READING LOG

HIDING EDITH

KATHY KACER

PAGES READ-5

SHE HAS BEEN PRAYING TO GOD TO HELP HER AND SARAH , SHE DID THE SIGN OF THE CROSS WITH THE WRONG HAND AND GOT FRIGHTENED PEOPLE WOULD FIND OUT HER TRUE IDENTIY. THEY WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND A NZAI SOLDIER CAME UP TO HER AND ASKED HER WHAT HER NAME WAS AND SAID IS THAT A GERMAN NAME AND SHE SAID QUICKLY NO IT IS A FRENCH NAME AND SHE THOUGHT HE COULD SEE THROUGH ALL HERL IES AND HE WOULD TAKE HER AWAY.

Hiding Edith

Hiding Edith
Kathy Kacer
Pages read -6

Edith and her friends have arrived at their boarding school and it is right next to a cemetry, Edith doesn't like her new school , its got stains on the walls and seems all dirty and scrubby. They went outside in the dark and sang a Jewish song quietly so no one could hear them.

reading log

Hiding Edith
Kathy Kacer
Pages Read - 7

Edith has just been awoken and told that she is going with 3 other girls to a boarding school in Ste-Foy-la-Grande. She is told that she must try and forget about who she really is. She didn't get to say goodbye to Gaston. But atleast she is  with Sarah

I think that this part is sad because she has too srart a whole new life style and no one is allowed to know that she is Jewish , all they know is that their parents 'died' and they had no where else to go.

Reading Log

Hiding Edith
Kathy Kacer
pages read-5

She had a dream that people were asking who she was , but she couldn't remember her fake name. She doesn't want to be someone shes not and she remembers her mum saying to her 'remember who you are' She is very nervous and scared.

I think I would be nervous if I was her, because you have to keep running from people , shes scared and nervous that people are going to find out that she is Jewish.

Reading Log

Hiding Edith
She has been camping , because the Nazi's were raiding Mossiac , but they didn't get caught. They came back and several days after they were told that they had to leave the house completely , they were told they would be given new identities. They are going to different places because it isn't safe in Mossiac anymore. Edith is very scared , she doesn't want to pretend to be someone she isn't.

reading log

Title-Hiding Edith
Author- Kathy Kacer
pages read-13

She has just overheard them saying the Nazi's are coming to Mossiac , and they have set out too the camp ground , Edith is scared that they will find her and capture her.

:-)

Day 6 reading log

Title- Hiding Edith
Author-Kathy Kacer
pages read-10

She has seen one of the girls in the house leave with her parents , and then a couple of days later she asked Shatta if they had heard anything , and she found out that her family had been arrested and taken to concentration camps. It was Edith's birthday and her mother came to see her , but she had too leave and it made Edith sad.

Novel studies

Title-Hiding Edith
Author-Kathy Kacer
pages read-9

She has been told that they are going to have to sleep in tents because of the raids , the nazi's still check up to see if there are jews there. Edith is scared and confused and she went to see Gaston.

World War 2 notes

II think  remember my mum telling me that my great-great-great grandad used to go in the planes and drop bombs.

Hiding Edith

Title;Hiding Edith
Author;Kathy Kacer
Pages read;40-55

She has just gone to the Mossiac , and she really enjoys it , everyone is so nice to her and they all know she is Jewish but they treat her the same.She has become better at school because she gets the extra help she needed.She just hopes that she gets to see her family again :-)

The Machine Gunners 3-5

1. He spilled the ink on his friend so he could distract the teacher.
2. Chas’s dad doesn’t ask him if he knew anything because his dad was furious about the cops his dad hated them.
3.The police are concerned about the gun because it is the newest machine gun made it has 2000 rounds and 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 wouldn't fit and if they did they would’ve found the gun.
6. Chas likes to do whatever he wants whenever he wants, like he doesn't care about anything or anyone.
7. Boddser was easy to make fun of, he likes to be better than everyone else.
8.I think that they will be found out and taken to Hitler , but they wont die and then they will ride there special unicorns to the land of rainbows and unicorns and lollipops :-)
9. This story is written in 'present' time, the person writing this was not involved in the book apart from writing it, even though its made up :-)

my war haiku

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

Cinquain

DIAMANTE

Reading log -day 2

Title-Hiding Edith
Author- Kathy Kacer
Pages read- 5-16

They were stopped in the street by a Jewish soldier and he found out the were Jewish but he knows Edith's father and tells them to leave immediately for their own protection, so they packed there stuff.

Reading Record-Day 1

Title-Hiding Edith
Author-Kathy Kacer
Pages read-1-5

I just read the introduction , it was just explaining about what Hitler did and how many people were killed , also how they hid the Jewish children from being killed.

