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Hi Beth!
Here is my homework for this week! I hope you like it, have a brilliant week! 😁
By the way, I chose the second one. Do you think dracula is a real character or an evil presence?
I think that Dracula is an evil presence. I know this because in the book, it says that dracula has a pair of wings and we all know that it is not physically possible to fly. I also know that Dracula is not real because if vampires were real, the vampire population would quickly outpace the human population, which would make the human population disappear even faster. Also, vampires are meant to have fangs and if vampires were real then the fangs would show when they open their mouth but in normal human teeth, that is not possible because all our teeth are the same size. (That is not strictly true but in movies, the fangs are like 4 times bigger than the regular teeth when in real life they are about the same.)
Some people may believe that vampires are real because of their cultures and religions, but respectfully, I don’t believe that that is true. Although a tiny bit of me thinks that vampires are real because in movies, they look really real and I have had nightmares about them.
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So you can understand it better, Im going to write the description of each one:
1. Naledi and family are celebrating that Dineo is better.
2. After the party, Auntie starts coughing and Naledi gets very worried
3. Mum realises that Auntie is really ill and she decides to call the doctor.
4. The doctor takes Auntie away
5. The next week Auntie is better
6. Naledi is happily sitting down for a rest
7. She realises there is something on the couch
8. She finds a letter
9. The letter says, Dear Naledi and family, we are inviting you to Switzerland for no slavery for your life. Please arrive in 2 days. The Switzerland government
10. Naledi is really happy
11. She tells her mother
12. They are really really happy
13 Mother tells the family
14. They leave for Switzerland
Thanks again
Sanya 🥰
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Hi Beth, thank you for the lesson, have a great week!☺️
Dear Diary,
Today has been a horrible day! Let me tell you all about it. I was cooking food for me and the Madam. The usuals, green beans, grains of rice, and a slice of bread. I served supper on the table and called Madam to come and eat. She came immediately. “What is this?” she groaned. “Has your father ever taught you how to cook?” I didn’t answer but instead shook my head. She looked at me in a disgusted way and looked at me up and down. After muttering a few rude words under her breath, she finally sat down. I tucked into my rice and beans when suddenly, there was a knock on the door. “Who is disturbing us, open the door instantly!” Madam shouted.
Groaning, I walked to the door and opened it. To my surprise, were my two children, Naledi and Tiro! Before I could say anything, they took me into a giant hug! With tears rolling down my cheeks, I hugged them back. “WHO IS THIS?” boomed a voice behind me. “Oh, Madam, these are my two children, Naledi and Tiro,” I explained, trying to stay calm. Naledi explained that my baby was sick! I knew I needed to do something about it. After all, I was the mother. I asked my Madam if I could go see her and she said that I could go tomorrow.
I hope that this all goes to plan and my baby will be ok in the next few days.
By Joyce
Sanya
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Hi Beth,
I didn’t do a lot but it is very accurate.
Have a nice week! Thank you for the amazing lesson.
I think that Beverley Naidoo was a brilliant author. I also find it very interesting how she didn’t like her handwriting. I wonder if all authors write their stories on the computer or they write it in their notebook or book first. I also want to know if Beverley Naidoo comes from South Africa.
FACTS
She is white although she comes from south Africa. And was born there.
She married another South African exile and returned freely to South Africa for the first time in 1991.
She now lives in the UK
Beverley Naidoo was born into a white, middle class family in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1943.
Her involvement with the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa led to her being imprisoned in solitary confinement for eight weeks at the age of 21.
Nadine Naidoo plays her as an actress.
Nadine is 13 years old in the story.(Did you know that Nadine in the story is based on the actress that played Beverly? (I didn’t))
Thanks again
Sanya
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Hi Beth,
Thanks for the amazing lesson, have a nice week. 😄
The writer uses structure in this text by using short sentences such as ‘It was here that she had first seen it’ and ‘This time she would be ready’. This creates suspension because it makes the reader wonder if she will make it this time or not. It also makes you wonder what it was that she saw the first time. Furthermore, it has a very scary theme because she is out at night when she is not meant to.
