Alliteration

Alliteration

Highlight the alliterations in each of the following sentences:

The sun sizzled the swimmer's skin.
I accidentally ate an awful apple.
Beth borrowed Barry’s books before biology. 
Slipping and sliding, I stumbled in the snow and slush.
Many mysterious men mumbled messages.
The gallant goat gobbled gobs of garbage greedily. 
The rapidly rising river rushed rampantly.

Finish these sentences with your own alliterations:

Red roses can be recognised as a sign of respect and being romantic towards the recipient

While wandering around the forest, he wondered what will he find.

The tired traveller tried to eat his food on the table.

Similes & Metaphors

Similes & Metaphors

Similes

Highlight the simile in each sentence:

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

Use one of these words to complete the sentences:

Silk

Bee

Kitten

Coal

Eel

Snow

The cloth was as black as coal.
The wet ball was as slippery as an eel.
My little sister is as playful as a kitten.
The top of this table is as smooth as silk.
I’ve been as busy as a bee.
The lamb is as white as snow.

Is it simile or metaphor?

As slippery as an eel. - Simile

Arnie was a man-mountain. - Metaphor

He was a lion in battle.  - Metaphor

She is as pretty as a picture. - Simile

The striker was a goal machine.  - Metaphor

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

The moon was a misty shadow. - Metaphor

My friend has a face like thunder. - Simile

My own similes and metaphors:

3 Similes:

Your scream is as loud as the lion's roar.

The water is clear as a crystal.

He's as tall as a giraffe.

3 Metaphors:

He was a beast when he got serious.

That person is a skyscraper.

My friend was a bulldozer when he rammed through them.

What am I learning?

I am learning to identify and form similes and metaphors.

How does this work show my learning?

This works shows my learning by understanding the difference of similes and metaphor and creating 3 examples of them.

What am I wondering?

I am not wondering anything.

Idioms

Figurative Language - Idioms

a. 'Just chill out dude!'

It means: Relax, calm down.

b. 'He's driving me up the wall!'
It means: He's making me crazy.

c. 'His nose is out of joint'
It means: He is upset about something/someone.

d. The teacher is a real scream

It means: The teacher is hilarious

e. What is she cooking up in her mind right now?

It means: What is she thinking right now?

f. He gave her the eye.
It means: He looked at her.

My three examples:

He's a real clown - He's really funny.
This thing is lit! - This thing is amazing.
He killed it, dude! - He did it really well.

Sentence Starter Writing

Sentence Starter Writing

Example:

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog

The forest was really scary when Julie and I went for a walk. “Quick!” I cried, “run faster!” Brown hair bobbing, Julie raced towards me. Foxes were everywhere, chasing us around the trees. Jumped and scratched and twisted and turned, we ran as fast as we could. Over and over, I heard Julie call out, “Wait for me!” The silly girl was just so slow. Lazy, that’s what mum calls her. Dogs barked nearby, scaring the foxes away – and finally, we were safe.

"With great power comes great responsibility"

With Jane was her group of friends in her room. "Great, it was about to reach the climax in the movie" cried Janet in a sarcastic tone, annoyed about the power outage in Jane's house. After a few minutes, Mona comes in the room wondering why the power was out. Although there was no power, Jane and her group of friends came up with ways to have a great time. After her friends left, Jane asked her family about the power outage in their house. "I forgot to pay the electricity" her brother acclaimed, "I thought it was your responsibility to pay the electricity," said Moma. "Next time, you should be more aware of the bills" Moma spoke after finishing dinner.

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Lyrics:
Botch-A-Me(Ba Ba Baciami Piccina) - Rosemary Clooney
"I a-botcha you and ev'rything goes crazy"

Sweet Relief - Windjammer
"Contextualize it and justify"

You Were Meant For Me - Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra, Leslie Scott
"You were all the sweet things rolled up in one"


"I a-botcha you and ev'rything goes crazy," Pero yelled in a ridiculous accent. "Contextualize it and justify" suggested Windoralia perplexed to what Pero said as she slowly walks away. "You were all the sweet things rolled up in one" Pero whispered in a sad tone loud enough for Windoralia to hear.

SEEL Paragraph

As seen in the bar graph, as technology improved over time, the world population has also increased. Technology has been around us for a long time, it has helped us do things easier. 400,000 years ago, technology has helped our ancestors to hunt and gather food for themselves. With the help of technology, such as knives and other tools and weapons, our ancestors had climbed up the food chain. No longer being a prey, the world population slowly increased.

In the bar graph, it is shown that as technology advanced, the world population increased. 400,00 years ago, weapons and art were developed. With the development of weapons, our ancestors climbed up the food chain. Thus beginning the slow increase of the world population. Through time, the world population grew as technology improved.

Assessing Against the Self Directed Learner Matrix

Catch up on work I miss or fall behind on in my own time.

I would plan or create a timetable which tells me what I need to work on and what time. I would also put an alarm which notifies me to do my work at a specified time.

Goals:

Catch up on the tasks I missed.

Finish them on time.

Complete them to an excellent level.