Vocabulary List 4: Shapes- test for tomorrow!!!!



1. domed: a hemispherical place (often roof/ceiling)

2. spherical: an object that is perfectly round and circular

3. warped: when an object is twisted out of shape

4. arch: a curved structure, often on the upper edge of a door or window

5. bulbous: big and round or shaped like an onion

6. gnarled: twisted and full of knots (like an ancient tree)

7. sinuous: supple and graceful, full of curves or bends

8. crescent: less than half visible moon or an arc shape

9. concave: curved inward

10. convex: curved outward

11. dimpled: an indented surface area

12. radial: spreading out from the centre (relating to radius)
13. eclipse: referring to an astronomical eclipse or loss of light

14. lozenge: a diamond-shaped figure

15. spiral: something with a curving circular pattern

The runner

The runner was written by keith gray. And it start with a boy called jaon. Jason fed up with his parents' arguments, runs away on the Intercity train to Liverpool to stay with his brother. As he waits for the train to leave the station he is beset by worries that someone will find him and take him back. Then he meets Jam, "a runner", who lives on the train, dodging the conductor and living a life of total freedom where the only person you can trust is yourself. Jason is fascinated by Jam's way of life. After all, haven't his parents let him down by arguing all the time? His brother's let him down by moving all the way to Liverpool and he couldn't even tell his best friend Ben what he was going to do in case he told on him. Just as he starts to think that being a runner is the best option for himself, Jason discovers that Jam isn't quite as he appears. Perhaps things aren't as black and white as Jason first thought--maybe running away isn't the answer.

Charlotte's Web

In the startng of this book Fern's dad owns a farm and one of his pigs were given birth to pigglets and Mr.Arble discover one of then is a RUNT and decides to kill it. But when his eight-year old daughter begs him not to he gives it to her as a pet and names it Wilbur. Wilbur was getting to big so then was sold to Fern's uncle, Homer Zuckerman. But as Fern gets older and older her visits start to decrease. Wilbur gets lonelier day after. Wibur hears a voice that says that shes going to be his new friend. Charlotte was a gray spider and noe Wilbur's new friend. But soon Wilbur finds out that he is going to be killed and eaaten on Christmas day. Wilbur didn't know what to do so he turns to Charlotte for help. Charlotte comes up with an idea of writing on her web extolling Wilbur's excellents like ''Humble'' and ''Some pig'' so that Wilbur will get famous and if Wilbur is famous he won't be killed. Thanks to Charlotte's plan Wilbur is not only killedd but is entered in a country fair. But sadly Charlotte dies after giving birth. Wilbur repays Charlotte by bringing them back to Zuckerman's farm. Charlotte's eggs hatch in Zuckerman's farm some of them decide to leave and make homes for themself. But only three stayed to be Wilbur's new friend's.

Vocabulary List 2: Tastes and Smells


1. aroma: a smell, often pleasant

2. greasy: thick with grease

3. succulent: juicy and pleasant to taste

4. aromatic: having a fragrant, pleasant smell

5. savoury: salty or spicy food (often contrasted with sweet)

6. astringent: sharp and acidic

7. insipid: flavourless and dull

8. palatable: tastes pleasant enough to be eaten or drunk

9. sour: a bitter or sharp taste

10. tang: a sharp, strong, distinctive taste

11. rancid: a strong, disagreeable taste (suggests disgust)

