Similes and Metaphors

Copy these sentences onto your blog and highlight the simile in each:

1. My bedroom was as black as a cave in the depths of the earth. 
2. The classroom after school became as noisy as a gaggle of gabby geese. 
3. The cat capered along the fence top like a tightrope walker on the hire wire.  
4. My anger crashed into me like waves against the shore.

Use a word from the box to complete each Simile                                                Silk

                                                                                                                              Bee

1. The cloth was as black as Coal                                                                        Kitten

2. The wet ball was as slippery as an Eel                                                              Coal

3. My little sister is as playful as a Kitten                                                               Eel

4. The table was as smooth as Silk                                                                       Snow

5. I've been busy as a Bee   

6. The lamb is as white as Snow 

For each of these sentences is it a simile or a metaphor?

1. As slippery as an eel. - Simile

2. Arnie was a man-mountain. - Metaphor

3. He was a lion in battle. - Metaphor 

4. She is as pretty as a picture. - Simile

5. The striker was a goal machine. - Metaphor

6. The torch lit up the room as if the sun had already risen early. - Metaphor

7. The moon was a misty shadow. - Metaphor

8. My friend has a face like thunder. - Metaphor

SIX SIMILES

. The Light was as bright as the Sun

. The boy was as fast as a Cheetah

. The bed was as soft as a Animals coat of Fur

. The man was mysterious as a crow

. The girl was as soft toned as a Angel

. The man was as solid as a mountain.

          

                                         

The Hunters Swoop

1x Sentence top left - The black tendrils of branches tangle into the mist

1x Sentence top right - The withered branches rise to see another day through the ominous fog

1x Sentence bottom - The dark murky water, depressingly still as if it were one of the scarce trees

2-3 Sentences -   

CREATIVE WRITING MATRIX

Its written in the stars

TAURUS 

April 20 - May 20

Taurus people, despite the hard working Bull like name

are actually quite the opposite. Taurus people actually like to relax and 

may seem lazy sometimes as well. But in all, Taurus people are really good

and easy people to get along with. Just don't expect them to 

do that much.

VIRGO

August 23 - September 22 

Virgos are logical, practical and systematic in their approach 

to life. They aren't afraid to improve skills and may 

get a bit too prideful at times. But to sum it all up, Virgos 

are nice and itelligent people to be around with in life

and will come in handy when it comes to Homework.

SCORPIO

October 23 - November 21

Scorpio is one of the most misunderstood signs of the zodiac. 

Because of its incredible passion and power, Scorpio is often mistaken for fire sign. Which is why most Scorpio are seen as mysterious people as to why no on really understands the sign. 

So if you ever know a Scorpio, look out and watch what they might do.

Tourism, Social Studies Unit

What is Eco Tourism?, Ecotourism is catering for tourists wishing to experience the natural environment without damaging it or disturbing its habitats. It is a form of tourism involving responsible travel to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people.

Why is it a growing trend?, Why is ecotourism growing in popularity? Lee Choon Loong: The popularity of ecotourism is fueled by greater public awareness of the negative impacts of tourism be it on the destination or natural environment 

How can Tourism help our oceans?, Marine Tourism

There are countless ways that travelers can explore our planet's oceans and reefs – from diving and snorkeling to sailing and surfing. The seas also provide delicious seafood which is enjoyed by tourists and locals alike.

Starfish Poem | Social Studies

The main message of this poem is:

 About the Starfish and we focused on how this poem was related to the real-life world. The poem resembled how the old man was helping the economy or the ecosystem itself by picking up starfish that was washed across the shore and releasing it into the ocean so that they don't dry up and die.

THE  STARFISH  POEM

Once upon a time there was a wise man 

who used to go to the ocean 

to do his writing. 

He had a habit of walking 

on the beach 

before he began his work. 

One day he was walking along 

the shore. 

As he looked down the beach, 

he saw a human 

figure moving like a dancer. 

He smiled to himself to think 

of someone who would 

dance to the day. 

So he began to walk faster 

to catch up. 

As he got closer, he saw 

that it was a young man 

and the young man wasn't dancing, 

but instead he was reaching 

down to the shore, 

picking up something 

and very gently throwing it 

into the ocean. 

As he got closer he called out, 

"Good morning! What are you doing?" 

The young man paused, 

looked up and replied, 

"Throwing starfish in the ocean." 

"I guess I should have asked, 

why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?" 

"The sun is up and the tide is going out. 

And if I don't throw them in they'll die." 

"But, young man, don't you realize that 

there are miles and miles of beach 

and starfish all along it. 

You can't possibly make a difference!" 

The young man listened politely. 

Then bent down, picked up another starfish 

and threw it into the sea, 

past the breaking waves and said- 

"It made a difference for that one."

Galvanising

Galvanization or galvanizing is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent rusting. The most common method is hot-dip galvanizing, in which the parts are submerged in a bath of molten hot zinc. 

Galvanizing protects from rust in a number of ways: It forms a barrier that prevents corrosive substances from reaching the underlying steel or iron. ... The zinc protects its base metal by corroding before iron. The zinc surface reacts with the atmosphere to form a compact, adherent patina that is insoluble in rainwater.

