Red Space Rocket

As in all my classes, we have been writing stories for fifteen minutes in English and Technology. To share these stores, I have set up a little site. We should have some stories there for you to read in the next day or two.

Hello all.

The Up and Running English class just finished their first edition of their magazine. Go and have a look; I there really is something in there for everyone.

1. Copy the text of the turgid below into a Microsoft Word document.
2. Correct the spelling errors and the punctuation. There is heaps to correct.
3. Especially watch out for run on sentences and the incorrect spelling used. eg. “know” instead of “no”.

As I turned the car Towards the mountains I said “i dont no what too do.” and he just looked out he’s window and then he spoke “Well work it out when the time comes.” After a had pulled the car over 2 the side of the road he got out and said “Just keep driving, just bee careful, don’t trust anyone” I no that he thout that this was good advice, it didn’t make me feel any better, i drove on.

While I was driving he was making more calls and he was telling the others where I was. barry would be especially interested I knew that. I figured that he would do this, I drove faster, I drove way to fast, way over the limit.

As I approached the city I had this feeling that i had arrived to late. I could sea the flames coming from the house and I could hear the distant syrens and I knew that this was not good news. because of the smoke i couldn’t see peoples faces but I searched for him all the same, he must be in there someone.

“barry,” i called out and he turned and he smiled and I new everything would be okay then the house exploded.

10,000 Feet and Falling
The Last Person Alive in the City
Buried Treasure
Life on Mars

This might interest one or two of my Year Eleven students.

Winton wins fourth Miles Franklin – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
West Australian novelist Tim Winton has won his fourth Miles Franklin, Australia’s most prestigious literary award.

Songs Remembered from Childhood.

Today’s writing topic was “The Dead Body in the River”.

Don’t talk when other people are speaking.
iPods are only used with Mr O’Meara’s permission. I will take any music player used without my permission.
Phones are unseen and unused. I will take any phones that I see.
Be on time. If you are more than five minute late you will need a late pass.

I write for fifteen minutes.
I write a page or more.
When I am writing, I can listen to music.
When I stop writing, the music stops.
I only write words in this book; I don’t draw pictures.
I do my best writing. This is neat writing. This uses correct spelling and grammar.
I write in pen.
I write on both sides of the paper.
This book goes back to Mr O’Meara.

If you are in one of my classes, you will get a paper copy of this document this week. I figure that it’s only fair to spell out for you how I would like you to write in your English work.

LANGUAGE ANALYSIS: LANGUAGE TO PERSUADE

The very first thing you should do is write a plan. Here is the format.
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1. Make eye contact.
2. Have vocal and physical confidence.
3. Stand slightly to the side of the screen.
4. make sure that technology works as you expect before you start
5. Speak clearly.
6. High contrast colours work well.
7. Don’t write words that you can’t say.
8. Animate your points in the slide show.
9. Use lots of vivid images.
10. Check and recheck for spelling mistakes.