T2+Narratives

Long wavy blonde hair and blue eyes, she is a medium build. Charlotte : Bubbly, Excited and always full of energy. Long wavy deep red hair and deep red eyes (her eyes are red from the curse) Charlotte can control everything in the forest apart from people. Charlotte is a small build / petite. Queen of Diamonds : Kind, Caring, Loving and soft. White long straight blonde hair and light grey eyes. The queen of diamonds has the power to turn people into stone if they look into her eyes when she is angry. The queen of diamonds is 5’7. (a.k.a White Queen) Queen of Spades : (a.k.a Black Queen) Bossy, Controlling and evil. Medium length Rich black hair and Black eyes. The queen of spades has the power to slowly kill people when they look into her eyes. The queen of spades is 5’9. Whiskers : Silent, Smart, Slinky. Whiskers is a british blue and has a blue coat which is long and fluffy. He also has big beady brown eyes. Whiskers is a ghost so her is practically like dust or air. Whiskers was created by the Black Queen, so he works for her and always tricks Katy. ||
 * Setting || The story takes place in Pyes Pa, Tauranga and The Wonders of Everland ||
 * Orientation || Katy wakes up to an normal day that turns into her first visit to Everland. ||
 * Complication || Katy has to find a way out of this secret place or she may never see her home again. If she can’t she is locked underground everland forever ||
 * Resolution || Katy unlocks the door which she is transported home and leaves all her memories behind. ||
 * Characters || Katy : Curious, Careful and Shy
 * Events || # Katy wakes up to an normal day and normally walks down to the bus.
 * 1) Katy heads back home after missing the bus, but the ground gives way and she falls into Everland.
 * 2) Katy wakes up to a room full of doors, explores them but finds they are all locked.
 * 3) Katy finds a key and a riddle written on a small tag then wonders off through a door that unlocked.
 * 4) Katy meets Charlotte and they go off to walk through the forest so Katy can find the next door.
 * 5) Katy gets caught by a plant and Charlotte has to free her.
 * 6) Katy and Charlotte arrive at the next door but Katy has to leave Charlotte behind as she can’t go through the doors because of a curse from the Black Queen.
 * 7) Charlotte explains and warns Katy about the Black Queen, then says goodbye and Katy passes through the door.
 * 8) Katy arrives on the other side of the door, to find herself outside the Black Queens Palace.
 * 9) Whiskers finds Katy and leads her to the Black Queen.
 * 10) Katy meets the Black Queen who turns her into one of her slaves.
 * 11) Katy is forced to work for her, while Whiskers and the Black Queen watch her every move.
 * 12) That night Katy is woken by the sound of a sweet voice, and finds herself lying on a silk bed with bandages all over her cuts and a the White Queen standing over her over her.
 * 13) The White Queen introduces herself and then walks Katy to another door.
 * 14) Katy passes through the door and finds herself back at the room full of doors and the now regular size green door stands in front of her.
 * 15) Katy opens the door using the key and is sucked back. home. ||

I slowly rose out of bed my eyes sore from sleeping. I jumped when my alarm rung in my ear. I slid onto the ground and hauled myself to the kitchen, a normal boring school day awaited me. I started walking down the hill toward the bus stop, I heard the bus screeching past. I turned to walk back up the hill, then sharply a rumbling sound hit me then the ground began to give way underneath me, I ran though I had no way to escape, soon I found myself falling hundreds of meters below ground. I saw the light fading away from me and then bang I hit the ground.

I woke up to find myself in a room full of unlocked doors leading to more closed doors, I decided to walk down every open door and see where they lead. They were all locked apart from one very large, firm, green door, the door handle maybe three meters away from my reach. A small key lay on a ruffled pillow placed on the ground beside the door. I picked it up and a silver tag flew onto the floor, the tag read

//To reach the door find the key// //To reach the second door find a friend and believe in them// //To reach the third door find trouble and then escape it// //If your home is what you seek complete these tasks within a week// //Or be lost in Everland forever............//

