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 media type="file" key="see ya simon.mov" width="654" height="654" align="center"
 * Describe Three main Characters looks and Personalities.
 * Identified the main themes in 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 the story.
 * Written about what I liked and didn't like about our novel and given a recommendation for intend audience.

Great Work rueben, I like the language that you used but where are the theme and plot page, besides that it is well written and well set out. you also needed to write a bit more about the setting and you could have had a picture. :)

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**__Thursday 5 May 2011__**
**__See Ya, Simon By David Hill__**  I think that See Ya, Simon is about a Teenager called Simon. In the blurb it says that simon has Muscular Dystrophy and he is stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of his short life. I think that See Ya, Simon is about his best friend Nathan's last year with Simon before Simon dies.

**Session Two** **Read Chapter One** then answer the following questions Todd Martin should come first because Todd's last name start with ma and Melissa McDonald's starts with mc.√ Find the simile on the first page. Who works through jokes like our dog works through a plate of Jellimeat.√ The soccer ball was well-trained because it landed right on Simon's lap.√ Haare pretended to pray and then tried to hide behind his goal post when he saw Simon coming towards him.√ Simon was playing goalie because he can not run and you don't have to run when you are playing goalie.√ Simon got a new wheelchair because he couldn't push his old one anymore.√ Nathan has a crush on Brady West.√

Fragile means for an object easily broken or damaged. Flimsy or insubstantial; easily destroyed : you have a fragile grip on reality if a person not strong or sturdy; delicate and vulnerable.√  Simon has 1or 2 years to live.√ Simon doesn't really care about his illness that much.x tries not to to think about it **Session Three** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Read** **Chapter Two** then answer the following questions <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> Civilised means polite and well-mannered.√ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Nathan says his dog has no concern for the environment because he pees on every tree he can.√

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Nathan doesn't like his sister.√

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">muscular dystrophy is disease where the muscles of your body get weaker and just waste away.√ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Simon would disappear for a while at times when he was in hospital.√ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Ms Kidman was both smiling and crying at the same time because she know he was having fun and going to die.√

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Simon uses his disability as an advantage when he wants to get out of doing maths homework.√ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Session Four** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Read Chapters Three and Four** then answer the following questions <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">It annoys Simon some people are to soft on him.√ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Simon is normally running or walking in his dreams.√ Nathan wait for christmas to come around again next year because he wants another hug from Kirsti√ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Simon can't reach the dice in their roleplaying game.√ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Simonʼs parents take a lot of photos of him for memories of him when he dies.√ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">The howling noise from the shower was simon singing.√

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Session Five** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Read **Chapter Five** then answer the following questions <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Making an enemy of Alex Wilson is not a recommended way of increasing your life expectancy means that it is dangerous to make enemy of Alex Wilson.√ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Simon sometimes needs somebody to talk at not talk to because he needs to say what he thinks.√ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Simon lash out at Nathan when he is trying to help him because he does not want help.√ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Session Six** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Read Chapter Six** then answer the following questions <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Nathan did all these nice th ing for his sister ran her a bath, mended her netball boots with insulating tape and walked the dog for her.√ Nathan //got ready to hide under the table// when Fiona asked why they donʼt get Dad to send them money because he thought that mum was going to explode.√

upset <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Everybody felt sad^ after Simon read his poem to the class.x <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Ms Kidman said that nobody would forget Simonʼs poem because it was sad and made everyone "think what if?"√ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Session Seven** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Read **Chapter Seven** then answer the following questions <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Nathan has made a promise to himself to be kind to everyone because he is sometimes mean to them.x Because of Simon's poem <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Simon be no competition for Nathan with Brady West for a while he is in the hospital.√ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Mr Rata stood up to take over the conversation because he didn't want anyone to start crying.x Because another kid had the same condition as simon and he died. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Session Eight** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Read Chapter Eight** then answer the following questions <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Nathan have trouble talking to both Brady and Kirsti because he likes them and is embarrassed.√ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Nathanʼs mum tells him he is a neat kid because he is normally very kind to everyone.x <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Why were the Shaws quiet on the way home from the hospital because they had had some very bad news.x Because they didn't like to leave simon at the hospital alone Simon is helping to keep unemployment down by making more jobs in the hospital.√ Simon talking about Jason in the final paragraph of Chapter 9.√ The class is filming a movie about the Women's Suffragette Movement.√ Why canʼt Simonʼs electric wheelchair be in the film when the movie was set there where no electric wheelchairs.√
 * Session Nine**
 * Read Chapters Nine and Ten** then answer the following questions

It easy for Nathan to say tough things when he saw Simon again because he looked so thin.√ The two main reasons Simon doesnʼt like the //Telethon// tv programme are how they made it sound like giving money was the only thing people could do to help and made them look worse then they actually are.√ Nathan keeps forgetting that he made a promise to be around Simon all the time.x that simon is not going to get a job
 * Session Ten**
 * Read Chapters Eleven and Twelve** then answer the following questions

Nathan is so dramatic about babysitting because he doesn't like babysitting√ Primitive means uncivilized. see seson three√ Mrs Shaw started crying because she was happy.x Because simon was never going to have a baby These 5 words describe Nathan: Kirsti calls Nathan a neat kid because he is a good kid.x because he is a good friend to simon.
 * Session Eleven**
 * Read Chapter 13** then answer the following questions
 * funny√
 * neat√
 * friendly√
 * helpful√
 * caring√

It gets harder for your lungs to work properly with Muscular Dystrophy because the muscles in your chest and shoulders get weaker.√ Nathan feels upset about Simon getting sicker.x he feels guilty. I would feel the same way Nathanʼs position because my best mate is dying.√
 * Session Twelve**
 * Read Chapter 14** then answer the following questions
 * Session Thirteen**

It was so hard to push Simon up the bank because the wheelchair brakes were on.√ Simon felt sore and embarrassed after being thrown from his wheelchair√ Nathan feels with Nelita annoyed.x she is actually a very caring person
 * Read Chapters 15 and 16** then answer the following questions

Simon have to go to school in the van now because his parents don't want him to be in the cold for long√

It means that they don't want to think about it when people donʼt face what is happening.x it scared them. Nathan stared at nothing much when he got off the phone because he knew that Simon was getting sicker.√ Simon means that doesn't think that Brady likes Nathan when he says Nathan is working on the wrong girl.x start working on Nelita
 * Session Fourteen**
 * Read Chapter 17** then answer the following questions


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