Reciting Nose-Weed

RECITING NOSE-WEED from Johnstones on Vimeo.

Here is me reciting my favourite part of Nose-Weed from Paul Jennings!
I hope that you will enjoy!
I made it on Windows Live Movie Maker:)

Inferring-Rock And A Hard Place!

THE END: When I wake up in the morning, I realise he has.

I inferred that he chose to support both teams ( All Blacks & Springboks ), Fletcher ( cat ) kind of made him understand the meaning of ‘ A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE ’. From his colours, from the saying that you don’t have to choose between being ginger and being white.

I also inferred that if there was a 2nd version of that book ( A rock and a hard place ) it would be about the boy and him cheering for the 2 teams in the Rugby World Cup 2012.

THE START: “ It seems to me that you are stuck between a rock and a hard place,” says my rugby coach.

I inferred that his coach was trying to get him to support his new country, ( NZ ).   

CLUES IN TEXT	INFER	PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
It seems to me that you are stuck between a rock and a hard place,” says my rugby coach.    When I wake up in the morning, I realise he has.	His coach is using a saying to get him cheer for NZ in the Rugby World Cup. Also I inferred that his coach was trying to get him to support his new country, ( NZ ). I inferred that he chose to support both teams ( All Blacks & Springboks ), Fletcher ( cat ) kind of made him understand the meaning of ‘ A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE ’. From his colours, from the saying that you don’t have to choose between being ginger and being white.	I know that he was using a saying to make it a little more fun and maybe tricky to understand what it means and it can also be when someone is stuck with something. It is called a lose-lose situation. That his pet cat made him choose what team to go for and that he didn’t have to think really hard to try and choose what team to cheer for.

TASH’S TABLE:)

CLUES IN TEXT	INFER	PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
It seems to me you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place,” says my rugby coach. When I wake up in the morning, I realise he has.	That there is going to be a challenge up ahead or he might have to decide to choose between two things.   I inferred that he chose to support both sides and that Fletcher made him understand why he should support the All Blacks too because of the	I know that it will be about someone stuck and needs help and that it means it will be a lose- lose chance. I said: I know that the cat made him decide and that

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Buddy Hot Seat:)

Buddy Hot Seat from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

 Task that the Droids did in week 1:) 

We had to do a character hot seat on Josh and Chantal from the wonderful novel ' BUDDY ' 

It was really cool, above there is a video of the group performing in front of the class. 

BUDDY AND CHANTAL HOT SEAT Q’S

Josh : Brody

Chantal:Casey  

Presenter:Felicity

Presenter: Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the one and only Character Hot seat. Tonight we have Chantal and Josh from the fabulous novel Buddy.

Applause

Chantal’s Q’s

Felicity:  Hi Chantal my name is Felicity, my question for you (Chantal ) is what made you adore Splash the cute little kitten.

ANSWER: Well she is full of mischief and excitement and she is very cute.

Katherine: Hi Chantal my name is Katherine and I have a question for you. Why does your dad not let you have pets?

ANSWER:Because since we move around every now and then it is too hard to take a pet on the move.

Brody:  My question for you today Chantal is were you hooked to Josh when you first meet or did you need to get to know him.

ANSWER: I got to know him.     

Sami:Hi Chantal I’m Sami My question for you is Why did you like music so much.

Answer: Because it is exciting to learn different songs and things.

Natasha:Hello Chantal I’m Natasha and my question for you today is, did you ever like Shane?

Answer: No I did not because he did not think I could carry my own bag to the bike shed.   

Josh’s Questions

Flossie: Hi Josh i’m Felicity and my question for you ( Josh ) is how was it like running with jake in the wheelchair?

ANSWER:It was exhilarating I loved every bit of it.


Natasha: Hi Josh, I’m Natasha and my question for you today is how did you feel when Suzanne was talking to you about her life.

ANSWER: It was awkward.

Casey: Hi Josh, my question for you is did you like it when Chantal kissed you?

ANSWER: I don’t know, she kind of just did it.

Sami: Hi Josh, I’m Sami. My question for you is why did you want to keep Jake a secret?

Answer: Because he will get picked on, he was already a secret so I thought it should stay that way. Obviously until the triathlon came around.      

Kazzie : How did you feel when you were pushing Jake to the finish line at the triathlon and you were coming first, then Shane bet you?

Answer: I didn’t really mind because all I cared about was Buddy.  

Character Hot Seat Episode 1 from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.
                         Task that the Storm-troopers did!  
                      Above is the other character hot seat that the storm-troopers did:)   


                  I hope that you enjoy both videos:)  
Mr.M Made these videos better on movie maker:)

K.W.L Chart for Extraterrestrials

K	W	L
Something from a different planet. Scientists study what life is on other planets. Out of this world - Planets - Stars E.T Immigrants like E.T’s N.A.S.A is a big company that works with space. Satellites are put in all areas of space. People think that there could be living things on mars. People have been on the moon.	How far away are these other planets with possible life on it? How could different planets support life? How long have scientists been looking for life? Has anybody seen life on another planet before? How many people have been to outer space?   How long does it take to prep for going to outer space? How long does it take to become an astronaut? Where is N.A.S.A based mainly. Where do new planets come from and how do they form.	You can be old and young to go into space. People say that they have seen a real U.F.O before. How the galaxy works. What an exoplanet / extrasolar does and where it is placed in the universe. When the first spacecraft went into space. Mars may support life. Who the first man and lady to go into space. That they put noises from earth on a gold record. 1 Billion stars is only 1% of the milky way’s stars. If you dig 5 centimeters under the ground you can find pure ice and soil that can grow vegetables. ( IN MARS ). N.A.S.A is based in the U.S.A

Letter To V.M. Jones

Dear Mrs V.M. Jones,

Hi my name is Felicity and I am writing you a letter, I hope you enjoy.

