Reading for next reading response

Hey team, here are 3 suggested reading choices for the next reading response, which also link to your inquiry. The most challenging of the three is definitely the poem 'Calabash Breakers' so only take this one on if you want an extra challenge!

Whaitere (the enchanted stingray) - Myth by Wiremu Grace

The Seahorse and the Reef by Witi Ihimaera

Calabash Breakers by Selina Tusitala Marsh

ALSO

Here is the quizlet we worked on today! Keep learning these language features

NCEA level 1 language features

The Cove - Reading response material

The Cove Begins in Taiji, Japan, where former dolphin Trainer Ric O'Barry has come to set things right after a long search for redemption.

The Cove is directed by Louie Psihoyos and produced by Paula DuPre Pesmen and Fisher Stevens.  The film is written by Mark Monroe.

This movie sheds light on the gross mistreatment and slaughter of dolphins in a small town in Japan and also looks at how human actions can impact so negatively on our environment.

Work through the study guide HERE

After watching 'The Cove' we can use this visual text as a Reading Response.  See the Ms Flemmings detailed information in the Google slide about how to complete a reading response.

Reading: Novels

Morena 10 FFL,

This morning we are going to start reading a novel in our library time. I have arranged 6 choices of novel which I feel will suit different interests and reading levels. Below I have listed the books by reading difficulty level and included a brief synopsis of each book so you can see if you like the sound of it.

• I find reading challenging

Kura Toa: Warrior School 

High-school student Haki needs to find the pounamu that was stolen from him after a car crash by a mysterious old man who seems to know a lot about him. Haki's search brings him into conflict with his family, his friends and his school. In the process he must confront his fears and find a way to answer the challenge to serve his people and his land, fight a taniwha, and grow into a warrior.

• I sometimes find reading challenging

The Whale Rider 

Eight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, fights to prove her love, her leadership, and her destiny. Her people claim descent from Kahutia Te Rangi, the legendary "whale rider." In every generation since Kahutia, a male heir has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir, and the aging chief is desperate to find a successor. Kahu is his only great-grandchild--and Maori tradition has no use for a girl. But when hundreds of whales beach themselves and threaten the future of the Maori tribe, it is Kahu who saves the tribe when she reveals that she has the whale rider's ancient gift of communicating with whales.

• Most of the time I find reading easy 

Trash 

Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping next to it.

Then one unlucky-lucky day, Raphael's world turns upside down. A small leather bag falls into his hands. It's a bag of clues. It's a bag of hope. It's a bag that will change everything.

Soon Raphael and his friends Gardo and Rat are running for their lives. Wanted by the police, it takes all their quick-thinking and fast-talking to stay ahead. As the net tightens, they uncover a dead man's mission to put right a terrible wrong.

And now it's three street boys against the world...

• I find reading easy

The Bone Tiki

Matiu Douglas has a bone tiki he stole from a tangi. His father's important new client wants it. Badly. And he has some very nasty friends. When Mat is forced to flee for his life, an unexpected meeting with a girl called Pania sets his world spinning. Suddenly he's running through the bush with a girl-clown, a dog who is way too human, and a long-dead warrior. Fearful creatures from legend are rising up around him, and Mat faces a terrifying ordeal. And there is nowhere left to hide ...not even in another world

• I find reading easy 

The Hunger Games

In what was once North America, the Capitol of Panem maintains its hold on its 12 districts by forcing them each to select a boy and a girl, called Tributes, to compete in a nationally televised event called the Hunger Games. Every citizen must watch as the youths fight to the death until only one remains. District 12 Tribute Katniss Everdeen has little to rely on, other than her hunting skills and sharp instincts, in an arena where she must weigh survival against love.

• I want more of a challenge

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Seen through the eyes of Christopher, a mathematical genius and Sherlock Holmes fan, who also has Asperger's syndrome, this bestselling novel opens with the discovery of a murdered dog on the neighbor's lawn.

In his search to discover the identity of the killer, Christopher uncovers some disturbing information about his own family, which throws his ordered world into chaos, and he embarks on a journey to London to find the mother he thought was dead.

QUESTIONS to set up on doc:

1. Title
2. Author and author bio (education, background, inspiration, successes)
3. Why did you select this novel?
4. What was your first impression, what have you learnt so far from the introduction?
5. How did you find the experience of reading for 20 min straight. Did you enjoy it? Find it challenging? Hard to focus? Relaxing? etc.....explain why!

Questions added for week 5:

6. Who is your favourite character in the novel so far? Explain why?
7. Find 3 new words from your book and list them below with their definitions.
8. Explain one important relationship in the novel so far. Why the relationship between these two characters significant?

Reading - Short Stories

Today we are reading NZ short stories by Witi Ihimaera and Patricia Grace

If you find reading hard try these stories by Witi Ihimaera

The Seahorse and the Reef

The Beginning of the Tournament

If you want more of a challenge in your reading try these

It Used to be Green Once - Patricia Grace

Big Brother, Little Sister - Witi Ihimaera

These short stories are all written by respected NZ Authors. Once you have finished reading complete your reading response and also a short biography on the writer.

Literacy periods 1 & 2 Monday

Hey team,

Here are the links to the myths for today's literacy session:

When Tamaohoi Awoke

Hatupatu

Ngatoro the Fire-Bringer

Hinemoa and Tutanekai

And also the link to the reading response template