Pale

Author Description of Book:
The Lazarus Serum can save your life.
Bring you back from the dead.
Only thing is, you come back... different.
You're a pale.
An outcast.
It's the lat thing Jed wants to happen to him.
But then, Jed's just been hit by a car.

What did I like/didn't like about the book?
I didn't like how people were bullying David Bloom, the "Pale" just because he came back from the dead.

What would have I changed?
I would've changed how the story starts, I didn't really like when the boy got bullied.

Rating:
3/5

Chris Wooding

Task:Create an author profile for the author of the book. Don't forget to list the other books he/she has written.

Full Name:
Chris Wooding

Date of Birth:
28th February 1977
Nationality:
English
Parents:
(Parent names not found)

Books Written:
That Haunting of Alaizabel Cray, Storm Thief, The Black Lung Captain, Braided Path, The Ace of Skulls, Tales of the Ketty Jay: Retribution Falls, The Black Lung Captain, The Iron Jackal, The Ace of Skulls, Poison, Pandemonium, The Skein of Lament, The Ascendancy Veil, The Fade, The Ember Blade, Velocity, Havoc, Pale, Broken Sky: Part 5, Broken Sky: Part 4, Broken Sky: #3, Broken Sky: Part 2, Broken Sky, Catchman, A Dog of the Union, Crashing, Kerosene, The Twilight War, The Iron Jackal: A Tale of the Ketty Jay, Endgame, Communion, Piratenmond: Roman, Survive, Silver, Malice, Frey.

What am I learning?
I'm learning to get better at remembering things from the books I read.

How am I progressing with my learning?
I think I am progressing well with my learning because, I can remember important parts from the books I read and sometimes explain them in a very detailed way.

What questions/ ideas/ thoughts do I have now I have completed the task?
How long has Chris been writing books?
Has anyone or something inspired him to write on of his books?

What would I do next time?
Next time I would try harder to find the authors parents.

Questions:
What should I do next time?
What could I improve on?
Are there any improvements I can make?

Readers Theatre

What am I learning?
I am learning how to read a script, read with expression and to read out loud.

How am I going towards achieving this learning?
I think I am doing well with achieving my learning, because I have read a script, tried to use expression in my learning and read with a clear and loud voice.

What do I need to do to be a strong performer in Readers Theatre?
In order to be a strong performer I should work with my teammates, make sure to include everyone in my team and to memorise and express my script in a clear and enjoyable way.

What am I wondering?
How important is team work to be successful in Readers Theatre?

The Works of Andy Warhol

Festival of the Arts:

What is pop art?
Art based on modern popular culture and the mass media, especially as a critical or ironic comment on traditional fine art values.

My digital name tag:

Reflection:

What do I find interesting about pop art?
The colour that you can find in pop art really interests me.

What do I want to find out about pop art?
How long has pop art existed?

What would I like to create?
I would like to create a beautiful piece of pop art.

Writing Goal!

My goal in writing is:
My goal in writing is to get better at my structure and language. I am currently at level four according to the rubric score.

I have chosen this goal because:
I have chosen this goal because I feel like I really need to get better at it. It is the only level four in the rubric score, so I really think that I should work really hard to get it to a level five or six.

To achieve this goal I will need to:
Learn the difference between present tense and past tense, and use the right tense in my future writing.

Agent 21- Codebreaker: London Is in Danger- And the Clock Is Ticking

Author Description of Book:
Secret agent Zak Darke is back for his third mission - and the stakes have never been higher.

An unknown bomber is conducting a terror campaign in London. After an explosion on the tubes leaves some dead, Zak and his team are brought in to try and work out how this terror cell operates - but clues are scarce and they have no idea where, or when, the bomber will strike next. A teenage boy, currently detained young offender's institute, clams he has the answer - but before Zak can question him, the boy is shot and falls into a coma. Will Zak be able to break the cipher before the bomber strikes again?



What did I like/didn't like about the book?
I like how the story includes explosion. It makes it more appealing to readers that have thing for action books.

What would have I changed?
I wouldn't change anything about this book even if I had a chance to. The book is very well written and will make you really interested.

Rating:
5/5

Task:Create a bookmark the promotes other books written by the same author.


Here is the bookmark I made for this task, and it includes Killing For The Company and Agent 21- Codebreaker: London Is in Danger- And the Clock Is Ticking written by Chris Ryan.




















What am I learning?
I am learning to get better at remembering things from the books I read.

What questions/ ideas/ thoughts do I have now I have completed the task?
Are any of these books based on true events?
Does Chris Ryan illustrate the covers of his books?

