Eels in stories

How do authors create powerful images and emotional responses in their reader?

Literacy Devices Toolkit

Figurative Language

Use this toolkit to remind you of what we are talking about in class.

My Brother Benjamin and the Eels
Mud, slush and tuna
Uncle Trev and the Giant Eel
The Legend Of Sina and The Eel

WALT: Synthesis - to put pieces together to see them in a new way. My thinking grows and I change my ideas as I read.

Eels in Stories
Eels in Stories

Check in your Google Drive, Reading folder for your own copy of this Google Doc or Slide.

Share your learning:

Once you have completed the task, share it on your Learning Blog. Make sure to include the following:

Title - hook your audience in with something creative

Explain your learning: This week I have been learning to...

Your creation: A picture, link or your learning that you have created

Reflection: I have enjoyed this task because...

Question: Ask your audience a question to start a conversation.

What is your favourite ...?

Have you ever ...?

Do you like ...?

Use what you have learnt to describe an Eel to someone who has never seen one.

Your Task - Create a DLO (Google Slide) to share your answer to the question above.

Remember to: (your DLO needs to include)

  • your own thought and ideas

  • picture and images to support your answer (you can draw this by hand or create one using your Chromebook)

  • any other information to support your answer

Share your DLO with a learning buddy to check it includes all the ‘remember to’s’ before you post it on your blog.


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How are you going to share what you have learnt this week? Think carefully about the DLO you are going to create.

You could include:

  • a voice recording explaining your learning

  • an animation

  • your own art and/or diagrams.