Black Gold, by Julia Owen

William, Kyle, Briearnah and Robin are reading Black Gold.  This is a place where we can talk about the book.  We are also writing some questions to ask the boy in the cave.  We don't know his name yet but we do know he has a scare in the shape of an 'X' on his back.  

Our Aesop's Fable Productions

During Term Two Room 8 formed movie companies.  Each company was commissioned to turn an Aesop's Fable into a script and then present it as a short film.  As discussed in an earlier posting we used High Five short stories as motivation for our presentations.  Our first company to complete their work was 'ROCK KIDS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED'. They presented 'The Shepherd and the Wolf.  The second company was 'BLUE DOLPHIN PRODUCTIONS' who presented 'The Lion and the Mouse'. 

Learning Intentions:

Our main goal was to communicate the moral of the fable to our audience clearly.  We wanted to achieve this by having a script that made sense and then using our filming and acting skills effectively.  We were trying to make good use of voice, expression, actions and sound effects to support our message.  

We would love to hear what you think about our short movie.  

School Holiday Catch Up Spot!

Hi Room 8,

I am looking forward to having a couple of weeks break in the holidays and know that you will hanging out for it too.  We will all be doing different things over the two weeks and I thought it would be fun to stay in touch over that time.  How about keeping in touch by checking into this blog a couple of times and letting us all know what you have been up to.  You might have gone to the movies, explored something around Welcome Bay, been on an out of town trip or have just gone shopping at Bayfair.  Whatever it is, how about sharing it with us in the comments section and we can keep in touch with what we are all up to!