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Most of our favourite films and videos have Special FX

eg Star Wars, Jurassic Park, The Matrix.

Did you know that there are Special FX you can use in your writing??

1.  Visual Special FX

A special way of helping a reader to imagine an unfamiliar scene, or to see a familiar scene through your eyes, is to use comparisons

(a) A simile

a comparison of two things usually using "like" or "as".

eg He ate the chocolate like a pig eating scraps.

(b) Metaphor

a comparison of two things where one is said to be the other.

eg He made a pig of himself with the chocolate.

Another powerful visual special effect is:

(c) Personification 

the giving of human qualities to nonhuman things.

eg The sun was angry.

Revision exercises

Exercise 1

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

1. The waves  
2. Clouds can be happy on one side but sad on the other 
3. The train puffed with 
4. Fear she could feel it burning through her skin
5. The bulldozer was feeling angry and decided to take apart everything 
6. Bells sounded like the voice of an angel 

2.  Sound Special FX

(a) Onomatopoeia 

words which sound like what they mean.

eg He slurped his tea from the saucer.

te(b) Alliteration

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of different words close together.

eg Bonzo builds bouncing babies.

Compare these two paragraphs:

Paragraph 1: The hunter fired, and the three deer bolted into the bush. He cursed, and ran after them.

Paragraph 2: Crack! The sound of the rifle echoed through the valley. At once the three deer bolted for the bush. "Blast," muttered the hunter, and crashed off through the trees after them.

• Both of these paragraphs are telling the same story. 
• The difference between the two is that the second one gets greater impact by using simple sound effects eg the use of such sound words (crack, muttered, crashed) is an easy way to add life and zip to your writing.

Revision exercises

Exercise 2

Come up with a sound affect word for each of these

eg a racquet hitting a tennis ball = pock

1 an arrow hitting a target = fsh 

2 cold water hitting a hot piece of metal =pshr

3 a startled noise made by a bird. =tweet

4 the sound made by an unhappy puppy =mrrrrw

5 a piece of paper being screwed up =schrrunchh

6 a juicy, ripe tomato hitting the floor after being dropped =splash

7 big waves hitting rocks =crash

8 tyres on a wet road =skirrrrt

Exercise 3

Sports reports often use alliteration in their headlines for impact. 

Write four sports headlines for a newspaper. Use alliteration to give an impact.

Sport	Headline
Rugby	Rugby Rumbles In Their game
Hockey	Hockey Hotshots hover of victory
Soccer	Super soccer stars slip and score
Golf	Golf ball roars and reaches a radical distance

Textstiles

Throught this semester we have been doing a whole lot of different types of things such as Stencils,Stamping,Screen Printing,Block Printing and Batik.It has been really fun,I have been focused in claass.We drew this on some meterial with glue then pantied over it.

Here is what I have done.

Gymnastics

In PE This term we have been doing Gymnastics.Some of the things I done was handstand,trampoline and forward roll.We had to get someone else to record us doing this to show our progress.One thing I done well is having confidence to try and do something even tho I said I wouldn't be able to do it.Next time I'm going to improve on trying new things.It was very challenging but it was fun at the same time.

Persuasive Writing 2

      Swimming lessons should be compulsory for all studentsGather Ideas1.Will help students learn howto swim2.Give more opportunities to have fun  3.You can keep fit while swimming4.These lessons can help with our future

Introduction
  Swimming lessons can help students learn how to swim if they don't know how.It will be good for our health because you keep fit at the same time.

People like to go swimming at places like pools,the beach maybe even at the lake or the river,but some people don't like swimming either they're to scared because they don't know how and may drown.In my opinion swimming is a lot of fun.

Swimming lessons are great because if you were at the beach or something and you didn't know how to swim and you were stuck in a rip than these lessons would help you.In my opinion I think that this is a great opportunity for all students to have a fun and learn things at the same time.

Swimming it encourages people to come together,you may have some friends and family that are interested in swimming and want to learn.Some students may not like swimming but it can help build your confidence and get other people to get into it.You may watch it on television,go to the pools or the beach to watch people swimming and having a good time.

English

Season Similes 

Spring looks like Blossoms 

Spring tastes like Fruit and honey

Spring smells like Daffodils 

Spring feels like warm sun 

Spring sounds like kids playing outside 

Summer looks like People having a good time at the beach 

Summer tastes like Ice cream and Ice blocks 

Summer smells like fresh fruit 

Summer feels like really hot 

Summer sounds like Going for walks 

Autumn looks like leaves falling from the trees 

Autumn tastes like Brown sugar and pumpkin 

Autumn smells like apple pie 

Autumn feels like a cool breeze on a nice and sunny day 

Autumn sounds like leaves crashing into each other 

Winter looks like Staying inside with the fireplace going 

Winter tastes like Nice hot chocolates 

Winter smells like a nice and hot fireplace 

Winter feels like A frost 

Winter sounds like rain falling