Liam's Terrifying Dream

(Story Starter)

When he closed his eyes, drifted off to sleep, his real life began. Every night his dreams would take him on the greatest adventures. It was when he was asleep that he felt most alive…

 “Look! Look down there!”  His voice could just be heard above the sound of the airplane's engine and the shrieking wind in their ears. “Can you see it?” 

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For some reason, they weren’t falling from the wing of ‘NZW.’ It was like a simulation. They could see the whole country of New Zealand, including Lake Taupo and a whole bunch of cities! There were large, puffy, cotton- like clouds surrounding them, what could go wrong? 

“Next stop, Land Jiggles!” said by an unknown, low toned voice. “Land Jiggles? Where’s that?” “You’ll see,” the strange voice replied.

After minutes of sight-seeing, Liam started to feel like they were about to slip off! “What? What’s going on?!” His heart stopped, as greyish clouds rushed past, Liam’s long, blonde hair started dancing like a Rockstar.  The plane where they had just been sitting was getting smaller and smaller, while leaving his brother Gian behind! 

Liam felt alarmed, but had nothing he could do! His stomach dropped, then came memorable flashbacks. But soon in his dream, Liam passed out. Off he went, falling in mid air.

Liam tossed and turned in his creaky bed while mumbling “Help!” He kept wiggling and jiggling, whimpering until finally, he felt like he landed on a soft, white marshmallow. “THUD!”

Suddenly, Liam woke up, all sweaty while in a weird position on the ground. It was 7:30 a.m. “Phew” he said feeling relieved, “It was only a dream.” As Liam slowly opened his bedroom door, he saw Gian, his older brother with his eyes all droopy. 

Gian stared at Liam, looking like a zombie child. “LIAM! I just had the craziest dream ever! I was riding on the wing of a plane then accidentally fell off!” Liam was in disbelief, “WHAT?”

Liam gasped for air and sat straight up on his drooled bed. He felt all wobbly from all this fiddle. “Is this still part of my dream???”

A Little Kindness Goes a Long Way

 My Comic Book

This week, our class is learning about how we show kindness to people around us. For our task, we have to make a comic story about kindness. I also learnt that what comes around, goes around. So if you do good deeds, something good will happen to you too.

I used the websites: Story Board and Book Creator

Tu Meke Tuatara

 

Me and Neha's task is to research about how penguins get affected by environmental issues and how we can stop that from happening.

We learnt how to research as partners and work together. This was a bit difficult because we could only communicate online instead of talking in person. But in the end, we still managed to do that by only speaking in text, and in meetings!

I find this activity really enjoyable and fun!

City Hunt

 Click on the links below to see my work:

Kirikiriroa Research

Kirikiriroa Brochure

Mata I Pusi

 Mata I Pusi Book Review

Carbeyone City

                                    

Thump... Thump... Thump...

His footsteps thundered down the road, causing passers-by to stare at amazement, dogs to howl in backyards and alarmed old ladies to peer out of their bedroom windows wearing petrified looks on their faces. 

His legs were as long as oak trees, his torso was as wide as a house, and his fists were as heavy as tractors: this metallic monster was business. 

“Number 28 checking in. Over.” He spoke into his radio set built into his helmet. His instructions crackled back into his earpiece….

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These brutal robots were armed with solid, metal armor, all with the same, boring expression. There were hundreds of these creatures, all scattered around the city! Number 28 was one of them.

“It is time for a security check” Number 28 called out in a robotic voice. Every other day, strict robots would thoroughly check everything everyone had. This place was horrible! They would check everyone’s house, belongings, EVERYTHING! to make sure that no one was doing anything suspicious. Those robots didn’t want anyone to get out of their sight. Once they found someone trying to escape, they got a terrible consequence! People now quiver as they get searched.

One prisoner had a dreadful experience. Everyday, that same person complained about everything the robots were doing to him. Of course the robots became frustrated and punished him, no one knows what happened next.

After the stressful security check, everyone gathers together to finally eat their breakfast in the public cafeteria. An elderly woman with greyish hair sat with her hair in a high bun. “Mashed potatoes with veggie soup!” she would always say. This prison was in a place where there was no electricity and food had to be cold. Although the people were sick and tired of always eating the same thing, they had no choice.

This is a day in the life of being a prisoner in Carbeyone City. People become slaves that serve high ranking leaders and robots, waiting for someone to come and rescue them.

By: Katherine

Reflection

Our writing task is to choose a picture and write a story about it. Either to carry on with a story starter or to make

your own. I chose to carry on from the story starter I was given.

I learnt how to use descriptive words, and the elements you need to use to make up your story so that the reader

would want to read more. I think I have improved my creativity, and my thinking skills.

My next step would be to find more descriptive words so I can use them in my future writing.

DLO Passion Project

Passion Project