My book review of 'George's Marvellous Medicine'

the plane crash

                            The plane crash

One day a little girl called Sophia and her parents were out walking in the scorching desert There were bits of bright grass sticking up and poking Sophia in the leg. Sophia was wearing Her favourite outfit it was a yellow dress with pink and white flowers and her shoes were a colourful pair of sneakers. The desert ground was orange and sandy. It was a peaceful walk until Sophia and her parents heard a whirring sound it sort of sounded like propellers from a helicopter. They turned around slowly to find what was a massive white air plane and it was coming straight for them. Sophia’s dad realised that the plane wasn’t coming down and then going up again like in a show he realised it was crash landing” RUN “ dad shrieked. They ran as fast as their feet could carry them. The plane was so close to the ground now and it was starting to heat up and smoke starts to come out from every single corner of the plane. CRASH the plane burned up in flames and everyone started screaming and exiting the plane. Sophia went to find her dad finally she found him. after that Sophia's dad called the fire station to come and put out the fire. a couple of minutes later the fire engine and the fire men and women were here and cleared the fire. Then they drove home gently.

Green poem

                                       Green
 Green looks like lush grass and puffy bushes with  bright shiny leaves
 Green  sounds like green paint being splattered onto thick paper
 Green tastes like delicious mint leaves dropping quickly into my mouth
 Green feels like gooey slime sticking to my fingers
 Green smells like a fresh, juicy apple wafting in front of my nose slowly.
Green feels like wet, damp grass going through my toes
Green sounds like rustling leaves as the wind pushes them gently
Green reminds me of juicy grapes entering my mouths
Green is a vibrant colour. It makes nature and life colourful.

my speech judging sheet

Speech Judging Sheet

Name:    Georgia         Topic: Reading is important              

Category	Main Points	Self Assessment
		Low                                         High
		1           2 3           4 5
Structure	My speech was organised logically into paragraphs, with an effective introduction and a conclusion.	4
Delivery	I used some gestures, stood still and made eye contact with my audience. My voice was clear and loud.  I didn’t speak too quickly or too slowly.	4
Content	My speech had a message and was original, interesting and relevant to the audience.	4
Language	I used ‘powerful’ words in my speech.  I also included some language features (eg repetition, alliteration, similes etc)	3.5
Time	My speech was between 2 ½ and 3 ½ minutes long.	1

Next time I need to

Take some things out of my speech so I can a fit in the time limit and practice saying it at home more so I can say more of it off by heart

Teacher Comment

Well done Georgia, your speech was really well written.  Excellent research and use of quotes. You showed confidence and spoke clearly.  Your next steps are to speak a little louder and with a bit more expression. Try to also learn your speech more so that you don’t need to look down at your cue cards as often.

My speech -reading is important

Do you like reading books? Well I know I do! George R.R  Martin, the American novelist, once said “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.”  This means that every book someone reads, a new experience comes into their life.  They are taken on a journey and into the life of the characters. Readers use their imagination to create their own movie of what they read in their head.  They gain knowledge of a characters actions and emotions, what it is like to live where they live and face their problems and successes.  

I believe books are fabulous and reading is highly important.  By the end of my speech you will be convinced that what I say is the only truth.  Reading expands vocabulary, helps a child to express imagination and increases their knowledge.

My first main idea is that reading expands your vocabulary.  You may ask, what is vocabulary? Well, vocabulary is just words that you know and words that you don’t know that you’re learning.  Vocabulary is the words that make up a particular language. Well here is one reason that reading can help expand vocabulary, if you read a word and are not sure what it means say the word over and over again until you feel okay with the word. Reading forces us to look at words we have never seen or heard of recently. Did you know that language in children's books are likely to be more sophisticated than your average conversations? By reading the word in the sentence it’s used in and thinking about what the story is about, you can also start to predict what unfamiliar vocabulary might mean; therefore expanding your word knowledge.

Reading helps a child to grow their imagination.  Imagination is the ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful. Reading gives us so many opportunities to think and experience worlds and situations you may have never been in before. I’m going to tell you some books   that I think will burst your imagination. My first book is George’s Marvellous Medicine. I think this one is great for your imagination and here are a couple of reasons why. First of all, this book has a lot of great adjectives that describe the character and what he or she was doing. Next you can read about George and how he was feeling at times, like when his grandma was frightening him or when he was proud of himself or when he made his grandma go on fire. The next book i’m going to tell you about is the BFG, one reason this gets your imagination running is all the cool and funny made up words that roald dahl has used the next thing is how he describes everything that was happening and how they were doing it. The third and final book is  the world's worst children 2 it has lots of interesting characters and david walliams the author always describes the characters and what they do

My third and last idea is that  reading increases your knowledge. As Dr.Seuss once said “The more that you read, the more things you will know and the more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”  Now you’re probably wondering how does reading make you smart? Well, I’ll tell you how. Did you know that everything you read fills your head with new bits of information and you will never know when it will come in A

handy. Do you know Matilda from the book Matilda by roald dahl  well she reads all the time and she got smarter and that could happen to you if you read some books. Selective reading further helps in building up knowledge. I feel that the more you read, the more open you become with your thinking.

So overall I think that reading is extremely important and everyone should do it. So I hope I’ve convinced you to do more reading. Don’t you want to be smart, knowledgeable and imaginative? Well, start reading today.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._R._Martin

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=what+is+vocabulary&oq=What+is+vocabulary&aqs=chrome.0.0l6.4813j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on

http://learningin21.edublogs.org/2015/01/27/reading-is-important-my-essay/

https://www.imagineforest.com/blog/dr-seuss-quotes-reading/

https://learning-development.knoji.com/does-reading-make-you-broad-minded/

My New Zealand dollar note

I have put Lorde on my note because she is a famous singer, she is one of the best singers in the world. I have put a holographic window because it is a security feature so the bank can tell if it is a real note.  I also put a serial number because it is also a security feature. Next I put the kiwi because this bird is native to New Zealand.

Roald Dahl's whizz popping biography