English - Blog task "The Silver Donkey"
Task 1: Write one prargraph summary of the story "The Silver Donkey".
Task 1: Write one prargraph summary of the story "The Silver Donkey".
The Silver Donkey was a novel about 3 very courageous children who look after a lieutenant that they thought was dead lying on the ground under a tree. In this story there were many heroes and sercrets that make the book really excting or really upseting at times. Overall the Silver Donkey was a very exciting book to read and do activities on.
Task 2: Outline your opinion of the strengths and weaknesses of the novel. Give reasons and examples to justify your opinions.
Task 2: Outline your opinion of the strengths and weaknesses of the novel. Give reasons and examples to justify your opinions.
Strengths in this novel would have to be when the braveness the children and Fabrice showed when they were trying to get the Lieutenant home to his sick brother John. As well as when the children after being out at night helping the Lieutentant then have to do chores to make up for it. Example for these are 'The night was cool, and growing still. The candle lit village behind them rest peacefuly. For a time, the only sound they heard was the breaking of the waves...MAcelle held the little paw tightly.... This shows that they were very brave to be out at night with no one there but themselves, during this time not even the Lieutenant or Farbice we with them. The weaknesses of the story were when they were introducing themselves and getting to know each other becuase it was quiet boring having to read parts that didn't really intrest me. Another part in the book that made me not want to read was when he was telling one of the stories to the children becuase it just kept going on and on and on until it finally ended, such as the tale about Mary and Jesus!
Task 3: List any new skills that you have learn't for completing this unit of work. How do you think these skills will help you in the future?
Skills that I have learn't from completing the unit of work is firstly I have come quiet familier on how to find and use quotes from the book in sentences and even paragraphs, this was something I was defently not able to do before. Another skill that I have benefited from is learning how to write paragraphs on questions that I have been given to answer. This will help me in the future by me knowing how to get quotes and how to put them in paragraphs and sentences!!!
