I like the story
z is for moose
Friday, 28 June 2013
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Smackdown Chloe and Lion vs Each Kindness
This was a CLOSE battle!
Out of 30 students, 17 students (one more than half the class) really loved Each Kindess.
Both stories were so interesting but one was funny and the other was serious, teaching you a lesson.
Out of 30 students, 17 students (one more than half the class) really loved Each Kindess.
Both stories were so interesting but one was funny and the other was serious, teaching you a lesson.
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
Summary
Maya is a new girl who seems to be poor because she wears second-hand clothing. Everyone at the new school ignores her and when Maya asks Chloe to play she turns away from her. Chloe finds out that each kindness is like a ripple when you throw a rock into a pond. Kindness spreads out. Chloe decides to be nice and make it up to Maya but she doesn't get a chance because Maya moved away to another house.
Opinion
25 students out of 30 really liked this book because it teaches you a lesson at the end of the story. The illustrations made them feel like it was real life. The illustrations gave us feelings....loneliness. It teaches us that you have to be nice to everyone and you never know when you'll have the opportunity to make it up to a person.
Maya is a new girl who seems to be poor because she wears second-hand clothing. Everyone at the new school ignores her and when Maya asks Chloe to play she turns away from her. Chloe finds out that each kindness is like a ripple when you throw a rock into a pond. Kindness spreads out. Chloe decides to be nice and make it up to Maya but she doesn't get a chance because Maya moved away to another house.
Opinion
25 students out of 30 really liked this book because it teaches you a lesson at the end of the story. The illustrations made them feel like it was real life. The illustrations gave us feelings....loneliness. It teaches us that you have to be nice to everyone and you never know when you'll have the opportunity to make it up to a person.
Sunday, 23 June 2013
The Obstinate Pen By Frank Dormer - soumil
A summary by Soumil
I like this story because it has some juicy and funny ideas. It also was a short book. If it didn't have any words like unspoken it would be tricky to read. The obstinate pen takes place in a city. The obstinate pen is about an uncle who loved his pen then the pen got passed to people and the pen wrote what ever he wants. When it got passed to the boy, he drew and the pen let him.
Thursday, 20 June 2013
The Obstinate Pen - Frank Dormer-Dilpreet
A Summary by Dilpreet.K.S.
This story is about a pen that is doing silly things. Uncle Flood wrote THE FOLLOWING STORY IS ALL TRUE but the pen wrote something else that was funny and silly so he trys again. Uncle Flood trys again but again it wrote something that was funny and silly again. He says ''if you don't work this time I'll will throw you in the garage''. It writes something that was funny and silly again so Uncle Flood throws him outside. It was in officer Wonkle's hands so he try ed to write with it three times but it never worked so he threw it away. Mrs. Norkham Pigeon Smythe's finds the pen so uses it in a party then puts it in a nice, strong case. While everyone was asleep the pen somehow finds a way to escape. It looks everywhere when in the morning it goes to Uncle Flood's nephew.
This story is about a pen that is doing silly things. Uncle Flood wrote THE FOLLOWING STORY IS ALL TRUE but the pen wrote something else that was funny and silly so he trys again. Uncle Flood trys again but again it wrote something that was funny and silly again. He says ''if you don't work this time I'll will throw you in the garage''. It writes something that was funny and silly again so Uncle Flood throws him outside. It was in officer Wonkle's hands so he try ed to write with it three times but it never worked so he threw it away. Mrs. Norkham Pigeon Smythe's finds the pen so uses it in a party then puts it in a nice, strong case. While everyone was asleep the pen somehow finds a way to escape. It looks everywhere when in the morning it goes to Uncle Flood's nephew.
The Obstinate pen-by Frank Dormer- Aryan and Jayden
A Summary by Aryan
I like this book because it has awesome and funny ideas. The best part was when
the pen let boy draw.
My Opinion:
I liked the parts when it was saying funny words at the people. My favourite part was when the pen let the boy draw because I think that he liked him. They both liked to draw and do silly things.
I like this book because it has awesome and funny ideas. The best part was when
the pen let boy draw.
My Opinion:
I liked the parts when it was saying funny words at the people. My favourite part was when the pen let the boy draw because I think that he liked him. They both liked to draw and do silly things.
The Opstinate Pen Frank Dormer Arifin
A Summary by Arifin
This book is about a pen that has a mind of its own .First a uncle flood brought a regular pen and said" DON'T BOTHER ME WHEN I'M WRITING"!to his nephew.When he was going to write something the pen wrote something too.It wrote bad comments to him so he got so angry that he just threw the pen out of the window. It landed in town and officer Wonkle piked it up to write a ticket to a lady.The pen did the same thing make bad comments so he threw the pen away.It landed in front of a limosine of Mrs.Pigen-Smythe the driver picked it up and gave it to her."can you give me some paper''she said.when she was about to write somthing it wrote a funny comment and she laughed again it hapenend and she laughed even harder so she dicided to have a party to try the pen and everybody tryed it so he putted ina room that none would go in.then the pen got out and went into Henry's hand so he decided to draw and the pen drew
My Opinon
I really liked this book and its funny words and
The obstinate pen - Frank Dormer- Finn
A summary by Finn
a man had a pen and he got mad at it and threw it and it hit a police the police got mad and threw it at the queen and she laugh at it but it escaped it went to a boy and it let him draw.
my opinion
i didn't like this book because it wasn't funny in the illustration and the writing and it didn't make very much sense.
