T2+Novel+Study

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WALT Write about the plot,setting,characters,theme of our novel and to write a critical response.

S.C We have Described 3 characters looks and Personalities,Identified the main themes of 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 a recommendation for intended audience.

Alex's comment: Nice job Hamish, I like the way you have used sentences that have lots of good detail. Great use of your hyperlinks they are all in the right places. your writing is very clear and understandable. Maybe next time you could change some of your fonts and background like we learnt in our Key Note inquiry. Overall a great effort on your presentation!

__Thursday 5th May__ Paragraph predicting on See Ya Simon Simon is not feeling well and goes to the hospital to find out that he has got only one year to live because he has got muscular dystrophy which means his muscles do not grow so his best friend Nathan is trying to make this a great last year together before they will not see each other again.

Session 2 Questions for See Ya Simon Who should come first - Todd Martin or Melissa McDonald and why? **Todd Martin comes first because It goes by your last name and the a in Martin is before the c in McDonald because it goes a,b and then c in the alphabet**. √ Find the simile on the first page. **Like our dog works through a plate of jellimeat. √ ** Why was the soccer ball well-trained? **Because it just bounced into simon's lap.** ﻿√ What did Haare do when he saw Simon coming towards him? **He dropped to his knees and pretended to pray.** ﻿√ Why do you think Simon was playing goalie? **So he would not waste the battery on his new wheelchair. √ ** Why has Simon got a new wheelchair? **Because his muscles were getting weaker and weaker.** ﻿√ Who does Nathan have a crush on? **Nelita √ ** “Simon looked //fragile”// What does fragile mean? **Easy to break and tired and weak in simians case.** ﻿√ How much longer does Simon have to live? **Simon only has 1-2 years to live.** ﻿√ How do you think Simon reacts to his illness? **Simon feels alright with his illness and he does not take it seriously.** ﻿√

__Tuesday 10th May__ Session 3 Questions for See Ya Simon Nathan is told to behave like a ʻcivilised human beingʼ. What does //ʻcivilisedʼ// mean?**A normal person and well mannered person and polite. √ ** Why does Nathan say his dog has no concern for the environment? **Because his dog just pees anywhere he wants to when he is being walked out on the streets. √ ** How does Nathan feel about his sister? **He is angry at her because she always gets out of walking the dog so Nathan has to all of the time. √ ** What is muscular dystrophy? **Muscular dystrophy is a disease where your muscles of your body slowly get weaker and then just waste away. √ **  Why would Simon disappear for a while at times? **Because he would be getting tests done in the hospital most of the time because of his MD. √ ** Why was Ms Kidman both smiling and crying at the same time? **Because she has never seen that happen to anyone that is a wheelchair and it will probably be the last time she will see him having fun. <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">√ ** <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? **So he can use a wheelchair that has a motor that can push him around and getting out of maths homework. <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">√ **

__ Wednesday 11th May __ Session 4 Questions What annoys Simon about the way some people treat him? **Simon gets annoyed from some people taking him everywhere they go but sometimes Simon wants to be alone. <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? **He dreams mostly about 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: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">﻿because he wants a another hug from kirsti. Give an example of how much Simon has deteriorated in a month? **he can't get reach the dice in dungeons and dragons so he friends have to give the dice to him. <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? **Because he will past away in only one year. <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? **It was Simon singing in the shower. <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">√ ** __Tuesday 31st May__ Session 5 Questions What does the following sentence mean? “//making an enemy of Alex Wilson is not a recommended way of increasing your life expectancy” **Do not enemy of Alex Wilson if you want to be a normal person for the rest of your life. you mess with Alex wilson you will not live as long **// Why do you think Simon sometimes needs somebody to talk at not talk to? **Because then he does not feel lonely. He needs to just get it out of his system ** Why does Simon lash out at Nathan when he is trying to help him? **Because Simon does not want to have much help. √ ** __Tuesday 31st May__ Session 6 Questions What nice things did Nathan do for his sister in this chapter? **he runs her baths walks the dog tidies her shoes** 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 his dad does not have the money at the moment because he has to build his own life right now. because his mum was going to yell a fiona because she does not want to her about dad ** How did everybody feel after Simon read his poem to the class? **Everybody felt jealous and silent and sad after a very sad poem. √ ** Why do you think Ms Kidman said that nobody would forget Simonʼs poem? **Because Simon might not ever get to write another poem before he passes away. √ **

