👩‍🏫💪Freak the Mighty - Novel Study💪👩‍🏫

Kia ora, I will be sharing with you what I have been doing for Novel study this

term I have been Reading Freak the mighty.

This post is about task I do to tell you about my book.

Here is my work:..

Before Reading

I predict the book will be about……..

Two boys that become best friends and do every thing together.

Chapters 1-3

Use your white hat and list information about the text.

Freak the mighty is about a boy named Maxwell Kane and he gets called stupid

on a daily, worse still everyone says he looks like his fearsome dad. 

Freak the Mighty is also about a boy that gets put down because he is a midget

man and has a big brain, But they both becomes friend and hence the title

Freak the Mighty.

Author: Rodman Philbrick

These are the awards the he has won:

Shamus Award for Best Original P.I. Paperback, John Newbery Medal

He has one these awards from writing books and publishing them.

Create a ‘Top Five’ list of the most important parts of the book.  Explain why

you chose these.

-  Title 

Is very important because it kind of give the read information what the book is about and hooks the reader in.

-  The front cover

    Gives some information about what your reading and should look interesting to the reader. 

- The back of the book where the blurb is

Interesting because it literally tells you what the book is about.

- The author

Tells you who wrote the book

 

- The page numbers

Tells you what page your on and helps you remember what page you were reading last.

Write an acrostic poem using the main theme of the book.

Freak

Recommend  

Emphatic

A friendship

Knowledge

Chapters 4-8

Design a bookmark featuring the title, author and a summary of the book.

Design 5 questions that could be used in a test about the book.

1. What is Freaks name.

2. Where is Maxwell's Dad.

3. Who's the author

4. Can you describe Maxwell in 5 words.

5. Can you describe Kevin in 3 words.

Retell an interesting part of the book in your own words.

Maxwell and Kevin were leaving the fireworks and saw some bullies that were looking for them to try and hurt Kevin and Maxwell. They run and Maxwell got confused on what way was left and right, eventually he went the right way and got stuck in mud. After that they saw a police and the police escorted them home.

Chapter 9-12

Create a word search using important names and places from the book.

Choose 6 new words from your novel that are unfamiliar to you 

and find the definition and list them.

Write a set of true/false questions about the book.

Kevin dies at the end of the book? True/False

Maxwell has a dad? True/False

Maxwell and Kevin were best friends? True/False

Kevin has the name Freak? True/False

Maxwell gets called stupid? True/False

Thank you for reading my blog, BYE!!!

Importance of NZ History 😁

Kia Ora and welcome back to my blog. Today I will be talking to you about what I have learnt/worked on for this week in Who Are We. Who Are We is about the history of NZ  and why it is important to learn about it in school.

I have completed a task about a book named Six Photographs. Six photographs is about  six photos that were taken in the 1870. Basically once we red the book we took the information and put it onto a document and wrote about the photo.

Learning NZ History is important because you need to know what happened before you or your family came along, because as I said you may not know that Maori was actually the first culture in NZ.

I can teach other about work that doing by sharing information that have been shared with me by making DLO, adding videos, pictures, and my work that iv'e done.
Here is my work:...

My Work

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Paper Boy

Kia Ora, today I will be sharing my summary and DLO about chapters 4-6. The book I will sharing is Paper Boy. My DLO is about Little Man and Mrs Worthington. In the DLO there will be a paragraph about the people.

Here is my summary

Summary

In this book, a young boy with a stutter takes over his friend Rat's paper route while Rat is visiting his grandparents. The young boy struggles with his stutter to such a degree that he is frightened for Friday, collection day, to come around.

Here is my DLO. 

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Paperbpy

Kia Ora and welcome back to my blog. Today I will be posting bout a summary on this book that im reading. The book that im reading is called "Paperboy". Paperboy is about a boy that has a stutter. I will tell you more about this book in the summary so lets get into it.

Here is the summary for chapter 1-3:

At the start of the book it talks about how the boy has stutter and he thinks that he needs to keep to his self because he feels like he is not normal because he has what others dont. But during the pages of the book he relies that he doesn't have to keep it to his self he standout and not so down about it.

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Novel study - Paper boy

Kia Ora and welcome back to my blog. For reading study I have been changed into a group that is reading a novel called "Paperboy". Paperboy is about this boy named Vince Vawter that grew up with a stutter. For my first task I am going to be writing what I think about the Novel.

What is your first impression about the novel?
My first impression was that the novel look interesting but the cover of the book looked old. But once i read the article about it I got very fascinated.

How do you think this story relates to "Speaking your truth"?
I think that the story is involved with speaking you truth because Vince thinks that he should hide hes stuttering because it is embarrassing. But then he finds out that other people have other things to worry about to so he isn't as embarrassed.

What are you mostly looking forward to in this Novel study?
I am looking forward to reading the first few chapters and reading what he has said about hes stuttering.

Thank you for reading my blog, BYE!!!

