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Aspects of a mystery

The picture of a man with a cap and magnifying glass is a picture of Sherlock Holmes. He is a famous detective.

There is a picture of someone getting their pocket picked. In this picture the lady is the victim.

There is a picture of a star wars book called the only witness. In this book some one must be saved because they witnessed a crime.

There is a collection of cluedo cards. The people on these cards are the suspects in the game of cluedo.

The picture of a fish is a red herring. A red herring is something the throws the good guy off the trail.

The stick figure picture of someone holding a gun is the depiction of a crime.

Monk 1

Today and yesterday in class we watched an episode of the TV show Monk which goes with our mystery unit in english class. Here is a synopsis of the episode;

"An old woman named Martha is found dead after being hit by a baseball being used by a young baseball league. There is nothing criminal about this but when Martha's family come to visit Martha's home they find a package which had been sent three days earlier. The package has been opened and inside is a voodoo doll with abaseball attatched to its head.

Inspector Monk, Natalee (Monk's secutary), Captain Stottlemeyer and Lieutenant Disher are soon at the death scene. When Monk, Stottlemeyer and Disher start joking about witch -doctors and voodoo Natalee rounds on them and insists that voodoo is real. While Natalee argues against Monk and Stottlemeyer, Disher receives a call and soon repeats it to the others. There has been another voodoo death.

The team are meated at the dead man's house by the police. The police hands Monk a newspaper about the incident of a golfer being struck by lightning and the article has a photo of a paramedic next to a stretcher. Inside the house is a voodoo doll with a lightning bolt coming out of its head. It was posted three days before the man's death. The case is becoming spooky and Natalee is becoming scared.

The next day Natalee comes barging into Monk's home with a suitcase and insists on Monk coming with her on a vacation. Monk asks her to call Captain Stottlemeyer to see if this is okay. Natalee picks up the phone and chats sweetly into the phone. When she finishes Monk notes that the phone Natalee just 'called' the captain on is unpluged and Natalee breaks down. She confesses that she was hust trying to get out of town and away from the case. Mr. Monk tries to calm her down but Natalee reveals that a third voodoo death has bee found."

I don't have much time for anything else so I will finish the story in a second post
To be continued...

Vocabulary Definitions

Mildew- Damp or wet clothing that has been left and smells.

Out of the blue- Spontaneous, preposterous idea that has nothing to do with the conversation.

Hesitantly- Doing something while hesitating.

Hatch- A trapdoor on a ship's deck that leads to the lower levels.

Orientation- Knowing exactly where you are.

Chateau- French word meaning big house, like a manor.

Thunderous- Deep and not unlike thunder. It could be used to describe a sound or a temper.

Contradiction- Arguing against a statement with force.

Faults- Mistakes or cracks on something.

Preserve- To keep something and keep it in its original state.

Vocbulary Pictures

Exhaustion-

Methodically-

Swoon-

Abruptly-

Muttered-

Inflammatory-

Fettered-

Prophet-

Mimicking-

Incredulous-

Vocab Words- Picture deffinitions

Placid-

Immaculately-

Subtle-

Feighning-

Unequaled-

Gringotts by J. K. Rowling

In English Class we were told to read a poem and then make a video of it just to improve our video skills on pinnacle 12. So I read Gringotts from J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter.

Personal Narrative

Water War

I ducked to avoid two large squirts of water. In my crouched position I fired three shots at Connor. Two hit home. But as I was low down and Connor was now standing over me, I was an easier target for him. I was squirted at least for times before I got away.

I was at my friend Connor’s house. I had come over to stay the night. I couldn’t wait for tomorrow, when Connor and were going to wake up early and play his Xbox. After that we were going to have pancakes for breakfast.

But today we were bored. We went outside to play with water guns. Its not that we weren’t allowed to play with the water guns, it’s just that we hadn’t exactly told Connor’s mum. We were playing out in Connor’s backyard. It has a porch separated from a large grassy area with cloth walls. On the grass area there was a clothesline, a tree house and two boys having a water war.

I ran to the tree house, all the while exchanging inaccurate shots with Connor. I ran to the tree house’s ladder. Unfortunately I was too slow to climb the ladder. I was shot in the back by Connor. When I reached the top of the ladder I rushed inside the tree house and looked out the small window. Connor had already ran out of my range. I made a note to myself not to retreat to the tree house again.

I climbed out safely because Connor was so far away. I ran after him but he ran to the front of the house. He expected me to follow him but I didn’t. I knew that once Connor reached the front of the house he would run inside and out the back door. So I hid behind a rubbish bin, waiting for him to emerge.

