T2+Novel+Study

__Friday 8th July 2011__ WALT: Write about the plot, setting, characters, theme of our novel and to write a critical responce.

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 * Described 3 characters looks and personalities.
 * Identified the main themes in our novel.
 * Described in detail where our novel takes place so that a picture is created in the readers head.
 * Listed the main events in our story.
 * Written about what I liked and didn't like about our novel and given recommendation for intended audience.

Good work Sam. I think that your work was very detailed and descriptive work. With your characters you need to have more information about Nathan and what he likes to do. Your colour scheme is very good and your Plot is set out good because it puts a picture in my head. Nice Job ! T-J. = )

__Thursday 5th May 2011__ See Ya Simon Novel study

Session One **WALT** - predict what our novel is about based on the cover. Remaining Sessions **WALT -** clarify and comprehend text.

**Prediction of story** I think that the novel see ya, simon is about a boy named simon that is in a wheelchair with some kind of medical condition that is making making him so he doesn't have long to live. The title see ya simon I think is a phrase of his best friend Nathan having to say goodbye to him because he is not able to live for much longer. I think this book will be at times quite sad and dreadful for his best friend to see him go.

**Session Two Read Chapter One** then answer the following questions.
==== Who should come first - Todd Martin or Melissa McDonald and why? - //**Todd Martin because the roll goes by your last name and Martin is nearer to the start on the roll than McDonald because Ma comes before Mc. √ **// ==== ==== Find the simile on the first page. -//**Who works through jokes like our dog works through a plate of jelly meat. √ **// ==== ==== Why was the soccer ball well-trained? **-//Because Simon didn't need to catch the ball as it bounced, and bounced again and bounced a third time and then it came and plonked itself on Simon's lap. √ // ** ==== ==== What did Haare do when he saw Simon coming towards him?//-**Haare dropped on his knees and pretended to pray then got back up and hid behind the goal posts. √ ** // ==== ==== Why do you think Simon was playing goalie?-//**In his new wheelchair Simon could go really fast to the goal and catch the ball as it came in and most of the time it just bounced onto his lap without him having to do anything to retrieve the ball.√ **// ==== ==== Why has Simon got a new wheelchair?-//**Simon got a new wheelchair because in his old one he had to use his arms to wheel himself around and he got to week and skinny to be able to push it so the new one has controls so he can just push the button to go which requires much less strength. √ **// ==== ==== Who does Nathan have a crush on?-**//Nelita √ //** ==== ==== “Simon looked //fragile”// What does fragile mean?-**//Fragile is when someone or something is really breakable and for Simon since he is really skinny and weak he might look quite fragile to some people so they have to be really careful. <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">√ //** ==== ==== How much longer does Simon have to live?-<span style="color: #0000ff; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**//1-2 years.<span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">√ //** ==== ==== How do you think Simon reacts to his illness?-**//I<span style="color: #0000ff; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> don't think Simon reacts to his illness much and very serioulsy because when he mentioned about him not getting old because he would be dead. I don't think he tries to think about it much which is a good point because while he is alive he enjoys being alive and not worrying about him dying because if you are worrying about that to much you wouldn't get to live your life as long as short as it would be very happily. I think Simon makes a good choice to not worry. <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">√ //** ====

__Monday 9th may 2011__ **Session Three Read Chapter Two** then answer the following questions Nathan is told to behave like a ʻcivilised human beingʼ.What does //ʻcivilisedʼ// mean? - <span style="color: #0000ff; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**//More intelligent than others.<span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> √ //** Why does Nathan say his dog has no concern for the environment? - <span style="color: #0000ff; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">//**Because every time he goes for a walk he finds trees and shrubs to wee on andhe doesn't care where. <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">√ **// How does Nathan feel about his sister? -<span style="color: #0000ff; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> **//He doesn't like her very much because she always gets off walking the dog on her morning because she says things like ''Nathan said he's going to beat me up." <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">√ //**  What is muscular dystrophy? - <span style="color: #0000ff; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**//It is an illness that you can get when you are about 3 or 4 and it makes your muscles and bones all over your body get weaker and weaker so that by the time you have reached high school you will die in a year or two. You can only get muscular dystrophy from your parents and although your parents may not actually have it it will somewhere be in there genes to make their children have it.<span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> √ //** Why would Simon disappear for a while at times?- **//<span style="color: #0000ff; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Maybe to go to the toilet because it would be harder for him because he can't stand and that is why he is in a wheelchair because he is getting weaker and weaker. -//** <span style="color: #f20d0d; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">﻿He disappears sometimes to go to the hospital to get tests done. Why was Ms Kidman both smiling and crying at the same time?- <span style="color: #0000ff; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**//Ms Kidman was smiling and crying at the same time because she was smiling because Simon was enjoying him self with the girls at the disco dancing in his wheelchair and she was also crying because she knew that in a year or two simon may not be there in next years disco. <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">√ //** How does Simon use his disability as an advantage?- <span style="color: #0000ff; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">//**He uses his disability to get out of doing homework by just saying that he couldn't do it when he actually just watched t.v and movies. <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">√ **//

