The book I am reading for this project was the Percy Jackson’s series. I have only read both of the first two books of the series yet it is a truly captivating story, both of them. They have an intriguing plot which immediately catches the reader’s attention and don’t want to leave the book on the table unless all of it is finished. It follows the life of young boy, Percy Jackson, as he struggles through hardship of surviving monsters and creatures as he is the son of Poseidon, one of the big three main gods. He meets new friends while making enemies but every book always ends with a twist that puts the story back onto its head. Secondly, he goes on different missions all which seem impossible yet manages to complete it. One, will he be able to rescue Zeus’s lightning bolt from the clutches of Hades in time before Zeus commits world war 3? Another, can he rescue his friend and get the Golden Fleece before the world of half-gods will all be revealed? I have now moved onto a series by Philip Pullman, starting with the Northern lights.
Day: 6 November 2015
Questions of the poem” Below the Green Corrie”
Questions for the poem:
- What made you write this poem? Who inspired you?
- Does the poem relate to your recent experiences?
- Does it express your feelings to how the mountain is?
- What language features are used in this poem? What are their effects?
What the poem is about?
There are many words that I have not yet understood about this poem. It is a poem of mystery that is very vague and silent.This poem is short yet powerful with many language features. The background is probably about someone’s experience of the mountains and what they feel of it especially of their feelings and emotions. One example of a language feature is repetition but also alliteration. A thought that conveys this is” Full of threats, full of thunders.” This tells us of how probably it is quite intimidating, threatening and scary. There are two f’s and is repeating”full.” It is a very deep poem with many thoughts.
A start to our new class story-The boy in the striped pyjamas
Today, we made predictions(hypothesis) on the start of the new book,”The boy in striped pyjamas.” We predicted on what we would find in the plot in later lessons and work together reading through it. We looked at three pieces of evidence- the two boys with only half of their face seen, the dirty pyjamas and the blurb at the back of the book. I have drawn to the conclusion that there is a nine year old boy called Bruno whom follows a journey from his home to the later concentration camp or prison. I think he is Jewish which is associated to the world war 2 and how they were judged.There were specific questions that we had to answer in order to gather up our evidence and make a prediction. There are many important questions I have picked out and answered.
Q:Why do you think we have not been allowed to see his whole face?
A:We have not been allowed to see his whole face to remain secret and keep it as a mystery. Also it makes the reader engage within the questions and get them inquisitive to move and go on reading the story.
Q:Barbed wire.Why?
A:The barbed wire is to show that someone might have probably smuggled it. Also to show that life in concentration camp is torture and brutal.Secondly, it might show what the fence is like.

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