After barely a minute the back door opened. I crept around to the end of the cloth wall.
Quick as a flash I turned and squirted. At Connor’s mum. At Connor’s soaked, astonished mum. Somehow I don’t think I will be getting many big pancakes for tomorrow’s breakfast.

10 Vocab Meanings

Resurrected- Brought back to life or usefulness.

Pledge- A vow or a promise.

Spontaneous- Quick and without thought or planning.

Discreetly- Without attracting attention to yourself or an action.

Preposterous- Completely out of the boundaries of here and now.

Rowdies- Plural of rowdie, people who are causing no harm but are not following the minor rules.
Brazier- A type of metal crate used as a fire place by lighting a fire in it.

Putrefy- A rotting substance with a fetid smell, usually a dead animal.

Martyred- Giving up or sacrificing something for another thing which you strongly believe in.

Scouring- The literal meaning is to work hard to scrub a saucepan but now more commonly means to search very intently with your eyes.

Vocab Story 1

The theif tip-toed to the science department. It was the building with the corrugated roof. When he was sure no one was looking he smashed the window and crept inside.

The science lab had a fetid smell to it. Te theif looked around and spotted his target; a frothing vial. He took one step toward it when the sound of the door being slammed open made him stop. He felt like he was gagging.

'Stop right there you nefarious theif you. This is intolerable.' shouted the guard that strode inside. 'You'll be sent to a very desolate prison cell for this.'

The theif hated getting caught. But he hated getting caught by that perticular guard because he was a very conceited guard. The guard wore a guard's uniform and a frivolous hat.

So that was how the nefarious, fetid theif found himself gagging in a intolarable, desolate cell for trying to steal a frothing vial and how the conceited guard won a frivolous, corrugated badge.

10 Vocab Sentences

1. When I walked into my bathroom I smelled something fetid so I dicided to find out what it was.

2. This afternoon I nearly slipped on the corrugated tiling on my roof.

3. If I saw someone nefarious I would ring the police.

4. My teacher said that it was intolerable to break into the classroom.

5. My dad's coffee was frothing at breakfast this morning.

6. In my science class I learnt about how to use a vial or a test tube.

7. The ghost town was very desolate because it was in the middle of the desset.

8. My dad was gagging on his frothing coffee this morning.

9. It turned out that the fetid smell was a frivolous bar of soap.

10. The fetid, frivolas bar of soap was bought by my conceited, bossy cousin.

6 Sentinces That Me, I Mean I, Wrote Correctly

1. My mother, father, brother and I live in Jakarta.
2. On the way to school my friend said hello to me.
3. I tripped on my own feet.
4. I talked to some friends.
5. Some friends talked to me.
6. It took me a week to finish my project.

Characterisation-Zak Arranda

In the Star Wars Galaxy of Fear series by John Whiteman, Zak Arranda is one of the three main protagonists. He has very life-like feelings that everyone can relate to. John Whiteman has done an excellent job at bringing him to life.

On page 7 of The Doomsday Ship, Zak thinks that his Uncle Hoole and his Sister are his last surviving relatives. He cares about them and would do anything to keep them alive. Zak also cares about his dead parents and thinks about them a lot and often dreams about them. In all, the thing that Zak cares about the most is family.

On page 5 Zak notes that he lives in The Shroud, a small spaceship that moves from planet to planet. Zak has had to live there ever since his home planet was destroyed. Zak's uncle is a scientist who studies life forms on different planets and is the reason The Shroud keeps moving around. Zak often wishes that he could settle down on a planet and live a normal life.

On page 6 Zak states that his main problem is to escape the imperial, a dictatorship whose evil scientific experiments Zak and his family have ruined. They are now on the run and Zak, who has been betrayed many times by harmless looking characters, is usually suspicious of anyone that he has not known for a few days.

In all Zak has some real world emotions, such as when he is annoyed by his sister, jealous of his sister's talents and frightened in a crisis. John Whiteman makes Zak Arranda a very believable character.

J. K. Rowling

J. K. Rowling

*****

Miss Rowling is the author of the famous Harry Potter series and my favourite author. J. K. Rowling has a website at jkrowling.com which is where I got most of this information.

On her website J. K. Rowling states that she often plays minesweeper while typing up her story. She also says that the best way to write a story is to do so while in a cafe.

J. K. Rowling started writing at the age of 12 and had her first Harry Potter book published in 1997.