JohnChow

1. Summary (Summarize your presentation experience):
I liked working with my group. Everyone worked well with each other and agreed on everything. We found ways to overcome any obstacles we came across and, at the same time, had some ‘laughs’. The group was very hard working and completed their own assignments on the dates we scheduled each other. When it was presentation time, I was a little nervous but cheered up when everyone knew it was my birthday (YAY!). Overall, I think my group really good on the project.
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2. Analyze (What did you do well? What did you find challenging?):
What did you do well?
I was charged with the words and text on the glogster. I found this job easy as all I had to do was find some text that was related to voice, like: What it was, how do we use it, etc. and post it on the glogster. I took about an hour or less on this part.

What did you find challenging?
I was also charged with the script for presentation of my group. I found this quite hard as I needed to created the script in a way so that my friends could present it easily. I managed to create 3 scripts (1 for each of us) in point form and told my friends that if they didn’t like it they could change it to their liking.

3. Learn – What did you learn? Be specific.
-I learned that when you are presenting, you must speak loud and clear so that the audience can hear you. You must also make eye contact with them. When you are part of the audience, it is important that you pay attention to the person speaking and not interupt him or her.

1. My favorite line in the story is: “He was wrapped up from head to toe and the brim of his soft felt hat hid every inch of his face but the shiny tip of his nose.” I like this sentence because it describes the invisible man’s appearance.

2. The author wrote the story in a way that when the Invisible Man(Griffin) first arrived at the inn, he was kind and polite. But as the story progresses, he becomes more and more violent. He starts to attack any anybody who dared to try and look at his face. This leads to the climax of the story. That is what I like about the way the author wrote the story.

3. Of course, the author leaves me with a image of a ‘mummified’ man and a old wooden cottage. He also left me with images of falling snow and snow everywhere on the ground and policemen trying to capture Griffin.

4. See:
-Snubbing
-Monstrous
-Unassuming
-Proceeded
-Flung

Hear:
-Pouring
-Smash
-Muffled
-Rapped
-Murmur
-Cry
-Stiring

Feel:
-Clumsily
-Wriggling
-Smack

5. Quotes:
-”The strange came in early February, one wintry day.”

-”The last snowfall of the year, over the down, walking as it seemed from Bramblehurst railway station.”

6. Yes. The characters talk like real human beings. For example: If you were an invisible man and was wanted by the police… Everyone tried to look at your face to find some answers about you, wouldn’t you be in a rage?

1. I think the author’s message was that: When you receive good things, don’t take them for granted. I got it from the part when Oliver is adopted by a man called: Mr Sowerberry. Oliver thought that all his troubles were over and began to enjoy his new life but was wrong when Mr Sowerberry’s wife ‘chases’ him away.

2. I feel somewhat ‘okay’… I don’t feel happy or sad. I agree, with most people, that Charles Dickens is a very good writer. I especially like Chirstmas Carols!

3. The funniest part was probably when… Actually, there is no funny part. The book is more about sadness. To me, the saddest part was when Oliver got hit by Mr Sowerberry’s wife and was forced to run away. To me, there was actually no exciting part too…

4. Like I said, Charles Dickens is an excellent writer. He puts very good voice and sentence fluency into his writing. He also makes sure he grabs the reader’s attention and has a good choice of words that he puts into his writing.

1. The main events are:
-Our 6 Toa Inika heroes manage to retrieve the Mask of Life from the grasp of the Piraka. However, using his last amount of energy, Vezon blasts the mask out of Toa Inika Matoro’s hand, sending it down into the Black Waters.
-The Toa started traveling down The Cord, that led into the water, to retrieve the mask.
-They enter the water, only to find a giant eel waiting for them. Fortunately, before the eel can strike, a blast from the Mask of Life blinds it and turns the 6 Inika into underwater-breathing Toa.
-Although they lose they energetic power, the Toa manage to defeat the eel.
-They find that Matoran are actually trapped under the water, and give the Toa a mission(to free the air fields) to prove that they are heroes.
-The Toa complete their mission, but at a cost…The 6 Barraki Warlords find and trap the Toa(excluding Matoro as he stayed at the Matoran Village).
-Believing the Toa to have betrayed them, the Matoran open fire on Matoro. Matoro barely escapes with his life only to have Hydraxon capture him.
-Hydraxon places Matoro in a cell and introduces him to Maxilos, a mechanical guard. Matoro realizes that there was no need to hold back in attack as he was not alive and readies himself to destroy his guard. But before he could, Maxilos reveals himself to be Makuta, who offers to help Matoro and frees him.
-Meanwhile, the remaining Toa get use to their new-found powers and start regrouping with Matoro and his new friend.
-They decide to split up to cover more ground and find the mask.
-Unfortunately, by splitting up, they lose they virtue: UNITY.
-In some of the final pages, Hahli is captured by Mantax, one of the six barraki warlords.

