Book Reviews

 Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about Reading. This period we are doing book reviews, we are going to writing summaries about our books and there are some questions for us. We need to write a paragraph by at least 6 to 8 sentences. We need proper punctuations and we need to share our ideas sensibly. 

The title of my Book is Freak The Mighty, Freak the Mighty is the two kids which is Kevin and Max. They made a group name and they called themselves Freak The Mighty. The Authors name is Rodman Philbrick, it's my first time reading one of his books and I already like it. I selected Freak The Mighty novel because I thought the book cover was interesting, not only that the book cover was interesting, it already showed the 2 main characters. On the back of the book it says " Killer Kane Killer Kane Has a Kid With No Brain" It hooked me more up because of this.

Overall, I think the book is one of the coolest Book I've ever read, this is because there are some dramatic parts that is really for Year 7&8s.   My favorite part of the book is the first page, it said something like " I had no brain until Freak comes by and let me borrow his". The Characters were Freak the Mighty which is Kevin and Max. They are the main characters. I really recommend this book because it is really for your year level. I think blog readers would enjoy this book. Here is a picture of the book and the author. 

I hope you liked and blog post and please give me some feedback about my writing.

Why we should stop using gasoline?

 Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about why we should stop using gasoline? My team recorded me reading my short speech about why we should stop using gasoline. Something that I enjoyed was working with a group that I don't really work a lot with. I also liked it when there is not much people listening to me just my group. I overcome  reading my speech by thinking that I was just playing around but I still tried. I learnt that I pronounced the other words wrong. When I read my speech I got 3 to 4 words wrong but I re read it and make it right. Persuasive writing is convincing your readers about your writing. Like why we should stop using gasoline which is what I did. Here is my recorded speech and I hope you like it: 

Please comment on my blog post and give me some feedback about my speech recording.

Chelsea Bremner

 Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about Chelsea Bremner, she is a very good rugby player. We get to read an article and answer this questions.

What are some of the key points in this article? They are called the Royal Angels, and the Canterbury stars.

List at least 5 key words in the article, Rule, game, interesting, tackle, technique.

In what ways is Miss Bremner a positive role model for us? She is in a really good team, She teaches schools like HHS how to play rugby and she gives them tips.

What is Chelsea Bremner's team name?

Kids Fun run

 Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about Kids Fun Run. 

How much money do you want to fundraise? I wanted to raise at least 10 dollars, so that I can help for the kids fun run .

How will you encourage people to donate to you? I will be sharing my fun run account to social medias like, Facebook.

Do you have a particular prize you are working towards? I really don't want anything from the prizes, I just wanted to do the fun run.

Explain in your own words what the fundraising money is going to support. We are supporting kids can which is a charity that helps kids.

Coastal wolves.

 Hello readers today I'm going to make a new blog post about Coastal wolves. On our wananga activity board there are some questions. 

Why are some animals at risk of extinction? Some of the animals are in the risk of extinction because they lose their habitat. People cut down trees, some people over fish and now there is not much fish left.

How does their environment vary from other wolves? They live beside rivers or any places with water source.

What are their threats and how do they need our protection? Humans, humans are their threat. Some of the people think they need to kill the coastal wolves because they are wild.

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10 Sentences Using 10 words from Freak's Dictionary.

Hello readers, Today I'm going to be picking 10 words from the book and make sentences with them.

1. Unicorn, A unicorn is an a animal with 1 horn on its head.

2. Tubiliferous, Her hair is Tubiliferous its almost perfect.

3. Zed,  Zed Is saying Z - ZEE for England.

4. Cigarette. He is smoking a cigarette it is bad for them. 

5. Round table, a round table is a table used by high ranked people like the kings and queens. Its where they have Feasts.

6. Brain, A brain is a sponge it absorbs knowledge. 

7. Butthead. Someone that is being a bad to people .

8. Armor. The king is wearing a golden armor.

9. Allergy. He has an allergy of nuts, when he eats nuts he gets ices. 

10. Dictionary. A dictionary is a book with words that explains what they mean.

Please comment on my blog post and give me some feedback about my sentences. 

Letter to Mr. Rodman Philbrick

Hello readers, today I'm going to make a new blog post about Freak The Mighty. We have been reading this novel for 7 weeks and now we are finally finished. On our Fast finisher tasks we need to write a letter to Mr. Rodman Philbrick. Here is the letter that I wrote; November, 23, 2020

Dear Mr. Rodman Philbrick, 

My name is Alex and I’m a student from Hornby High School. When I first read your book it was really interesting because I was still knowing who or which are the characters. We spent 7 weeks reading your novel and now we are finally done. Now that we know all of  the characters  really well we understand the book. When I finished the book I felt good because it's my first time finishing one of your books. I really wanted to ask you a question, why did you think of making the story Freak The Mighty. Rather than writing stories, what other jobs do you do? 

Alex 

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Freak The Mighty Recording.

 Hello readers and listeners, today I'm going to make a new blog post about Freak the Mighty. I chose a passage on the book and read it while recording. Reading while recording was challenging because I didn't want to get my pronunciation wrong. I picked the passage because I think it has a theme or moral. It might help you for your future. Here is my recording: 

Please comment on my blog post about what I did on my reading.

