Wednesday 1 July 2020

Wednesday: Writing Task

Giant Pacific Octopus


WALT: use our senses to make our writing more interesting.


Can you describe what a day in the life of a Giant Pacific Octopus is?


Task 1: Watch the video clip on the site. Make sure you watch carefully
so you can see what Giant Pacific Octopus look like.


Task 2: Brainstorm using some of your senses. What can you see/hear/feel
if you were to ever see a Giant Pacific Octopus? Think about the shape of the
Octopus, what you think it’s skin might feel like. Take a note of its
environment. What does an Octopus need to survive?


In this table, write the descriptive words that you would be able to see/hear/smell/touch/taste.
What can I see?
What can I hear?
What can I touch/feel?
What is in its environment?
tentacles
Squishy noises
slimy
Seaweed
body
Water splashing
sand
rocks
sand
Other creatures
moving around
rocks
Salt water 
Salt water 
Seaweed floating
around
pray
Algi 
Need some help? - make sure that you are using your own words… if you happen to find a word
that you don’t know the meaning of, search what it means and then you can use them in your writing!


Task 3: Write a description about what a day in the life of a Giant Pacific
Octopus is.


Start writing here:
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Today i'm going to tell you about the giant pasific octopus and where
you may find it in the pasific ocean along with its prey predators, habitat
and facts about it.  


First I'm going to tell you about where you can find it. The giant Pacific
octopus is considered the largest octopus species in the world and inhabits
the northern Pacific Ocean off the United States up to Alaska and around Japan. 


Secondly its prey They hunt at night for shrimp, clams, lobsters and fish,
but have also been known to eat small sharks using their beak like mouths
to puncture prey. The adult giant Pacific octopus eats a wide assortment of
seafood including crabs, clams and other mussels. 


Third of all their predators. The giant pasific octopus doesn't have the most
predators but its predators are Seals, sea otters, sharks, and large fish are the
predominant predators of the giant Pacific octopus.


Fourth, its habits. The giant pasific octopus habits are that it hunts at night
it doesn't eat after giving birth to its eggs it won’t eat for about 7 months. The
giant pasific octopus dies shortly after her babies hatch for her eggs they are
the size of a grain of rice. 

That's the end. I hope you enjoyed this short piece of writing about the giant
pasific octopus. If you enjoyed this piece of writing please press interesting
or cool or even maybe funny but it's okay if you don’t want to. If you have read
all the way down to the bottom well done have a nice day everyone.




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