Playing to Win book review

Kia ora today we had to write a book review about the book that we have been reading I have been reading Playing to Win. Here is my book review.

Playing to Win is really cool I like how in most of the chapter they had a cliff hanger at the end of them. It  is a really good book because of all the drama in the story with Todd and Denny. I would rate this story a 4.5 because it need more like what happend next with Denny and Alice and what Todd think about them going out. In the story he main character are Todd, Alice, Denny and Clara they all played a good part in the story. I would recommend this to people who like high school drama and like books that were made in New Zealand because I think this book a made is New Zealand because the author is from new Zealand the author name is Fleur Beale. my favourite part in the book a when Denny helps the guy in the car crash because I think that it was really whole some because he did not have to help the man but if he did not then the man would have died then and there. I picked this book because I play rugby I go to a high school and the author is from New Zealand.

speech blog post

Kia ora for the past few week we had to write a speech about our on topic I choose bullying because it is a big problem in New Zealand. I like how we could write our on speech an then we could work so it like we were going to present but we only have to present it if we didn't want to. I felt challenged when we had so pick a topic because when I looked at people idea I like of that but I could not do that because it would be copying but then I just thought about bullying. I think that I have improved because my group when got videoed they just looks down at there speech but not at the camera but when I would talk  I would just look at my work for a little bit just to know what I was about to talk about. The purpose of persuasive writing is to get your audience to be on your side of something that people think about like someone in my group was talking about why smoking should be banned so that is his opinion and he back his opinion with his speech. This is my speech.

100 word challenge

Today we had to write a 100 word challenge about magical bubbles that take you anywhere that you want to go. where would yo want to go? 

I went for a walk one day just around my block. I saw these things just falling from the sky.

They looked like bubbles but they had someone or something in them. What is this what I think it is?

Are those aliens? But when they landed they were just humans not aliens. I ran up to them and asked them what they were in and they told me that they are magical bubbles

they take you anywhere you want to go. I really wanted to go to pairs at that time so I asked if I could use it.

Playing to Win Weekly Task and fast finish

 Today we had to pick a task to do from a board I picked to make a book cover for Playing to Win. I choose these pictures because the mud from the rugby field rugby balls because that is what they play with and then a silhouette to add some pop to it and then we have the title and the author in the middle.  

Kia ora today in reading a group of us finished our weekly task's so we went on to a fast finish task and in the group of people that i did it with was Shanaya, Carla and Alexia. we had to make a movie trailer for  playing to win the character that i played was Alice and yes a girl Shanaya played Todd, Alexia played Denny and Carla played Clara.

playing to win

kia ora today i read chapters eight and nine and now i am doing the questions that we have been set to do because we do not have discussion on Friday because we do not have school on Friday because of the long weekend.

Denny has lots of responsibilities in his life; he helps his Mum with finances, 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?  i think that it is  to have a job at sixteen and to help out with finance because it will help when he leaves home and lives by himself

What responsibilities do you have in your life? i can not think of my responsibilities.

 How do you manage them and make sure you are completing everything you are trusted to do? if i need to do something  i wait a little bit and hen i do the job that i have to do.

Think about what you do at school and at home or in your spare time. Denny feels pressured to drink at the party, but he still says no. Why do you think the boys were pressuring him? because they want him to enjoy himself and not be the one that leaves early because he does not drink 

Why do you think it is important to stand up for your beliefs?  because if you do not then why should people have beliefs.

What values do you think he was showing by saying no to underaged drinking? i think that it is good because you do not want to messup your head because you drink when you we sixteen.

character description

Kia ora in reading we had to add on to our character description for our character description you have to put something that describes them and then put if it is direct or if it is indirect if it is direct then you have to put what pages it tells you. direct means something that the author has told you. indirect means something that you picture in you head that is about the character

Character	Description	Direct (pg number)/Indirect
Denny Logan	New to school Moved from Invercargill  Hard working, responsible	Direct (pg 5) Direct (pg 7) Indirect
Todd Salter	Mean             Close to Alice Clara and Pete            Jealous	Indirect Direct (pg 42) Indirect
Alice	Nice             Close to Todd Clara and Pete            Enjoy’s Denny's company	Indirect Direct (pg42) Indirect
Clara	Is in a band            Includes Denny            Feels comfortable around Denny	Direct (pg41) indirect Indirect
Denny’s Mum	Trust’s Denny            Works a lot            Struggles with money	Indirect Indirect Direct (pg11)
Denny’s Sisters	Energetic            helpful	Direct (pg11) Indirect
Coach	Strict Snappy	Pg - 68 Direct  Indirect
Pete and the Rugby boys	Drinks Play rugby Parties  Smelly	Indirect  Indirect  Indirect  Direct

100 word challenge snowy day

Today we had to do a 100 word challenge about footprints in snow here is my story i hope you like it.

Snowy day

“Time to go to work AHHHHHHHHHHHH” Time to get up and get ready to go to work. Now to wake up my kids so that they can get ready to go to school. “Hunny time to get up” “Ok mum”

“Mum it is snowing!!” “yeah but you got to get ready so that i am not late and so that you are not late for school” “Ok but why are there footprints out on our lawn?” “It might of just been a cat or something like that just do worry about it and get ready for school” “but it is human”