Pronunciation in Maori. My friend and I have been learning about pronouncing vowels words alphabet and the consonants in Maori.

My writing. Today our class had to use similes, alliteration and emotive language. Hopefully you can see some of mine

The new purple planet Penero

I am going to tell you a story about a President when he was a boy flying to a outstanding purple planet whom we haven’t seen before with his friend.

My name is Eddie the President’s friend. I can’t wait to tell you the story of me and the President when he was a boy flying to a new planet.

It all started one cold morning when I was eating my breakfast. It was Saturday and my father was at the table with me reading the newspaper. The windows are as cold as a southerly wind that blows at you.

“What are you reading about Dad” I asked him. “ You know your friend William” he said. “ Yes” I said. “ Well, your friend William discovered another planet and wanted to tell the public and he is in the newspaper apparently and it said He is the first child who discovered another planet”.

My mouth just dropped open. I ran out the door and went to my friends place to tell him he is in the newspaper. I knocked on the door and there was Eddie’s mother. “ Hello Mrs Partridge” I said. “ Can I come in and see Eddie”. “ Yes certainly. I went in and ran upstairs to Eddie’s room. I opened the door and closed it behind me.

“ Eddie I just heard that you are in the newspaper”. “ I know isn’t it exciting” he was looking through his microscope. “ What are you going to name that planet” I asked. “ Hmm” “ I think I will name that planet Penero.

“ Do you know what colour the planet is” I asked. “ Yes I looked at it through my big microscope last night and the colour is somehow purple. It’s as purple as purple pansies . The purple planet Penero yeah that’s what I will call it”. That’s an uncanny name I thought. “ Do you want to visit that planet” I asked him. “ Yeah I have my own rocketship in the vast garage. Eddie has a big garage. Big as a elephant.

I ran outside while Eddie opens the garage. The garage opened and there was the space rocket. It’s really towering. It’s blue with yellow golden stars when it shimmers in the sunlight. I glanced at the rocketship then turned to Eddie.  The rocketship is as high as the sky. “ Let’s go” said Eddie since he can’t wait to visit another planet.

We ran in the rocketship and I made Eddie the rocketship person to press buttons and do anything because it is not my rocket. “ Hold on James” he said to me. “ It’s going to be a rapid ride but you’ll get use to it”. I gulped. I don’t think I will get use to this. Eddie turned on the countdown. It proceeds 10 counting down to 9, 8, 7 - I can hear the fire burning 6,5 ,4 - this is going to be shocking 3, 2 , 1 blast off!!

I felt sick. We were nearly out of the beautiful blue and green planet earth!! This is a rapid rocket I can’t hold my breath until finally we were out in space. Wow!! In space it is so

appealing. I can see the yellow twinkling stars like the shiny sun.

“ How many planets do we have to pass when we get to planet Penero” I asked him. “ In my calculations we have to pass four Mars,Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. “ So the purple planet Penero is in between Saturn and Uranus” I said. “Yes” Eddie said. Later we were zooming, zagging zigging in every four planets we passed. Until we came to the purple planet panero. “ Waow it looks beautiful” I said. My friend is quick-witted.

When you are far distance to the planet Penero it looks small but when you adjacent to it the planet is vast. “ Do you have any space suits” I asked him. “ Yeah they are at the back in the rocketship”. A few seconds we landed. Then I saw something strange somewhere in the planet, it was black. It must have been my imagination. Then I asked Eddie a question. “ Eddie, how did you get the rocketship and where did you get it from?”. He did a evil laugh but it was  satisfactory.

“ That wasn’t a good laugh just saying” I said. “ So how did you get the towering rocketship” I asked him. “ Huh, i stole it” he said. “ What you stole it” I said in a not so surprising voice. “ But how did your Mum accept it”. “ I tricked her and said that I went over to the astronomer people and asked if I can use the rocketship for a few days”. “ Your very sneaky” I asid. “ I know I’m always sneaky when it comes to discovering another planet”. “ Was that your microscope your’s”. “ Nope I stole it by the toy shop and I sneakily slyly slithered to get the microscope”.

Later after when we finished chattering we got out of the spaceship and walked on to planet Penero. “ Holy Cow”I said as I stood on the planet. Eddie came behind me. “ This is phenomenal” he said since he loved exploring planets. Later I heard a windy voice saying you will go into the black hole with no reason. Later I saw it. THE BLACK GHOST!!!!!

TO BE CONTINUED!!!

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