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Thursday 29 March 2012

The Suitcase Kid - Jacqueline Wilson

The suitcase kid is all about a 10 year old girl called Andrea, who is very sad because her parents split up.

Both her parents want her to stay with them. She cooperates a lot but they keep fighting. Finally they go to the family counsellor for help and advice. They then decide that Andrea would stay at her mother's place for one week and at her father's for the next week and so on.

NOW!! Now begins the fun!!

Both her parents have their own partners and their own children. Andrea calls her mother's new husband  'The Big Hairy Baboon '. They has 3 children who are Paula, Ghrahm and the naughtiest and most annoying KATIE!. Her father's new wife Carrie has 2 children who are Crystal and Zen. They also get a new baby in the end who is called Zoe ( Zoey ).

Andrea gets in a lot of fights with kids, especially with Katie and gets badly scolded. All the scolding is made worse by Katie's snickers and smirks.

Over a period of time Andrea starts to get along with everybody.

Its an emotional book with a touch of humour. I hope this never happens, but if at all you meet someone going through parents split up then do suggest this book. It would be helpful.

Saturday 24 March 2012

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban

Sirius Black, Harry Potter's Godfather has escaped from the Prison of Azkaban and is now running loose. Having escaped he makes many attempts to protect Harry, but others think that he is trying to murder Harry. Harry kept thinking that Black is the murderer of his parents but, actually Peter Pettigrew did it and he is also a servant of You Know Who ( Voldemort ).There a few NEW WORDS in the story that you might want to know>>> :
ANIMAGI - It is a witch or a wizard who turn into an animal which signifies and is best suitable for them. ( Sirius Black - Grim ; Peter Pettigrew - Rat ; James Potter - Stag ( not a beetel ) ).

BOGGART - It is a creature that will turn into anything you are scared of.

DEMENTOR - They are the gaurds for the prison of Azkaban. Everyone hates them because which ever happy thought you have they erase it of your mind that is why people ( wirazds and witches ) hate them. People don't know why Harry falls sick and faints.

Tuesday 20 March 2012

Poem on Governance

Governance was our unit of inquiry,
Its time for some enquiry.
Many projects we did,
And we had opened our knowledge lid.

Decorating the class was fun,
It was bright like the sun.
Many quizes we have done,
Full of pride when we won.

We asked the school to change the food,
Most of the children found it good.
There will be changes in the uniform,
Once I reach first form.

Gazing at the stars,
Desperately seeking for planet mars.
Looking forward to play a challenging game,
Covering the school with fame.

POEM ON ENERGY

Travel, entertainment, cooking and many more;
All require energy galore.
Sources of energy are many my friends;
Selection of the ones renewable is what makes sense.

Crackling coal,gushing oil splitting uranium;
Most commonly used, they don't last long and form in a millemiun.

Trickling water down the stream;
OH! Looks like a wonderful dream.
Whistling air, moving with a flair;
Plant and animal waste, giving gases bare.
Burning sun and heat of the earth;
Reminder of clean power without dearth.

Let us work towards using renewable over non - renewable energy;
Let us take a pledge to conserve energy.

Sunday 18 March 2012

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

I just finished reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone ( 1 ) and started reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ( 3 ). I didn't read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ( 2 ) because the story line was pretty boring + I already saw the movie 7 times.

My favorite character are Hagrid and George. Hagrid speaks funnily for example he would say : "I woo like ter gi yer a giff." Instead of saying : "I would like to give you a gift."
I also like George Weasly even though he is not there in the story much. I like him because he is really funny, he knows all the secret routes out of the school and inside the forbidden forest. He is also the schools biggest prankster.

Actually the whole Weasly family  is funny. 

My advice is to read the book before watching the movie to understand and enjoy the movie better.

Saturday 10 March 2012

George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl

George's Marvellous Medicine is a marvellous book.   :-)
It is about a boy called George who hates his grandmom who keeps arguing about silly things that can't be done. Take for example:She  told George that he is growing too fast and should stop growing by eating cholocate. This was because she beleived that eating chocolate makes you grow the wrong side up instead of down.

Now tell me what to do with a grandma like this? Even George didn't know what to do.So up came George's brain to a work mode. So he started making a medicine to deal with grandma. As he anyways had to give her- her medicine at 11:00 which was one hour to go.

He started by going to the bathroom first and put all kinds of things like shampoo,aftershave, animal pills, syrups and all kinds of wierd things. I guess he wanted to make a medicine to cleance his grandma's mind.

The medicine had the effect of making his grandma very very tall ... the second round of medicine made her very very tiny.... In the end she dissapears.

While this is not an ideal way of dealing with irritating grandma's , the book is nevertheless funny and at imes inspiring :-))

Sunday 4 March 2012

Zodiac Girls - Cathy Hopkins

"Zodiac girls recipe for rebellion" is an extremely interesting book, a part of a 12 book series.

It is about a girl who used to lead a wonderful life but suddenly her life became a disaster as she moved into her aunt's apartment. She missed her pets. Then soon she went on an astrology site which made her realise that she was the Zodiac girl for the following month.

Being a zodiac girl meant being very special !!

She got to know that every zodiac sign was ruled by a planet. She was a sagittarius, ruled by the planet Jupiter. By being a zodiac girl she overcame many of her fears and also made her to look at herself in a positive manner.




The BFG - Roald Dahl

BFG, shortform for Big Friendly Giant is a very helpful giant who saved the people around the world from being eaten by bad giants.The manner in which he speaks is very funny. For example, "I is making suction boots and going upside, downside and my sister come and says 'you come down at once!' and i is says'i told you that you drive me up wall and now you done it'."  :-)

Here is a poem I wrote based on one of the chapters of the book:

MILLION DREAMS ON THE SHELVES,
WHAT THEY ARE WE DO'NT KNOW OURSELVES.
CATCH A DREAM WITH A NET,
MANY TYPES YOU GET.

IN GO DIFFERENT DREAMS IN A BOTTLE,
NOW MIX THEM IN FULL THROTTLE.
BLOW THE DREAM IN A MIND,
AND THEY THEMSELVES BIND.