My book review for The Quake

                                   The Quake

                          By Eirlys Hunter

A fantastic book about what Hannah has to do to save her little brother Ollie and help her older brother Alex from a huge earthquake that disrupts them in the night.

A few shakes cause Hannah to awaken her in the night, She could instantly tell that this earthquake was going to be a big one. Hannah screamed out to her parents who were supposed to be home, but unfortunately they did not call back.

Ollie screaming, No sign of her older brother Alex (Not surprising, he always been a heavy sleeper) Hannah did not know what to do. Hannah grabbed hold of little Ollie, and woke Alex up and they both got under their doorway. Shakes surrounding them, their house was slowly collapsing and they all knew it.

Alex being the hero, went to get some food from the kitchen.

Alex saw the bookshelf slowly going to fall and then he focussed too much on the bookshelf he tripped on a few books! That bookshelf had enough, hannah screaming at Alex to move was not making him get up. ‘Creek’ went that old bookshelf, one shake was all it took. The bookshelf fell, Alex was in trouble.

Hannah was off to try and save her older brother awhile trying to keep Ollie safe…

In the Quake, my rating out of 10 would have to be a 9/10. The Quake is a good book for describing exactly what is happening in every detail so its really easy to visualise. The language they use makes you feel like you are watching a live show of the earthquake

Hannah is 14yrs old. She is one of those people who does whatever she can to help people,Even If it causes her to be endangered.

Ollie is 4yrs old. He is all about his toys, to him family is pretty close to toys.

Alex is around about 17/18 and he loves music.

The Quake is suitable for about 9-12 year olds, even though the people in the book are older. The book has really rich language that makes you lose yourself when reading. It really makes you get concerned about earthquakes and how dangerous they really can be.

Quality Blog Comment Learning...

For the past couple of weeks my class has been learning about writing "Quality" blog comments. Here is my google drawing to evidence my learning.

National Young Leaders Day Palmerston North....

Yesterday we went to national young leaders day, My teacher didn't go and he made a document in our google drive for us to complete about the day. Please read below

What did you think of NYLD 2015. Give your opinion and reasons why you hold these opinions (at least 4 sentences). Young leaders was very fun. The speakers were very clear in what they have succeeded in and it was good to hear that you can achieve anything if you put your mind to it and be positive. Each speaker had a main thought and told us what the have achieved from it. They have really made me open up my mind to realise a being  leader is  very important, not only wearing a badge. being responsible aiming high to achieve,persist and be open minded and more. A learnt a lot about being a leader and the qualities of being one. I am glad I went to young leaders 2015

Who was your favourite speaker and why? (Describe in at least 4 sentences). William Pike: Because he had a really good messages about aiming high and you will succeed one day. The main idea he was talking about was “All passion, No limits”. As William does that as for being a mountain climber. He described his past experiences and what that has lead him to.

What have you learnt about being a leader? (At least 4 sentences). That you don't have to be stood out, You might be taking a huge part in something but just because you are, you don't have to show off. Always be passionate and aim high don't worry about something you want to do. If you want to do it, do it. Be positive, Because one little thing can change a lot of people's lives and even the WORLD!. Follow what you want to do, not what other people want you to do. Dont try and change yourself, You are who You are, not anyone else!

How could you use this learning here at school? (At least 4 sentences) Being persistent and positive, If you don't think you can do it? where's the persistence in that? Find out what you don't understand,what you already know.  If you want to do something do it! don't let other people hold you back. e.g you wanted to pick something else and your friend wanted another one, Do what you want to help and grow your knowledge and learning. Dont pretend you can do it, or want to do it, If you dont know ask someone be curious!

Action points - something I am going to work on (a goal) from NYLD: “All passion,No limits” Because I always think to stop there when I can really do more to aim high and grow my knowledge with more information. To do what I feel is going to let me help others than picking one with my friends.

My favourite quotes were (remember to say who said them): All passion, no limits Dont be what you want to be, be who you want to be. You can change the world with little things Be yourself, not someone you're not

All passion No limits, Message from NYLD15

Posting a quality blog comment

Today I did an activity on the Room 10 google site called "Writing a quality blog comment" And one of the things we had to do after we learnt how was to comment on someones blog, I chose to do izzys:

Inferencing a text

Inferencing..............

When you inference its when the author doesn't say directly in the text but you piece what you already know with what the clues are in the text. Inferencing is when you use what your already know (e.g what you have done,read or seen before) with what the author has already explained in the text. Another part of Inferencing is predicting (predicting is when you think about whats going to happen next).


(e.g) - The guests went for second helpings,she could infer that they enjoyed their meal.

Personal Profile.....

Hi my name is Shanelle. My favourite subject at school is probably maths. You really need to know your times tables! I am pretty good at maths,I just need to know all my times tables. I have 2 cats called Sausage and Lilly. My dog is called Scooby ( and no,hes not that big!) I like to blog about my learning and cute and quirky things. I really like to do sport especially Netball! My absulote favourite singer is Katy Perry! I hope you enjoy my blog posts!!!