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=English Language Arts= 2/2/10

For the past three weeks we have been working on our first five paragraph essay. Below is an excerpt from one of the students essays. We have created a writers workshop in class and are concentrating on writing as a process. As well students have had the opportunity to work peers to edit their papers. This experience has been rewarding for all of us.

Rough Draft

__The Coral Reef Adventure__

At school we watched a movie called __Coral Reef Adventure.__ It was about how to save the reef. The movie had many species of fish that are extremely colorful. As well there are interesting fish that feed themselves by cleaning the mouths of other more gargantuan reef dwellers.. Half of the reef in Fiji is dead. I Think it was fantastic but not of fish diet with the reef. Some species of fish are bright colors some are dull but all fish colors have a reason. Black fish live in the dark. Dull fish blend in with its surroundings. A octopus makes a tent of its self to catch small fish. In the movie a lady let a little fish swim into her mouth. Some big rocks are like a dentist office for fish. Big fish swim in and little cleaning fish climbs in their open mouth. What we must do is encourage a sea that is not polluted. There is so much we can do to help save the reef. The movie rely opened my eyes to what is in the reef. I did not now the reef was dying so fast. What do you think we can do to save the reefs?  The movie was great. I loved how it was about saving the reef. All the species of fish were amazing. To bad so many coral died before they saved it. Lot of fish with the coral.

The Coral Reef Adventure