Haast Paast

Moa Story

WALT recount/ retell  an interesting event.

The purpose of our story is to entertain, retell and inform.

Success Criteria:

Content & ideas Hook in the reader at the start - hint of a problem Create suspense- don’t give too much information- give clues

Sentence Formation Write a variety of sentence starters and vary the lengths of sentences to create excitement.

Vocabulary I use interesting verbs and describing words. I choose words suitable to the topic

Structure Introduction - setting (time, weather, place etc), character/s Middle - problem Conclusion (ending) One paragraph for one idea and detail about the one idea.

Spelling I write most essential list words accurately - no sloppy mistakes.

Punctuation I use basic punctuation correctly         . , ! ? “ “ I am proofreading and checking my writing

Five Hours

River

Campsite

Stuart Island

Vine

George of the Jungle

Light

Make Shelter

Doze off

CAWWWWW!!!

Eyes

Pinch

Dead

Start your story here

‘Twas the night before my birthday. I was lying in a cold blanket of tree leaves, Five whole hours had passed since I was washed down the river being separated from my fellow scouts. We had been at a campsite in the Stuart Island, we were crossing a violent river when I suddenly got washed away. I was nearly at a junction when I grabbed a nearby vine. I swung across like I was George of the Jungle…. Then it snapped!

I fell onto the jungle floor below me and was covered in algae from the river. I stumbled helplessly for 2 hours then I finally found a light, sadly it was only light from the moon. I decided to make a shelter Bear Grylls style! The only source I had to keep me sane was a granola bar. Finally I dozed off into a deep sleep.

CCCCAAAAAWWWWW!!!!!, My body was woken by a sound that terrified me. I scrambled off my log and made my way out of the shelter. I was terrified to see the biggest bird I had ever seen  circling me . CCCAAAAWWWW!!! The beast screamed again, and before I knew it it had landed in the bushes directly in front of me. Four red eyes peered directly at me, it was the scariest thing I had ever been through.

That’s when it happened….. two Haast’s Eagles soared towards me knocking me over. “How?, when?, why?” I stuttered in my head. I couldn’t believe my eyes, was it a dream?. I pinched myself just to be sure. It WORKED! I woke up on my log, But I knew something was wrong. I went outside to find two dead Haast’s Eagles on the ground.

“What’s happened?” I said to myself. I tried to help them but they had no pulse, I knew it was too late! I decided to bury them somewhere no one would find them. I knew no-one would believe me so I kept it to myself, Until Now!