:Imagination
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Approach: Independent Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus:  Imaginative writing.  
Resources: 7 pictures.
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Questions/instructions:

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5 6 7

In this activity I want you to choose one picture to write a short story about. It is to be a story where you use your imagination and your own interesting ideas. You will have 15 minutes to write. If there are words you can’t spell, just write them as best you can. The main thing is your story and using your imagination.
You can choose a picture now. If necessary, more than one person can use the same picture.
Each student chooses one picture to write about.
Remember, you have 15 minutes. I’ll let you know when you have 5 minutes left for writing. Write a short story using your imagination and your own interesting ideas.
Allow 15 minutes. Tell students when they have 5 minutes remaining.


% responses
2002 '98
y4
y8
Interest and originality:
(impact, humour, ability to capture and hold reader’s attention)
very high level
2 (4)
25 (29)
good level
27 (34)
44 (47)
some attempt
51 (45)
27 (20)
little or none
20 (17)
4 (4)

Coherence of story/plot:
(introduction, characters, conflict,climax, resolution)

very well developed and sequenced
4 (7)
24 (31)
good development, missing some elements
33 (32)
50 (49)
limited development
42 (51)
23 (16)
not coherent/developed
21 (10)
3 (4)
Characterisation:
(Is character believable? Is behaviour explained?)
excellent
1 (2)
16 (18)
good
15 (23)
37 (44)
moderate
43 (44)
34 (31)
poor    
41 (31)
13 (7)

Following writing conventions:
(tense correct, person/verb agreement, etc.)


always or almost always
25 (26)
47 (57)
at least 50% of time
58 (62)
48 (40)
weak
17 (12)
5 (3)
Richness of vocabulary:
strong
6 (3)
34 (39)
moderate
56 (64)
53 (50)
weak
38 (33)
13 (11)
Spelling:
> 97% correct
16 (16)
49 (54)
90–97% correct
26 (33)
33 (31)
80–90% correct
38 (41)
16 (14)
< 80% correct
20 (10)
2(1)
Total score:
11–13
1 (2)
26 (29)
8–10
18 (25)
33 (42)
6–7
21 (21)
18 (12)
3–5
37 (37)
19 (26)
0–2
23 (15)
4 (3)
Commentary:
This task shows strong progress between year 4 and year 8. On average, 23 percent more year 8 than year 4 students scored in the highest category of the six components. For both year 4 and year 8 students, there appeared to be a small but consistent decline in scores between 1998 and 2002.
YEAR 4– HIGH RANGE:
PICTURE 6:
One morning Warren sent his son Alex out into the woods to find some fire wood. Alex wondered and wondered until he came to a clearing. “Ar,” said Alex, ‘my favourite spot.” Alex pushed his way trough the trees. “Arr! Alex screamed their was a tanighifar sitting in the middle. The beast turned its head. “Hello” said the tanighifar. “What so we have here” Alex trembled with as the tanighifar approched him. “Hello” Alex muttered slowly. “My name is Te ra”. “I come from a far of island”.
PICTURE 1:
Life on Mars find
“Sir sir we’ve found something very interisting a big rock that can glow blue in space.” Said Jim
“Try to crack it open then send it to the lab. We need to find out waht makes it glow” Said the space commander.
“Yes sir
Later
“Almost done yes I’ve done it! Theres something alive what is it? What is it doing?AHHHH!!!!!!!!!
“Jim wake up!” Said space commander urgently
“What happened” said Jim
“We heard yours sceam and now the creatre that you found is locked up. We threatened it with ray guns. “ But the scientists found out something its a herbivore! That means trere were once plants on mars or on some other planet.
“How did you find that out. said Jim
“Scientist fed it som grass. said space commander shortly.

PICTURE 2:
Once there was a bunch of men who wanted to sail-a-sea. So they got a boat and headed off to sea. At first the sea was nice and carm but after a few days the sea got rough. It was so rough that their boat broke in to lots of pices. Some men dronded [drowned], some sirvied [survived] but one man got pulled away from his mates. It was raining and he had no food to drink. Then some people off an island saw him and carryed him to their master. he said “what is this”. They didn’t know but they gave him food and drinks. The man thanked them and never went on a boat again.

YEAR 4– MID RANGE:


PICTURE 2:
Once there was a bunch of men who wanted to sail-a-sea. So they got a boat and headed off to sea. At first the sea was nice and carm but after a few days the sea got rough. It was so rough that their boat broke in to lots of pices. Some men dronded [drowned], some sirvied [survived] but one man got pulled away from his mates. It was raining and he had no food to drink. Then some people off an island saw him and carryed him to their master. he said “what is this”. They didn’t know but they gave him food and drinks. The man thanked them and never went on a boat again.
PICTURE 6:
Ones apona time there lived a boy. He meet this Tanypha. The boy and the tanypha became frends. The boy meet the Tanyphy evry day. The boys name was Timy. He loved the Tanypha. They were best of frends then they cald ever get. Timy hade a ride on the tanypha evry day and the Tanypha can also fly. The Tanypha had hips of drawring on him a he wa very big his eis were green his mouth was porpol

