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Summary for Lesson 1:
What did we cover
– Discussed how the book group will work
– Introduced ourselves to each other
– Discussed our initial thoughts on The Twits
– Did a character study (using illustrations of the characters)
– Worked through the questions for the first half of The TwitsClass report
It was wonderful to meet the new students today; they all were brilliantly enthusiastic and
lively, which made for such a welcoming and warm environment, and a great start to our
sessions together.
Firstly, we discussed how the sessions will work (i.e. 2 lessons a week, 2 homeworks a week,
a different book every week, preparing VIPERS answers before the lessons).
We then went round to introduce ourselves; it was lovely to hear what the students favourite
books were and see them being so warm to one another.
After discussing our initial thoughts on The Twits, we did a character study using illustrations
of the characters; we discussed what we could tell about them for the way they were
presented. I was impressed by how attentive the students were; they noticed how details such
as the characters’ expressions or the colours they wore tell the reader so much about what
type of people they are.
Next, we moved onto going through the VIPERS questions. I was delighted to see the
students get stuck in with confidence, as it can be very daunting to share your ideas with
people you have only just met. The answers they gave were intelligent and well supported.
When we spent longer discussing some questions (such as ‘are Mr. and Mrs/ Twit a good
match) it was great to hear the personal opinions of different students and see how well they
could present their arguments.
Overall, this was a hugely encouraging first session, and I am very excited to continue our
work together and see how the students continue to grow in confidence and ability.
With every new session, the work we do will become slightly more challenging; this will be a
wonderful opportunity for the students to push themselves and discover a real joy in reading
and discussing these marvellous books!Homework for Lesson1:
Using The Twits as inspiration, write the first paragraph of a story titled ‘The Darlings’ in the style
of Roald Dahl.
Think about how you will introduce the characters of ‘the darlings’, and how you will capture the
reader’s attention.
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From the beginning to the half of this book it said two ugly stupid and disgusting people doing silly things. And the middle to the end is as person called Mr.twit use a very very very very striking thing to caught birds for eat. And his monkey needs to be up slide down for six hour a day. And the monkey didn’t let Mr.twit to caught birds so they go to buy gun. The monkey has made Mr.twit and Mrs.twit up slide down, because they are up slide down to long so they died
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Wonderful work, Zelin!
You have included many fantastic details about what happens and given a very clear overview of who the Twits are and what they do. The adjectives you use in your summary are particularly helpful, as they give the reader a more vivid understanding of the book.
To improve, make sure you pay close attention to what the question is asking (i.e. this question was asking for a summary of the first half only).
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This book’s introduction is about how people are with beards to cover up their look.The main character of this book are called Mr.Twit and Mrs.Twit.They will have a bird pie day every Wednesday, he used some strange superglue and stuck it on the big dead tree in their garden to make birds get stuck on their for the whole night.They have been making their monkeys from the circuit suffering blood in the head for at least 6 hours a day.
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Brilliant work, Angela!
You have given an excellent summary of the story. The details you include are wonderful as they help the reader to form a clear idea of what happens in The Twits.
To improve, you could also mention some of the tricks which they played on each other (i.e. the wormy spaghetti or the shrinks).
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Fabulous work, Kaitlyn!
This is a wonderful summary of the first half of the story. You have done a particularly good job of introducing the characters of the Twits and giving lots of great detail about them.
To improve, you could give some examples of the tricks that they played on each other (i.e. the shrinks and the wormy spaghetti).
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Mr twit is a hairy old man . Mrs twit is a selfish old woman. They love to play bad jokes on each other. They have a monkey circus and a house with no windows.
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Good work, Evan!
This is a very clear and concise summary of the first half. You have included many important points and given the reader a solid overview of the first half.
To improve, you could give a little more detail about the jokes they played on each other (i.e. the glass eye and wormy spaghetti).
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Firstly, the Book tells us there are two persons (Mr. Twit and Mrs. Twit).
And then, Mr. Twit and Mrs. Twit try to make each other angry.
And then, the Book started talking about Mr. Twit’s home and on every Wednesday Mr. Twit eats bird pie.
Lastly, one-time Mr. Twit went to collect bird’s but there was no bird there was only four children then Mr. Twit said ok, children pie.
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Wonderful work, Charles!
This is a very clear and concise overview of the first half of The Twits. The layout of your work makes it very easy for the reader to follow, and you have done a great job of covering the main points.
To improve, you could give some more details about how they make each other angry (i.e. by doing tricks such as ‘the glass eye’ trick).
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I like the books Twits because the thing about fighting about eachother’s idea is very funny and having what they should deserve this ending is very good.
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Good job, Angela!
You have explained why you like the book well. It is great that you give more than one reason and mention that you find it ‘funny’.
To improve, you could give some examples from the text to demonstrate your point (i.e. mention what happens in one of their fights and how the story ends).
