Readings from 14th September - 18th September.

What I have read over these days were;

I was introduced to Jessica Watson. She shared her secret that she was afraid of the water when she was younger. She had participated in sailing lessons at the age of 8 at the local beach. Her parents bought a motorboat. They lived in a motorboat for many years as they were making of producing a bus to travel around Australia in. It was a family dream. They soon had the bus up and running. They didn't go as far as they wanted, but they tried their best. Jessica had dyslexia which is when a person has trouble with pronouncing words which affects the spelling of the words. They did go to a on land school but after they moved into the motorboat her mum started to teach the 4 children. Emily (Jess' older sister), Tom (Jess' brother who is younger than her) and Hannah (Jess' youngest sibling). Even though Jess had dyslexia she became to love reading. Her favourite book when she was yound was Jesse Martin's LionHeart. She then got into Kay Cottee's First Lady.
Moving onto her dream trip. Jessica had planned since she was 12 to go on a trip around the world solo. She had alot of support from a special person Don McIntyre she was her biggest help. He stood up for her when the public was against her and her family. He helped make her dream come true. Mike was another person who showed that her dream could be reality. He had trouble with sailing because he had a proposal to sail solo but it fell through. So he had showed Jessica that it was the right thing for her to go and succeed in her dream.

Now I shall be off to do more reading (: Laters Bloggers (:
180910 8:45 pm

Journal Entry 1

So far in my book, Jessica has described her first crash/mishap of Ella's Pink Lady.

She has said she was very scared and thought her life was going to end right there. A ship had his Ella's Pink Lady. Jessica states the grinding noises horrifying. She also tells of how she knew there would be a crowd watching her because she had "failed". She was out to prove she was safe to be out on her own.

I really like how this book is turning out so far. Jessica is turning out to be better than I had first thought. I like hearing about her life and how she does her journey.  

 

Introduction to my Novel.

The novel I am currently reading for Wide Reading is; Jessica Watson True Spirit

It's about a girl who wants to successfully complete a dream she is dreaming of.

My Journal Entries.

·        Briefly, what is happening?

·        Are the characters and plot reaching your expectations? Are they different to what you expected? In what ways?

·        Are you enjoying the novel so far? If you are finding it difficult to read, explain why that is so. If you are enjoying it, explain what is motivating you to read.

·        You should write about 200 – 300 words each time you journal.

Before you begin.

Before you begin

·        What attracted you to this book?

The cover attracted me to the book. This is because I believe in fullfilling your dreams. And Jessica Watson has done so.

 

·        Who do you think the characters will be?

The characters will clearly be a girl named Jessica Watson.

 

·        What do you think may happen? Use the book cover and the blurb to justify your ideas.

I think this book will state the stages, fears, troubles and postive things that happened when Jessica Watson was fulfilling a dream to sail around the world.

 

·        What themes do you think will be explored?

I think the themes of determination, strength, love, passion, family, respect, power and achievement will be displayed.