Why we should drink water

Do you drink enough water? Well you should! I will provide you with adequate information as to why you should drink lots of water.

Water helps your skin to stay smooth and healthy. You’ll notice that  people who drink lots of water everyday have have good healthy skin and don't have any wrinkles. You will see ads on TV about skin care products and wrinkle removing cream that will cost a fortune but people who drink a lot of water have perfect skin and are very health. If you drink lots of water you will look good and there will not be a need for expensive creams.

Have you heard of kidney stones? Kidney stones are a disease caused by not drinking enough water and drinking too much sugary drinks. Kidney stones form when your urine contains more crystal-forming substances — such as calcium, oxalate and uric acid — than the fluid in your urine can dilute. At the same time, your urine may lack substances that prevent crystals from sticking together, creating an ideal environment for kidney stones to form. You will know if you have kidney stones when you got to the toilet because going number one will be harder and much much more painful and then you start to urinate blood. It's quite disgusting but it is a serious matter.

When you're dehydrated your brain will not function properly and you will start to get a headache. Drinking water will help you if you have a headache. How does it help you? This is how (Fatigue is a side effect of dehydration. So, if dehydration is the cause of the fatigue and fatigue is the cause of the headache- start by treating the fatigue and get hydrated...Cluster Headaches are also known to be cured by drinking water).

I hope that I have provided you with enough reasons as to why you should drink water.

2016 Holiday Recount

During the holidays my cousins from Hawks bay came down to help us build a fence to keep people from going through the paddock. My uncle from up the road came down to help us level the ground with his tractor he uses on the farm.

It was scorching hot me and my younger cousin had to mow the lawn while my uncle dug the dirt up. When he finished digging the dirt up we dug smaller holes to place the post’s in. My other uncle connected the post’s with number 8 wire. While my big cousin and his cousin where cutting the wires for the fence me and my younger cousin played darts for half an hour then we walked back up the driveway to my house. My cousins and I had sausages in buns for lunch.  After we had our lunch and break we went back out to do more work my younger cousin and I had to pick up all the broken glass fragments from a window that got smashed by another in a storm. Once we had picked up most of the glass we went to help the others to prune the flax bushes my big cousin and his cousin mowed the grass up the driveway and my younger cousins picked up the leaf strips that my mum and I had cut off. Once we had finished we loaded all the weeds and leaf strips onto my uncles truck to dump on the farm.

Once we had finished all the work for the day we went down to the creek to cool off before dinner. When we came back we got ready to go up the road to my Aunty and Uncle's house then we had a BBQ for dinner.

Grammar

Rewrite these sentences in past tense verbs

1. John saw that I was very angry with him.
2. She asked if you knew who she was.
3. Just as I went out the rain began to fall.
4. He imagined that he knew everything.
5. The fog became denser as we reached the top.
6. They all thought that I was very wealthy.
7. She knew very well what she was doing.
8. As we walked along, she took me by the arm.

Adjectives: Adjectives are describing words. They are usually placed before nouns to make our writing interesting. Place correct adjectives before these nouns.

1. An Able person.
2. A Stormy sea.
3. An Anxious mother.
4. A Joyful event.
5. A Mountainous country.
6. A Querulous girl.  
7. A Friendly act.
8. A Famous pianist.
9. A Fortunate escape.
10. A Sensible person.

Verbs or action words

Verbs or action words

Shouted, whispered, Begged, Cried, Murmured, Ordered, Screamed, Wondered.

“Bring him to me now!” Ordered the boss.

“Please, don’t make me say it”, Begged Lisa.

“Mmm, crumbled up chocolate cake”, Murmured Homer.

“It was a terrible mistake”, Cried Bart.

“Be nice to your sister!” Shouted his mother.

“What are doughnuts made of?” Wondered John.

“I swear I didn't do it!” Screamed Bart.

“Can you keep a secret?” whispered Maggie.

Gifts from the moon Reading

What picture did you see in your head when you read the introduction. Describe in detail. Dad watching the moon and studying the lunar phases when the tide and weather is right.

White Thinking Hat: Who are the characters? Describe them. Whanau and friends.

Tell me in detail what this story is about. Gathering kaimoana.  

Which character did you dislike? Why? The kid in the cyan hoodie because he was just throwing the eels onto the shore like it was a stick.

Which part of the story bored you? What may have caused you to get bored? The intro because nothing exciting was really happening.

If you could change any part of this story which one would it be? The first sentence of the body. I would have made shorter by saying we started playing.

Conclusion: Was the end predictable? Tell me why? Why not? Yes because i predicted that the tide would rise and the eels would have continued to swim to the sea.

