Space Inquiry

PT 2.6.15 Information Report Writing WK

We are learning to write an information report about a topic related tooo space.

By Friday 5 June you need to have written and edited your information report on a topic related to space so that it is ready to be published.

Here are some ideas to write

• Jupiter
• Astronauts
• Earth    
• The Moon
• Eclipses
• Stars

My topic is:

Uranus

You need to attend one workshop with the teacher on an area that you feel you need help with for your writing. Here is the timetable where you will make your bookings. There is space for seven people in each workshop so book in quickly to make sure there is space!

Start researching and plan your writing here: (remember to write notes in your plan). Click here to see an exemplar of a plan.

Introduction: Grey planet 4 planets away from Earth
Main idea: Uranus has a rings around it.	More detail: Uranus is known as a giant ice planet	More detail: Uranus has mantle(Water,ammonia,methane ices)
Main idea: Uranus is the 8th planet in our solar system.	More detail: Uranus has a ariel shadow.	More detail: Uranus is the least dense planet to Saturn.
Main idea: Uranus spins the opposite direction to Earth.	More detail: Uranus is 2871 million km from the Sun.	More detail: Uranus can be a crescent planet like Earth Moon.

Success Criteria for writing. Click here to see an exemplar of an information report about Mars.

Level 3	Student Targets:	Yes!
Audience and Purpose	Identify my audience and purpose for writing.
Content/Ideas	Write clearly and include all important information.
	Add factual detail to expand my ideas.
Structure: including punctuation and grammar	Use different sentence starters.
	Join some ideas using conjunctions such as: when, while, after, since, until, if, because, although, that
	Organise my ideas into paragraphs and sequence my ideas so that my writing flows.
	Use subheadings for each new paragraph to tell the reader what it is about
	Check that I am writing in the present tense (for example: the sun is a ball of fire; the stars are shooting through the sky)
	Use a range of punctuation correctly.    (.,?!)
Editing	Identify and correct most spelling errors.
	Improve my writing so that it is more enjoyable/informative for the reader.

Start your writing here:

Introduction

Grey planet, 4 planets away from Earth.

Facts about Uranus

Uranus has rings around it. Some people thinks that Uranus got its ring during a crash. Uranus was officially discovered by Sir William Herschel in 1781.

Uranus is known as a giant ice planet  Uranus has mantle( Water, ammonia, methane ices).

Uranus is the 8th planet in our solar system.

Which way Uranus spins.

Uranus spins the opposite to Earth.

Miles

Uranus is 2871 km away from the Sun.

Uranus is 2,869,000,000 km from the Sun.

Details about Uranus

Uranus has a ariel shadow.

Uranus is at least the less dense planet to saturn.

Uranus can be a crescent planet like the Moon.

When you look at Uranus may look like it's blue when you look at it from a telescope but it is actually it is grey and  light brown. Uranus is the only planet with a name sure to elicit giggles. The proper way to say the name is YOOR--un--nus. It was almost named "Georgium Sidus" to honor an English king, but tradition prevailed and in 1850 the planet got its frequently mispronounced mythological name.

Temperature

-224゜C

3rd biggest

Uranus is the 3rd biggest planet in the solar system.

Unlike other planets Uranus spins on its side. It believed that a large object smashed into it. The crash was so powerful it changed the direction it spin.

The name Uranus is over 2,500 years old. Uranus has 27 moons.

Uranus colour is like a wool that has been used as a sock, quilt, scarf and a gloves. It might look different to the other people.