Eatons Hill S S Book Blog

Be a detective about your teacher’s favourite books and then write something similar to this:

I work with many books.

I like reading stories.

I see most of the students in the school at least once a week.

My favourite story when I was a child was the old fairy tale ‘The Twelve Dancing Princesses’ by the Brothers Grimm.

Who am I?

Mums, Dads, Aunts, Uncles, Grandmas, Grandads …

What was your favourite book when you were a child? 

Wednesday, 3rd of September is National Reading Day.  Take some time to make a class list of favourite titles.  Share it here!

Last week, Miss Andrea, Lola and I had the joy of attending the launch of Jackie French’s new book ‘A Rose for the ANZAC Boys’.  Mrs French talked about her life and books for nearly an hour and then we were able to ask questions.  Someone asked her what her favourite book is. She has many favourite books, so she couldn’t really answer that one.  Someone asked her about wombats, so she told us all about the adventures of living with so many of these animals.

So, who is your favourite author and what would you like to ask him/her if you could?  Remember that popular authors are asked some questions again and again, so you probably need to know something about the author to ask be given an interesting answer.

Some characters have special gifts that help them. 

Examples:

• Leif from the Deltora Quest series is brave and a good friend;
• Will from the Ranger’s Apprentice is quick-witted and courageous;
• Hermione of the Harry Potter series is very clever and a great researcher.

If you had the power to give two special gifts, what would you give?  Which book character would you give them to?

If you could choose to become any character from a book, who would it be?  Why?

Have you ever read anything that you didn’t like?  Why didn’t you like it?

Some authors choose to use incidents or conflict to begin the story. 

Examples:

• ‘How to eat Fried Worms’ by Thomas Rockwell begins with Billy, Alan, Joe and Tom arguing over what they would or would not eat.
• ‘The Search for Delicious’ has everyone in the court arguing about what foods they think are delicious.
• Almost every book in the ‘Harry Potter’ series by J.K. Rowling starts with a disagreeable incident at the Dursleys.

Have you found a story that starts with an incident or conflict?  Share it here.

I am twelve years old.

My parents aren’t around very much.

I am a technology expert.

I break a secret code.

Who am I?

Can you make up an Which Book Character Am I of your own?

Think about your favourite book character.  If you could speak to this character, what advice would you give her/him?