Marine Life

Our Whales population is running out because the Japanese are harpooning our whales to bring back to their country and they eat them. But what do they do with the parts they don’t want? They throw the whale back into the sea. That attracts sharks to come and eat what's left of the helpless Whale! Today I will be talking about how whaling is bad, Sea Shepherds, some shocking facts about whaling and why this has to STOP!

Why Is Whaling Bad?

Whaling is cruel, they take the meat they need then chuck out the rest! They also take too much and from that because soon they will be extinct, so we would have no whales on this planet and we can’t get them back.

Even though it's banned Japan, Norway and Iceland they still kill at least 2000 whales each year! When the banning of whaling happened over 30000 whales have still been killed.

Sea Shepherds

Where there is evil there is good and that's where the sea shepherds come in. The sea shepherd don’t just save whales, when they first started off they helped baby harp seals also known as white coats. In 1977 the Sea Shepherds were made their goal was to save sea life.

The Sea Shepherds have their own show called Whales Wars in that show they try to stop the Japanese from whaling. In one of the episodes the Sea Shepherds are trying to stop the Japanese but the Japanese shoot the Sea Shepherd Captain, luckily he was wearing a bulletproof vest, and that shows how desperate the Japanese are for Whales

Shocking Facts

16,000 whales have been murdered every year for 83 years! 40 years after Antarctic whaling was banned, Blue Whale numbers remain critically low. Since 1986, over 25,000 whales have been murdered legally for “scientific research” and that's what the Japanese are doing! People who whale think money is more important than live, even if they say it isn’t they all are killing whales for money!

Conclusion

Overall I think that whaling is a horrible thing to do because it is causing our whaling to go extinct. Sadly as normal people we can’t do very much but we can adopt a real whale from websites like “Save the Whales” and more! Yet lucky we have the Sea Shepherds protecting our waters, and they will do anything to stop whaling. If we keep whaling there will be no whales left on earth!

Sources: http://www.seashepherd.org.nz/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling

http://us.whales.org/wdc-in-action/whaling

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/alarming-facts-about-whaling/

Mannix

Mannix!

Wishes to Do something big in his life

Dreams of being a superhero

Wants to be a game Developer and Animator

Wonders About what it's being Famous

Fears Of Death

is Afraid of failing

Likes Swimming And Swimming Competitions  

Believes everything happens for a reason

Loves Technology

Plans to do good with my life

Flashbacks

Chapter 1: The Piano

His mind conflicts him as the piano brings the horrid memories from his mind to a reality. flashing through the toughest moments of his life, that made him struggle and nearly made him give up. But the hardest memory to forget was teasing him, getting louder then the others and getting bigger then the others!

then the strangest thing happened he closed his eyes then when he opened his eyes he was in a different room. He looked around then saw himself in the mirror, his wrinkled face was smooth. his grey stubby hair was long gone but his blonde spiky hair was reformed, And his blurry eyesight was vanished. He was wearing his doctors clothing and then a patient was rushed in. He straight away remembered this memory, the day he got told to go to the army and become a medic in the war.

He thought to himself, “Why is this happening!? Am I being punished!?”

Then the Major came in and demanded me to go to war. As he did before he went to war.

Chapter 2: Introduced

As he traveled to base camp, the sight was amazing! There were birds chirping, The green grass grows in the meadows and the poppies blooming. But as he get closer to base camp the green meadows are no longer green, they are wrecked with tank tracks, there's broken defense posts everywhere!

When he got to base camp he saw the soldiers waiting for his arrival. he introduced himself and they introduced themselves.

“Hi! I’m Jono

they told him about how their charging to Germany in a few months and how he has to be trained mentally and physically. His training was going to be extremely hard, He would have to run 10 miles with a full pack, a AK-47 And medical supplies! he knew it was a huge challenge but if he didn’t go along he would be called a traitor and get shot.

Chapter 3: The Challenge

At 5:00am he was woken up by the alarm screaming he didn’t know what was going on, so as fast as he could he got changed and grabbed his supplies and went out to the major with the other soldiers

“Why are you late!” The Major screamed furiously.  

“I didn’t know we had to be up at 5:00.” He replied.

“At 5:00!? You had to be up and 4:30!” The Major yelled at the top of his lungs.

“Sorry it won’t happen again.” He told the Major.

After the argument they just had he went on his 10 mile walk, he went in thinking i’m going to finish this!

a few minutes later he started getting sore legs and wanting to stop but he didn’t, he kept pushing forwards. After the 1st mile he stopped and sat on the side of the road, asking himself will i see my family again? Will I survive? Am I doing the right thing? He thought of these while he walked he wanted to prove himself that he is doing the right thing. He started to jog and from jog became running. Next thing he knew he was running past other soldiers and every mile was closer than the last one! when he passed 5 miles his friends stood on mines and blew up! He went over to them to make sure they were OK. He got his medical supplies and taped up the men and got them walking again. It took him nearly 1 whole hour but then he had recovered so he went off again. 2 hours later he had 1 more mile left and he was exhausted, he started collapsing and he ran out of food and water. he never thought he was going to make it but then he thought about his family and what might happen to them. He got his second wind and blasted off like a rocket! His heart racing like a Ferrari! as he crossed the finish line he felt he had accomplished something. He had completed the challenge.

