tHe FiVe cOuPlEtS: Stephen

Have you ever seen a Vampire?
Sharp Fanged, Cross Faced, Blundering Figured?

Have you ever seen a gangsta'?
Foul Mouthed, Psychopathic Minded, Nicely Armed?

Have you ever seen a giant?
Flat faced, Minuscule brained, Cataract eyed?

Have you ever seen a scarab? 
Glowing clawed, Condensed toothed, Opaque winged?

Have you ever seen a geyser? 
Highly heated, coordinated circled, brown soiled?

My Couplet Poem

1.) Have you ever seen a vampire?
Vicious-eyed, blood sucking- fangs, lifeless skined.

2.) Have you ever seen a puupy?
Velvet- fured, cheerful- tailed, pleading- eyed.

3.) Have you ever seen a snake?
Slithering- bodied, dealy- faced, venomous- fanged.

4.) Have you ever seen a parrot?
Feathery- winged, glorious- coloured, talkative- beaked.

5.) Have you ever seen a flower?
gleaming- coloured, urging- scented, gentle- sighted.

Have you ever seen a.....- Dylan Thomas

Have you ever seen a mad scientist

Ember-Haired, maliciously-grinned

Deathly-chuckling.

Have you ever seen a cheetah

Spotted-pard, majestical-hunter

Thrill-seeker

Have you ever seen a rat

Black-eyed, thin-tailed

Neurotic-pest

Have you ever seen a school boy

Tie-less, quick-witted

Sleepy-eyed

Have you ever seen a fox

Sly-minded, quick-footed

Sharp-eyed

My five couplets (they suck!)

"Have you ever seen a vampire?
Blood-sucking, sharp-fanged, cold-blooded."
"Have you ever seen a ballet dancer?
Flexibly-bodied, lightly-stepped, elegantly-styled."
"Have you ever seen a storm?
Coldly-blowed, tyrantly-poured, terribly-felted."
"Have you ever seen a train?
Long-shaped, old-fashioned, slowly-functioned."
"Have you ever seen an elephant?
Grey-skinned, giantly-sized, wrinkly-bodied."

Dylan Thomas style couplets

have you ever seen a kitten?                                                                                                                      soft-furred, tiny-pawed, emerald-eyed?

have you ever seen a monster?                                                                                                                    scaly-skinned, evil-eyed, deadly-clawed?

have you ever seen a vampire?                                                                                                                  bloody-fanged, fiery-eyed,eerily-shaped?

have you ever seen a koala?                                                                                                                          fat-bodied, gentle-eyed, cute faced?

have you ever seen a baboon?                                                                                                                     red-butted, serious-faced, furry-legged?

Couplets.

Have you ever seen a football player?
Sweaty bodied, strong legged, dirty handed?

Have you ever seen a weird person?
weirdly spoked, colourful dressed, differently thinked?

Have you ever seen a Canon?
Beautifuly captured, amazing lensed, black coloured?

Have you ever seen a couple?
Deeply loved, joyful faced, sadly ended?

Have you ever seen a train?
Red bodied, heavy metaled, goes choo'choo?

Homework - Couplets by Lottie Landra

Dylan Thomas Styled Couplets

Have you ever seen a Farmer?

Broken-backed, long-bearded, wild-eyed?

Have you ever seen an old man?

White-haired, wise-minded, round-bellied?

Have you ever seen a bull?

Bad-tempered, sharp-horned, tan-coated?

Have you ever seen a werewolf?

Razor-toothed, mad-eyed, thick-furred?

Have you ever seen a wizard?

Wintry-bearded, black-gowned, grey-locked?

Dylan Thomas Style Couplets

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Have you ever seen a robot?

Obedient-minded, squeaky-jointed, rusty-surfaced?

Have you ever seen a panda?

Blubber-bodied, monochrome-furred, massive-eyed?

Have you ever seen a lion?

Camouflage-fured, sly-eyed, shaggy-haired?

Have you ever seen a sweet?

Sugar-coated, brightly-coloured, sticky-textured?

Have you ever seen a computer?

Dusty-screened, clever-minded, smartly-designed?

By Tara Nichols

Couplets

Have you ever seen a Vampire?
Blood- dripping sharp toothed, Burning red eyed, sweet but dangerous-voiced?

Have you ever seen a Brat?
show-off voiced, pretty nice looking fashioned, egocentric charactered?

Have you ever seen a murderer?
Bloody-handed, sharp looking eyed, cold hearted?

Have you ever seen a baby?
Sparkling bright shiney eyed, smooth white skined, mumbling tiny sweet-voiced?

(Changed this one from postman to an evil stepmum)
Have you ever seen an evil stepmum?
Lovely and kind hearted but actually evil and cruel hearted, sweet and warm voiced but actually mean and cold voiced, thoughful but annoyed eyed?

