Survival Island

On monday the 18th of september we headed out to the back field for survivor island.  We were split into teams, in my team was Danni, Jordyn, Ella, Lutha and Declan. We only could take 10 items and with these items we had to make a fire, a tepe and a stretcher because in our boat crash someone got severely injured. My team took a lighter, fire starters, newspaper, kindling, sacks, rope, scissors, first aid kit, sausages, marshmallows. We also traded tokens for the items. I enjoyed being outside and building stuff like the teepee and stretcher. We had a Tsunami when we were on our island to test how waterproof our teepee was ( AKA Miss Spittle with a bucket of water) and some of us got drenched. We had a great day, it was very fun.

Character Description

For writing this week we had to write a description about a person that means a lot to us but we don't live with.  We had to describe their face, hair, skin, voice, character and what makes them special to you or what they are known for.  We also had to add similes. I did it on my Grandpa.

His frail  skin wears a little more every day. The skin on his hands are rough due to him working long hours involving hands on work such as using the chain saw and lifting wood. His wrinkled skin reflects his age and he has one blind eye.

Grandpa has sharp whiskers which are always trimmed down neatly like the grass in summer. His thin grey hair is wearing away . He has a blistered nose which looks very sore.

Grandpa owns big machinery liked a loader and a 1.7 ton digger.  He operates big machinery for his job.  He has three cars a Ute a 5 seater car and and old fashioned car with an adjustable roof which is pretty impressive. After a long day at work he often goes to the pub for a drink of beer. Grandpa knows how to play the bagpipes, he doesn't play them that much anymore because he runs out of breath.  Grandpa has a variety of  colorful chickens and also has  two cats named Smudge and Tiger who dart away  whenever we go to his house.  Grandpa has a deep voice. When he talks he is calm and assertive.

Grandpa is very kind because he brings us fizz and lollies every Sunday. He often goes and chops down trees for people in the weekend.

Grandpa has a twin who chopped off grandpa s finger by accident  when they were young when they were out splitting wood.  

Once Poem

Today our criteria was to write a poem in a specific genre and do it from a character's perspective of the book we were reading for our novel study. I did it from Felix perspective when he had just found Zelda the previous night and had taken cover in the hay stack, but in the morning a party of Jews were on the road. I hope that you enjoy reading it and tell me if there is anything I can improve for next time.

The haystack was hard enough it had,

Sharp hay stabbing,  a thick hedge and damp fields surrounding it,

An unlucky crowd was staggering past, nasty natzies were rushing them and a small notebook was luring unwanted attention,

A worried boy was thinking, a tough natzie was aiming and a scared little girl was sitting still,

Scared, frightened terrified,

Doing everything important.

Novel Study 100WC

Today we had to write a 100WC about the next three chapters of our book. For this we had to write in a characters perspective, today I wrote in Felix perspective. I hope you enjoy reading my 100WC and find it interesting.

The year is 1942. My parents had sent me a full carrot in my soup I knew it was a sign they were looking for me. So I have set out on a journey to find my parents and save their books from being burnt by the Natzies. I escaped from the orphanage pretty easily because the nuns had left the gate unlocked from when the Natzies were here before. I walk down the mountain side. At the bottom I go into a deserted house to change my clothes so that people didn´t take me back  if they saw me.

Novel Study 100WC

At the start of the term Miss Spittle assigned us a novel study. As part of the novel study we had to steep into one of the characters shoes and write a 100 WC from their perspective.

It’s the year of 1942, I live in a dark run down old orphanage up in the mountains of Poland. Its summer here but it's still very cold. I´m Dodie and all my relatives are deceased. Today I went down for dinner. We're having soup, like we always do. It has cabbage leaves, pork fat and the occasional piece of grey plaster from the kitchen ceiling. I finish my bowl of soup. Felix isn't touching his food so I ask him if I can eat it, I knew he wanted it  but I asked anyway. We both laughed after that.

The Holidays

This morning we wrote 5 basic sentences about our holiday. We looked at a range of different connectives that will improve our writing. A connective is a word that joins simple sentences or ideas to make your writing better. some connectives are: such as, never the less, in spite of, but, and etc. After that we spent time improving our five basic sentences by using connectives. What connective can you use in your writing?

Despite already going to the super market I still had subway for lunch. The weather wasn't the best never the less we still had a fun holidays. Whilst we were in Invercargill we went to Spider Man Homecoming at the movies. In addition to that we had pizza for tea. In the second week of the holidays Mum and I came down and put the recycling bins out even though we didn't have to.

Novel Study

For reading this term we had to complete a novel study. My book was called An Elephant In The Garden. I hope you enjoy the work that I have done.