Why it is important to make wise choices

Why is it important to make wise choices?

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Did you know when you litter around the sea, plastic is going to the ocean and creates pollution in the sea? Due to our careless actions these marine animals have been suffering from plastic, most of the time they mistake plastic for their lunch as a result the marine animals will start to get sick or most of the time even die. Most of the plastic that ends up on our grounds then goes into the drains, which then drifts slowly to our oceans, lakes and rivers. Every day around 8 million pieces of plastic makes their way into our oceans.

Would you like to be a sea animal tangled in plastic and not be able to digest food? Plastic doesn’t actually fully degrade, it only disintegrates into smaller particles. There are now 5.25 trillion micro and macro pieces of plastic in our ocean, and 46 thousand pieces in every square mile of ocean weighs around 269 thousand tonnes. About 252,000 tons of plastic are also headed into our landfills every year. The more people fill the ocean with plastic, the less marine animals we’ll have. The generation of sea animals will be gone and the ocean will be filled with plastic rubbish. You can help stop this by collecting all the plastic you see laying around. Different different things that are affected by the pollution are Global Warming, Climate Change, Acid Rain, Smog effect, Deterioration of fields, Extinction of animal species and Respiratory health problems.

What would you do if you saw a marine animal with plastic in its throat or plastic stuck around its neck which stops it from eating. There are seven different types of pollution: air, water, land, radioactive, thermal, light, and sound pollution. Because of our selfish ways the marine animals in our ocean will soon be extinct like the dinosaurs if we don’t do something about the pollution in our waterways. 700 marine species are affected by the damage caused by plastic pollution. A way we can stop this problem is by picking up rubbish whenever you can. Pollution also affects the marine ecosystems which is pretty bad.

Another We can help get rid of this problem by picking up rubbish even if it isn’t yours to save animals and the environment then maybe we can keep the marine animals safe and healthy, but if you don’t the marine animals in our oceans they will die.

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L.I: To simply write an explanation.

This week for writing we created a explanation about any topic. The topic that I chose to make an explanation out of was pollution. Pollution is a big disaster which is causing the marine species to get lower and lower, and it needs to stop. I liked to make this explanation because pollution was a fun write about. My explanation explains why it is important to make wise choices.

10-5-7-10

An upward struggle

Jess was a normal woman who loved to do rock climbing. She went on an adventure on a high cliff that she loved to climb, but every time she climbed it got even harder. Lara wanted to be a professional climber. Everyday she practised on the same cliff. The thing was even though how much she stretched her whole body was aching after her climb.

The time was 4:40Am and the sun would rise at 7:25Am in the morning where she would climb up the cliff until sunrise. Halfway up the cliff she was sweating and she could taste the saltiness of her sweat as it ran down to her mouth. She saw the view of the mountain across the bay like it was right next to her. She had a quarter left to go but there was a challenge ahead:

The rocks were starting to slip as her hands were sweaty and she thought she was going to slip, but luckily there was a little platform where she could just reach. The time was 6:50Am so she had 35 minutes to reach the top. She was almost there. She realised that she dropped her water bottle while she was climbing and she was so thirsty but she kept climbing. She was filled with happiness because she made it to the top.

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This week for writing we did another writing activity, But this time we had 10 minutes to plan, 5 minutes to write, 7 minutes to chat about our writing with a partner and another 10 minutes to write more. This one was easier because we had an extra ten minutes to plan unlike the first time we didn't have time to plan. This was fun to do.

5-7-10

L.I: To use 5-7-10 to write creatively.

Lightning never strikes twice, does it?

That was the question that occupied their frightened minds as they crouched, huddling together, next to the pile of dusty sacks in the base of the windmill... This event started on a sunny morning when a group of college friends were planning to go on a trip because they were on a college break, and they knew they wouldn’t have anything to do. 

Between the 4 friends there were two girls and two boys getting ready to go on their trip. They knew that there was a chance of a thunderstorm. On their trip it started to rain, and as they went further on the rain got harder. They saw strange things as the night was rising.

Soon after it started thundering and both girls were getting scared of the loud noises. The two boys found a windmill and they went inside since it was the only source of cover that they found nearby. They went inside and huddled together in the dusty sacks waiting for the morning.

When the morning sun rise was upon them they woke up with relief that they made it through the night with no injuries. They went home safely and agreed that they would never go on a trip without making sure the weather would be sunny or at least not be a potential thunderstorm.

