pursasive writing

🐛Nibbling on Crunchy Bugs🐛

I am learning to persuade my audience by writing a exposition

Feeling hungry? How about some spicy grasshoppers with a side of mealworm fries? The thought of consuming such a meal might turn your stomach, but the eating of insects is common across many areas of the globe, largely due to its nutritional benefits. I strongly think people should eat bugs.You might think bugs are just little animals that live on the ground and are absolutely the grossest thing ever, but did you know that 90% of people who try bugs actually enjoy them and start eating them more often? Farming contains lots of water 22,000 litres of water for cows, 3,500 litres for pigs, 2,300 litres of water for chickens and one litre for crickets. 80% of the world's nations eats insects, that is 1,000 species.

There is over 1,900 edible species of insects. In 2005 over two billion people eat insects worldwide. Human insect eating is common to cultures in most parts of the world. In the year 2050 approximately nine billion people will eat bugs all around the world. Today, insect eating is uncommon in North America and Europe, but insects remain a popular food elsewhere, and some companies are trying to introduce insects into western diets. Lots of places of the world eat bugs including China, Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and some developing regions of Central and South America. All these countries are eating delicious bugs so you should try one yourself.

Eating bugs can change your life. Just eating a scorpion's tail will make you stronger. Eating bugs could combat obesity. Insects are considered highly nutritional. The majority of them are rich in protein, healthy fats, iron, calcium and low in carbohydrates. In fact insects are just as, if not more nutritious than commonly consumed meats, such as beef. Did you know that 100 grams of crickets is 121 calories, 12.9 grams of protein, 5.5 grams of good fat and 5.1 grams of carbohydrates? Insects are so beneficial that you should add them to your daily diet to help you grow healthy and strong.
If you are sick of eating the same bugs raw everyday you can search up online for recipes for bugs and there are loads of ideas like chirp cookies, scorpion lollipops, mealworm fries, chocolate covered crickets and so on. In many countries there are lots of different recipes around the world. There are thousands of ways to make a bug taste like a five star restaurant meal. There is outstanding recipes such as grasshopper cake and there is a gum made from spiders. Bugs are so tasty that if you put them in a meal you won't even know their there. So why not give it a try today?




In conclusion I think bugs are small but can do a huge difference if we eat them and if all of the people in the world ate bugs I think world hunger would disappear. Bugs might solve the obesity problem and give you a ton of protein so you get healthier by eating bugs. So if you see someone in a market selling them I encourage you to eat bugs.

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In writing, we have learning to write a persuasive piece of writing.

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My reports on the Kea

lately we have been working on writing about native birds to New Zealand and we have been working on these for a few days and my native bird was the Kea also known as the New Zealand mountain parrot.

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How kids can make a difference

Do you know what can start small but can do humongous things if you guessed a child you are correct.Now we will get serious do you see around you you might see a nice tree a butterfly the beautiful sun but this not this all around the world.

Now I will talk about the dangers of the world. There a dangers to the world and I will list them for you explosive weapons, world war, poverty, global warming and extra .You might think it’s fine but you're wrong all of this will keep growing and growing until the human race is gone.

Now I’m going to talk to you about solutions to those problems. Stop littering if every kid in new Zealand pick up one piece of rubbish that's 1.4 million pieces of rubbish gone from pollution sounds like a lot right but what if every kid in the world picked up one piece of rubbish that’s 1.9

billion rubbish WOW! But that’s is only one of the many world threats. World hunger the suction food but how do we get this food I know make a food grower that makes food get bigger. You might think that’s not possible but it could if you try really hard.

People that have made a difference think about it.If people have made a difference how do you think Martin Luther king jr what he did as a kid you think he would of sat there just no he would of trying to fight to make a difference look at him now he made the world change.Elbert entine he is one of the most smartest people ever to live.

what do you think he did as a kid he couldn't talk till he was four years old but did that stop him from be becoming one of the most smartest people ever to live he worked and worked till his limits were accomplished. These people have done everything they can as a kid look in a history book they are amazingly famous.

