Making Pan Pipes

Walt: write a recount about a personal experience. Walt: organise our ideas into a series of paragraphs.Musical Madness

Making pan pipes  

Description: "Hello" this is my writing about making pan pipes in Room 9 literacy with Mrs Buchanan this is about me and I am trying to make pan pipes. It was so fun you should read it !!!HOPE YOU ENJOY!!!

Orientation: (2-3 sentences) Who?  What?  When?  Where? Make it exciting for your audience to read!

Before we started making our pan pipes we watched a video of Mrs Buchanan making the pan pipes at home but because some of us didn’t watch it properly Mrs Buchanan said we could watch it twice because it looked so hard. Finally she said we could start so me and my partner were so excited to start.

Paragraph 1: (3-4 sentences) What happened first?

First of all we got into buddies and got a piece of cardboard and then we got 8 pieces of straws and one scissors and a sticky tape. Next me and my partner Anna, we went and sat down next to Sonnia and Quincess. When we sat down we started by cutting the bendy parts of the straws then we cut the straws diagonally.

Paragraph 2: (3-4 sentences) What happened next?  Making your instrument

After that we placed them on our piece of cardboard and then I got Mrs buchanan to hold my straws down on my cardboard then I taped the straws down while Mrs Buchanan was pushing it down then I taped it twice so it can be stronger to stay in place.

Paragraph 3: (3-4 sentences) What happened next?  Making music with your instrument

Later then I had finished and then I blowed through the pipes and it made sounds like high notes and low notes and then I was playing it and some good noises was coming out really good. Then Mrs Buchanan stopped our literacy class and told us that we had five minutes left so then we just packed up because me and my partner had finished.

Reorientation/Ending: (2-3 sentences) What did you enjoy?  What did you learn?

Finally me and my partner finished packing up and then we went to the mat because Mrs Buchanan said then after that Mrs Buchanan chose some people to put the scissors and the stuff we used and they put it away. After that we had finished and then we did our writing.