Unexpected Wealth

As the sun rose up, I decided to clean my house along with the
garage. By the time I was cleaning, I thought my door had
loosened up screws so I decided to go find my screwdriver,
unfortunately, it was at my garage so I had to walk all the way
over there. As I was trying to search for my screwdriver I saw
this old shoebox on the corner of the garage, I thought it was
just rubbish so I decided to throw it away, but when I picked it
up it felt a little bit heavier than an empty shoe box, so decided
open it and saw $40,000.

As shocked as I was, I was a little bit nervous at the same time,
because I didn't know how it got there or whether someone left
it there and forgot about it. Perhaps a friend of mine? But as I
looked closer I saw my name written on the shoebox so I
decided to keep it. After a few days I decided to travel using the
money that I got. Travelling around the world is my dream and
my passion, so I didn't think twice about it. Me and my Wife
packed up and went to Germany, and after staying there for a
few weeks me and my wife went to Italy, Japan, Dubai and the
Philippines. Then after the tiring adventure of me and my wife
we decided to our normal lives and worked hard so we can
do it again sometime in the future.

The 6 Sentence Story

Once upon a time, a boy named Grayson lived in a city
called Skylark. Grayson is a normal human being living
in a world where everyone has their own powers. He
longed have wondered why he was normal but everyone
wasn’t. It has been bothering him since birth, he was even
bullied cus of it, saying that he was nothing and not worth
the oxygen. Because of this problem Grayson became
depressed and saw nothing worth living for. But then he
realised that he’s special because he lives in a world where
he’s the only one who’s different, so instead of being
depressed he took it as an compliment to be different and rare.

Tmmorow When The War Began

Blue - My answer

One advertisement for ‘Tomorrow, When The War Began’ states:

‘Hell isn’t only a place for the damned, sometimes it’s a place where the saved take refuge… Seven teenagers take a trip to Hell. And seven come back. To Hell’

1. What do you think this statement means? I think the guy that's talking is a satanist. Or he's a part of a cult.
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3. What could ‘Hell’ mean in this context? Ugh Religious stuff.
4. Why do you think the story is entitled ‘Tomorrow, When the War Began’ Because the war began tomorrow.
5. What does that make you think the book will be about? War
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7. What do you think the characters will be like? Teens with special needs.
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Looking at the original cover to the right, answer the following questions, remember to explain why you think that for each answer:

• How do you think this story will be written? I think it's going to be written as a diary.
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• Why do you think the story is entitled as it is? Because there was a war that was going to happen?
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• Where do you think the story will take place? At a war place.
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• What time period do you think the story is set in? From morning to night.
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Consider the effect of the following choices-

• How is the cover composed? (camera angle/shot type/framing) Can't really explain it using camera shots, but there is a burning target thingy for a dart.
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• How is lighting used? (brightness/mood/contrast) The fire and the target
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• How is text used? (font/size/language/positioning)
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• What symbolism is used? (objects/people/setting/colours)
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Chapter one

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of first person narration? I think the advantages and disadvantages of it is that he can't really explain the story as a narrator.
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3. Why do you think Ellie needs to tell the story in chronological order? Because it wouldn't make sense if she didn't.
4. Pick one interesting word from the chapter, find its meaning, and explain why it is interesting.  I find it interesting that it was Christmas.
5. John Marsden foreshadows several events and characters in this chapter. Make three predictions based on the evidence in the text about what may occur later in the story. There was someone that was gonna die.
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7. What kind of story do you think Ellie is going to tell? Uses evidence from the text to support your answers. A fun one.
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9. What set of skills do these characters have that convince their parents that they can ‘go bush’ independently. Find examples for three characters. They're pretty energetic and always hype.
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Chapter Two