 Spelling words

1. Absence 2. Acceptable 3. Accidentally 4. Accommodate 5. Achieve    

Persuasive Writing

Persuasive writing why we should ride bikes short distances

I strongly believe that people should ride bikes short distances instead of driving cars i will provide you with adequate reasons as to why you should ride bikes short distances instead of driving cars.

If you choose to ride a bike you don’t have to pay for gasoline or diesel because bikes are pedal powered. Bikes only cost around thirty to fifty dollars where cars cost thousands and thousands of dollars. A bike only weighs 10-15 pounds and cars weigh tons and tons. Bikes are environment friendly because they do not make fumes and pollute the air cars make fumes and carbon-dioxide and are part of the reason why there is global warming especially diesel cars.

Cars keep you warm on freezing cold days and on bikes you would have to wear layers of clothing and keep moving to stay warm. In cars they have up to seven seats and can hold passengers but bikes can only have up to two seats and those kinds of bikes cost lots of money. Bikes cannot hold many items where's cars can hold many items.

Cars might be able to hold more than bikes can but if you put things like satchel bags, baskets and where a bag you would be surprised how many items you could carry.

After reading this I hope you would consider riding a bike short distances instead of driving a car.

Narrative writting-Mysteriously disappear

It was a foggy morning James and Marcus were down in the living quarters discussing their arrival at the mysterious island people often mistook Marcus for a pirate with his big bushy beard his scars on his face and his pirate like accent and James was a young buck with his devices his shiny hair and his stubble.        

Marcus had been searching for this island for most of his life he’s been studying this island tracking it and he knows what to expect when he see’s it. James studded coordinates in high school he’s an

explorer he met Marcus at a tavern in Ireland James was asking around for information on where a good place to explore would be like old ruins or ship grave yards. Then he meets Marcus. Marcus was staying in a room up stairs James went up to Marcus and asked him where a good place to explore would be Marcus asked if he'd like to accompany him on his journey James excitedly said yes. Marcus tells James about the mysterious island.

 Marcus pulled out his powerful spotlight and mounted it onto the stern of the boat a powerful beam of light shone through the mist that revealed a rocky shoreline James didn't notice until they crashed into a huge rock James was knocked unconscious and Marcus struggled trying to keep James from drowning. James woke up three hours later Marcus was scavenging the boat wreck for supplies. He moved James under a shelter he made out of palm leaves Marcus manages to find and fix the boat radio he tries to call for help but there's no response James comes over to try and help find some supplies they managed to find some food and water rations. They set up camp and waited for help the next day. When they woke up they were surprised their food rations had disappeared they began investigating but all they could find was sand and debris.

The disappearance of their food rations gave them a good reason to explore the island for clues or treasure or the culprit who took their food. During their exploration they came across some beautiful sights like crystal clear rivers waterfalls caves they decided to take a break and cool of in a beautiful lake that was fresh enough to drink they refilled their canteens and headed back to their shelter when they got back their shelter was gone they confused how could something quietly have snuck past them and just taken their shelter with only the posts that held up the shelter remaining they had no time to go back into the jungle and look for their missing food and shelter it was getting dark and they needed food and somewhere to sleep Marcus started fishing and James searched for a good place to build their shelter. James managed to find a little spot where the ground overhung the ground below. James began building and started a campfire. Marcus lugged the fish he caught back to the new shelter in a fishing net they salvaged from the boat wreck they made spit and cooked the fish over the fire. They decided that they should take turns watching to see if anything else would mysteriously disappear James was on watch duty but he forgot to swap places with Marcus and fell asleep.

When they woke up there fish that they caught was gone but the culprit who took their things had left trails of fish behind they were about to follow the trail but they thought they couldn’t just go following the trail unarmed they could be running into a bear cave or a tree full of wild screamer monkeys so they decided to make spears. They followed the trail it lead to a crashed plane they found their missing things but no culprit they  looked around they found the person who’s been taking their things it was another crash survivor they confronted him he didn’t know that it was their things he was taking he only took their radio because he was trying to signal for help and the other things were for food and supplies. He said a rescue helicopter would come and rescue them the next day.

They waited till the next day and prepared for their rescue they salvaged everything they could from the wreckage of their boat and made some rucksacks with plant fibers. They made an S.O.S signal with seashells, seaweed and driftwood the rescue helicopter saw their signal and landed the rescue crew helped them aboard they were given something to eat and drink during the flight Marcus and James were going through their photos that they took Marcus had a mile long grin on his face then James says so where are we going next.