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**//I look upon the lonesome tree,//**  **//The brightness blinds me,//**  **//The leaves are colourful as a Californian sunset,//**  **//As leaves fall gracefully from the burnt looking branches,//**  **//I think of my life.//**

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 Diamante Poem

 Friends  by Nicole

 Friends,  Stylish, Goofy,  Smiling, Caring, Loving,  Laughing Loudly, altogether happily-  Posing, Squealing, Preening,  Enjoyment,Laughter,  Sleepovers.

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Haiku

//<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Cherry Tree //

//<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">The Cherry tree sings // //<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">As it stands in the soft breeze // //<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">So I decide to // //<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Sing a tune or two with it. //

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Descriptive Writing <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">WALT: Write a piece of descriptive

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As I step outside, my eyes fill up with water, tears streaming down my face as I think about by Grandpa. I stroll around for a while still imagining life with out him, asking myself what could be a way that I could see him when he has past away. Suddenly out of nowhere appeared a beautiful flower, it seemed like it was glowing heavenly light. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> I wasn’t sure if I should pick it <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">dew <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">to it being the only one that was around. I thought about my <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">g <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">randpa and how he would love a gift just before his death, so I slowly bent down and broke it off. I noticed that it was still glowing as it lay in my palm.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> By now my mum had called me to come in because it was getting dark. I was not looking forward to seeing my <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">g <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">randpa lying there in pain and confusion, but I knew he would be happy to see what I had for him. As I went through the door I could sense something wasn’t right, mum was crying and there was a nurse there too. Mum said to me that <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">g <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">randpa was going to pass away in less than a day, I was devastated I didn’t expect him to go that fast. I realised that I needed to give <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">g <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">randpa the flower before it was to <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">o <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> late. So I walked up to the bed, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">g <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">randpa lay there all frail looking, it was such a sad sight to see. I handed the flower to him as well as saying <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">here’s a we gift for you <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">g <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">randpa, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> he looked up at me and gave a weak smile which to me meant a lot.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> After I had given the gift to <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">g <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">randpa I gave him a kiss on the head and left with dad. While we were driving home I started to think about that flower I gave to <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">g <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">randpa <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.T <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">here was something special about that flower <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> something very special. I had never seen a flower glow like that before it was also very shiny <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> it felt like silk. One thing I know for sure is that, that flower is extremely special!

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> I woke up the next morning, I found mum at the end of my bed <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> she saw that I was awake so she told me that grandpa had pas <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">sed <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> away during the night. We started to ball our eyes out with tears. I didn’t know what to do with myself but I felt like he was there with me, helping me though the grief.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Many days went past and soon it was <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">g <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">randpa’s funeral. I didn’t feel sad though because I knew he was there with me, I could just feel the warmth of his body always beside me. It was like that flower had heard what I was saying and made my wish come true, to be able to see <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">g <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">randpa when he was dead, even though I couldn’t see him I knew he <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">was there. I just knew that flower was magical. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lovely writing Nicole, very emotive. Your description of the flower was well done. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Next Steps: I’d like to see you utilise more punctuation accurately in your writing.4P <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">BY NICOLE.

//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Hawk // //<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">In for the hunt //

//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">As the hawk lands to catch a fish, he spreads out his large brown wings like an airplane, he opens his claws like a tractor and swoops lower and lower till he can just feel the water on his snow white breast. As his wings flap, he closes his claws and lifts back into the air. As he gets higher and higher the fish starts to struggle so to put it out of it misery he uses his fishing hook beak and hooks it in through the chest. By now it is sunset the hawk is back on dry land just in time to gobble up a days good work. //