The Obstinate pen By Frank Dormer
By Meadow
A summary by meadow
This story is about a guy with a pen and the pen did not write what he wrote and it did not write what any body wrote all it wrote was bad things about them. Every body through the out of there window until one boy found the pen.
My opinion
I like this story because the pen only will draw. I like how the grown ups write the ''pen'' writes silly things instead of the things ''they'' write.
A summary by meadow
This story is about a guy with a pen and the pen did not write what he wrote and it did not write what any body wrote all it wrote was bad things about them. Every body through the out of there window until one boy found the pen.
My opinion
I like this story because the pen only will draw. I like how the grown ups write the ''pen'' writes silly things instead of the things ''they'' write.
The Obstinate pen
A Summary by Nolan
I Really liked the book becouse the story is about a pen who writes things That are super funny but the things
are really the oppisate of what things the pen writes that are super funny.
My Opinian
I Really liked the book because it was really funny and i laughed at the part when the pen was writing stuff
that was Oppisate
I Really liked the book becouse the story is about a pen who writes things That are super funny but the things
are really the oppisate of what things the pen writes that are super funny.
My Opinian
I Really liked the book because it was really funny and i laughed at the part when the pen was writing stuff
that was Oppisate
The Ostinate Pen BY FRANK DORMER SIMRAN D.
SUMMARY
BY SIMRAN D.:
This story is about a pen that if you write something down it WONT!!!!!!!!!!! It will always write something else !!!!!!!!!!! That's when every body would just throw the away the pen and then this little boy found the pen and when the boy drew with the pen the pen ..................DREW WHAT THE LITTLE BOY WANTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OPINION: I would totally recommend this story to a friend . This story is the BEST story EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BY SIMRAN D.:
This story is about a pen that if you write something down it WONT!!!!!!!!!!! It will always write something else !!!!!!!!!!! That's when every body would just throw the away the pen and then this little boy found the pen and when the boy drew with the pen the pen ..................DREW WHAT THE LITTLE BOY WANTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OPINION: I would totally recommend this story to a friend . This story is the BEST story EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Obstinate Pen by Frank Dormer-Tina
A Summary By Tina
The obstinate pen is a pen that writes silly things to insult people.
First uncle Flood gets the pen then he throws the pen away because it wrote something different.
Second Officer Wonkles gets it and the he throws it away too.
Next the queen gets it and she enjoyed how funny the pen was.
She had a party and she invited all her friends to try out the pen.
The pen insulted all of her friends.
The pen escapes from the queen.
A boy named Horace found the pen.
He started to draw.
The pen let him.
My opinion
I liked the book because they all hated the pen except for the queen.
I liked how the pen insulted everyone.
I loved the stuff that the pen wrote about everyone.
I would recomend this book to a friend!
The illustrations were very funny!!!!!!!!
The obstinate pen is a pen that writes silly things to insult people.
First uncle Flood gets the pen then he throws the pen away because it wrote something different.
Second Officer Wonkles gets it and the he throws it away too.
Next the queen gets it and she enjoyed how funny the pen was.
She had a party and she invited all her friends to try out the pen.
The pen insulted all of her friends.
The pen escapes from the queen.
A boy named Horace found the pen.
He started to draw.
The pen let him.
My opinion
I liked the book because they all hated the pen except for the queen.
I liked how the pen insulted everyone.
I loved the stuff that the pen wrote about everyone.
I would recomend this book to a friend!
The illustrations were very funny!!!!!!!!
The Obstinate Pen by Frank Dormer by Arpan
A SUMMARY by Arpanjot
An pen was with an uncle and it wasn't writing what the uncle wanted to. So the uncle threw it out of the window and,the pen landed in a cops hand. So the cop used the pen but the pen wrote something else,the pen wrote kiss that girl. So the cop threw the pen and it landed on the road,in someones car. The person who the pen landed she took the pen home but the pen broke out. So the pen landed onto the nephews way. The nephew drew with the pen and it drew what the boy drew.
My Opinion is:I think people in my class should vote for this book because it's naritive witch means made up and it's also funny.
An pen was with an uncle and it wasn't writing what the uncle wanted to. So the uncle threw it out of the window and,the pen landed in a cops hand. So the cop used the pen but the pen wrote something else,the pen wrote kiss that girl. So the cop threw the pen and it landed on the road,in someones car. The person who the pen landed she took the pen home but the pen broke out. So the pen landed onto the nephews way. The nephew drew with the pen and it drew what the boy drew.
My Opinion is:I think people in my class should vote for this book because it's naritive witch means made up and it's also funny.
The Obstinate Pen-Frank Dormer-By:Eddie
A summery by : Eddie
This story was a funny story. It had a pen that was very obstinate,it was like magic.