Couplets Poems

Have you ever seen a Robot?
Metal-bodied, mechanical-brained, icy-voice?
Have you ever seen a Marathon runner?
Healthy-legged, bulging-muscled, ambitious- faced?
Have you ever seen a vampire?
Extensive-fanged, malicious-eyed, pale-skinned?
Have you ever seen a ballet dancer?
Exceptionally-coordinated, elegantly-dressed, incredibly-talented?
Have you ever seen a boy?
Naive-minded, chaotic-haired, rebellious-expressed?

An

Couplets

"Have you ever seen a robot?

Stiff-jointed, metal-skinned, cube-shaped."

"Have you ever seen a giraffe?

Extensive-necked, brown-spotted, narrow-bodied."

"Have you ever seen a vampire?

Sharp-fanged, pale-skinned, cold-eyed"

"Have you ever seen a red rose?

Sweet-scented, spiky-thorned, rich-pure-coloured."

"Have you ever seen a postman?

Dog-attracted, jolly-smiled, helpful handed"

Couplets

1. Have you ever seen a shark?
Razor-toothed, rough-skinned, fearsome-jawed?

2. Have you seen a mosquito?
Pointed-nosed, transparent-winged, six-legged?

3. Have you seen a zombie?
Clammy-skinned, bony-limbed, rotten-toothed?

4. Have you seen a mountain?
Hard-surfaced, Ice-capped, tediously-aged?

5.Have you seen a firefly?
Glowing-tailed, insect-headed, six-legged?


Note: The couplets in my English book are the old ones. I changed and even left out some to make these new ones.

My couplets

Have you ever seen vampire?
Sharp-fanged, pale-skined, cold-blooded.

Have you ever seen a robot?
Metal-bodied, computer-brained, cold-emotioned.

Have you seen a pig?
Fat-bodied, flat-nosed, curly tailed.

have you ever seen a giraffe?
Long-necked, spotted bodied, short-tailed.

Have you ever seen a tiger?
Black-striped, sharp-eyed, long-tailed.

Couplets

Have you ever seen an elephant?
Floppy eared, big trunk, hairy bellied?
Have you ever seen a ballet dancer?
Pointed toed, tight leggins, elegant coiffure?
Have you ever seen a fish?
Sharp scaled, fearce eyed, scaly skinned?
Have you ever seen a frog?
Smooth skinned, shiny handed, lightly coloured?
Have you ever seen a gypsy?
Crazily dressed, dreadful smelled, fooly haired?

being nikki

this book is about a girl whos brain is transplanted into a supermodels body and she is trying to live nikkis life as well as her own and trying to get the boy she was in love witrh when she was alive to be in love with her but he is trying to bring down an evil organazation called stark
looking over that now it looks a little unrealistic....

the diary of amos lee

this is a diary that a boy keeps as he does things like work hard to be the best on his swim team, quit his swim team, try to break the curse his little sister is under, write a science magazine and much more. in this roller coaster of a book amos has a new baby brother, loses his best freind, gets back his best freind and stuff like that.
i have read this book though i suggest you dont, its annoying and the charecters are mostly stupid who should be more aware of their surroundings judging by their age. it is stupid annoying and by the end i wanted to kill the author, though i would of hired someone to do it it wasnt bad enogh thjat i would do it myself, so theres a plus side. i guess

Have you ever seen a Jelly fish?
flowing soft,flexible-bodied,hurtful-stings
Have you ever seen a paper?
plain stupid,sharply blank,distinguishly unique
Have you ever seen an apple?
sweetly red,juicy rich, delightfully candied
Have you ever seen a painting?
colorfully pretty,beautifully painted,exclusively superior
Have you ever seen a person?
intelligently smart,global controler,specially unique


Hien

couplets

have you ever seen a vampire?
sharp-fanged, pale-skinned, empty-eyed?
have you ever seen a were wolf?
large-pawed, small-eyed, shaggy-hair?
have you ever seen a monkey?
long-armed, brown-furred, strong-tailed?
have you ever seen a hippo?
huge-bellied, smooth-skinned, large-mouthed?
have you ever seen a dinasour?
leathery-skinned, tiny-brained, short-armed?

Great reading!

Great postings Giang an co- keep it up. I've really enjoyed reading these and have passes on many of your titles to Mr Jacques in the library.

Both my Year 9s and my Year 10 classes have both won the senior reading challenges recently- can 7B make it a clean sweep?! I darn well hope so!!

ECLIPSE (an amazing book)

Another twilight saga book.

As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and an amazing vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob—knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?

This is an amazing book, it's quite long but i don't want to blog ALL about it, read it and you'll know the answer to my question.

The accidental tourist by Anne Tyler,
Macon is a heartless, unthoughtful, disrespecful, selfish and dull man. No wonder his wife divorced with him. The family was broken hearted since their son was killed at a school trip when a robber shot him. It was tragic :'(
So Macon started a new life carrying with writing books fro tourist and finding something that would actually improve his lonely and non exciting, tragical life. Until he fell in love with a lady who was called Muriel. His life was complicated, DUH it's complicated for me to tell the story but you got to know that's it..its.....okay it's just odd! By the way I found it pretty stupid at the ending where he got a big chance to come back with his family but he decide a stupid decision... there's alos a movie about it!

