Pick-A-Path (Click Link)

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In Room 20 we had a writing task to make a pick a path story and I paired with Henry and we made one about a granny that died and you find out who killed her!We followed a plan that was very complicated and I hope you like it!

Novel Studies So far...

Identifying main ideas:The main theme of groosham grange is that it is a school full of monsters on an island that is far from anywhere else.The author showed this by putting in scary characters and bad puns like “The Heads” and that is the headmaster’s names because they are two-headed.

Skimming and scanning:Musty:having a stale, mouldy, or damp smell. Statuette:a small statue or figurine, especially one that is smaller than life-size.

Musty:I have musty shoes, Statuette:I just won a tiny Statuette

Imagine:

David went up to the hill and saw that jill was alone, crying.Jill screamed “Vincent is destroying groosham grange!”David hesitated as groosham grange started to turn to dust.

I would rather the book’s ending because it is less sad

Making connections:I have a connection with Vincent Because on page 18 david cheated and that made Vincent lose and that was what happened at my first cross country ever.

Summarising:The main idea of groosham grange is that there is a new student who is trying to destroy groosham grange but is being stopped by David and then they all become friends

Create:

Inquiry - Illuminati

Narrative

Cross Country

Cross Country

This week we had cross country and we had been training for a long time.We had trained 3 days every week and it was hard work.At the start of my race (YR 7 Boys) I had a bad stitch and I kept on running.I am very lucky that my mum was there to support me and she is the one that kept me going.Once I made it to the last stretch I started to slow down and I was in so much pain, but I saw my mum and she was cheering her hardest and I started sprinting.After the race I had no breath left-I came 45th-I went over to my mum and gave her a giant hug.That was cross country.

Number One Pet ~ Persuasive Writing

Ever wondered what the perfect pet is?Well we have the answer, worms, it’s cheap and easy to care for, its productive and great for pranks.

A worm would make an awesome pet because they are super cheap and easy to care for. Worms are not like dogs or cats they are purely fed by your food scraps! Which means they will not cost just your leftovers. The space they will need is about 1meter by 1meter for a worm bin and you will only need about 1000 worms they will need 125g of food each day for a dog they need 22-35 kg of food a week. If you don’t want to buy worms you can just go into your backyard and dig them up. Also worms don’t need any exercise compared to having to walk a dog every day. A

Have you ever wondered what could grow plants faster?Well Worms are perfect for worm farming and producing worm wee.You can grow plants faster with worm wee.They are easy to reproduce as they mate on the soil and their babies would make production faster. Worms eat your food scraps so you will not have to clean up your table after you are done eating.It doesn’t matter if they die because they can reproduce really fast.

Worm’s would make the best pet because you can use them for pranks to freak people out.

you can put them in your mum's spaghetti and pretend to eat it to give people a fright. You can do magic tricks like disappearing worm trick.Has your sister pranked you and you can’t get her back?Get a pet worm so you can put it under her blanket or even when she's sleeping put it in her hair.

Worms are cheap, productive and great for pranks.Stop wasting money and time on big expensive pets when you can get a worm.You don’t want to have to wait all that time for plants to grow or even spend all that money, so get a worm for FREE now! Now you know that worms are perfect as pets!

Learning Mandarin

Today in the middle block of class time Tracy (The Mandarin Teacher) Taught us how to say some greetings. For example:

ni hao (Hello)

 zaoshang hao (Good Morning).

ni jiao shen me (What is your name), 

wo shi xin xi lan ren (I am a New Zealander) ,

 Mǐ kǎ (Mika).

She taught us about china and how big it is. China looks like a rooster.

I look forward to learning more Mandarin and maybe we will do another game.