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Wednesday 26 September 2012

Kenning


Water- fire- destroyer
Wind- paper- blower
Soap- body- cleaner
Comb- hair- tidier
Lightning- house- striker
Knife- hand- cutter
Thorn- hand- stabber
Flood- house- destroyer
Vacuum- house- cleaner
Fire- house- burner

Monday 24 September 2012

Day and Night

In the day congregations pray                                    
and mothers educate children
during the monotonous sermon.

In the evening children cavort
and mothers prepare supper
out of the horrible weather.

Wednesday 19 September 2012

Earthquake


The only way for a earthquake to happen is that the surface of the earth moves.  When this happens the two plates shift against each other.

The cause of the earthquake is when the plates jump on each other making an earthquake.  The earth's crust is thin so it will just crack.  This only happens when the plates jerk.

A major earthquake can knock everything down in just one go, the other thing it can do is cause trees and buildings to fall at the same time.  The earthquake can damage buildings and also split roads in half.  The earthquake can make lakes disappear into the earth, because of the earthquake many people have lost their lives.

An instrument can measure the movement of the earth during the earthquake.  It is measured in a scale of 1-10.  This is the Richter scale.

Ancient and Modern Olympics


Have you been learning about the ancient and modern Olympics?  I have and these are the factors; countries, prizes, sports, events, participation, preparation, equipment and timeframe I have been looking at to compare and contrast the games.

In the ancient olympics women were not allowed to participate or watch their sons compete in any sports, like boxing. If they did get caught watching them they would get pushed off a cliff.  In the modern games women can watch their son compete and won’t get thrown off a cliff.

In the modern olympic games everyone can participate and they don’t have to be from the greek continent, but in the ancient games they had to be from the Greek continent and could speak Greek.

If the athletes come first second or third in the olympics games they receive flowers and gold, silver or bronze medals, but in the ancient games they would get a red ribbon tied around their arm.

In the ancient olympic they make promises to Zeus, later on they had a big feast.  At the end they have another big feast.  In the modern olympic we have a opening ceremony before the games start and a closing ceremony after the games are finished.

In the modern olympics they have many kinds of sports and they are: sprint racing, boxing and wrestling, fencing, taekwondo, hockey, football.  In the ancient olympics they only had wrestling, boxing, chariot racing and sprint racing.

The olympic games happen all over the world and they pass the flag onto the next country until the next olympic venue happens.  The ancient olympics were only held at Olympia in Greece.

The modern olympics are better than the ancient olympics because everyone can participate and take part in any sports, and women won’t get thrown off cliffs if they’re caught watching.

Monday 17 September 2012

A Girl’s Head


In it there is a bird
and a project
for doing away with the cleaning.

And there is
an egg
which shall be first.

And there is
an entirely new tree
an entirely new nest
an entirely new baby bird.

There is a river
that flows up the waterfall.

There is a algebra test.

There are anti-particles.

And it cannot be curbed.

I believe
that only what cannot be curbed
is a head.

There is much promise
in the circumstance
that so many people have heads.