PERCY jACKSON AND THE LAST OLYMPIAN BY RICK RIODAN
This is the last book series of Percy Jackson and it is VERY VERY VERY VERY good! I love it! Same old Percy try to rescue the gods in Olympus now, Titans are attacking and Kronos had a lot of evil plans ahead. His army is powerful, and i kind of found it suprising that PORMETHEUS joined his team!!!!!!!! Characters in this story you might know during our greek myth lessons, plus they did some funny stuffs -the godds :D
Anyway, Percy prepareed his amry, but before he listened to the prophecy and found out that he was going to die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Find out what happen at the end.
P.S: Percy had 2 choices of his girlfriends and one of them is the next ORACLE, which is the person who tells the future/ phropecy.......nevermind :) i've been through a rough day...a little crazy now......

GOOSEBUMPS-MONSTER BLOOD FOR BREAKFAST!
I was trying to finish my goosebumps collection.............. so but this is about a boy, Matt whom was famous and talented in school. His best friend, Bradley was giving him a hard time in his life like eating everything in his house and trying to be like Matt too which i think was pretty irritating too. Then Bradley was yelled by Matt and then he brought this kind of green gue from a mysterious website and said that if you eat it, you could grow bigger and bigger!!!!!!!!!!! Matt didn't believe it until he tasted it..what could be worse for his life than that!!!!!!!!!!!

IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SINK!!! I THINK CECILE POST THIS TOO....

Marginaliens by Philip Gross

I haven't finished this book yet but I'll tell you what has happened so far...

A girl called Enna likes to doodle. So one day, in class, her teacher tells her to draw what she sees. Enna draws a scruffy looking creature which she calls a gargoyle because she is in a bad mood. When she gets home, she adds arms and legs to it. Enna then takes a rest but when she looks back at her drawing, the gargoyle she had drawn, had moved and changed direction. She  gets so scared she throws the book into her toy cupboard and covers it with her duvet. A few days later, Enna's little brother of the age 7 disappears. 

But only Enna knows where he is - in her book, in her drawing...

Watership Down

This book is about the hardships and the ardous journey of Hazel, Fiver and their friends from Sandleford Warren to a new home. Unknown to them, The warren was on a piece of land that was to be built into a housing estate.(just in time!) Hazel and Fiver lead the group across rivers, meadows, cemeteries, and stumble upon another warren filled with strange rabbits and a strange smell. "like death" Fiver says. They escape after finding out the twisted truth behind the warren, and find the place they were all looking for. High, lonely hills with enough space for a large home. However, the stumble upon a rival warren and encounter the notorius leader. Things start to get ugly...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Dog Days

As you already know from Tara's post this is the 4th book the this series. This book talks about his summer, how awful, fun, boring it was. His idea of a summer was stay in his room playing video games with a blanket over him and all the curtains closed. Not quite the summer you expected, is it? Well it changes, a bit. He goes to the beach, to the public pool, also has a friend over...Have fun reading it, I know i did and Tara as well.

DOGS DON'T TELL JOKES by LOUIS SACHAR

Meet Gary Boone, who is most likely to become a stand-up comedian (well at least he thinks so). He goes to school at Floyd Hicks Junior High School and currently is in the seventh grade (according to the book). He loves telling jokes, nearly everything he says is a joke and everyone calls him Goon, not the teachers obviously but he does tell them to.

Even though he tells jokes not many people laugh at them, only his dad, Angeline and her family. He was in the fifth grade when he met Angeline, she was 8 years old but put in the sixth grade because she was smart, thew smartest person in elementary school. She told him that he was the funniest person in the world, so to him it didn't matter if nobody laughed at his jokes. She moved though, to Manusec School in Nebraska where she learned astrophysics and nuclear chemistry. You still see more of her in the story.

He doesn't seem to be so popular since everyone doesn't play with him at recess and lunch. Although he tries to join in playing football, all he does is just hike the ball, nothing more.

But then an opportunity came along, a talent show to celebrate Floyd Hicks birthday. He was completely into it, the first to sign up but something goes wrong...he quits. Why? That's for you to find out.

DEAR DIARY, I'M DEAD

Alex Smith always liked to bet but rarely wins. One day he finds this mysterious diary in a desk that his parents had just bought. His class has a writing diary competition so he thought of using. After dinner he tried to write his diary entry but something super natural happened, it was already written for the next day! He reread it many times to check and it was clearly his handwriting. The next day everything happened as said in the diary. So Alex then used the diary for betting purposes. Everything was going his way until strange things started appearing in the diary. Bad Things. Alex was hit by a car and jumped off the building! The horror doesn't just end there one evening after dinner he ran up stairs and read the diary 4 words shook him mentally and physically: "Dear diary, I'm dead". A spine chilling horror story recommended for everyone.

Small Steps

After digging holes in Camp Green Lake, Theodore (Armpit) has been released and went back home to Austin,Texas . He is now digging holes again but he is getting paid for it! Armpit has 5 steps read and find out if he achieves them all but when his old friend X-ray talks him into a "little'' ticket scam and Armpit going out with Kaira DeLeon, things are gonna get a bit complicated. Will Armpit have to go to Camp Green Lake again? Or jail? Read and find out...

