T2+Novel+study

__Wednesday 6 July__ Walt: Write about the plot, setting, characters, them of our novel and to write a critical response. S.C. We have *Described 3 characters looks and personalities. *Identified the main themes in our novel. *Described in detail where our novel takes place so that a picture is created in the readers head. *Listed the main events in our story. *Writen about what I liked and didn't like about our novel and a recommendation for intended audience.

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Josh I think that you had good pictures and good titles but the hyperlinks work but they had me confused cause if you click a above the arrow it goes to a random page and that confused me but other than that you had a good novel study review and the fact that you showed a photo of the person that wrote the book and his name and next time you could you could write some more and use some comers in your writing =) Nathaniel

Teacher's pet By Morris Gleitzman 4.5.11 __ **WALT** - predict what our novel is about based on the cover. __ I think that in this story that there is going to be a girl called ginger will be allergic to cat's. And her name was named after a cat so she get's treated like a pet and she gets fed cat food. And she wont"s it all to stop like being treated like a cat because she is getting really annoyed with all the stuff happening to her all the time and she wont's it to stop now!

__Thursday 5 May 2011__ __ **WALT -** clarify and comprehend text. __ **Session Two Read Chapter One** and answer the following questions.

Who is the main character in this novel?

The main character is Ginger because the story has been talking all about her going to school in the start of the story. √   What does the author try to make you think about Ginger at the beginning of the chapter? He wont’s to let you know that she is allergic to cats and she doesn’t wont to go near them or she will sneeze. x He wont's you to think she is a cat What does Ginger fear the most? The dogs teeth when the dog see’s the cat in the bag and it wont’s to eat it. x cats What makes Ginger feel bad? Cats because she is allergic to cats that are wondering. x When she sore the stray dog and it made her sad. What was Ginger worried her sneezing may do to her? Sneezing all over people when she gets to school and she will get embarrass. √    What is Gingerʼs sisterʼs name? Mitzi √ Why does Ginger think the stray dog is running after her? Because the stray dog could smell cornflake the cat when she was walking passed so the stray dog thought it might be a meal bye following her. √

__Thursday 5 May 2011__ __ **WALT -** clarify and comprehend text. __ **Session Three Read Chapter Two** and answer the following questions.

What makes Ginger not feel better anymore and why? Because she sore Mr Napier walking down the path with big smile on his face. √   How does Mr Napier prevent himself from looking bald? By having lots of plaster's on his face. x by having a peace of hear that he come's over. What happens when Ginger sneezes inside the school office? Ginger snezzed right into Mr Napier's face. √    Who do you think the school bully might be? Locklan Grosby. √

__ Tuesday 10 May 2011 __

__ **WALT -** clarify and comprehend text. __

**Session Four Read Chapter Three** and answer the following questions. What do Gingerʼs parents do for a job? Work at ginger's school. √   What do you think Ginger means when she says she is always at the end of the queue for her mum and dad? End of her love her parents give her. x because she is alway's ingnored by her parents. Why did Ginger stand up for Ned? Because need was always getting bullied and she wonted to tell them he had a pet. √   What are the differences in the way Mr Wong and Mr Napier speak to Ginger? Mr Wong speak in a kind voice and Mr Napier speaks in a horrible mean voice. √

__Wednesday 11 May 2011__ __ **WALT -** clarify and comprehend text. __ **Session Five Read Chapters Four and Five** and answer the following questions. How many cats does Gingerʼs family own? They have five cats. √ What are their names? Ricebubble, Cornflake, Cher, Kylie and Madonna. √   Why did Gingerʼs mum end up putting Cat food instead of cereal into her bowl? Because she was in rush to get to school. √   Why does Ginger use made up words when she is frustrated? Because she can't think properly when she is frustrated.x Because she heard of her dad's asiment. Why do you think Mr Napier cancelled Pets Day? Because they have security all over the school because of Mr Wong Attack. x Because cornflake actked Mr Wong Why is it Gingerʼs fault that Pets day has been cancelled? Because she brought in her sister's cat (Cornflake) and it attacked Mr Napier. √

__Tuesday 17 May 2011__ __ **WALT -** clarify and comprehend text. __ **Read Chapters Six and Seven** and answer the following questions Why do you think Mr Napier has taken all of Mr Wongʼs things off the wall? Because he think's Mr Wong won't be back. √   Why does Mr Napier not seem to want Bruno to hang around when the journalist arrives? Cause he has a dog bite on his leg. √   What does //Justice// mean? It mean's behavior or treatment.x Being fair and responsible Who finds Ginger with the dog? Reporter and Mr Napier.x The photographer Where do Mr Napier and the reporter go? To Mr Napier office.√

