Sunday, 21 September 2014

Eruption!

We have been learning about the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. We are writing recounts using powerful vocabulary to describe
the disaster.

Add your favourite description.

39 comments:

  1. Mount Vesuvius erupted with a devastating scream, covering the beautiful city of Pompeii with molten lava on 24th August, AD 79.

    Isaac and George H

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    1. An excellent start, Isaac and George. I like the words 'molten' and 'devastating'.

      Mrs Palmer

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  2. As the summit of the giant peaceful protector screamed at Pompeii, with a devastating shriek of furry; it engulfed them with red hot ash, the beautiful city was no more than 6 meters of ash. The lives of innocent citizens were lost in mere darkness!

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    1. Wow! I can see it in my mind as very descriptive. Well done 'Georges'

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    2. Thank you mom and George's mom.

      George H and George L ;-)

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    3. Very good George's

      Gemma (George H's cousin) :-)

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  3. As the volcano grew blacker and denser , every second. There were people colliding , in the middle of collecting their loved belongings running for dear life .They didn't know what was coming for them it was an unbearable tragedy !

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    1. This is a great start, good use off adjectives!
      Miss Dhanji

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  4. The eruption caused havoc in Pompeii and Herculania as they ran for their lives.
    Nobody escaped. Mount Vesuvius is currently dormant . When it does erupt again hopefully no lives will be lost.

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  5. On A.D 79 August 24 everyone entered a voyage into the disaster area ,as the glass lamps clinked and crumbled to the floor with a sudden ROAR!!! Innocent lives tremoured in devastation as the summit of the peaceful protector turned into a monstrosity of destruction, with its primary weapon... unstoppable force !!!

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    1. Wow, you have created such a powerful image.

      Miss Huxley

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    2. Good use of adjectives words. Well Done.
      Miss Kaur

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  6. On the 24 of August Ad79 an earth quake struck Pompeii to show a power full warning for a volcano to erupt

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  7. On 24th August AD 79 a rumbling volcano exploded and covered the city of Pompeii with black and grey ash, making the citizens of Pompeii run for their lives.

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  8. Ash and gasping for breath as they stumbled.

    At around 1pm Vesuvius expelled a huge column of gas and ash at that rose up to 17 miles.

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    1. Great use of 'expelled'. Well done

      Miss Roberts

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  9. In the stunning city of Pompeii a mild rumbling shook the floor, then darkness reached over Pompeii. Everyone fell silent . Mount Vesuvius erupted with a mighty roar. Board sheets of leaping flames glared thought the darkness...

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    1. A great opening, I really want to read more.

      Miss Huxley

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  10. The city of Pompeii was obliterated by mount Vesuvius's hot molten ash and pumelstone.Now lucky for us that monster is dormant, when it strikes again we will be ready.

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  11. Mount Vesuvius erupted throwing 1.5 million tunes, every second over Pompeii. Every one stared at there so called protector. Suddenly day became night then came the down poor of ash and pumistone. by korben

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  12. On 24 of August AD 79, something was rumbling it sounded like an volcano that was erupting. Mount Everest made all the doors creak and the Hanging -Lamps smashed as the rumbling ornaments crashed. I was frightened.
    By Ellie

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    1. Well done Ellie! You have put some brilliant vocabulary into your work and concentrated very well.

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  13. It was unbearable because there was a roaring scream that scared everybody
    it sounded like a destruction . In the beautiful city in pompaii the volcaneo rect the city
    tonis Emily kash

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  14. On 24 of august Ad 79 tragedy struck Pompeii. When Mount Vesuvius Roared. There was an early warning but people just carried on with there life they were us to rumblings of the earth BUT THEN POMPEII ERUPTED!

    TAYLOR

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    1. I really like the image you have created in my mind and the use of the exclamation and bold.
      Miss Davis

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  15. On the date of 24 August AD79, the beautiful city was left no more than broken buildings and rubble. There were no survivors left back after the guardian screamed out hot molten lava among this once peaceful city. The earth began tremor and lots of families crowded together in a serious manner and the damage grew bigger and bigger, creating mass destruction, relatives reunited to try to defend each other in this terrible debris, everyone panicked.

    Liam

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    1. What a frightening description!
      Mr Qayyum

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    2. Wow, you have created such a clear picture in my mind of this devastating scene with your well chosen vocabulary. Well done, Liam!

      Miss Wood

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  16. Tragedy hit Pompeii and Hurculaneum when mount Vesuvius , their former guardian erupted. Leaping flames crashed into the crowded cities. As an unbearable heat wave killed hundreds of thousands of people. Then the ash and debis coved Pompeii and left a thick layer but now all that is fogoten .

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  17. An excellent start to our blog, Team Palmer. Please remember to add your names!

    Mrs Palmer

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    1. I'm very impressed with the powerful language being used. Well done

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  18. Team Palmer, what fantastic reports on the events which happened on the 24th August. Let's hope that Mount Vesevius remains dormant forever. Keep up the good work

    Mrs Spencer

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  19. Team Palmer I am so proud of your descriptive writing - what superstars we have at New Hall! Thank you Mrs Palmer.

    Mrs Hanks

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  20. The first warning signs began at 6pm yesterday evening, when a tower of black smoke was spotted over the volcano. The deadly mountain roared like a dinosaur in combat, spitting out ash and rocks all over the city of Pompeii.

    By Ellie

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    1. Wow! Brilliant use of a simile and you also used adjectives for EXTRA impact - well done!

      Mr Hall

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  21. Colleagues of mine at secondary school have read through some of your work. The English teachers said they wish some of their year 7 and 8s could write as well as some of you have done here.
    I'm looking forward to your next project. A great idea for sharing some excellent work. Hope you are all proud and inspired to do more :-)
    Jane Loewy

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  22. Well done Miss Palmer,Lillys grasp of sentances and reading improved so much through this project,more please.

    Tony

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  23. My mom was going on all about the assembly. At lunch two girls were going on all about it. I asked which one was the best, Palmer's or Hall's assembly, and they said Team Palmer's.

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  24. I think the work that Team Palmer is doing is great :D

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