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For the first day of term we started by doing a writing activity called 5-7-10. In this activity we we first had 5 minutes to write as much as we could using this in the start of the paragraph, That was the question that occupied their frightened minds as they crouched, huddling together, next to the pile of dusty sacks in the base of the windmill...

Ancestor Poem

L.I To write a poem to describe our Ancestors using the literary devices alliteration, onomatopoeia, Metaphor, Simile, Hyperbole and rhyme.

  

This week for our writing we Made a Poem about our ancestors and how they have helped me and what they have done for our Country. We first started by writing our poem on a planning frame to help us organise where we were writing. For example the maori ancestors were on a journey to find the land we call The Long White Cloud. We also talked about our taonga that was given to us from our ancestors. This weeks writing was fun to do because I got to talk and write about my ancestors.

Exploring Provocation

L.I To consider two side of a provocation.

This week we have been exploring two sides of a provocation. A provocation is an action or speech that triggers emotions or feelings. Our provocation is that if NZ should be a cashless society. After considering both perspectives we think that we should not do this because people might need the money to survive, like what if they only have 20 dollars on there card.

Why plastic pollution is a problem for our coastlines - Explanation

LI: To collaboratively structure and write an explanation.

Why plastic pollution is a problem for our coastlines?

Did you know, each year over 1 million marine mammals are suffering due to the plastic we are wasting? This is not okay! These marine mammals have been suffering from plastic, whether they mistake plastic for food, or even get captured in it, which makes them not able to digest. Plastic has a large effect towards our marine mammals. Plastic is a large, serious issue in our environment! Would you like it if your favourite beach was filled with plastic?

According to ecotricity, scientists have estimated that about 8 million tonnes of plastic have ended up in our oceans every year. The number of plastic waste ending up in oceans could decrease up to a higher number, unless we do something about it! The majority of plastic that lies on the ground ends up in drains, which then leads to our oceans, lakes and rivers. There are New Zealanders out there who have access to facilities for plastic, but why aren’t we doing any better for our environment?

Did you know that plastic takes about 1,000 years just to biodegrade! Plastic doesn’t actually fully degrade, it only disintegrates into smaller particles. About 252,000 tons of plastic are also headed into our landfills every year. A project “Love Your Coast” is one of the projects that are acting now to help have a healthier and cleaner future. Love Your Coast has organised groups of people from around New Zealand to help clean up our oceans and beaches, so our next few generations could be better.

We should act now, so we could have a cleaner future and environment. You could save the lives of marine mammals, by picking up at least a few pieces of rubbish!

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This week for our writing we wrote an explanation about plastic pollution. Plastic pollution in and around our waterways has become a real problem. Each year the rubbish when it drops it goes down into the drain and heads to the rivers, but it goes into the beaches, and the marine mammals eat it.

Shoe challenge

Another day of going to school with Max. I feel so sore being worn everyday. When I was first out of the box I was excited but now I’ve ended up being old and broken. The toilet smells, I get gum on my soul and dirt all over me. I can’t take it anymore!! Finally the bell rings and I'm heading home. I see freedom as we proceeded to go home a big fluffy thing comes up to us and licks me. Phew! As soon as I get home after a stressful day, my arms are untied and I smell like meat. I always think to myself I really want him to get a new pair of shoes.

This week we did a writing challenge to remind us what personification is and how we use it. We had to get into pairs I was with Jayden and we wrote a short amount of sentences about dirty and old shoes. There was a twist it was that we couldn't talk to each other. This was real challenging to do because you might be thinking of an idea and your partner just writes a sentence that has nothing to do with what you were thinking.

Why I would make a good School leader

Explanation

Advertisment

This week for writing we were continuing to complete our advertising DLO's. I was working in a group three with Matthew and Giovanni. At first we decided to make a Movie, but we realised that was to hard so we made a poster. We could either choose to make an advertisement about Rugby World Cup merchandise or a Hoverbike.

Let me tell you about my favourite celebration

‘Let me tell you about…’ my favourite cultural celebration called Christmas I always wake up jump around the tree, and try to peek when no one is looking. Then I make noise with the pots and pans to make sure everyone wakes up so we can open our presents. Once everyone in my house is awake we open our presents and have breakfast, and every Christmas morning we have bacon and spaghetti with toast. Christmas this year and every other year is the 25 of December, 2019 and so on. On Christmas we do one embarrassing moment in the afternoon my brothers and I dress up in Christmas costumes and doing dances on the sidewalk. Even though I love Christmas I love spending time with my friends and family more. My friends and I either go to the beach or the pool we all get to choose one parent to come and supervise, and we go to the beach when it’s sunny and the pools when it’s cloudy and it’s about to rain. And this is why Christmas my favourite celebration.

