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My Tūrangawaewae Descriptive Writing

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My Tūrangawaewae Descriptive Writing

Special place illustration

🌟 Part 1: Understanding Tūrangawaewae

1. What does Tūrangawaewae mean?

A place to visit

A place where you belong or stand

A place to work

A place to eat

2. Which of these could be someone's tūrangawaewae? (Tick all that apply)

Their family home

A favourite beach

Their marae

A special tree in their backyard

Their school playground

3. My special place (tūrangawaewae) is:
4. This place is special to me because:

✨ Part 2: Literary Devices and Sensory Language

5. Match each literary device to its example:
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
The wind whispered through the trees
The ocean is a giant blue blanket
The sand felt like silk between my toes
6. Complete these sentences about your special place using sensory details:

What I can see: _________________________________

What I can hear: _________________________________

What I can smell: ________________________________

What I can feel: __________________________________

7. Write a simile about something in your special place:

The _________________ is like _____________________________

8. Write a sentence using personification about your special place:

📝 Part 3: Planning Your Descriptive Writing

9. Plan your descriptive writing about your tūrangawaewae:

Introduction paragraph: How will you introduce your special place?

Body paragraph: What details will you describe? (Use your sensory words from question 6)

Conclusion paragraph: How will you end your description? What feeling do you want to leave your reader with?

10. Write your opening sentence using vivid, descriptive language:

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