The Lost King

Peter King is an weird and unsociable teenager with many odd hobbies. He was forced to go on a school wilderness camp in the Wanoom Peninsula with a 14km walk to the camp site at Whalers Cove.As soon as they get to the camp site Peter is put in a group with Emily, a girl he has never talked to, Bethany the girlie girl in the camp and Sully the school bully. The first task they had to do was a navigation exercise in a dense forest. They were given a sheet of instructions, a map, a GPS and a compass.They were told that they had to find four markers in the forest. As soon as they start the  exercise Sully takes charge of the group and takes the lead. They start taking short cuts and as soon as they know it they are lost. Now all they have is a map, a compass, a dying GPS, a useless sheet of instructions and each other.  

My favourite character is Peter King because at the beginning of the story he wasn’t liked and didn’t have many friends. He developed and became more manly and was starting to have friends near the end of the story. At the end of the story he had become friends with all of his team mates and had become a responsible and brave person.

I like this book because it has lots of adventure and it has a thrilling plot to it.I also I like it because  of the way  main characters develop.

One thing I don’t like about the story is that it is predictable because  I can predict what's going to happen next.

I would recommend this book because it has an awesome plot and is thrilling. I think the appropriate age group is 11yrs and up and I have learnt that teamwork is easier than doing it alone.  

 

Thank you Mr Speaker

Tamaki Intermediate
80A Tripoli Road
Panmure
1072

Thursday 20th September 2012
The Honourable Doctor Lockwood Smith

                                                                                     

6011 Molesworth St
Wellington

Dear Speaker of the House

Kia ora. My name is Joseph and I am a year 8 student at Tamaki Intermediate School.Thank you for welcoming us into the Beehive and talking to us about parliament.

We are grateful to you for sharing your time  to talk to us about parliament and your job. Your speech was inspiring and you have taught me lots about what happens in parliament and what you do in parliament. I have learnt about the different roles the Ministers play and what they have to do. You explained to us how issues are debated and laws are made.

You motivated me to want to have a job in parliament and I also  appreciate  how you were so happy to talk to us and how you gave us an opportunity to ask you questions.

It was an amazing experience and I would love to meet you again.

Yours sincerely
Joseph

 

“Caught Being Good Dad”

Dear Mrs Baker

Hi my name is Joseph, I'm 12 years old and I am in Room 8.

I think my dad should get the “Caught Being Good Dad”  award  because he has been my mum and my dad  for many years.  My dad's name is Mike Peters and he is 45 years old.He is unemployed and he gets paid to look after my brother and I.He is a brilliant cook and we always have food on the table.He has looked after us when we were sick and helps us with everything we do.  

He is a slim, medium built man and is a loving father.He has black hair but has a lot of grey.He has brown eyes and has a dented nose because it has been broken before.My dad has a tough job because he has to do all of the jobs a mother does. He used to read us stories every night and put us to bed with one of his caring songs and we loved it.He devoted his life to us and  we are are so grateful for all he has done. He is a generous man and does all of the house work.
Dad  trained my rugby team when I was 7yrs old  and did a great job.He has given me life skills as I grew older like  treat women right and to look after my little brother.He was there on my first day of school and helped me to start a good year at school.We did training in the morning that my dad set up,we had all the fitness gear and it was fun.He wanted to be a better dad than his dad who had told him everything he touches turns to poo and he achieved his goal.He has worked tirelessly all my life to give me a better future and I am grateful for my dad.

Please consider him because he deserves it.He has been an  astonishing father all my life and I would like to give him something back.

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My Pursuit of Excellence was to make the perfect cake.
 It was Friday morning and we were at the cake shop and I was bewildered,me and my dad were buying a cake for my brother's birthday but then I thought lets make a cake.

My dad and I started looking for a recipe for a chocolate cake because it was my brother's favorite cake.When we had found a recipe we went to go and buy all of the ingredients we needed for the cake.Then  we went back home to make  the cake.When we had got home it was a disaster because we had forgotten the milk and baking powder so it was back to the shop.

When we finally had all of the ingredients and started making the cake we made a big mess and had to start again because we spilt the mix and it went all over the place.Now we only had enough ingredients to make one more cake so we had to do it perfectly.We started to make the cake again and this time we did much better.The cake mix was perfect and we were really happy that we had made the mix and as we put it in the oven we had giant smiles on our face.

When the cake was done it looked great and when my brother saw it he was really exited and he loved it.

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