Kia Ora everyone, this is my post for Eels in stories. I took me about 2 weeks to complete and I finally fin fished it. I hope you guys enjoy.
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WALT: identify and talk about writers’ purposes and on the ways they use language and ideas to suit their purposes (e.g., by using vocabulary to set a scene or develop a mood).
How do authors create powerful images and emotional responses in their reader? | ||||
My Brother Benjamin and the Eels | Mud, Slush and Tuna | Uncle Trev and the Giant Eel | Sina and the Eel. | |
Verbs and adverbs (What are the eels doing?) | The Eels are very delightful when Tsaw their favorite human Benjamin ,but when his sisters came the eels never got close to them they would only come to benjamin!!! | The eels were trying really hard to get away from the brothers, they were really scared of them but they couldn’t get away, one almost escaped but he got caught just an inch away from the ocean!!!! | The very big Eel was very very very hungry that it ate a horse and hoggets (which is a giant sheep). Uncle trev was trying to catch the eel but the Eel ate so much hoggets and a horse that it got tired and won't be needing food for approximately another 2 weeks!! | The Eel was very happy in the first place because Sina liked it alot but after she didn't come to see the Eel and it got mad at her. The eel was scaring her and he told her cousins to kill the eel because she thought it would do something bad to her!!! |
Vivid adjectives (Words that create a picture in your mind when they describe an eel and its actions) | The Eels slithering in the freshwater river happily at 2 km per hour above the gigantic slippery rocks. | The Eels were happily slithering across the ocean slowly and smoothly until they got attacked. | Slithering across the water a giant Eel swam across the river with some speed to it. | The Eels face was as scary as a killer clown, it dived back into the glimmering water at great speed. |
Emotive language (Words or phrases that evoke a feel about the eels in you or the characters in the story)t | When Benjamin see’s the eels he feels very excited because he was best friends with the eels and they were being very nice to him!!! | When the brothers saw the Eels they were very excited and really wanted to catch them and they did and they even catched a lot. | Uncle Trev was really wanting to catch that big Eel but it ate too much hoggets and wasn’t hungry for a long time so it rested beneath the river and it won’t be coming back for food because it is full. | First when Sina saw the eel she and the eel became great friends, but after a while sina got scared of the eel because he got more demanding just because sina didn’t come to visit the eel 2 days ago. |
Figurative language (a word or phrase that does not have a normal everyday, literal meaning, eg smilies, metaphor, hyperboles etc.) | The Eels were very excited they jumped onto land even though they couldn't breathe on land, Benjamin was so terrified the eels were going to die that he felt like he could die instead of them!!! | The Eels were just swimming happily when they saw the brothers they tried to escape but they caught all of them and 1 almost escaped. | Excitedly the Eel ate lots of yummy food from teh farm and lived happily beneath the river. | The eel was so mad at sina that he could kill her and eat her for his dinner and lunch. That’s how mad he was!!!! |
Which one of these texts created the most powerful images and emotional responses to you? Why? | To me It was Sina and the Eel. I really liked it because it was really emotional and it had a lovely ending, it even Had a fight which was awesome and it had good friend ship until the Eel Got very annoying to Sina and their relationship broke up. That’s why I really liked the Sina and the Eel sto |