We currently have a lot of bushfires burning around our area at the moment and we are constantly hearing reports and updates on the news.
Even as I type this we are all having our recess inside due to the poor air quality outside from the smoke.
Since the students were experiencing lots of reports and images from the bushfires, and some even have friends and family directly affected, I decided that we would do a writing task using “Bushfires” as the stimulus.
Here are two great responses…
Eyes wide open
In a bed of flames
Leaping to action
and screaming their name.
Scorching skin
and sizzling hair
a pain that can truly never compare.
Fighting for air
in the thick, choking smoke.
Frantically escaping
For the fires encase me
In its arms of melting objects
Winds whip my hair into my eyes
Then I see it, I finally realise
Trees explode and the grass ignite
Kookaburras and birds attempt to take flight.
Only to find that their vision is impaired
As if we’re trapped in a box, none of us can go anywhere
Flashing lights and endless nights
Fatigued firefighters helplessly trying to revive their control.
Embers flying
Children crying
Mothers’ screams can be heard from afar
Helicopters swarm
Creating a storm
Of mist, heat and wails.
Nothing was done for my fire trails
Which were meant to save my house.
My body just couldn’t take it
And my legs gave way to my body
I sank to the ground
Flames tickling my body
My brain urging me to flee
But all I could do
Is thrash around and wait
For my
Despicable
Death
By Jade
All the trees go up in flames
Helpless efforts by the sky cranes
Fire fighters try their best
All going without any rest
Smouldering leaves land suburbs away
Only to be found the very next day
All the pressure on the firetruck’s joints
Looking frantically for a hydrant point
Suddenly there’s a wind change
The fire burns out of range
Fire rages to the Hawkesbury River
Fire boats begin to shiver
While preparing for a back-burn
A lightning bolt hits a fern
While all firies are in doubt
That small fire out the big one out
By Josh