Writing

This is part of the questions for the fairytale but we had to write a piece of writing about the Brothers Grimm and decide whether it was to inform, persuade or entertain the reader.

 * The Brothers Grimm **


 * In Hanau, Germany, Jacob Karl Grimm was born on the 4th of January, 1785. He was thirteen months older than his younger brother, Wilhelm Karl Grimm who was born on the 24th of February 1786. The Brothers Grimm came from a family of nine kids, but only six survived through infancy. But most of the family were boys. They only had one sister in the whole family. **


 * The Brothers Grimm’s birth house was unfortunately destroyed in World War 1. Jacob’s brother Wilhelm got married with Henriette Dorothea Wild and had a family with four kids, but Jacob stayed single his whole life. **


 * In 1805, Jacob went to Paris to do scientific work. Through the years the brothers worked as librarians in different universities. **


 * Sadly, the brothers died ten years apart. Wilhelm Grimm died on the December 16th 1859, and Jacob died on September 20th 1869. **
 * This piece of writing was to inform the reader and it is a piece of explanation writing. **
 * This piece of writing was to inform the reader and it is a piece of explanation writing. **

For this exercise we had to write a piece of writing on our best friend. Heres mine about Liam:

 * __WALT:__ Write a introduction for a piece of descriptive writing **


 * My best friend is Liam. Liam is, well ... a cool person to be friends with, he is friendly, funny, sometimes a bit too friendly but that’s what makes Liam, Liam. **


 * Now Liam is quite a character, he is a huge sports fan and lives a healthy lifestyle. The good thing about Liam is that he is very adventurous and friendly. Liam has been to a lot of places around the world so he likes to travel. **


 * Liam has a very light, blonde hair that is occasionally quite short. He has a type of of blue and green colored eyes. He has very large ears, a blunt curved nose and his eyebrows deepen when they go inward. He has a sort of an oval shaped face but is more pointed at his chin. **


 * Liam is a very funny and humorous character. He likes to play soccer at school and he is a goal scoring machine. He is always nice to everybody around him and supports one another when they are hurt. **


 * Liam plays a lot of soccer, for example he plays winter soccer in the weekends and at the moment is playing for the whole of the under 12’s Wairarapa soccer team. He really enjoys playing soccer. if he isn’t playing soccer he is he is playing tennis for his school. He likes to keep fit and is a fast runner. **


 * Liam lives out in the country so he is very adventurous and likes to go outside a lot. He acts very friendly around people and encourages people to do there best at everything they try. He helps people when they are hurt and is caring and a great person to be around. **


 * Liam likes soccer, cricket, tennis, avocados so he is very sporty and Manchester United football club. He dislikes Liverpool football club so he doesn’t have much dislikes. **
 * Liam is special because he has been my friend since I was year 1 at school and is a great soccer companion because ever since I have played soccer Liam has been in my team and me and him work really well together when we play soccer. **


 * For this exercise we had to kind of tell the story from other characters views in the book, ours was little red riding hood: **


 * __6.3.12__ **


 * WALT: The parts of a narrative, and to plan and write a narrative **


 * Little Red from my view: I think that Little Red is quite a adventurous character that seems like she likes to explore the woods and meet new people. I think that she is a bit gullible and helpless because she cant do anything when she's getting chased by the wolf but overall I think she's a good character. **


 * Little Red from the Wolfs view: That little girl looks so helpless, I mean look at her skipping the the woods. In my view she’s a tasty snack skipping through a delicious chicken pie. But now I know where to find that old grandma, I think she’ll make a tasty starter. **


 * Little Red from grandmas view: My Little Red is so sweet. She is so helpful and cares about every little thing in the world. She is a tiny little thing but acts like such a brave spirit. Without my little darling Red I don’t know where I would be **


 * Little Red from wood mans view: **
 * Oh there goes Red, Red is such a joyful person. She is always a happy person that always focuses on the positive things in life. She is so lovely and caring to everyone and never gets angry about anything. I wonder wheres that wolfs off to? **


 * For this exercise we just had to write a short exposition to convince someone to do something: **


 * __24.4.12__ **


 * WALT: Write an exposition to convince someone. **


 * Title: Why should we Recycle? **


 * I do believe that us as a country should recycle reusable items for these reasons listed below. **


 * Why is recycling important? **
 * Recycling is important because right now in New Zealand, our landfills are increasing rapidly because people don’t recycle. This makes our landfills wider and deeper, but if we recycle the landfills will decrease in size and make our country a better place to live. **


 * What items are recyclable? **
 * The main reason people don’t recycle is because they don’t know what items to recycle. I will help those people by telling what items to recycle; glass bottles, plastic bottles, metal items, old bricks, and lots more other things. **


 * How does recycling help global warming? **
 * Recycling helps global warming in many ways. Firstly, landfill produce millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide and methane. These two types of gases produce global warming. So if we recycle we will cut down on landfills and then the landfills will produce less carbon dioxide and methane which will not cause global warming. **