There was a man who was going to write a story and the pen didn't write what he wanted BUT it wrote other funny things that he hated. He threw the pen out the window and it landed inside a rich lady's car tire. She picked it up and asked the driver "can you get me some paper?". She wrote something but still, it didn't write what she wanted! She lauged so hard that she put it in a house that had a room that no one ever went into and it did what any prisoner would do - break out! It landed face up by a boy. He picked it up and pulled out his notepad and started to draw funny pictures. Finally, the pen worked the way someone wanted it to!
My Opinion
I really really liked this book. It was super funny. The illustrations were funny, especially the writing. When the pen was joking around with the guy saying he had a huge nose and eyes I laughed in my head so hard that my mouth could have popped.
There was a man who was going to write a story and the pen didn't write what he wanted BUT it wrote other funny things that he hated. He threw the pen out the window and it landed inside a rich lady's car tire. She picked it up and asked the driver "can you get me some paper?". She wrote something but still, it didn't write what she wanted! She lauged so hard that she put it in a house that had a room that no one ever went into and it did what any prisoner would do - break out! It landed face up by a boy. He picked it up and pulled out his notepad and started to draw funny pictures. Finally, the pen worked the way someone wanted it to!
My Opinion
I really really liked this book. It was super funny. The illustrations were funny, especially the writing. When the pen was joking around with the guy saying he had a huge nose and eyes I laughed in my head so hard that my mouth could have popped.
The Obstinate Pen -Frank Dormer -sulabha
A summary by Sulabha
I really liked the book because for most of the people got angry threw it away. but only one
person did not get angry and thought it was really funny. she put in a case that nobody visited. after that it broke out and a boy found it and the pen let him draw
My opinion
I really liked this book because it was really funny! It was like the the Obstinate Pen only liked the boy. there was only one person who actually really liked the pen who put the pen into a case and so the case broke out. It was like the the Obstinate Pen only liked the boy. At the end the pen let the boy use him.
I really liked the book because for most of the people got angry threw it away. but only one
person did not get angry and thought it was really funny. she put in a case that nobody visited. after that it broke out and a boy found it and the pen let him draw
My opinion
I really liked this book because it was really funny! It was like the the Obstinate Pen only liked the boy. there was only one person who actually really liked the pen who put the pen into a case and so the case broke out. It was like the the Obstinate Pen only liked the boy. At the end the pen let the boy use him.
The Obstinate Pen By Frank Dormer
A Summary by Hannah
This is about a pen that when you WRITE with it, it writes something funny instead. At the end, a boy DREW with the pen and the pen let him draw.
My Opinion
This book was super funny! I loved the part when it said, "Mrs. Floofy Pants has a spoon up her nose!"
This is about a pen that when you WRITE with it, it writes something funny instead. At the end, a boy DREW with the pen and the pen let him draw.
My Opinion
This book was super funny! I loved the part when it said, "Mrs. Floofy Pants has a spoon up her nose!"
The Obstinate Pen-Frank Doemer-Nathan
Summary By:Nathan
In the book a guy was going to write,but the pen didn't write what he wanted to write then he through it out the window.Another guy got it and the same thing happened.A boy got it and it worked.
Opinion:
My sister would LAUGH HER HEAD OFF!!!!!!!!THIS BOOK IS SUPER FUNNY!I wish I had this book at home,and read it to my sister every night.
In the book a guy was going to write,but the pen didn't write what he wanted to write then he through it out the window.Another guy got it and the same thing happened.A boy got it and it worked.
Opinion:
My sister would LAUGH HER HEAD OFF!!!!!!!!THIS BOOK IS SUPER FUNNY!I wish I had this book at home,and read it to my sister every night.
The obstinate pen - Frank Dormer - Pritam
A Summary by Pritam
this book is good for me I Like the book the book is good. when some one read the book it well read the book you well be happy
the obstinate Pen by frank Dormer
The Obstinate Pen-frank dormer-james a summary by james. it is a book about a pen and anything you write is actuly what the pen is saying to you. not what the people want.my opinion is that you should read it I WOULD RECOMED it
Unspoken by Henry Cole
SUMMARY by davin and james .
The book Unspoken has no words at all and it is about a little girl that was a slave. The owners of the underground rail road are elderly people. The little girl comes and helps the farm. The people give her food every day. The people help her to reach freedom.j
The book Unspoken has no words at all and it is about a little girl that was a slave. The owners of the underground rail road are elderly people. The little girl comes and helps the farm. The people give her food every day. The people help her to reach freedom.j
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
SMACKDOWN -Extra Yarn vs. Z is for... Moose
We found these two books to be very DIFFERENT.
The first book we read was Extra Yarn, a narrative story. The second book we read was Z is for... Moose, which was a post modern type of expository book.
The class liked Z is for...Moose better than Extra . It was a funny story that was very silly, with the main character a moose interfering on almost all the pages. The story also had a great moral which taught us an important lesson about being patient and waiting our turn. In the book the moose, couldn't wait for his alphabet page and kept trying to go on the other pages too.
Although we really liked Extra Yarn too! The vote was very close!
