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Friday, March 7, 2014

All About Milk

Book Review

.DATE: 26.02.2014         BY: CATHERINE


WHAT WAS THE BOOK ABOUT?
THE BOOK IS ABOUT THIS FAMILY HAVING A SHOPPING WITH A CROCODILE.


WHAT 3 THINGS DID YOU LIKE ABOUT THE BOOK?
EXPLAIN WHY?
  • THE FIRST THING THAT I LIKE ABOUT THE BOOK IS WHEN THEY PUT THEIR MONEY IN THEIR OWN MONEY BOXES.
  • THE SECOND THING THAT I LIKE ABOUT THE BOOK IS WHEN THE CROCODILE  TAKES HIS MONEY OUT AND BUYS HIM SOME FOOD.
  • THE THIRD THING THAT I LIKE ABOUT THE BOOK IS WHEN THE OLD LADY SAID TO THE KIDS “ GET YOUR CROCODILE OFF MY FOOT.


WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE PART AND WHY?
MY FAVOURITE PART WAS WHEN THE CROCODILE STAND ON THE OLD LADY FOOT BECAUSE IT IS FUNNY WHEN THE OLD LADY SAID TO THEM TO GET THE LIZARD OFF HER FOOT.


WHAT 3 THINGS DIDN’T YOU LIKE?
EXPLAIN WHY?
THE ONLY THING THAT I DIDN’T LIKE ABOUT THE BOOK IS WHEN THE CROCODILE BEGINS TO CRY BECAUSE HE LOOK SAD.


WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE CHARACTER AND WHY?
MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER IS ALL OF THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL FUNNY AND INTERESTING.


WHO WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THE BOOK TO AND WHY?
THE PERSON THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND THE BOOK TO IS KILISITINA BECAUSE SHE HELPS ME EVERYTIME.



Junk

mania    Name: Catherine
WALT: Learning to predict, Infer and gain information from text.
Type: Journal
Author: Celia Davies
Title: Junk
Before READING, PREDICT WHAT THE TITLE tells you about the book?
(Predict the story through the title)
I think that the title of the book is about them finding some old stuff somewhere.
Read the text and explain what it is about?
(Gain Information through the text)
The story is about this boy name Joshua wanted to make a trolley. In their garage there were lot’s of junk stuff inside that her mother told him that he can take anything he wanted to. So Joshua and his dad went inside to the garage and find something to build the trolley.
Write about what you believe the Author was feeling/thinking while writing this text. (Make Inference with the evidence found within Text)
During the author wrote this incredible story she feels happy that the supermarket want them to sell their old prams so they can have a new one for the baby.
From your experience, how can you relate to the text and what are your thoughts about the text? (using prior knowledge to make sense of text)
How I can related to this story is by making them another prams or give a gifts to the baby.




Mei-lin's Wish

TITLE: Mei-lin’s Wish
AUTHOR: Lindy Kelly


WHAT WAS THE BOOK ABOUT?
The book was about this girl name Mei-Lin’s wish that she had some friends at her school, because all of her friends are at China.


WHAT 3 THINGS DID YOU LIKE ABOUT IT?
EXPLAIN WHY?
  • The first thing that I like about the book is when  Mei and her nana was drinking tea and also when they were playing some games, because they were doing something fun.
  • The third thing that I like about the book is when Mei went back to school, because Mei didn’t like to go to school because her friends went to China.
  • The third thing that I like about the book is when her nana told her that the singing birds will come to her.


WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE PART AND WHY?
My favourite part was when lots of children want to be Mei friends because she feel lonely when all of her friends went to China.


WHAT 3 THINGS DIDN’T YOU LIKE ABOUT THE BOOK? EXPLAIN WHY?
  • The first thing that I did not like about the story is when all of Mei friends went to China, because when they all went she doesn't have any friends so she didn’t want to go to school.
  • The second thing that I did not like about the story is when Mei did not want to go to school, because all of her friends are gone.
  • The third thing that I didn’t like about the book is when she didn’t like about when her friends went to China because she feels lonely and unhappy.


WHO WAS YOUR FAVOURITE CHARACTER AND WHY?
My favourite character was all of them because they were fun and some other stuff that I like about them.


WHO WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THE BOOK TO AND WHY?
THE ONE THAT I AM GOING TO RECOMMEND THE BOOK TO IS MR SLADE BECAUSE HE IS MY TEACHER.