Okay have you got all of this information.Now you know how to make a difference so why don’t you go out there and make a difference.

kiwi information writing

KIWI

Do you know what bird that can’t fly but is a national treasure if you guessed the kiwi bird you are correct. Now some fun facts do you know kiwis lifespan is approximately 30-50 years, kiwi height is 33-63 centimeters. Kiwis we discovered in the mid 1800’s. Many people think there is only one Kiwi but did you know that there are 5 types of Kiwi birds North Island Kiwi, Southern Brown Kiwi, Little Spotted Kiwi, Great Spotted Kiwi, Okarito Kiwi. Kiwis do not have very good eyesight so they have to rely on their touch sense for navigation .The kiwi has the egg size of a Ostrich egg but the Kiwi is the size of a chicken, interesting right. There are lots of interesting thing about the kiwi bird. There are three main things about the kiwi which are the diet, habitat and predators.

Diet are very important in a Kiwi’s life to have a healthy life and so they do not look yummy for the predators. First of all Kiwi’s love to eat invertebrates ( invertebrates are animals without a backbone) for example worms, spiders, beetles and extra . When the Kiwi eats his delicious plate of icky sticky worms he swallows them down his enormous beak into his digestive system bye bye worm. Kiwi birds don’t just eat insects they also eat small crayfish, fruit, plants ,eels, fungi and amphibians so the kiwi bird is a omnivore. The kiwi does not need water because worms are made up of 85% of water.Some people wonder if kiwis eat kiwi fruit apparently to google the answer is no .The kiwi bird has to have a home with lots of food around it so the habitat is next

Home for a kiwi bird is a place where predators are away and food is near but where is this home. Kiwi birds home are usually underground or a borrow. Kiwis live in the forest because they prefer somewhere dark, damp and and where's it has wetland . There are 15,000 that have made a home in Stuart island. The kiwi is a sensitive creature and needs the right habitat or they will parish that's whats so important about a habitat and where it’s at. Kiwi birds are wise of how they get home .

Predators are a the biggest threats to kiwi there are many threats to the kiwi bird. All of the predators were all brought by the English they brought stoats, weasels , possums, cats, dogs and extra .there was over 12 million kiwis and now there are fewer than 100 thousand around.

In conclusion the kiwi bird is one of a kind. A kiwi bird is a bird that everyone wants, to have in there country but if we want it to stay alive we have to take care of it but taking care of our world.  

Figurative Language

Idiom, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, onomatopoeia, similes and personification. These are all language features which we call figurative language. In reading we have been learning about these language features and how authors used them in their writing to make their work engaging and add interest for their audience. We made posters either with paper pencils or flowers with examples and definitions of the language feature.Here is our figurative language poster.

Sea turtle life cycle

I am learning to write explanation writing

Do you know what animal lives in the sea and was living 150,000,000 years ago? If you guessed sea turtle you are right. There are seven different species of sea turtles I will list them Leatherback, Olive Ridley, Flatback, Loggerhead, Green, Hawksbill and Kemp's Ridley. Did you know sea turtles can hold their breath for four-seven hours. There are four stages of life for sea turtles, the egg stage, the childhood stage and the adulthood stage. Should we start with the egg stage.

THE EGG STAGE
First a female sea turtle crawls far up the beach so the water does not drown the eggs under the sand. The female digs a hole till her flipper can not touch the sand.Then PLOP! Here comes the leathery ping pong ball sized eggs. The female lays approximately 50-200 eggs and around 1000 eggs a year. Sadly about 20% do not hatch but their are still babies and babies are cute.

THE CHILDHOOD STAGE
After the eggs hatch the next stage is underway. The babies wait till it is night time so there will be less predators. When the babies crawl to the surface they make there desperate dash to the sea. They can not see well so they see the moon’s reflection on the water. That is why if you see a sign if you are in a car that says ‘turn off your lights’ that is because the baby turtles see the light and they will crawl towards your car. The baby will most likely crawl towards the sea they will face some predators such as dogs, crabs, raccoons, birds and cats. Some of the baby turtles will drown from the waves crashing into them. Approximately 50% will parish trying to get to the sea. When the baby turtles make it into the sea they will face some new predators as fish, sharks, dolphins and sea birds when they come up for air. They will travel about 1,200 kilometers away from the beach they were born on.

