Persuasive Writing

For the past 2 weeks during writing we have been working on persuasive writing this is one of mine. Hope you like it :)

 Movies Are More Enjoyable Than Books

Movies are an interesting and fun way to spend the afternoon being able to feel like you can escape to a different world for a few hours. In 2020 around 300 movies were released that year. Movies are internationally appreciated by the people of the world because of the many different genres of them. I strongly believe that movies are better than books.

Movies show an entire story within a relatively short period of time. If you have a big 600 page book and it takes you 1 week to finish, you could watch the movie version of the same story and it will only take around 3 hours at the most. For example most movies take between 1 and a half hours  3 and a half hours for movies that you can find easily on Netflix or Disney Plus.

Secondly, movies can be enjoyed as a fun outing with friends or family. For your birthday you can go to the movies and you and your friends will be able to enjoy it together. If you try to read books with friends it won't be that fun and your friends will probably get bored and want to go home. 

Lastly, movies showcase the talents of the cast and the film crew. If you watch a movie with really good CGI you will be more likely to recommend it to friends and family even if the book wasn't that good. For example if everyone started reading books and abandoning movies there would be a lot of actors being put out of business.

I fully agree that movies are better than books. Because they show an entire story in a short time-frame, you can watch them with friends when you can't with books and movies that showcase the talents of the cast and the film crew. What do you think about this topic? If you're not convinced, read a book that has been turned into a movie and then compare them together.

How To Make Vietnamese Caramelised Pork

This term for writing we are learning how to write instructions. I choose to do Vietnamese Caramelised Pork. Hope you like it.

 Vietnamese Caramelised Pork

       You Will Need:

• Pork Mince

• Oil

• 5 tbsp Brown Sugar

• ½ Onion

• 2 Tbsp fish sauce 

• 1 Tsp Ginger

• 1 Tsp garlic

• Spatula

• Pot 

• Table spoons

• Teaspoons

     Instructions:

1. Put the pot on an element and turn up the heat to 180 degrees

2. Put a teaspoon of oil in the pot

3. Cut up the onion and put it in the pot and wait for it to cook

4. Tip the pork mince into the pot and break it up with the spatula

5. Add the garlic and the ginger

6. Wait until the meat cooks and then add the brown sugar and the fish sauce

7. Spread the pork around the pot evenly and leave for 2 minutes

8. After the 2 minutes come back to the pot and stir then leave evenly spread around and wait for another 2 minutes

9. Do this until the meat goes brown

10. Serve

Butterphant Report

 This term for writing we have been working on reports and Miss Hines said she wanted us to write a report about a fake animal. We got to choose to do it with a partner and I did it with Klaudia. To do this we had to first pick our fake animal and then make a planning scaffold for our writing. After that we had to start writing and this is our final product. Hope you like it :)

The butterphant is a very interesting animal. They have many interesting characteristics.They live in The treetops of Africa. They also have a very effective way of getting rid of their enemies.

Butterphants are really interesting creatures. Their scientific name is Loxolocera. They are smaller than normal elephants because of their butterfly ancestry. They are basically an elephant with butterfly wings for ears. Their diet consists of roots, grass, fruit and nectar plants. Thanks to their butterfly wing ears they have the ability to fly. Butterphants bathe in thick nectar after hot and exhausting days. They like to bathe in bubbling mud on cold days when it is too cold to bathe in cold nectar. In winter they start to begin their mating season and it ends at the start of spring. Their young are called Camph and they are born through the trunk of their mother in an egg. They are also severely endangered and there are no more than 120 of them left.  

The butterphant usually lives in the Baobab treetops in Africa. Sometimes you can find it scouring the plains for food or to find somewhere to bathe. If they are unfortunate enough to be born in a place with no trees they will most likely die. In the early 17th century they chose to live in the Baobab tree because it is one of the only trees that can hold their weight.

To defend against their enemies, which are Hornets and sandflies, they flap their wing ears and create a wind so powerful that the enemies go blow away. Their wind is so strong that it's almost impossible to stay stable on the ground near the Butterphant. It is as strong as a wind turbine at full power.

If the Butterphant gets stung/bitten, The will blow up 10x their actual size, they also turn a dark purple colour. 

In conclusion, Butterphants are severely endangered and the population is just about 120. You can find them peacefully caring for their baby camph  And washing themselves up, All in the treetops of africa. Blowing their enemies away just with a flap of their wing ears, it's a pretty amazing animal with an interesting lifestyle.

Cara and Klaudia

Sloths Report

 This term we are working on writing reports for writing. This is mine.Hope you like it 😀

Sloths

Sloths are one of the most interesting animals on the planet. They eat so many interesting foods. They live in parts of America. Furthermore, they also have many dangerous predators.

