Mrs Gays Reading challenge term 1 post 2

I finished dunger so now I'm reading white fang

White Fang by Jack London. I am unsure if the title fits well.
I have just started, the book is very heavily packed with words. and I only got to the second page because I zoned out.
I am unsure of the theme
I don't know what the most important part of the text is yet.
the audience is aged 11 - 15 I think
my favourite character is Buck
the only new word I have learned so far is dunger, a worn-out vehicle or machine.
I really connect with will because he wants to get out there and drive and be free!

Today I read page 1 - 2

it is an intro to the book. from what I read Buck had gone to a beach for the first time, and apparently its a nightmare. he can only be bored because you can't relax and there is no peace.

That is all I have read today.

Mrs Gays reading challange term 1 post 1

Dunger by Joy Cowley. the title fits the book well!
I liked how the book changes perspective with each chapter, for example, one chapter would be Will and it would be from Wills perspective. then the next chapter would be Mellissa and it would be from Mellissa's perspective.
the major them it that there is no power so will and Mellissa have to learn to adapt to life without power.
Joy Cowley is trying to teach us that there are other ways to live than just phones and internet.
I don't know what the most important part of the text is yet.
the audience is aged 11 - 15 I think
my favourite character was will and my least favourite was Melissa
the only new word I have learned so far is dunger, a worn-out vehicle or machine.
I really connect with will because he wants to get out there and drive and be free!

Today I read chapters 27 - 31

Everything gets intense and scary. first, there is a storm so there isn't much to do. will and melissa make bread and then play scrabble at their grandma and grampas place. there is not power and not reception and the phone lines out. grampa takes Will to the garage and gets him to repair rods but they are too high up and the ladder is outside in the storm. so they get a barrel and grampa gets up on it. but then he passes out knocked out cold on the concrete. his face is bleeding and will think he's dead. will gets Melissa and then he gets grama. then will is chosen to drive to the hospital because if their phone line is out the neighbours is out.

That is all I have read today.

cancer sorority bags

today we made bags for the cancer sorcity pactients

Eating Dirt

William pike challenge - Skiing

Today we walked up to Temple Basin taking an hour and a half to walk up. I was at the front of the group and we had to slow down a lot to wait for the people who were slow. When we got up the boys started throwing snowballs but soon stopped as their hands got cold. we had lunch and then got ready for skiing. I had no idea what to do so I took all day to learn how to stop with the pizza cut. We had dinner which was delicious! We went to bed and I fell asleep soon after lights out. the next day we had breakfast and played ping pong until we were allowed to go out. when we got out we had a huge snow fight so that the snow could soften up. we also went tobogganing down a slope which was really fun! when we hit the ski field I mastered my turning and pizza cutting and Mr Sinton-white gave me the all clear for the Nutcracker (a rope that tows you up the hill) it took me a few goes before actually getting it. When I arrived up the top, I slowly pizza cutted down and got told to try turning. after lunch I had a lot of goes up and down the slope and had soon mastered the turning. after taking about five hours on Casady (the ski slope) we headed back because my hands were starting to freeze in my gloves. we walked back quite sore and walked in the door. I took my boots off and a bit of steam rose from them. we had showers and then dinner. the people doing speeches got some practice in front of strangers! I wasn't one of them. once we had pudding we went to bed but I couldn't get to sleep because of THE DAMN CREEKING DOORS!!! when everyone settled I thought I would get some sleep but THEN PEOPLE DECIDED TO PARTY TILL 11:00!!!! I finally got to sleep and woke up at five am. you wanna know why? THE KEAS DECIDED TO HAVE A SQUARKING PARTY TOO! AT 5 AM!!! WORST! NIGHT! EVER! in the morning everyone was sore. but only our room had heard the keas. we waited for the snow to soften again and then got out. sadly at the top of Casady, the snow was still icy. but I skiied down only falling about 5 billion times. mrs highgate was having to ski in GUMBOOTS! shes a legend! when we got off we were all still sore and no one wanted to walk back down. when we went inside, Mr Sinton-white's wife was in there as she had just walked up with two young children. one was 4 and one was 5. and she had to piggyback the one which was 4 halfway up the hill! what a legend! then she had to walk down with us about an hour after waking up! WHAT A LEGEND!!!!!!!!! we all walked down and I was in the fast group at the front. it took us 53 minutes to walk down but our legs were dying! we staggered into the car and took the journey back to school. when we unloaded the trailer we realized there was an unclaimed bag. ... we had stolen a strangers bag from the goods lift. everyone laughed and giggled a bit before realizing someone had to return it. Mr Sinton-white said he would do it so that was a relief! all in all the trip was amazing and I would love to do it again!

Poll Tax on Chinese immigrants

Poll tax in New Zealand

In the 1880’s New Zealand pushed taxes of the Chinese immigrants because of how many
there were coming into New Zealand. But only one Chinese immigrant was allowed in per 10 tons of
cargo and they had to pay a tax of £10 and that's about $1700 today. In 1896 the law was changed
from 10 tones to 200 TONS and the tax was then £100 pounds (that's nearly $1900!).

In 1881 New Zealand followed Canada and the Australian colonies in forcing entry taxes on Chinese
immigrants. The minister of customs waived the poll tax from 1934, but it was not repealed until 1944
after other countries had abandoned it. In 2002 the New Zealand government officially apologised to the
Chinese community for the injustice of the tax.

What do you would happen if we introduced the tax again?

I think that the Chinese would get angry and that we would soon have to drop the idea after too many
Chinese people rebelled. At least that's what I think

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