It also creates suspense when it does not say that she made her way to the woods, it just says ‘20 minutes later, she entered Harrow Woods.’ This makes us wonder if anything important has happened between the two events and is also a flash forward. The writer has also used tension throughout the text because of the setting. The setting really changes the mood of the text and it is also an example of pathetic fallacy. Throughout the text, it has created tension and has always been tugging me to read more.
Thanks again,
Sanya ☺️
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Hi Beth, here is my homework for the fantastic lesson! Sorry for the late homework
Have a nice week 😊
HAVING READ THIS POEM, HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND THEIR LIVES?
Having read this poem, it makes me feel sympathetic for these people. I feel sorry for them because
They probably live in a very hot country such as Qatar or Burkina Faso and they do not get a lot of water. I commiserate with them since in the text it says, “imagine the drip of it, a small splash, echo in a tin mug, the voice of a kindly god.” This makes me feel horrified because it says that if there was a tiny splash of water, they would almost think that it is a gift from god. It also mentions in the same sentence, that it echos. If something echos, then that means it is a very little amount.
Most humans can only survive up to 3 days without water so they must suffer every single day without one single drip of water. It also makes me feel content when the pipe bursts. This is because I feel really happy for them to be finally able to have water for the first time in their lives. It spreads joy in my body when the poem describes the water as “brass, copper, aluminum”. These are all types of metal and metal is normally very hard to get. Overall, thai makes me feel really heartbroken but then my mood lightens up when the pipe bursts.
Sanya.
(P.S.I checked with my parents and they fixed the problem. I can do my homework better now. Thank you.)
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Hi Beth, here is my homework for lesson 1
Thank you for the brilliant lesson, I’ll see you next week! 😊
HOW DOES THE AUTHOR MAKE MISS. B SEEM UNPLEASANT
The author makes Miss. B seem unpleasant by using repetition in the first paragraph where she comes into the room. This already shows that she is not a very nice person and she creeps up on people whether they like it or not. It also mentions that when she comes into the room, she scowls at the floor. When she does this the author makes her seem unpleasant by making sure that when she come into the room, she does it straight away. This is not a nice thing to do because she can’t smile at her children, and instead she scowls at the floor which is not very nice.
On line 9-10, it says that the greeting was like a rattle of swords. The sound of swords rattling does sound very good and it also makes that children sound like they are not enjoying greeting their teacher in the morning. On line 11, it says that that she knocks some poor boy sideways. After that, it does not say that she apologises to the boys, it just says that she carries on the lesson. In line 1p, it also spells the word “our” as “ar”. This how’s that the person experiencing this dreadful lesson does not enjoy it so they are not paying much attention to their spelling. On paragraph 6, it mentions that she shouts at the child who is not doing anything wrong. This makes the reader feel sympathetic for the child that the teacher is shouting at.
On line 22, it says that she “took her pleasure” goading him. Goading means putting someone into trouble. If it says that she took her pleasure goading him, then that’s not good. It means that she is enjoying putting him into trouble.
In summary, Miss B is VERY unpleasant because of all the horrible things that she does to her children.
Sanya
( P.S: every time I went off of Google and looked at the text, it would delete everything that I already had done. In the end, I had to try and memorize it. Sorry if I missed any bits.)
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HI beth, here is my mini mock
We were in the Royal Opera House in London waiting for the performance to start. I had already been waiting for 47 minutes and the audience was already groaning and complaining about it. I felt like groaning and complaining as well but I really wanted to watch this show because all my friends have watched it and I absolutely hate being the odd one out. I have been begging my mother for years to be able to go to this theater to watch this show but all she did was just ignore me and take me to other boring shows such as Wicked, Matilda, Frozen (when I was 12). I was groveling to her every single day for 8 months and she finally took me. I think she had enough of me bugging her so she decided to take me. It was so boring in the crowded hall with nothing to do.
Suddenly, we heard a small whimpering noise and all the lights went out. I heard a few screams from the back row but I didn’t dare look around just in case something important happened. Then, a tiny figure about 2 feet, came onto the stage and said, “h-h-hello?” This figure did not look normal. It had giant feet and was wearing a clown wig which was not even on properly. It had makeup smudged on its face. I noticed that this was not one of the characters on the show and it looked like it was about 3 or 4 years old although I was much taller than that when I was 3.
