Thinkboard Week 7

This week we start of with a post of maths. Thinkboards take quite a long time to finish but it is possible to finish it in one period. Hope you enjoy and please leave a comment.

Phone Call

The Phone Call

Paul looked out the window and sighed. The driveway was still empty and it was getting dark. He checked the clock and sighed again, deeper this time. His dad had said that he would pick him up by 5:30, but it was almost seven and Paul hadn't heard a word from him. He walked up the stairs to his room and put away his baseball glove. Paul figured that even if his Dad did miraculously show, it wouldn't be much fun playing catch in the dark. Paul sat down on the couch and tried to do some of his reading homework, but he couldn't get his dad off of his mind.

The phone rang at about 8:00 and Paul let it go to the machine. It was his Dad: "Hey Paul, I'm so sorry that I couldn't make it tonight. I had to finish up a big project at work. Maybe we can catch a baseball game this weekend. Oh wait, this weekend’s no good. How about next weekend? That should work. You and I are going to the stadium for sure, Paulie. I hope all is well…"

Paul listened to the machine in disgust. He knew that his dad had a job and a life, but he couldn't understand why he was always flaking out on him. Paul thought to himself: Couldn't someone else get one of these bad news speeches once in a while? Why does it always have to be me? Paul crashed on the couch with his book opened to the first page and fell asleep.

The next day at school, Paul didn't turn in his math or science homework and he failed a pop quiz in reading class. Paul’s homeroom teacher, Mr. Mathews, noticed Paul’s uncharacteristically poor performance and asked him to stay after class. Paul sort of murmured a response that sounded like “Ok.” When the bell rang, the other children filed out of class. Paul huffed and waited with his head on his desk. Mr. Matthews pulled up a chair next to him.

“What’s up, Paul? You’re not doing your homework, you’re not studying for tests, and this isn’t like you. Something must be bothering you. What is it?” Paul didn’t want to tell him. He knew that if he started talking a flood of emotions would pour out of him. He just wanted to be alone with his pain, so he sat there quietly, not even looking at Mr. Matthews. “Well Paul, if you don’t want to talk, I will. I know that something’s bothering you and you’ve got to get it out. You don’t need to tell me, but you need to tell someone or this thing is going to eat you up. Paul, you’ve got to feel your best to do your best. The sooner you get this thing off of your chest, the sooner you can heal.”

As Paul walked home from school, he reflected on the things the Mr. Matthews had told him. He knew that he hadn’t been himself recently. Maybe he stopped doing his work because he was looking for attention from his father. He hadn’t really thought about it too much up until now, but as he walked home that night he realised that he wasn’t just letting his dad spoil his plans: he was letting him spoil his life. Paul figured that Mr. Matthews was right. He couldn’t do his best until he felt his best. He decided to take his advice and talk to someone about it.

That night when Paul got home from school, he called his Dad. The call went to voicemail after ringing seven or eight times. Paul had heard his Dad’s answering machine message more times than he cared to remember, but this time things were different. When it ended, he would say what he really felt. When the phone beeped, Paul began talking: “Dad, it’s Paul. I can’t go to the stadium with you next weekend. I’ve got a lot of homework to catch up on. Also, I don’t really want to spend another day looking out the window and waiting. When you break plans with me, Dad, it hurts me, and I’m sick of getting hurt. It’s not too late to rebuild our relationship, but we’re going to have to start small. Maybe you can help me with my homework sometime or something. Dad, I love you, but that’s how I feel.”

As Paul ended the call, he felt as though a tremendous burden had been lifted off of his shoulders. He didn’t know whether his dad would change. He didn’t even think that he would, but it didn’t matter. Paul had changed. He had expressed his feelings to the right person, rather than just bottling them up inside of himself and he had a clear head as he worked though his assignments that night.

  

The Phone Call - Reading Skill Sheet

1. Author’s Purpose: entertain inform persuade

Why did the author write this?

2. Genre: Fiction                                      Subgenre: Autobiography  

Ex: Nonfiction, fiction, or folklore Ex: Autobiography, science fiction, fable, informational writing, etc.

3. Narrator’s Point of View:

Talk to someone when you’re feeling down

1st-person, 2nd-person, 3rd-person objective, 3rd-person limited, or 3rd-person omniscient

4 & 5. Summarise the text: Playing catch with dad. Big Project at Work for Dad Mr Matthews noticing Paul’s reaction Paul figuring out to take Mr Matthews Advice Paul talks to Dad on the phone Five key events from beginning, middle, & end.