PICTURE 1:
One day some men set off into space to exsplore. They didn’t relise they had gone past pluto and planet X they landed on a planet that was nothing like earth is had alot of different features. It had trees that were blue and and streams that were black. They got out and wandered away from their spaceship and ran into a village with aliens. They thought they should name the planet something before they went down to the village. They did that and went to the village the men asked the guards if they could go through the gate and they asked what planet they were from and they said earth and the aliens started shooting at them they started running away. When they got back to the space ship they got some good guns and started back to the village they spyed on the villigers untill they thought it was the

PICTURE 3:
Once upon a time there lived a lovely girl called Lisa. she was the prettyiest girl in New Zealand. One day her family was being mean so she ran away! her favourite flower was called tenie-weed so she went to a flower place to buy some tenie-weed. She had saved up her money and took that and she had $55.55c. She spent $5.05 At the flower place and the went to the groserys and brought some lollies, meat and vegtables. she had to give the lady at the chec-out $10.50c. Then off she went to a warm place under a tree. She had brang some blakets and two mattresses and a table which was soooo light and small along with A teddy bear a lamp and a dovea [duvet]. After seven nights she left her stuff their and went exploring the land. She found a tree bush thing and walked along a bit more and found a tenie-weed bush. She picked 18 bunches!!! alot a? Well She really did like tenie-weed. She heard her family calling her than she quickly ran away!!! She didn’t want to go with her family but she and lived happily ever after the END!!!!!
YEAR 8– HIGH RANGE:

PICTURE 4:
Once upon a time there was a beautiful sun princess. Everything in her world was yellow, gold or other bright colours. One day, when she was making a dress for her horse, Sun Glow, all the animals in her village were running towards the golden river. The golden river was a place of protection, where no one could get hurt. When the princess got there she saw her father, the sun god (king). He father told her that he was very sad because his thrown was in danger of being taken over by his brother the moon god (king). His brother had always envied him and now he would do anything for his place as the sun god, he would even kill. The animals had run to the golden River to compfort the king, the golden river was slowly turning blue - blue with sadness. When the princess heard this news she burst into tears, finally when she went home she swore she would help her father. She made a spell so her horse could fly, she also made a golden amulet for her father so he would have the power of the golden river. The horse, sunglow, flew her father to the land of no return, in the ‘middle’ kingdom. The middle kingdom was good and evil, it was known as Earth.
The king realised that he had left his daughter unprotected and flew back. He found her locked in a chamber with a bowl of rice and all her lovely hair CUT OFF! All her animal friends were with her, all except sun glow.
The moon god had gone to Earth to capture the sun king or God.
When the sun god got into the chamber, he found his daughter was dead. He sadly burried her and got his weapons ready.
He would do anything to kill his own brother for the life of his daughter.
He found his brother standing in the fighting chamber, on the opposite side of himself. They were staring at each other , what would happen next? To be continued...
PICTURE:6:
Last night I dreamt the most spectaculiar dream, that I have dreamt in years.. the grass was green, the clouds were blue and there I was riding on the most biggest taniwha I have seen. It’s eyes were bright green and yellow and its wings were a brown and purple colour.
As I mounted its back I felt a huge gust of wind flow through my hair as I left the ground and flew higher and higher, swooping in and out of the cluds, until It started to sink down and down until I suddenly felt a wave of heat and a surroundness of pitch blackness as I got off I smelt a hint of dampness. The place filled with light, as as I slowly adjusted to the light I saw an amazing sight, and that was when I realised that I was In a cave. The Taniwha lead me deeper and deeper in the cave until I came to a pool of what looked like lava. The Taniwha then lead me around the pool to the otherside and we then went on to another passage. On and On we went and then an amazing sight hit my eyes. All around me were jewels and coins and everything that you could think of that glistened and as I went to pick up one of the jewels I woke up In a daze.
YEAR 8 – MID RANGE:
PICTURE 2:
There was a boy nameded cambpell he was on ship going from india to new Zealand. Sundly at night the ship started rocking he was thinking it must be a storm he looked out side and the swells were geting bigger and bigger. Then he heard crashing that is when he got scared then a measage came over a speaker saying please put youre life Jacket on so he did. By then he was really scared. Then came another one that seaid Please come out on the deck and hope on the life Boats then crash the ship started sinking there was a rush he got pushed over board he landed flat on a door but it was so cold he could not feel it the the ship dissaperd there were so many people in the water a wave came up behide him and pushed him away from evry one then he sore a ship come right at him he tried to get away where could get on it. then it hit him he was under it then the was the motor chrunch. He was gone The end
PICTURE 3:
Sarah woke up on a Saturday morning. She stretched and got out of her bed. She wondered what she was going to do today. She wasn’t sure so she decided to have a look around. She was very close to the beach so she thought she would enjoy to explore it. She found all sorts of things, shells, feather and some interesting shaped rocks. While she was walking back home, she came accross a bush with the most interestingly beautiful flowers. She thoguht they would be a perfect gift for her mum. She kneeled down and started picking some for her to arrange in a bouquet. All of a sudden she heard someone calling her name. It was her friends. she finished picking the flower and ran over to them. She had just been there but she didn’t mind, as the sun was beaming down on her and she longed for the cool water. They had a great time splashing, and playing games. It became the end of the day and they decided to head back home
 
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