Comrehension - Clever homes

1. Devices connected together to communicate or share information are:
Networked

2. What makes a house greener (Paragraph 2)
Features that are more energy-efficient and healthy

3. What is one difference between a green roof and a traditional roof?
Green roofs use water and heat, traditional roofs deflect water and heat

4. New technology in the kitchen is the main idea of which paragraph?
Paragraph 3

5. Which event would most affect a house reliant on electronics?
Power Failure

6. Which statement best summarises the information given in Paragraph 5?
Cleaning and water use in homes of the future

7. What is not contained in grey water?
Toilet water

8. What does the text predict water will no longer be needed for?
Washing

9. What does food packaging need to have before it can 'communicate'?
Transmitters

10. Which kitchen items might be able to communicate with each other?
Oven and fridge

11. It is a fact, not an opinion, that homes in the future will be:
Different

12. What might be needed between a green roof and a ceiling?
Waterproof materials

13. The writer provides information about:
Some of the features homes in the future might contain

14. The pronoun them in Paragraph 2 refers to:
Houses

Comprehension - Huberta, the traveller

1. The word solitary in Paragraph 2 means:
Alone

2. Is it a fact, not an opinion, that Huberta:
Travelled south

3. Huberta was different from other hippos because she:
Travelled alone

4. When Huberta left the dam, the train passengers would have felt:
Angry and disappointed

5. The main idea of Paragraph 5 is:
Huberta didn't want to go to a zoo The authorities didn't succeed in taking Huberta to the zoo

6. Which event happened last?
Authorities decided to send Huberta to a zoo

7. Huberta left the dam near the railway because:
People had tried to capture and move her

8. You could conclude Huberta was:
Not shy of people

9. Journalists and photographers followed Huberta because:
The public was interested and wanted to know what she was doing

10. The test could best be summarised as a true story about the travels of a hippo in South Africa which tells:
About her personality and why people were so interested in her

11. The text was written to give:
A recount

12. Huberta is described as a unique hippo because she:
Behaved differently

13. You can conclude from the text that hippos eat:
Plants and fruit

14. The pronoun it in Paragraph 9 refers to:
Her body

Critical Literacy - Adverts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=Vjn2JKrlkcU

19. Is this text fair?

No, because it was only young boys drink

10. How are children, teenagers or young adults constructed in this text?

Wanting to party and saying mate a lot.

23. How does the text present age, gender or cultural groups? 

Young men as stupid and always wanting to drink.

26. Why is the text written this way?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=CtWirGxV7Q8

19. Is this text fair?

Not really because it was aimed at young boys like the other ad

10. How are children, teenagers or young adults constructed in this text?

Young boys are portrayed as liking to drink and party

23. How does the text present age, gender or cultural groups? 

Young boys are seen as trying to impress girls and not wanting to look stupid. Most of them were Maori.

26. Why is the text written this way?

Humour is much more memorable so we'd remember the add and not to drink drive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLVBsAzd1RE

19. Is this text fair?

It wasn't fair because it was another Maori male surrounded by white people who weren't as drunk as him.

10. How are children, teenagers or young adults constructed in this text?

They're portrayed as drunk idiots.

23. How does the text present age, gender or cultural groups? 

Maori males being the ones to mess up.

26. Why is the text written this way?

I don't really know

Essay Brainstorming

Schools should close when its hotter than 30 degrees.

Extreme heat would make it uncomfortable to do your work and make it difficult to think properly.

Critical Literacy - Musicals

Vocab : Stereotypes, Construction, Bias, Gender, Masculinity, Femininity

Masculinity stereotypes:

• Tough
• Strong
• Scary
• Brave
• Aggressive
• Tall
• Good job

Feminine stereotypes:

• Cleaning
• Sensitive
• Delicate
• Pretty 
• Quiet
• Small
• Soft
• Passive

Somewhere that's green

11. How are adults constructed in this text?

Women clean and stay at home. Men mowing lawns and doing more physical work

28. What kind of social reality does this text portray?

Women do the more feminine, easier jobs and men have actual jobs and are more physical.

29. How does this text construct a version of reality? 

It constructs a version of reality where boys and girls are stereotyped into being more like their sex such as girls are all dressy and perfect with soft voices and the boys are working hard and really masculine.

27. What view of the world is this text presenting?

That men are always doing hard work as they're more strong and girls are more gentle and caring so they look after their family and keep everything nice and tidy.

So much better

11. How are adults constructed in this text?

Really determined to do what they want and more capable of a range of jobs but males were more likely to get the job than females.

28. What kind of social reality does this text portray?

Her gender didn't really decide if she got the job it was more if she was smart enough to qualify for itl 

29. How does this text construct a version of reality? 

How gender isn't really a huge judgement anymore when it comes to getting a job and it's about how hard you work and but it also constructs the version of reality where blondes are stupid.

27. What view of the world is this text presenting?

Figurative Language Revision

‘As straight as an arrow’	Metaphor Simile Onomatopoeia hyperbole
2.      ‘Lucky lady’	Metaphor Oxymoron Alliteration Onomatopoeia
3.     ‘Boom!’	Alliteration Simile Personification Onomatopoeia
4.     ‘The city was a jungle’	Metaphor Personification Hyperbole simile

Figurative Language - Hyperbole

Hyperbole  An exaggeration of facts

E.g My head is killing me!

For each of the following sentences, does it have a hyperbole or not. 

