T1+Persuade

__T____hursday 13 April__ LI: Write a short paragraph about why kiwis are the best  Kiwis are the best! The reason kiwi’s are the best is because we win alot of the sports including Rugby union (all blacks), Rugby 7’s (NZ 7’s), Rowing (NZ team), Basketball (breakers) League (Warriors + NZ Kiwi league team) and alot more, so the rest of the world better watch out. We are also a very safe country with no war and have a peace treaty with other countries. We also have Sir Edmund Hillary who was the first man to climb Mount Everest. New Zealand was the first country host the Rugby World Cup in 1987 and is hosting it in 2011! Also we have no deadly animals or insects which keeps us all safe from death at an early age. We are the only with Maori one of five countries with Maori culture and the only country with the Maori flag. We have some world champs in our country like (NZ league Benji Marshall and Isaac Luke), ( All blacks Dan Carter), ( Athletics Valerie Adams), ( Rowing Mahae Drysdale), ( Breakers Kirk Penny), ( NZ 7‘s team Declan O'Donal) and heaps more. Thats why I think kiwis are the best. SO GO THE KIWI’S! By Kyle 

__Monday 11 April__ LI: Create a mindo map about what makes us kiwi    

04/04/11 - Conferenced with you today keep including language resources in your writing. Great ideas in here Kyle. Please put the LI up

__ Monday 4 April __ LI: To persuade somebody about a problem Literacy-writing SC: Population in Christchurch - dropping
 * Persuade someone about a problem
 * Use language resources:
 * synonyms
 * descriptive words e.g. adjectives, adverbs, smilies, metaphors
 * strong verbs
 * imperative (command)
 * rhetorical question
 * facts and data (statistics)
 * repetition
 * exaggeration
 * How to write persuasive text

__**Dear Mayor of Christchurch**__

**Why on earth are people from the city of Christchurch being evacuated to places that are so far away from the city? If you evacuate them to a closer town then the people can collect their belongings when time and situation permits. What if all the earthquakes and aftershocks calm down how would you expect them to get back to Christchurch? They should not have to fly or drive for long distances back to Christchurch!**

**If you want the death toll to keep decreasing so you do not lose the population, then hurry up and erect more shelters, bring in more food or more clothes for the people without their homes. If you want the death toll to keep increasing, then do not do anything. It is important to concentrate on big things like water, power and sewerage, but you must also look after your people.**

**The reason why people want to leave the city of Christchurch is because they fear they may die in another major earthquake because of what has just happened in the last two earthquakes from all the buildings falling on top of them and possibly killing them all. They are also scared of starving to death because there is not enough food, medicine or fluids to give to them all.**

**I also think that the people of Christchurch should stay in Christchurch because** **maybe there could be an earthquake in the city they have moved to. They might have family still there trapped and possibly want to have services for their family that have died.**

**You need to make all buildings earthquake proof so they do not fall down straight away after the earthquake has hit. Make them stand until a seven on the richter scale!**

**How would you like it if you were in a massive earthquake like this, how would you feel?Thats how everyone else feels like so get cracking and get some more resources.Keep the people of Christchurch safe, get them more food and keep them secure from any damage from this earthquake and future ones.**

__**Yours sincerely**__ __**Kyle**__ __**Room 29**__ __**Tauranga intermediate**__

30/3/11- I will edit this with you next week Kyle Population in Christchurch - <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 24px/normal Capitals; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">dropping

__Dear Mayor Of Christchurch__

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Marker Felt'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">**Why on earth are people from the city of Christchurch being evacuated to places that are so far away from the city? If you evacuate them to a closer town then the people can collect their belongings when time and situation permits. Another reason is if all the earthquakes and aftershocks calm down, they do not have to fly or drive for long distances back to Christchurch.**

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Marker Felt'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">**If you want the death toll to keep decreasing so you do not lose the population, then hurry up and erect more shelters, bring in more food or more clothes for the people without their homes. If you want the death toll to keep increasing, then do not do anything. It is important to concentrate on big things like water, power and sewerage, but you must also look after your people.**

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Marker Felt'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">**The reason why people want to leave the city of Christchurch is because they fear they may die in another major earthquake because of what has just happened in the last two earthquakes from all the buildings falling on top of them and possibly killing them all. They are also scared of starving to death because theres not enough food and not having enough medicine or fluids to drink.**

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Marker Felt'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">**I also think that people should stay in their home city of all the safety reasons there might be. Maybe there could be an earthquake in the city they have moved to. They might have family still there trapped and possibly want to have services for their family died.Also make all buildings earthquake safe so the buildings do not fall down straight away after the earthquake has hit. Make them stand until a seven on the richter scale.**

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Marker Felt'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">**How would you like it if you were in a massive earthquake like this how would you feel?Thats how everyone else feels like so get cracking an get some more resources.Lastly keep the people of Christchurch safe, get them more food and keep them secure from any damage from the earthquake.**

__**Yours sincerely**__ __**Kyle**__ __**Room 29**__ __**Tauranga intermediate**__