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Professor Aronnax is a scientist; he studies about the sea and sea creatures. But the year 1866, sailors reported an odd sight. They saw something faster and bigger than any sea animal. It could have been a narwhal or a man made ship that could go under water. But they still hade no idea how anything like that could be possible. It was seen by too many people to not be true. So Captain Farragut, secretary of the Marine, invited Professor Aronnax to come on his ship to find the beast or any sort of man made thing. One night the “beast” came, Professor Aronnax harpooner friend, Ned, threw a harpoon attached to a rope held by Professor A., to the “beast” which caused no harm to the creature. In fact the rope pulled Professor Aronnax of the ship which made Ned fall off too. Professor Aronnax butler, a great man that loved to serve Mr. Aronnax, Conseil, jumped in too to help his boss.
The three friends ended up on a metal surface. It was the “beast”, but no it was a submarine. Just a few minutes later a door appeared to open and two men invited the three men in.
The two men did not speak their language. But the captain of the submarine did. Captain Nemo. They introduced each other. Captain Nemo sent Ned and Conseil to their cabins but kept Professor Aronnax to himself to eat dinner and talk. Then he showed Professor Aronnax around the submarine. Professor Aronnax was very pleased to stay here, because it was the best place to learn about the sea.
At the end of this adventure, over 9 months. Stepping foot on South Pole, discovering the lost ancient continent under the sea, Atlantis and most of all travelling 20,000 leagues under the sea. But at the end, Professor Aronnax escaped the submarine with his friends never will he forget about this great adventure with this great man, Captain Nemo.

Diary of a Wimpy kid- Dog Days

This is the forth book of a "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." The book Dog days is about a boy called Gregory who does not have a very fun life, he has a older that loves playing jokes on him and younger brother who is loved by Greg's parents that embarass Greg quite often. One example is the birthday present they gave him. It's very humorous, I enjoyed reading it.
by Tara Nichols

Pollyanna

this book is about a orphaned and penniless girl who came to live with her aunt, who is a grumpy old lady. what could be better? her aunt may be rich but she only gave the poor little girl a small bare room in the attic. But Pollyanna has a different way of looking at the world, she plays a game called the glad game. she says even though her parents are dead she can be glad that she could come to live with aunt Polly. in the end Pollyanna gets an accident and doctors say she can never walk again but doctor Chilton (aunt Polly long lost love) helps her out and gets married to aunt Polly.

THE SCREAM OF THE HAUNTED MASK.
Carly Beth cannot stop getting the haunted mask screaming out of her mind. She hid the mask in her basement and everytime, it possesed her to come and wear it on her face. When CArly heard the legend of a farm boy who killed horese by a hidious mask, it could be the haunted mask that she got. The farm boy is never stopping until he finds that mask. But is the legend true anyway???????????????????

blue moon

this is a sequel to evermore. when ever learns how to use her power well and can create all sorts of things this new boy Roman comes and ever has a weird feeling about him. later on in the story Damen (her boyfriend) ditches her after a school play and she feels really upset. she then leaves him 59 massages and the next day in school he acts really weirdly, thinking she was some kind of mad,stalker and obsessed girl who likes him he doesn't even remember her. than her friend also ditch her for the cool kids the swore they would never like. a while later in the story she figures out that roman is responsible, she also starts realizing that Damen has an aura (which means he is no longer immortal) ans she can read his thought (which means he was becoming normal). she gets really worried after getting a vision that Damen will die and return to his original age (617 years). but at the same time she learns that she can travel back in time and saving her family from that horrible accident. then she finds out that if she goes back in time it means she will forget Damen and he will die without her help and without an antidote. but it was too late the blue moon was coming and she need to decide fast. what will she choose?

Harry Potter was a boy who had no Parents. So he needed to live in his aunt's house. But aunt and his uncle Mr,Mrs.Dusley always be cruel to Harry. Harry wasn't a ordinary boy there was magical things that happened to him but still he didn't know the reason why. Harry didn't know about his parents except for that they got the car crash.that was what his uncle and aunt said. One day one letter was sent to their house. It was written
Mr. H.Potter
The cupboard under the stairs.
4 privet Drive
Little Whining
Surrey
Harry never got a letter by anyone before....
What will happen~~~~~~
Don't get scared too much Mr.pollicutt...
This is not a horror story...HHHHHHH
I can see you screaming.......

The good Earth

This book is about China in the industrial times. This book shows the hardships of a farmer, and his good days and bad days. When his crops are all harvested, he goes through a 'golden age' pf happiness. However, winter arrives and nothing grows. The farmer is soon forced to move to the south and beg for food. The farmer and his wife survive the hardship and return to the town. He joins the others to raid the richman's house and takes ownership of it. From then on, he lives peacefully in the mansion, and his 3 sons who stayed with them through their hardships grew up to be succesfull buisnessmen.

The ending is for you to read, if you want to. Though this book won awards, I don't think anybody is interested in this anymore, but if you are, then read it! This book is very emotional in a way.

