End of book review

 Hi guys as you can tell from the tittle that I am giving an end of book review to say what I think of the book Playing To Win. we are doing this cause we gave what we could predict from what they said at the back of the book and the cover.

End of book review 

I like this book its very interesting and had a lot of drama witch it not my thing but it made it a lot more fun to read and hooked me into the book. Next time the Author could maybe space it out the drama a bit because when they did this they made some chapters more interesting than the others but over all this was a really good book. I like the way the Author did not make it all love and made it different than most other high school books. I do think that maybe they could describe the characters more better and make it more easy to do a character description. I really like Alice, Todd, Rose and Lucy they made the book more amazing. The main characters were Alice , Todd and Denny. Alice Todd and Denny made the book more interesting. I selected this book because it had sports in it and the others didn't so it made it more better and fun. Overall I think this was a very good book and had character to it.  my favourite part was when Alice was sarcastic to Todd.  I would recommend this to my brother because it might be very interesting to him  and he might actually like it. Another part of the book that was amazing to read was when Todd deliberately ordered Denny what he didn't ask for.  This was very amazing to read and I would like to read a part two of Playing To Win. 

EOTC jelly park

Hi guys today in wga and hur 4 I have been working on a DLO on water safety rules. for this task I have been using google drawing. 

why fireworks should be banned blog

 Hi guys these past few weeks in hur 4 we have been writing a speech on persuasive writing. Something I enjoyed about speech writing was the writing because I have had experience on persuasive writing and I have years ago wrote about why fireworks should be banned. One thing about persuasive writing is that I have for years thought that fireworks should be banned and it something that I want to stick with cause I have so many reasons why fireworks should be banned. When I did the writing I knew I could do it cause I've done it before and I'm passionate on that fireworks should be banned.  All thought out this  persuasive writing I have learned that I cant speak to people that well if I don't know them that well. I have also learned that as a public writer I cant read because I get very nervous I don't say the words right and i nearly whisper my writing. 

Adrenalin forest

 Hi guys today in wga we have been working on some tasks for EOTC week. I did a poster for Adrenalin forest.

gym pe

 hi guys today we have been working on gymnastics in pe these past weeks and months. I have learned to use the beam. So far  in gymnastics we have been working on the trampoline, mini trampoline, beam, parallel bars and more. we have done some front flip straight jamp and more. we have been doing front flips, back flips  knee slips. we have also been hoping leaping frog jumps and cart wheels. on the bar we have been doing rolling off the ar , tuck legs through roll and more. one of my favourite things was to do a front flip on the mini tramp and land on the mats. on the parallel bars we have been doing walking with our arms. 

eotc Margaret mahy

hi guys today we have have been working on our EOTC tasks for our trips to some places. I got to chose a task I wanted to do so I did a biography on Margaret Mahy.

~ Margaret Mahy ~

Nz author.

Makes Adult and children books.

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Made more than 100 picture books, 40 novels,and a collection of short stories.

Died : 1936 - 2012

Birth date : 21 . 3 . 19 

Date of death :  23 . 7 . 20

Born in : Whakatane

                                       Cause of death : cancer

                                                 

description :

Margaret Mahy was an NZ children and young adult author born in Whakatane she made over  100 picture books, 40 novels and a collection of short stories.  

Margaret mahy died from cancer at the age of 76. She was diagnosed in april. Margaret mahy was a Liberian for over 10 years. Margaret mahy wrote her first book at the age of seven.

Margaret mahy was the eldest out of five children and her father was a bridge builder. The father read stories to all the children and influenced Margaret mahy to be a story writer. Margaret mahy’s mother was a teacher and she had a lot of relatives in the town with her. Mahy was a great swimmer at high school and she also worked as and nurse aide for six years.

    

Playing To Win week 7

 Hi guys today in reading we have finished the last chapter of the book. we had to wright a letter to the author of the book. 

Hi I would like to say this book was all really good and fascinating with all the drama and stuff all throughout the book. One thing I do wanna say is that all though this book was interesting I didn't like the fact that some of the chapters had more interesting things going on that the others were just really boring and not hooking me in. sometimes it was making me wanna turn away but over all this was really good. I do wanna ask if there is or will be a Playing To Win book 2. It would be fun to read the next book and read what more drama can go on between all the characters. Also in the future I would like it if you could describe the characters it would be great. I would like it if there was more to them than what I have read.   

100 word challenge

 Hi today in Wanaga we have been doing another 100 word challenge. we had to do this with a random setting and story line the teacher created. The story line is that there is a life size bubble that can take us where ever we want so I chose Paris I kinda wanna see Paris but also Russia.