Live Aid

𝕭𝖔𝖇 𝕲𝖊𝖑𝖉𝖔𝖋: 𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖓 𝕴𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗-𝖘𝖔𝖓𝖌𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖕𝖔𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑 𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖘𝖙. 𝕳𝖊 𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕴𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝖗𝖔𝖈𝖐 𝖇𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖙𝖔𝖜𝖓 𝕽𝖆𝖙𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖊 1970𝖘, 𝖜𝖍𝖔 𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖉 𝖕𝖔𝖕𝖚𝖑𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖚𝖓𝖐 𝖗𝖔𝖈𝖐 𝖒𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙.
𝕳𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖜𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖑𝖞 𝖗𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖌𝖓𝖎𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖘𝖒, 𝖊𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖈𝖎𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖎-𝖕𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖞 𝖊𝖋𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖘 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕬𝖋𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖆. 𝕴𝖓 1984, 𝖍𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕸𝖎𝖉𝖌𝖊 𝖀𝖗𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖌𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖕 𝕭𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕬𝖎𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖘𝖊 𝖒𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖞 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖋𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖋 𝖎𝖓 𝕰𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖔𝖕𝖎𝖆. 𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖜𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖔𝖗𝖌𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖘𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗-𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖗𝖙 𝕷𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝕬𝖎𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖞𝖊𝖆𝖗 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕷𝖎𝖛𝖊 8 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖘 𝖎𝖓 2005.
𝕳𝖊 𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕴𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝖗𝖔𝖈𝖐 𝖇𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖙𝖔𝖜𝖓 𝕽𝖆𝖙𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖊 1970𝖘, 𝖜𝖍𝖔 𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖉 𝖕𝖔𝖕𝖚𝖑𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖚𝖓𝖐 𝖗𝖔𝖈𝖐 𝖒𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙.

𝕵𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘 𝖀𝖗𝖊 𝕺𝕭𝕰: (𝖇𝖔𝖗𝖓 10 𝕺𝖈𝖙𝖔𝖇𝖊𝖗 1953) 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕾𝖈𝖔𝖙𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈𝖎𝖆𝖓, 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗-𝖘𝖔𝖓𝖌𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖉𝖚𝖈𝖊𝖗. 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖔𝖓𝖌 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖉 𝖍𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖙-𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖑𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖀𝕶 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖙 𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖞. 𝖀𝖗𝖊 𝖈𝖔-𝖔𝖗𝖌𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝕭𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕬𝖎𝖉, 𝕷𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝕬𝖎𝖉 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕷𝖎𝖛𝖊 8 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝕭𝖔𝖇 𝕲𝖊𝖑𝖉𝖔𝖋. 𝖀𝖗𝖊 𝖊𝖓𝖏𝖔𝖞𝖊𝖉 𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖆𝖗 𝖘𝖚𝖈𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 1970𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 1980𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖇𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖘 𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖑𝖚𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕾𝖑𝖎𝖐, 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖓 𝕷𝖎𝖟𝖟𝖞, 𝕽𝖎𝖈𝖍 𝕶𝖎𝖉𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖁𝖎𝖘𝖆𝖌𝖊, 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖒𝖆𝖓 𝖔𝖋 𝖀𝖑𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖔𝖝. 𝕴𝖓 1984, 𝖀𝖗𝖊 𝖈𝖔-𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕬𝖎𝖉 𝖍𝖎𝖙, "𝕯𝖔 𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝕶𝖓𝖔𝖜 𝕴𝖙'𝖘 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖒𝖆𝖘?" 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝕭𝖔𝖇 𝕲𝖊𝖑𝖉𝖔𝖋. 𝖀𝖗𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖗𝖊𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖀𝖑𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖔𝖝 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖆𝖓 𝖊𝖕𝖎𝖘𝖔𝖉𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖊𝖑 4 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖘𝖍𝖔𝖜 "𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕿𝖚𝖇𝖊" 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖓 𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖙 𝕻𝖆𝖚𝖑𝖆 𝖄𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖘 𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖉 𝖍𝖎𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖍𝖔𝖓𝖊.

Parihaka

Today for Social Studies we have started on a new unit, we are now focusing on Parihaka. Parihaka is a community in the Taranaki region of New Zealand, which is located between Mount Taranaki and the Tasman Sea. We had to explore what happened, what were the impacts and the songs made for Parihaka. The song we were given to explore was called "Parihaka" by Tim Finn.

Parihaka by Tim Finn

 
My friend, My friend, I hate to see you suffer,
Events conspire to bring us to our knees,
My friend, my friend, you've taken this the wrong way, 
Rise up, defend yourself, never give in,
Look to the sky, the spirit of Te Whiti,
The endless tide is murmuring his name. 

I know Te Whiti will never be defeated,
And even at the darkest hour,
His presence will remain.
I'll sing to you the song of Parihaka.

Te Whiti he used the language of the spirit,
Then stood accused, the madman and his dream,
He saw the train go roaring through the tunnel,
He heard the voice travel on the magic wire,
But he loved the silence of the river,
He watched the dog piss on the cannon's wheel.

I know Te Whiti will never be defeated,
And even at the darkest hour,
His presence will remain.
I'll sing to you the song of Parihaka.

One day you'll know the truth,
They can't pull out the roots,
Come and take me home,
To weep for my lost brother.
They gather still, the clouds of Taranaki,
His children's children wearing the white plume,
So take me for the sins of these sad islands,
The wave still breaks on the rock of Rouhotu.
And when you taste the salt that's on your pudding,
And when you taste the sugar in your soup,
Think of Te Whiti, he'll never be defeated,
Even at the darkest hour,
His presence will remain,
I'll sing for you the song of Parihaka,
Come to Parihaka,
Weep for my lost brother,
The spirit of nonviolence,
Has come to fill the silence, Come to Parihaka.

What is the main message of the song, the main message was to feel empathy for those who had lost their lives & those who suffered. Mainly woman who were raped, but the song also sent messages such as " I know Te Whiti will never be defeated" to give faith and uplift those who might of felt low.