It's sad how many people were killed in the war because of Hitler. It shows that some people are disturbed in many ways, but the parents or adults that helped the Jewish kids keep there lives , makes you think how much their lives were indangered.

My favourite speech .

I really liked Ashley's speech . Firstly it wouldve been extremly nerve wracking too get up and talk with only been learning english for the past 4 weeks considering she is from Korea. She was talking about a band she really liked and we had alisten too it ; she also talked about the most common food there which contains egg rice  , chicken , lettuce and carrots . She suggested we try it. She was a great speaker and talked clearly and made eye contact too.

Trip to New Plymouth

On Monday morning we went on a sporting adventure to New Plymouth. It took us around 5 hours to get there.NOT FUN ;o . When we arrived we went to Devon Intermediate too meet our billeting families. I was paired up with Shania, I'm glad I had someone to be with instead of being by myself >:) . We went home and got dressed . We went into town to look around ; it was so cool. At around 7 we went out too dinner at a restaurant called Marbles, it was so embarrassing because we saw the teachers eating at the same restaurant too ! LOL.
The next 2 days were cruisy , we had our sports and we won basketball 41-19 :D yus! . We won altogether considering we won 4 games and they only  won 3 . AHAHHAHA 5 years in a row now :-) . They did a closing ceremony and they did a Pacifica group , it was really funny. Overall I Had a great time.

Tuesday's Proverb.

He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata! He tangata! He tangata! What is the most important thing in the world? It is people! It is people! It is people!
So our race doesnt end .

back at school.

I dont like being back at school because I have to wake up early and we had to have homework the first day back its like D:

My powerpoint.

I got my powerpoint onto the blog by first clicking into the powerpoint and clicking save as. I then went to were i was going to save it AS and i clicked the one that says moviemaker. You then come onto your blog and upload it as a movie maker file and wait till it is loaded.

KWHL chart,

TORNADOES;
What I already knew.
They make a twirly thing
They sweep lots of stuff up
It is a natural disaster.


What did i want to find out?
Who are involved in the clean up of a tornado?
Where was the most disastrous tornado?
Why do they occur?
How do tornadoes form?
When do they usually strike?

How did I find this out?
internet sites;
www.nssl.naaa.gov/edu/saftey/tornadoguide.html
www.environment.nationalgeographic.com
www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm

What have i learnt?

I learnt that tornadoes are extremely dangerous and they sweep the path in its way.

Rangi did hers on the black death and i learnt that what you may know as the kids nursery rhyme is actually about the plague; Ring around the rosies. I also learnt that the Black death wiped out over half of Europes population!
Some people did there powerepoints on earthquakes considering the catastrophe that happened in christchurch. New Zealand is right in the middle of a fault line which makes earthquakes happen so we are more prone to earthquakes.

MY Natural Wonder Of the World .

I think that Mount Ruapehu should be a natural wonder of the world because it is one of the few active volcanoes in New Zealand. Many people/tourists visit the mountain because of the many activities you can do there including skiing or snowboarding. It is in National park meaning you can walk around and there are beautiful waterfalls and wonderful sightseeing places.

TORNADOES

TORNADOES.

Day trip to the Museum

We went to the museum today and looked around all the galleries. The first gallery was about the Maori Statue of Pukaki ;put on the 20c coin ; I liked that it was representing something;had meaning to it; I learnt that it was created in 1836.

gallery 2 was about the Arawa people and how they found they re way to NZ. I liked the canoe . I learnt that the cutting tool belonged to Tamatekapua.
gallery 3 Had lots of interesting things that belonged to Maori ancestors , they re were fish hooks and a flute witch was interesting.
gallery 4 I cant remember this gallery.

gallery 5 I learnt that Maori's had never seen a bible or muskets before the Europeans came.
gallery 6 Was all about the pink and white terraces; I learnt that the names for pink terraces in Maori is Otukapuarangi and the white terrace is named Te Tarata.
gallery 7 Was about the war and how the Maori soldiers fought in it. We watched the movie ; with some soldiers that had survived the war telling there stories , there personal experience . But i fell asleep half way through.
gallery 8  We didn't end up looking at gallery 8.

Penelope my unicorn♥

My unicorn is white ; she has spirally horn that lights up like the galaxy at night . Her boyfriend is Henry ; (christies unicorn) and they were having a tea party before ; and she rang up and said shes going to have BABIES (-: its exciting . because the little baby unicorns come out rainbow coloured ; and they chnage colour as they grow older. PLEASE HOLD i have to speak to my unicorn.

Today mrs Harvey  is away and we have Whaea Piki . She is nice to me even though im a distraction :)))))) ♥ and me and Christie have pet unicorns ; we were talking on the phone to him but she made us hop off. hehe.

