Valarie Adams - Report

This week for writing we have been learning to make links between paragraphs. I had to make a link with a word on both paragraphs so it made a connection. We got to chose our Olympian to write about. I chose Valerie Adams because she is my idol. My success criteria for writing is that I have used phrases such as "As well as.. he also..." to start my paragraphs. I have used the same word towards the end of one paragraph and start of the next (word links). I have used an idea link. I got 2 out of 3 of these in my writing. I enjoyed writing about Valerie Adams because she was very interesting and she had lots to write about. I found it tricky to write an idea link because It was different and I wasn't sure how to do it. Next time I will watch the video over and over again to get an understanding, and go to another workshop with my teacher.

Here is my report writing

Valerie Adams
Name: Valerie Kasanita Adams
Born: 6 October 1984
Place of birth: Rotorua, New Zealand
Sport: Athletics - shot put

Valerie Adams is a shot putter. She has 3 sibling. Steven Adams played basketball, for Oklahoma, New Orleans and in Memphis, Tennessee. Lisa Adams is competing in the Paralympic Games and is doing shot put. Valerie has also coached Lisa in shot put. As well as shot put, Lisa played netball and basketball while she was growing up. Warren Adams is Valerie's brother. Valerie Adams went to Southern Cross Campus. She took up shot putting at the age of 14.

Valerie was so fantastic at shot putting the she became one of the best shot putters in the world. Valerie Adams has won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, gold at the 2021 London Olympics, silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics and at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics she won bronze.

Valerie Adams is one of New Zealand's most successful and celebrated Olympic athletes.