The Wave2

The Wave 2

It had been a wild day. A hot wind had blown angry grey clouds

across the sky, and the waves seemed unsettled and agitated.

From the deck in front of the beach house where they were stay-

ing, Paul watched the surfers pitting their skills against the swell,

pulling out just before the waves peaked and crashed down upon

them. He wished he was out there, but his mum refused to buy

him a surfboard until he was older. ‘The sea can be cruel’, she

always said.

Paul could watch the sea forever. The beach house was high up in

the sand dunes, and he was captivated by the way the ocean

stretched out into the distance, the way the swell keep rolling in,

wave after unstoppable wave. The sun was starting to dip towards

the horizon, but the temperature was still uncomfortably hot. If he

was quick there would still be time for one last swim before his

parents arrived home.

He jumped up from the swing seat he had been sitting on, and

rushed down the sand dunes. The steepness and the shifting sand

always made it difficult to stay on his feet, but soon he was on the

beach, running faster as the sand got harder, hurtling towards the

surf. Now he was in the shallows with the cool water spraying up

all around him. On he went, knee deep, waist deep, looking for the

right moment to dive in.

The waves were bigger than he expected. A huge wall of water was

rushing towards him, gathering its strength to crash down on him.

He dived into it just before it broke, escaping the buffeting from

the white water. But this wave was not finished with him yet. He

was knocked back and driven down toward the sea floor. It rolled

and twisted him, holding him under. He tried hard to get to the

surface, his lungs bursting. With one last heave, the wave dumped

him into the shallow water, and, having exhausted its energy,

rolled back out to sea.

Some things to ponder

Story structure

Setting: Where does the story take place?	This story was first set in a beach house way up high in the sand dunes.
Characters: Who are the characters in the story?	The characters that had been written in this story were, A boy named Paul and his Mother.
Problem: What is the problem in the story?	Paul decided to go for one last swim before his parents got home. As he went waist deep into the water, the waves seemed to be bigger than he expected that he’d have to control. As a huge waving rushed towards him ready to crash him down, he tried to dive under the wave, but was knocked/dragged down to the sea floor in danger of drowning.
Feelings: How do the main characters feel about the problem?	In the text it doesn’t say that the Mother knew what was happening to Paul down at the beach. But, I would believe that Paul would have felt worried that he could drown if he lost too much air.
Action: What action do the characters take?	Paul tried his hardest to swim up to the surface, but with one last push, the wave crashed down on him and dumped him into the shallow waters.
Outcome: How did the story end?	At the End, the water had dumped Paul into the shallow waters and the wave calmly returned to the ocean.
Themes: Is there a lesson in the story?	This has made me want to make sure that I could handle the waves at a beach before I just go straight in.

Follow up

1. Write the next paragraph to the story. How will Paul react to what has
happened? How does he feel about the sea now?

Last Paragraph of the Story:

The waves were bigger than he expected. A huge wall of water was

rushing towards him, gathering its strength to crash down on him.

He dived into it just before it broke, escaping the buffeting from

the white water. But this wave was not finished with him yet. He

was knocked back and driven down toward the sea floor. It rolled

and twisted him, holding him under. He tried hard to get to the

surface, his lungs bursting. With one last heave, the wave dumped

him into the shallow water, and, having exhausted its energy,

rolled back out to sea.

My Paragraph:

As the wave had rolled back out to sea, Paul awoke, gasping for air! Paul
had sadly forgotten what had happened to him and was wondering how he
ended up on the ocean shore. His mother saw him lying on the beach shore
and ran down as fast as she could. He stood up shaking off the sand and
seaweed the had washed up with him as well.
2. Design a swimsuit or some apparatus that would help Paul stay in
control while swimming in rough surf. Use diagrams with labels to show
your interesting ideas.
3. Challenge: Write a 20 sentence story. Your story must include the words:
agitated, gathering, exhausted and captivated. You can use other tenses
of the word i.e gathered.

Hi, my name is Taulagi and I am going to talk about my first time learning how
to be in a boat. So...Have you had lessons for doing something similar to
getting into a boat? Or having to take swimming lessons for a competition
coming up or something like that. Well, I did. I learnt how to get into a boat and
at first I felt agitated to begin but I got over that feeling and (with a bit of help) I
climbed into the centre of the boat. Since it was just a lesson, and we were
beginners, we had our session in one of the big pools. Anyways, as soon as
I entered the middle of the boat, it shook a bit. But then I felt like I was really in
a boat on the ocean. Feeling that, I gathered  the other participants and they j
umped in the boat one by one. I think that by the last person we had too many
people in the boat at once, because it captivated. It was hilarious. Everyone
fell in the pool and got soaking wet. After this happened, the tutor taught us
how to handle a situation similar to this. We also had to understand the
importance of wearing a fitable life jacket and how it can save our lives more
than we think. Our session was only 30 minutes, because their were people
waiting for their turn. So, once we finished, I was extremely exhausted from
having to get in and out of the boat so many times. And falling out a lot. But,
overall it was amazing. I have learnt so much new skills to do with being on a
boat. I strongly believe that I will enjoy being on a boat more often now.
Thanks to this lesson and future lessons to come.