Reading - Benny PT 2 :)

Kia Ora, today I will be posting about my DLO that i did after reading Benny. My DLO is 5 questions that could be used as the questions after reading the book. I have posted a blog about the book already. Here are my questions : 

These are my extra questions and answer that i have chosen myself:...

Where did Benny live before he lived in Eastbourne?
Down the road from his friend.

Where does Benny’s friend come up on Benny?

Up to his armpit.

Who is the bomber in the story?

Benny.

When Benny’s friend turns around what happens next?

Benny pushes him in and knocks the other boy out of the kayak.

What sport does Benny like to play?

Rugby.

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Reading - Benny

Kia Ora, and welcome back to my blog I will be posting about what I did at reading today. For reading I red a book called Benny. Benny is about a boy that is way different to his friend Benny, and the weekend ends they differently to normal weekends. Here is some more information about the story:...

What are some of the differences between Benny and his friend?

1. Benny is taller

2. Benny is built and his friend isn't

3. Benny likes to play Rugby/sport but his friend would rather watch.

How does Benny's friend feel about his new house?

I dont think he likes it because in the story it says that Benny friend misses him and hasn't seen him in ages but if he still lived down the road he would see him everyday.

How did the boys mother feel about the incident? Do you think her actions a justified? Why/Why not?

I think yes because his mother had to help him swim in the start and that's why Benny's friend didn't want to do it. 

What is the author's purpose in writing this text? How do you know?
I think the purpose is that you shouldn't force people into things they dont want to do because it could end really bad for the person pushing or the person they are going to injure. I know this because in the story it says that Benny's friend doesn't want t do it because the boy didn't know how to swim and the boy was already under them. 

What themes are explored in this text?

I think that outdoors and nature is explored because they always talk about kayaking in the lake and being outdoors.

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Badge Of Honour Part 2 - Summary

Kia Ora here is a summery of the story that I just published on my blog.

Badge of Honour 

So at the start of the story Miss Latu presented the school captains, Fai, Jess,
Tomasi and Isaac. Isaac knows that Tomasi fights people after school and during
the weekend so Isaac tells Tomasi that he is going to tell Miss Latu because if he
is fighting people he isn't being a good role model even if it isn't during school. At
the end of the story Miss Latu finds out and Tomasi tells Isaac to say he was at
Isaac house the whole time to get away with it. 

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Badge Of Honour

Kia Ora and today I will be talking to you about what we are doing for the 2nd week of school after lock down. For the first activity we have to read a book out of 4 I choose to read 'Badge of Honour'.

Badge of Honour is about 4 kids that get the role of being school captains, but one of them doesn't deserve to be one. Here is some more information about it:....

Isaac is one of the school captains along with  Fai, Jess and Tomasi. Isaac is one of the school captains that does the right thing no matter what. In the story his friend Tomasi always fights other people after school and in the weekend. Isaac cares for his friends, does the right things and helps people that might need help. 

The school captains are Fai, Jess, Tomasi and Isaac. I think that Isaac, Fai and Jess all like the role of being school captains. Tomasi on the other hand thinks it is an advantage because at the end of the story it say "Miss Latu will believe us. Were school captains, right". Basically he said that because Miss Latu knows about Tomasi having fights after school. 

I think that the author wants to give out the impression that Tomasi is bad and doesn't like to listen to his friends that trying to help him. I know this because in the story Isaac tries to stop Tomasi but he fights a kid named Richmond.

The author also gives out the impression that Fai is a caring person and if you ever need someone to talk to you can because she will understand and give you advice. 

I would give Isaac advice like " If you think you are doing something good to help someone do it or if there fighting constantly then tell Miss Latu.

That is all I have today come back for more about the activity. 

Thank you for reading, BYE!!!

Freak the Mighty👍😄

Kia Ora, today I will be talking to you about what I have been doing for my reading at school this term. The book that I have been reading is Freak the Mighty.

It's a book about a boy that was really small in preschool and then he grows up taller and helps out his new neighbour/friend at school.

If you read the back of the book, it looks like someone is getting for not being as smart as others and being the same size and them as he is taller then everyone else at his school.

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Thank you for reading my blog post please don't forget to leave a comment, BYE!!!!!

Five Sentences

For reading today we had to take notes about how to make a paragraph for our writing. My group had to make a DLO about how to make a paragraph. 

3 things that we had to write about is a W start, a long sentence and a very short sentence. I have made a slideshow. There is a information about it in the slideshow.

My Adjustment

Kia Ora and welcome back to my blog. Today I am publishing some thing to involve my reading. I am reading a book about a girl that has to adjust to something that she doesn't want to but in the end she is really happy that she is there. The story that my group is reading is How To Fall. Another thing that we had to do was make a paragraph about what was something we had to adjust to,

Here is my paragraph:...

Question:...

Write a paragraph about when you had to make a big adjustment, How did you feel? Why?

