Monday, June 25, 2007

End of the school year.

*I'll Miss The Joppenhof!*
**By Shari Hooper**
The Joppenhof came with caring,
And the kids would always be sharing,
They love their teachers a lot,
Well that’s at least what I thought.

We liked learning new stuff,
Some of it rather rough,
We did blogs with teacher Janet,
And discovered about a different planet
.

We had a camp,
And got very damp!
We went to see news,
And listen to radio blues.

Sandra,
That’s my panda!
Reyes,
She never wore a dress!
Kaori,
She was my glory!
Shiho,
My best friend and Kaho!
Yuka,
She reminds me of “Pucca”!
Suze,
Suze, Suze, Suze!
Those were my friends,
That went with me,
Through the tough bends.
The End.

Saturday, June 16, 2007

My Blog assignment, blog story

My Blog Archive 2006/07!

*October 2006*
After finding out lots of tips and appropriate behaviour about having a blog, we registered. After a long instruction about what we’re going to put on the blog we posted a little message to show that we had started the blog. A sort of introduction!

*November 2006.*
We finally posted some real work! Two stories and a poem. The 1st story was called: “The Golden Rules Broken” in which the main characters were Shannon and Danielle. The 2nd subject I posted was called: “DIARY, Plain & Simple” which the main character (written in the first person) was Moira. Our last subject posted in that month was called: “My Poem Made at School” which didn’t actually get posted onto the blog, I was very confused.

*December 2006*
Our two topics to write about then, were arguments for and against and writing Non-Chronological reports. Non-Chronological reports are written in the third person and in present tense, I did my non-chronological reports on cats. The arguments for and against I did was called: “Do Kids choose food with a surprise in to get the toy?” We had to make the subject for the argument ourselves, and it was quite complicated.

*January 2007 (A fresh new year)*

We had two long topics/subjects to write about. One we did in partners and was difficult to do, because we had to write a recipe and had to first THINK of what ingredients are used. We had to think of the ingredients for Spaghetti Bolognese, one of my favourite dishes. I partnered up with Kaori my best friend. We first guessed the ingredients, and I made that into a word document. Then Kaori found the real recipe and wrote it in her own words, which was really nice to compare. The 2nd subject we wrote about in January was a letter of complaint. Mine was called: “Sorry for being late again”. I had typed the title in the document, but it never turned up.

*February 2007*
This month was quite a busy month, with lots to do and type. We learned about Kennings, Limericks and Haikus, which are all types of poems. The kenning was a sort of guessing game, describing the object carefully, but the words you described it with (verbs) had to end in er! A haiku had a pattern: 5-7-5, so 5 syllables 7 syllables and again 5 syllables. A limerick had a pattern called A-A-B-B-A. They were all interesting topics, and pleasant to learn about other poems!

*March 2007*
March’s topics seemed not too many, but they were very long! We had to write a long detective story, we had a lot of preparation in the beginning. We read a whole detective story from the library, listed characters and features we were going to use and the setting! The other thing we had was the nicest thing we did for to put on the blog! We made a summary from the movie Monsters Inc. We watched the whole movie, and wrote a long summary on the movie (not looking on the back of the DVD box for cheating)! My detective story was called: “A drowning nightmare”, with the main character Chenna Diddums.

~My Blog Experience!~

It was the best school experience (computer-wise) ever! Learning peoples’ styles of writing and thinking, and giving positive and good comments were so fantastic. I thought at the beginning, “Am I only going to be reading/doing my own blog?” No, we were checking others out as well and giving feedback/comments. It was nice to actually see how people improved their work so rapidly!
www.blogger.com was a program where anybody could see your work, but ID7’s way of doing it was appropriate for anyone to see. The teachers could always check work via this resource for a blog.

Improvements for NEXT year


You could maybe add more subjects you typed on the computer. Maybe set a limit per month, e.g.: 3 documents per month!


By a proud student of her computer work,
Shari Hooper (ID7) 2006/07.

Thursday, March 22, 2007

The Drowning Night mare.

By Shari Hooper




Chapter 1. The meeting.

“Mum, it’s only to meet the older kids who can help you, it’s not a fancy dinner party”, I said. I’m Chenna Diddums. I am just starting secondary school, mum is making a fuss, because my class is going to meet the 7th and 8th forms. My mum wants me to wear a dress! I find it… childish.
“I know, but isn’t the dress sweet,” mum said. “IT’S NOT A DINNER PARTY AND I’M NOT THREE!” I shouted.

One the way to school.

I finally didn’t have to wear the dress. It was an awful colour, lilac!
“BEEP, BEEP!” my little brother Joshua shouted. “Shut up Josh!” I said. I tied my hair up with a silver hair band, which matched my long black hair.
My school was massive, there are lots of secret ways and passages. We’re not allowed to know them until we are in the 4th form. We arrived and I saw my best friend Lily waving and shouting my name. “Chenna!” Lily shouted. She ran and ran, but fell just in front of my feet.
“Wow, I’m Queen Diddums, bow for me,” I said acting like a queen, “Give me your hand, Lily Flower,” I helped her up.
“Puff ball Chenna!” Lily said. We walked into the school.
“Wow, the renovation is done!” Lily said.
“Hm, is the library done?” I asked.
“I don’t know,” Lily said.


