Exposition

A banana a day keeps the doctor away. Bananas are reasonably priced, and conveniently packaged. They are packed full of vitamins and minerals that are essential for health and well being. Bananas are an amazing fruit.
Bananas contain three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fibre. Compared to an apple, a banana has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrates and five times the vitamin A and iron. Bananas vitamins and minerals are all beneficial for your body. A banana gives you an instant boost of energy. Research shows that 2 bananas provide enough energy for a ninety-minute workout.
Bananas include substances and ingredients that can prevent illnesses and conditions, ranging from; strokes and depression to warts and mosquito bites. Bananas also contain tryptophan, a type of protein that your body converts into Serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood, and generally make you feel happier.
An individual banana has a protective outer skin and a soft tasty inner, all for the price of around 20c each. Both skin and banana inner can be cooked. Most cultures/countries eat a banana raw and throw away the skin as a snack, although some Asian cultures eat the skin and banana cooked.
A banana a day will keep the doctor away. Bananas are essential for health and well-being and a reasonably priced. Bananas are amazing fruit.

My Sponsorship Letter

Dear Mum and Dad,

Throughout term 4 my class and I have been researching New Zealand’s native Maui’s Dolphins and have realised that they are critically endangered. There are approximately 111 dolphins left and we need to take action.

We have come to a decision to adopt a dolphin. My teacher is collecting $1 off each student in my class.
Can we please have a $1 family donation.

My Letter

At Pukekohe Intermediate School two year 7 classes (including mine) are studying Maui’s Dolphin and have found that they are critically endangered.

Maui’s are the smallest and rarest dolphin in the world. Every year, approximately 250 dolphins die from polluted waters, nylon fishing nets and boats that speed around the dolphin’s habitat.

Maui’s are very slow breeders. They only have 1-3 dolphin’s in their 20 year lifetime, so the population does not grow very fast. We only have around 30 years to save the Maui’s dolphin before they become extinct. There are only 111 dolphins left.

The main reason the population is declining is because the Government is not doing anything about the fishing nets. Maui’s are attracted to the fishing nets and when they get stuck the dolphins cannot swim backwards. Some ideas my class and I have thought of are put up signs around the beaches where the dolphins live, saying no fishing nets or you will have to pay the fine, go slow in your boat around the habitat and use eco-friendly re-usable bags instead of plastic bags.

A lady called Victoria from WWF came into our class, to talk about how we can make a difference. She told us some locals from Auckland found a dead pilot whale beached and when some scientists cut it open, they found 500 plastic bags that it had eaten from in the water.

I would hate to see something like that happen to the Maui’s.

P.S. Congratulations on becoming Prime Minister.