1. How did the group of teenagers ascend Tailors Stitch? With a truck.
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3. What are the two special events happening the day after the teenagers leave for the bush? They were at a party. And it was Christmas.
4. How many days were they planning on staying? How much food do you think is reasonable to bring, split between 7 teenagers? This one is hard, Imma do this later.
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6. Who is the Hermit and what is he supposed to have done? An ex murderer.
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8. Do you think the Hermit will be significant to this story? Why/Why not? I don't think so, because he's just part of a story.
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10. Is their decent down Satan’s Steps into Hell dangerous? Discuss what are the dangers, how could they have made it safer, what would you have done? That there were murderers there.
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12. Predict what the bridge signifies Danger

Chapter 3

1. Why does Robyn think they are the only people ever to have gone into Hell? She does? LOL
2. Why do you think the valley is called Hell? Because of all the bad things that happened there.
3. Why must the teenagers seem like visitors from hell to the wild things living in the clearing? How is this ironic?
4. What picture of Kevin do we get in this chapter?
5. What does Ellie liken Fi to? Do you think this is a fair assessment of her character. Use examples from the text to support your thinking
6. At times Ellie switches her narration from retelling the story to commenting about her life in the present - why do you think the author has chosen to write in this style? To give her a side story.

 

Chapter Four

1. Do you think the way they handled the snake incident was appropriate? What could they have done differently? I think it was appropriate, obviously he got scared and didn’t have time to react
2. Ellie claims that ‘Hell’ is only a label and that people label things all the time, often ignoring or overlooking certain labelled places or things. She then comes to the conclusion that ‘Hell was people’. Is she right? What’s your opinion, on labelling and Hell?
3. What was especially peculiar about the planes that flew over Hell? ‘Their ------, their ------, their----- frightened me.’ Do these characteristics have any significance?
4. Corrie and Kevin are the only couple in the group, but the trip was bound to bring friends closer. So why does Homer’s interest in Fi seem so odd to Ellie? He didn’t seem like someone to be interested in Fi. he also encouraged people to believe he had no feelings
5. Fi brushes off the planes coming back from Commemoration Day. Why do you think the planes were flying over Wirrawee? To get back to base
6. Robyn claims there were dozens and dozens of planes flying over them. What is Lee’s response? Is his suggestion reasonable?

Chapter Five

1. What does Corrie’s choice in career say about her character?
2. The group’s ability to avoid arguing with each other is rare- do you think that there would have been more drama if you and your friends went bush for a week? Probably, Well it depends how much we all agreed on everything like the serious choices
3. Why do you think Ellie and Lee feel uneasy just before their return to Wirrawee from the Bush?
4. What do you predict will await the group back home, why do you think this? I think trouble awaits becau
5. se like they said the fire looks a bit too big and p/59[]&_|its =]-[p’/l,;‘;=not the right season for bushfires or burning off

Chapter Six

1. What is the first sign that something is wrong at Ellie’s house? The dogs were not  jumping around or not in sight at least.
2. Who is the first person to really realise what is happening? Ellie
3. What is Ellie’s reaction to this person’s caution? Why do you think she reacts this way? She was a little bit worried and scared because there was no sign of life inside the house
4. How is the pace in this chapter different from the chapters before? It’s going slower but it’s giving a lot of detail
5. If you were in this situation, would you test the radio or not? Give reasons for your thinking Yes, There could be an emergency radio broadcast
6. Do you think the way the teenagers reacted to the realisation that Australia may have been invaded or at war was realistic? Why/why not Yes, Like the points they had were reasonable so they obviously got scared
7. What possible reasons exist that could spark war or invasion of Australia?

