The ice giant

 We are learning to write an information report about a topic related to space.

By Friday 5 June you need to have written and edited your information report on a topic related to space so that it is ready to be published.

Here are some ideas to write

• Jupiter
• Astronauts
• Earth    
• The Moon
• Eclipses
• Stars

My topic is:

Uranus

You need to attend one workshop with the teacher on an area that you feel you need help with for your writing. Here is the timetable where you will make your bookings. There is space for seven people in each workshop so book in quickly to make sure there is space!

Start researching and plan your writing here: (remember to write notes in your plan). Click here to see an exemplar of a plan.

Introduction: Uranus is cold
Main idea:  Uranus facts Did you know Uranus is the 7th planet from the sun.	More detail:Uranus has rings but in space you can't see it because in space it is thin.	More detail: Uranus is Know as the ice giant.
Main idea:Discovering Uranus Voyager 2 was the first spacecraft to visit Uranus.	More detail: Uranus  the first planet discovered in modern times by William Herschel.	More detail: William Herschel first thought Uranus was a star or comet.
Main idea:Moons for Uranus Oberon and titania is Uranus largest moon.	More detail:  Did you know Uranus has 27 moons.	More detail: Titania is half the size of earth’s moon.

Success Criteria for writing. Click here to see an exemplar of an information report about Mars.

Level 3	Student Targets:	Yes!
Audience and Purpose	Identify my audience and purpose for writing.
Content/Ideas	Write clearly and include all important information.
	Add factual detail to expand my ideas.
Structure: including punctuation and grammar	Use different sentence starters.
	Join some ideas using conjunctions such as: when, while, after, since, until, if, because, although, that
	Organise my ideas into paragraphs and sequence my ideas so that my writing flows.
	Use subheadings for each new paragraph to tell the reader what it is about
	Check that I am writing in the present tense (for example: the sun is a ball of fire; the stars are shooting through the sky)
	Use a range of punctuation correctly.    (.,?!)
Editing	Identify and correct most spelling errors.
	Improve my writing so that it is more enjoyable/informative for the reader.

Start your writing here:

Introduction

Uranus is a really cold planet.And its like giant ice ball.

Uranus Facts

Did you know Uranus is the 7th planet from the sun.Also Uranus has rings like Saturn but Uranus ring are thin in space so you can’t see it only with a telescope but sometimes you still can’t see it.Uranus is know as the ice giant.Also Uranus Is known with 13 rings.

Discovering Uranus

Voyager 2 was the first spacecraft to visit Uranus.Uranus was the first planet to be discovered in modern times by William Herschel.William Herschel First thought Uranus was a comet or a star.William Herschel discovered Uranus in march 13th 1781.Uranus was known well for tilting on its side but an asteroid crashed into Uranus and got pushed over.

Moons for Uranus

Oberon and titania is Uranus largest moon.Did you know Uranus has 27 moons.Titania is half the size of earth’s moon.Oberon,titania,Miranda,Ariel & Umbriel is the named moons for Uranus.Oberon,titania,Miranda,Ariel & Umbriel is the main moon.