Pluto information report.

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 about:

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

My topic is:

Pluto

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: ask questions  and  interesting informations.
Main idea color	More detail: pluto’s color is yellowish-brown	More detail:
Main idea: Far away from Earth.	More detail: 5.8 billion kilometers	More detail:
Main idea:	More detail:	More detail:

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:

 Pluto.

Introduction

Some astronomers  think that Pluto is not a planet anymore,but I think pluto is still a planet because Mercury is almost the same size as Pluto.

Color.

Pluto’s color is yellowish-brown which is the same as Saturn’s color.

Far away from the Sun

Pluto 5.8 billion kilometers away from the Sun.

Temperature

Pluto is  very cold.I wouldn't want to go to Pluto!Pluto is about -387 to -369 degrees Celsius. Pluto.Pluto is known as the icy planet.

When did Pluto

lost status?

In 2006 Pluto lost status as a planet because astronauts thought that he is too little to be a planet.Actually Pluto isn’t the only dwarf planet.I thought that Pluto is the only dwarf,but the other dwarf planets aren't in the Solar System.

Moons

Pluto has 5 moons but  I can only tell you 3 of Pluto’s moons,because I only know the 3 of them.The first one is Charon,the second moon is Hydra and the third moon is Nix.

Why is Pluto

named Pluto?

Pluto is named Pluto, because of the Greek God under-land.  

Length of day.

A day on Pluto takes 6.39 Earth days.

Length of year.

A year on Pluto takes 247.7 Earth years.

        Thank you for reading!