Chapter 2. The murdering meeting.

“Good morning Form 1!” said our new teacher Miss. Van Dijk, she’s our dutch teacher but also teaches form 1.
“We will go to the meeting, after I introduced myself” she said, Lily looked at me in despair.
“I am Romy Van Dijk, I am twenty-five years old and I don’t permit any rules being broken in this class.” I raised my hand, “Yes Chenna,” Miss Van Dijk said.
“We don’t even know the rules.” I said, everyone laughed at the teacher.
“Be quiet class, Chenna, how dare you put the class against me.”
“I didn’t,” I said.
“Aw well, let’s go to the meeting,” she said.

There were chairs set in the hall. The Hall was built in the summer holidays. It’s huge!
“Welcome 1st, 7th and 8th!” the head teacher said, “ we are here for safety reasons because the 7th and 8th form should help you!” Lily raised her hand.
“Yes… Lily,” she said.
“Shouldn’t the teachers help?” Lily asked.
“No… yes, but the children, almost adults, know a bit more because I bet they’ve gone through the sane things as you will!” “Ok,” Lily said.
The head mistress clapped her hands. “Janitors, take the chairs away!” she shouted. The chairs slid back and a disco ball popped out of the ceiling. “Wow,” I said, “Pretty modern.”
“I need to go to the toilet, coming?” I asked. We walked to the toilets.
“I go first,” I said. I went in. I was about to take my belt of but we heard knocking on the entrance of the toilet. “Come in,” Lily said. The person switched off the lights, I locked the door, and I couldn’t see anything of course. I heard a click of something. Suddenly a loud bang.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” Lily screamed.
Another bang went off, I heard Lily fall on the ground. The person put on the lights again and ran out. I felt something wet, it was red. “No, please, no!” I said. I unlocked the door and right in front of me, was Lily, blood all over her. I screamed. The teacher of the second form came. “What the…” it was my brother; he had passed his teaching exams. I started crying. I sat beside Lily, “talk to me Lily, talk to me!” I shouted. My brother, named Jake, took me by the hand. “Don’t worry, let me feel her chest,” he said. He walked over to Lily and felt if she was breathing, only slightly. “She’s breathing very slowly,” he said. “What, don’t tell me that!” I shouted. The head mistress came in. “What’s all that noise for?” when she saw Lily, she fainted.
“We have to find out who did it, and I will!” I said.

My other best friend came over. “Jo Chenna, want to go play tennis?” he asked.
“Not really,” I said softly, I burst into tears.
“Hey, Hey, I know what happened to Lily.”
“Ok, ok, but I want to ask you something, do you want to try to find out who did it, I’ll use all the money I saved for a laptop.” I said.
“Ok, sure, but only if you come play tennis with me.” He said.
“Fine!” I whipped the extra tennis racket out of George’s hand.
“Who’s last at the tennis courts is a fat pig,” I shouted.
I ran as fast as I could, but George wasn’t behind me he was again in front. He ran straight in, “Ha, I win” he said. Oh god, again I was the fat pig.
We went in to the changing rooms to get our tennis gear on. “Who’s first out pf the change rooms gets a trophy!” I was first. “Yeah.”
He gave me a pack of gum. “What a trophy,” I said.

We started playing. A half an hour later we stopped, it started raining.

The next day Lily was taken to the hospital. The bullet was taken out.
“Open ze door,” male’s voice said. “I am inzpector Monkey Monty.”
“What are you doing here, we don’t need an inspector,” I said, oh no, my temper was getting high again.
“I don’t need zese kidz arund me,” the inspector said.
“These kids, these kids, we’re maybe the smartest ‘kids’ in the class, and we can be weird, but I’ve got news for you, we’re not kids!” I shouted.
“Take zem away!” he shouted.
“No, they’ve got to help with the search,” a scientist said.
I took the bullet and looked through the microscope. I scanned in the details and I found out that the bullet had been used twice. It was used to kill Lily’s mum 5 years ago.
“The bullet was also used to kill Mrs. Suddings, there are still slight marks on it,” I said. I thought there was a clue, yes, there was. This killer obviously doesn’t like the Suddings’.

Chapter 3. The truth.

“Chenna, the gun that had been used to kill Lily and Mrs. Suddings has been found,” George said.
“I want to check Danny Blue, he wears a gun, and he wore two the other day,” I said, “and Thomas.”
“Ok,” he said.

I knocked on from 7’s door.
“May I have a word with Danny please?” I asked.
“Yes,” Miss. Cune said.“After that I need… Thomas”
“Ok,” she said.
I took Danny to a little room to ask questions.