What would I like to do next time?
If I were to do this again I would write a short summary of the books and include it on the bookmark.

Questions:
What should I do next time?
What could I improve on?
Are there any improvements I can make?

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Description About the Book According to Web:

Captain Underpants is a children's novel series. The series revolves around 2 fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, living in Piqua, Ohia and Captain Underpants, an aptly names superhero from one of the boys' homemade comic books, that accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotise their ill-tempered principal, Mr. Kupp. Soon after, Mr. Krupp gains superpowers by drinking alien juices in the third book. 

What did I like/didn't like about the book?

I like how the book is funny sometimes, and how the story goes.

What would have I changed?

I would change the characters in the story.

Rating:

4/5

Task:Create a bookmark that promotes others book written by the same author.

 This is the bookmark I made for this task. It includes 2 books Dav Pilkey wrote. One is The Adventures of Captain Underpants and the Dog Man.

What am I learning?

I'm learning to get better at remembering things from the books I read.

What questions/ ideas/ thoughts do I have now I have completed the task?

Was Dav inspired to write this book?

Was this book dedicated to a certain someone?

What would I like to do next time?

Next time I would probably add more books that the author wrote in my bookmark. 

Questions:

What should I do next time?

What could I improve on?

Are there any improvements I can make?

The Dark Blue 100 Ride Bus Ticket

Author Description of Book:

When Carlo and his mother Jessica, accept a free bus ticket from a strange old woman in the supermarket, they are really only being polite. Secretly they think she must be slightly batty, with her talk about a hundred free bus rides to the supermarket at the end of the world. How absurd! And yet, right outside their supermarket, which is of the most ordinary, everyday kind, a Number 13 bus pulls up... dark and blue and with gold stars, just like the ticket. 

Feeling suddenly adventurous, Jessica and Carlo take their seats... and nothing turn out the way you would except.

Because the wonderful supermarket is real- but so are the horrible Dowlers, who are plotting and scheming to destroy it. What begins with fun and laughter becomes violent and dangerous, and the courage of a pair of resourceful children will be needed if the horrible, howling Dowlers are to be defeated. 

What did I like/didn't like about the book?

I like how it included magic and how it could make you so interested. To be honest, I don't really dislike anything about this book, I think the author has written it very well. 

What would have I changed?

I wouldn't change anything about this book. I think the idea of 100 free bus rides to the supermarket is really neat.

Rating:

4.5/5

Margaret Mahy

Task:Create an author profile for the author of the book. Don't forget to list the other books he/she has written.

Full name:

Margaret Mahy

Date of Birth:

21st March 1936

Nationality:

New Zealander 

Parents:

Frances George Mahy

Books written:

The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance, A Lion in the Meadow, The Haunting, The Tricksters, The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate, The Seven Chinese Brothers, The Catalogue of the Universe, Maddigan's Fantasia, The Great White Man-eating Shark, A summery Saturday morning, Kaitangata Twitch, The Magician of Hoad, The great piratical rumbustification ; & The librarian and the robbers, The Witch in the Cherry Tree, 17 kings and 42 elephants, The Three-legged Cat, The Moon & Farmer McPhee, The Man from the Land of Fandango, Mister Whistler, Alchemy, The Green Bath, The Wind Between the Stars, The Dark Blue 100 Ride Bus Ticket, The Horrendous Hullabaloo, Underrunners, Jam: A True Story, The horribly haunted school, Footsteps Through the Fog, The Christmas tree tangle, The rattlebang picnic, The Boy With Two Shadows, Early Reader: Aunt Nasty, The Pirates' Mixed-Up Voyage, When the King Rides by, Down the dragon's tongue, The Chewing Gum Rescue and Other Stories, Shock Forest, Raging Robots and Unruly Uncles, The Gargling Gorilla, A Villain's Night Out, My Wonderful Aunt, Beaten by a balloon, Tiritimoras Tubertifas y Telefonos, The girl with the green ear, Bum, baby, bum bum!

What am I learning?

I'm learning to get better at remembering things from the books I read.

How am I progressing with my learning?

I think I am progressing well with my learning because this is the 3rd time I'm doing this task, and I don't think I have slacked off on any of them.

What questions/ ideas/ thoughts do I have now I have completed the task?

Did Margaret get inspired to write this book?

How long did she take to write this book?

What would I like to do next time?

Next time I would try to look harder for information about the author.

Questions:

What should I do next time?

What could I improve on?

Are there any improvements I can make?