Hobbit's LA Premier Still A Winner For NZ

On The Surface

1. Los Angeles
2. The premiere will take place on 13th December in Los Angeles
3. 100,000 fans watched people arrive for the first Hobbit movie in Wellington.
4. This event was important for the local movie industry, Wellington and New Zealand.
5. They have given us six ways to contact the newspaper

Discovering Techniques

1. One sense is the literal red carpet people walk on and the other is a worldwide movie premiere.
2. The example of alliteration is teaser-trailer
3. Premiere originated from France
4. There is a colon in the title because it is talking about the hobbit as if it was a person.

Search & Think

1. Specially adorned means to be specially decorated for an occasion.
2. The editor thinks the negatives of having the movie premiered in LA is that it will lose its uniqueness and become lost in the many films premiered there.
3. The editor feels like the movie is obliged to be premiered in New Zealand because it is directed by a New Zealander and filmed entirely in New Zealand so he feels there is an obligation to make the premiere in New Zealand
4. The editor sees the tourism in New Zealand the real value

Hidden Depths

1. The editorial offers there own opinion about a topic to give people an insight to something. For example a movie critic gives their opinion so people can see if it's worth their time. Some editorials write a piece that is the opposite to their opinion to cause controversy and media beat ups.
2. The editorial shapes his opinion by giving a short brief and then states the issue. He then gives his opinion on the issue and gives his reasoning.

Still

We walk together,
Side by side,
Hand in hand,
Heart by heart

Her grip loosens,
My smile fades,
Her eyes shut,
My body shakes

She goes stone cold,
My mind goes blank,
She lays there still,
My being sits there silent,

Her figure now layed in bed
My frame in a chair
Her machine goes dead
My heart goes still

Kiwiland

Kia ora Koutou
We do things different down here you know
Down at the bottom in the choice NZ
Here are somethings you may not have read

A rugby ball always in the back of the ute
Look at our greenery, isn't she a beaute
Pavlova is a national dish
Along with our sweet chocolate fish

Humans are outnumbered by sheep
Driving through our farmlands in a jeep
So many native birds
Kiwis, Keas, Kakapo, how absurd

Maori culture are the native people of our land
With Haka, Waiata and the Wiri of the hand
Kumaras they give for our meals
Fish they catch without any reels

Sport is a national treasure
With cricket and all the sixes we measure
Seeing the footy go through the posts
But all the golds is what we praise the most

So thats our nation in a few words
I hope thats more than what you've heard
So next time you want to go away
Come to New Zealand where you can stay

Slam Poetry

Slam Poetry is a type of poem that is performed. It is an outspoken piece of literacy about something you are passionate about. Slam poetry is spoken with a lot of expression. You often speak about a problem, an issue or a love that you can relate to. When performing a normal poem you speak in a soft gentle tone at a slow pace but when performing a slam poem you speak in a loud sharp tone at a fast pace. A slam poem has a lot of descriptive words, describing the inspiration you have taken your poem from. Two things used in a slam poem are alliteration and assonance, these two concepts make your poem more interesting to listen to. When performing the audience is dead silent, taking in every word the poet speaks.