__Tuesday 31st May__ Session 7 Questions Why do you think Nathan has made a promise to himself to be kind to everyone? **So he can get out of maths homework and so he could help at the hospital. Because he heard Simon's poem ** Why will Simon be no competition for Nathan with Brady West for a while? **Because his battery will have run out so she will have push him and Simon will be going back to the hospital for a while. √ ** Why do you think Mr Rata stood up to take over the conversation? **Because he thought that the conversation on that boy who died would get very serious and disgusting and he thought the other students did not need to know. √ **

__Thursday 2nd June__ Session 8 Questions Why does Nathan have trouble talking to both Brady and Kirsti? **Because Simon keeps on talking to them and he likes them. √ ** Why do you think Nathanʼs mum tells him he is a neat kid? **So she can get his hopes up on getting girls to like him. He looks after his sister now and he looks after Simon. ** Why were the Shaws quiet on the way home from the hospital?
 * Because they have to pay alot of money at the hospital. Because Simon's tests results might turn out bad **

__Session 9 Questions__ How is Simon helping to keep unemployment down? **His illness makes work for doctors,nurses,physics,wheelchair makers and drug manufacturers √ ** Who is Simon talking about in the final paragraph of Chapter 9? ** About Jason. ** What is the class filming? **A Shakespeare play called Hamlet. x About a women suffragettes ** Why canʼt Simonʼs electric wheelchair be in the film? **Because this play is set in the 1900s-1910s and there were not any electric wheelchairs then. √ **

__Session Ten Questions__ Why wasnʼt it easy for Nathan to say tough things when he saw Simon again? **Because Simon looked sicker than he used to be and it is a bit strange to Nathan. √ ** What are the two main reasons Simon doesnʼt like the //Telethon// tv programme? **They were that it sounded as giving you money was all people had to do so they could feel that they had done their bit for the disabled kids and how come he had to come to a normal school then if he was disabled. √ ** What does Nathan keep forgetting? **That Simon could have a career in computers because he is quite good at it. x Simon will not have a career ** __** Session Eleven ** Questions__ Why is Nathan so dramatic about babysitting? **Because he thinks it is a torture and he does not like √ ** Nathan describes Alex as being //primitive//. What does this mean? **As silly and ugly as Alex. vey basic ** Why does Mrs Shaw start crying? **Because she saw Aaron in his cousin Simons lap. part right ** List 5 words to describe Nathan. **Caring,neat,helpful,friendly and trustworthy. √ ** Why do you think Kirsti calls Nathan a “//neat kidʼʼ? **Because she likes him and he is neat and cares about simon. √ **// __Session Twelve Questions__ Why does it get harder for your lungs to work properly with Muscular Dystrophy? **Because your muscles are constantly getting weaker and weaker and so do your lungs. √ ** How does Nathan feel about Simon getting sicker? **Worried that he might pass away soon. he feels guilty and angry ** Do you think you would feel the same way if you were in Nathanʼs position?Why/why not? **Yes** **B****ecause Simon is his best friend and friends look after each other. √ ** __Session Thirteen Questions__ Why is it so hard to push Simon up the bank? **Because Simon's batteries are recharging at the moment and his wheelchair is now really heavy and Simon had the brakes on the whole time. √ ** How do you think Simon felt after being thrown from his wheelchair? **He must feel scared and worried and terrified. √ ** How does Nathan feel about Nelita? **He is starting to like her now alot better but still he does not like her jokes still. half correct ** Why does Simon have to go to school in the van now? **Because his parents don't want him to be in the cold for long incase of his breathing problems getting worse. √ ** __Session Fourteen Questions__ What does it mean when people donʼt face what is happening? **It means when they can't believe it so they try to ignore it by thinking that there is nothing different about him. √ ** Why does Nathan stare at nothing much when he gets off the phone? **So he can have time to understand what Simon said to him and** **So he can remember the memories of him and simon together. √ ** What do you think Simon means when he says Nathan is working on the wrong girl? **He means that no matter how much or how hard he tries brady west will never like him. give up on brady and go to nelita **


 * Session fifteen Read to the end of the book √ **