Descriptive Writing

Today in English we have been assigned the task to read a paragraph from a story and carry it on in our own words. I've chosen Sons and Lovers by D.H Lawrence.




This paragraph is from THIS website
From the book: “She looked at her roses. They were white, some incurved and holy, others expanded in an ecstasy. The tree was dark as a shadow. She lifted her hand impulsively to the flowers; she went forward and touched them in worship.”

What I'm adding on:
She didn't see the small, red prickles still attached to them. She lets out a loud scream, she ran to find someone to help her take them out but she couldn't find anyone. She leapt down the white spiral stairs and scrambled into the bathroom. The bathroom was like no other, the walls were white marble and the sink top was granite. she looked top to bottom to find tweezers and she finally found them in a draw. she yelps as she takes the prickles out one by one.

Metaphors and similes

what is the definition of metaphor?

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which is not applicable.

What is a simile in my words?

A simile is when you compare something to something else like; lions are as cute as my dog.

what is the definition of simile?
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion ).

some songs with similes and metaphors:

* Green highlight is a metaphor
*yellow highlight is a simile
Young Blood
5 Seconds of Summer

Remember the words you told me, love me 'til the day I die
Surrender my everything 'cause you made me believe you're mine
Yeah, you used to call me baby, now you calling me by name
Takes one to know one, yeah
You beat me at my own damn game

You push and you push and I'm pulling away
Pulling away from you
I give and I give and I give and you take, give and you take

Youngblood
Say you want me
Say you want me
Out of your life

And I'm just a dead man walking tonight
But you need it, yeah, you need it
All of the time
Yeah, ooh ooh ooh

Youngblood
Say you want me
Say you want me
Back in your life

So I'm just a dead man crawling tonight
'Cause I need it, yeah, I need it
All of the time
Yeah, ooh ooh ooh

Lately, our conversations end like it's the last goodbye
Yeah, one of us gets too drunk and calls about a hundred times
So who you been calling, baby, nobody could take my place
When you're looking at those strangers, hope to God you see my face

Youngblood
Say you want me
Say you want me
Out of your life

And I'm just a dead man walking tonight
But you need it, yeah, you need it
All of the time
Yeah, ooh ooh ooh

Youngblood
Say you want me
Say you want me
Back in your life

So I'm just a dead man crawling tonight
'Cause I need it, yeah, I need it
All of the time
Yeah, ooh ooh ooh

You push and you push and I'm pulling away
Pulling away from you
I give and I give and I give and you take, give and you take

You're running around and I'm running away
Running away from you, from you

Youngblood
Say you want me
Say you want me
Out of your life

And I'm just a dead man walking tonight
But you need it, yeah, you need it
All of the time
Yeah, ooh ooh ooh

Youngblood
Say you want me
Say you want me
Back in your life

So I'm just a dead, man crawling tonight
'Cause I need it, yeah, I need it
All of the time
Yeah, ooh ooh ooh

You push and you push and I'm pulling away
Pulling away from you
I give and I give and I give and you take, give and you take

Youngblood
Say you want me
Say you want me
Out of your life

And I'm just a dead man walking tonight

Song lyrics link

About Me 2020

Hi, my name is Jakita, I was born in Christchurch and I'm currently 15. I have a few pets including 2 chinchillas, 4 guinea pig, 1 turtle and like 20 fish. I do casual work but only in the holidays. In my spare time, I like to go shopping and going to new places. I'm not sure what I want to do or study at University. My favourite subjects are science and health. I like chicken nuggets and will love anyone forever if you got me some😊😊. I like Mustang cars and Mustang horses. I do NOT like broccoli.

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Ideal World

Ideal World

What does an ideal world look like in your mind?
What could you do to make it a reality?

My ideal world would have no racism and skin colour didn't matter not will it ever matter. Homelessness would be a thing and there would be no habitat loss nor would there be deforestation. There would be no slavery and everyone would have decent meals each day and no one would go hungry. Everyone would have decent pay and no one would go out of pocket. There would be no pollution nor the fear of losing innocent animal/creature to extinction. There would be no animal abuse and no war between country. Everyone would have access to free medical care and free education.

To make a difference, I'm going to cut down on plastic products and not use products that test on animals or harm animal in the process.

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Volcanoes, Earth and Earthquakes

Simple Earth:

Well, there are four layers of the Earth: The Crust, The Mantle, The outer Core and The Inner Core. The Inner Core is EXTREMELY hot and is the hottest part of the Earth. In fact, the Inner Core can go up to 5500c degrees!

Earthquake!!!:

So first before I talk about Earthquakes we have to know what causes them. There are two tectonic plates that run under New Zealand, One being the Indo-Australian and the other is the Pacific tectonic plate. So what causes an Earthquake? An Earthquake is caused when tectonic plates move, there is a divergent boundary (when the crust pulls apart), Convergent boundary (when two plates come together) and the Transform boundary (when two plates slide past each other)

The Convergent boundary has two categories, there is the Oceanic Continental boundary and that is denser than the Continental-Continental boundary. The damage of Earthquake all depends on their depth and where they are located.

Erupting Volcano:

Volcanoes are torturous. When one goes off YOU BETTER RUN. How is a Volcano formed? Well, when Magma from within the Earth's mantle makes its way to the surface, it erupts to form lava. Over time the Volcano can erupt over and over again, this makes it bigger and stronger. Volcanoes are usually formed where the tectonic plates meet.  When lava flows out slowly, a rock called Basalt is formed when called down but when it spews out, a rock called Pumice is formed.

The word 'volcano originally comes from the name of the Roman god of fire, Vulcan. 

 The Ring of Fire is where over 75% of Earths volcanoes are found.

On Wednesday the 30th of October, my friend and I made a Volcano cake for our experiment. This task took us over three hours to do as we needed to make, cook and ice the two-layered cake.

If you are interested in the ingredients and method we used, HERE you go.

Cake

1 cup Chelsea White Sugar
125g butter
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk

Whipped Vanilla Bean Frosting
375 grams unsalted butter, softened and cut into cubes
3 cups sifted Chelsea Icing Sugar
3 tablespoons (45 mL) milk
1 vanilla bean, scraped
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
pinch of salt

Bibliography
Bibliography

English and Scottish treaty

I have been researching about the treaty between England and Scotland. There were wars leading up to these events in 1707. This treaty is still in place today. we have been researching treats as we have been learning about the Treaty of Waitangi. Most treaties have the same basic outline just like the Treaty of Waitangi and the treaty between England and Scotland.

We should celebrate the day our treaty was signed because it is part of our history. 

Population change in New Zealand 1836-1901

In Social studies, we have been learning about what happened when the Europeans arrived in New Zealand and what happened. This graph shows the population change in Maori and Europeans. When the Europeans arrived the Maori population basically died off because of the introduced muskets (guns) and because they fought over land.