Reading

media type="custom" key="3734545" width="457" height="108" In term 2 we have been reading the Tale Of Despereaux. It's quite an interesting story. We have to summarise each chapter, see if there is any text that relates to the world, other texts or to ourselves.

At home I have been reading a few books. The first one was called Matilda. Its about a young girl whose parents dont care about her. She is a very smart girl and can look after herself. Her parents would rather her watch TV than read a book. Then she finally gets to go to school. Her principal is a very mean and grumpy woman. She doesnt like kids. Matilda's teacher is very kind and Matilda finds out the principal is her teachers Aunty.

Two Weeks In Grade 6: It's about a girl in grade six named Kaitlen who has only one best friend. Her name is Shelly. One girl named Ashley decides to break up their friendship. It makes Kaitlen sad that Shelly doesnt like her anymore. Then one day she makes a new friend called Stephen. Kaitlen's Mother goes to Perth for work and Kaitlen has to stay with her Grandmother, Eve. Eve wants Kaitlen to move to England with her when she is older, and Kaitlen says yes.

McGrowl: A boy goes for a walk and a stray dog comes running up to him. The dog is very friendly. When they were walking home so the boy could show his mum the dog, when they were crossing a road, a truck was coming but the boy didnt see it. So the dog pushed the boy out of the way and risked his own dog life. The truck hits him and the vet says the dogs insides have to replaced with metals. The vet tells the boy to keep the dog away from electricity wires. The boy decides to call the dog McGrowl. One day McGrowl starts to chase a cat. The cat goes through a hole in the fence which leads to a big electricity vault. McGrowl follows and then the electricity does something to the metal in his body and then he gains special powers.

Lucky Break: There are 3 stories in this book. The first one is about a boy named Dominic. His family lives in a caravan park because they are very poor. Dominic's Father is a very good artist. One day his Father wins a prize. It is a Art Union house in a fancy suburb. They move there even though Dominic doesn't want to because all of his friends are at the caravan park. They get so much attention by the media that Dominic hates it. He would prefer to life in the caravan park. But then he realizes they are rich and better off where they are. The second book is about a girl who's parents want to go to visit their parents but they can't afford it. One day the girl finds a rare record and sells it to the owner for £200. Her parents end up going on a holiday and they are happy. The Third book is about a girl who has two twin brothers and the girl finds an add in the newspaper. Its for a play but the entrants must be two boys who are twins. The girls enemy, Kitty, has two twin brothers who enter too. They try hard at the interveiw and Kitty's brothers become the main characters. The girls brothers and backups and the director of the play says this is good. Then the girl finds another add in the newspaper but this time its for a competition to write the best story for the newspaper. She enters and the book ends there.