WRITING

Wacky animals:
Here we had to make up some weird and fantastical animals to put in a book for the younger kids.

This is my report on the long finned eel The Long Fin EEL The size of the long fin ell is well when eels begin there life,they are a tiny one millimeter long in Length. During their life,they can grow up to two meters long. compared with many other fish, eels are slow at growing - a long-finned eel may grow only between 15-25mm a year. They can also live for many years. Large long-finned eels have been estimated to be at least 60 years old. The biggest eels are usually old females that have been slow to reach sexual maturity and, for reasons that are not yet understood they have not moved to sea to breed. The biggest long-finned eels reported have weighed as much as 40 kg. Pictures of fishers and huge eels used to appear in local newspapers. But today, you’ll hardly ever find an eel heavier than 10 kg. Commercial fishing has meant that a big proportion of our very large eels have now disappeared how good is that. Why is that good? In shape, eels are very long, slender-bodied fishes, almost tubular. When they are small, they have relatively smooth heads but as they grow the head becomes round, with a prominent muscular dome behind the eyes. They change shape again when they get ready to move to their breeding grounds. The head becomes much more slender and tapered, almost bullet like and the eyes enlarge to up to twice their normal size. Like all fish, eels have scales and fins. The long-finned eel is so named because its top (dorsal) fin is longer than its bottom fin. While they have the appearance of being scaleless, tiny scales are embedded deeply within their thick, leathery skin. The eels skin is very sensitive to touch. This helps it to see in its watery environment. In colour long fins are usually dark brown to grey black. Very occasionally long finned



In colour long fins are usually dark brown to grey black. Very occasionally long finned eels are found in the wild they are partially or even wholly bright yellow in colour.

The long finned Eel can be found throughout NewZealand. They live mainly in rivers and island lakes but can be found in almost all types of waters,usually well inland from the coast.

They are legendary climbers and have made their way well inland in ￼most river systems, even those with natural barriers. Elvers young eels swimming up river will climb waterfalls and even dams by leaving the water and wriggling over damp areas. It is not unheard of for an eel to climb a waterfall of up to 20 meters.

The Long fin eel slivers around like a snake. It has a kind oy slime on it`s skin to help it get throw some hard places this slime is good for when a fish is eyeing you up for its dinner you see when the hungry customer is looking at you and heads for you the slime on the eel can make it harder for the customer to get to you so the slime on a eel isent so you can`t pick it up it is there for the protection of the eel it is kind of a armer a slime armer.

 Carline, you have made a very big effort with your report, but I need you to put your research into your own words. I know you have made a good try with this already.

This is my Titanic Explanation

=Titanic= The titanic was a luxurious ship witch sunk just before midnight April 10 1912.

The titanic was a British luxury liner that hit a ice berg. The has been proclaimed unsinkable because of it`s 16 water tight compartments but it too less the three hours to sink because the ice berg damaged sufficiently. It was found that the ship was steaming two fast in dangerous waters as they had been warned by other captain`s about the giant ice berg`s but the captain wanted to set a record time.

The Titanic held 20 life boats. 1,178 people got the lifeboats but there were 2201 people not all of the people could get in the boot. The woman that had children or the woman got to go on the boats first. At the start when the rich brought there tickets they signed that they would have the best treatment thats why most of the poor died and the rich lived.The poor had to g down to the bottom of the ship because the rich would not ride with the poor so they got put down to the bottom of the ship.Down at the bottom of the ship were the poor was that got locked in by the crew because the crew knew that there was not enough lifeboats but they should of had the correct amount of lifeboats even if the ship was meant to be unsinkable they should of taken precautions.

On the 10 of April the titanic was heading out on her first journey out to see from Southampton England to New York with 2,227 passengers and grew aboard. At 11.40 p.m of the date of the 14 of April The titanic heading at the speed of 20.5 knots she struck an iceberg on her starboard bow. At 2.20 a.m she sank approximately 13.5 miles east southeast of the position from were the distress call was transmitted.  By Carline Rex Wow Carline! What a big improvement you have made. I appreciate the big effort you made to do this. Good girl. =Sunset = As the sunsets across the land Up so high and serene Blessing us with its beauty It says good night Till the morning light

This is my four pitcher story read and you will like.I hope?
Hi i`m Elizabeth and this is my story .As I sit on the stairs near the bottom I think of a place that I could go to that was just for me that I could go to but something like that would never happen and if there was I would never have found one .As I go to the attic the only place that I can be alone to share a tear that know one can see.



As I sit there I see a something that catches my eye like a pair of gold shoes I walk to what I can see I can just see make out it`s a journal someone had written in it



As I start to read I keep going as I read more I notice that this is a story of a land that I could only dream about. As I read on I start to here a voice a soft gentle but small voice it says hello I think i`m dreaming but then I start to see the land that this story was about .As I look there is a fairy sitting down in some grass with a light shining on her.



The fairy stared to talk again come in I wont heart you how can I if you just believe you can be were ever you wont to just shut your eyes and think of me Elizabeth I start to close my eyes I fell something I open my eyes ad there was the fairy that had talked to me .Hello i`m a fairy princess ``are you the one that opened up this book yes but I had no idea that I would come in here. Go look around I have a surprise for you go throw those bushes and there it will be. As I went throw the bush I looked up.



There was the most beautiful forest that you could have every set your eyes upon.I start to look at all the other features that this forest has.It looks so beautiful every inch is breathtaking. Or tho this forest and every thing that vie come across throw this dairy I fell kind of home sick even if my house isn't the best there is.I start to renumber what the fairy princess had said to me ``I f you believe you can be any were`` I start to think of home my mum and then like nothing had happened I open up my eyes there was the dairy sparkling right next to me.