Welcome to Roding Reads, YOUR weekly newsletter on all things reading. We hope you are having a fantastic break. Lets FILL this with your work and pictures EVERY week. Send all your pictures and writing to: ajones@rodingvalley.net.
Roding Caught Reading
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Mr Wilson: The Massacre of Mankind The sequel to The War of the Worlds. It imagines the aftermath of the first invasion, and how the Martians improve on their first, failed attempt to Earth. It's full of plucky Brits, arrogance and hubris, and describes a world under the grip of an alien army.
Anthony Blackledge, 7U: Isaac Newton and his Apple is a funny but informal book that educates you on how Isaac was able to figure out gravity and other problems he had throughout his life!
Book of the Month: The Three Musketeers A young man named D'Artagnan travels from Gascony ( a province in France) to Paris to join the King's most famous regiment: The King's Musketeers. He and his three friends, already Musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis become involved in defending the honour of the Read it here: regiment and the Queen. This book is full http:// of adventure; the story is one of betrayal www.gutenberg. and the struggle for power, leading to an encounter with one of the most famous org/ebooks/1257 villains in literature, Milady de Winter.
Games Corner All the words you are looking are Easter and Spring related. Happy hunting!
Will you go “selfie” like Miss Woods or arty like Anthony? Spot some more amazing pics on the next page!
Quiz time — Answers next week! 1. What is the name of the main character in ‘Wonder’? 2. Where did Jacqueline Wilson’s character Hetty Feather live before she joined the circus? 3. Who is Percy Jackson’s father? 4. In '‘Hunger Games’ what’s Katniss’ sister called? 5. What does H.I.V.E stand for in Mark Walden’s H.I.V.E series? 6. In which series would you find Crossland High School? 7. In John Green’s ‘An Abundance of Katherine’s’, how many girls called Katherine has Sam dated? 8. In Holly Smale’s ‘Geek Girl’ what name does Harriet give Nick? 9. In which American city is ‘Divergent’ by Veronica Roth set? 10.In ‘Mortal Engines’ by Philip Reeves, what is the name of the ruthless ancient Stalker who raised Hester?
Quiz Answers 03.04.20 1. Peter Pan 2. Athos, Porthos & Aramis 3. Egg 4. Cross your fingers! 5. Incredibly Deadly Viper
6. Plumbing Weekly 7. Turkish Delight 8. Wilbur 9.The Da Vinci Code 10.J.K Rowling
Writer’s Corner - Read a great book recently? Write a book review and send it in! - Why not write a letter to an author about one of their books? - “I loved your book BUT…” and pick something you would have done differently. We will then send these to the authors, and publish them in the Writer’s Corner. You never know…we may even get a reply! Everyone loves an #EvenBetterIf moment! Remember, send it all to us at Roding Reads by emailing: ajones@rodingvalley.net Award for most creative Caught Reading snap this week goes to Miss Bleakley. What do you think she was ‘reading’? I have no idea but I can definitely see Animal Crossing on the Nintendo Switch…Very subtle. Good choice, Miss! The Pomegranate Tree “After this morning I'd be surprised to make it to the end of the week - so seven pages would be plenty.”
Sitting in the shade of the pomegranate tree, we meet a girl called Dilvan. We follow her quest to find her family through the pages of her diary – in spite of the black plague rife in Syria; her determination inspires us all. I love this book because it is action packed with the juxtaposition of her innocence in childhood.
Miss Bleakley #CaughtCheating
Miss Garip
Reviewed by Miss Garip, from the comfort of her sofa.
Spring Homework Project—Spring onto the #PoetPerch Last week, we set you homework to write a poem about Spring and they are already coming in, so thank you to those who have already done theirs. You can choose any style of poetry you like: Haiku, acrostic, ballad, ode, sonnet etc. The choice is yours. The assignment will also be published on Google Classroom for you to submit. Spring is a special time and has a way of making us smile, so enjoy these amazing Year 7 poems.
By Vanesa Dorneanu, 7S By Dylan Pasha, 7U
A lovely acrostic poem, made even better by being set against a colourful and vibrant Spring garden!
Spring
Spring night it’s over with the dawn on cherry blossoms. On the mountain road, suddenly, the sun rose, in the sun in the scent of plum flowers. Spring morning wrapped in mist an unnamed hill. The spring scene it’s almost ready: moon and plum flowers.