Similes and Metaphors - Which is Which?

Today's writing lesson was around learning the difference between similes and metaphors and using them to improve our  recounts. Here are some of the best.

 For your comment can you either name the person who you think did a great job as a writer or write the numbers of all the metaphor examples.

1. We were still looking. We didn’t give up. We were like Richie McCaw during a rugby tournament - Sweyde

2. We bumped into each other. We were elephants in a stampede - Rangimarie.

3. We could see all of the fish and turtles, they were as colorful as a rainbow. - Kaya

4. Whamo! I slipped over and slammed my head onto the ground. It was like atoms colliding together in nuclear fusion. My head exploded in pain! - Tim

5. I got up and walked quietly down the hall. I was a mouse, trying not to wake anyone up - Iverson.

6. I eat like a beast - Aryan

7. My eyes started to close, I was trying to keep them opened but I couldn’t. I was like a bat sleeping in it’s cave - Tristan

8. My dad said, “boy we're going to town and you are coming too, I shouted to dad, “Dad I don’t want to come to town, but I still had to go to town. I was a prisoner - Ricci

9. “Ok I’ll stay up as long as I can”  I said. My eyes were owl eyes - Heaven

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I am so proud of AJ's first attempt at making a movie using Kizoa. Go to his blog and leave a comment about his work.

Shared Reading - CSI

Today in Room 5 we started our CSI shared reading program. We discovered that the following things trip us up when we are reading:

• hard or new words

• making sense of difficult punctuation

• reading content that we are unfamiliar with 

• when we realise we don't understand

• when the topic is boring

After discussing this, we realised we currently solve reading problem by:

• chunking 

• sounding out

• re-reading

• using tools/define or online dictionary

• searching the text for details

• searching the text for clues (making inference) 

I can't to see the progress Room 5 students are going to make as they learn to become great reading detectives! 

My Book Review

Hi my name is Ricci and this is my book that I've been reading recently.

The Book that I've read is called Stuffed By Paul Jennings.

The book is mostly about Martin saving the cane toads and he keeps two toads and names them Fruitcake and Pancake.  

Frisbee is the person who lives next to Martin anod he kills cane toads and Martin tries to stop him.

The thing that surprised me in this book was that Martin actually liked cane toads but no one else liked cane toads.

The part that I liked in this book was that martin saving the cane toads and why I liked this part because it was interesting for me.

The interesting thing in this book for me was when Fruitcake and Pancake were playing tennis to scare Frisbee.

What I learned from this book was that it has some interesting stories for me to read.  I would recommend you read this book because it has so much interesting stories in it and that.   

Here's a link to my blog if you want to check it out
My Blog

What  have you been Reading?

Spotlight on...

Well done Sweyde and Aryan these boys have received the tumaia hoe award! Both boys have improved a lot in writing in the last two weeks due to focus and hard work. Make sure you check out their writing post. Let them know the part of your writing you enjoyed the most. (They have not yet completed their final draft so there are a few errors)

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Te Reo - WALT understand, follow and give simple instructions in Te Reo Maori

Thanks to Tehanah for putting this clip together!