Writing

Waka Whakane are learning to describe a 'moment in time' in our writing. We decided to be successful we needed to include descriptions about what we saw, felt, heard, smelt and wondered. On Day One we looked at this amazing photo. We pretended we were the child in the picture.

Here are some of the amazing sentences by authors in Waka Whanake.  

Why do you think these sentences are so effective?

The elephants thump slowly through the grass.  

Kenzi

Above me is the endless sky like a sheet, spread out with a cloud gently floating across the landscape.

Phoenix

I felt like if I stood up I could touch the sky.

Summer

The big jungle fades away behind me as the elephants trudge forward.

Anna

A cloudless sky hovering above the world.

Luke

The blue, endless sky with one lonely cloud looking for a friend.

Wilson

I hear the tremendous BBBRRRR as the herd raise their trunks.

The revolting smell of mud fills the air as we trudge through the paddocks.

Zoey