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The purpose is
  to describe
    factual
 information.
                 Brakes
                 There are front and rear brakes which when
                 well adjusted allow you to slow down with
                 fingertip control.
Write using Nouns   and Pronouns


                       •They
                       • It
• Dogs                 •He
• Bikes                •Which
                       •None
• People               •You
Write in the present

 ate              eat
 • Past           • Present


 Dogs only eat twice a day.
 The dog ate twice a day.

Timeless present tense uses words like
Write in the Present

Timeless Present Tense
[Has no relation to any particular time]
  • It rains a lot in Auckland.
  • Cats kill mice.
  • The Earth revolves around
    the sun.
  • The Moon shines at night.

____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
• Write a title                    • The Tuatara
• Write an introduction
   – Write a statement or a        • Tuataras belong to the
     brief description that is a     reptile family but they
     classification or
                                     are not lizards. They are
     generalisation.
                                     known as a living fossil.
   – Use present tense
   – Use nouns
   – Use pronouns
   – Use technical language
Description


                                                                 Special
                                                Where            Features
                                                does it
                                What does       live?
                                it eat?
               What
               does it                                              A Tuatara
                                                  The tuatara      can hold its
               look like?                                          breathe for
                                                  lives in old
                                                burrows dug by       an hour.
  Tuataras range from           They eat         seabirds. But
 olive brown to orange      insects, lizards,     they are in
   red. The male has          seabird eggs         danger of
spines running down its        and chicks.        extinction.
          neck.
Conclusion            Tuataras are an
                      endangered
                      species that can
Will include…         only be found in
an impersonal         offshore islands
evaluative comment.   and sanctuaries.


                      People need to be
                      aware of how
                      important it is look
A summary of the
                      after the Tuatara as
main facts.
                      it is part of our
                      national heritage.
Conjunctions join sentences
Action Verbs are time telling words
they tell you when things are going to happen
Writing to describe
Writing to describe
Have I

Written in the present tense?

Written using nouns and pronouns?

Written an introduction that gives a brief description or statement?

Said ‘How or why it starts’?

Said ‘what happens next and after’?

Said what happens in the end?

Written a conclusion with a summary, or a comment?

Have I used other words for ‘and’?

Have I used action verbs?

Have I used technical or scientific words?
Writing to describe
Writing to describe
Writing to describe
Create a
   magazine
    cover

In Big Huge Labs
http://bighugelabs.com/m
agazine.php
Use one page of PowerPoint and Keynote to publish
your story. Choose a suitable theme.
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Writing to describe

  • 1. The purpose is to describe factual information. Brakes There are front and rear brakes which when well adjusted allow you to slow down with fingertip control.
  • 2. Write using Nouns and Pronouns •They • It • Dogs •He • Bikes •Which •None • People •You
  • 3. Write in the present ate eat • Past • Present Dogs only eat twice a day. The dog ate twice a day. Timeless present tense uses words like
  • 4. Write in the Present Timeless Present Tense [Has no relation to any particular time] • It rains a lot in Auckland. • Cats kill mice. • The Earth revolves around the sun. • The Moon shines at night. ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________
  • 5. • Write a title • The Tuatara • Write an introduction – Write a statement or a • Tuataras belong to the brief description that is a reptile family but they classification or are not lizards. They are generalisation. known as a living fossil. – Use present tense – Use nouns – Use pronouns – Use technical language
  • 6. Description Special Where Features does it What does live? it eat? What does it A Tuatara The tuatara can hold its look like? breathe for lives in old burrows dug by an hour. Tuataras range from They eat seabirds. But olive brown to orange insects, lizards, they are in red. The male has seabird eggs danger of spines running down its and chicks. extinction. neck.
  • 7. Conclusion Tuataras are an endangered species that can Will include… only be found in an impersonal offshore islands evaluative comment. and sanctuaries. People need to be aware of how important it is look A summary of the after the Tuatara as main facts. it is part of our national heritage.
  • 9. Action Verbs are time telling words they tell you when things are going to happen
  • 12. Have I Written in the present tense? Written using nouns and pronouns? Written an introduction that gives a brief description or statement? Said ‘How or why it starts’? Said ‘what happens next and after’? Said what happens in the end? Written a conclusion with a summary, or a comment? Have I used other words for ‘and’? Have I used action verbs? Have I used technical or scientific words?
  • 16. Create a magazine cover In Big Huge Labs http://bighugelabs.com/m agazine.php
  • 17. Use one page of PowerPoint and Keynote to publish your story. Choose a suitable theme.