Writing New Zealand Waterways

Writing

New Zealand Waterways

The Water Cycle is a process that water goes through between land, sea and the atmosphere. There are 5 main stages in the Water Cycle, these include, Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, and Runoff/ Groundwater.

Evaporation

Evaporation is a process of the sun heating the water, and turning into a gas. In some hot countries, the Evaporation is greater. Evaporation is an invisible process, that changes water into a gas. The vapor that is in the air is called humidity. Some countries have a high amount of humidity. Once the water has turned into a gas, it floats up into the sky, and turns into clouds (Condensation.)

Condensation And Precipitation

Condensation and Precipitation are two of the main parts of the Water Cycle. Condensation plays a big part in the Water Cycle; this is the stage where the dust and water particles form clouds (Condensation.) You know how there is water on the windows in the morning when it is cold, this is a great example of Condensation.The next stage is where the rain (Precipitation) falls from the clouds. There are many different types of Precipitation, such as: Rain, Hail, Snow, and Sleet. When the Precipitation hits the ground, it is called Runoff, or Groundwater.

Runoff / Groundwater

This is the stage where the Precipitation hits the ground and becomes a Runoff, or Groundwater. Did you know that the water you you drink everyday is recycled Groundwater. So you know how it rains, that’s all recycled water, which means that the rain could have been the cup of water you drank last week!

Overall, the Water Cycle is one of the most important things on earth. Just remember that there are 5 main stages in the Water Cycle, Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, and Runoff / Groundwater. If we didn’t have clean, drinkable water… we would die.

By Monique

My Student Led Conference

My Student Led Conference

The things I enjoyed most about my SLC were: Sharing learning and achievements with my parents.

What went well and why? Something that went well was that my patents were asking a lot of questions, and it was good because, I used up all of the time.

What were the challenges you faced when preparing and presenting your SLC? When my parents asked a question I didn't know the answer to.

What changes would you make for next time and why? I would share more, because I had heaps of time left.

My Short Story

Blog Post Title - My Short Story

For this piece of writing I have focusing on my vocabulary and punctuation. I have been learning to:

• Use a large productive vocabulary across the curriculum (Year 9/10)
• Use a wide range of punctuation appropriately and with increasing accuracy. (Year 9/10)

                                                                                

The pieces of my writing that are highlighted blue are where I have shown my vocabulary and the ones highlighted green is my punctuation goal.

My Story...

Ocean Disaster

"Hands up if you would like to go on an underwater adventure!" Said Miss Ellie excitedly. Lilly loves to be underwater, exploring the unknown, so she slid her hand up straight away. Chloe on the other hand, she can't stand the water, especially when it has sharks in it. Lilly really didn't want to be alone on the trip, so she shoved Chloe's hand up in the air. Chloe hoped that Miss Ellie wouldn't count it, but it was to late. Then the bell rang, and the whole class left, except Chloe.
 " Um Miss Ellie, there's been a misunderstanding, I never wanted to go on that trip that you..." Stop." Miss Ellie interrupted. " Well I'm sorry Chloe, but it's to late. If you drop out now, I won't have enough people going, and plus, who would want to miss out on a opportunity like this? " Ok then, I guess your right, I mean who would want to miss out on a opportunity like this?" Then Chloe thought in her head, me obviously.

As Chloe wandered out of the classroom, Lilly was waiting for her. " Now I have to go on that stupid trip!" Stated Chloe. " I know, I was kinda listening to that whole conversation, so, ah ,yeah, I know ah, everything." Said Lilly with guilt. " You know what, it's going to be fine, I'm sure we will have heaps of fun." Said Chloe trying to turn things around. " Now that's the spirit!" Sung Lilly.They spent the rest of the day thinking about the trip, mostly good things, but some worries. The first thing they did when they got home, was packing. They packed all the things they needed, such as, clothes, togs, shoes, toiletries, and some other stuff as well.

