Monday 7 March 2016

Juggling with Mandarins

We are taking part in NZ Read Aloud. Over the past couple of weeks we have been reading 'Juggling with Mandarins', by V.M.Jones aloud as a class. We are completing activities and having discussions with other schools around New Zealand who are also reading this text aloud in their classrooms. So far, we have had to make predictions and create character profiles of the characters in the text. Here are some examples of what we think the book is about. We look forward to reading the text and seeing if any of our predictions are accurate.


Sarah's Prediction

I think this book is about a boy who loves Mandarins and he has a dream about juggling them. So then he tries to to juggle mandarins in real live but it all goes wrong.

Noah's Prediction

I think Juggling With Mandarins is about a boy, who gets bullied and he wants to join a circus, to show that he not just a kid, he can juggle mandarins.

Ashleigh's Prediction

I think that the book will be about a boy who is trying to make his way in the world by juggling mandarins.

Click on the link to find out what other people in the class and around New Zealand think this text might be about...  

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    1. I've got something to add to my comment: The post might be better if you included the blurb of the book (if you looked at it).

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    2. I accidentally deleted my original comment, so here it is in full: There is some good predictions there. I haven't read the book, but it looks interesting. The post might be better if you included the blurb of the book (if you looked at it).

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  2. good predictions room 6! I think that those are pretty likely to be what happens in the story, but maybe think outside the box a bit. And once you have finished with the book, how about commenting a rating on it?

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  3. good predictions room 6! I think that those are pretty likely to be what happens in the story, but maybe think outside the box a bit. And once you have finished with the book, how about commenting a rating on it?

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  4. Hi my name is Emalaina and i'm from Wesley intermediate.I really loved how you were thinking about what the book is about and how you were trying to get ideas from the front cover of the book,Well done

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  6. Kio ora my name is Te Harangi from Wesley Intermediate school. I really enjoyed reading your post and I loved how you had a hook in your post witch made it more interesting then I thought by just looking at the post. I liked how you did a short summary of what you are doing in class and what the book is about. My feedback to you is maybe next time you should add a WALT and maybe the blurb of the book. Keep it up! :)

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  7. Hi Everyone

    Thank you for your comments and feedback! We think it is a great idea to put the blurb and a WALT for this. Thanks for your suggestions, we really appreciate it!

    From Room Six- Awahono School

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  8. Hi Everyone

    Thank you for your comments and feedback! We think it is a great idea to put the blurb and a WALT for this. Thanks for your suggestions, we really appreciate it!

    From Room Six- Awahono School

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  10. HI ROOM 6

    I really enjoyed reading your post and I loved how you had a hook in your post witch made it more interesting then I thought by just looking at the post. I liked how you did a short summary of what you are doing in class and what the book is about. My feedback to you is maybe next time you should add a WALT and maybe the blurb of the book. Keep it up! :)

    From Base YMS

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