Ballad Poem

This week our class has been focusing on poetry. We were learning about a ballad poem called our heritage. Once we listened we used the six thinking hats to explore more about the poem. Ofa, Miki, Aung Naing and I worked really hard to make sure we wrote everything in our own words and made sure we answered the questions. I learnt what a ballad poem is. A ballad poem is a poem that tells a story. I found out that a bullocky is an animal driver.

Summer/Winter Juxtaposition

Summer                                                                                              

              

As I jubilate out of my bed I hear the birds carolling and chirping away.    

The bright leaves rush and gush in the breeze as they sway.

The sun peered over me like it was just waiting to give me a hug.

I say hello, stride to the kitchen, and boil the jug.

I assemble and eat my breakfast, and prepare to brush my teeth.

I then walk outside, and put up the Christmas wreath.

Then I kiss my mum goodbye and dash my way to school.

But I make sure to check my bag, because that’s the school day rule.

Winter

I struggle to wake up, as I resist to get out of my warm bed.

I was stuck in the rain yesterday, now I have a fever, and a boiling head.

I dawdle through the icy smooth floor, chuck on my uniform, and go to boil the kettle.

I felt like I slept for days, maybe I’ll even get a sleeping medal.

I chuck on my bag, and scurry my way out the door.

I need to get to school fast, because I make it back home at quarter past four!

I have half an hour left, so I need to run.

Although I forgot my lunch, looks like I need to buy a cinnamon bun

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This week we our class was doing poetry. First as a whole class we read a poem called Two Day Wonder. For our task we were to write our own poem about going to school in Summer and Winter. We also had to make sure our poem had a Juxtaposition. Juxtaposition means putting two opposites side by side to make a contrast. Jack, Sanujan and I thought we could challenge ourselves by making it rhyme. I learnt what Juxtaposition means.

Homonyms

Today LS2 was learning about Homonyms. Homonyms are 2 words that are spelt the same and be pronounced the same, but they have totally different meanings. I finished this dlo with the help of Mataio. I think Mataio and I came up with interesting homonym examples. I enjoyed doing this task because I learnt what a homonym is.

Poetry

This afternoon LS2 were doing poems. We read two poems called Storm In A Teacup and Full Moon Tiger. Today I learnt what rhyming couplets are. Rhyming couplets is a poem that has rhyming words at the end of every second line.  

Poetry

L.I: How do words work to make a picture in our mind

This week for writing as a whole class we did poems. For our writing we had to learn how to use Noun's, Adjective's, Verb's and Adverb's. But first we had to get in groups of four and work together to find out what Noun's, Adjective's, Verb's and Adverb's are. Then we had to get 2 example's of Noun's, Adjective's, Verb's and Adverb's. Later we had to write a poem in our groups follow the steps that Mr Ogilvy taught us. We used a Noun from the 2 example's we got then we had to add some Adjective's, Verb's and Adverb's to our poem. The Must do was the same thing but we had to make one by ourselves using the same process. I learnt that a Noun is used to describe something, someone or somewhere. An Adjective is a word that describes a Noun or Pronoun. Then a Verb is a word used to describe a action, state, incident or an event. Finally an Adverb is an Adjective describing a verb.