12. acrid: unpleasantly strong in taste or smell

13. fulsome: a rich, satisfying taste

14. putrid: decaying or disgusting smell

15. pungent: strong smelling or tasting

INKDEATH

Mo is now stuck as the legendary Bluejay. But no bad news to Mortimer Folchart. He is enjoying the new role. However, Meggie and Resa are not happy about this. They believe that this new role is changing Mo, the kind and warmhearted bookbinder, into the actual Bluejay- cunning, fearless and daring. Farid still longs for Dustfinger so is still working for Orpheus. Orpheus, also known as four-eyes, is changing this world. He claimes that he is a prince who can do magic. He reads in unicorns for wealth, rainbow fairies and all sorts of silly creatures. One night, Resa goes to Orpheus, believing that he would read them all home. In return, Orpheus wants Mo to summon the White Women since he was close to death when the "Magpie" shot him. He also wants to do this so that he could bring his favourite Inkworld character back to life. Guess who? Dustfinger. Resa refuses and goes home, furious. Farid goes to Mo and pleads him to agree to this. Mo does. He summons the White Women and makes a bargain. If Death releases Dustfinger and Mo, Mo will have to put an end to what he started. Write the 3 magical words and get rid of immortality in the Inkworld. If he fails, his own life will have it's end. But not only him. But Meggie as well since she helped him make the White book. Meggie is furious in the Inkworld, he believes that Mo is dead! He hasn't returned for 3 days! She blames this on Faird and Resa so she breaks up with Farid. Instead, her heart beats real fast for someone else, Doria- one of the robbers. Mo returns afterall but Meggie still doesn' forgive Resa and Farid. But Mo is not alone trying to kill the Adderhead. Or is that a good thing? Japoco's mother, Cosimo the Fair's widow and the Adderhead's very own daughter allies with Mo. Violante, a.k.a: Her Ugliness. Violante and her army of young boys join forces with Mortimer and set off to the Lake Castle, where her mother was born and stayed for ages before her father 'freed her'. Their plan was to announce that she had caught the Bluejay for adderhead to kill him, then he would bring his book along. Mo will write the 3 words in and success! Actually, it wasn't that easy. Japoco played the true hero in this episode, without him, Mo wouldn't have ever written the 3 words. THey succed and Violante became the new leader of Ombra. Also, Fenoglio discovered that Doria was one of his growmn up characters. He was an inventor and he invented flying machines and a typewriter for a close bookbinder. Plus,his wife came from far away. It was too much of a coincidence! The Folcharts and Elinor decide to stay in the Inkworld afterall with their son. The new Folchart, however, longed to see the lights in the streets and the aeroplanes in "our" world.

Inkdeath is the stunning conclusion to the trilogy. I have enjoyed this series although I would have preferred less adults taking the action and the main roles. Apart from that, I am glad that the miserable and complicated lives of the Folcharts are over.

Vocabulary List 1: Sounds


1. creak: a prolonged squeaking noise

2. screech: high-pitched grating cry or scream

3. cackle: a high-pitched, malicious laugh

4. gulp: to swallow a large quantity something greedily

5. murmur: something said quietly, or a low continuous hum

6. splutter: to speak incoherently in a choking manner

7. guzzle: a sound heard when drinking rapidly or in large quantities

8. snuffle: to breathe noisily through nose (partially blocked)

9. mellifluous: a sweet and rich sound pleasant and soothing to listen to

10. clamorous: a loud and insistent noise

11. intermittent: occurring at irregular intervals

12. deafening: unbearably loud

13. staccato: a quick and clipped sound

14. melodious: a tuneful, interesting or pleasing tone

15. snort: a harsh sound made when air is forced through the nose

Granny by Anthony Horowitz

The Wardens are a very wealthy and what looks like a happy family. Mr Warden smokes cigars 8 inches long, drinks champagne like lemonade and his job is most likely illegal because he always jumps into bushes to avoid policemen and wears a false mustache. Mrs Warden never went to school in her whole life and has piano lessons, tennis lessons, horse riding lessons, cooking lessons, escapology lessons and trapeze lessons to amuse herself. Their only son, Jordan Morgan Warden, who likes to call himself Joe does not like being rich and dreams of escaping his house to be a trapeze artist in a circuses, joining the Royal air force etc. The Wardens have 2 servants, 1 nanny and 1 gardener.

But the only part of the family who does not live with them is Joe's Granny. Not Grandmother or Grandma, just Granny and somehow it suited her. She had not been called anything else since she was 60. She was very short, had wiry silver hair, was very stingy and had table manners that would make a cannibal sick. Joe once wore her spectacles for fun and was still banging into walls 3 weeks later. She is very mean to Joe and has a nasty habit of embarrassing him during Christmas by giving him baby toys.

One day, when Joe's parents were on a trip and left Joe's granny to babysit ( Joe's nanny got eaten alive by dogs, his servants were on a holiday and his gardener got blown up ), he's granny brought him to Bideford to attend the Golden Granny Awards at a hotel. But during the awards he finds himself captured and and strapped to the Grannymatic Enzyme Extracter. He manages to escape ( blowing up the hotel in his effort ) and return home with Granny who unfortunately survived. A few days later, because Granny's trick went wrong and the whole Warden family thought she died and was now a ghost, Joe and his family moved to Australia. 2 years later Granny really did die. But deep in the Australian desert the Aborigines gather around a huge campfire and the didgeridoos throbs and wails through the darkness. If the magic is working they see an old woman walking around them with a scowl on her face. It is Granny. Looking for Joe. But she still hasn't found him yet.

This book is very amusing and exiting.