by Jo
Explain how the author has used character development and narrative point of view to build the story’s element of conflict, tension and suspense. (Refer to the three different characters of Andrew, his dad and Mr. Spinks and Andrew’s narrative point of view)
The author has used character development and narrative point of view to build up the story’s tension and suspense. Throughout the story, first starting with a slurp of the soup, Andrew gradually makes the tense atmosphere by trying to make his dad break his promise by having bad table manners in front of his dad’s boss at dinner.
To be continued....
The author has used character development and narrative point of view to build up the story’s tension and suspense. Throughout the story, first starting with a slurp of the soup, Andrew gradually makes the tense atmosphere by trying to make his dad break his promise by having bad table manners in front of his dad’s boss at dinner.
To be continued....
1) First person – Andrew.
He uses first person language such as me, I, my, us and so on.
2) Andrew likes his dad because He takes him fishing, gives him arm wrestles, play scrabble instead of watching news, tries practical jokes on Andrew and always keeps his promise.
3) Andrew’s dad can’t stand flies and his second fault is table manners.
4) Andrew’s dad hardly ever misses and nearly every time, he hits the fly.
5) The narrator’s name is Andrew.
6) Mr. Spinks always smile at Andrew with his lips but not with his eyes.
7)
A. slurps the soup and dips the bread in the soup then drop it into his mouth from high above.
B. He does it again but miss and hit his eye.
C. He yells out that he’s got the chicken’s bottom
D. Andrew uses his fingers to put margarine onto the potato
E. He snaps the chicken bone in half and suck out the middle.
F. He puts the hollow bones into the custard and use it like a straw
G. Andrew uses his last weapon, he licks the fly swat that actually had currents and liquorice on it but looked like dead flies.
8) The secret weapon is the fly swat with bits of currents and liquorice on it. It looked like dead flies so the guest got sick and his dad cracked up.
Task on next post.
He uses first person language such as me, I, my, us and so on.
2) Andrew likes his dad because He takes him fishing, gives him arm wrestles, play scrabble instead of watching news, tries practical jokes on Andrew and always keeps his promise.
3) Andrew’s dad can’t stand flies and his second fault is table manners.
4) Andrew’s dad hardly ever misses and nearly every time, he hits the fly.
5) The narrator’s name is Andrew.
6) Mr. Spinks always smile at Andrew with his lips but not with his eyes.
7)
A. slurps the soup and dips the bread in the soup then drop it into his mouth from high above.
B. He does it again but miss and hit his eye.
C. He yells out that he’s got the chicken’s bottom
D. Andrew uses his fingers to put margarine onto the potato
E. He snaps the chicken bone in half and suck out the middle.
F. He puts the hollow bones into the custard and use it like a straw
G. Andrew uses his last weapon, he licks the fly swat that actually had currents and liquorice on it but looked like dead flies.
8) The secret weapon is the fly swat with bits of currents and liquorice on it. It looked like dead flies so the guest got sick and his dad cracked up.
Task on next post.
For an english homework we have to choose random words and make one answer correct, then add two more answers that are wrong and put it up on the blog.
My words are on the side, it is formatted like a voting thing so you can't see the answers so here are the answers but do not look before you vote!
1) Impeach:
To accuse a government offical of a crime against public.
2) Zephyr:
An old word for breeze
3) Xenophobia:
Fear or dislike of foreignors
4) Yabber:
to talk or chatter indistinctly
Thank you evryone for taking a vote!
My words are on the side, it is formatted like a voting thing so you can't see the answers so here are the answers but do not look before you vote!
1) Impeach:
To accuse a government offical of a crime against public.
2) Zephyr:
An old word for breeze
3) Xenophobia:
Fear or dislike of foreignors
4) Yabber:
to talk or chatter indistinctly
Thank you evryone for taking a vote!
One day there was a puppy that felt ashamed that it was a puppy. All her friends were very skilled and talented but only the puppy could not find its talent. Her friend cat could jump off from a roof without a scratch and climb trees. Her best friend fox could creep pass a fly without it noticing and her other friend lion was very strong. The puppy tried everything she could think of. She tried cheering, hopping, skipping, climbing trees, slithering, cooking and even gardening. Nothing worked. Puppy was exhausted but as she walked home, she saw her friend bunny crying. Puppy raced up to bunny and asked her what happened. Puppy soon solved bunny’s problem and bunny was delighted. Puppy was happier than ever to solve bunny’s problem and help her out. Later on, puppy helped out all her friends and she was loved by everyone.
“Sometimes we cannot see our own strength.”
“Sometimes we cannot see our own strength.”
1) Subject matter
The poem is named “The snake” and the poet is Sharon (Jamaica). This poem is about a snake and the poem describes the snake and its movements.
2) Message/purpose
The purpose of this poem is to relate the snake’s appearance and movement to real things. An animal can be looked just normal but they can be compared to objects, environment, humans and other animals.
3) Emotion/feelings
On the first two stanzas, the poet makes the reader feel that the snake is a bad, mean and an awful creature hunting down its prey. A quote relating to this is “Its tongue sticking out, like an arrow ready to strike.” The third stanza opposes the first two stanzas by relating the snake to a gentle creature like this. “Just staring like a newborn sheep”.
4) Technique
The technique Sharon, the poet, used only one technique and it is similes. The whole poem is based on similes and they do not rhyme. A few examples are “Like an arrow ready to strike.”, “Its sinuous movement like hungry eels” and “And like a river flowing”. The poem was very effective because the snake could be clearly pictured as the similar thing.
5) Summary
The impact of the poem on me was strong because it made me think of the snake and the similar things very similar and I thought the description fitted in very well. The poet had achieved her purpose because it had a strong impact on me.
The book I have been reading recently is called the 'Keys to the Kingdom'. This is a book about a boy called Arthur Penhaligon who was an asthmatic. He moved to a new school and while he was on the cross country run, he's asthma worsened and he collasped. This was when a old man and his servent appeared out of nowhere and gave Arthur a strange key that looked like a clock hand. This clock hand mysteriously healed Arthur's asthma but it started to make him see things he did not want to see. He could see dangerous monsters which infected humans. Also he saw a weird house which was where the weired creatures that infected the humans came from so he goes in to stop whatever it is.This story is based on Arthur's adventure to stop the danger and save his family and the world. This book is a fun fantsy book so I suggest it to readers from year four to year eight because if your older than that, you might find it boring and if you are younger than that, you might not understand some bits.
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