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I like the part that mr Twit said mrs Twit has shrink because mr Twit put a small bit of wood to mrs Twits walking stick it just looked like mrs Twit has shrinked mr Twit did the same thing to mrs Twits chair and put a little tiny bit of wood on the walking stick and chair every night he well do the same thing over and over again.
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My medicine is made of toothbrush, sea water, paper (it must be very shredder),apple juice ( you need to put it into the pot then hit it when you Finnish doing the normal apple juice), hair of people. If you drink this medicine you will vomit for seven hour.
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My medicine will be made out of soil watermelon seeds sea water worms potato chips cola sprite tea weed and animal poop. When you drink it you will be able to grow watermelon on your head.
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George made a marvellous medicine.
George has a wicked old Nasty horrible grandma.
George always go on to mischief.
Georges mom is called Mrs Killy Kranky.
Georges dad is called Mr Killy Kranky.
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The main character in this book is called George, Mr. Killy Kranky, Mrs. Kranky.
George made a new medicine.
George gave the new medicine to grandma.
grandma grew a whole lot taller after sipping the medicine.
that my homework UwU
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Great work, Angela!
You have summarised the first half of the book really well. You introduce the key characters very concisely and give a good overview of the action.
To improve, you could add a little more detail about what happens (i.e. George puts anything he can find into the potion and gives it to grandma as revenge).
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I like the book George’s Marvelous Medicine because it is very funny. My favorite part is when grandma gets smaller and smaller because she finally gets what she deserves– disappear from Earth!
This is my homework for week 2 lesson 2 thanks! 😀
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Mr.Hoppy and Mrs.Silver is the main character in this book.
Alfie is Mrs.Silver’s tortoise and Mr.Hoppy hates it.
Mr.Hoppy married Mrs.Silver by helping her make Alfie bigger and heavier.
What does this mean? Alfie helped Mr.Hoppy marry his long-loved person!
This is my homework for Esio Trot:)~Angela Xie
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Mr hoppy has a secret love who is mrs silver
mrs silver love a tortoise called Alfie
Mr hoppy hates Alfie
Mr hoppy is very smart
Mrs silver wants Alfie to grow because Alfie is so small Alfie is just 13 ounces.
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I like the part when Mr.Hoppy gets Alfie and swaps it with a turtle with two more ounces because it is very exciting whether Mrs.Silver will find out that if Mr.Hoppy lied to him. anyways this is a good book!
This is my homework for week 3 lesson 6, thanks!
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My favourite part about the book is when mr hoppy gave mrs silver the paper because it is very exciting to see if the paper actually works.
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The main character in this book is called Matilda, Mr. Wormwood, Mrs. Wormwood, Mrs. Trunchbull, and Ms. Hunny.
Matilda is a very smart girl.
Matilda’s parents, who are Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood was very mean to her.
Matilda played a few tricks on her dad but he still hasn’t learnt his lesson.
This is the homework for Matilda’s first lesson
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Matilda Lesson 1 homework:
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Firstly, on the first chapter the book tells us Matilda is smart.
Then on the second chapter and the third chapter the book tells us Matilda’s dad does’t like to read books and Matilda is smart to let his dad put on a hat all day.
And then: there is a ghost at Matilda’s home and Matilda is going to school and she is late.
Lastly，when Matilda went to school his teacher is Mrs. Honney and also the principle of the school asks a student to eat a big cake.</p> -
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Matilda is the main character in this book
Lavender is Matilda’s best friend
Miss trunchbull is very rude,stricked and careless
mrs honey is a kind,loving and careful
Matilda has powers!
she is also soooooooo smart
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One day Matilda was hiking and saw a bird fly all the way up the mountain she wished she could also fly so she tried 2 times failed and started hiking but when she went all the way to the top she tried to fly again but she tried 4 times it didn’t work she thinks she’d need a break so she took a five minutes break and tried again. It worked! But instead of flying down she teleported down the she went to travel all around the world not by plane but teleportation. THE END
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Today was the day to test our grades, Matilda got all correct as usual, but this time was different, after she received the marked test paper there was a sparkle of light. Matilda thought it was nothing so she continued. Three years later, the found out that she had the power to see the answer in a very light pencil trace.
~END~
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Dear government,
I hope you can understand how our farming materials get eaten by the Foxes, Badgers, Rabbits, Moles, and Weasels or whatever creature they are, they keep stealing our stuff, it has a few hundreds of our stuff being stolden by them. Like, chickens, goose, and much more. So I wish, as the right in a citizen in here, to get them killed.
yours sincerely, Bean, Bunce, and Boggis
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Wonderful work, Angela!
This is a fantastic letter of complaint. You clearly capture the farmers’ anger and have used an excellent formal tone in your writing. The details you include here are wonderful.
To improve, you could suggest how you want the animals to be exterminated (i.e. I want them hunted down).
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