Creative writing: The narrative

 Show don't tell

Show don't tell is describing something in more deft, making it more interesting and more informational. This is to paint a picture in the readers head while they read a text like book or article of some kind   

The buildings are tall

The buildings shot up to the sky 

Sarah was really upset

Tears started to drip from Sarah's eyes running down her face her eyes turned red and puffy  

She was so happy to see him 

Her eyes lit up as he entered the room she was her day was instantly better and she felt as if all that was wrong would then be alright  

The lake was beautiful 

The reflection of sun shimmed along the water bright green grass and flowers of all colour surrounded the lake ducks gliding through the light blue water

Narrative opening

The stars were like fireflies shinning in the night.

The red arm chair sat in the corner of the enclosed rearranged room 

The sky looks like the ocean, light blue water, clouds looking like waves crashing upon the surface 

Flames burning, smoke invading the atmosphere, stars slowly getting lost through the mist.  

Setting

Sky left grey, misty fog covers the towns, houses left empty. Dry lifeless leafs swirling around in each direction. Time unable to told 

Darkness invades the sky the moon slowly appearing as the sun sets, Birds flying back to their nests noises start to fade 

Water races down the window, hitting the ground jumping to separate specs of water, clouds black and full of rain the storm slowly dies down     

Setting backdrop 

Thousand of legs moving though the streets birds leaping and flying from power point to power point cars zooming to come to a stop when the light turns red, Trees swirling around in rage as the car pass each other like there is no time to waste. Clock ticking and time flying by. House Lights flickered on and off power points buzzing finally the lights went out for good the buzzing continues like thousand of bees     

Name: Ava Clair

Age: 17

Height: 5,8

Eye colour: 1 green 1 blue

Physical appearance: Long hair, light coloured eyes, olive skin tone, Average body type/ shape 

Strange or unique physical attributes: 

Favourite clothing: Crisscross patterned Jersey 

Where do they live/ What is is like: California  

Gestures and movements: Quick reflexes. 

What about their appearance would they change: Scars, birth mark. 

Speaking style: Quick speaking when stressed or agitated, Stuttering the majority of the time 

Pet peeves: Chewing with mouth open, Complaining over nothing, Ignoring for no reason  

Fondest memory: Last Birthday with all my friends and family before mum died 

Hobbies/interests: Swimming, archery, Exploring  

Special Skills/ abilities: Artist but doesn't want people to know 

Insecurities: She is insecure about pity that everyone gives her because her mum died 

Quirks: Bad attention span. 

Temperature (Easy going - easily angered ect.): Isn't easily angered but when is she get very angry 

Negative traits: Sometimes too opinionated 

Things that upset them: Bad vibes, negative people      

Things that embarrass them: Being on stage 

This character is highly opinionated about: Their beliefs  

Phobias: Ophidiophobia - A fear of snakes 

Things that make them happy: Friends and family

Family: Her little brother, dad and her. Her brother is quiet but full of ideas, awkward and anxious but caring. Her dad is learning how to manage and cope with life without his wife Ava's mother.

Deepest darkest secret: When she was 14 she crashed a car 

Reason she kept this secret so long: She was afraid of how much trouble she would be in 

Peoples opinion on her: People think she is quiet, antisocial, They feel sorry for her because of her mum passing away.

Favourite band, music, song: She doesn't listen to much music anymore 

Favourite Movie: None

Favourite Tv show: None

Favourite book: None 

Favourite sport: Soccer 

Political views: None 

Religion: Atheist

Physical health: Good

Dream vacation: Hawaii

Description of their house: 4 bedroom house, old, pealing paint, rusted nails, old but sturdy fence 

Description of their bedroom: Big, constantly reorganised, black curtains, white walls and grey and black furniture 

Any pets: 2 Dogs 

The best thing that ever happened to this character: Her little brother 

The worst thing that ever happened to this character: Her mum passing away 

Superstitions: None 

Three words to describe this character: silent, tragic, loving 

If a song played every time this character walked into the room, what song would it be: Unsure     

 Reflection 

In English as usual we have been working on a range of activity all of which relate to creative writing 

Something I have learnt well learnt to do better was when creating a character to know them, to know what they like what there family is like and their life is before you start writing because you will find it easier writing about the character and will help the reader to understand them better.

