Review of: Dairy of a wimpy kid, #16 Big shot

Title: Dairy of a wimpy kid, Book #16 Big shot

Main Charcter: Greg Heffley

Author: Jeff Kinney

Greg Heffley Hasn't liked sports very much in his life, or does he?

His mom, Susan Heffley, has never gave up to make him play sports. She says it's healthy for kids to play outside. But Greg has a different thinking of what his mom says.

Tomorrow is field day at his school, and he's actually taking it seriously because the home prize is a day off school. His brother Rodrick Heffley said last year's field day prize was free Ice-cream, but they raised the stakes this year. So that's why he's lately been going to the gym with his dad, Frank Heffley.

His mom keeps persuading him to do a sport, but all the time Greg has to think is the only skill he has ever done was shooting a napkin into a moving glass from a distance of 7.62m (25ft). So he thought he had some skill in basketball. 

That got her really excited, Because she said when she played basketball at his age, she said he team was really good. Maybe the basketball skill runs in the family.

Greg was glad his mom was excited, but there was another reason Greg picked basketball. There are only 2 teams, with 10 players in one. If you don't make a team, you get cut.

So when he is at tryouts that night, he is surprised to see that he made it. 

When everything is on the line and the ball is in Greg's hands, will he rise to the occasion? Or will he blow his big shot?

I like this book because the book idea is cool. I especially like the part when Greg throws a backward shot in a game, and everyone watches it go through the hoop at the end.

When he was finished, he and his teammates were very happy and celebrating. That taught me a very valuable lesson; If you just look at something and don't actually do it, you won't know if you like it or not. You have to try it to know how it is like, and if you like it at all. That's what happened in the book. He celebrated in the book because he finally tried, and when he did it, he realised he actually liked it. This book is very good, so I give it a big 5/5!

Superhero Story: Methane Mayhem By Adrian

Superhero Story: Methane Mayhem     

By Adrian

Once upon a time, there was a man called Markus Meldrew who loves to read comic books. Mostly about superheros. He was 11, but lately his substitute math teacher, Mr. Ember has been giving him really hard maths. Something about chemical theorems...

One day when he was out walking, he met a cart that sold burritos. Markus bought one to try. But when he went to sleep that night… he saw something. A vision of a superhero flying around.

He was very sleepy that morning, and accidentally walked into the oven. But he didn’t get burnt! He figured he had superpowers! MM decided to not share his powers with his friends. He started thinking of a name. Superman? 😣 Markushero? 😡 Methane man? 😀 Yes!

MM then heard a noise. He swiveled his head around and saw the basketball court on fire. He saw 2 people stuck in the middle. He rescued them, but as he did, he saw a person walk by. He also noticed some potion bottles under the fire. MM saw plain oil in them. Basic!

One month later, he was working in Hungry peoples. He was working with a girl named Squishina. But the stove started burning… he rescued Squish from the fire and found another potion bottle. This one had gunpowder and a different kind of oil. Mr. Ember’s homework seems to be getting harder: 298/199=?????

MM heard another Bam!! The boy’s bathroom was on fire! There was nothing to be done because no one was in there. 

He found another potion bottle. This one had TNT remainings, more gunpowder, and another different kind of oil! AHH! Exactly! TNT makes explosions and fire!

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His friend Steve was staying with him. “3 explosions in 3 days? I think you have Nemesis!” said Steve! Whoa! “Oh here. I have potions from each explosion. And I want to tell you the maths Mr. Ember gave me is crazy hard! Something about chemical theorems… 

Also, the explosions started after my subtitute came!” I said. Steve said nothing.

“Um, did you say your math homework was about chemicals?” 

“Yeah”

“And each explosion had a chemical”

“Uh huh”

“And the explosions started after your maths teacher.”

“Yeah”

“Do the maths!!!!!!”

Oh my goodness!! Mr. Ember is my Nemesis! What???

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MM checked his math classroom. He was tapping on drawers when he pressed a button and found a room full of potions and TNT! He checked the room.

‘To Methane Man: I expect you have found out about me. Meet me at the basketball court tonight’

Said a voice out of nowhere. He met him at the basketball court. He defeated him with his friends by shooting lasers at him, and making a pit full of arrows to let him fall into! Yeah!

Methane man and his friends lived happily ever after.

The end

Story Plot: Methane man Figures out what potions they combined and connected the facts: After Substitute… Potions… Man walking around… they managed to figure out it was Mr. Ember who made all this nonsense.

The End

Adrian's Halloween Creature with Writing

Book Review: Redstone Junior High; Zombies ate my Homework, Book 1 Feat. Pixel

 Title: Redstone Junior high; Zombies ate my Homework Book 1

Author: Cara J. Stevens, Fred Borcherot, Minecraft

Have you ever thought that looking like the other kids are the best? If you do, then read Redstone junior high! 

This story is about a farm girl called Pixel who looks different from her 30 brothers and sisters. Her siblings all tease her for being different. But when she arrives at Redstone Junior high, a lot of other kids tease her as well. She thought she was not going to make any friends, but a person with no abilities and looked different came up to her and they talked and laughed. They realised that being different wasn't a problem, and they become best friends.

I like this book because it would teach people not to tease others. Everyone should be nice to each other and work together. So, I will rate this book 10 out of 10.

Book Review: Dairy of a Minecraft Creeper; Book 7 - By Adrian

 Title: Dairy of a Minecraft Creeper Book 7; Genius Juice

Author: Minecraft, Mojang

Have you ever thought that being smart is the best thing ever? Then read Dairy of a Minecraft Creeper book 7 Genius Juice!

This book is about a Minecraft Creeper named Jasper drinking a juice that he thought it made him smart, and outsmarting his friends all the time. People always say that it is not fair that he got smart straight away and all the other people had to study lots of things to become smart, including his human friend, Stu. He wins 2 rounds of Junior MobIQ, a Minecraft test that tells people how smart Mobs are. But at the end, Stu read the label of the juice and told him that the juice didn't actually make him smart. He got very embarrassed and didn't want to enter the final round of Junior MobIQ, but his friends forgave him and told him to enter. When he won, he had to make a speech to tell how he felt being smart. He said "Being smart isn't an instant thing, it's all about the hard work you put in, and that the Mobs around me are the best in the Overworld."

I like this book because it teaches kids to not be bossy and say that the other kids are not smart, because working together is the most important thing. For example; Don't say things like "Oh! You got that question wrong! You're not as smart as I am!" Or "Ha Ha! You can't make the cake I asked for!" 

If I would give this book a rating, I would give it 10 out of 10 because it teaches people to not say that they are the smartest.

Room on the broom (By Adrian)

Questioning - Scorpions!

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 We used different stratagies to answer this question. We read the text, and asked questions. It was a really good time to learn how any types of question there are!

Jamboard copy of scorpions-questions

The Legend of Taranaki

 

Mount Vesuvius reading

Writing planning

Kia Ora