For literacy one of our activities were to pick a decade e.g 70s, 80s etc and research the trends, icons and more about that decade. I chose the 70's and made a presentation on some research I found about that decade.
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Showing posts with label literacy. Show all posts
Friday, 3 March 2017
Thursday, 31 July 2014
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Personal Response
Genre: The genre would be fantasy because there are talking animals involved.
Summary: This book is about a clever little fox named Fantastic Mr. Fox. He lives underground beside a tree trying to feed his wife and 4 kids. To feed his family he has to sneak into 3 farms that are owned by cruel farmers named Boggis, Bunce and Bean. These weren't just weekly visits they were nightly visits. Fantastic Mr . Fox steals livestock available on each farm. The farmers then try to dig up his burrow first using shovels then using caterpillar tractors. While they were doing that underground Fantastic Mr Fox was trying to dig deeper. The farmers were determined to get that fox so they tried so many different things. Fantastic Mr. Fox outsmarted them and dug tunnels to all of their farms and even Beans underground cider storage. The family ended up invited friends and family to dinner with them.
I rate this book a 9/10 and I recommend you to read it.
Here is my A - Z fact file.
Summary: This book is about a clever little fox named Fantastic Mr. Fox. He lives underground beside a tree trying to feed his wife and 4 kids. To feed his family he has to sneak into 3 farms that are owned by cruel farmers named Boggis, Bunce and Bean. These weren't just weekly visits they were nightly visits. Fantastic Mr . Fox steals livestock available on each farm. The farmers then try to dig up his burrow first using shovels then using caterpillar tractors. While they were doing that underground Fantastic Mr Fox was trying to dig deeper. The farmers were determined to get that fox so they tried so many different things. Fantastic Mr. Fox outsmarted them and dug tunnels to all of their farms and even Beans underground cider storage. The family ended up invited friends and family to dinner with them.
I rate this book a 9/10 and I recommend you to read it.
Here is my A - Z fact file.
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Kiwi Kids News -Spurs win NBA
The 2014 NBA championship was won by San Antonio Spurs . Miami Heat played
them and the score was 104 to 87 to the San Antonio Spurs. New Zealand Sean Marks is the Assistant coach of the Spurs and he has become the first New Zealander to win an NBA winners medal as a coach. I play basketball and I love it !!
Do you play basketball?
On the Kiwi Kids News quiz I scored 100%
Heres proof:
James And The Giant Peach - Personal Response
The genre of this book is fantasy and adventure because it has talking creatures and the set of on an exciting adventure.
Summary: Its all about James and how he lives with is two horrible aunts. He is always doing jobs while the other two are inside eating tea. Then Suddenly a giant peach starts to grow and James hears something strange coming from inside. When he meets the strange creatures the adventure starts to happen! He faces an exciting adventure with his friends and comes across some hard changes along the way but they get through them.
If I were to ask the Author one thing I would ask him how he came up with the fabulous story because it is a very exciting story and it would be cool to find out how the idea was brought up.
Summary: Its all about James and how he lives with is two horrible aunts. He is always doing jobs while the other two are inside eating tea. Then Suddenly a giant peach starts to grow and James hears something strange coming from inside. When he meets the strange creatures the adventure starts to happen! He faces an exciting adventure with his friends and comes across some hard changes along the way but they get through them.
If I were to ask the Author one thing I would ask him how he came up with the fabulous story because it is a very exciting story and it would be cool to find out how the idea was brought up.
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Phantom Of The Subway - Personal Response
The Genre of this book is Adventure and mystery/detective because they set off to uncover the mystery.
Summary: Its all about Geronimo Stilton and his friends that set off on an adventure to find the
creature in the subway. They have to pack all the right gear to catch this Creature because it is their worst nightmare.
Personal Response: I enjoyed this book because it was an interesting book to read with all of the cool pictures to go with it. I like how the book has words in the right front relating to what the word is.
.E.g.
Overall I really liked this book.
Summary: Its all about Geronimo Stilton and his friends that set off on an adventure to find the
creature in the subway. They have to pack all the right gear to catch this Creature because it is their worst nightmare.
Personal Response: I enjoyed this book because it was an interesting book to read with all of the cool pictures to go with it. I like how the book has words in the right front relating to what the word is.
.E.g.
Overall I really liked this book.
Friday, 6 June 2014
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Kiwi Kids News - Basketball player Kevin Durant player of the year!
Kevin Durant from Oklahoma City Thunder Stars basketball team has been named PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR 2014!
He has averaged 32 points per game and has also finished the season with a 59 -23 record. LeBron James has won the MVP award 4 times! Kevin Durant is a very good basketball player!
Click here to see how amazing he is!
He has averaged 32 points per game and has also finished the season with a 59 -23 record. LeBron James has won the MVP award 4 times! Kevin Durant is a very good basketball player!
Click here to see how amazing he is!
Friday, 9 May 2014
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Kiwi Kids News - Has The Loch Ness Monster Been found?
The president of the official Loch Ness monster fan cub was very excited when a picture on apple maps was spotted in Scotland. On the satellite mapping service shows a 100ft long
creature floating in the water.
People around the world are divided about whether it is the Loch Ness or it isn't. Do you think it is?
creature floating in the water.
People around the world are divided about whether it is the Loch Ness or it isn't. Do you think it is?
Saturday, 29 March 2014
Kiwi Kids News - Worlds Oldest Hockey Stick
The worlds oldest hockey stick is for sale!
Field hockey stick
Who - Mark Presley bought the hockey stick for $1.000 in from a barber. The barber had been keeping it in his shop on display.
What - The words oldest hockey stick is 180 years old and it is being listed on eBay for $10.000 and it got up to $35.000 in five days.
When - Mark Presley bought the hockey stick in 2008.
Where - The barber had been keeping it on display in his shop for over 30 years.
Ice hokey stick
Field hockey stick
Who - Mark Presley bought the hockey stick for $1.000 in from a barber. The barber had been keeping it in his shop on display.What - The words oldest hockey stick is 180 years old and it is being listed on eBay for $10.000 and it got up to $35.000 in five days.
When - Mark Presley bought the hockey stick in 2008.
Where - The barber had been keeping it on display in his shop for over 30 years.
Ice hokey stick
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