Friday, March 18, 2016

Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer QAR

Napoleon and the chicken farmer QAR

Right There:
What is the author?
Who is the main character?


Think and search:
Why did they want eggs so badly?
Why did he enter the competition?

Author and me:
How come napoleon couldn’t control the chickens?
Why didn’t they lay eggs?

On my own:
How did the chickens get the peaches?
What were the chickens names?                                                                    

Friday, March 4, 2016

Book Report


My book report was on Hetty Feather.

Author: Jacqueline Wilson
pages: 394


  Hetty feather is a foundling,she lives in the foundling hospital where she has been for the past five years.She hates the life of a foundling and is very naughty and mischievous.She has a fiery temper and is always open about her opinions.Her wonder about the outside world sometimes gets her into trouble.


 The matrons at the hospital are rough and horrid and dislike hetty out of all of the foundlings. They punish her for no reason,and act like she’s a horrid girl in front of other people.The matrons are rude and have horrible manners.


  Hetty feather dislikes the matrons because they mistreat her and always put the teachers first not the students.The matrons dislike Hetty because she sticks up for the students and gives the teachers a piece of her mind. Most of the time Hetty usually gets things wrong and over reacts.


  Hetty feather is set in the 1800s ,in a foundling hospital.It is a grey ,dull and boring building. It has a girls side and a boys side and the boys and girls never see each other.There is only one dorm for the boys and one dorm for the girls.No wonder hetty feather hated the foundling hospital.


    Hetty feather grows up for her first five years in a foster home,in the countryside.With her humble foster mother and father.There she is happy and settled and feels like it's her home.But before she knows she gets taken away to the foundling hospital,with her brother  Gideon. There at the foundling hospital she has to fend for herself and stick up for others.The one thing she wants is to find her true mother but her mother might be closer to her than she thinks.
  The most exciting part in the story is at the end when she finds her real mother. But it’s sad because they have to keep it a secret.You feel really emotional because in the book she has always been dreaming about the day she meets her mother.


In the end she finds her mother and also finds out her real name.It leaves you on a cliff hanger and makes you want to read the next book in the series. It makes you want to cry at the end.

I think the message is to never stop believing and never give up.

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Aotearoa Unity in Diversity

 Aotearoa unity in diversity
                                                             


Rugby (All Blacks)
Flag
Silver fern
Green stone
Haka
Gumboots
Kiwi
Kiwifruit
Jandals
Hokey Pokey ice cream
Black caps
Pavlova
Tui
Millions of Sheep
Plunket

Friday, February 26, 2016

Recount:Waterslide Adventure



Waterslide Adventure



I looked down heart racing,waiting in suspense for the light to go green. I looked behind me wondering if it was too late to back out and it was.I felt sick,I was going to be sick. But before I could say a word, the light flashed green.I took hold of the bar and flung myself onto the waterslide.
  
  I rushed down in a hurry, my legs dragging on the rough plastic of the waterslide.  My mind was racing,my heart was beating. The water splashed at my face and escaped down my throat.I choked and spluttered at this surprise.


I went round a corner and was thrust into darkness. This freaked me out,where was I going? I felt like I couldn’t breath,was there enough air? I started breathing in and out heavily. I gasped and spluttered.I could hear my breaths in the echo of the tube.


 Light streamed into the tube and I felt like I could breath again. I rushed down towards the entrance and got popped out like a cork on a bottle.


 I clambered out of the pool and took breaths in and out. I did it,I really did it! And I asked, “can I go on it again?”