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.”
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.
My brother is like a guinea pig because he is sometimes very nice and comforting.
My brother is like a guinea pig because he can be very annoying.
My brother is like a guinea pig because he doesn't get much sun.
My brother is like a guinea pig because he wants to be left alone.
My brother is like a guinea pig because he can be cute sometimes.
Term 1
- Short Stories - 'HPA'
I really liked reading short stories and I liked writing it too.
My short story was about a boy who learnt how to hack a computer from his dad but unfortunately, his dad died. He was adopted by a bad person who is forcing him to hack into a computer but the boy gets caught. He gets taken to the police but the HPA (Hacking Preventing Agency) needs his help to develop a program to stop hackers so the boy willingly helps them.
Term 2
- 'The Silver Donkey'
We had a test based on the silver donkey and this was very hard. This was because we had to write three paragraphs on three questions. I found it hard to write about a chracter based on the book but I did it and I thought my results were pretty good.
-Opinionative Speech - 'Schools should allow 30 minutes of physical exercise to all students"
This was a speech we had to make and present to the audience to convince them about the topic.
Term 3
- 'The Dark Hills Divide' - Interview
An interview with a character in the book. It makes me think in creative ways and I hope I get the results soon!
- PoetryWe just started but we've only done similies.
Term 4
- Introduction to Shakespeare
Black = Finished
Blue = Not Finished
The book Dark Hills Divide, written by Patrick Carman, is about a twelve-year-old girl called Alexa. There are walls there to protect everyone and Alexa but she can't overcome her curosity. As the person who built the walls, Warvold, dies Alexa is left with a whole lot of mysteries she has to solve.
The characters excluding Alexa and Warvold are James Daley, Ganesh, Grayson, and Nicholas. These are peole living inside the walls. The animals friends of Alexa are Ander, Murphy, Darius, Malcom and the forest council.
The things I liked about the book were the characters and the unpredictable mysteries. I liked the book and there was nothing that made me dislike it. Overall, I thought the book was fantastic and I recommend it to students in school and you can try reading it to!