One time that I had to make a big adjustment was coming to Hornby High School. It was a big adjustment because I was at a new School and I new some people but I only new 2 or 3 people in my class, until I made more friends. I adjusted to school about 1 week after I started because I had friends to help me. One of the hardest thing I couldn’t adjust to was my new teacher because I didn’t know if she was going to be nice or if she was going to be mean. But the next two weeks I did start adjusting to that and my teacher is the best.

Roller Derby

Roller Derby is a sport that is played in mostly the Uninitiated States Of America. Roller Derby is a really ruff game to play. A game of roller derby can cause you to get lots of injury's. You can brake a bone in you body, you could even hurt yourself that but you might be able to play anything again. It dependent on what Grade you play in our how ruff you want to be.   

My Reading group had to read a story about a girl named Maia that had to move houses but she din't like moving until her Aunty (Emz) told her to come to training with her. 

My group had to make a DLO about roller Derby and how to play it.

Here is my DLO:...

Here is also a video on how to play:...

Maia New House

For reading my group (Blue Group) we have been reading this book about a girl that has to move houses and she doesn't like it but she finally finds something that she wants to do. We had Questions for the story that was about how Maia felt and if she found anything hard. 

Here are the 3 Questions:..

Question 1:
Maia is proud  of Aunty Emz. How do you know?
Maia is proud of Aunty Emz because Aunty Emz is one of the jammers that scores points as they go past the other people. 

Question 2:
How do you think Maia feels about moving?
I think that Maia feels really sad and depressed because in the story it says that "me and your dad get to chose what happens not you, so deal with it". But since her Aunty mad her join Roller Derby she likes where she lives know just doesn't want to admit to her mum that Maia is wrong about living there.

Question 3:
Does Maia find Roller Derby hard?
At the start she finds it hard when here Aunty comes over and takes her there. But when she got used to it she found that she liked it and she wanted to continue and then she got better at it and now it is easy for her.

Stitches!

For reading this term we have been looking at is woman rights in voting and in war.
One of the stories that we have read and are talking about is Stitches. Stitches is about a girl that like to sew, there is some more information in the questions and answer below.


Question 1: What was the story about?
I think that the story is about a family of 7 that like to make clothing and likes to sew. I also think that it is a story about a girl named that also likes to sew. I know this because she gets a sewing machine
from her dad. I also know that May like to make dresses in her room. She can make a whole lot of them, that is probably why her dad bought her a new sewing machine. 

Question 2: May is 13, how is her life different compared to yours?
Her life is different compared to mine because she is 13 and I am 11 and she has much more opportunity other than me. Also she sews clothes for her family mostly dresses and I dont know how to sew. Also because she made a big scarifies for dropping out of school to work with her mum.

Question 3: What sacrifices do you think she made in the story? Why did she make those?
One of the scarifies that she made is leaving school to be with her mum. Her mum was very happy to hear that her daughter was coming to help her sew clothes. I think that that the only sacrifice that she made.

My Amazing Timeline!😃😃😃

Kia Ora and welcome back to my blog. Today in my class for reading we have to do a reading task. The reading task that we had to do is we had to do a timeline about 5 women from New Zealand that are famous or have left a legacy in New Zealand. So because I wasn't here that day my friend Hayley helped me. 

Here is my work... 

Thank you for reading my blog please don't forget to leave a comment and give me some feed back, BYE!!!😃😃😃

Armistice Day!!!

W.A.L.T... Share My Ideas And Thoughts About What I Have Read.

Hello and welcome back to my blog,

I will be talking to you guys about Armistice Day. My class and I have been looking at video that have information on them telling us. We would have look out for key things that stand out to use about Armistice Day. We have made a table and put information on it about Armistice Day. 

We have been told to share three things that stand out to us. Here is my three things...

1. That 98,950 people served but 41,00 came back injured. Also there was death of 18,058 people.

2. On the fourth of August 1914  Britain declared war.

3. Men from NZ joined the war as proud subject of the British empire.

Here are three site we have been looking at.

News Hub - Website 1

YouTube - Website 2

Stuff - Website 3

Harry Potter Story!!!

 Hello guys, This term with Mrs Tabak we have been looking at Harry Potter. We had to make a power point or powtoon about Harry Potter & The Chamber Of Secrets.

I have made a power point about it. I think that it is really cool because it tells you information about Harry Potter and how his life was in the movie.

Here is my power point.

DNA Suspects

W.A.L.T Summarize and retell the main Ideas from important information from what I have read in my own words.

This year I am learning about DNA for reading. Me and my group have to try and find out who stole the money from the ticket box. There was a foot print left on the floor under the cash box. The suspect that we have found is, Chris Fulton, Susan Delaney and my group foot print. Here is the photo of Chris's foot print.

Here is Susan's foot print.  I have learnt that you can get you DNA from anything like you hair your blood. 

Thank you for reading my blog post I hope you enjoyed it, BYE!

Three Story Venn Diagram!

For reading with have been looking at fairy tales. we have looked at The Three Little Pigs, Jack And The Bean Stalk and Goldilocks and the three bears. This is my Venn Diagram about the three story and what they have in common or what they don't have in common.Here is my Venn Diagram...