Inside & Out

Today for Inside & Out we have been learning about the themes of the movie Wonder. We had to choose from four different tasks, I chose to make a theme guide using Canva. Canva is like pictograph but it has more things to offer. Here is my theme guide.

Book Review 😊😄

Gangsta Granny Book Review:

I finished this book in silent reading and I am now reading another one but here is the book review. :)

This book is about a boy named Ben who thinks his granny is REALLY boring. Then one day his granny was put in hospital and Ben realised  that he wanted to know more about his boring granny. So, the next time he went to his granny's he found a biscuit tin with heaps and heaps of jewels inside. Then she told Ben all about her big adventures stealing jewels. Ben was so excited so they planned to steal the crown jewels. They got to the jewels but the queen was in the jewel house practising her Christmas speech. 

The Queen was talking about how the elderly weren't getting enough respect from this generation. Ben and Granny were let of the hook and sent back home. A few days later Ben realised why granny was in the hospital. She had cancer. She sadly died before Christmas and she had a very sad funeral. When the queen did her Christmas speech she mentioned Ben and his granny but didn't give the full details. 

The author for this book was David Walliams, a very talented author who writes funny children books. Here is a link about David Walliams.

Bio Poem

( Mine is slide 11 )

For the past few days we have been working on our own Bio Poem. A Bio Poem is all about you and your family. Here is my Bio Poem and the rest of my classes as well.

Playing To Win

This week for novel study I finished the book Playing To Win. This is the second to last task that I have to do and here it is:

A conflict is a argument between two or more people. Denny and Alice have their differences, Denny likes rugby and Alice doesn't. Alice's brother was killed drunk driving under the influence of alcohol, after a rugby party. Denny absolutely loves rugby and the thrill of it but he worry's that he has lost Alice because of something he loves. In Alice's opinion she thinks that the same thing will happen to Denny and his other friends because of what happened to her brother.

Creative Writing - Bridge In The Woods

Yesterday we started a creative writing story. We had to choose from some different photos and the one we chose is the one we had to write about. I chose a bridge that was in the middle of a forest. Enjoy!

This is the story of Emma Smith. She is a twelve year old girl who experienced the most wonderful thing in the world. But first it was anything but wonderful. Her father and mother decided to get a divorce when she was eleven and it didn't help that she was also struggling at school.She had to live with her mum which was fine until she had to move to a completely different place.When Emma got to her new house she asked her mother if she could go and explore the the forest surrounding the house but her mother said " I have to tell you something" Emma felt worried. " Your father has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and was only given a year to live" Emma was shocked. She ran outside crying and being in disbelief. After running for what felt like an eternity she reached a bridge that looked like it went on forever. She was still very upset so she ran across the bridge. Then she saw it, a forest covered with leaves hanging from thousands of tree branches. The leaves made it so dark that there were fireflies everywhere. There were also thousands of flowers coming from bushes and some of the trees. Then she walked down a path made of the greenest grass she had ever seen. When she reached the end of the pathway she found a golden well that was full of crystal clear water that shimmered with the light of the fireflies. She was still crying a little bit and a tear fell in the well. The water rippled as the tear fell. Then all of a sudden a face appeared in the well. it was her father face, she smiled. The face said...

Stay tuned for part 2 :)

Playing To Win

This week for novel study we are doing two more tasks. Here is what I have to do for the second one:

Here is the cover I decided to make. I decided to do this cover because It has the title, A rugby ball and a the rugby posts. I was going to put silhouettes of rugby players in the book but I couldn't find one that was transparent.

Playing To Win

This week for novel study we are doing two more tasks. Here is what I have to do for the first one:

I have the responsibility of being involved in different sports and being a part of my team. I manage them by being on time to both my practices and games and playing to the best of my ability. I think my team and coaches trust me with the roles I play and how i work with them. Another responsibility I have is being able to keep my room clean because I am not very consistent with that, but I try anyways. I think that if I try harder to put everything in its spot then maybe it will be cleaner.