The second thing we liked about Z is for...Moose was the actual text. The actual text played an important role. The font of the alphabet letter was larger and a different colour then the rest of the sentence. This made us pay attention to each letter.The illustrations were bright and colourful drawings that made the story interesting.
The first book we read was Extra Yarn, a narrative story. The second book we read was Z is for... Moose, which was a post modern type of expository book.
The class liked Z is for...Moose better than Extra . It was a funny story that was very silly, with the main character a moose interfering on almost all the pages. The story also had a great moral which taught us an important lesson about being patient and waiting our turn. In the book the moose, couldn't wait for his alphabet page and kept trying to go on the other pages too.
Although we really liked Extra Yarn too! The vote was very close!
The second thing we liked about Z is for...Moose was the actual text. The actual text played an important role. The font of the alphabet letter was larger and a different colour then the rest of the sentence. This made us pay attention to each letter.The illustrations were bright and colourful drawings that made the story interesting.
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Z is for ...Moose by Kelly Bingham and Paul O. Zelinsky
Z is for ... Moose by Kelly Bingham and Paul O. Zelinsky
Summary
This book is an alphabet book. It is teaching about the letters of the alphabet with a lot of humour. The story has a zebra in charge of making sure the letters are in the correct order and the animals or objects that start with that letter are on the right page. However, a problem arises when the moose can't wait his turn and shows up on almost every page. The zebra starts to get frustrated with the moose and replaces him with a mouse on the M page. The moose gets angry and starts to to wreck the other pages. Then the moose gets very sad and the zebra decides to let him help with the last page.
Opinion
28/29 people in our class liked the book and would recommend it to others to read. Our favourite part was how the whole book was so funny. The moose did and said silly things on almost every page. He tried to take over the alphabet book from the zebra. The illustrations were bright and colourful drawings that made the story interesting. The actual text played an important role. The font of the alphabet letter was larger and a different colour then the rest of the sentence. This made us pay attention to each letter.Monday, 17 June 2013
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen
Summary
The setting of this story is a small town in the middle of winter. The main character's name is Annabelle. Her town is very dull, where everything is black from being covered in soot and the rest is white from the snow. Annabelle discovers a small box of yarn with every colour. She decided to start knitting sweaters for all the people she knows. Soon everyone was wearing a colourful sweater or hat. Annabelle even knit ones for pets, houses, trees and vehicles. The whole town started to look bright and cozy. It seemed that Annabelle never ran out of yarn. People from other towns started to come to see all the sweaters and shake Annabelle's hand. Even an Archduke, who loves fancy clothes came to see her. He offered to buy the box of yarn from Annabelle for 1 million dollars, then two million dollars and finally ten million dollars. She refused each time because Annabelle loved knitting and the box was special to her. The mean Archduke was angry and sent three robbers to her house to steal the famous box of yarn. They stole the box and brought it to the archduke. When the Archduke opened the box it was empty. He cursed Annabelle with his families curse to never be happy, but she was anyway.
Did we like it?
23 out of 28 people in our class enjoyed the book. We liked how the illustrations started out dull and then turned bright and colourful as Annabelle made sweaters for everything in the town. The students really liked the way Jon Klassen, the illustrator, drew the sweaters to look like actual wool that has been knitted. The class enjoyed how there was more text then the other books we have read but not too much, making it still easy to read. The students also wondered how she got the box in the first place and who it belonged to before she found it. We also liked how the ending left you wondering if Annabelle ever knit any more sweaters.Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Unspoken by Henry Cole
Summary by Meadow
This story is about a girl who lives in the underground railroad with a really nice couple. The people had a house just for her. Every night they gave her a piece of food and the girl was a slave. There were these bad people who wanted to capture the girl. Close to the end of the story, the nice people made her a doll and the dolls clothes were made out of her cloth that she got from the dinner table.
This story is about a girl who lives in the underground railroad with a really nice couple. The people had a house just for her. Every night they gave her a piece of food and the girl was a slave. There were these bad people who wanted to capture the girl. Close to the end of the story, the nice people made her a doll and the dolls clothes were made out of her cloth that she got from the dinner table.
The Island by Marije Tolman and Ronald Tolman
Summary
This book is a wordless picture book. It is about a polar bear who travels from island to island. He discovers different animals on each island. Some of the islands looked like the continents that we have.
Opinion
There were only 5 out of 30 students who really liked the book. Those who didn't like it felt that the story was hard to figure out without words and the illustrations didn't have enough detail to use our imaginations. The students who liked the book thought that the illustrations were interesting.
This book is a wordless picture book. It is about a polar bear who travels from island to island. He discovers different animals on each island. Some of the islands looked like the continents that we have.
Opinion
There were only 5 out of 30 students who really liked the book. Those who didn't like it felt that the story was hard to figure out without words and the illustrations didn't have enough detail to use our imaginations. The students who liked the book thought that the illustrations were interesting.
SMACKDOWN- hello! hello! vs. Machines
We found these two books to be very DIFFERENT.
The first book we read was hello! hello!, it was a narrative story. The second book we read was Machines, which was an expository book.
