Zealandia writing reflection

Our class has been learning about the places that we will be attending to when we head to Wellington. I wrote an imaginative piece of writing that shows everything Zealandia. I put every important fact from the information report into an imaginative piece of writing. I found it easy to put the key facts into a piece of writing and add the detail that my writing needed to make it more outstanding. I found it hard get more ideas that would go with my writing. I really enjoyed creating imagination to design detail that would go into my writing.  Here's my writing.

      

I stare outside the bus window, watching the birds fly beside me and the reptiles camouflaging into the dark green leaves. Everyone on the bus is being as noisy as chirping crickets, no one pays attention to the view of native birds and reptiles, only me. The bus comes to a complete stop. Some students jump off the bus and go to the toilet, before we head of. When there’s only me, waiting in the second to last seat of the bus, but then I decide to go...  as I come out from the toilet, the bus has disappeared, gone.

“Why would they leave me here” I think to myself. I’ve been waiting at the stop for over three hours, the sun was setting, the day was getting colder and even the far landscape is almost a turning pitch black. I walked towards the road, looking right and left before crossing, then I reached the bush... and found a sign with only saying half a message.

As the day got darker and the warm sun air went cold I began to get tired, so sleepy that I couldn't see the branch that tripped me up. “Chirp chirp, squawk”. I gasp and wake up, the birds had led me to their hideout where they knew I’d be safe. Their habitats were amazing!!, the graceful waterfalls flowing throughout the forest and the rushing breeze blowing the trees back and forth.

but all of a sudden… “Thump, thump” the noise gets louder and louder until… “Bang!!” the gecko's head popped out of the shadows and gave everyone a terrific fright. As many of us were being gulped down the gecko’s throat, I woke up… The trip to Zealandia was over we finally arrived to school. “Honestly I’m relieved it was just dream and not in real life”.

Horowai Banks

Writing Reflection

I learnt all about Zealandia and then put it into an imaginative piece of writing. We put the native birds and reptiles into our stories which connected together to form an amazing piece of writing. I found it easy to write about the surroundings of the birds and reptiles. It was easy to create a picture in the readers head which made them other love it or think it was hilarious. I found it hard to come up with ideas to put into my imaginative piece of writing. It was hard to think about a hook in my writing that would catch the reader's attention and make them want to read more. I really enjoyed being able to write about Zealandia and the native birds and reptiles of New Zealand. I enjoyed the laughter that my story had made for everyone who reads it. I was so proud of myself for completing the task of creating a piece of writing. Next time I’d like to work on collaborating with another person for ideas for my writing. I’d like to work on putting more detail in my writing to make it more descriptive writing.

Information Report

We were learning about Zealandia and the native birds and reptiles. We learnt more about the information in the text and put it all into an information report. I found out how many birds live in the Wellington eco-sanctuary and how they were extinct. I found it easy to search and find the key information about Zealandia. It was easy to create a metaphor poem that’s based on Zealandia. I also found it easy to create my half of an information report. I found it hard to get more ideas for my metaphor poem. It was hard to complete most of the task that Miss Dods gave to us. I really enjoyed getting to know more about New Zealand's native birds and reptiles. I enjoyed creating an outstanding visual poster that’s all about the surroundings of Zealandia. Next time I’d like to focus more about my work and work as a team to complete the final step.