Chapter Seven

1. Which people in the group are starting to stand out as leaders, is this surprising? Why/why not? Ellie, Fi and Kevin I guess just because they sorta take charge more than anyone
2. Do you think that taking Kevin’s dog Flip to Corries house was a mistake? Explain your thoughts. It did make them have more responsibilities
3. What does Lee mean when he says ‘we might have to make some ugly choices?’ Leave or shoot the dog
4. How is Ellie’s image of Kevin changing in this chapter?
5. Is the decision to split into smaller groups a wise one? Give reasons They could find where everyone is plus if they get caught there’s still a chance for the rest
6. Why is it that Elli’s group decides to act ‘illogically’ and survey the Showgrounds together? They decided to go to the showgrounds despite seeing cars coming out
7. Why does the idea of a female soldier surprise Ellie? Because sexism
8. If your parents were captured in a situation like this, would they have been ‘sensible’, or would there have been violence? Probably Violence because My dad’s agro
9. How is Ellie ‘transformed’ once she steps out from behind a tree near the Showgrounds? She was starting to become a better version of herself
10. Ellie and Kevin’s quick-thinking allowed them to turn a ride-on lawnmower into a bomb. Was this moral behaviour? Did they do the right thing, or

       should they have surrendered themselves? I think they did the right thing like they could’ve been killed

11. Predict what you think has happened to Lee and Robyn. I think they’ve been captured

Chapter Eight

1. How does Ellie feel after the lawn mower incident? She feels bad after taking the life of the three soldiers but she’s also worried about Lee and Robyn
2. How does she think the others will react to her story when she tells it? She thinks they’ll be shocked, but she thinks the males in the group would think she’s some kind of hero
3. How do they actually react? Why? They react pretty well to it, Homer comforts Ellie
4. Homer says, “This is war now, normal rules don’t apply.. They’re the ones who tore up the rule book, not us”” What does this say about his character? What do you think of he validity of his opinions? I think it’s fair, they invaded their country their homes, took their families.
5. Fi talks about the ‘shadows’, during their reconnaissance. What are these shadows and what are the implications due to their existence? That they didn’t look like soldiers an ran off when Fi called out
6. What pieces of evidence from the book inform the reader that this invasion wasn’t entirely peaceful? Find at least 3 examples. They looted all the stores, Everyone was missing, They were carrying guns

Chapter Nine

1. Why, in Ellie’s opinion, is Cobblers Bay and Wirrawee so important to the invaders? He’s theory is that they’re using this valley as a corridor to the big towns and the cities.
2. Corrie and Ellie reminisce about how innocent they were in high school and even a few days ago. Why were they still innocent then? Why are they no longer innocent? Because they believed in santa clause, and now they don’t believe in such fantasies. They also thought that they were safe because of those fantasies.
3. Why does Homer think splitting up is a good idea? Cus reasons
4. Why do you think the author added the few lines about an Australian jet flying overhead. Just an expression.

By blowing up Corrie’s house, what does the invading force demonstrate to the teenagers? cus they thought that the francis family was irrelevant.

5. Why do you think Corrie reacted the way she did? You try getting you're house blown up lets see how YOU react.

Chapter Ten

1. Why does Homer insist on going on with the plan after Corrie’s house blows up? How does he convince Corrie that this is a good idea? To hide and bury all the valuables.
2. Describe the strategy Homer and Ellie use to ensure their safety when riding their bikes into town. What does this show about how they are starting to think? I don't know..
3. Why do you think Mr Clement is reluctant to help Lee and Robyn? How would you react in his position. Because what they're doing is dangerous.
4. How has Homer changed in Ellie’s eyes since the invasion? Because he said that they should do something about it instead of just sitting there and doing nothing.
5. What are the 2 different types of soldiers and how do they each treat the inhabitants of Wirrawee?
6. Why do you think Robyn had the strength to carry Lee?
7. How have the group decided to rescue Lee, whose idea was this and why do they think it will work.
8. What do you think happened to people who ‘tried to be heroes?’

Horror camping story

Me,Kyan,Alundra and Paris were planning on going camping this upcoming weekend. We were hyped and had had discussed who was going to bring what. I was on tents, Kyan was on food,Alundra was on cutlery and Paris was on The sleeping bags.

I was the one driving because i was the only one with a full licence and this drive was going to be a good 40 minutes long. We had brung cds to listen to whilst driving. I brung the cds 3 with the same singer my favourite Justin Bieber.

