Week 5 Writing

 

Week 5:

Describe a day in your life if you were famous

I woke up at five thirty. I slowly sat up and pushed the blankets away. Then I remembered this was going to be my Super Rugby Aōtearoa debut tonight (I was playing at 10) vs the Blues. Suddenly a huge smile spread across my face. I donned a Chiefs hunting jacket and adidas shorts before walking into the kitchen. I got myself a berocca and walked over to the couch.

That night I drove to the Chiefs training ground. When I got there only two other players were there. Naitoa Ah Kuoi and Tupou Vaa’i. Probably since they lived together. I went over and talked to them. When the whole team arrived we got on the team bus and drove off.

When we arrived thousands of people cheered as we walked into the changing rooms. Hanging there on the wall was my shirt below my picture, name and chiefs number. In the middle of the chest was my name, the date and feat written. Tears came to my eyes as I thought how long I had been waiting and pursuing this moment. I sat down on my bench next of Xavier Roe and stared at my shirt in my hands. It was funny how for so long I had had Xavier as one of my idols yet today we would be playing together. He tapped my shoulder and said “Better get ready mate” and started pulling his shirt over his head.

Season Poetry

In writing we have been doing poetry, we had to choose a season to write about I chose summer because of all the sports on. Like Cricket and Football.

Poems

These are some poems I made. In these poems I have one Haiku. A Haiku is  a very short form of Japanese poetry in three sentences going in the order 5 syllables 7 syllables and then 5 again. One Cinquain. A Cinquain is a class of poetic forms that employ a 5-line pattern. Earlier used to describe any five-line form, it now refers to one of several forms that are defined by specific rules and guidelines.

How Snow is Formed

I think it doesn’t rain much in Hokitika because it snows a lot on the east
of the south island but not much on the west. The southern alps block
the snow so it can’t get over to the west side. 

I think snow is formed by raindrops that freeze and then the air
changes the consistency and colour changes.

1. What is snow?
2. How is snow formed?
3. Why does it snow in other places in NZ but not Hokitika?
4. What conditions does snow need to form?
5. Why does snow settle in different places in hokitika but not others?

What does an explanation need?

• Writing to explain how something happens
• True facts

How Snow is Formed

I have researched and found out that snow forms when tiny ice crystals
in clouds stick together to become snowflakes. If enough crystals stick together, they'll
become heavy enough to fall to the ground. Snowflakes that descend through moist air
that is slightly warmer than 0 °C will melt around the edges and stick together to
produce big flakes. Snowflakes that fall through cold, dry air produce powdery snow
that does not stick together. Snow is formed when temperatures are low and there is moisture
in the atmosphere in the form of tiny ice crystals.

When Mum picked me up on our Hokitika snow day the car said it was 4 degrees
C which would explain why the snow at home didn’t stick to the ground for long
and melted when we tried to catch it - the temperature was too warm. 

I think it doesn’t snow much in Hokitika because we are too close to the sea, we have
milder temperatures with a lot of rain. I also believe it snows a lot more on the East of the
South Island than on the West because the snow clouds cannot get over the Southern Alps. 

It is interesting that New Zealand has such a diverse range of climates.
Most regions belong to the temperate zone with 4 definite seasons.
There are big variations for example the West Coast is extremely wet but Northland is
subtropical. 

Snow rellies a lot on the temperature depending on if it will fall. If the temperature
is very cold it will fall heavily and will stay on the ground for longer however if it is warmer
then it won’t fall as heavy and will ether evaporate straight away or will last a few minutes
slowly evaporating. Bibliography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_New_Zealand

https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/snow/science/formation.html

https://sciencing.com/snow-form-4563981.html

This is my writing about explaining what snow is and how it is formed also why it doesen't snow in hokitika. I am also making an anamation. 

Sea turtles screencastify

In Ruma Kereru for the past few weeks we have been writing explanations about sea turtles. An explanation is when you write to explain how something happens or explain about something. Then we made some pictures so we could screencastify it. This is my screencastify. I created a flow-chart to show the steps involved.