Identifying Figurative language in novels

Identifying Figurative language in novel

Today I created this drawing to show my piece of writing that i picked out from the novel "the city of ember".

This one is personification because it is giving the darkness human actions like pushing/pressing, which is something darkness can not do.

Figurative language in music

WALT: identify language features in songs

This task was about finding figurative language in songs, this was very easy because I already knew some songs that had figurative language in them.

DLO collaborative mystery solving

WALT: work collaboratively to solve a mystery

This task was about solving out who stole the $1000 from mr Jorgensen. from 1-5 i think I collaborated with my buddy pretty bad so i would say a 1.

What is a complex sentence.

Collaborative mystery solving.

WALT: work collaboratively to solve a mystery.

This task was about a boy who was kidnapped so that he couldn't participate in his next football game. This was easy because I looked for all the clues and made inferences. I made this by myself and sadly didn't collaborate with anyone because I just listened to my group and didn't share. Next time I will ask to work in a group so that I will be able to collaborate.

Mystery solving - 2018

WALT:  work collaboratively to solve a mystery  

Today I worked with my friends Mya and Sarah together we solved a reading activity that was about a very "Valuable painting" that was taken. We looked at all the clues and found out that it was a character named "Lucy Smith"I think we worked really well together. At the top I have given you a story board and those are the reasons why.

Do sharks make a good pet? Yes/No

Making elephant toothpaste.

Today we made elephant toothpaste, we were in groups of four. We did this in the reading time because we were reading a book that had this in it. It was cool to see it rise and form bubbles. Lisa helped us do this which was very helpful. As you can see ours is green and also in a small cup. I really enjoyed this experiment.

Comparing Diwali to Matariki.

Answers T3W10

Kim wants to drive her three kids and their two friends to the soccer game. The problem is that her shiny new SUV only has room for five passengers including the driver.

Kim misses her old eight passenger SUV but she’s still thankful that the new one gets much better gas mileage.

1. Which of the following statements is false?

a. Kim’s new vehicle is not meant to carry six people.

b. Kim’s old SUV had seating for more passengers than the new one.

c. Kim won’t be able to take her kids to the soccer game.

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Karim had $500 dollars to invest. He was considering a number of options.

“I’d really like to buy gold bars with the money and hide them in a big hole in our yard,” he said.

“Five hundred dollars won’t buy much gold,” his father pointed out. “You could put all the gold in your shoe and never notice that it’s there.”

“That takes all the fun out of it!” Karim groaned. “I just won’t buy any gold at all!”

When Karim’s father suggested that he deposit the money in his new savings account at the local bank, Karim quietly stated, “That could work.”

2. What did karim want to buy?

a. new shoes

b. a small gold coin

c. gold bars

d. a used hamburger

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3. From the selection we can tell that Karim _______.

a. will save his $500 at the local bank

b. might decide to put his money into his bank account

c. will put the cash under his pillow and wish for a tooth

d. does not trust banks

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Scientists in Australia have discovered a planet that seems to be a solid diamond. They estimate it to be about five times the size of Earth. The diamond planet is 4,000 light years away, so don’t plan on traveling there any time soon.

4. Which one of the following do you think scientists needed in order to make this discovery?

a. a microscope

b. a smartphone

c. a jewelry store

d. a radio telescope

Luke is very competitive and loves to win when he plays sports. Kyler doesn’t take sports all that seriously. So when their tennis singles match was over, it was no surprise that both boys were in a good mood, especially Luke.

1. Which statement is most likely true?

a. Luke won the match.

b. Kyler won the match.

c. The game was rained out.

d. Kyler was given a new truck.

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Leslie’s main playlist has forty rock songs, fifteen rap songs, and one country song. It also contains twelve classical instrumentals.

2. Which statement is probably NOT true.

a. Leslie likes music.

b. Leslie’s favorite music is country.

c. Leslie likes rock better than rap.

d. Leslie listens to a wide range of music.

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I think you’ll like your present, Scott. You’ll still be able to use it for at least the next couple of months before the weather gets too warm. It can be a lot of fun, especially if you take a lesson or two first. Remember, people are often injured by using these things if they don’t know what they’re doing.

3. Scott’s new present is a _______.

a. rifle

b. tennis racquet

c. snow shovel

d. snowboard

Brad put a load of clothes into the washing machine. An hour later, he unloaded the damp clothes and put them into the dryer. Later, he unloaded the clothes and carried them upstairs in a basket. To his dismay, Brad noticed that the load of laundry just didn’t smell nearly as fresh as usual.

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4. One of the following is the reason why. Which one is it?

a. Brad forgot to turn on the washing machine.

b. Brad wasn’t paid to do the laundry.

c. Brad had forgotten to put detergent into the machine.

d. The radio didn’t work.

I know some of these are wrong its hust that I needed something to post for the holidays.

Whaitere - the enchanted stingray

I read a story about Whaitere - the enchanted stingray and this is the work that I did.

Reading T3W2

Activity 3 You need someone to use the bubblegum machine.Create an advertisement for the job.

Activity 4 The figurative language from the text is in green on the vocab slide. Choose 1 to draw a picture to explain the literal meaning. Use the words in a sentences or explain the figurative meaning. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don’t swallow that.

Out of the 6 activities I have chosen two. I have picked these two activities because I completed these two the fastest and I learnt some new things like what "Don't swallow that" means. And I also learnt how to make advertisement.