6. Exposition

A. Setting: School, Home

When and where does the story take place?

B. Conflict:

Dad talking on the phone to Paul

Describe the conflict in the story.

7. Rising Action: List some events that occur before the climax.

1.

Paul sighing when the driveway is still empty when he was supposed to play catch with his Dad.

2.

Mr Matthew notices paul's reaction and talks to Paul about it and helps him out.

3.

Paul calling his Dad and telling him about what’s happening and what’s he’s doing to him and he feels much better by doing that.

Multiplication and Division Presentation Week 6

We return back to Multiplication and Division from ratios and proportions. It was good to see multiplication and division back. In the extension slides you may notice that there is a question un answered. I was stuck on that one and if you know the answer and can help me, post a comment below. Hope you enjoy and please leave a comment.

Triangle Addition Week 6

I am back with another triangle addition this week. Why not you try it. Hope you enjoy and please leave a comment.

Ratios and Porportions

This week we had a presentation to complete about ratios and proportions. It was pretty easy. Hope you enjoy and please leave a comment.

Book Review Heartbeat

This book is about a family trying to save a forest. Hope you enjoy and please leave a comment.

Carnivorous Plants

Did you know that there are plants that can eat insects. These are called carnivorous plants, my favourite is the Venus Fly trap witch attracts insects with something they love to eat. Once they land the surface is slippery and they are unable to climb out, the fly trap snaps closing the insect exits and digest it. Hope you enjoy and please leave a comment.

Kevlar

This week for reading we had to find the evidence from a text to answer some questions. The text was about a piece of material called Kevlar witch is a fabric. It is so strong that if you make a vest out of it, it can give you no harm or damage from a shot of a gun. Hope you enjoy and please leave a comment.

Attitude Talk

This Wednesday we had a person called Dan from the attitude team came to our school to talk to us about friendship. First he started with some information about himself that he was born in South Africa. He had a lot of humor. He talked about Boy friendships and girls friendships and why not to back stab. He told us that boys are very activity like when girls are very talkative. He gave us a lot of funny examples for us to get entertained. I enjoyed it a lot.

Ratio

This week something new emerged from our maths class. We are learning Ratio, I have learned a bit of ratio last year but I was pretty bad at it. This year I learned the new strategy's to it. I am glad I am improving with Ratio. Hope you enjoy and please leave a comment.

Triangle Addition Week 4

This week I am back with another triangle addition. A triangle addition is where you have to add numbers like decimal points to your given number. If you think you have a better way of doing this comment below. Hope you enjoy and please leave a comment.

How to Save our Money

How do we save our Money?

Saving money can get you anything well beyond. To save money it is as simple as just waiting in line for a ride on the most coolest roller coaster in your life, but you just need the right patience. It probably can take a month to save up for something around $50. Everything you’ve ever wanted can be achieved and a success by saving up your money.

First you need the right amount of patience. Patience is all about relaxing and staying calm not bursting in anger. To help you with patience, try something like waiting in line for an hour. Going to lectures of things you hate can help you. Challenging yourself can help you a lot like only reading for one whole week with no gaming.

To save up your money you first need a job, big or small no matter. Next get a bank account, saving account or a simple piggy bank, I recommend you choose the saving account, that way you won’t have any cash stolen. Daily put salary into one of those choices. Calculate how much salary you get each day or fortnight or if your job has a payday, next see if you can figure out how long it will take to your desired amount. An example of all is this could be getting a newspaper job, getting a piggy bank, calculating when you will get a xbox and done.

It is really simple to save up money and you can get whatever you desire by patience and saving up.

 

Seat Belts

This week we were given a task to first read a text about seat belts, the author was trying to convince the readers of how important it is to wear seat belts. He had many points supporting his argument. We were then given a presentation to fill in. Hope you enjoy and please leave a comment. 

Triangle Addition Week 3

This week triangle addition was a tough challenge. But I managed to finish it in one day. If you don't know what a triangle addition is then it is simply that you have add numbers to get to the number you are given. Hope you enjoy and please                                      leave a comment.

Week 3 Think Board

This week the think board got complicated. We had to learn how to subtract decimals buy using the strategy splitting. We learned that to not split the first number but the second and leave the first decimal as it is. Hope you enjoy and please leave a comment.