I was walking through a forest and stumbled upon a life size bubble that will float me

anywhere I want. I walked into the bubble and there I was thinking of where I wanted

to go but all I could think of is there’s no place like home cause it was funny and I just

watched the movie. I thought of a place I wanted to go to and decided Paris so off i float

all invisible so no one can see me. I landed in Paris, saw the beautiful Eiffel

Tower and so much more. I went to the Dine at a street café and had a very fun time.

my new shoe

 hi today we have had a task to create our own shoe.  we designed our shoe and i think mines creative but i would personally not were them anywhere.  when I did this I did a lot of different designs and changed it a lot of times. I love this task and i thought it was very fun and I would do it again another time. 

playing to win

 Hi or Kia Ora  today we have been working on an trailer for playing to win. we had to do an part of the book. when we did this we had Ashton playing the role of Alice,  Carla playing the role of Clara, me / shanaya playing the role of Todd the bully and Alexia playing the role of Denny. for our trailer we just introduce our characters or roles we played.  

Playing To Win week 5

Hi guys today in reading we have read chapter 8 - 9, for our task we have to do are weekly Friday  discussion / basically questions about the book. We had to do these because we have no school on Friday.

1. Denny has a lot of responsibilities in his life, he helps his mum with fiances, has a job he takes care of his sisters and is part of a team. do you think these are reasonable responsibilities for a sixteen year old why or why not?   Denny does have a lot of responsibilities but I think that they are reasonable responsibilities for a sixteen years old. I think that its good to be active and do a lot of work. I also think that he should be doing these things so he's ready for when he moves out.

2. What responsibilities do you have in your life? How do you manage them and make sure you are completing everything you are trusted to do? In my life I have to do dishes and washing I'm also responsible for if anything is lost or to remember things that my family wont. ( For when I say anything lost I'm always who they blame and I have to find everything  that is lost).

3.  Denny feels pressured to drink at the party, but he still says no. why do you think the boys are pressuring him? Why do you think it is important to stand up for your beliefs? what values do you think he was showing by saying no to underage drinking? I think the boys are pressuring him cause he is saying no and wont do it. I think its important to stand up to your beliefs because its your body and your  decision for what you do. I  also think that listening to your beliefs is a great way of showing commitment. ( I think) I think he showed commitment, resilience, respect, and being responsible person he also showed integrity.( I think) 

100 word challenge

 Hi guys today we have been working on 100 word challenge as most probably know what is. The picture was foot print's in the snow. 

I woke up to the sound of christmas bells ringing. it's christmas eve and there

is snow everywhere. I walk down the streets to the smell of home baked cookies

and gingerbread cookies. The town square is as bright as ever and all the

Christmas decorations are up. It's almost like you're in a world of gold, red and green.

There I was going past the park just after the town square. I walked to my favorite

spot at the top of the hill under the big evergreen tree. I sat down in the spot with no

snow and sang.

playing to win week 4

 Hi this week in reading we have been working on adding more to our character description. We had to put more cause where farther into the book. 

 

When we did this I also wrote what I have picked out from who the characters act and behave.

Alice - Strong minded, independent, calm and hard working, sarcastic and funny.

She’s very independent and does not need prince charming to come and help.

she can be serious and she means what she says. Alice does not change her mind

she sticks with what she  thinks. She is not first to lose but not first to win. She is

friends with Denny, Clara, Zak and Todd. She does not have the strongest relationship

with Todd but there still friends.

Todd - Todd never lets anyone get in his way when he has something planned and if anyone

does they’ll regret it. Todd is also very independent just like Alice. Todd and Alice don't

have the strongest relationship but that does not stop Todd from liking her. Todd is very

obnoxious and full of himself. He does not like Denny and hate's people parking in his park.

Denny - Denny is kind and hardworking. He likes to make friends and play rugby.

He has an interesting character to him. He's independent  and friends with Alice,

Clara, Pete and Zak. He got a new car and moved into a new house and school.

He  moved from invercargill. He goes to westbridge. Denny is also responsabile. Denny has

two sisters called Lucy and Rose.

Gymnastics P. E

 Hi guy's today in gymnastics we have been doing all different things Like the beam the trampoline, mini trampoline and more. we did the mini trampoline Its when you have an mini trampoline and crash mats that you land on after you do your trick. With my group we did a straight jump, two feet landing jump and a front flip. I had fun my favourite part or activity we did was the flip. one thing I think I would like to do if there is a next time is the  big trampoline or the beam I really like both even though I don't like gymnastics.