Book review

‘Hippos can swim’, written by Pablo Bernasconi is an adventurous and humorous story.

The author wrote a story that has important messages, such as never give up,and attempt challenges. He wants the reader to understand that everyone (or animal) is good at something. The illustrations are colourful,  creative and cute.

The story is about a hippo that doesn’t want to swim. Instead,he tries to find another activities as lot of different animals. Which activity will he succeed at? Read the book to find out.

My favourite part  of the book was watching the Hippo trying all of the different activities.

Yes, we liked the book because some parts were humorous and illustration were bright and colourful. We also liked how the hippo preserved and faced challenges bravely.

Overall I think ‘Hippo can Swim’ is for everyone to read this book because teaching not giving up, I give the book 5 and a half star.

 

My colour poem

Speech Judging Sheet

Name:Samantha     

Topic: Halsey Drive School needs bigger playgrounds         

Category	Main Points	Self Assessment
		Low                                         High
		1           2 3           4 5
Structure	My speech was organised logically into paragraphs, with an effective introduction and a conclusion.	5
Delivery	I used some gestures, stood still and made eye contact with my audience. My voice was clear and loud.  I didn’t speak too quickly or too slowly.	4
Content	My speech had a message and was original, interesting and relevant to the audience.	3
Language	I used ‘powerful’ words in my speech.  I also included some language features (eg repetition, alliteration, similes etc)	1
Time	My speech was between 2 ½ and 3 ½ minutes long.	5

Next time I need to

Loud voice

Teacher Comment

Fabulous effort Samantha!  You spoke with some expression and at a good pace.  Your next steps are to speak louder and clearer.