__Tuesday 17th May 2011__ **Session Four Read Chapters Three and Four** then answer the following questions. What annoys Simon about the way some people treat him?- <span style="color: #0000ff; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">//**It annoys Simon the way that everyone smothers around him and feels sorry for him and try to rule his life for him. <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">√ **// What is Simon normally doing in his dreams? - <span style="color: #0000ff; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**//He is normally dreaming about walking and running and most of the time he is slow motion running.//** <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">﻿ √ Why canʼt Nathan wait for christmas to come around again next year? - <span style="color: #0000ff; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**//There is a girl that he likes and last year for christmas she gave him a hug under a piece of mistletoe. <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">√ //** Give an example of how much Simon has deteriorated in a month? - <span style="color: #0000ff; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**//Simon has been having trouble reaching out for the dice in role playing games.<span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> √ //** Why do you think Simonʼs parents take a lot of photos of him? - <span style="color: #0000ff; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**//I think his parents take a lot of photos of him because they know he won't live much longer and they would want to have lots of memories of him. <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">√ //** What is the howling noise from the shower? - //**T<span style="color: #0000ff; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">he howling noise is Simon singing. <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">√ **//

__Monday 23rd May__ What does the following sentence mean? “//making an enemy of Alex Wilson is not a recommended way of increasing your life expectancy” - **It means that it is not a very good idea to mess with him and when he realised that it was Simon so he didn't do anything. √ ** // Why do you think Simon sometimes needs somebody to talk at not talk to? - **//He needs to express his feelings.//** ﻿√ Why does Simon lash out at Nathan when he is trying to help him? - //**Because he likes to do things on his own and not get embarrassed. √ **//
 * Session Five Read Chapter Five** then answer the following questions

__Tuesday 24th May 2011__ What nice things did Nathan do for his sister in this chapter? - **//He run the bath for her and walked the dog when it was Fiona's day to walk. √ //** Why do you think Nathan //got ready to hide under the table// when Fiona asked why they donʼt get Dad to send them money? - **// Because their parents had separated and maybe because they don't get a long at all. x because his mum might get mad and maybe yell so he wouldn't be there. //** How did everybody feel after Simon read his poem to the class? - **//I think they felt a bit miserable and felt sorry for Simon. √ //** Why do you think Ms Kidman said that nobody would forget Simonʼs poem? - **//because when Simon passed away they would all think of that poem. √ //**
 * Session Six**
 * Read Chapter Six** then answer the following questions

__Monday 30th May 2011__ Why do you think Nathan has made a promise to himself to be kind to everyone? - **// Maybe so he doesn't get in trouble as much and so he could get more girls to like him and not Simon. Because of Simon's poem made him realise that there are a lot worse people than him. //** Why will Simon be no competition for Nathan with Brady West for a while? - **//Because Simon is going into the hospital for, four days to get a test done. √ //** Why do you think Mr Rata stood up to take over the conversation? - //**Maybe because he was talking about all of the kids in the hospital and that some were dead and some people might not really remember that he will be dead in a couple of years and they don't realize what they say. √ **//
 * Session Seven Read Chapter Seven** then answer the following questions

Why does Nathan have trouble talking to both Brady and Kirsti? - **//because he likes them and he doesn't know what to say to them when he see's them. √ //** Why do you think Nathanʼs mum tells him he is a neat kid? - **//Because sometimes he is bad and all of a sudden he started being nice to his sister and his mum has realized that Nathan is finally growing up and getting more mature. √ //** Why were the Shaws quiet on the way home from the hospital? - **//Maybe because they were nervous about Simon being in hospital because he is getting tests done and they might come back being bad or something to do with the tests. √ //**
 * Session Eight Read Chapter Eight** then answer the following questions

