Sams+Writing

WRITING This year in room11 we have learnt the structures of some different writing formats/styles such as Narrative, Exposition, Explanation, Poetry, Procedure etc.

This term (term 3) we are focussing on using descriptive language in our writing. We are also learning the structure of a review Below are some of my writing pieces......

__**Explanation: **__

**__The world without textures:__**

Textures are a vital component to the living world. Textures allow us to explore with our hands, feet, mouth and our entire skin surface.

Textures play a bigger part in our world than we think they do. Imagin what life would be like if you couldnt dig your toes into that oey, slimey mud or stroke a soft cat, even that refreshing feeling as you glide through the the cold water of a pool.

We feel different textures with the little nerve endings just under the surface of our skin. These nerve endings are very sensitive. They help us pick up many different textures: soft, smooth, rough, hard, lumpy, squidgy and slimey. This is also why babies but things in their mouth. Babies have much more sensitive nerve endings in their mouth than anywhere else on their body. This is why they are constantly putting things in their mouth to explore.

Our sense of touch is one of the five key senses we use to make sense of our world. Touch is essential in order to carry out many of our daily tasks such as conveying feelings of affection and protectiong ourselves from danger.

__** Exposition: **__ Most people especially parents believe school qualifications need to play a big part in our lives and our career. However I think that we dont necesserily need school qualifications to lead a graet future..
 * __ School qualifications aren't necessary to be successfull: __**

Success means something different to each individual person, what does success mean to you? And more importantly, how does a person achieve it? Are school qualifications really necessary to be successfull.

Some people think that success is having lots of money. And to have lots of money you need a good job, and to have a good job, you need good school qualifications. But is money is the best way to measure success?

Every one learns and lives differently, some people enjoy every minute of their school life, but the others who drop out of school the moment they are allowed to, can still be very successfull. They could become a great sports person, musician, entertainer or lead some other great successfull life.

Alot of people who dropped out of school have become amazing people and accomplished amazing things. Norman Kirk was born in 1923; He had a very rough start to school and left shortly before he turned 13. Norman Kirk eventuall went on to become the prime minister of Newzealand in 1972.

Thomas Edison is another one of these ultra inteligent people who had no formal schooling. Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He was a very famous inventor who invented the electric light, sound recording and moving pictures! Edison was kicked out of school at the age of 7 because his teacher couldnt cope with him. And here's a fact, Thomas Edison was also deaf.

However who said success has to be measured by how famous you are? Lets consider the blind person who learns Braille, or the disabled person who learns to walk, or even the deaf person who learns sign language.

So there it is, success means different things to different people.

Success comes in a variety of different ways, and there is more than one way to obtain it. It just shows you your future can lead you to some amazing things even without school qualifications.

__**Aim:**__ Your aim is to make a goo that behaves wierdly!! This goo is very strange, when you put sudden impact on it it goes hard, however when you run your fingers through it, it feels like a thick liquid.
 * __ Procedure: __**
 * __ GOEY GLOOP!!! __**


 * __ Materials: __**
 * 4 tablespoons of cornflour
 * a tablespoon
 * a mixing bowl
 * 1/3 cup of water

1. Put two tablespoons of cornflour into the bowl. 2. Add each tablespoon of water into the cornflour, one at a time, stirring gently but consistantly. Otherwise it will go hard and rigid. 3. Keep adding water until the untill it is of a creamy consistency. 4. Pick up the goo and roll it between your fingers. Stop rolling - what happens??
 * __ Method: __**

When you roll the goo it should feel dry and hard like a solid. When you stop rolling, it should slowly spread over your fingers like a liquid. If your concoction is too runny you may need to add more cornflour, if it is too lumpy simply add more water. This goo is extremely fun to play with and watch out it is very addictive too!!