The Number Devil

Since a maths test is coming up, I thought I'd read something related with maths.

This book is about Robert, who discovers the Number Devil instead of his usual nightmares. The Number Devil whisks Robert away into a world of triangle numbers, square roots and irrational numbers. Tey start to have a bond, but the Number Devil leaves at the end. Robert uses the knowledge he gained in his dreams and used it to solve the questions! I wish the Number Devil came to visit me...

Whoops...

eheheh, whoops! Accidentally posted.

Just Disgusting!

This is definitely a hilarious book. Almost everywhere you look, there's something funny to be read. The page number duck gets up to loads of mischief, and on the sides of the page there's always something to read!

I'm sure for the people who were in year 6 can remember the short story: 'brussel sprouts'. It was seriously funny and weird. There are other stories too, like: 'deadflyella', 'the stupid boy and the very big slug', 'two brown blobs' and 'fun with Andy and Danny' are sure to make most people laugh at some stage. The corners of the page are used too, in a flip animation sequence that spans the whole book.

All in all, a seriously good read. If your'e interested, you can try reading the other books in the Just! Series.

Just Disgusting!

This book is for everybody. Some might be grossed out by the content, but it's actually a great bok written by Andy Griffiths. I'm sure many people remember the short story: 'brussel sprouts' from year 6. There are others as well, like 'two brown blobs', 'deadflyella' and 'The very stupid boy and the very big slug.'

This book is fun to read because it can appeal to many, and everywhere you lok on the pages, youl'll find something funny, like theduck at the bottom of the page. He gets up to loads of mischief. The sides of the page also hold amusing stuff to read. If your'e interested, read the other Just! books in the series.

The diary of Amos lee

Out Of The Ashes

This is a true story written by Michael Morpurgo. It is a story about a 13 year old girl that works on the farm with her dad. when suddenly a out break of hand , foot and mouth disease occurs in a farm three hundred miles away. All farmers every where don't want to risk having to kill most of their animals and disinfect everything. But the disease spreads closer and closer and everything, everywhere goes wrong.

TARA NICHOLS! :]

Out Of The Ashes

Goosebumps: attack of the jack-o-lanterns

Drew loves Halloween, its her favourite holiday of the year when you get to dress up and stuff candy up your mouth. but this year is gonna be better, because drew and her best friends Shane, Shana (they are twins) and walker are getting revenge on tabby and lee for ruining two Halloweens for them. two years ago they threw an awesome Halloween party and Drew and her friends were invited. then the played a nasty, mean and horrible prank on them. they swore to get revenge. then the year after, Drew spent all year thinking of revenge plans. on Halloween night though when everything was all set and planned they received a phone call that almost killed them. lee and tabby had to cancel they were going trick or treating somewhere else. so another Halloween ruined. this year they invited lee and tabby trick or treating and Shane and Shana dressed as pumpkin heads were supposed to scare them but it didn't work... yet because there was something wrong about what they were doing, leading them to a strange new neighborhood and forcing them to eat up all the candy and telling them they had to trick or treat forever...     

goosebumps: it came from beneath the sink

Kat and her brother Daniel just moved into a new luxurious house. it was huge the was an enormous garden and wonderful rooms, Kat got the one with a balcony. thinking she was the luckiest person ever she explores the house.  her dog then finds an old sponge beneath the sink in the cupboard. Kat shows her brother and they find that the sponge was breathing. of course their parents didn't believe them when they showed them an old wrinkled sponge. bad things start to happen, a tree almost falls on Kat, her teacher slammed her fingers in a desk, her dad falls of the ladder and every time the sponge seems to be breathing harder and getting more colour. they eventually find out what it was, it was a grool. a grool was a 'mythical' creature that gave the owner bad luck, you cannot get rid of it by any means of violent forces and if you give it away you will die within a day...

First landing

This book is set in the near future, at the time when mankind decided to put their first men and women on the planet Mars! Mission commander Townsend was put in charge of this mission. After an eventful landing and much cheer and champagne, the serious part of the mission started. They did every thing a mission to the moon was like, but SHOCK HORROR! Major Gwen was pregnant! After much frantic rushing, she gave birth to the fist Martian, Virginia. More debate on Earth, and a shocking desicion was made: The astronauts were made to stay or another 200+ days! When they could return home, they find out that somebody had sabotaged their re-entry module! They barely make it back in time, but the US army tries to shoot them down because they were endangering lives by crashing near the cities! Fortunately, they splash down near liberty island. McGee and Gwen stay behind and start.....

Well, I can't tell, you ,read it yourself!

Bummageddon:The final Pongflict!

This is the final installment of the Bum Trilogy.

Zack had only just recieved his bum-fighting certificate, when a giant brown blob fell on top of everyone. Unfortunately, Zack and Eleanor (or Ellie) are the only survivors of the Giant brown blob. They are saved by Ned and his giant /robobum. Together they travel across time and fight giant bumosaurs! In the process, Zack and his bum find another bum who had been living in the crapaceous period for a while, but it turns out to be Ellie's bum! After the truth was told, Robobum got them to the gathering place of the bums, but suddenly went haywire! Zack and Ellie face certain doom... Read to find out the explosive ending to the Bum trilogy!