__Tuesday 31st May 2011__ How is Simon helping to keep unemployment down? - **//Simon said, " Think of all the doctors, nurses, physios, wheelchair makers, and drug manufactures I keep work for. He is helping to keep unemployment by needing to have all those people that have to work and it means that more people would have jobs." √ //** Who is Simon talking about in the final paragraph of Chapter 9? - **//I think Simon was talking about his friends in the room with him. √ //** What is the class filming? - **// A shakespeare play and it is called Hamlet. x Suffragette Movement. //** Why canʼt Simonʼs electric wheelchair be in the film? - **//Because his wheelchair is electric and back in the old days like when the war was on there would not have been electric. √ //**
 * Session Nine Read Chapters Nine and Ten** then answer the following questions

__Thursday 2nd June 2011__ Why wasnʼt it easy for Nathan to say tough things when he saw Simon again? - **//Because he looked so skinny from being at the hospital and I think Nathan was a little bit sad for Simon because he wasn't going to live much longer. √ //** What are the two main reasons Simon doesnʼt like the //Telethon// tv programme? - **//The first was the way they made it sound as if giving them money was all that they had to do, but really it's not. The second was how come he and all the other kids with MD and spina bifida kids were here and everyone else is just being a normal kid. √ //** What does Nathan keep forgetting? - **//That he has made a promise to himself to be nice to every one.//** ﻿x That he is not going to be able to get a job when Simon's older because he won't be around to live.
 * Session Ten Read Chapters Eleven and Twelve** then answer the following questions

__Thursday 9 June June 2011__ Why is Nathan so dramatic about babysitting?- **//Because he doesn't like babies. √ //** Nathan describes Alex as being //primitive//.What does this mean?- **//Very simple, basic or old fashioned. √ //** Why does Mrs Shaw start crying? - **//Because Simon put his little cousin to sleep on his lap and when Simon's mum saw Simon she started crying because she thinks that Simon won't be able to hold a baby or anything soon because he will be dead.//** ﻿√ List 5 words to describe Nathan. - **//Kind, sarcastic, truthful, neat, and talkative.//** ﻿√ Why do you think Kirsti calls Nathan a “//neat kidʼʼ? - **Because he told her all about what he thinks and he is always hanging around Kirsti and I think Kirsti likes him being around.** ﻿ √ // Why does it get harder for your lungs to work properly with Muscular Dystrophy? //**- Because the muscles around your lungs start to get weaker making it harder for the person with MD to breathe. √ **// How does Nathan feel about Simon getting sicker?- **//he is kind of angry and sad at the same time but he knows that there is not going to just randomly be a cure for MD. √ //** Do you think you would feel the same way if you were in Nathanʼs position? - **//I would feel kind of the same way but I would still be absolutely sad and a little frightened and scared.//** ﻿﻿√ Why/why not? - //**Because like Nathan I would be angry and sad because that is just what you do when someone dies and also I would know that there would be no cure to fix MD so I guess I would just have to kind of deal with it.**//
 * Session Eleven Read Chapter 13** then answer the following questions
 * Session Twelve Read Chapter 14** then answer the following questions
 * Session Thirteen**

Finished at home. Why is it so hard to push Simon up the bank? - **//Because Simon was playing a trick on them and was holding the brake on making it impossible for the others to push him.//** √ How do you think Simon felt after being thrown from his wheelchair? - //**I think Simon would have felt a little startled because he never really hops out of his chair, let alone fall out.**// ﻿√ How does Nathan feel about Nelita? - **//He really likes her and it seems as though Nathan trusts Nelita to tell her things that he wants to tell someone.//** ﻿√ Why does Simon have to go to school in the van now? - **//Because Simon’s parents don’t want him to be in the cold for long with his breathing problems getting worse.//** ﻿√ What does it mean when people donʼt face what is happening? - **//Because Simon is dying very quickly and they are not really facing it because when Simon got the new strap it was trying to keep his back upright and that was because yet again his muscles were getting weaker.//** ﻿√ Why does Nathan stare at nothing much when he gets off the phone?- **//Because Simon was on the phone and he needs to go into hospital again and Nathan is dreading inside his head of what is coming for him.//** ﻿√ What do you think Simon means when he says Nathan is working on the wrong girl? - **//I think Simon says Nathan is working on the wrong girl because he tries really hard to get her to properly like him but no matter how hard she tries Nathan can’t get Brady to be his girlfriend so I think Simon is trying to say to kind of move on from her.//** ﻿ √
 * Read Chapters 15 and 16** then answer the following questions
 * Session Fourteen Read Chapter 17** then answer the following questions
 * Session fifteen Read to the end of the book**