The class liked hello! hello! better then Machines. It was a funny story that was a little silly, with the main character riding all sorts of different animals (whales in the sky). The story also had a great moral which taught us an important lesson about families and life. In the book the girl, Lydia, and her family, spent too much time on electronic technology and not enough time talking together. This was a good reminder to us about not spending too much time with electronics and spending more time with our families.
Where as Machines mostly just gave us information about big machines that work in the city.
The second thing we liked about hello! hello! was the actual text. There wasn't very much writing but the author used many different fonts, making the words interesting.
The last thing we enjoyed about both books were the illustrations. hello! hello! has drawings that were very cartoon like sketches. There was no colour in the beginning, to show how dull it was when the family didn't spend time together. However, it was very clever that the author added more colour as Lydia, and then her family went on their adventure.
The illustrations for machines were also very interesting because they looked like beautiful paintings and we loved the flaps with more information.
The first book we read was hello! hello!, it was a narrative story. The second book we read was Machines, which was an expository book.
The class liked hello! hello! better then Machines. It was a funny story that was a little silly, with the main character riding all sorts of different animals (whales in the sky). The story also had a great moral which taught us an important lesson about families and life. In the book the girl, Lydia, and her family, spent too much time on electronic technology and not enough time talking together. This was a good reminder to us about not spending too much time with electronics and spending more time with our families.
Where as Machines mostly just gave us information about big machines that work in the city.
The second thing we liked about hello! hello! was the actual text. There wasn't very much writing but the author used many different fonts, making the words interesting.
The last thing we enjoyed about both books were the illustrations. hello! hello! has drawings that were very cartoon like sketches. There was no colour in the beginning, to show how dull it was when the family didn't spend time together. However, it was very clever that the author added more colour as Lydia, and then her family went on their adventure.
The illustrations for machines were also very interesting because they looked like beautiful paintings and we loved the flaps with more information.
SMACKDOWN - Chloe the Lion VS Mousterpiece
The differences that we found in the books were as follows:
- Mousterpiece the mouse is recreating paintings in the museum and the illustrations on each page have only the main character and her work of art. They are drawn and look realistic.
- Unlike in Chloe and the Lion the illustrations are a mixture of 2D and 3D. Chloe looks like she is a flat cartoon character and the author and illustrator characters looks look like they're made of playdoh and are 3D looking.
- In Chloe the Lion we felt like we were involved in the story because we got to see the arguing going on behind the stage where the story took place.
- However in Mouseterpiece, our attention was lost at some points because it didn't have enough information about about the painting that she was recreating.
Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Unspoken by Henry Cole
Summary By Iman and Mckenzie
This story is about a girl that is hiding from the people who are trying to take her to jail. The story is wordless but we figured out what was happening without the words. The family gave the girl food every night and a place to stay in the place under the stairs.
In the story when the people come to the family and ask if they have seen this girl they say no because the girl is a slave and there helping the girl stay safe from jail.
Unspoken by: Henry Cole
SUMMARY byMia and Dangelo
THIS STORY had no words. The story is about a time of slavey and the Underground Railroad!This is a based on a young excaep slavery!
THIS STORY had no words. The story is about a time of slavey and the Underground Railroad!This is a based on a young excaep slavery!
Unspoken by Henry Cole
Summary by Tina & Nathan.
This story is a wordless story.
It is about a girl that is a slave that is traveling in the Underground Railroad.
One morning some slavers came to the Underground Railroad, and walked by the girl.
They didn't notice her with an animal.
She returned to the Underground Railroad.
When she returned she fed the chickens/rooster
The girl saw a women standing outside a door.
She heard a noise and ran into her little hiding spot in a barn,and in the barn was a pile of corn that she hid in.
When she thought that she was safe she came out to ask for food.
They gave her a fresh piece of bread in a checkered cloth.
After she left the kind lady made a little doll.
The next day some men came...they were looking for the girl!!!!!!
The kind women and man said nothing, because they wanted to protect the girl.
Those men at the door were convinced so...they left.
After that the lady gave her the doll and he reached freedom
They gave her a fresh piece of bread in a checkered cloth.
After she left the kind lady made a little doll.
The next day some men came...they were looking for the girl!!!!!!
The kind women and man said nothing, because they wanted to protect the girl.
Those men at the door were convinced so...they left.
After that the lady gave her the doll and he reached freedom
Unspoken by Henry Cole - Soumil and Aarsheya
Summary by Aarsheya and Soumil
It is a wordless picture book about a girl that had to escape from men. She ran away because they were tyring to get her and found selter. There was a old family who helped the girl to hide from the men! The old family gave food every day and at the end the girl got a little doll from them. When she was doing her chores she heard the men at the house, The men held a wanted poster that said ( WANTED ESCAPED) and the family said"I don't know what you are taking about, there's no slave around here!" they bravely told the men. The men left. The setting takes place in a underground railroad.
Unspoken by Henry Cole - Gwen and Eddie
Summary By: Eddie and Gwen
This is a story is about a girl that is a slave. This story is wordless. The slave has to go and hide in a corn shed. A family who takes care of her is giving food, water, and shelter for her living. That family protects her from being a slave. There is men riding horses that are trying to find the slave. She works for the family. Unspoken has the underground railroad.
