Rainfall

Hey Everyone so I have been reading rainfall as you know. but I have just finished the book and I am going to tell you a bit about it but not spoil it because you might want to read it this is what the book looks like. I am going to put the activities that I did in so you have a slite idea about the book. So here they are 


Before Reading 

Question 1. 
What impression do you get from the front cover?  What can you infer about the book?

Answer: I get the impression that it is going to be about horses and a girl and her family 

Question 2.
Read the blurb on the back.  Does this interest you?  Why/Why not?
Answer: It does interest me because it is kind of looks like night vision because it has murdered in it. 

Question 3. 
Open the book to any page.  Read the page.  Did you find what you read funny, interesting or dull?  Why or why not?
Answer. I read page 16 and I found it interesting because one of the people will be getting arrested 

Question 4. 
Who is the author?  Do some research.  Where are they from?  Have they won awards?  Why might your teacher have chosen this author for you to read?
Answer: The author is Ella West. She is an  Australian author who won the LIANZA young author award in 2015 

Question 5.
Is this fiction or nonfiction?  What clues can you find to help you make your decision?
Answer: Non-fiction because a lot of things like murders and people playing basketball happens a lot 

Question 6.
I predict the book will be about……..
Answer: a girl needing to get to a basketball game but that girl has horses and murder ends up happening 
Chapters 1-3 

Question 7. 
Are there any animals or creatures in your text?  If yes, draw and describe them.  If not, could there have been?  Draw and describe them.
Answer: Yes there is one cat as far of in the story here is what I think it looks like

Question 8. 

Use your white hat and list information about the text. (Facts)

Answer:

The main girl Annie plays basketball 

Annie’s nabour Pete is getting arrested 

Annie loves to ride horses

Question 9.

What are some questions you have about the story so far?  What do you think the answers might be? 

Answer: 

Why does Annie like playing basketball?

Why did Pete blow his house up?

How old was Annie when she got blue her horse?

 I think the answers might:

Because it is a fun sport.

Because he thought he was under presser so he blew it up so he could get out faster,

Maybe like 6 or 7 

Chapters 4 to 8

Question 10.

design a bookmark featuring the title, author and a summary of the book.

Answer: The link https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1FyUwcw6vZs2YSeQ16XLoQS2TnrFIJt6kaQTDaQ28Cq4/edit

Question 11.

Make predictions about what could happen next in the book.  Why do you think these ideas might happen?

Answer: I think that Annie will get asked a lot of questions and asked what happened when the house blew up, I think that because Annie is Pete’s neighbor and she could have watched it happen 

Question 12.

Recount an experience of your own in relation to the book.

I am going to recount chapter 7 when her mum is taking down wallpaper

“Mum what are you doing,” my brothers and I asked in sync my mum    “ I am taking down the wallpaper so we can repaint it.” “okay” my brothers and I replied 

 

Chapters 9 to 12

Question 13.

Post two pieces of the work you’ve done so far on your learning blog. Make sure you create an introduction so readers know what you are sharing. 

Answer: Blog Posts

Question 14: Create a Wordsearch using important names and places from the book. Answer: Words Blue Beach Annie Pete Horse Mum Dad Question 15: Write a set of true/false questions about the book. Answer: 1. does Annie like horses? 2. Did Pete Blow up his house? 3. Has Annie met a mysterious boy?

4.  the mysterious boy has a Horse?

5. is Annie's horse's name Blue?

6. Is Annie 9?

7. Is Pete Annie’s brother?

Answers to the questions above 

True 

True 

True 

True 

True 

False 

False 

Question 16:

Create a poster/advertisement for the book, convincing others to read it.

Answer:

Question 17:

Give your book a ranking out of 5.  Explain why you gave it this ranking.  What could be improved if the book didn’t rank well?

Answer: I rate this book a 5 out of 5 because the book has a lot of interest to it 

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