I apologize, apparently the format went hay-wire.

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Hello dear students, may I welcome you to your first day at G.P.P.S. As your Principal, I am very excited to see young people learning. I wish you the best, and I hope your graduate with honors pinned on your shirts of excellence! You may now go to your classrooms.

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Hi, I am Mrs. Gloworm, and I expect you to address me as such. In this classroom we will be learning about Science. Nothing more, nothing less….it seems I have one student, Miss Sydney Mango. In our first few lessons, we will be approaching Earth Science. I expect you to listen, have proper essays returned, and such. I will tolerate no lolly-gagging.

In our first lesson we will be learning about Earth Spheres. Such as biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere.

We are all part of a zone of the earth called Biosphere. Green, brown, and blue areas of the world are where jungles, oceans, forests, and deserts explode into life.

The blue part of the earth covering 3/4 is water. Water found anywhere on the earth is called hydrosphere.

When hydrosphere laps at the coasts as ocean waves, or flows quickly down rivers and streams, it reshapes the earth. Waves have sculpted the land, forming sea caves, sea arches, cliffs, islands, and many other forms of lithosphere

Now I want you to write me a six-sentence essay about how these spheres effect you.

I will grade your papers when they are returned.

Miss Mango?

May I please retake the test?

The spheres affect me in many ways. The hydrosphere is what I drink, and water is important for all life. We are mostly water,which means without it, we would not be alive!The biosphere is also important, as it is where we live. It affects me because without it, we would be floating in space because there is no land. The spheres are important.

Is it better?

Shouldn't this be on Down to Earth? Inkwell is supposed to be about art and writting, not science.

Miss Dawnpaw - Yes, I will let you retake the test, just please try to make it more essay-like and not like a funny paper. This is where I put lithosphere: 'Waves have sculpted the land, forming sea caves, sea arches, cliffs, islands, and many other forms of lithosphere'

Miss Mango - I would appreciate you not to tell me how to grade papers. It's all and well that you like her paper, but I gave it a D-.

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Miss Mango; Dear, I suggest you don't poke into other people's business. Not to be rude, but I simply didn't like it. You're her friend, so you're a bit biased, aren't you? I agreed to let her retake it. Don't push it, or you might ruin it for her.

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Miss Ima; actually, by not straight out defining it, I gave her a hint how hydrosphere and lithosphere connected. Also, since this is a science lesson that I am teaching, and next week's lesson will include more on the subject. Maybe I will point out those things. Are you quite sure you should be arguing with someone about something you know nothing about?

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[Guys, I want you to know that I'm just playing a character! Like, as you can see, all my teachers aren't this....snippy. But I didn't really think Dawnpaw's format was the best, so I gave a fair grade on my opinion, just as all teachers do.]

Miss Dawnpaw - Do you still want your re-do?

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NEW LESSON:

Surrounding the earth is a thin layer gas, which we know the air around us. Tiny particles of liquids and solids, such as dust, smoke, and salt, are also present in the air. When we view the earth from space we see clouds formed from the water in the atmosphere. The atmosphere traps energy from the sun, allowing the earth’s surface to be warm enough for liquid water to exit. The atmosphere also provides protection from a harmful form of solar radiation and from material from space. Plants and animals depend on the atmosphere for oxygen and carbon dioxide.

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At the earth’s center is a region called the core. The core is made mostly of iron and consists of a solid inner core and liquid outer core. This liquid outer core acts like a magnet, and the magnetic field from that magnet surrounds the earth. This protective field is called the magnetosphere.

(This sphere is not visible, but you can see its effects. Spectacular aurora (known as the northern lights in the Northern Hemisphere) occurs where charged particles trapped in the magnetosphere interact with the atmosphere.)

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Please write a minimum of seven sentences about these spheres.