Explanational Writing T3 W6  

Your writing task for week 6

WALT: explain how something works

How do you write an explanation of how things work? needs a title need information about what you are explaining need a planner

Some students at Wesley Primary School would like to know how sea turtles grow into adults. Your mission for today is t0: Use the teacher's planner to write an explanation of how sea turtles grow into adults. Self assess your work against the success criteria

Title:how sea turtle grow into adults

Word list: sea turtle eggs growing up adults

How sea turtles grow into adults Adults live to approximately 80 years they were here when the dinosaur era sea turtle could live for 200 years but when humans started to come now the lifespan of the seaturtle is now 80 years old The life cycle starts when the mother sea turtle goes to a beach and lays her eggs, she lays up to 50 -200 eggs. When she’s finished she covers the eggs with sand and swims back to the sea it will take 6 weeks till the eggs hatch.When 6 weeks  is up all her eggs will hatch but 20 percent of her eggs will not hatch because they have already been eaten by other animal or died from their birth. When they hatch the size of the baby sea turtle is the size of your palm. When the sea turtles crawl out of the hole they crawl along the beach.  They will face threats  such as being eaten by crabs birds or get trapped by rubbish. Only 50 percent of the sea turtles make it to the sea. When a sea turtle gets to the sea they will find themselves even more threats. They could be eaten or die from other animals or pollution. But the baby sea turtles  hide away from the predators so they will be safe from other animals like ,whales,sharks,,dolphins and sea bird when the sea turtle breaths for air they could get the above the sea waiting till they come. Pollution can also kill baby sea turtles. 50 percent of babies that made to the sea die in the ocean. When a female sea turtle is 20 years old it’s time to start breeding again she will find a beach and she will get to the beach and find a safe place to lay her eggs. The sea turtle life cycle starts again. Written By Joseph.

Extension task: Film yourself giving your explanation of how sea turtles grow into adults and blog it.

Self Assessment SC 1: Title 3 ticks SC 2: Write about each section of the plan 3 ticks SC 3: Use words from our word list 3 ticks