The Water Cycle

Evaporation:
The graphic to the left shows H2O flying into the air. The H2O (or water as we shall call it) actually turns into a gas first. Water in gas form is called vapor. Vapor soars into the air, higher and higher until it is cooled.

Condensation:
To the left you can see a lovely graphic of a cloud.

When water vapor is cooled it becomes a liquid again. Water then floats on air and becomes fog or clouds.

Perspiration:

A graphic of rain to the left is linked to perspiration.

When a cloud is submitted to very cold air it will rain. All of the little water droplets that were riding on the air fall to the ground as rain. If submitted to extremely cold air, water can freeze and fall to Earth as snow or hail.

Infiltration:

To the left is a graphic of mud. When water hits the soil as rain it can create mud. Once water hits the ground it seeps into the earth. This is called infiltration. Soon it will find its way to the sea, which is where most water is evaporated. Then the cycle starts again.

Personal Narrative

Water War

I ducked to avoid two large squirts of water. In my crouched position I fired three shots at Connor. Two hit home. But as I was low down and Connor was now standing over me, I was an easier target for him. I was squirted at least for times before I got away.

I was at my friend Connor’s house. I had come over to stay the night. I couldn’t wait for tomorrow, when Connor and were going to wake up early and play his Xbox. After that we were going to have pancakes for breakfast.

But today we were bored. We went outside to play with water guns. Its not that we weren’t allowed to play with the water guns, it’s just that we hadn’t exactly told Connor’s mum. We were playing out in Connor’s backyard. It has a porch separated from a large grassy area with cloth walls. On the grass area there was a clothesline, a tree house and two boys having a water war.

I ran to the tree house, all the while exchanging inaccurate shots with Connor. I ran to the tree house’s ladder. Unfortunately I was too slow to climb the ladder. I was shot in the back by Connor. When I reached the top of the ladder I rushed inside the tree house and looked out the small window. Connor had already ran out of my range. I made a note to myself not to retreat to the tree house again.

I climbed out safely because Connor was so far away. I ran after him but he ran to the front of the house. He expected me to follow him but I didn’t. I knew that once Connor reached the front of the house he would run inside and out the back door. So I hid behind a rubbish bin, waiting for him to emerge.

After barely a minute the back door opened. I crept around to the end of the cloth wall.
Quick as a flash I turned and squirted. At Connor’s mum. At Connor’s soaked, astonished mum. Somehow I don’t think I will be getting many big pancakes for tomorrow’s breakfast.

10 Vocab Meanings

Resurrected- Brought back to life or usefulness.

Pledge- A vow or a promise.

Spontaneous- Quick and without thought or planning.

Discreetly- Without attracting attention to yourself or an action.

Preposterous- Completely out of the boundaries of here and now.

Rowdies- Plural of rowdie, people who are causing no harm but are not following the minor rules.
Brazier- A type of metal crate used as a fire place by lighting a fire in it.

Putrefy- A rotting substance with a fetid smell, usually a dead animal.

Martyred- Giving up or sacrificing something for another thing which you strongly believe in.

Scouring- The literal meaning is to work hard to scrub a saucepan but now more commonly means to search very intently with your eyes.

Harry Potter and the goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling

*****

In The Goblet of Fire, the fourth book in the Harry Potter series, Harry gets entered into a deadly competition called the tri-wizard tournament. During the tournament, Harry gets attaked by a dragon, almost drowns in the lake, and poisoned by an acromantula (giant spider).

He gets trapped at night with Snape and Filch around, acused by the ministry of magic of conjering an evil mark, and misses out on going to the ball with his crush.

And if all that isn't enough, Lord Voldemort is BACK! I mean BACK, in flesh and blood to wage his second war against wizards and witches everywhere.

Graveyards, evil snakes, annoying reporters, new spells and the quidditch world cup!

You couldn't many more breath-taking scenes in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire!

The Mysterious Benedict Society

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Trenton Lee Stewart
*****

The Mysterious Benedict society is a book of great action and spying. In this fabulous book four children are recruited to help save the world against an evil mastermind.

Reynie, a great puzzle solver and logic thinker, Sticky, a boy of great intelligence and can remember everything he sees, Kate, a natural spy in ways of sneaking and climbing with her own supply of gadgets, and Constance, an annoying three-year-old are all recruited by a mysterious Mr. Benedict. Mr. Benedict and his company, Rhonda, Milligan and Number Two, are intent on stopping an evil mastermind who is nun other than Mr. Benedict's twin, Mr. Curtain.

So Reynie, Sticky, Kate and Constance are sent as students to the Learning Institute of the Very Enlightened (LIVE) to uncover a plot of brain-washing and thought broadcasting, traps and codes, and winning and losing. These children agree that they must have a name and agree on the Mysterious Benedict Society...

Vocab Story 1

The theif tip-toed to the science department. It was the building with the corrugated roof. When he was sure no one was looking he smashed the window and crept inside.

The science lab had a fetid smell to it. Te theif looked around and spotted his target; a frothing vial. He took one step toward it when the sound of the door being slammed open made him stop. He felt like he was gagging.

'Stop right there you nefarious theif you. This is intolerable.' shouted the guard that strode inside. 'You'll be sent to a very desolate prison cell for this.'

The theif hated getting caught. But he hated getting caught by that perticular guard because he was a very conceited guard. The guard wore a guard's uniform and a frivolous hat.

So that was how the nefarious, fetid theif found himself gagging in a intolarable, desolate cell for trying to steal a frothing vial and how the conceited guard won a frivolous, corrugated badge.

10 Vocab Sentences

1. When I walked into my bathroom I smelled something fetid so I dicided to find out what it was.

2. This afternoon I nearly slipped on the corrugated tiling on my roof.

3. If I saw someone nefarious I would ring the police.

4. My teacher said that it was intolerable to break into the classroom.

5. My dad's coffee was frothing at breakfast this morning.

6. In my science class I learnt about how to use a vial or a test tube.

7. The ghost town was very desolate because it was in the middle of the desset.

8. My dad was gagging on his frothing coffee this morning.

9. It turned out that the fetid smell was a frivolous bar of soap.

10. The fetid, frivolas bar of soap was bought by my conceited, bossy cousin.