1. I’m so hungry I could eat a whole elephant! (Hyperbole)
2. May is the nicest month of the year. (Not)
3. Her brightly coloured dress hurt his eyes. (Hyperbole)
4. The roof rose up and down to the rhythm of the music. (Hyperbole)
5. I ate all of my salad for lunch.  (Not)
6. The dog was so dirty it had a tomato plant growing on its back. (Hyperbole)

Turn each of these into a Hyperbole sentence: The first is done for you.

An old car- The car is older than the hills.

 

A strong wind. The wind was as strong as a gorilla. A headache. My headache was as painful as giving birth. A fast computer. The computer was as fast as a cheetah. A funny movie. The movie was as funny as me.

A hot pan. The pan was as hot as me The pan was as hot as the sun. A loud, crying baby. The baby was as loud as a bulldozer. Heavy groceries. The groceries were as heavy as a wrecking ball. A scary dog. The dog was as scary as Dylan's mentality.

Figurative Language - Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia When words sound exactly like the sound they are describing
E.g Crash! Bang! Boom!

Match the following sentences to the onomatopoeia that describes them.

A plate being dropped on the floor. Smash
A balloon being burst. Pop
A gun being shot. Bang
Someone eating chips. Crunch
A light being switched on. Click
A fierce dog. Growl
A small bell being rung. Tinkle
A door opening 
A bomb exploding Boom
A child screaming.  Screech

Highlight the onomatopoeia in each of the following sentences:

1. The old engine chugged down the rickety track. 
2. The hard-hit tennis ball whistled by my ear.
3. The truck’s brakes screeched in the distance.
4. The rain beat on the metal barn roof.
5. His guitar strings twanged the sad melody. 
6. The old floor creaked as we walked slowly across it. 
7. The fire cracked and popped on a cold night. 
8. The snake hissed when I startled it.

Leaves crunched as kids ran around.
Dylan roared at her stretched out tights.
The bomb went boom as Natasha ran away from the crime scene.

Figurative Language - Personification

In each sentence, an object or idea is personified.  Identify the object or idea that is being personified and explain which human trait or action is applied to the object or idea.

The wind whispered through the gloomy forest. 

What is being personified?

The wind

What human trait or quality has it been given?

Whispering

The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers.

What is being personified?
Flowers

What human trait or quality has it been given?

Being happy

As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us.

What is being personified?
The sun

What human trait or quality has it been given?
Beating

The lumberjack leveled the many trees into a clearing and his chainsaw sang its deadly song.

What is being personified?

The chainsaw

What human trait or quality has it been given?

Being able to sing

As Alice searched for her missing pencil, she said sarcastically, “Well, I guess it just walked off of my desk.”  She looked at her classmates accusingly.  

What is being personified?

Her missing pencil

What human trait or quality has it been given?

Walking

When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her.

What is being personified?

High heels

What human trait or quality has it been given?

Calling out to someone

The noisy door screamed as it opened.

The leaves danced in the wind.

The hoodie was hiding from me in my closet.

Figurative Language - Alliteration

Alliteration is when a consonant sound is repeated over and over. 

E.g The time ticked tediously by. The warm wind wafted across the window.

1. The sun sizzled the swimmers skin.
2. I accidently ate an awful apple.
3. Beth borrowed Barry’s books before biology. 
4. Slipping and sliding, I stumbled in the snow and slush.
5. Many mysterious men mumbled messages.
6. The gallant goat gobbled gobs of garbage greedily. 
7. The rapidly rising river rushed rampantly.

Finish these sentences with your own alliterations.

Red roses rarely run randomly.

While wandering west, warren waltzed weirdly.

The tired traveler tried to tan.

Figurative Langauge - Similies and Metaphors

Similes are where you compare two unlike things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’

e.g He ran like the wind. She was as strong as a lion.

Metaphors are where you compare two unlike things using by saying something is something else. 

e.g He is a stonewall, unbreakable by force. The rain is glass shattering against the street.

Use a word from the box to complete each simile

1. The cloth was as black as coal
2. The wet ball was as slippery as an eel
3. My little sister is as playful as a kitten
4. The top of this table is as smooth as silk
5. I’ve been as busy as a bee
6. The lamb is as white as snow

Copy these sentences onto your blog and highlight the simile in each:

1. My bedroom was as black as a cave in the depths of the earth.
2. The classroom after school became as noisy as a gaggle of gabby geese.
3. The cat capered along the fence top like a tightrope walker on the hire wire. 
4. My anger crashed into me like waves against the shore.

For each of these sentences is it a simile or a metaphor?

1. As slippery as an eel. similie
2. Arnie was a man-mountain. metaphor
3. He was a lion in battle.  metaphor
4. She is as pretty as a picture. similie
5. The striker was a goal machine.  metaphor
6. The torch lit up the room as if the sun had already risen early. similie
7. The moon was a misty shadow. metaphor
8. My friend has a face like thunder.  metaphor

Dylan is as high as a kite

Natasha is as smart as Wikipedia

Jaime is as cool as an ice cube

Figurative Language - Idioms

Idioms- say things that are understood in ordinary English and do not mean what they say. Idioms are not meant to be taken literally; e.g ‘My teacher is the bomb!’.

Figurative Column	Literal Column
a.Just chill out dude!  It means: Calm down
b. ‘He is driving me up the wall!’ It means: He's driving me crazy
c. ‘His nose is out of joint’ It means: You're annoyed with something
d. The teacher is a real scream It means: The teacher is fun
e. What is she cooking up in her mind right now? It means: What is she thinking of
f. He gave her the eye.  It means: You're flirting with them