Show Not Tell

Today for writing, we did not do collaborative so we instead had to do 5 'What Am I' from 5 different categories. We had to do this in groups of wither 2 or 3. I went with James and Savarnah. We all did different slides and contributed to it evenly. The answer is on the following slide after the clues. Comment down below how many you got right. Did you learn anything from the clues?

My Saturday

I had a pretty good weekend, I did some stuff but also had time to relax but I had a great Saturday.

This is what I did...

On Saturday morning, I went to Board Training at Corsair Bay which is flat water training on a Surf Life Saving Board. We trained for 1 1/2 hours on the flat, luke warm water.

Corsair Bay

The highlight of my Saturday afternoon was going to Library and issuing some books . Three of the books I issued was by one of my favourite authors Des Hunt. He is a kiwi author from Palmerston North and has won a few awards for some of his novels. Some of my favourites he has written are Search For A Kiwi Killer, Red Edge, To Trap A Thief and Deadly Feathers. Trust me, these are a must read!

Des Hunt - aged 79 (2021).

Abandon Ship! Have You Read It?

Yesterday I finished reading the diary called Abandon Ship! It is by Shirley Corlett and is part of the My New Zealand Story series. I got it from the Christchurch City Library and read it as part of my School Wide Reading Awards. I started the book Tuesday night and finished Wednesday afternoon. It was a very entertaining and engaging book, let me tell you a little about it.

This is a diary of Debbie Atherton, a fictional character living in Wellington in 1968 aged 12 years old.

She starts reading her many greats grandfather's sea journal that her Gran gave her to read. Debbie finds it very fascinating and quite different to her own diary that is mainly about school and her friendship troubles. One day, sick in bed, Debbie thinks her long dead grandfather is trying to tell her something. Then she boards the Wahine.

I think this book is great for ages 11-14 as it tells a little bit of history and gives you a picture of what life was like in 1968. Do you think you will read it? What kind of books are you into?