Sloths eat so many different things. A sloths diet consists of leaves from the cecropia tree, twigs and buds. They get their water from juicy plants. Their low metabolism means that they can survive on barely any food. It takes them a day to process food that would take other animals only hours to process. Did you know that they only come down their tree once a week to go to the bathroom, and when they poop they poop out about half their body weight. 

Sloths live in very interesting places. Sloths live in the treetops of trees in Central and South American tropical forests. To move from tree to  tree the swing from canopy vines. They spend most of their lives in the treetops napping and remaining hidden from their predators.

Sloths have many vairing predators. A sloth's main predators are jaguars and eagles. Their other predators include harpy eagles, ocelots and other big cats. They hide in their tree because they are the same color as the tree. Their slowness is not just being lazy, but it helps them survive because the predators don't see the tree rustling so as not to give away their hiding spot.

In conclusion sloths are a very fascinating animal that lives in ways that are different from other animals.

Identity Poem

This week we had to make identity poems about ourselves. This is mine. What would you write in your identity poem? I hope you like it.

 

The Darkness ASSCENDING

The cold, dark mist that had covered the country for years and protected its

inhabitants from outsiders was starting to lift. A wave of panic ran over the

country that had never been able to see further than 2 meters in front of their

own feet. Newly hung closed signs hovered over all the shops. The only sound you

could hear was the slamming of doors. On the other side of town, in the frozen

woods, the animals were in a frenzy. They were bred in the winter and had lived so

for all of their lives. 

The Guinea Pig

Once upon a time there was a man named Bob bought a guinea pig named Bob jnr. One day when Bob was sleeping Bob jnr decided to run away. On the way to the spca he met a dog that people didn't want because they thought he had the coronavirus. Bob jnr found out that the dog's name was Max which was the breed of japanese spitz. So he and Max set out for the spca. Soon they came across a river. The dog said we could swim across but Bob jnr said he couldn't swim. So Bob jnr went on Max's back while Max swam across the river. Next they saw a sign that said spca 100 meters. They ran along but then realised that by the time they reached the spca Bob jnr would almost be dead. So they stopped for the night at the 50 meter mark. The next day they got to the spca and got a new home. Bob jnr got taken by a girl named Cara and got a new name of Chubs. He also had a friend in his hutch with him named Mystic. As for Max he got adopted by a nice family and was very muched loved by a girl named Klaudia.

The Hurricane

Saving My Sister

“The giant that lives beneath the earth trapped my sister, Fauna, in a crystal ball, how do I get her back,” I asked the great wizard, Bob. “Flora, dinner time,” we heard in the distance. “You better go home now, meet me outside the dragon’s palace tomorrow at 7:52 am,” The next day at 7:51 I arrived at the dragon’s palace. Exactly at 7:52 The Great Wizard appeared out of nowhere in an explosion of gold dust. “What do I do?!!!” I asked. “Stay calm and go and find her,” he said. The next day I went to see the book fairies and ask them questions about crystal balls. When I got there I met a nice fairy named Farrah. She told me that the giant’s crystal ball was surrounded by dark magic and that she would need to find the Phooka Goblins that would help me find a sword of Antelope Canyon to defeat the giant to stop the dark magic so I could save my sister. After they gave me a food basket I set out to find the Phooka Goblins. After about an hour of walking, I saw a blue goblin with orange clothes and brown leather shoes run past me. Before I knew what I was doing I was sprinting through the meadow after the goblin. I followed the goblin into a clearing in the woods. As soon as I entered the clearing I got shocked with goblins bustling about, screaming about other goblins stealing their food. When they smelled my cakes and biscuits they stopped and stared at me for what felt like an hour. All of a sudden they were bombarding me with questions “What's that smell?, what's that?, who are you?, can we have some?” “You can have some if you help me get the sword of Antelope Canyon to free my sister from the giant that lives in the earth,” I asked. “Will we get the food before or after we help you,” one asked. “After,” I said confidently. So we set off. “Sorry but there is something we did not tell you the sword is guarded by a mountain troll. After that we continued in silence each of us dreading what would happen next. After an hour of walking in silence the goblin that told me about the mountain troll whose name was Nog announced that we had arrived at the Antelope Canyon. Soon we heard the mountain troll. So we followed the noise into the middle of the Canyon. We walked cautiously into the trolls cave. So while the goblins distracted the troll I got the sword and the troll fell to the floor. So I gave the goblins my food and set out for the giant. After hours of walking I decided to get some sleep. The next day I started to walk and after a few hours I found the giant and I slashed the giant's hand that was holding the crystal ball. The crystal ball fell out of the giant's hand so I stabbed and slashed the crystal ball. There was an explosion and my sister, Fauna, came out of the smoke. After we had a sleep we went home.

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