Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Considering the kiwi

Today Brandon shares his piece of persuasive writing about saving the kiwi, let us know if you agree with him.


Save the kiwi.

Is it worth it? Imagine if you and your species were in trouble and no one wanted to help you how would you feel? It’s extraordinary how fast the kiwis are dying. Do you know that only 5% of the kiwis make it to adult hood.
  
Kiwis are going extinct and are you helping to save them? Do you know that 80 years ago there was around 5 million kiwi now there’s only 72 600 so that’s a 4 927 400 population drop. So need to spend some money or they will go extinct.
  
Do you know that the kiwi are only found in New Zealand and the and the only nature they can live in is New Zealand’s so they need your help. The kiwi can’t fly which makes them vulnerable to animals like rats and stocks. So we need to help them because it’s a race against time. 
  
As you might know the kiwi are famous outside and inside New Zealand they mean lots to all New Zealanders we sell millions of gifts that have kiwi on them. They are our national symbol. We must stop taking them for granted. They are what brings New Zealand together so please do help.

The North Island Brown Kiwi

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Brabdon i think this is some of your best writing this year. Well done! You have used rhetorical questions well at the beginning. You have set out your arguements cearly. Your 2 most powerful words are "extraordinary"and "vulnerable" Brandon you should be well pleased with yourself. I agree we should be doing more to save one of our native birds I had no idea the population drop had been so steep over the last few decades.