__Monday 30 May 2011__ __ **WALT -** clarify and comprehend text. __ How long have Mr and Mrs Wong been together for? 47 years. √ Why did Ginger want Mrs Wong to give her a ride home? Because she sore the dog. x Because she doesn't wont the dog to attack What made Ginger change her mind about the dog? The dog looked at sadly. √ What does //intently// mean? Watching her closely. √
 * Read Chapters Eight and Nine** and answer the following questions

__Tuesday 7 May__ __**WALT -** clarify and comprehend text.__ How did Gingerʼs mum and dad know there was a dog in the shed? The freezer door was open and there was chicken schitzel and pasta sauce spatted in the microwave. √ What do Isabelʼs parents use their shed for? Old Clothes and books and hairdryers. √ How do you think Ginger feels about her friends idea of her being adopted? Maybe she's feels upset. √ Why do you think this? Because she just turned away and went bake under the fence. √
 * Read Chapters Ten and Eleven** and answer the following questions

__Tuesday 7 May__ __ **WALT -** clarify and comprehend text. __ What does Ginger plan to do with her knowledge of DNA testing? To prove that Cerberus was innocent. √ What qualities does Ginger think a principal should have? A Principle should care about the school. √ Why has Mr Wong decided to resign? Because he thinks he has let everyone one down and some one young to step in. √
 * Read Chapter Twelve** and answer the following questions

__Tuesday 7 May__ __ **WALT -** clarify and comprehend text. __ What kind of car does Mr Napier drive? LIght blue corollas. √ How do you think Mrs Kalinksi and Ms Cunningham feel about Mr Napier? That he is one big bully to ginger and to wont to help ginger out. √ What makes you say this? Because the were both trying to distract her from Mr Napier by giving him book and then with chocolate crackle. √ What catches Gingerʼs eye on the Yellow pages ad. And why? Pathology Laboratories because there was DNA testing. x To see if she was aboted.
 * Session Ten Read Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen** and answer the following questions

__Wednesday 8 June__ __ **WALT -** clarify and comprehend text. __ Whose favourite activity is Ice Skating? Mr Wong √ How does Ginger try to get money? To get ned to shout out "Spend a dollar and get Mr Wong as our principle. √ How does Ms Cunningham help Ginger? She let her into the store room. √
 * Session Eleven Read Chapters 15 and 16** and answer the following questions

__Thursday 9 June__ __**WALT -** clarify and comprehend text.__ Who is Ginger named after? An old family cat. √ What is Gingerʼs idea for Mr Wong? To take him ice skating. √ How does Mr Napier plan to wipe out all the stray dogs in the area? He calls the dog control people who look for stray dogs and put them down. √
 * Session Twelve Read Chapters 17 and 18** and answer the following questions

__Thursday 9 June__ __**WALT -** clarify and comprehend text.__ What is the puddle on the floor of the phone box? Dog pee. √ Who bit Mr Wong? Locklans dog Mr Frizble. √ Why do you think Mr Napier cancelled Pets day and then allowed it to happen again? Because he did not want to look bad in front of the parents. √
 * Session Thirteen Read Chapters 19 and 20** and answer the following questions

__Thursday 9 June__ __**WALT -** clarify and comprehend text.__ What causes all the chaos at Pets Day? Cornflake does. x Mr Napier wears his leather gloves and his Mr Frzble doesn't like it. What does Ginger see as she drives past the school with Mr Wong and how does this make her feel? She sore Mr Napier hobbling to his car and thought oto whit a murder exposition on his face. √ How do you think Mr Wong feels about the surprise being Ice Skating? Very happy and scared.√
 * Session Fourteen****Read Chapters 21 and 22** and answer the following questions

__ Thursday 9 June __ __**WALT -** clarify and comprehend text.__ What did Mr Napier make Locklan do? Make him say something about his dog. x Mr Napier made locklan lie Who does Cerebus end up living with and why? He lives with Mr Napier because he walked up to Mr Napier door.x Goes and lives with Mr Napier because he thinks Mr Napier is lonly. Why do you think that Mr Napier behaved the way he did in this story? Because he didn't like ginger at all and he wonted to be principle. How do you think Gingerʼs life may change now? I think she will not be sad of angry again. Ginger and Mr Napier will be nicer to each other.
 * Session Fifteen Read to the end of the book** and answer the following questions