“You did great out there, you ran the whole 10 miles and you also bandaged up some men!” The Major said.

“Thanks!” Said Jono.

Chapter 4: The Charge

7 Months past and Jono had been training non stop for when they go to Germany. But when they least expected it the horns rang and the bells screamed! Jono knew what was happening… They had to charge to Germany now! He Gathered his gear and snatched his medical supplies and ran with his friends to the jets and started driving to Germany. Him and his friends flew almost to Germany until they heard the gunshots go off. They German soldiers were trying to shoot the jet down; then they hit the left wing. Jono and his friends were swirling as they were getting closer to the ground.

“Get your parachute on! Then jump out off the jet if you want to live!” Jono demanded

His friends did what he said and jumped out. they all pulled the shoot and floated down. when they hit the bottom they saw the German leader! They knew that they would have to kill him! they hid behind cover but when they peaked out Jonos friend go shot! he did his best to bandage them up but there was no way they would survive. he needed backup but no one was there they were still coming, so he hid until he saw backup. The German Leader walked past Jono’s hiding spot and Jono thought If he killed him he would end the war. So he snuck up behind him and stabbed him in the back. The German Leader fell to his knees covered in his own red blood!

Chapter 5: The End

The German leader crying for mercy, screaming for help.

Jono realized he had killed the German Leader! The German army pointed their guns at Jono; he froze still and couldn’t move… But then Jono's fellow army soldiers came and took out the German soldiers. They won the war! Everyone was cheering but then everyone stopped and froze… His memories started screaming, he remembered what was happening, how all this started. He closed his eyes then oped them again... He was in his room, sitting at the piano, remembering the times of war.

The Piano

The piano playing in the moonlight. Bringing back memories from the war. The soldiers ghosts came from heaven and dancing with their loved ones. Their smiles returned, knowing their family was safe from harm and danger. The soldiers knew it was time to leave and return to the sky. They said their goodbyes and floated up to heaven.

The Helmet

I’m charging into war, I wish I was with my family but I’m fighting for my country. I hope I'll see my family again and I can tell my stories. I see a flare in the distance, they're coming! Men collapse as they get shot. I see my friends fall in pain, lying there waiting to die. tears running down their cheeks, gasping for help. But sadly I must keep fighting. As I leave, they scream for mercy, hoping that they will survive. As I’m running I see run into a man. He looks my age, then we stop and stare at each other. He says to me “Please I have a family. Please don’t hurt me” I pull my gun down and walk away, but he stops me and gives me his helmet. “Show your family that their are others at war with family,” He told me then ran off. I snuck off the battlefield and went home. I showed them the helmet to them, they were shocked. I kept in touch with the man, his name is Denton. He’s planning to move here in America. That helmet could have saved my life because if I said no I wouldn’t have gone home and could have been shot. War is something that no one wants, it’s horrible! People die and they have a family! We want peace not war!  

The Strangest View

And tall snowy mountains, to climb to the top of the rough mountain I come to a stop it see a calm lake with amazing scenery. Tall trees as far as the eye can see I travel through deep freezing lakes. The reflection of the water look as clear as a mirror.

But as I take a step closer I slip on the snow and tumble down the hill hitting sharp rocks and small pointy trees. As I’m getting closer to the bottom I see sharp rocks shaper then a knife. I can’t do anything about it because I’m falling as I look at the wonderful scenery on last time then take my last breath…. Or so I thought the reflection of the water was so clear it looked like the sharp rocks were right under me. I was amazed, I thought my life was over. I hear a rumbling I look up and I see snow heralding down the mountain with bits of rocks in there. I know it can’t be a reflection because I’m in the water. I swim to the side of the lake and see the avalanche form and then end.

Bowling

Today I had a game of bowling with my family. It was me, Eli, Corbin and Neight vs my dad. I embarrassingly came last and my youngest brother won. After we had lunch and it was delicious. I had a great day.      

Swimming

Swimming

If you want to swim you will need to learn how to. It’s not like breathing witch you learn on your own. You need a lot of help so I’m going to help you.

Freestyle: Freestyle is one of the easiest strokes to master. You keep on your front and push the water and that is one stroke. After you do three stokes you roll to your side take a breath and turn back to your front. kick hard and push hard to get more speed. And is you practise it makes it easier.

Backstroke: from the name you can tell you do it on back. You need to kick or you will sink. You will need to have continuous rotation with arm strokes. Remember to look at the roof.

Breaststroke: Breaststroke is a complicated stroke to master. The most important thing in breaststroke is the kick. Step 1: Legs straight. Step 2: Bend legs. Step 3 Make a v using your feet. Step 4: Slide legs out. Step 5: Snap your legs together. For your arms start streamline and push the water till you get to your neck and the back to streamline.

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Butterfly: Butterfly takes a lot of energy out of you. You kick with your feet together and kick hard then with your arms push then down then back to streamline.

Always remember that swimming can save your life.

 

Writing

Hi guys Today I have learnt for writing the keys is planning. Without a good plan with a lot of detail explaining each paragraph your stories won't be very good or descriptive. So panning is very important and I highly recommend doing it. Please comment and say what you like so far. See ya.