Soon I will be invincible

This book is not like all those old superhero novels in the: Villain robs bank, Hero shows up and beats up Villain, Villain goes to jail for the 14th time style. No siree. This book actually puts you in the shoes of a Villain and a hero in the 21st century. No more masks and capes. The beginning of the book puts you in the villain Doctor Impossible's shoes and how he breaks from prison, then the next chapter puts you in the shoes of the newly formed cyborg Fatale as she recruits herself into the creation of the superhero team, the New Champions, and so on. This book is definately reccomended, 'cause its like a breath of fresh air from all those Marvel antiques like Spiderman and the Fantastic Four.

Percy Jackson and the Lightning thief by Rick Riordan.
The the story of an a boy who he thinks he was ordinary until he found out who he reall was in his biggest adventure ever. And now instead of going to school and skateboarding, he spend most of his time fighting monsters and discovering new things. This story is really good because we just finished our greek myth nad in this story includes all greek myths!!! Cool huh??? :D

Dogs don't tell jokes by Louis Sachar

Im not sure where the story gets its name from. 

But in the beginning, a boy called Gary W. Boone, tells jokes all time. He has always waned to be a standup comedian but everyone doubts him as they say his jokes aren't funny. They even call him 'Goon'. His hopes are  all up until he sees a poster for a Talent show. Gary signs up straight away. He is so keen on winning the talent show as the first prize will be $100. So Gary practices everyday at home instead of finishing homework. The night before the great Talent show, a girl called Angelina, a close friend of his, phones him up to say that she felt something bad was going to happen. Something VERY bad...

I would really recommend this book because its really humorous. the author is also Louis Sachar. This book is in the library too!

evermore 

Evermore is about a girl who gets physic powers after a horrible accident claims her family's life. She thinks it's her fault. She had to go back to get her blue cheerleader jacket even though her dad said that he would buy her a new one, she complained so when they turned back thy almost hit a deer but her dad swerved and they drove into a tree. she was the only surviving person. when she woke up in the hospital she could see peoples auras and hear their thoughts, she could also know their life story just by touching people. when Drina (a creepy immortal) comes along the two dislike each other especially when Ever steals her boyfriend and she steels Ever's best friend Haven. she tries to kill Haven. near the end of the book it turns out that Drina caused the accident that killed her family. 

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the past, the presant and the loud, loud girl

ally is surouded by weird people she has a sister who is more strict then my mum! another who is lost in world of their own, and has a room that seems to be inspired by the magical world of faries! and a little brother whos care for annimals always has him bringing home strays however will she cope?

A.L.I.E.E.E.N

To me,there are four types of Graphic novel. The first one is an adaption of a book or a film. The second one is a retelling of a historical event. The third one is meant for humor and comedy. The last one is from different countries.(ie: Manga) However, this book is unlike any other graphic novel. It doesnt fit in into any of the groups. This book, as said by the author, comes from outer space. Don't believe me? Read the book! There are no words in this book, not any English words, that is. This book is in alien language. Don't belive me? Read it! For a book in an undecipherable language, there are not many that can explain the story with little or no words, even if it's not English.

This, is one of them. Never before have I read a book so bizzare in my life. These stories of the aliens are so weird, yet it makes you want to read more. It can get gory, but that is probably the only downside. I can't believe little alien kids read this!!

A book that thinks out of the box in illustrations, storyline and and plot, I liked it alot.

You would probably like it too.

animal farm 

this book is about animals rebelling against humans. Mr Jones (the owner of manor farm) and his men are very nasty to the animals so one day old Major ( a pig on the farm) calls all the animals together and tells them to rebel against Mr Jones. three days later Old Major dies and the animals get so fed up with Mr Jones that they attack him. He gets so scared he leaves the farm. the animals, very happy and excited then work together to build animal farm. at first there were seven commandments and he most important on read 'all animals are equal'. the pigs , who are very clever take over, the two main ones are Snowball and Napoleon. Napoleon then kicks Snowball out and tells the animals that he is secretly working with Mr Jones. Later on in the story many animals are found to be working with Snowball and they are killed. Clover, Boxer (horses) and old Benjamin (a donkey) are sad to see that what they had started out to do became a disaster. after a while the humans come back again and Boxer is badly wounded he then dies at a horse slaughter place, while Napoleon tells everyone he was actually in the hospital. Pigs started to move into the farmhouse, they started drinking alcohol, wearing human clothes, getting up later than all the animals but worst of all they were dealing with the humans. when most of the old animals had past away and there was only clover and Benjamin left they read the commandments again and it read 'all animals are equal,but animals are more equal than others'

animal farm is a great book and when it was written it was based on the communist party in Russia. characters such as Snowball and Napoleon were based on real life people.

cecile

hitch hikers guide tyo the galaxy

arthur dent is shocked when the earth his destroyed and he is only save by his best freind ford soon artur goes on a crazy adventure all around the galaxy with the ptresident of the galaxty who has kidnapped himself and stolen a ship, ford an alien who seems to have not one bone of sense in his body and of course a girl trillian a fellow earthling. as they go in search of the meaning of life arthur discovers that there is a lot more to everything then he ever thought.

kensukes kingdom

a boy named micheal moves on to a boat to travel around the world with his parents to travel around the world but he falls and his rescued by an old japenese man who takes micheal to his island soon they strike up a freindship and micheal is very happy but still longs for home and his parents....