I looked at the door and wondered what this meant, a door creaked open behind me and I swung around to see what it was. I picked up the key placed it in my pocket and headed for the door, swinging open the door a fresh blast of air hit my face sending a deep shiver down my spine, the wind attacked my legs like pins and needles and goose bumps appeared on my arms. I walked through the door onto a small glass tile my leather lace ups tapped against the glass. I floated on this glass tile through the cloud and the glass jolted to a stop I stepped off the platform to find myself standing in knee high grass and squelchy mud. A silhouette formed in the mist walking and coming toward me, a young girl appeared through the mist, her long wavy red hair blew gently across her face and her red eyes gazed into mine. The girls blue green torn frock hung loosely on her small body and her shoes were scuffed all over the toe. “Hello, My name is Charlotte” Charlotte’s British accent was smooth and kind. I replied shyly “Hi, i’m Katy, what is this place” “Everland, i’m guessing your looking for the next door” Charlotte replied I nodded, she signaled to follow her and Charlotte looked like the only one here so I could go with her. The mist soon cleared and a large forest stood in front of me, I followed Charlotte as she entered through a clearing, she held her hands toward the forest and a stone and pebble path rose from the grass. I stared at her then back at the forest, the green trees towered above me, their branches long enough to grab me, spikes and thistles stuck out one close enough to stab me. “How did you do that” My voice shaking as I spoke “It was a curse from the Black Queen” Charlotte replied brightly Charlotte stood on the path and the path glowed a white colour where she stood, I joined her, she leant her hand to me to hoist me up. We stood on the path together, Charlotte lead the way clearing the path before her. I trudged along behind Charlotte, I thought the branches of plants were reaching to grab me. I moved closer to Charlotte, my body trembling at my every step, one plant horrified me it’s branches like arms covered in spikes, thorns and barbs. Suddenly a sharp pain attacked my back I yelped in horror, it felt like someone just stabbed me with a knife. Charlotte quickly turned around, in alarm she rose her hands toward the plant and the spike on the branch slid out of my back, covered in my own blood. Blood ran down my blouse, and Charlotte looked at me in fear, I stood up with excruciating pain running through my body. Charlotte waved her hands over my back and the cut healed, though leaving a terrible scar. I ran toward Charlotte and hugged her so tightly and thanked her continuously over the minutes that passed. We arrived at another door, this time, a glossy pink door stood in front of me, Charlotte had a worried look on her face. “When you pass through this door, I may not come with you, as I said before, the curse doesn’t allow me to pass through, it only lets me control everything in the forest”, “Before you go, watch out for the Black Queen she can control almost everything, including you, and especially watch out for Whiskers, the Black Queens evil ghost cat, he will trick you into doing wrong. Please stay safe Katy” Charlotte hugged me the warmth of her skin warmed my heart, I said goodbye and then I proceeded through the door.

Soon I found myself falling and then sitting in an extremely leafy bush. I crawled out from the bush and jumped at the sound of a voice whispering close to my ear. I quickly stood up and turned toward the sound of the voice, I though to myself for a moment ‘Didn’t I just hear a voice’. Suddenly a grey haired, big brown eyed, smelt like smoke cat appeared in my face, “Yes you did just hear my voice in your ear” I leaped when I finally realised that I was talking to a ghost like, talking CAT. “Where am I” I responded back to the cat. “You are in the presence of the Black Queens palace, and you are directed by me to go and see her immediately” the cat replied. I was guessing that this cat was her servant or something so I deiced to follow him, not knowing what was in store for me. In a few minutes I was walking down the hallway of the palace entrance, black

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__Thursday 9th June__

Similes : Comparing Two things that aren't alike by using as or like.

1. The water was sparkling like glitter. 2. He was tall as a tree. 3. She smelt like roses.

__Thursday 9th June__

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Metaphors : Comparing of two unlike things without using the words as/like.

Identifying Similes Directions

1. The car was as dirty as a **pig.** 2. The candy was like **heaven.** 3. His hands were as big as a **book.** 4. My little brother sounds like a **cow.** 5. My room is as messy as **a pig sty.** 6. School is like a **crowded hall.** 7. The chair was as hard as a **rock.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">8. Her hair looked like **a birds nest.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">9. The monster’s breath was like **farts.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">10. The water was as cold as **ice.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">11. My lunch tasted like **rotten mould.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">12. The rabbit was as soft as **feathers.**

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">Metaphors Metaphors are imaginative ways to describe something by comparing that thing to something else. For example, if I wanted to say that Dan is tall, I could say that Dan is a giant. Use a metaphor to describe somebody who is: tall kind fast slow smart fat sneaky angry beautiful ugly stubborn short thin silly scared easily He is a giant. She is an angle Once you have finished that go to this website and continue

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">Use a metaphor to describe somebody who is: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">Tall : **He was is tall as a giant.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">kind : **She is kind as my grandmother.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">fast : **He is faster than a cheetah.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">slow : **He was slower than a snail.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">smart : **She was smarter than Einstein.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">fat : **He was fatter than the fattest person in the world.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">sneaky : **He was more sneaky than a robber.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">angry : **He was more angry than a lion.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">beautiful : **She was more beautiful than a bunch of flowers.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">ugly : **He was more ugly than a toad.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">stubborn : **He was more stubborn than a zombie.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">short : **He was shorter than a dwarf.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">thin : **He was more thin than a stick.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">silly : **He was more silly than a comedian.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">scared easily : **He was got scared easily much more than a cat.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">He is a giant <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">She is an angle

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