THE WEIRD AND DEADLY PLANET MARS!

This is my information report put in to a word cloud. Also this my information report on it's own. Hope you like

In Week 5 of Term 2 our class focussed on how to write great information reports.

We wrote about the planet Mars as we are in the middle of learning about Planet Earth and Beyond. Learning how to write a great information report will help us with our self-guided topics in a few weeks time.

Here is my writing, after I have self-assessed and peer-assessed my work.

The weird and deadly planet Mars

                                                                Introduction

Have you ever wondered all the things on Mars and about Mars? Well if you have, carry on reading. Mars is a blizzardy red planet that was named after the Roman God of war. It is also 227.9 million kilometers away from the Sun.

Appearance

This paragraph is about the appearance of the very glowing red planet Mars. Mars has a very thin atmosphere. Mars is a planet that can be confused by looking like a star. Also, Mars has no gas liquid it is all solid liquid. The only type of water that is in Mars are the frozen water poles. The red colour of Mars is caused by the rust in its sandy soil.

Mars’ Orbit

This paragraph is about Mars’ Orbit. Did you know that it takes 687 day for Mars to get around the Sun. Mars is estimated to be one ninth as heavy of the earth. Mars is the 4th planet from the Sun. Mars rotates on its axis as efficiently as the earth. Also Mars rotates on its axis every 24 hours.

Could humans live on Mars

Mars is uninhabitable for it’s sand storms, so you can’t live on Mars. Also, Mars has a thin atmosphere so the effective UV RAYS can hit you and it could lead to skin cancer. You can not live on Mars because there is no oxygen and h2o. Another thing is that you can not survive the huge volcano eruptions because the biggest volcano in our solar system is on Mars. Therefore it’s your choice if you want to go to Mars but I guarantee you will regret it.

Conclusion

I hope this information report gave you a lot of information about Mars. If you think that Mars is an interesting topic, than I guarantee this website will be great for you http://www.kidsastronomy.com/mars.htm.

My Information Report Success Criteria:	Self	Peer
My heading:
is an interesting title (I might have phrased the title as a question.)		yes
My opening paragraph:
says what my report is about in a clear way	YES	yes
gives a general “classification” – and maybe a technical classification	YES	yes
outlines the main features of the subject	YES	yes
My main paragraphs:
have sub-headings where helpful	YES	yes
have clear topic sentences  (topic and main point)	YES	yes
are organised so that each paragraph is about a different aspect of the subject	YES	yes
give detailed information (factual descriptions)	YES	yes
include specific, technical vocabulary	YES	yes
are generally balanced (have a similar amount of detail about the different aspects I write about)	YES	yes
may have helpful: tables, pictures and/or diagrams to add information
My end paragraph:
draws the report together/sums up my main points	YES	yes
may give a personal opinion; ask the reader a question and/or tell the reader where further information may be found	YES	Yes

My Spelling Checklist

This is my progress for spelling tests in Term2. I just wanted you to see my progress before the end of the term.