P.E - Gymnastics

 Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about gymnastics. We have been doing gymnastics for 4 weeks and we learnt a lot of skills. If was my first time doing gymnastics and I failed a lot. Now that I know how to do some tricks we did front flips, back flips, tuck jumps and we did a circle on the bars.

Why We Should Stop Using Gasoline?

  Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about why we should stop using gasoline?. I made a short speech about it and I hope you like it.

   SPEECH Alex Bernal Yr 8

Do you think we should stop using gasoline? Hello awesome people  my name is Alex and today I will be presenting a speech about why we should stop using gasoline.  

Vehicles use gasoline so the engine would run, when gasoline burns it releases gases like carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides. These cause air pollution. 

Oxygen is one of the best treatments when you are exposed to gasoline. Breathing a little amount of gasoline might cause illnesses, headaches, breathing problems, and maybe death.

There are 1.4 billion cars here in the world, not everyone needs cars, we can use other  transportations like biking, scootering, hybrid and electric vehicles. 

People should make better choices.  If we keep using cars we all might die because of air pollution. We use 384 million gallons of gasoline each day. Petrol is not just for engines, they are also used  to make vehicle tires , nail polish, sport car bodies and more.

 Using electric powered vehicles doesn’t do anything to the earth, it doesn't cause pollution. Electric powered vehicles will save you more money, you will get less car sick. 

You can also use hybrid cars, they use very little amount of  gasoline and you can use them electrically. Even if they use gasoline, it won’t affect the world as much. We can use hybrid cars while we are still producing electric ones. 

Thank you for listening to my speech. I hope you decide to buy an electric cars in the future. 

Alex

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Diwali

 Hello readers today I'm going to make a new blog post about Diwali, Diwali is an Indian culture. I made a DLO and put facts about Diwali in it. Here is my DLO I hope you like it: 

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Child Povert

 Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about Child Poverty. I made a really sad DLO about it. Here it is:

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Freak the Mighty Book Cover.

 Hello readers today I finished up reading all the chapters for Freak the Mighty and now I'm doing the fast finisher task. Our fast finisher task is making the book cover for Freak the Mighty. I get to work with my friend Angus and we need to make it look better. The book cover is very detailed Its Max and Kevin, Kevin is carrying Max on his back while looking at the sunset. Here is what we made I hope you like it! : 

Please comment on my blog post and give me some feedback about our Freak the Mighty book cover work.

Why we should stop using gasoline?

 Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about why we should stop using gasoline?. I made a short speech about it and I hope you like it. Here it is: Do you think we should stop using gasoline? Hello awesome people  my name is Alex and today I will be presenting a speech about why we should stop using gasoline.  

Vehicles use gasoline so the engine would run, when gasoline burns it releases gases like carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides. These cause air pollution. Oxygen is one of the best treatments when you are exposed to gasoline. Breathing a little amount of gasoline might cause illnesses, headaches, breathing problems, and maybe death.

There are 1.4 billion cars here in the world, not everyone needs cars, we can use other  transportations like biking, scootering, hybrid and electric vehicles. People should make better choices.  If we keep using cars we all might die because of air pollution. 

We use 384 million gallons of gasoline each day. Petrol is not just for engines, they are also used  to make vehicle tires , nail polish, sport car bodies and more. Using electric powered vehicles doesn’t do anything to earth, it doesn't cause pollution. Electric powered vehicles will save you more money, you will get less car sick. You can also use hybrid cars, they use very little gasoline and you can use them electrically. Even if they use gasoline, it won’t affect the world that much. We can use hybrid cars while we are still producing electric ones. 

Thank you for listening to my speech. I hope you decide to buy electric cars in the future. 

This is my speech, writing this speech is challenging because we needed to do a lot of research. I was also exciting because I really like making persuasive writing, which is like hooking people up about your writing.

Please comment on my blog post and give me some feedback a about my speech.

Costal Wolves.

 Coastal Wolves, Hello readers today I'm going to make  a new blog post and it is going to be about coastal wolves. 

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Freak The Mighty.

Hey Guys, today I'm going to make a new blog post about Freak The Mighty. We read chapter 17 to 20, and now we are doing our weekly tasks. Our weekly task is in Chapter 17 Killer Kane confides in Max (pg. 101-102).

How would you describe the emotions he is feeling? Killer was feeling scared, sad and angry.

Why is he feeling this way? Killer is feeling this way because he said, These people stole my life, they took years away from me. He was blamed that he did all the crime. I think Killer Kane is a really good man because of the way he talks. Even if he looks this way, he is a good guy ."I Kenneth Davin Kane, do swear by all that's Holy that I did not murder this boys mother. And if that isn't the truth, may god strike me dead"

What is the conflict between Killer Kane and Loretta? Killer Kane tried to kill Loretta because he was conscious for Kevin. Kevin doesn't know the Killer Kane is his dad, but killer Kane knows that Kevin is he's son. It says on the book that Killer Kane Killer Kane, Had a kid with no brain.

Who are these characters? The characters are Kevin's dad and Loretta is a woman that Max and Kevin helped.

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NZ Slang Words.

Hello readers today I'm making a new blog post about Slang words NZ. We are doing this for our 4th week task which is looking for NZ slang words. Slang NZ is only used in New Zealand, language and slang are different. language can be use to the whole world but slang might only be used in a country like New Zealand. Here is my Slang Words:

Please comment on my blog post and give me some feedback about my NZ slang words. BYE!!