Playing To Win

Today for my novel study I have to do my third and final task for these first few chapters. I have to:                                         

When I started this school at year 7 I thought it was going to be a good year until I realised that there were really mean people in my class. I got through it but it was really hard. What helped me fit was knowing that there were some friends that helped me and my mum was really supportive two. I would tell Denny that even though he's at a new school and he dosen't know many people that he will find his way and be able to survive the school year.

Playing To Win

Today we had to start our tasks for our new novel study Playing To Win. The first task was to comment on someones blog post about their first conclusion of the book. The second task is to :

                                                       





There is tension between Denny and Todd and Denny because Todd thinks that Denny is a little better than him and that he would steal all his friends. Todd is also giving Denny a hard time because Denny has also developed a crush on one of his new friends, Alice. Which is unfortunate because Todd also has his eye on her. I think on the inside Denny is feeling like an outsider because he is the "new kid" I think this because somewhere in the book it says
 " I'll never fit into their group, they have known each other for years "

Playing To Win

This week we have started a new novel study. My group is reading Playing to Win which is about a boy named Denny Logan who moves to a new school and doesn't feel that he fits in. He wants to make it into the rugby team but his new friends don't think their coach will let him in. He also met this kid named Todd, and he doesn't particularly like Denny. Denny met this girl named Alice who he has taken a fancy to but so has Todd.

Personal Comment: Denny reminds me a lot of someone I know. So far it is a really exciting story to read and I would recommend it to everyone who likes a little bit of drama.

Ella West

Today a author named Ella West came and spoke to the year 7&8's about her books Night Vision and Rain Fall. As you know my reading group is reading the book Night Vision and we are almost finished. She also gave us a sneak peak about a new book that she is writing called The Sound Of My Heart which is about a girl who likes to run and when she does she hears her heart beat loud and clear.

Night Vision is about a girl named Viola who basically see's someone who gets murdered in a car fire next to her farm and she tries to figure out why the man committed the murder and why he had a big amount of cash.

Ella didn't tell us much about her book Rain Fall but she said that it was about two kids who liked to ride horses on the beach and then they find out about a murder that happened and then they get brought into the investigation.

Personal Comment: I think I would like to read Ella West's other books because I think that they will be really interesting and fun to read because of what I know about them.

Night Vision

For the next few weeks of reading my groups is doing a novel study. The book is called Night Vision but we are not aloud to read it yet because Miss Birtch has to look at our first impression of the book to see if we like it or not. Here are a few questions we have to answer.

Looking at the cover what to you think this book will be about?

I think this book will be about a girl that gets into mischief at night.

After reading the back what additional information do you have to add?
I learnt that Viola is a very mysterious girl and likes to explore but then she finds herself in deep trouble.

What genre do you think this story is?
I think this book is a thriller novel.

What are your thoughts of this novel study?
I think all novel study's are exciting but this one I think is the best I have seen.

Personal comment:
Overall I think that this will be a very interesting book to read from what I have learnt from the cover.

What genre (type) of story do you think this is? ex) romance, thriller etc. Why do you think that? What clues can you see?

CARR Values

WALT: Use all of our values while we are at school.

For this activity we are learning about our school values. What we had to do is get into groups  and make a video, skit or dance about one of our values. The value my group got was Resilience, we made a dance. The other values are Commitment, Achievement and Respect. When I was in my group we didn't work very well together at all. We were not successful which meant we had a very poor dance. 

Tuna/Eels

Reflection:
Since I don't like Tuna that much I didn't really enjoy this work that much.

Christmas around the world

WALT:  celebrate Christmas in different country's.

We learnt how to celebrate Christmas in France,Italy,the Netherlands,Sweden,mexico,Poland. They are all similar and all different at the same time.

We also learnt about how Santa and the reindeer get different foods from different country's'.