                                                                   Day of camp

"Beep...Beep...Beep." Went the sound of Chloe's alarm clock. Chloe slithered out of her bed, and went and got breakfast. Her mum had made her eggs, bacon, and pancakes for the extra energy boost. Then Chloe rambled to her room and got her things ready. When she was in the middle of getting changed, there was a knock at the door. Chloe knew exactly who it was, so she finished getting changed, and ran to open the door. As she predicted, there stood Lilly, ready to walk down to school. Chloe ran and got her things, said goodbye, and scooted out the door.

On there way to school, Lilly could not stop thinking about there trip. The cool sights that they were going to see, the food that they were going to eat, and the cool experience that they were going to have altogether. But on the other hand, Chloe couldn't stop thinking about the negatives. When they got to school, there was a roll taken. After the roll had been taken, they got on the bus, and started to relax. The bus took them to the train station, which took them to the Brisbane airport, which took them to there mystery island that they would be staying at for the next 3 days.

                                                                      In Hawaii

When they found out that they were going to Hawaii, they were so happy. Chloe and Lilly, had never been to an island before, so they were extra excited. "This is so beautiful." Exclaimed Lilly. "I know right." Replied Chloe. As they set foot to the grainy, golden, sand, they sighed. "I wish we lived here." Said Chloe, as she gazed at the palm trees in the distance. "Same." Lilly  announced. The instructor was standing in front of the whole group, smiling at the kids who had never been here before. " Beautiful isn't it." Said there very pleased instructor.

                                                             Cooperative Games

The first activity was Capture The Flag. Lilly and Chloe loved to play Capture The Flag, back at school with some of there classmates. Team 1 was, Lilly, Chloe, and Grace, and team 2 was, Chelsea, Emma, and Laura. The game went really well, and team 1, won. They got 100 points for there team. At the end of the day, they would count up all the points, and the winners would get a prize. The games kept on going on for the whole day. The last game was Spotlight, and the points were tied. They all tried there hardest and...................... Team 2 won by 1 point! 

                                                                    Snorkeling 

"Now for the best activity." Said Lilly. " You sure about that, I think it will be pretty scary." Replied Chloe, terrified about what was going to happen next. " Please grab your snorkeling gear and listen to your snorkeling instructor." Explained our camp instructor. As Chloe jumped into the water she couldn't believe here eyes! There was all different colored fish and sea creatures that she had never seen before. 

                                                                

                                                                   The Attack! 

As Chloe was talking Lilly about the sights around them, a deadly shark came rushing up behind them, and clutched onto Chloe's leg! "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Chloe screeched at the top of her lungs! " HELP, HELP!!!!!" Yelped Lilly trying to help Chloe as much as she could. Chloe got rushed to hospital as soon as possible.

                                                                    Afterwards   

After the attack had happened, everyone got escorted back to the hotel. Many people were asking questions about the tragedy that had just happened. Lilly had gone in the ambulance with Chloe so she wasn't alone. She would definitely never do that again.

  

Writing Exposition

Writing

WALT: Follow the writing process to write an exposition.

We were writing an exposition about 2 leaders that we thought were really good leaders. I chose Richie McCaw and Kate Sheppard. Here is my conclusion on my writing.

In my opinion, Richie McCaw is a better leader because, he leads his team as a captain, and his team has achieved many things together.

Student led conference

This is my slideshow of my Student Led Conference.

Monique's writing prove it

My next step is to use better punctuation

Writing Prove It Structure And Language

My goal in writing was structure and language. Here is a part of my writing to show you.

The Ice-Cream Disaster

"It was a normal day in a normal house.Benson and Borris the bears were laying in their normal spaces on the bed.It was a hot day today in fact the Daver family had gone to the beach for the day.They took a chilly bin filled with icey cold drinks and a box of frozen ice-blocks,melting away as the minutes passed by.The ice-block container WAS full, but one of the greedy children took one out.As the child took one out, I fell out.Yes I am a talking ice-cream.

TO BE CONTINUED

Writing prove it term 1

My goal in writing for term one was to use connectives.

Here is an example of a peice of my writing

Since I have been in the year seven and eight area, I have been a lot more organised.This is because we get to manage ourselfs.In the morning we put up our faces to let the teacher no that we are here.We also have a bright green box that we could design with all our school stuff in it, we take it everywere we go.We take our boxes to teacher breakouts as well.