Task
I would first like you to watch the blow clip, please stop it at 0:24 so that you are able to see the below freeze frame!
For your first task I would like you to concentrate on the first few seconds of the clip. Watch how the steam train moves; this is the first object that you will need to describe.
I would like you to write a few sentences to describe how the steam train moves along the tracks! Can you include some personification? A metaphor? I have written a model text below; use this to assist in your writing.
Model writing
The train had awoken and had cleared the way. The sand fled in its presence, spiralling away from its gleaming structure, away from the tracks, away from the dusk and into the dawn. Clunking and Screeching, the frozen engine kicked into motion, pushing the traditional steam train down the beaten, old track and into the fresh morning. Even after the train had left, the sound of the pulsing locomotives pounded through the sky; the deep booms of its powerful thrusts quietened down to gentle beats in the heart of the desert.
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