Commas what are they? Are they useful? Yes we use this punctuation, for many reasons like separating dialogue, The day and year, the introduction of people and characters, separate suburbs and cites, items on a list and before FANBOYS.

Explanation: Should NZ ban plastic straws?

Should NZ ban plastic straws?

My opinion is that we should ban plastic straws because who would want to eat a fish with plastic. And it is dangerous to the environment and the marine Animals. Plastic takes over 500 years to decompose.


First Plastic can remain in the environment for over 2,000 years because most plastic is not biodegradable. NZ we need to not Litter especially our Plastic straws it's disgusting this action needs to stop. I recently found a video of some people on a boat find this turtle with something in its nose they thought it was a tube worm at first, but as they pulled it out it turned out to be a straw. Would you like it if you had a straw in your nose? About 0.025% of plastic are found in our ocean imagine how much of that is in a marine animals digestive system.


My second reason on why we should ban these plastic straws is because they have harmful toxins while they decompose. By 2050 there will be more plastic straws than sea life in our waterways. First people will buy a drink and sometimes ask for a straw to drink with, and when they finish they will throw their rubbish either on the floor or in the bin as known. Next straws will most likely end up in the ocean and a turtle or any other marine animal can die by the straws. About 65,000 amounts of straws were found in the last 10 years.

My third reason, fish and other marine creatures suffer from the dangers of the plastic do we really want them to suffer. Plastic straws are just one of the most dangerous pieces of plastic in our waterways. Nobody wants to go for a swim in the river and the beaches polluted with plastic. And the plastic straws poke your eyes while you swim.


to make a change just asking for no straw to take with you while you have your beverage that you buy can keep some marine animals alive. and that's why we should not use plastic straws and ban them.

Plastic Straws Opinion

This week for writing LS2 have been creating a DLO that explains two side of an argument if we should ban plastic straws or not and our opinions. I decided to say for my opinion on my reason on why we should ban them. after we did that we had to write a speech for our reasons and our opinion.

Persuasive Speeches

L.I To write a speech that persuades others to think the way you do.

Title: Why we should pick up other peoples rubbish.

Speech: Hi My name is Karlos and I think it is important we pick up our rubbish to take care of our earth? It is important to understand what rubbish can do to the environment and the effect it has on animals. What if you threw your rubbish onto the ground and an animal eats it and becomes sick or even dies, how would this make you feel?

First if rubbish gets thrown on the ground that’s called littering. And if that rubbish gets into the different waterways in our local area or our environment, imagine the damage it could do. 55% of kids don’t understand what littering does. If we litter our plastic bags the wind picks it up and it goes into the waterways, Turtles and other sea life can mistake our rubbish as Jellyfish which causes them to be strangled by the plastic.

Did you know that 1.4 Billion people litter their rubbish every year. Are you one of these people? If you look across the road you can see the tamaki river. We want to keep our river clean. If we don’t take care of the pollution all the sea animals in that river and other waterways may die. Some animals can help the waterways and keep it clean. 

We can help get rid of this problem by picking up rubbish even if it isn’t yours to save animals and the environment. Another way of stopping this problem is by instead of using plastic bags use your reusable bag.

When we finished our speeches we had to present to either the whole class or in a small group. I did a Good Job doing my speech because after I finished it I was able to check it  over and over to fix the mistakes I made. I think I could do better in the future when I do a speech is write a bit more paragraphs and add more detail to the paragraphs.

Respect the sea life of the ocean

Respect The sea life of the ocean



There a fish everywhere in the oceans of the world, and The fish are disappearing because people aren’t being respectful and either taking undersized or oversized fish. You are only supposed to take what you can eat. Your supposed to take the right size fish because if you take the over sized fish they might be having babies, and if you take the undersized fish the won’t get a chance to grow and have babies to keep the fish living for people to catch the right size. Fisherman use the birds to help find where the fish are.



When you go fishing your supposed to where a life jacket so you can stay afloat if your boat crashes. Did you know that fish are becoming endangered and might become extinct in the future. While going fishing sea birds come to your boat to eat your bait. You can not throw things except for a bucket of water to scare them away so they don’t get injured. After you catch a fish you have to grab it with a wet towel so you don’t remove their scales and their special coating for fish that acts like sunscreen. Plastic is a bad thing for fish because they will get confused and think it is prey.