Unspoken by Henry Cole - Rupinder and Hannah
Summary by Hannah and Rupinder
This is a story about the underground railroad for people who are slaves to hide so they can have freedom. Unspoken is a word less book but the pictures help tell the story. A girl was trying to hide in a barn. Some brave people gave her a bed to sleep and food to eat.The brave people helped her to hide from men that want to capture her since she was a slave. The men said if you show us where this slave is we will give you money. But the brave people said no and one day the girl was free.
Unspoken by Henry Cole - Vy and Jayden
Summary by Vy and Jayden The story Unspoken has no words. There was a girl who is a slave that people are looking for but she runs away. She runs to a farm and she is taken care by two old women and 1 old man. When the girl was working a bunch of men who were looking for her came. She ran away, they said they would give a reward to who can find her, but the old man said nothing so the girl reached freedom.
Unspoken by Henry Cole
Summary by
Simran D, Simran B
This story is a wordless book that doesn't need words because it is a mysteries book .This story seems awkward at first but when you get to the end of of this story it will start to make scene. It was mostly about a girl who is a slave that is protected by the brave slave who created the underground railroad.Those people gave the girl a doll some food and a place to hide behind a corn field.
Simran D, Simran B
This story is a wordless book that doesn't need words because it is a mysteries book .This story seems awkward at first but when you get to the end of of this story it will start to make scene. It was mostly about a girl who is a slave that is protected by the brave slave who created the underground railroad.Those people gave the girl a doll some food and a place to hide behind a corn field.
Unspoken by Henry Cole
Summary by Aryan and Vikas
This story is about a underground railroad were slaves can hide from bad guys. The girl was one of the slaves and she hides in a barn because she is a slave. The people who own the farm let her live in a barn. This book is a wordless book. It is like a make up your own story because there are only pictures.
This story is about a underground railroad were slaves can hide from bad guys. The girl was one of the slaves and she hides in a barn because she is a slave. The people who own the farm let her live in a barn. This book is a wordless book. It is like a make up your own story because there are only pictures.
Unspoken By Henry cole
Summary By Dilpreet and Pritam
This story is about saving people in the Southern United States through the Underground Railroad. A girl is a slave and is saved by some Kind old people that run the Underground Railroad. She was chased by the soldiers but the Kind old people help her. They gave her food each day and sometimes she had dinner with them too. Suddenly a men asks them "Have You seen A Girl? If you did you will get a reward." They said no because they knew how it feels to be in jail.
This story is about saving people in the Southern United States through the Underground Railroad. A girl is a slave and is saved by some Kind old people that run the Underground Railroad. She was chased by the soldiers but the Kind old people help her. They gave her food each day and sometimes she had dinner with them too. Suddenly a men asks them "Have You seen A Girl? If you did you will get a reward." They said no because they knew how it feels to be in jail.
Unspoken by Henry Cole nolan and sulabha
summary by Nolan and Sulabhaa
Unspoken is a wordless book. It is about a girl who is a slave. She is trying to escape from the Underground Railroad. There was an old family who gave the girl food every day and if she wanted some more she could just ask. One time when she was doing her chores the men came to find the girl and who ever found get the girl would get the reward. Then the men came into the house where the girl was hiding. The old family acted as if they did not know anything. In the end the old people made a doll for the girl and she reached freedom.
Unspoken by Henry Cole - Finn and Rajan
Summary by Finn and Rajan
This book is wordless BUT it tells a very true and sad story. There's a girl who is a slave and bad guys are chasing her because shes a slave. But after a kind family lets her hide in their house and she had a good but tough life. The family helps her get food, not get arrested and hidE.
This book is wordless BUT it tells a very true and sad story. There's a girl who is a slave and bad guys are chasing her because shes a slave. But after a kind family lets her hide in their house and she had a good but tough life. The family helps her get food, not get arrested and hidE.
Unspoken By Henry Cole - Arpan and Manraj
Summary By Arpanjot and Manraj
This book is wordless and has lots of suspense. Every page has wonderful illustrations. The setting is in the Underground railroad. The story is with your own imagination. Colour doesn't matter what only matters is your imagination. There is a girl who is one of the slaves the girl tries to hide from the soldiers who are trying to capture. The girl meets the people who made the Underground railroad.The people who live in the Underground railroad helped to protect the girl and to give her some food.
This book is wordless and has lots of suspense. Every page has wonderful illustrations. The setting is in the Underground railroad. The story is with your own imagination. Colour doesn't matter what only matters is your imagination. There is a girl who is one of the slaves the girl tries to hide from the soldiers who are trying to capture. The girl meets the people who made the Underground railroad.The people who live in the Underground railroad helped to protect the girl and to give her some food.
Friday, 7 June 2013
Machines -Go to Work in the City
Summary
This non-fiction book is about large machines that are used in a city to help with everyday jobs or emergencies. In this story we learn about how different machines work and what they do.The machines often do jobs that are too dangerous or too big for people but that still need to get done.
Opinion
21/28 students in our class liked this book and would read it again. They would also recommend it to a friend or family member.The main thing we liked about this book is that it has large flaps that you can flip to learn and see more information. Our class appreciated that this was a teaching book and that many of the students learned something new about working machines in the city.