Stormbreaker

This is the first of the well known Alex Rider series. The story starts with Alex being forcibly recruited into M16. His first assignment is to find out what milionaire Herod sayle is up to. Not suprisingly, Alex gets captured and gets interrogated, then thrown into a pool with the portugese man o' war in it. Alex uses his gadgets and breaks the whole cage, killing Herod's accomplice and escapes on a helicopter. Alex gatecrashes the ceremony and stops Herod's plan. Happy Endings!!

Astronomy 365

This book shows all the wonderful activities that happen during the year, but to do with the solar system or the universe.
For example, how often does Comet Halley come across the night sky??

I got this book in canada but I think you guys can get it Elsewhere

Skullduggery Pleasant: Playing with fire

The story line is very predictable. Even the blurb said:"You know how it is: you think you save the world, and then another villain shows up with an indestuctible monster and starts breaking things." In this sequel, Valkyrie and Skullduggery capture criminals and start a quest to stop Baron Vengeous from bringing back the faceless ones. Featuring all new characters, and untold stories, this book may be predictable-but the content is very gripping! I can't wait for the third book to be in our library!!!

The Red Badge of Courage

When Henry Fleming joined the army, he dreamed of becoming a great hero in War Between the States. But with gunfire and cannons raging around him, Henry faces his biggest fight of all: an inner battle to overcome his terror. Will Henry be able to defeat his fears? Or will he disappoint himself and let his fellow soldiers down?
This is a very good, interesting book. If anybody would like to read it, please ask.

framed

its a book set in whales (i think) and its about this family who own an autoshop thing, that isnt going so well and when the london gallery gets damaged by floods and all the paintings get moved to their small town they decide to steal one and the dad leaves and the kids do it all and they try to charge money they get caught though and everything works out and the dad comes back, i told you the end because i ont think anyone actually cares if i thoughjt it was a good book in fact i dought anyone actually values my opinion so i decided to tell you the ending. :)

Railway Children by Edith Nesbit

The story concerns a family who move to a house

near the railway after the father is imprisoned 

as a result of being falsely accused of selling 

state secrets to the Russians. The three 

children, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis, find 

amusement in watching the trains on the nearby 

railway line and waving to the passengers. They 

become friendly with Perks, the station porter, 

and with the Old Gentleman who regularly takes 

the 9:15 down train. He is eventually able to 

help prove their father's innocence, and the 

family is reunited.

The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar

In a 1989 suburban town, a boy named David tries to get in the cool group by helping his friend Scott, and two troublemakers named Roger and Randy (the former being the leader) carry out a prank. Their target was an elderly woman who was called a witch by all the kids in the neighborhood. When they attacked her and stole her cane David flips her off to try to impress Roger. But when they were leaving the old lady's house, she cried out to David "Your Doppelgänger will regurgitate on your soul!" The following days David finds himself experiencing strange happenings that lead him to believe that he is cursed. After being rejected by Roger and his gang, David finds himself becoming a loser. He breaks his parent's window, he walks into class with his zipper unzipped, he falls off his chair in class, and his only friends are fellow outcasts Larry and Maureen "Mo". His actions lead Rogers gang to target him and his friends, calling them "The Three Stooges". He becomes friendly with a cute girl named Tori Williams, but his pants fall down when he gets the courage to ask her for her phone number. Finally, his little brother, after being ridiculed by Roger's younger brother, loses all respect for David.

Eventually, David begs the elderly woman to remove the curse, but she asks for her cane to be returned first. As it turns out, Tori does not turn on him for his moment of humiliation, and tries to pretend that she had her eyes closed in thought to prevent David from becoming uncomfortable around her. David finally decides to fight for his dignity, and, with his friends and little brother by his side, he goes to face Roger's gang and get the cane back, not suspecting that many things, including the curse, are not as they seem.

Barry Trotter and the shameless parody

This entire book is a parody about Harry Potter. It's about Barry Trotter, (in his 11th year) who tries to stop a film being made about him. They come across the dork lord, Lord Valumort and his gang of Earth eaters. Barry gets to J.G Rollins and asks her to stop the movie. However, Lord Valumort kidnapps Barry and almost kills him, if it wasn't for the loyal jelly. But suddenly, the whole plot and everything turns out to be a plot for a Barry Trotter movie, in which the Aim of the main character is to stop another film being made about him! And in the end, it turns out to be a Word document which Barry typed up! Confusing? Read it and you will figure it out!

The Reading challenge is on!!!

