The Sunny 7,640 Islands - Writing Week 3 Term 2

From Writing this week we had to write about our Tūranagawaewae, it had to be less than 100 word and it had to be a show not tell pace of writing. Tūranagawaewae means standing place, were you think you belong. Show not tell writing means you have to use more descriptive language.

My Tūranagawaewae, which is the Philippines. This place is important to me because my mum grew up here and we have lots of family members there. 

The Sunny 7,640 Islands

Just outside my window screen an array of lights is staring back at me, while herds of traffic conquer the streets. Manila is like a exotic jungle as the buildings stand tall like jungle trees. 

The colourful delight of rich juicy fruits fills me with happiness as this new and exciting treat is cold and refreshing. The deep purple ube reminds me of a delicate purple flower.

Humid and hot weather is the perfect calling for the beach, the sand is a pale shade of cream and the sea is a pale blue. This is my Tūranagawaewae.

(97 words in total)

The reason why my title is The Sunny 7,640 Islands is because there are 7,640 island in the Philippines, and on the flag there is a sun.

(Picture below)

Ube is a purple yam/sweet potato. It was only grown in the Philippines, but now it is grown in other places in Asia. It is used in desserts ice cream, cakes.

Were do you think your Tūranagawaewae is, were do you think you belong in the world the most? It could be a whole country or just a city or a lake!