Paris and Kyan were singing alongside with the song Sorry this was one of their favorites, They weren’t the best of singers but they were enjoying themselves and i’d rather them sing then complain the whole time about whether we’re there or not or the fact that they feel carsick.

The only reason i had decided to tag along on the camp was because i had  a crush on Alundra and nothing was boring without her, Alundra had always found a way to make things interesting and help everybody have a good time, the only thing that annoyed me about her was the fact that she doesn’t shut up.

This was a 3 mile walk to get to the camp and i didn’t know how to set up a tent neither did Kyan or Paris luckily Alundra was awesome as me and knew how to set them up.  

It was my job to set up the fire i had taken about 2 hours but that was fine and it was pretty dark right now. Kyan had come with the marshmallows and we started telling stories to one another and that was fine till i revealed the fact that i had a massive crush on Alundra and Alundra said she had a massive crush on me too,. Kyan and Paris revealed the fact that they had a thing for one another. I asked Alundra out and she had said yes, i was so happy, the most i had ever been in my life.

It was Alundra;s turn and she was a little worried about telling us her secret but i had encouraged her, this was something i had regretted. Alundra had admitted she sleepwalks. This wasn’t the scary part, the scary part was that she had ended up killing two people in her sleep.

This had worried me since i was a wimp i was petrified of this. And i had decided to go to sleep early along with everyone else. That night i couldn’t sleep.

I didn’t end up dead that night no one did thank god. Today was completely normal and nothing had changed except the fact that we were still scared of Alundra. This was the last night before we were about to head back so we weren’t as scared.

We just had some food and went back to bed. I had awoken for no sudden reason to see Alundra,Paris and Kyan staring at me turned out all of them did this and i was even more scared than ever. The fact that i was the only normal person in this camp surprisingly. I had ran the only bad thing was i had just woken up,it was cold, and i was slow asf.

Free Writting (Attack of the Kodies)

Chapter 1: Attack of the kodies

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Faith her parents

were killed by the kodies, so Faith went on an adventure to

kill all the kodies and their leader king kodie the ugliest of them

all, Faith went to a place called the “A block” to get what she 

needed to fight the kodies. As she was walking towards A block,

she walked past someone named Lucas. Lucas said “hey one

of the 135 need some help?”, “yes” to witch Faith responded, 

two of them were now friends,  they were on their way to A block,

till they walked past another friend named Liam, just to be clear
Liam isn't a traitor/spy for king kodie. Liam said are your 

here to get the legendary weapons called “box of Chromebooks” 

“yes” to witch Faith responded. The three of them were on an

 adventure to kill king kodie. Faith the protagonist, Lucas the 

friend that’s probably gonna die later And Liam that's definitely

 not a traitor.











Chapter 2: Legendary box of Chromebooks

As the three were on their way to A block Lucas happened 

stumble upon a big rock that they didn't notice for some 

reason. “Ouch,” said Lucas, Liam the definitely not a traitor 

or a spy, helped Lucas get up and said “I'm helping you because

of I'm not a spy for king kodie or something”. Hours pass by 

Lucas was finally feeling well because of diabetes that he got 

from tripping over a rock. Faith saw someone wearing a mask 

so Faith yelled, “HEY YOU, WHAT'S YOUR NAME”? The guy 

replied, “My name is Aiden from the land of 10Tn”, “Oh same 

lol” as to witch Faith replied, There were now four of them that’s

going to help Faith to kill king kodie. As hours go by they knew 

they had to rest, so they set up a camp at a place called “Art 

room”, then suddenly they got attacked by a tribe called “Good 

at art people”.









Chapter 3: Is art good?

As Faith and her friends got caught, the tribe was yelling “Art” 

multiple times, till the tribe leader, has spoken “Silence you fools”

said the tribe leader, as everyone stood quietly looking at their 

tribe leader, Faith asked “who are you?”, My name is “Olivia”. 