To all students of 7B: The reading challenge is on!!! read as many books as you can and post !!! Come on 7B- even mr. Pollicutt must post! Let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paragraph structure for directing The Tempest

In Act, Scene 1 of The Tempest, Shakespeare shows Antonio to be a rude and offensive character when he writes,
“Hang cur! Hang you whoreson”
This is offensive as he is comparing the Boatswain to a “cur’, a …… and ……… animal. In addition, he calls him a “whoreson’ , insulting the Boatswain’s m….r and implying she is a …… I would direct the actor to say these lines in a …..voice to show his……. and I would make him move in a ….. With a …… expression



If you have any problems, please come and see me. Remember to write about the characters (Gonzalo, Sebastian and Antonio), the costumes/ props, the sound effects/ music and the conclusion!


Good luck!!

Goosebumps Horrorland-My friends call me monster!

This is another goosbumps book written by R.L.Stine...But now he designed a new type of goosebumps called Horrorland. And it is totally A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!! :D Horrorland means that when you are in fear you fell like you enter Horrorland...yeh but u know what i mean....hoopefully...

Anyway this book is about this kid who's nickname is Monster. He dislike his class teacher who is called Ms Hardesty. She is freakin' creepy. Yeh i know but can you know that your teacher lay giant eggs that they hide them in their attic and they start cracking and what's coming out were monsters that act like toddlers!Even your principal!!!!!! Oh you better watch out when teachers strangely come to your house and give you food that turn you in a monster.....

I hope you get this book somewhere because I didn't get this from the Library. Trust me it's awesome. And don't sneak in to teacher's house to tryb to scare them :)

This is Giang and it's the end of her blogging, I TELL YOU SHE IS BACK!!!!!!!! A legend reveals!!!! Muahahahahahahahaha!!!!! >_<

I am David

Isn't it time for a new post? huff...



This book is about a boy (called David) who escapes from a concentration camp from, well, who knows where. His instructions are to travel to Salonika, stowaway on a ship to Italy and cross through Switzerland and Germany to reach Denmark. With only some bread, a compass, a bottle of water and his two feet! He hitches a ride with some kind drivers, gets locked in a barn(but escapes with the dog he befriended) and in the end, he gets to Switzerland and Germany, but the dog dies protecting David from being shot.*sniffle* Eventually, he makes it to Denmark and finds his Mum!! This book ws actually made into a movie as well...

Halo: First Strike

For all you Halo Junkies out there!! This book is the sequel to the game: Halo. The Master chief and Cortana managed to pick up a ship full of survivors and a cryopod containing the Chief's teammate! As the situation unravels, the Master Chief and the survivors he picked up manage to hijack a covenant warship. They use it to muscle their way into the planet Reach, which was 'glassed' by the covenant. They land on the only place on Reach wich wasn't a smoking wreck (the ONI CASTLE base) because the covenant hadn't finished clearing out the enemies! The Chief rescued them in the nick of time, and is startled to find the rest of his team and *gasp* The designer of thier armor, Dr. Catherine Halsey! Soon, they come across a hidden base where they make repairs. Then, they send out a strike team and manage to blow up 60 warships (all enemies) with a single bomb! But what happens next? we'll have to wait for the next book...

All American Girl

Samantha Madison, an ordinary teenager who isn't exactly the most sociable person unlike her sister, Lucy, the It Girl. After her getting a C minus in her German class her parents arrange a class, an art class with Susan Boone. She knew how to draw, well at least she thought. She thought attending this class would be no problem...until she met Susan Boone.

Well thats a whole different story. Sticking to the point, Sam was ordinary, like you and me but saving the President of the United States is completely new. Instant fame came rushing towards her, millions of gift and not to mention reporters crowding round her house. This is only the start, she meets someone...someone called David.

The Penultimate Peril

This book is, well, the penultimate book of the unfrotunate events series. (Penultimate means next to last) In this book, the Baudelaires work at a hotel (Hotel Denoument) while trying to observe who are the villains and who are the volunteers, as there is to be a meeting in a few days time. This is harder than expected, though, as the whole hotel uses the Dewey decimal system to allocate their guests.(A philosopher will stay on the first floor, just like books on philosophy will be on the section labeled: '100'.) As the situation unravels, the Baudelaires discover that the errands they did all contributed to a dastardly plot to intercept an important parcel.(the sugar bowl) But why is the sugar bowl so important? Read to find out!!

The End

This is 'book the last' of the unfortunate events series. The Baudelaires find themselves shipwrecked on and island inhabited by other castaways who were shipwrecked there too! They meet the leader, Ishmael, who banishes count Olaf from the settlement. However, count Olaf still manages to cause chaos by releasing a poisonous fungi into the island. Want to know the ending of The End? Read it now!

Dracula

Jonathan Hatker travels to Transylvania for a business deal with a Romanian Nobleman, only to find himself ansnared in the horrific world of Count Dracula, a mysterious man with an evil secret. Worst of all,the count is now headed toward London-- and Jonathan's beloved wife Mina. Can the monster ever be destroyed?!
-----> Read the book and answer! :P