2. The main problem was finding the Mask of Life. There wasn’t actually a solution because the book is continued by another book.But some of the obstacles are: The 6 barraki warlords, their armies, Hydraxon, and the Toa’s new powers.

3. I predicted that the Toa would get the Mask of Life and save Mata Nui. But I was wrong, instead Hahli is captured and the Toa are outnumbered by the barraki’s armies. The author have ended in a way that the barraki killed all 6 Toa and got the Mask of Life, but that wouldn’t be nice.

4. I think the best part was when Maxilos frees Matoro. At first, I thought why would a bad guy save a good guy? My curiosity of this part led it to becoming my favorite part in the entire book.

1. The main characters are:
-An Agori Villager named Metus. Metus was a somewhat cowardly Agori compared to others but will to fight if he was forced to. In this story, Metus would be considered an ally due to the fact that he offered Mata Nui a ride to the nearest city. Metus’s body armor is blue while his arms, legs and head are all white One reason why Metus is cowardly could be because of the dangers he has faced when crossing the desert.

-Mata Nui. Mata Nui is a wise and noble Glatorian. In the story, Mata Nui is obviously a good person because he, in the end, lets the Sand Bat, whom he managed to capture, go. Mata Nui wears golden armor all over his body. Mata Nui is very kind. It is proven when he lets the Sand bat go and says that it had no reason to be hurt.

-The Sand Bat. The Sand Bat is a very vicious Rahi(Animal) and will stop at nothing to get its prey. The Sand Bat is the bad character the story. It constantly attacks Metus and Mata Nui before they can reach Vulcanus(The nearest city) proving that it is no ally. The Sand Bat looks like a snake with large wings. The Sand Bat, being an animal, attacks Agori Villagers. The reason to why it does that is because it needs to eat.

The Minor Characters are:
-A Beetle. The Beetle is a kind little Rahi, proving that it is friendly, and is often curious about the Mask on Mata Nui’s face(The beetle has the ability to transform into a shield). Although a Beetle, Click remains in Shield form for the entire book. It started a friendship with Mata Nui which could explain why it helped Mata Nui in the battle against the Sand Bat.

2.
Metus: Round. Because even though he doesn’t really change and learn anything, but at the end of the story Metus says to himself that he should stick to Mata Nui, thinking that he might learn something from him.

Mata Nui: Dynamic. Because Mata Nui changes from the start as he was no longer the ruler he once was. He learns that the world he was visiting was very dangerous. He taught the same lesson to the Sand Bat by torturing it at first and then letting it go.

Sand Bat: Dynamic. The Sand Bat learns that the world it was visiting was very dangerous. Mata Nui had taught the lesson to it by torturing it at first and then letting it go.

Click: Don’t Know. Click never said a word in the story as he is a Beetle.

3. I would want to meet Mata Nui. I would tell that he has an awesome ’sidekick’. A beetle with an ability to change from Insect to Shield. I would also wish him good luck in his conquest to save his people from an unknown evil.

1. My favorite word from the story is: Peering. I like this word because it reminds of the phrase: Peer-Editing. Also, to me, it sounds a lot better than the word ‘looking’. I could use the word in writing when I want the character to be looking at something.

2. The author has written the story with a lot of good voice. She also starts the story with a bang as, in the story, a meeting is immediately held to await the arrival of a present that was given by Jack’s Uncle. This book also had a lot of Sentence Fluency because the author made some sentences short and some sentences long or very long.

3. Some pictures the author left in my mind are:
-The telescope
-The Secret Seven Shed
-The Secret Seven characters
-Torling Castle
-The dungeons in Torling Castle
-Jackdaws(Birds)
-Scamper(Dog)

4. SEE:
-Solemnly
-Peering
-Astonished
-Steadily
-Pecked
-Dreadful

HEAR:
-Shriek
-Wailed
-Howling

FEEL:
-Stiffened
-Clutching
-Hurried
-Gloomily

5. Quotes:
- ‘He stopped very suddenly, as a curious noise suddenly came to his ears. Everyone heard it, and stiffened with fright.’
- ‘A picture of a dreadful damp, smelly, black place came into her mind.’
- ‘As soon as Peter was home, he fetched the telescope from the shed, while a delighted Scamper danced around him.’

6. Based on the way the characters act, I’m sure of one thing:
They NEVER call the police until they have solved the mystery.

