Tragedy, Comedy & History: entertainment before PUBG and before TV

Tragedy: a terrible fate that could almost have been avoided, but wasn't.
Comedy: people being idiots on purpose
History: retelling the stories of famous historical leaders

How are they like PUBG? - lots of violence for entertainment.

How are they not like TV? - People focused on the words more than the pictures.

What about sex? - Some plays make reference to sex, especially Romeo & Juliet, but no actual sex on the stage.  Female parts were played by males, which may have made a difference.

Describing a moment in time

We are going to write as if we are one of the people in the photograph.  We are using the five senses, plus developing ideas about the setting to create a piece of writing that makes the reader feel like they are also in the photograph.  Here is a suggestion from our class discussion of the five paragraphs we could write about this scene:

• Introduction to the scene - where, when,.
• Bringing alive the atmosphere, weather, brilliant blues and greens
• Bringing alive the experience of the walking tourists
• Bringing alive the experience of the walker on his break
• Concluding with a sense of the magic of the day

Writing like we own those excellence grades

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Learning objective: to write to describe a moment in time to command attention
Success criteria:
1. We can write using all the senses to bring to life the scene in the photograph.
2. We can use a wide range of vocabulary to create particular effects, such as emotive language, alliteration, similes and metaphors
3. We can use a wide range of punctuation to organise our writing.

Go to your English folder in google drive -> Make a new folder called "English Term 4"
->  Make a document called "Writing to describe a moment in time."

Today we start with a writing exercise designed to get us back into the swing of writing beautifully.  You are writing to describe that moment in time, as though you are in the photograph.  You are going to bring that scene alive.  You don't need a plot, just to explore the different senses and experiences in the scene.

Each image below has a selection of words that you can use in your writing to describe the scene.  It also has some punctuation suggestions.  Write about 100 words for each image, using as many of the suggested words and punctuation as you can.

Vocabulary: leeks, bargain, determined, brightly, yellow, community hall, spring

Punctuation: brackets, commas, exclamation mark

Vocabulary: harakeke, maunga, horizon, island, dirty swell

Punctuation: commas, elipsis (...), capitals for proper nouns

Vocabulary: tidal, moody skies, squelchy, slop, bare-legged, late winter sun, kai moana

Punctuation: dialogue, question mark