Writing Challenges

This week we have started a new activity called Miss H's Writing challenges every day we have a new challenge to complete using different words and grammar. This week we have done 2 activities. The first one includes 'a' or 'an' , there are 6 sentences with gaps and we have to fill in the gaps with 'a' or 'an'. The Second Activity Contractions and completing them. 

Boy in The Striped Pyjamas

Today I read Chapter 12 & 13 of our novel and we learnt Shmuel's background story and how Pavel was growing weaker. Here are my two Chapter questions. 

Numeracy Week 5

This week for Numeracy I went to my first math group, we learnt about Integers and positive and negatives. Mrs England also taught us a song that helps us remember the lesson Click here is you want to listen to it. With the Positives and Negatives we learnt the different ways they go, for example Negative's go left Positive's go Right. Also for our Math's buddy we have been set 27 new tasks to complete. 

Basketball Digital Badge

This basketball season I represented Grey Main in the Yr 7/8 Competition. I have earnt my basketball digital badge made by Ruby B.

Blog Post Digital Badge

I have earnt my 10 Blog Posts Digital Badge

Diary Entry

For literacy today with our Boy in The striped Pyjamas topic, we had to write a diary entry from Bruno's point of view. I decided to make mine look like an old diary entry.

Facebook Profile

In our class we have been making fake Facebook profiles. We had to choose someone from our novel (The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas) and make their Facebook profile. I choose Gretel ,Bruno's Annoying older sister who is obsessed with dolls and Lieutenant Kotler. I found it really challenging because of all the links and detail we had to use in it. Here is mine. 

Boy in The Striped Pyjamas Chapter 7

Here are our Chapter 7 Questions from our Novel. We have met 1 new character Pavel. 

Answer the following questions:

1. Describe the one person Bruno knew to be mad.

Herr Roller because he has fights with his shadow that is reflected on the wall and he invites cats for lunch. Because he went to WW1 and survived but with a brain damage.

2. What does Bruno do to entertain himself?

He Makes a swing with a rope and tyre

3. What is Bruno’s opinion of Lieutenant Kotler?

That when you go near him everything gets cold and you need a jumper on.  

4. How does Gretel act around Lieutenant Kotler?

Flirty and addicted she also gets really mad and angry at Bruno when he disturbs their conversation.

5. How does Lieutenant Kotler treat Bruno?

Like he is a little 5 year old just starting school.

6. How does Lieutenant Kotler treat Pavel?

Like he is a piece of dirt he stood on.

7. How does Bruno feel when Lieutenant Kotler treats Pavel like this?

He feels cold, sad and embarrassed because he is a part of this

8. How does Bruno injure himself?

Went to high on the swing he made with the tyre and rope and fell of and got a gash out of his skin.

9. Describe Bruno’s injury.

A medium sized gash with blood and a bit of dirt that needs to be cleaned before it gets infected

10. Who looks after him and what do they do?

Pavel looks after him and dabs a cold but not to cold cloth on him for pressure and uses a green liquid that stings but stops the bleeding so he won’t bleed to death.

11. What do we learn about Pavel’s past?

That Pavel was a doctor in training he was a very good doctor but then the Nazis came and took him to the concentration camp he is lucky he didn’t get killed and got given a job as a vegetable peeler.

12. Why does Pavel’s behaviour change when Bruno’s mother arrives?

Because he is frightened of her because she has the power to get soldiers to kill him.

13. How does she treat Pavel?

Not with full respect but still treats him alright because he did help bruno.

14. Why won’t she tell Bruno’s father what happened?

Because Bruno’s father will kill him because he doesn’t want a Jewish person to touch his son.

15. Does Bruno understand the situation here at Out-With? Explain.

No he doesn’t he thinks they just moved for a while for father job.

Look up the following words in the dictionary, write their definitions and explain what they mean: inequality, racism, prejudice.

Inequality: Different by size , money , race , gender.

Racism: Discrimination pointed at someone from a different race.

Prejudice: preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.