Cry of the Taniwha chapter 22

1. Describe what happened in this chapter.
2. Reflect on your literacy work this week. PMI - the good, the bad and the interesting...


1. Skulla and his gang persisted on getting the diamonds and made Matt start searching,he was convinced he hadnt found anything but he found a diamond in the end and Skulla couldnt take his eyes off of it.But bad news struck and Whakarewarewa exploded, covering Skulla in a clump of boiling mud. Jackson was hurt badly and looked frale,dead.




2. I think that I have done allright this week, i just need to remain focused so I can get my work done. Like I said i have to keep focus because i get distracted easily. I enjoy reading the book because it shows you what bullying and gangs are like and how theyre bad for you. ♥

Cry of the Taniwha chapter 20-21

Chapter 20.

1.What did Matt and Eve find out?
That theyre were jewels in the ponga.


2.Do you think they should go with Ana? Why/Why not?
No because she lead the boys into the gangs hands meaning she is some part of the gang or has some sort of association with it.

Chapter 21

3.What do you think is going happened?
 I think they will be able to make it out with out skulla on hisb ack because I think theyre will be some sort of eruption,since the mud was bubbling heaps so they will keep the jewels and keep investigating.

Cry of the Taniwha chapter 19.

W.A.L.T edit and proof read our work.

1.Why did they go to the museum?

Matt and Eve wanted to return the sovereigns so they could be put onto display.Eve had some papers that had to be dropped off.

2.What do you think might be special about the ponga?

Edward had given the metal box with the ponga inside it to Mary as a gift,so it obviously has some speciality to it otherwise Edward wouldn't have given it to her.

 

Cry of the Taniwha chapter 18.

W.A.L.T- edit and proof read our writing.

1.What does Eve do in this chapter?
She see's Zirk checking on her Matt and Jackson, he had been there most of the week. She found a bit of glass that had been half buried in dirt she picked it up and pretended it was the most precious diamond in the world and the Zirk cam a bit closer his binoculars right on them.She hid it again and then waited for him to come and look for it, only to find a bit of broken glass.



2.What is going to happen next?
I think that the geologists will block off the area that they had been in the day before,because something dangerous is going to happen,maybe the eruption or maybe something faulty that the geologists dont know what it is.The case with Skulla and his gang, I think that they will get let off apart from doing 'community service' and now Matt shuold be worried.

W E E K E N D

On the weekend it was mothers day and we got my mother books because i completly forgot that it was mothers day. Sally was at our houseand yeah .

Cry of the Taniwha chapter 17.

1.What is gawks real name?
Known as 'the Gawk' his real name is Cecil Hilton.

2.Where does he live?
Cecil lives in a galvanized iron garage that sits neatly behind a house. Matt Jackson and Cecil can only just fit into this garage.

3. Why did he give the items back?
Cecil gave them back because Jackson had threatend him about letting the WXK gang know where he lives, he got scared because he had obviously heard of the gang and gave the coins back shortly after.

4.Would you be worried if you were matt. why?/why not?
I would be because if the gang is released from the court then they might come after him but he has the coins so if they do coe back he can give the coins and the gang could flee. I would still be a little bit frightened because the gang is well known for hurting people and he had already got a threat from one of the members of the gang.

Cry of the Taniwha - Chapter 16

WALT - Find the meaning of words. 1. Find the meaning of the following words: console / briefly / bombarded / edition / pendant 2. Find where each word is used during the chapter and give the page number and paragraph number. 3. Wow me with an amazing sentence for each word 

 

 1.  a.  console- A box that you put games in .
b.  briefly-for a short time.
c.  bombarded-attack with the news she had
d.  edition-a series of printings in a newspaper book etc.
e.  pendant- the main peice on jewlery or an ornament.

2.
a.first paragraph chapter 16 page 116.
b.paragraph 5 page 116 chapter 16
c.116 paragraph 7 chapter 16
d.paragraph 2 chapter 16  page 117
e.page 117 paragraph 3 chapter 16

 

a. The wii console bursted to life with music when we turned pressed the play button.
b. I briefly stood at the door waiting for my mum to open it for me.
c.We got bombarded with the spectacular news about One Direction coming for a 2013 tour.
d.The latest edition of Girlfriend has Liam Payne as the front cover, he is beautiful.
e.The eye bulging diamond pendant sat in the safety of glass at the jewlers.

fitness again.

i got 4.45 .

Fitness .

We did something different for fitness this morning . Mrs Harvey made a path to run on , on Google Maps which was 1km. She timed us and I got 5.33 which is pretty good.

Cry of the Taniwha-Chapter 5.

W.A.L.T- Justify answers using information from text.

1.Why did Hone get angry?
Hone was extremely mad because Matt hadnt told Hone about the threats and bullying that the gang had said/done to him, and it was to late by the time Matt told him.