“What are you guys doing in this kind of place?” said Olivia, 

“Yes” replied by Faith, Now Faith made new friends, Olivia 

decided to come help Faith in her quest to defeat king kodie. 

“So...what's the plan?” said by Olivia, as Faith and everyone 

thought of a plan, Liam suddenly said “Oops I gotta go pee, and 

definitely not call king kodie because I'm not a traitor or anything”.

 “Ok” said by Faith, as Liam went peeing he contacted king 

kodie and reported, “We’re almost there sir”. As the scene cuts 

in to the horizon, Faith and her friends went to continue their 

adventures to reach the legendary box of Chromebooks, as 

they saw a random stranger that had the knowledge and the ability 

to think smarter than a normal Human, his name is...Owen.









Chapter 4: Sacred Office of knowledge.

As Faith and her friends meet a strange man named Owen. 

They asked him “where can we find the legendary box of 

chromebooks”, as smart as Owen is even HE didn’t know 

where to find the legendary box of Chromebooks and said 

“But, I do know someone who does, come I will lead you to him”.

As sceptic as they were they had no choice but to follow Owen 

for his great knowledge. He and his friends talk while they walk 

along with Owen.



Liam: I don’t like this guy, I have a bad feeling about him.



Faith: Don’t worry I’ve heard about him in the land of 10Tn, 

they say he was the wisest man on the land, so I trust him.



Lucas: Yeah, I've heard of him as well my parents used to 

tell me stories about him and his vast knowledge.



Liam: hmm I don’t know guys, he could be leading us to a 

trap, he might be fooling us. I mean he might be using Dark 

Magic to boost his knowledge…



Owen: I can promise you that I don’t use dark magic.



Liam: How can we trust you?



Owen: You’ll know it when we get there.



Olivia: Umm where DID you get your knowledge?



Owen: I got my knowledge from the sacred office, 

in there, you can find the smartest man in the whole world, 

they say he knows everything that there is to know. But even 

I haven't seen his face, only the ancient people have.



Olivia: So you got your ability from someone u don’t even 

know….?



Owen: Yes...But he showed me something, a vision that one-day 

king kodie will fall in the hands of a girl, and I think that girl is 

you…. *Owen pointing at Faith*



Faith: Me?!



Owen: I said “I think” so I'm not sure.



Liam: Wow some smart guy you are.



Owen: I may not look smart to you but I can assure you, 

I'm smarter than all of you.



As Liam began to become more sceptic about Owen, they 

kept walking and finally arrived at the Sacred Office of 

Knowledge. “Here we are” said by Owen.



Chapter 5: Betrayal that no one had suspected.

As Faith and her friends arrive at the sacred Office they saw a 

A man walking down the hill from where they stand, They thought 

they were going to get attacked by the man so they prepared 

for battle, but before Faith and the others could attack the man 

the man said “Wait! I am not here for conflict I am here to 

escort you!”. Faith and the others were confused and didn’t 

know what was happening Owen introduced who the stranger 

was. “Isaac” is his name he escorts those who wish to come 

talk to the Smartest person alive. Faith and the others felt 

relieved because they thought Owen led them to a trap. 

A couple minutes pass, now they're finally walking towards the 

sacred office’s door, “Ha! We’re here” said Isaac “What? What 

do you mean we’re here, I don’t see anything” Liam replied. 

Faith and the others thought the same as well, but before Faith 

could ask where the entrance is exactly, Owen and Isaac looked

 at each other and laughed, Olivia said: “Where exactly did you

take us?” Owen replied “We are at a place where Only the blind can

see and where only the Deaf can hear”. Everyone was so confused about

what he meant by that, then Olivia suddenly realised what Owen 

meant by “Only the Blind can see and only the Deaf can hear”. 

But before Olivia could say what it means, they got ambushed 

by a gang of kodies. As the gang of kodies