Imogen+C

Baum, Frank L., The Wizard of Oz,George .M. Hill company,1900 Russell, R.R, Dork Diaries: Party Time, Aladdin Paperjack, 6/2010

-Author:L. Frank Baum || Modern - Title: Dork Diaries -Author: Rachel Renee Russell || Toto: A little black dog who is ALWAYS by Dorothy's side to comfort her. Tin Man: A man made of tin who is very lonely until he meets Dorothy. Scarecrow: A scarecrow that was stuck in a field on a pole until Dorothy set him free. Cowardly Lion: A coward for the king of the beasts. Worries about nearly everything. Oz: A short stout old man who is courageous. Wicked witch of the east: Wicked, mean, ungrateful. She gets squashed at the very beginning. Wicked witch of the west: A wicked character who is always very wicked and powerful over her servants. Glinda: Caring and kind towards everyone. One of the 2 good witches. || Nikki: Careful, Kind, Smart, In-Love Mackenzie: Bossy, Mean, Annoying Brandon: Sweet, Kind, Caring Chloe: Caring, Loyal, Kind, Zoey: Caring, Open-minded, || The characters that I can closely relate to are Toto and the Scarecrow. Toto because sometimes I don't get my say in things when we are working in groups or pairs and the Scarecrow because I am very forgetful and dopey and stupid sometimes. || My favourite character is Chloe because I like the name, she is really pretty, she is one of the BEST friends you could ever have. She always helps and understands what Nikki says. I most closely relate to Nikki and Mackenzie. Nikki because I used to get picked on quite alot and because I have really great best friends but I am not as smart and clever as her. Mackenzie because I like to annoy people a lot. || a) Find examples of; colourful adjectives, similes, metaphor, dramatic irony, etc.. b) Find a quote (with page number) for each example. || There is a lot of vocabulary and the words are very interesting. The words are not very commonly used in the modern day. We don't really use words like 'Bonnet' (meaning hat) or we don't wear frilly aprons outside of our home into the public. Here are some words I don't hear too often.
 * Questions: || Classic – Title: The Wizard of Oz
 * 1. Describe the **time and place** in which your novel is set. What clues within the book tell us this? || Its set in Kansas and the Emerald City. The time is 1900. Dorothy is from Kansas and she is to travel to the Emerald city. It doesn't say the date set so I put the publication date. Also because Dorothy wears old fashioned clothes like a bonnet and a frilly apron. || The time is 2010 because its very modern and thats when it is published.She also has a popular girls club called the C.C.P and olden day schools don't really have popular girls. It is set in West Chester because she goes to West Chester Country Day school. ||
 * 2. Who are the main **characters** in your book? List the names and a short description of their personality traits. || Dorothy: Kind, caring and thoughtful little girl from Kansas.
 * 3. Describe the **significant relationships** between the main characters. || Everyone has met each other on the way. If Dorothy didn't or hadn't of come none of them would of become what they were at the end of the story. || Nikki is the main character and she has a crush on Brandon. She is also best friends with Zoey and Chloe and everyone is picked on mackenzie because Mackenzie thinks she is so awesome and cool and pretty. ||
 * 4. Who is your favourite character and why? **Or** - Who is the character that you can most closely relate to and why? || My favourite character is the Scare-crow and the Cowardly Lion becuse the Scarecrow is a bit dopey and silly and the lion is SUPPOSED to be the king of beasts but he is too much of a coward to be it.
 * 5. Describe the **style of language** and **literary devices** that the author uses.


 * __Bade:__** The next morning the soldier with the green whiskers led the lion to the great throne room and bade him to enter the presence of Oz.

__**Gingham and Frock:**__ It was gingham, with checks of white and blue; and although the blue was somewhat faded with many washings, it is still a pretty frock.

There are not too many metaphors and similes that I remember but there are some adjectives verbs and other things like that. There are some words that are used today but not really a long time ago. Some examples of modern literature is
 * __Oil-Can:__** 'Get an oil-can and oil my joints,' he answered. || The vocabulary is very modern and they talk about popular girls clubs (CCP).

__**Crush and Cringe:**__ Take two parties, add a couple of friends and one crush, sprinkle with one mean girl, mix well, put fingers over eyes and cringe. - blurb

__**Bummed:**__  But when Nikki overhears mean girl Mackenzie bragging that Brandon's going to take her to the Halloween dance, a bummed Nikki agrees to spend Halloween at a kids' party for her little sister Brianna.- blurb

__**BlackBerry and**__ __**E-mail**__ **__:__** It took a lot of patience, but Brandon managed to take a very special picture with Chloe's new BlackBerry, while Zoey went around collecting e-mail addresses for each of the ballet girls' families. 272p __**iPhone:**__ With that kind of cash, I could buy vital personal necessities like an iPhone, a designer wardrobe, extra art supplies AND a private helicopter to fly me to and from school every day.__**1**____**44p**__

__**popularity:**__ And the 3 of us already have a pretty pathetic ranking in the WCD CCP popularity index. __**36-37**__

__**Janitors closet:**__ " Meet us in the Janitors closet ASAP!!"__**32p**__ || Describe **//your feelings//** towards the novel. Did you **//enjoy//** it, why or why not? <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Did you find it easy to get into? Did you like it the more that you read it? <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Would you read more books by the same author, or of a similar genre? || Dear Caroline, The Wizard of Oz is a fantasy book with lots of funny and strange made-up characters. People, no matter what gender they are enjoy it. The age is from 5-???????. It is set in Kansas and the fantasy land of Oz. The main themes were journey, adventure and death. The central conflict was Dorothy having to stay in the land of Oz until she could meet the wizard(Oz) and go home to Kansas. She resolved that by finally going home with the wicked witches silver shoes.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">6. Is your book an example of ‘**classic’ or ‘modern’ literature**? You must use evidence to back up your stance. For example; has your book stood the ‘test of time’? Are there theme’s that will transcend time? || My book is an example of classic literature because my book has stood the test of time because the wizard of oz has been reprinted and republished over and over and my copy is a republished version. It is not written by the original author. || My book is an example of modern literature. It hasn't stood the test of time and it is like '//Diary of a Wimpy Kid'// but a girls version. Boys books wouldn't talk about dances and kissing and crushes and mean girls. One theme is romance which flows all through the book and I already said why. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 7. After reading the book, write a short note to a friend **__describing the book__**. Include a description of the **//genre//**, **//setting//** and **//difficulty level//**. You need to also include the following information; What were the main **//themes//** in the book? What was the **//central conflict//**? How was it resolved?

My feelings towards the novel was sad because I imagined being sent away from your family without knowing anyway home and if they were safe. I felt happy because I like fantasy novels and she met lots of new friends. I did enjoy it because I didn't not like it but also because it is a very creative story. I didn't find it very easy to get into becauseI have already seen the movie and I know what it's all about. I would read more books by Baum because he is very creative and he has a good eye for detail. I hope you will or do like his books too.

From Imogen || Dear Someone, I read Dork Diaries 2 and I didn't entirely enjoy it. It was a narrative with a diary theme that was about a teenage girls life called Nikki and how hard her school is with her friends crushes. Its meant to be for ages 9-13. The central conflict was everyone being picked on by Mackenzie and everyone having to put up with her. My feelings toward the book weren't totally great. I felt a bit annoyed when I was reading it because I thought about if that happened to me and how much I couldn't stand being teased and called a dork. ||