Lawson:writing sample T.3-3

orientation .Mum,sister Jane. .evening. .home. .Jane putting on costume. .for Halloween. body .dress looks like it’s soft like silk. .Jane’s belt thing rustling. I see mum and my sister Jane.Mum is helping Jane put on her costume for halloween.I realise that I am home and the time of day is not morning, nor night, it is evening. I see Jane’s dress and it looks like it is smooth like silk, I come towards Jane and feel her dress, it does feel smooth like silk. I ask mum where they got the dress from, “I made it by myself,” says mum.I can hear Jane’s golden belt thing rustling. “let me add a little more and I’ll be done,” mum says in a relieved voice.I can smell the scent of the candy at the front door,chocolate, lollipops, and wrapped up slices of cake!I want to go to the front door and take some candy but mum stops me and says, “ the candy is for the other kids, not us” so I stay inside. I think halloween is a great day and in the Christian church, it is called all saints’ day, I think it is also called, ‘hallows day’. I heard that they used to dress up as monsters to scare the dead spirits away!

Lawson:writing sample T.3-2

orientation: .soft, turquoise, leather couch. .Grandpa,Me. .Homework. .morning,saturday. .Home. .Grandpa helping homework. body: .Grandpa helping with compensation. .interested. conclusion: I’m sitting with my grandpa on the soft,leather couch which because he is helping me do my ballistick homework.The reason why I call it ballistick is because it’s stupendously hard! I just woke up on Saturday and Grandpa says to come do my homework. I listen to Grandpa as I get hooked into the world of compensating.”So this is what you do, if you’re doing 57 plus 29, you have to take 1 from 57 and give it to the 29 so it becomes…?” “uh,uh, 56 plus 30?,” I say nervously, “correct Pete,” says Grandpa and yes, my name is Pete, “So what’s 56 plus 30?,” my Grandpa asks me, I think quickly and desperately, looking at my Grandpa’s face, it looks serious, then I answer, “86?,” he sighs, oh no, have I got it wrong?his mouth is opening, what is he going to say? “yes, Pete, yes.” I take a sigh of relief, I tell myself, “well done.” grandpa starts telling me to do that same method on every equation on the paper. I love math, even when their are hard methods like compensating. literacy is my favourite subject but apart from that, I think math is awesome and if you don’t believe me just because it’s hard for you, well you should.

Lawson:writing sample T.3-1

plan orientation .Mr. Clans, Ron,me. .park . .early afternoon. .talk about Ron’s soccer game. .Ron played good soccer game. body .birds chirping. .gentle breeze. .scent of pine trees. .talking about fifa. .talking about soccer game. .talking about when Mr.Clans soccer player. I stand in the calm park looking at the clouds above me.I can tell that it is the early afternoon because the sun is straight up.I look in front of me and I see Mr.Clans and Ron talking. I come closer and ask what they were talking about.” the soccer game that Ron just finished playing.” says Mr.Clans. I hear the song of the chirping birds and feel the gentle breeze touching me, I can also smell the scent of the pine trees.I’m starting to hear Mr.Clans and Ron talking about the fifa world cup.”is the fifa world cup finished Mr.Clans?” says Ron,”I don’t know, I haven’t seen it in a long time” “it’s finished” I interrupt Mr.Clans’ sentence. “Can you please tell us which team won?”, Ron and Mr.Clans ask,”Germany won”,I say in a grumpy voice, “I wish Argentina won” “me too” say Mr.Clans after Ron,”but I wish Brazil won” I say in an annoyed voice.”ya’ know, this reminds me when I used to be in a soccer team at school”, Mr. Clans says in an enthusiastic voice.”no way, you used to be in a soccer team too?” says Ron in a surprised voice, holding his ball tighter,”yes way, in fact, I was the team captain of the team. The team was called, the flying cyclones,” says Mr.Clans,”thats a cool name,” I say. “Whenever we took on another team from a different school,they thought we would lose,” ”did you?,” Ron inturrupts “well, sometimes.My team ignored the falier and says I’m a great captain anyways”,says Mr.Clans,”I wish every team was like that”, says Ron.I get inturrupted by the shoes that Ron was wearing,”arn’t you supposed to wear soccer boots?” I say but Ron ignores me. I think every soccer team is cool, but my favourite team is Brazil, and even if they lose, I still think their the best team ever and I think

camping on Matariki.

It’s late in the afternoon.The moon is just rising, I’m at the beach.I see a fire , the beach owner is telling us to come. I see miss Crosshair approaching us, along with Frank, Nettle and their older sisters.I see their holding bags, their camping bags! were camping! The beach owner is coming and he is saying, “tomorrow is Matariki so were camping out for the night .” The others approached sleepily from their nap. I decide to look at the sea, for it is glittering with the reflection of the stars, a hint of aqua-marine and smelled of saltiness. I turn to see the fire’s tongues, sparking and the smoke drifting to the sky like a dead spirit rising, then I am encountered with the sharp smell of smoke. as I take my sandals off, I feel the sand’s softness but it is freezing cold because of the whispering wind and the sea’s cold water. I am so calm and happy, so I start day-dreaming. After a while, I am interrupted by the murmur of voices. It is the gang saying good-night to each other. They are all sleeping on the sand. I stay outside staring at the glistening stars. Then, something fantastic happens, I stayed up long long enough to see Matariki appear! it was so awesome! I lie on the sand looking back at the fire thinking, “I wonder if Matariki is called different names in different sides if the world”. I think Matariki is amazing, no matter what it’s called. The thing I especially like about Matariki is that it disappears and reappears.

Paper plane challange:sheet1