Novel Study

Parvana by Deborah Ellis

For Reading this term we have been studying Parvana. Parvana is a Afghanistan girl who faces a lot of challenges including having to dress up like a boy to help her family survive under the Taliban rule.

After reading about Parvana and her life we had to do four activities relating to Parvana. First we had to create a timeline, then a concept map. After that we had to make a poem and then draw a portrait. Then we put all of our activities onto a google draw.

Here is an example of one of our Google Draws by Lucy and here is another Novel Study ‘The Secrets in the Fire’ Google Draw by Georgina.

Top Tips - Is there a digital divide amongst the elderly?

In Inquiry we have been looking at Digital Divide and the question, ‘Is there a divide amongst the elderly? If so can we narrow the technology age gap?” We created a questionaire and interviewed our Grandparents. This was great fun spending special time with them. We asked them if there was a digital area they needed help with. From these results each us took action and created a ‘Top Tips’ video for them to use at home. We had a huge variety of requests for assistance with either laptop use or cell phones. We really enjoyed learning alongside our Grandparents. Lots of laughs and many funny stories. 

Maya and Maddie 

Enjoy Ella's 'Top Tips' video

Coraline:

Coraline is a 12 - year old girl who shows a lot of courage trying to save her mum and dad. It is an adventurous and freaky story. We rate this book 8/10 because some of the parts were a bit disturbing and creepy. Not a bedtime read! 

  

Smile:

Smile is about an 11-year-old girl called Riana. Riana gets into a lot of trouble even though she doesn’t mean to.  There are lots of embarrassing and funny moments but all Riana wants, is to be normal. We think this is a 10/10 because there is lots of humour and drama. We didn't want to put it down.

                      







The Baby Sitters Club:
Kirsty Thomas is a quirky teenager. Kirsty has to cope with her mum’s boyfriend whilst she is trying to figure out plans with her new best friends about her new club idea. She and her friends struggle with the Babysitting Club but they perserve and their friendship survives. We rate this book 7/10 because we found after awhile it started to become predictable.

Have you got a great graphic novel you can recommend?