Creative writing - Challenge or Risk

Nearly everyone would get that odd thought "Skydiving would be great to do". Well, that’s what I imagined at least for myself. But I’ll tell you now the feeling of regret changed immediately as soon as I finished almost peeing myself from shock. But at that moment as I opened my eyes. The sickness began. I sat there studying the scary plane. The extreme shaking didn’t help me at all though when I was untangling but then re-tangling myself up in the parachute bag and harnesses. After finally getting geared up it was time.

The adrenaline I felt was racing through me a million miles an hour. The feel of the wind gushing into me, making me nearly lose my balance, urging me to stumble backward. Appears like a million-meter drop was right under my toes, as I clutched to the side rails along the open door frame for my life, the hesitation overpowered me to stand as still as I could for as long as possible. Even the winds couldn't nudge me. But the words I dreaded with fear broke my statue-like body. Are you ready to drop?. 

Adrenaline, distraught, anxiety. All blended into one body. Mine. Did you want us to count you down?. The next worst words I did not want to hear. But I couldn't bring myself to jump. Eventually, I couldn't stand there forever so I went for the next worst option. Getting pushed. As I stood at the opening of the plane, my heart was almost out of my chest, waiting for at least someone around me to count down or give some sort of warning. But just as I ask what was gonna happen I feel a powerful thud on my back and I go flying forward, my face waving its fat everywhere making me look like one of those droopy faced dogs out a window of a car.

I panic at the start to the point where I forgot what I needed to do, but as I struggle back to my thoughts, I pull myself together and try to straighten up so I don’t seem like I’ll go face-first into the ground.

Creative writing planning

5th November

WALT: Identify and recognize ideas for our 'risk or challenge' creative writing task, as well as the physical sensations associated with it.

Ideas for R or C:

• Skydiving 
• Activities on camp-Swamp activity, solo, nightline
• Doing a shoey 
• Sport competitions-trials, tournaments, etc
• Project K, hiking, rock climbing, darkness
• An abandoned house
• Being in the army 
• School
• Speech
• Getting chased

Physical sensations: 
Sweat: Hand, forehead, arms, back, feet, neck, under the nose, armpits, legs.

• blurred speech
• need to wee
• shaking
• heavy breathing
• not interested
• looking around
• fidgeting
• walking around more than needed 
• feeling sick or weak
• higher heart rate (heart pounding, racing)
• butterflies 
• nausea

40 minute persuasive writing

Topic- The South Island is better than the North Island.

Planning:
Presentable- interesting
roads- pot holes,
schools - Hornby
landscape
Earthquakes

Writing:
In this persuasive writing I will argue towards both sides, The North Island is equal with The South Island. The reasons being, The North Island are experiencing major Earthquake problems, more than what South Island. The South Island on the other hand has bad roads and damaged buildings, some are which from earthquake damage, which isn't all that attractive or welcoming to travellers from other places, North Island takes the lead with their amazing sky towers which give off a brilliant view, apart from the certain places in the South Island that are around which are worth seeing if you look hard enough.The last and most important reason I will discuss is Christchurch  having the best school in New Zealand, Hornby High School which I am proud to attend.

North Island is encountering a major impact of earthquakes the past year, which they are increasing rapidly due to the fault line travelling under New Zealand. Though South Island gets the most damage from earthquakes,

South Island are fairly known for their bad roads which doesn't give them a good look. The pot holes around New Zealand are chaotic,

In addition to that point, The South Island has the best school in New Zealand, Hornby High School. South Island is lucky to have such a great school

In conclusion, North Island and South Island are no better than each other, they both have their own  specialities and their own troubles which doesn't put any of them higher than the other. Earthquakes happening in North Island though their amazing tall sky scrapers takes your thought off the disasters. South Island isn't any better with their bad dangerous roads and damaged buildings which don't attract much travellers apart from the demolished cathedral in Christchurch and the Worlds Fastest Indian in Invercargill.

Detailed adjectives, verbs and adverbs sentences

Exercise 1 

From each set of words in brackets choose the one word or phrase which most effectively conveys

he heat of the scene being pictured:

Beneath the glaring sun the land was brown. Blades of grass, shrivelled by the fierce rays, clung to the

crumbling, scorched soil. Even to move was an effort. The slightest motion was enough to cause a
sweat, but even perspiration was forced away almost instantly by the merciless heat.

Exercise 2 

Some words have been left out in the following sentences. From each group in brackets, choose

the word or phrase that most effectively suggests the idea of noise.

1 Thunder boomed off the mountains. The weeping of the wind as it blasted through the narrow valleys

was almost drowned out by the drumming of huge raindrops on the rocky ground.

2 The clatter of broken glass woke him. He listened intently and heard the slight screech of a hinge as a

door slowly opened. There was the faintest scrape of a shoe on the wooden floor of the hall.

3. She was startled at first by the harsh squawk of a sea gull. The distant clatter of the sea and the howl of the gentle breeze through the palms lulled her.

Exercise 3 

From each set of words in brackets choose the one word or phrase which most effectively conveys

the scene being pictured:

Bright lights radiate merrily through the evening darkness. The steady flickering of the larger lights
was reinforced by the sparkle of an array of grinning smaller ones chasing each other in a lively,

never-ending race. The hum of conversation, the crack of glasses, and the whiff of steaming food all
drifted enticingly across the still night air.

Exercise 4 

Here is a short descriptive passage. From each group in brackets, choose the word or phrase that

most effectively fills each gap. Bear in mind the impression the writer is trying to give.
The face, in the brief instant when the lightning flashed was like some hideous carving. The forehead
was topped with a tangle of hair which gleamed in the light. The lower part of the face was masked
by a/an untidy cluster of wiry beard. The eyes, deep-set under thick brows, glittered evilly as they caught the light. Mark’s heart thrashed in fear at the sight. Lightning flickered again.

Creating Writing- Special FX Personification, Onomatopoeia, Alliteration.

Complete these sentences with examples of personification to make them interesting for readers. 

1. The waves were calm with sadness  
2. Clouds crashed with horror 
3. The train paced with boredom 
4. Fear overwhelmed the balloon 
5. The bulldozer roared with anger 
6. Bells rung with joy

Season Similes

Spring looks like blossoms 

Spring tastes like fruit  

Spring smells like daffodils 

Spring feels like the warm sun 

Spring sounds like birds 

Summer looks like sunshine and rainbows  

Summer tastes like ice blocks and ice cream 

Summer smells like stink feet from running outside 

Summer feels like heat waves everyday

Summer sounds like children running around screaming 

Autumn looks like leaves blowing around everywhere 

Autumn tastes like dust in your mouth 

Autumn smells like dirt and grass 

Autumn feels like cool breeze 

Autumn sounds like crunch of leaves 

Winter looks like storms and snow 

Winter tastes like milos on cold days 

Winter smells like pee in snow from the dog 

Winter feels like cold wind everyday 

Winter sounds like heavy raindrops against the windows