Reading

Linoit Research: Jack and the Beanstalks
http://linoit.com/home

Cat and Dog Perspective Diary:

http://lolsnaps.com/funny/8785/

Reading Games

Free Rice:

http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1423

Study Ladder:

https://www.studyladder.co.nz/

Sunshine Online:

http://www.sunshineonline.com.au/

Brain Pop:

https://www.brainpop.com/english/studyandreadingskills/

https://www.brainpop.com/english/famousauthorsandbooks/

Kiwi Kids News:

http://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/

DOGO News:

https://www.google.co.nz/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=dogo%20news

Clever Crocodiles:

Famous Person Presentation

This week you are going to complete a presentation on a famous person. First you need to decide whether you are doing this by yourself or with a buddy.

Next you need to decide who your famous person is going to be. It could be:

·         A famous inventor

·         A famous president

·         A famous leader

·         A famous person who completed a great deed

·         A famous sportsperson (that you don’t know much about)

    You will need to present your information on a device using either Prezi, Powerpoint, Google Slides, Google Docs or a similar application.

   You need to find out:

• What are they famous for? Describe in detail.
• Where did they grow up? Give some information about their life journey.
• What are some major events in their life?

   You will be presenting this to the class so please make sure it is presented well. :)

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Magnificent Monkeys:
Spywatch: Click on the first picture.
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/stories


Clever Crocodiles;
Kids' Lit Quiz 2015 Test

Practice Questions (2015)

1. Whose nickname as a student was Padfoot?
2. What colour was the highly sought after and prized Arkenstone?
3. Erasers are wolf-like creatures that go after children in what book?
4. Who was the sparkly fish that gave away his scales?
5. What bird’s singing, according to Hans Christian Andersen, brought tears to the Chinese Emperor’s heart?
6. Who is Geronimo Stilton’s sister, the one that loves traveling and having adventures around the world?
7. Where in space did four children land and leave a ‘Hello Dad!’ message in Frank Cottrell’s Boyce’s book Cosmic?
8. What day of the week did Thor give his name to?
9. What country forced its citizens to sign a Treaty of Treason?
10. Who was the television-obsessed boy that visited Mr Wonka’s factory?
11. Who owned a long Elvish dagger called Sting?
12. What famous playwright was born in Stratford-upon-Avon?
13. What are Japanese pocket monsters called?
14. In Goth Girl, by Chris Riddell, some rare creatures were saved from an animal hunt by making copies of them from what material?
15. Where do leprechauns hide their gold?
16. What type of meat does a troll like best?
17. What was Matilda’s favourite school subject?
18. Who spoke the words: ‘O, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo’?
19. The repetition of two or more words with the same letter is known as what?
20. The Disney movie Frozen was based on what story by Hans Christian Andersen?

Read Theory Quiz:
Just click "Get started"".
http://www.readtheory.org/



Bigger than Alexander:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UU30-0J-Iw


Clever Crocodiles:
CHARCTERS

Answer these questions about your novel:
1. Who are the main characters in your novel?
2. Choose two main characters from your novel and make notes on their:
-Character traits
-Any major events involving them and how they have reacted
-If they have changed over time at all

3. How do you make a judgment about which characters are the main characters in a story? How do you know?

4. Describe the physical appearance of two characters in your story.

Make sure you have these notes for our discussion circle tomorrow.

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