My class has just finished reading your breathtaking novel ‘Buddy’, it was just so touching and beautiful. At times the class would yell at the teacher to persuade him to keep going because it was so interesting, we couldn’t bear to put the book down, that’s how amazing it is. You write the best books ever.

My favourite character would have to be Chantal, because she sounds so bittersweet and very delightful. I also liked the sound of Splash the cheeky little kitty.
What made you choose that kind of personality for Chantal?   
What made you so inspired to be an author?  

I am sure that a lot of people who have read your book now know not to make fun of people with special needs, because really they are actually really peaceful and loving not to forget caring.
Also people should know that family and friends are much more important than winning.
Your ‘Buddy’ novel is a great inspiration for people who want to write a novel.

I would really enjoy to see a second Buddy story because you had the most weirdest ending that made me think there should be much much more. Please come and visit my class and I at Parkvale School HASTINGS, we would absolutely love to see you in person and thank you for giving such an inspiration for young writers. I also like that Josh didn’t care about what colour medal it was. All they needed was a simple a medal to show their love.

I hope to see that you have commented on my blog soon.

Yours sincerely Felicity Johnstone.  


Check this ( link) out to my teachers blog, on there you can see more stuff about the wonderful book 'Buddy'. ENJOY:)

My Q&A

My Q&A for the wild deer debate, it seemed like a good idea at the time and a helpful immigrant.

1. How will we change this?   We can all work together and possibly make a poison that will just kill the pests not other animals that we want to keep here.

 

2. What could happen if we don’t start now?   The pest population will get bigger and bigger in New Zealand and then more and more of our native animals will become extinct.

3. Where might this mistake end up? New Zealand will end up with out any native animals.
4. Who might be able to destroy these pests? D.O.C and scientists can work together and make something to wipe them out of New Zealand for 
5. good.
6. When should the process start? As soon as possible or we will be saying goodbye to our native animals for good.

1. Why should we remove the gorse from New Zealand? Because it is an awful plant that can ruin our wonderful environment.

2. What could happen to our native animals if we do not get rid of the pests? They will all become extinct and other countries won’t come to see our wonderful animals.

3. When will our native animals die out?  We don’t know but we will know if we keep those terrible pests in New Zealand, because they will kill them all. ( The Native Animals and plants )

4. How can New Zealanders help the D.O.C? The D.O.C could organise a group to help with a plan or all of New Zealand can help. ( The ones who want to save our country of course.)

5. What would our environment be like without all of the pests? It would be absolutely beautiful, the way New Zealand came together at first.

My Deer Debate

                                                                  

Why we should stop hunting for deer?

Why we should hunt for deer?

To let them live and be part of New Zealand. Their species will die out from the humans killing them and then the poor people will die because there will be no deer to hunt Some people in New Zealand like to see deer in the wild not hanging up in a store or served on their plate for dinner. Some people do not like to come across blood and guts and other insides. By Felicity Johnstone Book: The Wild Deer Reading Group: The Droids.

People hunt for deer so they can save money . Families live on their meat. Because it is a sport for New Zealand hunters. You can skin them to use their fur to make something warm to wear in the winter. Some people don’t like to see deer in the wild so they decide to kill them. Some people like to eat deer meat. People don’t like to see how the deer are ruining our native animals and trees. ( Plants, Trees, Animals )

    

Literacy Circle Movie

This is my LITERACY CIRCLE movie that I did on Windows Live Movie Maker, it is a really cool and fun to do. My friend also has one her name is Natasha.

Literacy Circle

The title of this book is Kensuke's Kingdom and the author Michael Morpurgo.

My Reading Timeline

My Favourite Story Bird

How to: Survive Waiting to Open Presents in December on Story bird This is a story bird that I liked out of a lot of other story birds. It is about how to Survive Waiting To Open Presents In December, I thought that it is great seeing as all children can't wait to open their presents in December. It is a book that helps your child to wait and let their parents sleep in on Christmas   morning. It will say that you need to distract yourself.  I hope that you enjoy it, I personally think that you will love it.

Travis the turkey

 

This is the turkey Travis from the book A Fistful of Feathers part of the book GUYS READ  that my teacher Mr Moriarty is reading to the class as a class book. We had to go to the website Character Scrapbook and do the title and the name of the character when you pull up the page. Then you can design your character and type in 10 things that you know about your character just like I did for Travis the Turkey. Though in my picture it is an Owl because that was the closest to a turkey in the selection of animals, there is a choice for a person as well and you can dress it and style its hair and face it is a lot of fun. I recommend you try it.

Word of the day

After brain food room 20 chose a word from our book that we read while we were eating, we went onto a website called snappy thesaurus put our one word into a box then in the big white box below it exploded with all different meanings for the word DOG [The picture up the top]. We will be doing this hopefully everyday after brain food.