) Garret Barry was obliged to learn poetic or musical skills in order to earn a living. 

English - The Hunters Swoop

 

  1. 1 sentence - top left hand corner:

- The small bright moon is lighting up the white clouds in the distance over the horizon

2. 1 sentence - top right hand corner: 

- The bright white clouds are spreaded out just above the water with a dark, blue sky hovering over the clouds in the distance.

3. 1-2 descriptive sentences - bottom of the image:

- The bottom of the grey rusted spaghetti can is sinking in the sparkling, clear, shallow blue water.  

4. 1-2 descriptive sentences - middle of the image:

- The poor lonely Guinea Pig is surrounded out of no-where inside a silver cold spaghetti can wondering how it is going to survive going home in the middle of heaven.  

English - Brainstorming Task (All teenagers should have after school jobs)

 

English - Brainstorming Task (Men are stronger than woman)

 

English - Brainstorming Task (Zoo's should be banned)

 

English - Brainstorming task (Plastic bags should be completely banned)

 

English - Brainstorming Task (Social media makes people less socially active)

 

English - Brainstorming Task (New Zealand should get rid of speed limits)

 

English - The hunter swoop

  1. 1 sentence - top left hand corner:

- The black leafless trees are dangling into the forest.

2. 1 sentence - top right hand corner: 

- The tall black trees are falling into the distance.

3. 1-2 descriptive sentences - bottom of the image:

- The deep black watery pond is reflecting into the intimidating forest.

4. 1-2 descriptive sentences - middle of the image:

- The orange autumn fallen leaves are leading into the continuous forest were no one could be found. The mist is blurring into the distance following the black forest. The dark burnt trees look like they are going to fall onto the leading track that lead to the exit. 

English - Brainstorming Task (Animal abuse should carry the death penalty)

 

English - Figurative language (Idioms)

This week in English, we have been learning about figurative language. One of our first activitys in  figurative language we had to mix and match some poetry terms and definitions about figurative which is on one of my latest blog posts. Then we started on doing activitys about Idioms, the first activity was, we had to write down the meaning of idioms that was listed in the grid below. After that we had to choose 3 idioms and then to draw a funny picture about what would happen if these idioms got taken literally. Here is the grid below. 

Figurative Column	Literal Column
a.Just chill out dude!  Meaning: It means to calm down
b. ‘He is driving me up the wall!’ Meaning: It means someone is irritating and making someone angry.
c. ‘His nose is out of joint’ Meaning: It means someone is annoyed
d. The teacher is a real scream Meaning: It means that the teacher is very funny and humorous.
e. What is she cooking up in her mind right now? Meaning: It means what is she thinking right now.
f. He gave her the eye.  Meaning: It means that a man is trying to flirt with another woman.

After that we had to write some other idioms ourselves that are not listed in the grid. We must do 3, should do 4-6, could do 6-8. Here are the idioms that I have chosen.

Idiom: Its a peice of cake - Meaning: Its easy

Idiom: Its raining cats and dogs - Meaning: Its raining hard

Idiom: Let the cat out of the bag - Meaning: Give away a secret

Idiom: Break a leg - Meaning: Good luck

Idiom: Call it a day - Meaning: Stop working on something

Idiom: Get out of hand - Meaning: Get out of control

What have I learnt?

 I have learnt a lot about idioms and what they are. Before we did this work I wasn't that sure what Idioms were. 

How does this work show my learning?

- It shows that I have understood what I am learning. It also shows that I know what idioms are because If I didn't know what Idioms were I wouldn't have completed all of my work.

What am I wondering?

 - I am wondering if there are any idioms that I haven't thought of and what are other idioms that I may know but I haven't thought of them.

English - Brainstorming Task (The driving age should be lowered to 14)

 

English - Mixed and Match

In English we have been learning about creative writing, this lesson we made to match the mixed definitions to the words that are shown in the grid. Here are the before and after grids, the before grid has the definitions in the wrong place and the after grid has the correct definitions in the right place. Here are the grids below. 

Before: 

 

Figurative Language		Comparing two unlike things using the words like or as
Literal Language		An exaggeration of the facts.
Simile		Saying one thing and meaning something else.
Metaphor		Writing with detail to arouse one or more of the 5 senses.
Personification		A phrase common to people who speak the same language- saying one thing but meaning another.
Imagery		Meaning exactly what you say.
Idiom		Comparing two unlike things not using the words like or as.
Hyperbole		Repetition of consonant sounds in a piece of writing.
Alliteration		Giving human qualities to non-human things.

After:

Figurative Language		A phrase common to people who speak the same language- saying one thing but meaning another.
Literal Language		Meaning exactly what you say.
Simile		Comparing two unlike things using the words like or as.
Metaphor		Comparing two unlike things not using the words like or as.
Personification		Giving human qualities to non-human things.
Imagery		Writing with detail to arouse one or more of the 5 senses.
Idiom		Saying one thing and meaning something else.
Hyperbole		An exaggeration of the facts.
Alliteration		Repetition of consonant sounds in a piece of writing.

English - The Hunter Swoop

 1. 1 sentence - top left hand corner:

- A snow mountain is below a cloud and a blue sky.

2. 1 sentence - top right hand corner: 

- Large mountains are in the distance.

3. 1-2 descriptive sentences - bottom of the image:

- A slippery rubbery road is going continuously towards the horizon.

4. 1-2 descriptive sentences - middle of the image:

- The continuous road is ahead of me, swivelling into the distance. 

  

English - Brainstorming Task (Sport is better than music)