T2+Narrative+Writing

__**Little Pheebies**__

I was in my bed nearly asleep on Sunday night when these wishy washy sounds kept coming from under my bed, ‘what is that I thought to myself’. **Whisssh whisssh whisssh swirl whissh,** I kept hearing it, then I smell something, I sat up in my bed trying to get a better smell of it, sniff sniff it smelt like- like strawberries with a hint of chocolate and then a bit of, sniff sniff... THUD my head hit the pillow and soon I was sound asleep.

I woke up the next morning not knowing at all what had happened that night, I sat up and took one look at myself in the mirror and shivered, why do I wake up every morning looking like that with one side looking brand new and the other with red dots all over my face and a massive birds nest of sandy brown hair on my head, and my usual crystal blue eyes were bloodshot. “Ella, Hurry up and get ready for school or you’ll be late” Mum yelled from down the hall. “Ok, Be there in a sec” I replied I raced to the shower not thinking at all about what had happened last night, and soon I was ready for breakfast. “Hey mum, Did you smell anything or hear anything last night when you were in bed?” I asked, “No, all I could hear was your fathers snoring yikes he sounded like a foghorn, why?” “Oh um never mind I better be off to school” I walked out the door and down the path headed towards Lincoln High School.

I thought all day about what happened last night and I couldn’t even concentrate during piano lessons after school.As I was walking home and came round the corner, my bedroom window was glowing this pinky blue colour, I started to run towards my house, ‘Maybe mum has bought me that new lava lamp that I have always wanted....’ As I ran upstairs I started to hear little mumbling noises coming from my room, I barged through the door pretty excited to see my new lamp, when... nothing appeared to be on my desk or bed side table, ‘Dam it,’ I thought to myself, but I could still see the light, it was coming from somewhere in the room but I just couldn’t find where it was coming from.

Finally I found the light, it was coming from under my bed, I moved it out of the way and saw a big hole, but instead of just darkness coming out of it there were all these different shades of blues, pinks and reds. It might of been me next but I saw these red dots appearing from nowhere on the floor and then disapearing into the bright hole, I stuck my head down into the hole really interested to see what was in there and where the dots were disapearing to and then I fell in................

“WOW what a cool place” I whispered to myself. There were bright houses all different sizes shape and colour there were bushes growing ice-cream cones and lots of other cool things, but aswell as all that everything seemed to be so tiny. “Ha hmmm, may I please ask why you are hear miss, you are scaring all my pheebies away into their houses” “AHHHHHH I screamed what’s that noise where is it coming from” “Ummm down hear miss I am trying very hard to stay calm and am being very patient with you, now why I have you appeared on our land.” After hearing that I saw something blue and grey amerge in front of me and when I looked around I saw more colourful things in houses looking out windows. “ Ummm I saw a big hole under my bed and red dots and then fell into the hole and then here I am, umm if you don’t mind What are you?”I stamered “We are Pheebies and I am the head pheebie we are very colourful people but are becoming very dull because of the lack of bushes growing cones,” “Um father maybe she can help us I mean she is a human being and we have been going through that hole trying to see if we can find anything that will help us, remember” Interupted a turquoise pheebie that stepped forward. “O yes that’s right I am very old you know and are forgetting so many things” the blue head pheebie replied, “but what can I do to help you umm.....” “Groobles is my name and this is my son Oobles,” “ahh ok umm groobles, what can I do that will give you back your colours” I asked. “ all we have been looking for is that green lumpy kind of stuff that you use to help grow things” Oobles answered, “Oh haha you mean compost, we have lots of it but I am only allowed to us it for special reasons,” “this is a special reason and we are desperate” “ok well mum I am sure will never beleive you pheebies exist so I am sure I can come up with something” “ok well you can go back through the hole and try get that stuff ‘compost’ while I alert the pheebies what is going on and that they don’t need to be afraid, but first I need to show what is inside of these cones.”