THE ADULT STAGE
With growth comes some protection so now the main threats are tiger, bull and great white sharks and the occasional killer whale. Now at about two decades of age the female will now travel back to the same beach she was born on. The female turtle will meet as many male turtles as possible for more eggs which means more chance for survival. The turtle will find her beach that she was born on. When she has found it she will lay her eggs and then the life cycle start all over again.

CONCLUSION
To conclude, sea turtles have three distinctive life stages. The adult stage is the hardest for the turtles to survive because of human interference and pollution.

Bob

I am learning to create: a narrative based on a image.

There was once a man named Bob.Bob was the only human left on earth but he did not know this.Bob was a really smart man but he was poor. He slept in a trash can,his bathed In garbage,his best friend was a rat. But the year 9999999 his life changed.

(aaahhh) Bob woke up.He got out of the trashcan in the ally.”I think i’ll take a bath”.So he pored garbage into a bath he found. He dived right in his best friend jimmy the rat joined him.When he hoped out of the bath he got his clothes on and his backpack he made it when he was ten.

He looked out the ally for any robots it was clear he started walking he didn’t know where he was going but he went.Bob walked 1.9 kilometres and it took half an hour.Then suddenly Bob sees a dead robot he sneaks up to it then he touch it “AAAAAAHHHHHH”.”I saw it move before I touched it” Bob kicked the robot and then the robot hopped up then slowly walked to Bob.Then Bob got the courage to punch the robot and blew up.Then he saw it.

The B.B.B the big,black,box.Bob knocked on the door (creak) the door opened.Bob ran in (creak) the door shut.Bob couldn't see a thing “hello”. (BOOM) the door on the other side blew up and then a gigantic robot with crab claws came out.But Bob was not afraid (after blew up a robot).he shouted,”can I work here”,then the robot said, “” . The robot grabbed Bob and threw him behind himself. Into the oil bar maker- 300000 (oil bars are chocolate bars for robots) and the robots lived happily ever after obviously not the humans the end.

The Dinner that Changed my Life

I am learning to inform my audience by sharing an entertaining moment

Ding! The elevator shut behind us. We were going to a buffet at the sky tower. (Chof) why was it so hot in here oh I forgot my entire family was piled in the small elevator with me. I stopped breathing to hear what was going on, all I hear was the deep breathing of my family. The elevator voice announced, “You have reached your level.” Finally fresh air I could breathe again.

I could smell the 10/10 food, Yum. The nice waiter took us to our table. Before I sat down everyone was gone. So I went to get my food. Chips, pizza, sushi filled the long tables, this was the exact moment I thought I was in heaven. Pulling my seat out I placed my plate down next to what looked like about half a litre glass filled with coca-cola.

Dinner was scrumpsulishious, licking my lips, tasting all the yummy selection. But I by this point I had had about three glasses of coca-cola, washing down my meal. Then across the room I saw the dessert stand, capturing my eye. I started to eat quicker, in a hurry to finish my dinner. Jumping up out of my seat I rushed over to the dessert. I got my bowl and got everything. When I got to my seat I was happy as a boy can be. I went there and back three times. How could I say no to free dessert.

All of a sudden my tummy didn’t feel so good. I try to walk to the bathroom because I knew I was going to vomit. Ouch! My stomach couldn’t take it anymore, I hunched over, SPLASH! A huge puddle of vomit was standing in front of me. “Oh my goodness,” I heard everyone say. Saying lots and lots of things about me. At that moment I even heard my grandma say, “A horrible boy just vomited.” My mum interrupting, “That would be your grandson.”

That was the dinner that changed my life from pure embarrassment.

Paddington Movie

Awhile ago I went to Picton and we went to a movie. It’s called Paddington 2, it’s about a bear. Paddington was saving money to buy his aunt a 100th birthday present. But one of the characters (who was an actor) stole it. Paddington got framed and sentenced to 10 years in jail. His family tried to find the criminal but Paddington made friends at jail. His friends convinced him to break out with them. They went on an airplane but Paddington wanted to free his name. He went to a train station and went on the train that the criminal was on. The family just got on the train as the criminal unhooked the crate that paddington was on and flew off the tracks into a deep lake. The mum jumped in to the lake but the doors were jammed. Suddenly the friends dived in and saved Paddington. The movie was very exciting from start to finish.