Describing More than the Obvious

 

 

The anaconda's jaw dislocates when he wants to devour large prey. If he eats something monstrous he won’t need to eat for six months.

The small boy feels worried as he sits on top of the massive anaconda wondering if it will jump up and devour (eat) him.

He hears the hiss from the anaconda, hurting his delicate ears.

He hears his heart beating like a giant stomping his giant feet.

He feels the anaconda slithering away under his sweaty trembling hands.

He feels shocked as he watches the anaconda slither through the pale water. Soon it might be blood red.

 

 

The anaconda has a jaw that dislocates so the prey can fit down its throat. When the prey reaches its stomach the skin stretches.

The ugly beast is so fat that he cannot move.

The boy feels surprised because this anaconda is not swallowing him alive.

He sees the snake trying to slither away.

He feels the scaly green and black skin.

The boy feels excited to be able to touch the anaconda.

The boy feels butterflies in his tummy because the anaconda might turn around sharply and eat him whole.

 

  

 

When the anaconda eats, it drags its prey into the water and drowns it, before eating it whole.

It can dislocate its jaw and eat animals bigger than it, such as a crocodile.

The little boy is patting the snake wondering if the slimy anaconda is going to swallow him whole.

The snake is curious if the boy is trying to hurt him or trying to be friendly.

He hears the slithering of the giant anaconda as he fingers the anaconda's scales.

The boy feels curious as he's stroking the slithering snake.

He feels thousands of scales on the slimy anaconda.

He feels that his feet are getting mouldy and wet because water is soaking into his shoes.

 

  

The anaconda is camouflaged, but getting dirtier while slithering in the mud.

The boy feels excited because he wants to take the anaconda home as a new pet.

He sees the flash of the camera and the anaconda's tail thwacking around.

He hears birds chirp in the green trees.

He hears his mother screaming, because she wants him to move away from the anaconda before it eats him whole. 

He feels the wet and gooey scales of the snake.

The boy feels as if he is an anaconda slithering in the mud too.

 

  

The anaconda is trying to blend into the misty swamp because he doesn't like being seen in the wild.

The slimy beast's jaw dislocates in order to devour prey larger than itself, like crocodiles.

The young boy child feels curious because he wants to feel the anaconda's heartbeat.

He sees his mother sunbathing whilst the snake slowly creeps into the stream.

He hears the sound of a bird tweeting and the snake hissing.

The boy feels the slimy moist reptile as it slithers through the swamp.

He feels his shoes get trapped in the mud, as he’s stroking its back.

He feels the anaconda slithering away under his sweaty trembling hands.

Descriptive Writing

 

This term Room 7 have been focussing on writing a series of descriptions. We have described objects, people and now have tried our hands at describing a scene.

  

The bus is in the heart of the rain forest.

The bus is a faded red and a muted white.

The branches are swaying helplessly in the wind.

The bugs underground are digging holes in the ground, nipping on plants.

The bus has a slimy surface and the tree trunks are rough.

The moss is as green as Granny Smith apples.

 

 

 

I see the bus standing still like a statue in the forest.

There is a muted red and white bus surrounded by an army of trees.

 

I see a mossy green and white bus with its door wide open.

 

I see several small snails slithering all over the lost bus,

looking for their friends and family.

The lime leaves of the tree branches are waving in the rustling wind.

 

I hear thousands of creatures scuttling under the bus scavenging for prey.

I feel the wind blowing and I see the debris scattering across the forest floor.

 
 

The bus is lying on the emerald green leaves of the forest floor.

The mossy red and white bus has its door open while the venomous spiders hang their cobwebs from the roof.

 

The bus is a rectangle with square windows and circle tyres.

 

The bus feels rough like moss that is stuck on concrete.

The trees leaves are green in the sunlight.

 

The leaves are blowing in the wind while the snails are slithering along the bus.

 

 

A muted red and white coloured bus is stuck in the brown gooey mud. 

The bus is lumpy with rust, dirt and mud.

The pale red and white bus is surrounded by the emerald green forest.

The heart shaped leaves are on cylinder trunks in the forest.

 

The oblong bus is trapped in the middle of the forest.

 

Snails slide up the back of the bus while worms squirm in the mud.

An Ode to Our Mums

Tracey Ann James Winkel

You should be wishing you had Tracey Winkel as a mum.

She is 42 years old and her birthday is on the 20th of June. She was born in the at McDonalds. in Invercargill. Tracey Winkel is the mother of three children, Gabby (10), Matt (9) and Sophie (6) and a dog, Cobo.

My mum has black curly hair that flips around in the wind. She has freckles that go everywhere on her face. She is very tall and has got brown eyes.

My mum works at the Gore Baptist church. Mum loves singing to her children only about the stuff she hears. She loves Marvel superhero movie series like : The Avengers and Ironman.

I love my mum very very much, and she is the best mum you could ever wish for.

Matt Winkel

My Amazing Mum Nicola

My mum is the best mum in the world.

Nicola McBeath is 42 and was born in Blenheim. She is the oldest of three children. She has one sister and one brother named Marion and Greg. She is married to her lovely husband Graham, and they have two children Rebecca (9) and Nairn (11).

My mum has brown hair with streaks of blonde and red. her hair curls around her purple glasses. Mum has a unique smile. It's like someone is tickling her, but they're not at all.

My mum loves reading books and she also loves eating Thai food while watching Seven Sharp. My mum is allergic to horses, and if she goes near them she'll get a blotchy red face. She also has a fear of rats and mice. If you put them near her she will race for the chair and scream!

My mum is special to me.

Rebecca McBeath

My Mum Kate Ure

My mum is fantastic and I would not ask for a different mum.

My mum is 37 and she is a retired nurse. Kate married Andrew Ure and they have three children Isaac (11), Nathanel (9) and myself (8).

My mum is medium height and she has short dark brown hair. She is not fat, nor skinny. She has dark chocolate coloured eyes and a friendly comforting smile that makes me feel safe.

Kate is a fantastic mum and likes cooking, gardening and going to the pool almost every morning; which makes us have to set out the breakfast things.

My mum is fabulous and I love her very very much.

Ben Ure

Stepping Back into the Past

Stepping Back into the Past

 Thank you Mr Sleeman for dropping by to share some memorabilia

from your Uncle Henry who served in World War Two.

Descriptive Writing

The Efficient Maths Trolley

The maths trolley is for storing mathematics equipment. Before, we had a green box full of maths equipment. All the children would throw things in, but now we have a drawer for every piece of equipment.

The trolley is seventy four centimetres tall and ninety one centimetres wide. It is blue with twelve steel grey, red and blue drawers. Each drawer is labelled, and every draw has equipment like number lines, sticks, dice, beans, arrow cards and money inside. You can store Caxton textbooks and maths games on the trolleys surface. The trolleys four wheels help it to be moved around the classroom.

The trolley can be used for storing exercise books, worksheets or art supplies. I think the maths trolley is really great to have in the classroom.

Kayla Eckout

Working with Mass

 

Today, the yellow maths group used their own balance weights to create a one kilogram benchmark.

 

 

Poppy Art

Clarke, Roman and Luca display their pieces of Poppy Art.

A Yummy Treat for Room 7

 

 

A huge thank you to the amazing Caroline and Jessica, who along with Room 7

hijacked the staffroom to create delicious ANZAC biscuits.

Making our Wow Books

 

Room 7 had a great time creating Wow Folds (to be compiled into a book)

Thank you so much to Oma, who brought her skills into our class all the way from England.