Little Red Riding Hood

We have been learning to use present participles in our writing.

Skipping across the brittle road, Little Red Riding Hood met the great threat to the forest - the big bad wolf. 

Grinning, the wolf said, "Where are you going my dear?"  

The wolf said, "I’m going to my lonely grandma." 

Smiling, the wolf said, "Where does she live my dear?"

"She lives in a small house up that hill."        

Running to the little house up the hill, the wolf opened the door.

"Get out, you filthy thing!" said the grandma. 

Tying the poor grandma up, the wolf threw her into the closet, put on her clothes and hopped in the bed. 

Opening the door, Little Red Riding came in. "I bought you some cookies." 

"Thanks, my dear. Would you please shut the window?"

Out of the blue, a man with a knife jumped through the window and killed the wolf and opened the closet and untied the grandmother. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Touch and Netball

We have been learning to use a present participle in our writing.

Glowing bright yellow, the sun and the crisp morning awaited. My pounding heart was excited ready for the touch tournament. The sun’s long sunshine arms invaded Paterson Park. My pumping blood vessels were in joy.

[The whistle blew]  

Dodging through Ngaruawahia, Logan as fast as lightning. ran nearly all the way. Huffing and puffing, Logan lost his breath. He could not breathe. His lungs were about to explode. He made it, dived and scored.

Smiling in joy, and yelling in each other’s faces, we paraded around Patterson Park saying we won. 

With Bishop Steve