There were a lot of “huh’s” and “what” from the crowd. I guess they said that too soon because lots of the tiny figures appeared on the stage and they started dancing a really funny dance. Their dancing was really random and out of order. One second they are waving their hands out in the air and the next second, they are doing headstands.
We didn’t understand what was going on until the one in the middle said, “apickaboo.” We all understood what was happening because that is what the main character’s catchphrase was! The crowd immediately burst into laughter and I couldn’t help but laugh as well. The show hadn’t even started yet.
sanya
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Hi Beth,
I wasn’t exactly in the lesson but I thought I would just send my work to you and please may you mark it? I don’t exactly know what to write about what went well and even better if if I don’t know what I did wrong!
I hope you like it. By the way, I did the one where someone died after they were meant to.
BETH HOMEWORK:
Since I was born, I have lived in fear of the day marked on my skin. I counted down the days, frightened that if I was not careful, then I would die sooner.But as the years passed by, I began to question the validity of the tattoos. Were they really a true indication of one’s destiny, or just a cruel joke played by fate? I couldn’t shake the feeling that there was more to life than what was written on my arm.
5 decades passed and it was christmas eve and I was supposed to pass on christmas day. I was upset because I didn’t want this to happen. Why did our stupid government need to make this? Why did I have to spend 50 years dreading this horrible day? I didn’t want to know when I was going to die. That is so horrible! I felt the anger boiling up inside of me and I couldn’t take it any more. I changed into my pajamas and climbed into my bed. I was going to die anyway so why did I have to wait? I didn’t want to feel it. I would die.
Anytime now
Anytime
Any…
I am right now staring at the ceiling speechless. 6.am in the morning and I’m still not dead yet. This is amazing but terrifying. Does this mean that I will die anytime now? I wanted to die when I couldn’t feel it. I decided to wait. Then I realized that it was fine. Everyone will die at some point and that is going to be me right now. Any Moment. Now. 1.pm and still not dead. Is something wrong with me? Do I have mental issues or something? I was going to bed. RIGHT NOW. And if I woke up alive, then I would try to handle it myself. And now, I am going to sleep. 26th of December and still not dead. I can’t believe it. Did I read the date wrong or something? I looked at my arm and surely, it read 24th of December 1829. I am trying to go to sleep one more time and if I wake up, breathing, then I’m just going to enjoy the rest of my life. 1st of January 1830 and still not dead. Great. I made it past new year.
Thank you,
Sanya 😀
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Hi Beth, this is a true story but I have changed the names a little so it doesn’t get too public. I know I have written very little but I kind of struggle with journalistic writing. Sorry 😭
10-YEAR-OLD CHILD RUNS AWAY FROM SCHOOL
THURSDAY 20TH JUNE
In Royal Park Primary Academy, Martin Joshua escaped from school during P.E because he didn’t get the part that he wanted. We have tried to track him down but he has not been spotted yet. We saw him and sent some people to track him down. This has been taken very seriously and will definitely have future consequences as we and his family are very worried about him.
The headmistress, Miss Harrisons is away for a long time due to a baby but we have let her know about this serious thing and she is fully aware. We have wanted to let the public know that this is delinquent and we do not expect it to happen again.
Sorry again, Sanya
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Hi Beth,
Nothing special or new is happening in my life so I based this piece of writing in something not that exiting and very sad:
Last week at Royal Park Primary Academy, a bird got saved by our amazing P.E teacher, Mr Ling. In P.E, we are learning about tag-rugby.
We finished our lesson and were just about to go in when Amelia, one of my friends screamed and we all looked over at her direction. Mr Ling ran over to see a cat attacking a tiny little bird. (Later, we realized that it was a hummingbird but we weren’t so sure).
It was a brown and white cat and it was biting the bird down HARD. I think that the fight had only just started because Mr Ling managed to scare the cat away and the bird was alive. Mr Ling told us to go inside with another teacher just so that the children couldn’t get in the way.(rude.) We didn’t see what happened because we were on the other side of the school at that time.
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I asked him what happened to try and do my homework but he wouldn’t tell me because he didn’t want everyone to know and I don’t think he trusted me but this is the only thing I can write of
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