2. Predict whats going to happen next.
The gang will find Matt hiding in the car scrunching up to the seats, trying to remain unhidden. They tell him that he has ONE last chance to get them something good or he's dead meat. He has to find a way to get a metal detector and finds a time machine. He goes into the future and WA BAM skulla is a elaphant. Jackson has dropped out of the group but he still has to rob a car. then PEOW a huge monster truck comes along and runs the car over.

literacy Cry of the Taniwha

W.A.L.T - Justify answers using information from text

1.Why had Matt not slept well?
Because of being told about Jackson having to do a robbery to be in WXK. Also he is scared about what might happen in the future.
(Chapter 14 paragraph 1. )

1.Why did Nan tell Matt that he was famous?
He was on the front page of the newspaper with an article about the body and the gold.
(chapter 14 paragraph 2.)

3.What happened to Matt in the redwoods?
Matt was using his metal detector to find gold peices for the gang because otherwise he would get punched. He found 9 gold peices but he had to go to the toilet but GAWK stoel his metal detetctor and the gold and ran off.
(chapeter 14 paragraph 11.)

4.What did Eve find out?
Eve has assumed that the skeleton that was buried is Jack Boult because he went on a trip with the lady that had the diamond pendant but Jack didnt return with them.
 

fitness.

We had to do stupid fitness this morning . Mrs Harvey timed 10minutes and we had to see how many laps we could do in that time. I did 3 which is pretty good concidering RYAN tripped me up :(

Cry of the Taniwha - chapter 13

W.A.L.T - Justify answers using information from text.

1.How is Matt feeling about Juzza now?
Matt is ashamed, because he didnt think 'Juzza' would turn out to be desperate enough to be in the gang to have to rob but he doesnt know that the boys are just using him.






2.Who is Gawk?
'Gawk' is the name Matt used to describe him as he was hiding behind a tree perving at the couple. He had orange hair and wore a bright tropical top with short short shorts !YUCK.







3.What was Gawk doing?
'Gawk'was spying on a couple behind a tree.The couple was making out. He was being a pervert.

my weekend

Well i was supposed to hang out with Christie but she annoyed her dad, so she couldnt. I had nothing to do untill i went with Aroha and my sister . We made a movie thing made with pictures ; we mixed songs into it so when you played it ,it looked like we were in time with the songs. Yeah . ♥

Cry of the Taniwha chapters 11&12.

W.A.L.T write imformative interesting sentences.
Who are the following people?
a.)Louise Miller -Louise Miller is the loving mother of Mary Basham.Edward Basham is the husband of Mary Basham.He made the golden locket for Louise and placed a photo of her mother inside it .She has lots of expensive jewels meaning she is probably rich.
 b.)Edward Basham-Edward Basham is the,loving and also rich husband of Mary Basham. He made the locket for Louise with the picture of her mother.
c.)Mary Basham married Edward Basham. She has lots of expensive jewllery and keeps a diamond pendent under her bed. She had the box at the start of the book.
d.)Scott Murrey is the leader of WXK.He was a good sports player but after his dad left he joined the gang and got some tattoos. He could have gone very far in life but he decided against it.
 e.)Ian McMillian  a scientist that was able to identify the skeleton that Matt found.
f.)Eve is the girl staying in the hotel.She helped Matt find out the research about Louise Miller.




BTW I DID NOT COPY SHANIA .

We had a basketball game yesterday at 7:40 . We faced Te Koutu and they were really feisty . We thought we would havelost but we won . They were agressive and pushed oceania over.But we got the fouls. Theyre were 2 girls that have been in the rep team for basketball with Oceania , so we had to watch out for them as they were the ones getting them all the goals.

Describe the members of WXK .

There are 3 members of the gang.
Skulla (Scott Murry) is the leader of the gang. He was an extreme sport player when he was young. But the sawmill where his dad worked burnt down.Which led Juzza to join a gang. He is fearless, a risktaker,and very determined.
 Dennis Williams(Diz) is extrememly violent,and nearly beat a kid to death. He has something wrong mentally. He hung Hone over the steaming mud?
Corey Collins (Croak) . He was a good kid.that wouldnt have done anything bad in the past. He joined this gang and now has a mohawk and gang tattoos scattered over his body.

Cry of the Taniwha -chapter 7 and 8.

W.A.L.T - Write imformative, interesting sentences.

1. Describe what happened at the hardware store.
Juzza stole loppers from the hardware store so they could find out what was handcuffed to the tree roots. But Mat  took them back into the store,determined;and paid for them.

I can see owhata kids running around on the wet grass . and they are happily playing on the playground while i have to do fitness. YAYYAYA .Not.

reow.bestfriend is christie ^_^  ♥

Liam Payne  ♥