Welcome to Roding Reads, YOUR weekly newsletter on all things reading. We hope you had a great break and are ready for the summer term! Lets FILL this with your work and pictures EVERY week. Send all your pictures and writing to: ajones@rodingvalley.net.
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Miss Bates: The Mermaid A story about a mermaid named Amelia and P.T Barnum; a refreshing feminist twist with a logical protagonist who doesn’t understand societal concerns. Part of a series involving other well known Disney characters that you might want to look into!
Archie Savage, 7U:
Miss Bates has Disney with a twist and Archie has the keys to unlocking the universe, but what will you read?
Unlocking the Universe by Stephen and Lucy Hawking is all about the universe and the theories concerning it. Spot some more amazing pics on the next page!
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 for are books that are also films! Find them, read them, watch them!
Book to Film Quiz time — Answers next week! 1. Victor Hugo wrote which book, that was also a musical and a film starring Hugh Jackman? 2. Complete the title of this well known book and film by Yann Martel— Life of ___? 3. What was Sherlock Holmes’ address? 4. In the Twilight series, Bella is in a love triangle with which two characters? 5. Which famous witch or wizard card does Harry Potter find in his first ever Chocolate Frog? 6. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness was adapted into a film by which name? 7. How many books and how many films are in the How to Train your Dragon series? 8. What is the name of the film that features Peter Pan, returning to Neverland as an adult to save his children? 9. Name the first Disney animated movie, adapted from a Brothers Grimm fairy tale.
Quiz Answers 03.04.20 1. August (Auggie) 2. Foundling Hospital 3. Poseidon 4. Primrose (Prim) 5. Higher Institute of Villainous Education
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7. 19 8. Lion Boy 9. Chicago 10. Shrike
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 Here we have Miss Edwards, Head of Year 7, and Mr Dobson, Head of Year 8, going head-to -head trying to win the award for coolest reader. Both of them are soaking up the sunshine, whilst nailing their cool pose. Roding Reads can’t decide who did it best…What do you think?
You’ve heard of Netflix, so let us introduce you to Bookflix! For a new half term, find a new read/inspiration. To view the three posters, click on the glowing Bookflix logo above. A short preview can be seen below!
Miss Edwards Mr Dobson
Spring Homework Project—Spring onto the #PoetPerch If you haven’t already done so, please remember to write a poem about Spring and submit it to your class teacher on Google Classroom. Also send it to us at Roding Reads by emailing ajones@rodingvalley.net! Why not experiment with a new style of poetry? Featured below is some work submitted by Year 7s this week. Keep up the hard work, everybody!
By Daisy Warden, 7Q By Ellie Babbs, 7X
A diary entry set amidst the chaos of the Globe theatre. This certainly looks to be an enjoyable topic and we look forward to seeing some more work inspired by the great Shakespeare. Keep sending in your work!
Spring poem Some places in the world, things are starting to blossom Pinks and purples are filling up our country Ranges of flowers start spurting through the ground Instagram photos, taken in the long grass Noses filled with sweet smells Going on walks around the fresh countryside Pretty photos filling everyone’s camera rolls Oh not to forget the sun, shining down on you Everyone’s now got a little bit of a tan to show off. May this spring be the best spring ever.