We had this photo of a boy jumping off the wharf in Auckland, we had to use complex sentence and a short sharp powerful sentences.

        

THE BIG JUMP

I look down and see the dark green water. I lift my head and look around. I can see boats, water, buildings and the sky tower. I feel like running back home and getting my hot dinner, but that does not matter. We will have dinner again soon enough. I have seen the boys jump, so I think it is my turn to do it.

As I am taking my shoes off, I say what if something goes wrong? I take a big breath, and I say I will do it anyway. I turn around and walk to my point, I count down 3, 2, 1, and start my run. My feet pound across the wharf.

And then,

                       And then,

                                          And then…

I leap into the sky. I can feel the breeze flowing through my toes.

I say to myself this could be my last jump so make it work, I drop, under water 10 seconds no longer, I think to myself will I come back up.

Foul shot

In writing this week we have been looking at a poem called Foul shot,

We had to use a capital letter at the start of each line.

As I start running down the tumbling mat,  I say to myself

I can do it,

I will do it

I am going to do it,

I slowly raise my hands up to my ears,

I firmly place my hands down,

I fling my legs over my head,

I slowly,

Breathe,

Think,

Focus,

Concentrate.

I get my rebound

Flip back into a uck,

My body,

Rotates,

Turns,

Tips,

Wobbles,

Shakes,

I crouch,

I lean forward

Find my balance.

Writing to the unknown soldier that never came home

   To the unknown soldier that never came home  

We were asked to write about the unknown  solider,we had to use complex sentences and a aawwubbis.

As I write this letter to you today, in my warm classroom. I want you to know  that your family and friends are missing you so much, and that they are thinking about you every second of the day.

I can not imagine what it would look like right now, but I am thinking it is pretty   bad. Until you get back your family will be looking at a lovely photo of you. All they are hoping for is that they will be seeing you again sometime.

How did you feel when you had to go to war and fight? We have heard that you were so excited  to go on an adventure, but then unexpectedly you had to stay in war for 4 years.

We have learnt that people were sent to war so they could fight for their country to make their friends and family proud. Did you want to go to war in the first place? We have also learnt about the people that did not want to go to war and they were called conscientious objectors. Some of the people that did not want to go to war were used as stretcher bearer.

What was your job in the war? Was it that you had to go shoot people?

Or was your job to stay back in the trenches and be the backup if someone needed you? What did you think you need more of? Water? Food? Or both? We have learnt that you had to eat hard dry biscuits, rotten fruit, stew if they were lucky and buller beef.

We will always remember you no matter where we are. We will remember that you fought for us in the war and that we are so proud of you. We look up to you and we think about what you and your friends have done for our country.

We are very thankful for what you and your mates have done. We all know that we can trust you. Now you lie peaceful and calm all alone in the Wellington War Memorial.

Yours sincerly

Polly Phillips