“Where’s your second ‘decorating gun?” I asked.
“It’s at home, it broke yesterday when I got caught in the school fence, and it broke so I took it home!” he said.
“How did you find out that Lily got shot,” I asked really feeling like a detective.
“Well, duh, it’s big news, our teacher said it.”
“I’ll ask your teacher that, I need to know who did it and why!”
“Ok,” he said.
“Thomas, you’re next,” I said.
“What have I got to do with it?” he shouted.
“Take it easy,” I said.
My mobile rang. I picked it up.
“Lily can talk!” I heard from the other side of the phone. “I’m coming George!” I shouted.
“What, and my interview?!” Thomas shouted.

I ran into the hospital.
“What Lily, can you hear me?” I shouted.
“Yes… I can’t… talk well!” she said. “You’ll be ok!” I said.
“Where’s that gun you found?” I asked.
My brother was there.
“Shouldn’t you be teaching?” I asked.
“Day off,” I don’t know why but my brother was acting suspicious.
I put the bullet and the gun under the microscope. There were fingerprints. There was a tag on it; which read J. Diddums! There was J. Diddum’s fingerprints on it! I remember, Lily’s mum got killed by J. Diddums. The killer was:



J
A
K
E MY BROTHER!

“Why did you do it Jake?” I shouted in surprise to everyone.
“What… what… how do you know.” He asked.
“You murder Lily’s mum as well you fool!” “It all comes together Jake!”
“I didn’t want to do it!” he paused, “I did it for… Inspector Monkey Monty!”
“WHAT!” I shouted.
George had called the police in the meantime, sirens loud.
“You little (beeping) child!” the inspector said.
They were both sent to jail.
I at my age had solved a case!
“You are a fine junior detective!” the police man said.




The next day, the fake inspector told u why he did it.“I hate zose Suddings, if I killed zat Lily and I dizcuvered ze ‘fake’ mystery, I’d be rig!”

He was sent to jail for 12 years.

This was all my last nights dream.

Sunday, March 18, 2007

*Monsters, Inc.*
(Information, short summary).
Shari.

Contents
1. The Story
2. Characters
3. Special Effects
4. Your Opinions


1. The Story

Sullivan (also known as Sulley) is a scarer at Monsters, inc. He was finding a report of Mike but he found there was still a door there (the doors where they go through to scare the kids). He walked through, but when a kid came out, his enemy Randall came to put the kids scream’s energy in. Sullivan was almost found by sneezing and the child didn’t want to keep still. He hid the kid in a bag. He tries to hide all the stuff that came out of the child’s room. They (Mike and Sulley) wanted to put the kid back in the room/door. Will they find the door and put the kid back where it came from?

2. Characters

James P. Sullivan – played by John Goodman
Mike Wazowski – played by Billy Crystall
Boo (the kid) – Played by Mary Gibbs.
They are the main characters of the movie. Sullivan is the top scarer at monsters. Inc.
Mike is proud of Sullivan and tries anything to keep the score of the scaring up!
Boo, the kid who came out of the door, is a little toddler who annoys Sullivan and Mike.
Celia – played by Jennifer Tilly, Celia is Mike’s girlfriend and tries to stay with him.

3. Special effects.
The start of the movie is begun by all different doors opening and presenting monsters. Inc!

4. Your Opinions
My opinion is it’s a great film and it’s put in with great details and humour, I recommend it to everyone, even oldies and parents! I’d give it an 810

5. Running time: 88 minutes

6. Genre : Humour





The Summary.

The genre of humour has hit the limit with Monsters, Incorporated (Inc). The adventure to get a kid back through a door by scaring (y) monsters is hard. James P. Sullivan (John Goodman) has taken a kid out of a door while getting Mike’s file (Billy Crystall). He found a door there and opened it (the job is to scare kids). BANG! A kid came out. Mike (Wazowski) is really frightened and is tempted to get the kid back. Sullivan named her Boo (played by Mary Gibbs). Therefore, Mike has to keep the kid secret from everybody, except for his Girlfriend Celia (played by Jennifer Tilly). It’s an adventure, every one’ll enjoy!


Thursday, February 08, 2007

Limericks

LIMERICKS!

For once there was a boy,
And he was full of joy.
He played on his drums,
And hit his thumbs,
But it was only a toy


She was as thin as can be,
But I am taller than she,
What is better,
Thinner or fatter,
Nobody could tell or see.


I crashed into a tree,
Which wasn’t my cup of tea,
I dropped my bag,
What a drag,
How could this all be?!



Wednesday, February 07, 2007

KENNINGS.


Gigantic roarer,
Meat eater,
Huge biter,
Big killer,
Human destroyer


II Answer : a LION. ( a lion)





Never cuter,
Mouse slayer,
Human attracter,
Food master,
Bird attacker.

Answer : a cat (a cat)

By shari.





Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Hedgehog.

You have quite sharp spikes,
Will you prick me badly dear?
With your spiky spikes.

Nature.

Grass is of course green,
With flowers in so perfect,
Both of them … nature.


By Shari Hooper
ID7 .