The earth is a great place and we have to take care of it to keep the animals alive like the sea animals. Also make sure to measure the fish to see if you are allowed to keep it, and don’t injure the sea birds and fish by not respecting them like grabbing the fish without a wet towel. Tell people who go fishing to wear a life jacket to protect your life from drowning.

Major Yuri Gagarin Animation

This week for reading we used our creative skills to create an animation or an explainer movie about Yuri Gagarin, in groups. My group and I decided to create an animation. Before we created the animation, we planned it as a group. On a piece of paper we drew a S to include the information we wanted about Yuri Gagarin from the start to the finish. A fact about Yuri Gagarin is that he was the first cosmonaut to orbit Earth in Vostok 1. After planning the animation, we started to create our animation. We chose a leader to tell us our job of creating our animation. We all decided that Chavda was the right leader of our group. My group and I worked together as a team and helped each other to complete our animation. I think that everyone in my group had great create skills and are really talented in drawing digitally.

Penguins

Penguins

Penguins are unusual animals the Male penguins look after the eggs until they hatch while the Female penguins go, and hunt for food. Penguins are flightless birds which means they can’t fly. Penguins have created technique on how to move from place to place faster it is called tobogganing its when the penguins slide around on their stomachs like a sled on the ice.  Penguins use a special oil to keep them warm and keep their feathers clean.

Penguins come in all different colours and sizes the tallest penguin is the Aptenodytes forsteri, and its height is 122m and the smallest penguin is the little penguin and its height is 33cm. The main colours of a penguin is a black back and a white stomach.  The female penguins do everything : eating, swimming, hunting and nesting.


 Penguins are carnivores (they eat meat). Penguins main meal is fish but they also eat Krill, Squid and other small sea animals. Penguins will eat food at any time of the day or night.


Penguins live in different kind of countries They mostly live in the southern hemisphere. Some of the countries they live in are New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, south america, Falkland Islands, Galapagos Islands, Gough Island and South sandwich island.


Also did you know that Penguins get out of the water by rocketing out The penguins can be found in a lot of different places in the world.

This week for writing I made a information report about penguins. First we had to make a copy of a google document for note taking before we did the writing about the penguins to help us write our information report. The structure of a information report is TIPS Tittle, introduction, paragraphs and summary. In a information report there has to have technical words and must be in present tense. In my information report about penguins was to talk about the appearance (what they look like), diet (what they eat and the habbitat (where they live) of the penguins. I have learnt that penguins are extraordinary creatures.

Agents of change

This week we were talking about being an agent of change, an agent of change is a person that makes change to make the most of their learning and they turn problems into solutions.

Stretching sentences

This week we played a game called 2 words in 1 minute. This game is when there are two words and you have to make sentences using the two words in 1 minute. After we did this we made a DLO were we had to explain how to stretch sentences. Stretching sentences is when you have a simple sentence then you add the 5 w's to make it a better sentence with better detail.

Term one self evaluating writing

Did you know that 100,000 sea animals die in a year from plastic bags?. Plastic bags are a reason why the animals are dying the plastic bag gets taken to the landfill were it takes 400 years to decompose, and if it doesn't decompose it can go down the drain and into the ocean. Turtles mistake the plastic bag for a jellyfish, although we can stop throwing away single use plastic bags because we can keep them for something else like gardening.

We have reusable plastic bags that people can use more than once. Turtles and other sea creatures aren't just dying because they are choking on plastic bags. The plastic bags are smothering the coral and there food source so they starve. Plastic bags are harming the environment and the sea creatures because people are not taking care of animals that live in new zealand and other countries, so we should be taking care of the ocean that the sea creatures are living in. Most sea turtles are harmed by plastic bags. More than 1 million sea turtles are harmed because of plastic bags. Sea Turtles aren’t the only sea animals that die from choking on plastic bags, Seals and Sea Lions, Seabirds, Fish, Whales and Dolphins are harmed by plastic bags a well.

We should take care of our land by getting rid of plastic and using reusable bags instead so we don’t have to harm more sea animals, And this is why we change our ways of thinking about caring for the land and the ocean.

This term had our first writing sample for term one 2019. This week we had to get into pairs and I was with Viliami and we went onto the class site and go on the LS2 writing rubic that shows what number our writing was for example Punctuation R4, Vocab R5, Organisation R3, Sentence Structure, Structure and language R4 and finally Ideas R3. My score for punctuation I got R4, Vocab R4, Organisation R5, sentence structure R5, structure and language R4 and ideas I got R4. My partner Viliami chose what I got.