The illustrations were very artistic and looked like realistic paintings.
Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett
Summary
An author named Mac writes a story about a girl named Chloe. He fires his illustrator named Adam, because he doesn't draw what Mac wants him to draw. Mac hires a new illustrator but that doesn't work out. Mac decides that he will be both the author and the illustrator but he discovers that he is a terrible artist! He chooses to give-up writing the story util Chloe convinces him to finish it. Adam gets a call from Mac and they agree that Adam will illustrator and Mac will be the author.
Opinion
Everyone in the class loved this book because it was a funny and twisted story.The illustrations included the author and the illustrator arguing and they looked like play-doe people. Chloe looked like a cartoon character and her story took place on a stage. You felt like you where behind the scene listening to the fighting between Mac and Adam.
An author named Mac writes a story about a girl named Chloe. He fires his illustrator named Adam, because he doesn't draw what Mac wants him to draw. Mac hires a new illustrator but that doesn't work out. Mac decides that he will be both the author and the illustrator but he discovers that he is a terrible artist! He chooses to give-up writing the story util Chloe convinces him to finish it. Adam gets a call from Mac and they agree that Adam will illustrator and Mac will be the author.
Opinion
Everyone in the class loved this book because it was a funny and twisted story.The illustrations included the author and the illustrator arguing and they looked like play-doe people. Chloe looked like a cartoon character and her story took place on a stage. You felt like you where behind the scene listening to the fighting between Mac and Adam.
Thursday, 6 June 2013
SMACKDOWN - A Home for Bird vs. Life in the Ocean
We found these two books to be very DIFFERENT.
The first difference we found was in the type of story itself. Life in the Ocean was more of an expository book. We found it less exciting to read but more helpful with learning. A Home for Bird was a narrative story. It was full of juicy details and fun to read. It would be a good book to help cheer you up.
The second difference was with the illustrations. Life in the Ocean has more sketch-like pictures and A Home for Bird has entertaining cartoon-like pictures.
The last difference that we noticed was with the amount of text. Life in the Ocean had more writing on each page and at times it was tricky to read - almost like a tongue twister. A Home for Bird had less text on each page and you could read it faster.
The first difference we found was in the type of story itself. Life in the Ocean was more of an expository book. We found it less exciting to read but more helpful with learning. A Home for Bird was a narrative story. It was full of juicy details and fun to read. It would be a good book to help cheer you up.
The second difference was with the illustrations. Life in the Ocean has more sketch-like pictures and A Home for Bird has entertaining cartoon-like pictures.
The last difference that we noticed was with the amount of text. Life in the Ocean had more writing on each page and at times it was tricky to read - almost like a tongue twister. A Home for Bird had less text on each page and you could read it faster.
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
hello! hello! By Matthew Cordell
Summary
The story is about a girl named Lydia and her family. Lydia's family loves playing and spending time on different electronic devices. They are not spending very much time together, both physically (the same room) and emotionally (talking together). Lydia discovers the outside door slightly open and a colourful leaf floats in. It is in that moment that Lydia realizes that spending time in nature is important. Along the way she observes trees, flowers, insects and many other animals. Suddenly, Lydia gets a cellphone call from her angry mother and father to come back home. When Lydia gets home she trades each family member their electronic device for artifacts she found outside. At the end her whole family begins to appreciate nature and they all spend time together as a family.Our Opinion
This book was really liked by 11/30 students in our class. The best part about this book is how Lydia rediscovered the importance of nature and shared with her whole family. It was really funny how when she was discovering nature she decided to hop on the animals and go for a ride. ,There were even whales and fish floating in the sky.The illustrator did an excellent job of choosing colours for the pictures. When Matthew Cordell drew the pictures of Lydia and her family in the beginning they were all gray and dull. However, the minute Lydia discovered nature she and the outside were very colourful. Her family also became colourful once they began to love nature and being together too!
Mousterpiece by Jane Breskin Zalben
Summary
In the corner of a museum lived a happy mouse named Janson. Every night after the museum was closed she explored the different galleries. Afterwards, her artistic spirit broke out and she entered her own little world of art, copying famous art but in her own way. One night she discovered that the paintings in one gallery had disappeared and it was closed for renovations. This made her sad so every night she painted a picture and left it in an empty room. The more she painted the happier she became. The head of the museum saw her beautiful painting and decided to give her own exhibition. Some people liked her work and others didn't but Janson's mousterpiece was not a copy of a famous painting but instead her own imagination painting.Opinion
Only 4 students out of 30 really liked this book. Those who liked it thought it was a great idea to use famous artwork in the story and they enjoyed how, the main character Janson, turned those famous painting into her own work.Those students who wouldn't recommend this book felt that the author could have used more details and interesting words in the text. Some had questions like: Why was the head of the museum alright with a mouse living in his museum?
Generally we felt that it was very distracting to the flow of the story to have to go to the back of the book to find out who the real artists were.
An idea to improve this book would have been if the name of the artist had of been placed somewhere on the page along with the original work of art.
