T2+Narrative+Writing


 * __Wednesday 8th June__**


 * __WALT - identify similes and metaphors__**

S.C. - We can identify the similes which use 'as' We can identify the similes which use 'like' We can identify metaphors We can explain what the similes and metaphors mean/are telling us about what we are reading

//Metaphors// are a way to compare to by saying that one thing is another thing. For example, we say somebody is a //fool//. In the past in Europe, a fool was a person who entertained the king or queen by doing silly things. The fool was a kind of clown. He often did crazy or stupid things to make people laugh. So when we call somebody a fool we really mean that he or she is doing something silly or stupid. We don’t really mean that they are somebody who entertains the king or queen. We are using a metaphor. What do we mean when we say these things: When we //say someone is a pig// we really mean that - That she or he eats a lot of food√ When we //call someone an angel// we really mean that - That she or he is really nice√ If we //say someone is a giant// we really mean that - That she or he is really tall√ When //we call a man an ogre or a woman a witch// we really mean - That she or he is not very nice√ When somebody plays cards and //we call them a shark//, we really mean that - That she or he is really good at cards√ If we say that //somebody is a volcano ready to explode//, we really mean that - That she or he is really angry√ When we say somebody is //bright// we mean that - That she or he is very smart√©

Metaphors are imaginative ways to describe something by comparing that thing to something else. For example, if I wanted to say that Dan is tall, I could say that //Dan is a giant//. Use a metaphor to describe somebody who is:

tall - Witeranna is a giant√

kind - miss marsden is very kind√

fast - I am very fast√

slow - Korban is very slow√

smart - Zain is so smart√

fat - Zac is fat√

sneaky - Jono is very sneaky√

angry - Sam is very angry√

beautiful - A ford fairlane is very beautiful√

ugly - ruben is very ugly√

stubborn - Dallas is very stubborn√

short - Quintin is very short √

thin - My pencil is very thin√

silly - Hamish is very silly √

scared - Alex is very scared

easily - Levi can easily get in to the Aims football team√

Pattern 1: like

Pattern 2: as

Examples Similes are a way to compare two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’. For example, if I want to say that somebody //swims well//, I can say they //swim like a fish// because fish swim well. There are two basic patterns that you can use. verb + like + noun She swims like a fish. He looks like an ogre. She plays like a pro. He walks like a duck. She acts like a fool. as + adjective + as + noun He is as tall as a giant. She is as fast as a rocket. He is as graceful as a swan. She is as sneaky as a fox. He is as quiet as a mouse. How could I say that somebody: runs - Korban runs like a elephant√ fast - Im fast√ is - pretty jumps well is strong How could I say that something:

is hard feels soft is sweet feels rough is heavy sounds noisy is light

__Tuesday 14 June__ __Walt:-use our senses to help describe in our writing__

S.C. We can describe what our marshmallow looks like smells like feels like tastes like

Sight: The marshmallow I received looks like a fruit cake but with out the fruit and the colour of my marshmallow is a icy cooled whiteness with icing sugar on it that looks the the countries of our universe.

Smell: My marshmallow smells like the dentist place.

Touch: My marshmallows feels like a tramp and I made it in to a skate park bowl

Tastes: My marshmallows tasted like delicious pice of candy floss