How to make a parachute?

Here are Summer's instructions on how she made her parachute. Are the instructions clear? Has she included bossy verbs? Are her sentences direct and to the point? Would you get muddled if you followed her instructions?




How to make a parachute?

What you need

-Plastic sheet.

-Tape.

-String.

-Cork.

-Scissors.

-Vivid.

Instructions 

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1. Grab your plastic sheet.

2. Cut your plastic sheet into a square.

3. Grab four pieces of string.

4. Cut your string into four medium strings.

5. Cut four holes in the end of your square.

6. Insert your string into the holes.

7. Tie the string together.

8. Attach the cork to the string.

9. Finally go outside and see if it lands softly, if not make improvements.

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10. Once done put detailed designs on it!

By Summer! :D

Poetry

Putting pictures in our minds is one way poets and other writers get their message across. These pictures are called images or imagery.

The language that is used to produce these pictures is called figurative language, because the words do not have their everyday meaning (literal meaning) but another meaning (figurative meaning) which our imagination helps to create.

To help with ideas we watched a video that had beautiful images of NZ landscapes. Koru 2 then explored some of the language features that can be used in poetry; similes, metaphors, and personification.

Can you identify some of the language features in our poems?

Testing our parachutes.

For Inquiry, our theme has been 'How Stuff Works'. We have been researching information and planning to make our own parachutes. Here are few pictures of us testing our parachutes and also some information we found out.

How do Parachutes Work?

A parachute is a device used to slow down an object that is falling towards the ground.

There are two forces acting on the falling person:

1.    Gravity (Upwards)

2.    Air resistance (Downwards)

     

Without a parachute, the gravity is more than air resistance. However, as the parachute opens, the air resistance increases. Now, air resistance is more than gravity.

This slows down the parachute and the person or object can land safely on the ground.

Here are some of the wonderful plans that students put together:

How we think a fishing reel works.

For Inquiry we are going to be looking at 'How Stuff Works'. For writing we have been looking at how we think fishing reels work. Check out some of our ideas below.