Earth Dragon

This week we were learning how to write myths for a strange thing in the world. My one is about volcanic eruptions.

Earth Dragon

When the world was young on the planet Earth there was a rugged landscape with many huge mountains and dusty deserts. The mountains were all bulgy, shaky, rumbly and grumbly. It was as hot as an oven.In a dark, hot place lived a fierce and greedy dragon called the Earth dragon. He was powerful, spiky and red and orange. He had claws sharper than a needle, a narrow face and he dug tunnels under the Earth. He lived in the Earth's crust and ate all the smoking hot rocks and soil.

One day he got so greedy he ended up with an enormous tummy ache. He started moaning, groaning, whining, farting, burping and rolling all around. He was breathing and farting out smoke in all directions. All of sudden he did an enormous gigantic spew. Vomit spat out of the top of the mountain he was under like a fountain. It dribbled down the mountainside like red icing.

And that is why we still get volcanic eruptions. Because the dragon never stops being greedy and eating rocks and soil.

By  Sky Byers

Term 1 2017

The minotaur

we have been learning about the minotaur and the nine young youths

Pleading a Cause - Persuasive Writing       

Pretend you are the King of Athens.  Write a letter to King Minos, pleading for the lives of the youths who are to be fed to the Minotaur.

Give at least 3 reasons why their lives should be spared.

Remember to write a conclusion at the end to link your reasons together.

Dear King Minos,

I am writing to you about the fate of the nine doomed youths.  I plead for their release on the grounds that:

The first reason is that many young lives have been wasted for years and I can not bear to lose more.

The second reason is because they have plenty more time in their lives to become warriors and protect the world.

My third reason is that we are running out of people in the city and there are no more young people in the city if you eat the nine young youths.

My conclusion is that you should not eat the youths as one day we will have no more people for you to eat.

Yours faithfully,

King of Athens