Self/Buddy Writing Evaluation

Why are single used plastic bags being banned?

Do you love using single used plastic bags? Why?  Plastic bags take 400 years to break down. One of the reasons for this problem is that these bags are used once and then they get thrown away into the landfill. Since this is happening Jacinda Ardern announces that single used plastic bags will be banned in the middle of next year.

Most people believe that using single used plastic bags can affect our sea marine animals. Sea animals, like turtles imagine plastic bags as a jellyfish, because of its blank colour. Using these bags can cause a huge environmental problem to this world, because of our actions. To support this New Zealanders are starting to sign petitions in order to make sure that these bags will be banned. Sea turtles can be important to most of us, because some can be a favourite animal to a child.

Once a sea animal sees these plastic bags they start off by munching onto it. After this has happened the bag then chokes around their body, which makes it hard for them to breathe. It is important to start thinking about what we do when going to shopping. Most people buy single used plastic bags all the time, while others bring reusable bags to shopping. Each supermarket has the ability to remind you to bring your reusable bags. Have you ever seen someone bring their reusable bags? Well I have. People think that these plastic bags are bad, because it is only used once.

Reusing bags would be a great idea to use, because not only does it solve this chaotic problem, but it gives us a chance to use it more than ever. Single used plastic bags can break easily once you have used it. Another way to protect the environment is to reuse everything that you don't need, such as clothes, bottles, and more. Every year New Zealand has bought more than 1 million of these single used plastic bags into the landfill. As this is happening each object that gets thrown away into the landfill has an approximate time, until it breaks down.

Think about it now? What is your honest opinion about these bags? "C'mon we need to start thinking of other ways to solve this problem, as it is going to carry on". Each year we will have an amount of our sea animals die, because of of what we are doing.

"So if your someone who is keen to support others start by, thinking, talking, and listening".

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After writing our explanations, we were to use the LS2 writing rubric to check what level we were at. We all got into pairs/groups to complete this task. Each pair filled in the self check and the buddy check. We read each others writing samples to understand what they were talking about. Until that finished, each pair started communicating, by giving feedback and feed forward on their writing. Their are 6 rubrics that we use which are: punctuation, vocabulary, organisation, sentence structure, ideas, and structure and langue.