Literacy

=For reading we did BRUSH WITH A DARK SIDE it was about a boy called jeremy= =who finds out that his teacher really is training to be master of the dark arts= =here is some of the activities we did.=

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=BUMPY JOURNEY= =by Lily Evans=

The plane started up and we are on our way to the scorching hot deserts of Egypt, Don’t even ask why but apparently we are the chosen ones to save Princess Jasmine from the three terrorists that have kidnaped her and plan to kill her unless the King gives them all their land & money back.

Her father, the king was not a nice man, he was a greedy short man who is trying to take over the land of Egypt and forced the people to work as slaves, building pyramids from huge blocks of stone. He took away their farms and fed them on scraps.

Like I said, I don’t know how I got chosen to try and find the young Princess, I am just a girl who minds her own business. I go to school, do my homework, play sport and one day I went to sleep in my own bed with my posters of my favorite singers & movie stars on the walls and when I woke up I was in an underground, secret room with all these men in uniforms pointing to maps and going through plans as to how we can rescue Princess Jasmine.

So here I am on the plane sitting next to my dumb brother Jaime landing in the desert. I don’t know how to find & set free a Princess! I hope Jaime does.

When we landed we were met by 2 huge men with even bigger guns. They took us to a black car and we raced off down a desert road and into a big whole in the side of a mountain. We got out and were led though some automatic doors and in an elevator, we seemed to go up fast for a long time, eventually the doors opened and there was a bright office with more men with uniforms on, they sat us down and gave us raspberry drink and choc. chip biscuits and told us what we had to do.

The plan is that we parachute into a pyramid where they think Princess Jasmine is. This is how come we have been brought here, we are the right size to fit through tiny vent tunnels that run through the pyramid.

All went to plan until Jaime got his belt caught and couldn’t move forward or backward in one of the tunnels, I had to cut his belt and set him free.

After going round and round for ages inside the vent of the pyramid, the vent ended and we got out and there was a big door with no handle. Jaime used his Karate and kicked the door in. Inside were three men and Princess Jasmine playing cards. They were a little surprised to see us but they looked like they were having fun.

We told them we had come to rescue Jasmine and she told us how well the 3 kidnappers had treated her and how they were good people and how as soon as she got home she would make her father give them all their land and money back.

So the 6 of us left the pyramid on the kidnappers camels. Each person on a hump, it wasn’t that comfortable but sure beat walking!We must have travelled for a whole day before we got to the Kings palace.

Princess Jasmine sorted it all with her dad who was very sorry for being so mean but was happy to have his daughter home safe. He gave the kidnappers all that belonged to them.

Jamie and I used our radio and got picked up by a helicopter and taken back home for more choc chip biscuits.

By Lily Evans

Wow Lily! How your writing has improved. Story line is strong. Next Steps: Focus on punctuation & a strong finish. =we had to do a story on our hero i did my dad.=



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