Paula Here comes the Garbage Barge.

Here comes the Garbage Barge

written by Jonah winter

illustrated by red nose studio

LO: We are learning to determine the author’s purpose.

Authors have many different reasons for writing. For example, an author might write to inform or explain something to the reader about a topic, to persuade someone to think about an idea or convince them to do something, or simply to tell an entertaining story. Sometimes it’s hard to identify the author’s purpose because there might be a little bit of everything in the story.

Authors don’t usually state a purpose, so you need to pay close attention to the details that

are given in the text in order to be able to determine the author’s purpose for writing.

THINK! What was the main reason this story was written? This will be the author’s purpose.

You need to find evidence in the story that would support the author’s purpose. List evidence under the appropriate purpose. Once you have completed this blog it with an explanation of what you have done and the story you have read!

	Persuade/convince	Inform	Entertain
Did the author describe real or imaginary characters? Places? Events?	So the thing is this man  Was coming to take the garbage.	The garbage barge (what date) List the peoples names List the real places	When they took it tey Had a boat and they put it there.
Did the author try to make me laugh? (entertain)	The man rang to them that the rubbish is going  To take it the rubbish.	And then they had people taking the rubbish to put it in the boat.	Before they put it in the boat they put it in the fire to make it burn.
Did the author tell me a story? (entertain or explain)	The author told me a story from back then.
Did the author try to teach me something? (inform)	The author taught me to keep our world safe.
Did the author try to change my opinion about something? (persuade)	No the author didn't.

Te Oro Trip

On Wednesday we walked to Te Oro with Mr Gaffney  and Mrs Middleton. Some mums and dads came with us. They were Viliami’s dad and mum, Taniela‘s mum, Maraia’s mum and the teachers.

When we arrived there we went inside then Kelly, one of the teachers told us to take our shoes off. We got into three groups, weaving, painting and drawing. I was in the weaving group.

My report about persimmons

REPORT WRITING

A report tells us about things. It tells us what a thing is, what it looks like,

where it is found and what it can do.

Title	The Persimmons Fruit.
Classification (type/sort/kind)	It is a berry fruit and It has seeds Inside it .
	Persimmons are similar to tomatoes.
	Persimmons are a sweet fruit.
Description (Describe it)	Its is an excellent specimen tree for a small garden.
	Persimmons taste sweet and they are honey flavored.
	It is a acorn-shaped fruit.
	Persimmons are red-brown or orange colored fruits.
Location (Where is it found?)	It grows in Africa, Texas and China.
	A number of persimmons can be grown in Georgia.
Dynamics (What does it do/what is it good for?)	A persimmons makes people healthy.
	Persimmons are healthy for your blood.