Caption Competition no2

Choose one of the pictures below 

Write a funny comment
a title or news headline
write the first sentence of a story...

and add your idea to the share space - SHARE HERE

EXTRA Challenge:  Use alliteration, a simile or a metaphor

More Story Starters

Choose a sentence and finish the story.

1. Everything stopped, people were stood like statues all around me, people in cars, men on bicycles, babies in prams all lifeless, frozen in time. 
2. I had never seen a ghost.  But like they say, there is a first time for everything. 
3. He opened the safe and it had gone. No one had the code, who could have opened it?
4. Grey and foreboding, the castle stood atop the hill looking down across the small town, in the topmost window of the highest tower stood a small boy called... 
5. Am I in heaven?  What happened to me? 
6. Closer and closer it came, it was getting bigger and bigger, soon it filled the sky above, was the moon falling? 
7. He wandered aimlessly through the house seeking any form of distraction to avoid the inevitable doom. Why did it feel like he was nearing the gallows? 
8. Peeking through the window her surprise turned to horror...
9. I woke up with a start, something was in my room.  The wardrobe doors opened and it came out of my wardrobe.
10. "Witches don't exist!" My gran's words echoed around my head as the horrific image gurned at me through my bedroom window.

Caption Competition

Choose a picture and add a caption - short sentence - headline - funny comment

to go with one of the pictures below.

Share Link

Lizard...

 Pets

Empire State Building

 Food

 Battle

Story Starters number 2

More starter sentences

1. The gravestones stood silently, row upon row like soldiers long forgotten, a scream shattered the silence...
2. It was there and then it had gone, why would a rabbit be on my bathroom floor? 
3. Bleary-eyed, I went downstairs for breakfast, the house was empty, even the furniture had gone...
4. The lights flickered and then went off, then the sirens started, it was coming, we knew it wouldn’t be the last time...
5. The date was 13th July, my 345th birthday... it would be my last...
6. Three of us.  We were the only ones left, the only ones to make it to the island.
7. "What have you done?" the headmaster bellowed, all eyes now turned to me as he stood over the lifeless body on playground.
8. Dad just sat and cried.  He cried for three whole days.  His face was blotchy and his eyes were red. Then one day he just stopped...
9. The clock stopped... 74 minutes past 18...it was time to get up.
10. The car screamed to a halt, four men wearing masks jumped out and ran into the nearest building, I looked around. The street was deserted except for me. 

See anything that inspires you?

A and P Show Day

Thank you to all the parents that came 
and took a group around the A and P Show.

Here are some pictures showing our day.

Album 1   Album 2

So Much Depends Upon ...

Image Ideas

Take a look at the pictures in the slide show.

What do you notice in these images?

What's happening?

So much depends upon ... WHAT?

What is important?
What job does this thing do to help?
What could happen if something was missing or wrong?

Who is this important for and why?

Wearable Art Images

Slideshow Coming

Web Album Link

Ideas for Giraffe Writing

Describe what happened
Tell a story without using the word giraffe - until the very end
Imagine why they are doing this - do the humans know?
Write it like a news story


Read through the ideas below to help you with your planning then start your draft.

Remember to write on every second line in your books.

Giraffe Divers

Shiny tiles

Flying

Long legs

Legs get tucked in while swimming twirling around and around drinking water one by one

gliding

Twirling

rhythm

splash from the giraffe

talented flips.

clop, somersault, hanging, flip, ears twitching

Tiptop, tiptoe, drinking ,giraffe hanging

Arched back

synchronized

Clip Clop, Twitching Ears, Ripples in the Water, SPLASH!, Head and Legs tucked in, They heard the Humans

Ears twitching

Flipping

patterns in the water patterns on their backs

Echoes bounce off the walls

Ears twitching tails swaying back and forth

splash, click clock click clock, galloping, diving

Long spiralled staircase, ripples , splashes, elegant summersaults, clip clopping sounds .

spiral walkway

echo sounds in the pool

shiny tiles 1,2,3,4,5,6 the giraffes sneak into the pool for a while they dive then they drink from the pool they look up they run!

Sound of giraffe galloping. Eyes blinking in silence. The loop the loop.Legs tucked in while swimming. Running up and jumping into the the pool. Going up the spiral stairs

Running

There are 12 giraffes. Sounds full of their foot steps.

happy ,excited, scared, nervous, smart

Swimming, Flying and Glitching ears.

gallop, splash, tails swishing, still water, bubble from bubbles

Splashing echo clop clop clop

Movment Flips,jumps,loop-the-loop, and ,tails wagging like crazy!!!!!!!! waiting patiently for their turn standing still as a statue then running at full speed focused on the spot that they must catch to make their flip diving straight down deep into the pool accurate focused

Short Film

Respond to this short film 

  

Describe what happens and what you notice in your own words.

VIDEO LINK - CLICK to WATCH

Back legs apart and front legs slightly arched, a group of giraffes take turns diving into an Olympic-sized swimming pool. 

PROMPTS

Think of an interesting Title for your story - write some notes as soon as you have watched the film.

What - is happening?

When -  does this take place?

How - did the giraffes get into the pool?

Why - do they do this?

Who - knows about this? who let them in?

Describe - show not tell this short story like you have been hiding somewhere under a seat or around a corner so that the giraffes can't see you.

Describe: sounds, movement, body positions, texture, size, number, feelings and thoughts

• Write a news report of the event. 
• Describe the giraffe in detail. 
• Use show not tell throughout describing all that happens as if it is a human and then reveal at the end that it is in fact a giraffe. 
• Write through the eyes of the giraffe - imagine the thoughts in the giraffe's head

Welcome to Room 4

This is an interactive introduction to Room 4.

We hope that you get some ideas from these activities - and - remember

as Mr. Harrison always tells us - you don't have to remember how these things are done.

You just need to remember that they are possible!

Then start imagining your own possibilities.


First we are going to show you Kahoot.  Click the link to get started.


Now for Some Writing
As part of our inquiry we have been learning about animals.
Can you help us?

Can you please help us to write a creative report about the Kiwi?  click on the link.

Now take a look at what we wrote - View the contributions.

How could this collaborative approach be useful to you?


Finally we'd like to show you a Wordle of all the new words that we have discovered while reading our shared class book "Holes".

While Mr. Harrison reads we take it in turns to flip the pages on a eBook.  Some of the words are quite tricky - so we highlight them to keep a list of the new vocabulary as we go.

By having the eBook on the projector everyone can follow along and notice when Mr. Harrison makes a mistake!!!

School Cross Country - Story

This link should take you to the story 

of our school cross country