Groobles lead me over to a big bush and picked one of the cones off of it, inside it were were blue yellow green purple red pink orange coloured swirls going round and round like a whirlpool, “You see here human,” “Ella” “Um ella, this is one of the very few new cones with bright colours but this one here you see the colours are very dull and need lots of compost, and what they do is leave smells like strawberries drift through the town and make evrything bright but they are all dying and we need compost so bad to keep us from going too dull and die.” “ok I understand,I will go now and get what you need I will be back by 5 o’clock”

Later on that day the town was getting dull fast and the town needed that compost. Groobles and Oobles were waiting by the bushes for Ella to come and give them the compost so they could all be bright again. “where is she” Oobles moaned, “it’s 5:03” “I’m here i’m here sorry I’m late it took me a while to come up with a reson to get the compost,” “your here now it doesn’t matter give us the compost the town is growing very dark” Groobles said. Oobles took the compost out of my hands and poured it over the bushes. Straight away everything started to get lighter and brighter, Ella watches as the leaves on the bushes and trees got greener and Groobles beard Go light blue rather that stay grey, “thank you so much can we count on you to bring some compost to us once every 5 months’ Oobles asked happily, “you sure can, I’m just glad I got to find out what all the mumbling was and where the light was coming from and that I could help someone rather that people helping me. “You are a very special girl Ella don’t forget that ok and I am very happy to give you this “ Oobles handed over a bracelet with beautiful diamond cones attatched to rainbow coloured string. “o it’s gorgeous thank you” I murmered. “Hey umm Groobles would you know why there were smells coming through the hole and making me fall asleep and not being able to remember anything” I asked, “oh well you see ummm........................

Tuesday 21st June











__**Monday 20th June**__

__**WALT - identify personifications and use them in our writing**__

S.C. - we can identify the human trait being described we can identify the object being given a human trait we can write our own examples of personification we can explain why this helps to create a picture in our mind

being personified and explain which human trait or action is applied to the object or idea. 1. The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest. 2. The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers. 3. As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us. 4. Time crawled as Tim sat in the hot detention room painfully watching the clock tic. 5. The lumberjack leveled the many trees into a clearing and his chainsaw sang its deadly song.
 * Directions:** In each sentence, an object or idea is personified. Identify the object or idea that is


 * Personification Worksheet**
 * Personification:** a figurative language technique where an object or idea is given human traits or characteristics.

1.What is being personified? The wind Which human trait or quality is given? Whispered

2.What is being personified? Making happy flowers Which human trait or quality is given? Adding manure lovingly to his crops

3.What is being personified? The sun Which human trait or quality is given? Beating down on them

4.What is being personified? Time Which human trait or quality is given? Crawling

5.What is being personified? The chainsaw Which human trait or quality is given? Singing a deadly song

What is being personified? High heels Which human trait or quality is given? Calling
 * 6.** When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her.

7. When the patriots defeated the redcoat army, freedom rang across the fruited plains. 8. As Alice searched for her missing pencil, she said sarcastically, “Well, I guess it just walked off of my desk.” She looked at her classmates accusingly. 9. Kelly was so happy that Tom and she were moving in together, but when she walked into her new residence, she dropped her suitcase. She had never seen the inside of the house which Tom’s grandmother had given them, and though she was grateful to receive such a nice gift, the ugly yellow wallpaper in the kitchen screamed at her. She knew she would have a lot of work to do to make her new house livable. 10. William knew that he shouldn’t have eaten the last cookie out of the cookie jar. He knew that his father loved to eat chocolate chip cookies after work, but William ate the last one anyway. Now as he waited for his father to come home, guilt poked and chewed at William. As delicious as the cookie was, William now wished that he had never opened that cookie jar.

What is being personified? Freedom Which human trait or quality is given? Rang

What is being personified? The pencil Which human trait or quality is given? Walking off

What is being personified? The ugly yellow wallpaper Which human trait or quality is given? Screaming at her

What is being personified? Guilt Which human trait or quality is given? Poking and chewing

being personified and explain which human trait or action is applied to the object or idea.
 * Directions:** In each sentence, an object or idea is personified. Identify the object or idea that is

1. The sad waters of the icy wasteland streamed through barren landscape. 2. As Shelia walked home from school, the wind gripped her in its frigid fingertips. 3. Alan found that his wife had left him, and he felt that joy would never visit his home again. 4. The engine hacked and coughed as Kevin turned the key, but the old car wouldn’t start. 5. Though Dante tried to live a pious life and be a good father, the streets called to him at night.

What is being personified? Waters Which human trait or quality is given? Feeling sad
 * Personification Worksheet 2**
 * Personification:** a figurative language technique where an object or idea is given human traits or characteristics.

What is being personified? The wind Which human trait or quality is given? Gripping her fingertips

What is being personified? Visiting him Which human trait or quality is given? Joy

What is being personified? The engine Which human trait or quality is given? Hacking and coughing

What is being personified? The streets Which human trait or quality is given? Calling

6. The night was calm and still as crickets chirped and owls hooted under the light of the moon. What is being personified? Which human trait or quality is given?