Yes. I think the author wrote the character’s lines as though they were really talking like a human being. Example:

“‘Right,’ said Jack. ‘Er-what about a new password, Peter? Susie knows our last one.’ ‘Goodness, yes. I’d forgotten that,’ said Peter”

1. This story takes place mostly at Tigger’s Barn, but some events also took place at the Train Station. As said in the name, Tiger’s Barn is a barn that was used long ago by farmers. It has since been burnt down and use for shelter by Jackdaws, Tramps and other animals who also needed shelter.

2. ‘Tigger’s Barn was about a mile away. It was up on a lonely hill, hemmed by tress. Once it had been part of a farmhouse, which had been burnt down one night. Tigger’s Barn was now only a tumbledown shell of a house, used by Tramps for shelter, by Jackdaws who nested in the one remaining enormous chimney, and by a big tawny owl who used it to sleep in during the daytime.’

3. No. Sorry. I have never been to a barn or a deserted one…

4. Present. I know because some part of the story mentions points on Train tracks and I sure that some parts of the world still use those old points.

5. After listening to a strange conversation at Tigger’s Barn at night, the boys ,Jack and George, decide to look for Susie, Jack’s sister, who was supposed to be at Tigger’s Barn too. While trying to find her, the boys heard strange and scary noises. A hoot form an ow startled them. They decided to tell Jack’s mum.

6. Tigger’s Barn was a strange abandoned place where no one ever went. But Jack and George overhear a conversation that lead to strange discoveries.

I think the author’s message was: Never talk to strangers. Because, at one point, Snubby found a boy who was holding a letter and was all alone…Snubby asked the boy what was the letter about. The boy told him it was for his father’s friend and said he could not give it to anyone…But Snubby managed to convince him to give the letter to Snubby. If I was the little boy, I would not even talk to Snubby…

I feel happy that the gang finally managed to capture the villians (won’t tell you who)…I fell happy because the author, Enid Blyton, put a good ending showing how everyone was safe and that they celebrating a victory over their solved mystery…

The Funniest part(s) was Snubby kept on going out to find adventure and kept on getting his clothes dirty…Which resulted in him needing to constantly change his clothes. The saddest part was when the gang could not find out how to de-code the secret letter that was recovered by Snubby. The most exciting part was when Snubby managed to get hold of a secret letter written in a secret code.

The story is a very exciting one. Enid Blyton makes sure all of her mystery stories are well written and that it grabs the reader’s attention. She starts the story with a bang, and creates both small and big problems for the characters in the story.

Main events:
-4 children(George, Anne, Dick, Julian) and a dog settle in George’s home only to find that a professor and his son are already staying there!
-They decide to settle in the professor’s son’s lighthouse
-All 6 of the children meet an old man called Jeremiah, who tells them about legendary gold hidden in ‘Wrecker’s Cave’. The wreckers were three men who, in the past, continuously wrecked ships to steal their gold…The man mentions and many, even their sons, have tried looking for it but none succeeded
-They decide to explore the cave but find nothing like Gold. Instead, they find the ’sons’ who were still trying to look for the Gold.
-However, in a drain under the lighthouse, Dick and Julian discover Gold Coins flowing down stream…Which means that the drain leads to the cave where the Gold was being kept…
-They contact the police who, in the end, capture the Gold and the villain seekers…

The main problem in the story was finding the gold…Finding the gold was not an easy task. First of all, they had to enter the Wrecker’s Cave which was, at the moment, being used for a tourist attraction. It was led by the 2 sons, who they themselves, searched for years to find the gold.

Yes. I predicted that the Famous Five will eventually find the gold and stop the men…The author could have ended it in a way when the 2 men end up finding and keeping the gold.

I think the best part was when Dick and Julian went under the lighthouse’s drain system and found falling pieces of gold! Its like having money fall out of the sky! In other words, ‘Raining Money!’

The author’s message was to never give up. No matter what dangers Dorothy and her friends faced, they kept on searching for the Wizard of Oz. On the way, they faced many monstrous creatures: Head-butting Mountain Keepers, Flying Monkeys, Killer Bees and many more. They went through all that just so that they could reach the Wizard of Oz.

I would say that it is a very adventurous book. There are many both fascinating and interesting magic creatures. And that they will be surprised at who the wizard of Oz really is.

I feel sort of happy for Dorothy and her friends, as they had all the ‘wants’ they wanted ever since the beginning of their quest. Dorothy got back to her home. Scarecrow got his ‘brains’. Tinman got his ‘heart’ and Lion got his ‘courage’.

The funniest part was when an entire swarm of Killer Bees came after them but Tinman protected his friends by letting them sting him, which results in breaking their stingers. The saddest was when Dorothy never got her gift from Oz, and the most exciting was when Dorothy met Scarecrow…it was also kind of weird when she saw a talking scarecrow.