Nika

Term 4 Mrs Parker wrote: I have enjoyed what I have read so far Nika. I would group the ideas about card playing together and have the 'work' ideas as a separate sentence.

__**6 November**__ Retell Sliver Pete in my own words
 * Reading responce online task**

In 1885, an eight year boy lived in the west with his parents and his baby sister. The town it was peacful exept for one man, Sliver Pete. Sliver Pete played cards with the other men from other villages. Sliver Pete didn't like to work but he worked as a cow poke for a few months of the year, most of the other time Sliver Pete would play cards.Sliver Pete cheated but if anyone called him up he would kill them.

Term 2 The two girls glanced at each other, puzzled. The Snitch __?__ hovering in mid air at the height of the two girls.

“Greetings” whispered the Snitch in a mysterious voice, “I’m a trainee detective, can you tell me where I can get air samples?” “Sorry,” answered Zoe “I don't know, but we breathe oxygen.” “Well,” questioned Snitch,” can you help me?” “Sure!” answered the girls. “__t__he detectives have two hide outs with the right information, you can chose ,” shouted Snitch as he hurried away, “come on”

Mrs Parker wrote: Congratulations on writing every speaker on a new line, this makes for excellent reading. Editing points: go through your text now and look closely at the punctuation. Full stop or comma at the before all closing speech marks and full stop or comma after the speakers whispered.

WALT: use speech marks correctly
The two girls glanced at each other, puzzled. The Snitch ? hovering in mid air at the height of the two girls.

“Greetings” whispered the Snitch in a mysterious voice, “I’m a trainee detective, can you tell me where I can get air samples?” “Sorry,” answered Zoe “I don't know, but we __breath__ oxygen.” “Well,” questioned Snitch,” can you help me?” “Sure!” answered the girls. “__t__he detectives have two hide outs with the right information, you can chose ,” shouted Snitch as he hurried away, “come on”