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Te Ika Descriptive Language

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Te Ika a Mauī
Descriptive Language

Maui fishing illustration

🎯 WALT: We Are Learning To use descriptive language to create imagery in our writing.

Success Criteria: I can identify and create similes, metaphors, and personification. I can choose precise adjectives and verbs.

📝 Part 1: Brainstorming Descriptive Words

1. Think about Te Ika a Maui. Write down powerful adjectives (describing words) for each element:

The Ocean: ________________________________

Maui's Fishhook: ________________________________

The Giant Fish (Te Ika): ________________________________

Maui himself: ________________________________

2. Now write strong action verbs (doing words) that could describe:

How the ocean moves: ________________________________

How Maui pulls: ________________________________

How the fish struggles: ________________________________

🎨 Part 2: Categorising Figurative Language

3. Read these examples and tick the correct category for each:

a) "The ocean roared with anger"

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

b) "Maui's fishhook was like a gleaming crescent moon"

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

c) "The giant fish was a mountain rising from the depths"

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

4. Create your own examples for Te Ika a Maui:

Write a simile (using 'like' or 'as'):

Write a metaphor (saying something IS something else):

Write personification (giving human qualities to non-human things):

⭐ Writing Activity - Create a Poem to show the key events of Te Ika a Mauī using descriptive language.
Make sure you include simile, metaphor, personification and precise adjectives and verbs!

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