Thursday 25 October 2012

WAR HAIKU POEM

War, so deadly
Innocent people are killed
Death all around us.

Plagues and Federation:

Tittle: My Story Plagues and Federation
Author:Vashiti Farrer
Pages read:14-21
They have read the papper and it said the plague is getting closer to their city.Her mum makes them have a bath to get clean.her dad has said that in the paper there are some medicines they can take that goes into their blood to try and prevent them from catching the disease but her mum says she hasnt had to take and medicines before and shes not going to start now!

Wednesday 24 October 2012

Plagues and Federation

Tittle:My Story Plagues and Federation
Author: Vashiti Farrer
Pages read:8-14
Kitty talks about how horses used for the war get
shipped overseas and some of the die if the sea is ruff,
hem they throw them overboard.
Her dad told her the story how all the rats came
 onto the lands by boat.

The machine gunners chapters 3-5.

1.  He spilled the ink on his friend so he could  distracted his class.
2. Chas’s dad doesn’t ask him if he knew anything about it because he was more furious at the police.
3.The police are concerned about the gun because it is a new machine gun made and it can shoot through bricks.
4. They thought a child stole the gun because the saw mark was quite rough and they thought it was a smart child’s work
5.  The police did not look in the rabbit hutch because they could not fit and if they did they would’ve found the gun.
6. Chas likes to do whatever he wants whenever he wants because he doesnt care about anyone or anything.
7. Boddser was easy tomake fun of.
8.

Wednesday 17 October 2012

Personification poem

Skies weep bombs,
Planes howl,
Sirens screaming,
Innocence is strangeled
Life extinguished

Cinquain poem:

War
screams, dark
fighting, sobbing, dying
damaging the soldiers family
Battle

Diamante poem:

War
suffering,pain
shooting, killing, destroying
soldiers representing their country
dying, waiting, hurting
silent, dark
Battle.

Tuesday 16 October 2012

READING LOG

TITTLE:Plagues and federation
AUTHOR:Vashiti Farrer
PAGES:5-9
Kitty talked about wat she wanted to be when she was older and talked bout he ragged school that she moved to which is mainly for orphans.

Monday 15 October 2012

The diary of Kitty Barnes

Tittle:Plague and Federation.
Author:Vashiti Farrer
Pages read:1-5
This book is about a girl named Kitty Barnes.This book is her diary writting about the black death and her brother who was fighting in the Boer war.