A and P - what does that stand for?

Tomorrow we are going the the annual A and P Show in Christchurch

What does A and P stand for?

Your challenge...

Find the web site and... (how am I going to do that?)

To help you plan ahead for a fun day investigate what attractions are on tomorrow at the A and P show.

You don't want to miss out on something that you'd like to see.

Look under visitor information

Look for a map of the show grounds - in your journal draw 5 or 6 things that you'd like to see or do

Find a link to the official guide and discover all the things that are on.  Remember to look at the times and dates of each event - make a note in your journal of the ones you want to see and the time they are on. Check on the map so that you know where different events are happening.

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

Exaggeration and Hyperbole!

Your Newspaper editor has asked you to cover one of the news stories below.  To make it a bit more interesting you have decided to exaggerate the facts to keep your readers interested.

Use one of the images below to start you off on a brilliant short story. Limit 200 words plus a picture.

Explain to us what happens next...

Describe what caused this to happen...

Write it like a funny news story...

Think of a NEWS HEADLINE (title) to grab the reader's attention!

Remember to plan out some ideas first including some good describing words to go with your story.

Things to describe:  colour, shape, size, smell, sound, touch feel texture, movement, who, what, where, when, why, how

Below are some ideas to get you thinking.

 How did all these bananas get here?  Was it a minion banana robbery?

 Who lives here? Describe the house.  Does it smell.  Maybe Jack lives here... Jack who?

 New transport solution for busy city streets... leave the car at home and take the... instead!

 Giant eggs?  A sign that aliens have landed?  

Or is it the biggest chicken you have ever see!  DON'T LOOK UP! splat!

Why is the shark trying to attack the man on the ladder? 

No fish left in the sea!  Sharks now desperate for food!

Giant egg discovered in the Ilam school playground.  

What happens next?

100 Word Description

They a say a picture is worth 1000 words!
Just try to write 100 words to describe something about ONE of the pictures below.

Chose one of the images below for a short descriptive piece of writing.
You writing might only be part of a larger piece or story.
It should describe the thing in the picture or explain something about it.

Use your IMAGINATION!

Total length 10 lines
100 Words

Do a draft into your writing book - remember to miss lines

Completed descriptions can be added to the blog - click here

Things to describe:  colour, shape, size, smell, sound, touch feel texture, movement, 

The Butterfly Girl

Describe: (show don't tell) 

Describe what she is doing

Describe what she looks like

Describe where she is from

Describe when she can be seen

The Red King

Describe: (show don't tell) 

Describe what he is doing

Describe what he looks like

Describe where he is from

What is he plotting?

The Magical Key

Describe: (show don't tell) 

Describe what the key looks like

Describe what is behind the doors it can open

Creature of the Deep

Describe: (show don't tell) 

Describe what this creature is

Describe what it looks like

Describe the place where it lives

Describe what it does or what it feeds on

Fun with Tessellation

A tessellation is part of geometry.  You can identify a tessellation when you see a shape that can be neatly fitted together again and again with no gaps.

To see how to make your own tessellations, 

take a look at this video.

Once you start looking you can find lots of examples of tessellations in the world around you: buildings, machines, toys and natural objects.  Many amazing tessellations are made by nature!

Here are some more ideas created by another group of children for you to look at.

These have been created by starting from a square piece of card.

Try a google image search for yourself to see what you can find.  Copy any of these search ideas and paste them into the search bar to discover amazing images:

• natural patterns
• patterns in nature
• shell patterns
• camouflage patterns
• tessellations in nature
• coral patterns
• spider patterns
• patterns in frost
• river patterns
• natural spirals
• building tessellations
• spiral stairs

Key words pattern or tessellation + 

an animal

a vehicle

an object

Monday Writing

Imagination

Time to Write
Time to use your imagination.

Inside your head you can imagine it?

Take a look at these images
Which one gives you the best idea for a story?
What ideas are starting to form in your head?

Use a page in your writing book to:
Plan your ideas - in words and pictures
Draft your story - write on every other line - circle spellings to check later

Accident? 

Was he pushed!

Did he intend to go in the mud?

Does this remind you of something that has happened to you?

Why are there so many bananas in this van?

Have the minions been here?

How did all these bananas get here?

Write the story...

Powerful Memories

Take a snapshot in your mind of a strong  memory that you have.  

Something fun, an activity you really like, a personal challenge or first time experience.  

Hold this picture in your mind.  
Use the best describing words you can to retell this memory so that it will burst into colour in the mind of the person that reads it 

    Plan - Draft - Edit    

Example Story

Going Down the Steep Hill!

Blood pulsing at break neck speed. Feeling nervous. I edged slowly down the steep winding road.  My only life line, a single rope tied to the branch of a tree. I looked down. I was dizzlingly high up, I felt sick.

I couldn't  move, I was scared stiff. Then suddenly the sand under my feet started to shift, I was slipping!!!

I regained my balance, but I still felt petrified. Then I noticed people shouting behind me. Someone shouted, “hurry up!” For a moment I felt infuriated thinking, "they have no idea what it’s like being terrified of heights!"

I saw the beach just in front of me. I thought to myself, “you can do it - almost there.” When I finally got down I felt proud, relived 

and I 

couldn't

believe what I had just 

done. 

Thanks to a previous Ilam school writer...

Busy at Work

Here is a short timelapse film of some of us in Room 4 working away on our All About Me posters.

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