The Wave 3

The Wave

It had been a wild day. A hot nor - westerly airstream had sent

angry grey clouds scudding across the sky and had whipped the

surf up into a fury. From the wooden deck that ran along the front

of the beach house, Paul watched the surfers carving up the feral

tubes out the back, pulling out before the waves peaked and

crashed down upon them. He wished he could be part of the

action, but his mother refused to buy him a surfboard until he

was older. ‘The sea can be a cruel master’, she always said.

Paul was mesmerised by the ocean. From his vantage point, high

up in the sand dunes, he was in awe of the way that it stretched

out before him; the power that came rolling in from so far away in

such a rhythmic fashion, untameable, unstoppable, never-ending,

swell after swell. The sun was descending quickly towards the

horizon, but the heat of the day still lingered, sticky and

oppressive. Time for one last swim before his parents arrived

home.

His mind made up, he sprang into action, jumping off the deck

and hurtling down the sand dunes. It was always a challenge to

stay upright, fighting the momentum of the downward journey

combined with the shifting surface beneath his feet. Down on the

beach now, he ploughed through the soft sand, finally gaining a

sure foothold as the sand got harder, racing into the shallows with

the water spraying up all around him. He plunged on, knee deep,

waist deep, looking for the perfect moment to dive in.

Surprised by the ferocity of the waves, he was suddenly confronted

by a huge wall of water that reared up, towering over him,

gathering its force to smash him into the beach. He dived into the

blue-green wall, escaping the rage of the broken white water.

But this wave had a twist in its tail. He felt an obscene strength

driving him backwards and down into the sea floor. It held him in a

merciless grip, rolling, tumbling and twisting him. He fought

desperately for the surface, his lungs bursting. With a final surge,

the wave spewed him out into the shallows, and, its force spent,

lazily retreated.

Some things to ponder

Story structure

Setting: Where does the story take place?	The Beach house and The Beach:
Characters: Who are the characters in the story?	Paul, Paul’s mother, The waves:
Problem: What is the problem in the story	Paul was so determined to go in the water so he decided to dive into the water without a surfboard, suddenly a humongous wave came along driving Paul backwards and down onto the sea floor. He ended up rolling, tumbling and twisting in the water as well as his lungs bursting for air.
Feelings: How do the main characters feel about the problem?	Paul was feeling very anxious and scared, as well as upset as he wasn't aloud to go for a swim / a surf. Paul was not feeling very well afterhis dive in the water.
Action: What action do the characters take?	The action was Paul´s dive in the water. He was feeling shocked as he got washed away from land. Paul was so frightened after his swim.
Outcome: How did the story end?	The wave had spewed Paul out into the shallows and his force spent lazily retreated.
Themes: Is there a lesson in the story?	The lesson to this story is… People like Paul should always listen to their parents or any adult in your family. Reasons are… you can end up just like Paul or you could be caught up in an accident.

Follow up

Our next follow up we had to do was to design our own swimsuit or some apparatus that

would help Paul control himself while swimming out to the ocean. Our final follow up was

actually a challenge. It was a very hard challenge as we had to write upto 20 - 30 sentences

about what might happen next during this storybyte. Take a look at what I’ve done individual.   

As Paul washed out to sea his mother had finally noticed that her son was missing

she tried extremely hard searching for him. She searched for hours and minutes until

the time had came, she had finally found his son washed out to sea. She quickly ran to

find help ( sea rescuers ) for them to paddle out to sea and grab him. As soon as the

rescuers caught up to the person under sea they had noticed it wasn’t Paul, It was just

a floaty with the same colors of what Paul’s clothing looked like. The mother gasped

and cried for a very long time, the rescuers were very sad to see Paul’s mother upset.

The next day as Paul was still missing the mother quickly stood up and started

searching for her son. Her son was nowhere to be found, she went to everyone’s

house near by the beach. She searched for hours and looked in every single house,

luckily there was only one house to be looked at. Quietly appearing into the house she

had found him lying upon a very hard and springy bed sleeping with 3 little ducklings,

the mother had burst into tears with a humongous smile on her face, she had hugged

him while he was still sleeping. She felt amazed, excited and determined to take her

son home. She had said to Paul, “I will never let you out of sight ever again” I will protect

you till the time when I leave this world/Planet. She had finally realized that he wasn’t

missing after all, He just went for a very quick swim and had found shelter closer to

where he was sleeping, everyone was so relieved and amazed about that. I wonder

what will happen next? Do you have any Ideas of what might happen?   

My Blurb:

     For this task we had to do a task called The Wave 3. It was a task all about characters and

the waves. I was told to write a 20 - 30 sentence which is why there is so much words

written above this blurb I've written. As I did this task I was told to read every single

paragraph and answer all the questions written in the timetable square boxes. I really

hope yous enjoyed my mini blurb hope to see yous all soon. Thank you and god bless