I enjoyed being able to write creatively and write about something from my imagination. How I was able to make it interesting to me and enjoyable 

For me the easiest style was show not tell. When I'm writing I find that I like putting detail into it and try to paint a picture in someones head, pushing my idea and the way I want something to be interpreted to someone  

Significance of ww1

In Social Science we have been working on Anzac, We have recreated the battle on my map 

Here is my map   

When do you hear this song? 

This song is played on Anzac Day 1 minute before the moment of silence. 

Why is this song significant/important to New Zealand?

The Last Post is to signal the end of the soldier's service. It is used at military funerals and memorial services.    

What is the history behind the last post - Why was it played and when?

It is played for the soldiers who have passed away in the war. As stated earlier the Last Post is played at Military funerals and memorials as a final farewell and symbolises that the duty of those who fought in the war is over and they can now rest in peace.

What does this song represent?

The Last Post represents all the soldiers that fought in the war especially those who died during it. It also represents how the soldiers fought for our country. 

10 bass

 The genre me and my partner are doing is rock. She is playing the electric guitar and I am singing. In my group there is Dominique and me. The name of the song we have selected is Smells like teen spirit by Nirvana. We have not yet decided what part of the song we are going to work on first we are thinking of doing the pre-chorus but not completely sure. What has been challenging so far has been finding a song that is right for both of us and that won't be too difficult for the electric guitar  

English - Introduction to Creative writing

 For English, we have been set a range of tasks to complete one of which was writing a paragraph without the use of saw, taste, felt, and hear.  

 The sent of seawater lingered through the air, The water crashed onto the surface and retreated back out to sea as the sand absorbed the last of the water. As I witnessed the sunshine and shimmer on the light blue ocean the seagulls squirmed and squealed to each other fighting over the few bits of food they could find, the sand pushed against me with the guidance of a gush of wind. An elegant rush of flavor hit my mouth.

A Simile is a figure of speech that compares two things also highlights the similarity between two things using words such as like or as.  

The sky is as blue as the ocean and the clouds are like waves.   

A Metaphor creates an implicit comparison.

A Metaphor you may hear quite often maybe There are more fish in the sea. 

Language Features 

We were asked to pick 3 out of 5 words and find the definition and an example for each 

Summer

The sun burns brightly

It is quite spectacular

And very shiny

Winter

Ice clings to the tree

Footprints engraved in the snow 

Snowmen linger on each street

Autumn

It's the time of year

As all leaf scatter around

creating piles

Spring

The flowers blooming

smell of pollen in the air

colour in the area

Slam poetry

 I don't have a favorite poem. These poets didn't excite or interest me. I feel like they could be better with maybe an added beat or just something to make them more interesting something to hook listeners.

Physical or chemical change

Today in science we did a experiment on zinc oxide  

 I think there will be possibly be sparks because of the reaction of heat to chemicals. It could turn yellow. 

1. Sample of zno - zinc oxide 
2. Heat source - heat plate
3. Scales
4. Heat proof container 
5. Tongs
6. Heat proof mat 

Get sample of zno in an evaporating dish 

Weigh the zno + container - record weigh 

Heat container + zno on hot plate

Observe any changes - use phone for before and after photos or video 

Take off heat and put on heat proof mat

Let cool - observe - photos

Reweigh 

Conclusion: 

it turned slightly yellow once put on heat plate and left there for a while, after a while the colour went back to white there for the change was physical. after we put the zno in the evaporating dish we the weighed it, which weighed 37 once we took it off the heat plate we weighed it again which hadn't changed and still weighs 37