Name: Billy Mycroft-Edwards

Beginning Emerging Developing Proficient

I don’t really know I have written an I have written an
I have written an “The earth is a dynamic system
how to write an information report interesting
interesting, original,
information report that kind of explains information report
detailed and of interconnected cycles.”
explaining how how landscapes about how landscapes
informative
landscapes change. change with a lot of change with a little bit
information report Concepts: Learner Profile: Attitude:
help and guidance. of guidance.
about how landscapes Form Knowledgeable Curiosity
change Change Inquirers Independence
independently. Connection Thinkers Integrity
I don’t really know I kind of know the I understand the I completely
the causes of causes of causes of understand the Research Skills: Defining the need for
geographical change. geographical change. geographical change. causes of
information, finding and accessing resources,
(intended/unintended) (intended/unintended) (intended/unintended) geographical change.
understanding and evaluating information,
(intended/unintended)
I am still not sure I kind of know about I know about the I really know about organizing information, communicating the
about the different the different features different features of the different features information, evaluating the information report.
features of landforms of landforms and can landforms and can of landforms and can
and cannot explain explain them with explain them. explain them with
them. prompting. confidence.

I don’t really I fully

understand understand
how how
geographical geographical
changes changes
happen and happen and
why. why.

Language Arts Integration: Genre - Explanation

I did not really learn I really learnt a lot

new things during this unit. during this unit.

Knowledgeable
In your own words explain what you now know about your personal inquiry: I know that icebergs are like floating ice islands and 90% of them are
under the water so that means that there is only 10% showing. Ice shelves are pieces of ice broken off from Glaciers. The size of an ice berg depends on the time of the year if it is March,
April, May and June it will be smaller than it would be in October, November and December because of the heat since ice bergs are made out of ice then they will melt if it is very hot. I know
that ice bergs have nothing to do with global warming. Global warming is from our pollution which causes the ice bergs to melt lots of people think that ice bergs cause global warming but it
is actually us that make global warming and not the ice bergs. Ice bergs are not just made it is pieces of ice that grow in size which means that ice bergs keep growing and we keep melting
them so it is like a chose act reflect cycle for both us and the ice berg we are choosing to pollute so we act and pollute then we reflect and think oh no we are destroying ice bergs but then
we just forget about it and we do it again. It is like ice bergs are choosing to grow so they act and grow then they reflect is there really a point of growing if we keep getting melted again.
40% of ice caps have melted which are loads and loads of pieces of glaciers. This is all caused by us we know if we do this we will make global warming happen and that is defiantly not what
we want to happen. Ice bergs melt because of pollution that causes the rate of temperature to rise which will not only create global warming but will kill us because of the temperature rise.
This is not like pollution just causes the temperature to rise it is because it destroys the atmosphere around the world and that is what makes sure that not all of the sun’s heat comes or hits
planet earth. The more cars we make the less amount of time we have before global warming happens and the whole world folds. I have a theory that every time ice bergs melt a tiny bit the
water levels will still not change a bit because of the weight loss of the ice berg this is my opinion and it is not a fact. If you go to an ice berg you will find that there is actually some life
there like some penguins, polar bears, seals, killer whales and even human activity some humans live there because they were born there and cannot get off. People that live on ice bergs are
stuck there and have to eat the animals that live on the island but they might even find them self getting eaten by polar bears. It is hard to survive on an ice berg because there is little food
and little shelter on ice bergs because of the temperature. I could not survive on an ice berg and it is hard to find good water that is not freezing cold. Well actually people do not live on ice
bergs but they can live on glaciers.

My Research Skills: Type a paragraph in each box to explain if each skill is a strength of yours, or how you need to improve at the skill.

Defining the need for information Finding and accessing resources

Once I knew what landscape I wanted to inquire into it was really easy for
me to understand what information I needed. I had to choose between a
lot of different possibilities. I knew that I would need resources to help
me understand more about how my landscape changes and the impact
that has on humans and nature.
I used a number of different resources to help me dig deeper into my
inquiry. World Book online, Classroom books, internet, BrainPop, books
from home and the library were used. Getting information was really easy
it was working out what information was useful to me and appropriate for
me level that was challenging.

Understanding and evaluating information Organizing information

I had to skim and scan all the information that I found for my inquiry. This
was an effective and fast way for me to work out if the information is
what I needed and wanted. If I did not understand the information I knew
it was not at my level. I was always evaluating information from all the
resources that I found which connected to my inquiry.
Once I had the information that would help me I needed to paraphrase.
This was a challenge as I had to read someone else’s work and then put it
into my own words. I used the explanation framework to help focus the
three parts; introduction, series of paragraphs and conclusion. This gave
my writing structure and it was in order.

Communicating the information Evaluating the information report

I had to go through the writing process many times to have a piece of
writing that was quality. Each time I wrote my explanation I would
constantly make changes and revise my work. I would find new
information and would need to write it. I had to organize my ideas and
the information I found using paragraphs.
I knew I wrote a good explanation because I did a lot of research and
went through the writing process. I also added photos and diagrams with
captions. This made my writing even stronger as the reader can see what
I actually mean and not just read about it. I am proud of the explanation I
have done as a way to explain how something works.