Narrative

Hello for the past few weeks we have been doing narrative writing. First we watched a video clip then we followed on the video by writing a narrative. Our narrative could only be 200 words long.

The mountain dirt road

“Breaking news: 20 people found dead on Cliff Road in the past 2 days. One of the officers on the case has been on the case for a few hours tracking fingerprints”  The officer reports a man in a red mask, goggles, and a black suit walking around. 

Peter walked up to the man and flashed his badge. "I have a few questions for you," the officer said.  The officer asked Riley the questions and he went to his car to write it down. As he is writing it down in the car Riley starts running to the nearest gas station

  Riley gets to the gas station but acts naturally. Karen thinks Riley looks suspicious so she calls him up to see what he's doing because he has been in there for almost an hour just wandering around. Riley takes off his red mask and Karen asks many questions which annoys Riley so he shoots her and runs outside.

  Then Riley ran out and started running to the cake shop. When he got into the cake shop he put on his red mask. Mark looks at him suspiciously because he saw on the news that someone in a red mask has been on the scene of the crashes. He looks at the pictures of his newspaper and it looks like him. Mark also sees that there has been a report of Karen dead in the newspaper. Mark decides that Riley is the person who killed Karen and the people off Cliff Road so Mark shoots Riley.

The End

Compass directions

Hello this week we have been working on compass directions. We were set a task to make a map for other people to complete using compass directions. Here is how mine turned out

4 truths 1 lie

 Hello today in class we have been doing 4 truths and a lie here is mine 

4 truths 1 lie

- I have been to Australia 

- My birthday is in January

- I have broken 3 bones

- I have 2 cats and a brother

- My favourite colour is white

Enlargements

This week in maths we have been doing enlargements. Enlargements are where you have a small image and you make it bigger. First we had to pick what we want to enlarge. Then we worked out a grid on how big your squares are and how many you need. For my first enlargement I chose to draw Piglet. Once I finished my first one I had to colour it in then I chose to do another one which I chose to do Elmo.  To draw the enlargements we had to draw go square by square so everything is in the right place. I enlarged Elmo by 4 and Piglet by 8. This was a fun task but it took a while to complete.

Explanation writing

This week we have been working on explanatory sentences. Explantory sentences are where you explain something. First we had to pick a topic I chose what causes earthquakes. We had to write 3 paragraphs an introduction and conclusion. Before we did this we had to pick some household appliances so we know how to write them.

What causes Earthquakes 

  -Introduction

An earthquake is a violent shaking of the ground that causes damage or for structures to fall down. Earthquakes are mainly caused by the tectonic plates underground moving or even crashing together. Earthquakes are also caused by the geologic faults or even movement of magma in volcanic areas.

-How earthquakes start.

Earthquakes are caused by the tectonic plates moving in different directions, different speeds or sometimes even crashing together. When this happens it usually means it's an earthquake. Radioactive processes within earth's interior mostly causes the tectonic plates to move

-Magnitude

Magnitude is what measurement is used to determine how strong an earthquake is. Earthquakes are usually around 2-8 magnitude. If your earthquake is 8 magnitude it would be very strong and cause heavy damage. If your earthquake is 2 magnitude it would be barely felt and minor damage. 

-How long they last

An earthquake typically only occurs for around 10-30 seconds although the longest earthquake has been around 8-10 minutes. The world's longest earthquake was on the 22nd of May 1960. The earthquake was 9.5 magnitude which is also one of the worlds strongest earthquake. This earthquake was in Valdivia, Chile. The earthquake had caused a tsunami which altogether killed an estimated 5,700 people. The biggest earthquake in New Zeland was in Wairarapa it was in 1855 and it was 8.2 magnitude. The second biggest magnitude earthquake in New Zeland was 7.8 they were recorded in Dusky Sound, Murchison, and Hawkes Bay and Kaikoura.

-Conclusion 

In conclusion an earthquake starts by the tectonic plates moving underground. Earthquakes usually occur for around 10-30 seconds but in 1960 an earthquake lasted for 8-10 which killed 5,700 people. Earthquakes can happen in any kind of weather but if it's raining and your near water there will likely be a tsunami.