WALT understand the structure of a simile poem and write our own about a member of our family or someone we find inspirational
My baby brother
My brother is silly like a monkey.
He is cute just like a kitten.
He is as loud as a concert.
He is as entertaining as watching tv.
He is as airy as a fairy and loves to play like a puppy,
My baby brother.
Albatross bio poem
WALT: take information from a non fiction text to complete a bio poem.
Toroa
Snow white, Royal, Traveller, Docile
Lover of their preferred habitat the freezing Southern Ocean.
Who feels a groovy when dancing on the dance floor with mates.
Who needs their nutritious diet squid, octopus scallops and fish from the salty blue moana.
Who gave valued adornments for Maori in the late 1700s and 1800s.
Who fears the terrifying tori lines with scary banners, even though they keep the toroa from getting hooked.
Who would like pollution from oil, pesticides and rubbish to come to a end and leave their moana crystal clear.
Who comes from a distant family of penguins 65 million years ago.
Albatross
The Olympic Games a Celebration.
Going back into the text.
WALT - We are learning to locate facts from the text and record them in our own words.
Write 3 facts from each of the paragraphs in the text.
Paragraph 1
Women had different games than the men.
The Olympic games are held every four years.
There was a powerful earthquake that ended the games.
Paragraph 2
1500 years later than the ancient Olympics a Frenchman, his friends and colleagues helped bring the Olympics back.
New Zealand was one of the 13 nations represented at the signing of the IOC.
The Frenchman's group became known as the international Olympic Committee.
Paragraph 3
Some awards were given to athletes, artists, musicians and writers.
Pierre De Coubertin created symbols for the Olympic games/celebration
Pierre De Coubertin also created ceremonies,music and pageantry for the Olympic games/celebration.
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