Melissa

Melissa

I stared through the polished glass at Melissa, she didn’t look like herself, the strange people changed her. They had made her look like a princess then put her asleep...

Her fringe was pulled back and on her head there were fancy ferns  made out of silver and placed together so carefully that they looked like a crown. The rest of her hair was braided with a golden ribbon, yellow and grey beads were sewn together to make a two layer necklace that sparkled like the sun and shone like the moon.

The strange people put a magnificent dress on her that was golden, silver and pale rose. The frills and bows had gems and diamonds placed in the middle of them and the patterns seemed to dance in front of my eyes. Her nails were painted golden and filed to look like perfect ovals. 

I tugged hard on the glass handle and it opened so suddenly that I stumbled back, almost falling. I laid my hand down delicately on her silken skin and gasped at how soft it had become. I know it was wrong but I didn’t like how perfect she looked, I guess I just missed the old scruffy Melissa. 

This is evidence that I have been writing without being told to.

I have been learning to find pictures that amaze me and describe them in my own words.

I feel good that I have gone so far in my writing abilities if you would like me continue writing like this then comment on this piece of writing.

-Cheers Ashleigh:)

      

How to be a Good Sibling

How to be a Good Sibling 

The fist step to being a good sibling is to get your brother or sister to trust you, now if your sibling is older it will be tricky, but if your sibling is younger you’re in luck. The thing that works best is by making deals... and keeping them, e.g. you  could say, “If you let me watch TV then i’ll make you a milo, and also you can use the computer until i’m done”. Now if you keep your promise then your younger sibling will trust you next time you make a deal!

The second step is to be fair, you can be fair e.g. if they played with you when you asked them, then play with them when they ask you. Then they will know you’re a very fair older or younger sibling and it will give you a good feeling deep down inside.

The third and finale step to being a good sibling is to make your older or younger sibling to feel special. You could make them their favorite snack, hang out with them, tell them they mean something to you.

5 Things to Change About Jess

5 things to Change about Jess

If Jess wasn’t afraid of things then he and Leslie could have new adventures in Terabithia, but since he’s so scared of things it’s preventing them to do more things.

If Jess was not as absent minded as he is, then he could have remembered to ask Miss Edmonds to bring Leslie or notice that his dads pick up was pulled up after the field trip!                                   

Maybe if Jess didn’t have a revenge streak in him he might have just talked to Janice Avory instead of making her feel really bad and upset.

Jess could have been nicer on Maybelle, he shouldn’t have been so hard on her, I mean he slapped her harder than he had ever had slapped anything in his life!

 Jess could learn to stand up to his older sisters (in a nice way) like he could say something like “ leave me alone I don’t like you doing that”.

Leslie's Obituary

Leslie’s Obituary

This was an exercise at school from the book Bridge to Terabithia and none of the following information is true!

On May the 21st 1978 during a time with non stop rain, a 10 year old girl called Leslie Burke, who attended Lark Creek Elementary school, drowned in a creek. We have worked out that she swung across an overflowed river on a old rope and it snapped leaving Leslie to fall in the river. We also have reason to believe that she hit her head on something causing her to drown.

Leslie’s father has said “Leslie was a smart little kid and wasn’t afraid to take a risk, but unfortunately in the end her risk taking and fearlessness was what killed her...” Her mother has explained that “It’s all my fault I should have spent more time with her!” Her best friends name is Jess and he has taken this tragedy the hardest, “No comment, I don’t have anything to say”.

Best wishes, greatest sadness for Leslie’s friends and family

-Reporter Ashleigh 

This is evidence that our class read a book called Bridge to Terabithia.

We learnt that At the end of the book Leslie dies and our activity was pretending to be a reporter.

I feel like I portrayed a reporter kind of well...

-Ashleigh