Life in the Ocean by Claire A. Nivola
Summary
This is a non-fiction, expository book about life in the ocean and being curious. The story has information about the ocean but is written like a narrative. The book is focused on the adventures of Sylvia Earle, a well known oceanographer. Sylvia was curious about nature from a young age and she spent her time exploring ponds and oceans. Some of Sylvia's adventures include: living underwater in a deep-sea station for 2 weeks, discovering new underwater creatures, studying whales and setting new world records during her discoveries. In this book we learn that only 5% of the ocean has been discovered and the author encourages us to learn more about this vast, deep, blue, sea.
Our Opinion
About half of our class (15/29) would recommend this book to a friend. Most of us liked the passionate main character who followed her dreams. It inspired us to follow our dreams as well. Many of us liked the format of this story and how it was similar to a journal entry. It was fun to learn something new on every page, however, the expository way that the story was written was not exciting. It wasn't a juicy story. Some of the vocabulary and word choices were scientific which made it tricky to follow along at times. Almost everybody felt that the illustrations did not match the text. The pictures were very artistic and not helpful in teaching us about what the text was saying. Many of us would have preferred real life photographs with captions.
This is a non-fiction, expository book about life in the ocean and being curious. The story has information about the ocean but is written like a narrative. The book is focused on the adventures of Sylvia Earle, a well known oceanographer. Sylvia was curious about nature from a young age and she spent her time exploring ponds and oceans. Some of Sylvia's adventures include: living underwater in a deep-sea station for 2 weeks, discovering new underwater creatures, studying whales and setting new world records during her discoveries. In this book we learn that only 5% of the ocean has been discovered and the author encourages us to learn more about this vast, deep, blue, sea.
Our Opinion
About half of our class (15/29) would recommend this book to a friend. Most of us liked the passionate main character who followed her dreams. It inspired us to follow our dreams as well. Many of us liked the format of this story and how it was similar to a journal entry. It was fun to learn something new on every page, however, the expository way that the story was written was not exciting. It wasn't a juicy story. Some of the vocabulary and word choices were scientific which made it tricky to follow along at times. Almost everybody felt that the illustrations did not match the text. The pictures were very artistic and not helpful in teaching us about what the text was saying. Many of us would have preferred real life photographs with captions.
Mme. Godin's Books
The books that we are battling are:
Chloe and the Lion, Each Kindness, Mousterpiece, The Island
Chloe and the Lion, Each Kindness, Mousterpiece, The Island
Monday, 3 June 2013
A Home for Bird by Philip Stead
Summary
While out foraging in the pond, Vernon found bird. Vernon said, "Hello" but Bird said nothing. While Vernon was trying to make Bird feel comfortable away from home, Bird refused to talk. He just sat there silently, no matter what. When Vernon was out of ideas, he decided to help Bird find his home. Bird said nothing. When they were too tired to go on, they took some advice from a kind stranger and went inside a house. Here they found a broken hose hanging on the wall that made a soothing "tick tock" sound as they slept. In the morning, Bird started shouting "Cuckoo! Cuckoo!". It turns out that the new home was a Cuckoo clock and Bird was its owner. He was a cuckoo clock bird all along.
Our Opinion
The majority of our class (27/30) really liked this book. The best part was how funny the story was as we re-read it (we read the story 2-3 times!). Each time we picked up on new jokes within the story. We really liked the character of Vernon. He was kind, determined, and as we came to realize, a little "cuckoo". We thought this was funny because Bird was a Cuckoo Bird all along. Most of us (25/30) found the illustrations to be funny, too. Especially the facial expressions on Vernon and his friends.
We also liked how it was a "circle story". On the dedication page we found a clue to help us solve the mystery of the quiet bird. The ending tied really nicely into the beginning.
While out foraging in the pond, Vernon found bird. Vernon said, "Hello" but Bird said nothing. While Vernon was trying to make Bird feel comfortable away from home, Bird refused to talk. He just sat there silently, no matter what. When Vernon was out of ideas, he decided to help Bird find his home. Bird said nothing. When they were too tired to go on, they took some advice from a kind stranger and went inside a house. Here they found a broken hose hanging on the wall that made a soothing "tick tock" sound as they slept. In the morning, Bird started shouting "Cuckoo! Cuckoo!". It turns out that the new home was a Cuckoo clock and Bird was its owner. He was a cuckoo clock bird all along.
Our Opinion
The majority of our class (27/30) really liked this book. The best part was how funny the story was as we re-read it (we read the story 2-3 times!). Each time we picked up on new jokes within the story. We really liked the character of Vernon. He was kind, determined, and as we came to realize, a little "cuckoo". We thought this was funny because Bird was a Cuckoo Bird all along. Most of us (25/30) found the illustrations to be funny, too. Especially the facial expressions on Vernon and his friends.
We also liked how it was a "circle story". On the dedication page we found a clue to help us solve the mystery of the quiet bird. The ending tied really nicely into the beginning.
Mrs. Paulsen's Books
The books that we are battling are: Life in the Ocean, Unspoken, The Obstinate Pen and A Home for Bird! Let the battle begin!
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
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