7. Though it’s been said that “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend,” some girls prefer chocolate. 8. Little Vito was attempting to sneak out of his parent’s house to cause trouble late at night. He was tiptoeing across the kitchen floor toward the backdoor the creaky floor boards and his squeaky shoes told his parents he was leaving. Big Vito was none too pleased with little Vito. 9. Gina was the most beautiful girl in the whole town. Her eyes were a blanket of stars. Her teeth shined like fresh porcelain tiles. Her long vivacious hair enjoyed many beautiful adventures as it traveled down the course of her shoulder blades. But the true source of her beauty was her personality: Gina made the world a better place by being a good person. 10. Victor was walking home from his friend Paco’s house late at night when he heard a tree branch breaking deep in the forest. His heart beat rapidly as he wondered what could have made that noise. Was it an animal? Was it a man? Was it something else? Victor knew that the forest would keep its many secrets as he would not be investigating tonight. Victor ran all the way home.

What is being personified? ___ Which human trait or quality is given?__

What is being personified? ___ Which human trait or quality is given?__

What is being personified? ___ Which human trait or quality is given?__

What is being personified? ___ Which human trait or quality is given?__

__Tuesday 14th June__

__WALT- use our senses to help describe in our writing.__

S.C -

My marshmallow is like a bunny's tail,with a sprinkle of flour.It has the rough look of pollen off a flower floating through the air.

My marshmallow smells like a farmers wife's baking drifting through the orchid.With a drop of honey from the beehives hanging from the trees.

__Thursday 9th June__

__**WALT Identify and use alliteration in our writing.**__

B/ Britney belly dances while bouncing balls when bink says boo.

C/ Craig cracked crayfish carrying cooked curly chips.

D/ Dave dug for dinos while dad drew dorks ducking from ducks.

F/ Fred flew to france to eat fried frogs and fish.

G/ George grabs gooseberrys from greece.

H/

J/ Jenna the jelly fish jiggled his jiggly junk in his trunk.

K/

L/ Lily like licking lemon lollipops when lulu and lola lay lazily in the light.

M/

N/ Norman the nub nicked nickels from nerds while firing nerf guns in norway.

P/

Q/

R/

S/ Sandy sacked sonja when selling seared chicken to sad hobos.

T/ Tigger tickled Taylah on tuesday while trent told tall tales to little toddlers getting tazered..

V/

W/ Wonderful wonda woke from wendy wacking weird wendall at work.

X/

Y/

Z/

__Wednesday 8th June__

__**WALT - identify similes and metaphors**__

S.C. - We can identify the similes which use 'as' We can identify the similes which use 'like' We can identify metaphors We can explain what the similes and metaphors mean/are telling us about what we are reading


 * Metaphors**

//Metaphors// are a way to compare to by saying that one thing is another thing. For example, we say somebody is a //fool//. In the past in Europe, a fool was a person who entertained the king or queen by doing silly things. The fool was a kind of clown. He often did crazy or stupid things to make people laugh. So when we call somebody a fool we really mean that he or she is doing something silly or stupid. We don’t really mean that they are somebody who entertains the king or queen. We are using a metaphor. What do we mean when we say these things: When we //say someone is a pig// we really mean that

//They have bad habits and eat really bad and have no concern about what other people think.//

When we //call someone an angel// we really mean that

//They are very nice and kind to everyone around them, they care for each other and don’t brake the rules.Sweet, lovely.//

If we //say someone is a giant// we really mean that

//They are very tall and tower over people.//

//When we call a man an ogre or a woman a witch we really mean//

//They are very bad looking and are in children’s nightmares and scare people.//

When somebody plays cards and //we call them a shark//, we really mean that

//They are very sneaky and smart about what they are doing.//

If we say that //somebody is a volcano ready to explode//, we really mean that

//They have eaten too much and loo like they are about to puke.//

When we say somebody is //bright// we mean that

//They are very smart at work.//

**Metaphors**

Metaphors are imaginative ways to describe something by comparing that thing to something else. For example, if I wanted to say that Dan is tall, I could say that //Dan is a giant//. Use a metaphor to describe somebody who is:

tall : I am a giraffe kind : My mum is an angel fast : Kennedy is a race car slow : He is a sloth smart : Chontelle is a mini einstein fat : Tim is a bear sneaky :Georgina is a mouse angry: Austin is a troll beautiful : Taylah is a peacock feather ugly : Gregory is spider stubborn : She is a witch short : Dave is a munchkin thin : She is a stick silly : Sam K is a fool scared easily: She is a toddler