Whoppers
Moya Simons
Puffin Books, 1998
Mark is meant to tell a
big whopper.
His girl friend Deborah is listening in with her big ears and watching
with her bright eyes.
Do you reckon that this whopper is true?. You won't find out until you
read to the end.
Rap Writers:
Kasja
Rachel
Phoebe
Natalie
Rappers
St Hildas, WA
Sharks, WA
Whopper Rappers
Chisholm Stars
St
Schol's Red Rappers
JSR
Great Guys
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If
you were in Mrs Filterstein's class and she asked you to make up a whopper about your life story, what would it be?
| I came out of my mummy's
tummy and I was: a toddler, a rock star and I was dressed as Elvis
Presley! My song was:1,2,...1,2.3... hit it. I'm a rock star Oh baby I'm a rock star Oh yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah yeah! Hit it mum, I'm a Rock star!!!!! Danananna Rockstar! Dance baby dance!!!! St Hildas, WA |
| If we were in Mrs
Filtersteins class and she asked us to think up a whopper about our
life story it would be: One day I went to a funny beach. So you know
why it is so funny? Because the sand is pink and blue. The octopus
is purple and green with orange eyes and black eye brows. The fish
are brown with sparkle tails. Some whales are tiny even if they are
a mum or dad. Sharks WA |
| This is a true story
about our weird class. Every student is bald and our uniform is made
out of paper, because of this we don't need books. All of our
teachers are very rich and have pet spiders. They release the
spiders when children are horrible. In class we design small space
ships. We are able to fly into space when we have made one. Then we
don't have to go to school again. Our excursions are great fun. We
visit other planets. We travel in our space bus. Some planets are
covered in yummy food so we get lots of parties. If we are naughty
our teacher is able to press a button and send us to an unknown
planet where all the worst teachers live. If you would like to be
part of our class, don't bother - we aren't that nice to
strangers. Chisholm Star Rappers, ACT |
I was born in a shark's nostril. Then I popped out of the nostril and the shark chased me. I kept on swimming, but then an octopus tried to get me. I jumped over it, but a ray came. Hermit crabs tried to bite me and one did - on my nose! Then I went to Saturn. It was not very nice but I stayed there. Whopper Rappers |
I was hatched from a purple spotted egg. I could speak when I was one day old. My first words were "Macho, macho girl. I started kinder when I was one year old. My mum is a chicken and my dad is a dinosaur and I am a genius. St. Schol's Red Rappers |
|
I fell from the shooting star,
landed on a Rainbow and went for a slippery
slide. JSR Rappers |
Mark
tells the class that the reason the space probe to Mars did not show any
cities is because all the people on Mars have to live underground.
Why can't they live on the surface of the planet?
| They don't live on the
surface of Mars because they live in buildings=20 under the ground
and they can't get on the surface, it is too hot it has volcanoes
and they could die. St Hildas WA |
We couldn't stay on the surface because there were wars, pollution and bombs. soon we contaminated our air. the contaminated air affected the atmosphere. St. Schol's Red Rappers |
The people can't live on the surface of the planet because everyone will suffocate if they live in houses on the surface, they will also fly up in the sky and drift off. There is no oxygen. Sharks WA |
| 1. Because the air stinks
badder than 500 rotten eggs. 2. Martians can't live on the surface of the planet because they need different oxygen and if they get the wrong oxygen they die. 3. Martians can't live on the surface of the planet because there is no air in space and it will pick you up from the planet Chisholm Star Rappers |
| Because they can't
breathe and it is dangerous up in space. They didn't have any
oxygen. JSR Rappers |
What is the main
difference between Martians and humans that makes Martians easy to
spot? Why do they have this feature?
We think the large cone shaped ears were the way to spot Martians. They had these large ears to help them hear well. St Schol's Red Rappers |
| Martians are space
creatures that live on Mars. They are bright and have pointy ears.
They look like this so that people can see them in space. St Hildas Rappers |
| 1. Martians have large
ears because they eat with their ears. 2. Martians have big ears because there allowed to. 3. They have large ears because when they were born they would fiddle with their ears and pull them. 4. Martians have big ears because their torture is getting their ears pulled. Chisholm Star Rappers |
| The main difference
between Martians and humans that make Martians easy to spot is their
big ears to hear properly with. They live underground and it would
be hard to hear down there. Sharks WA |
Now that Deborah believes she is a
Martian, should Mark tell her the truth? What does he think will happen if
he does? What do you think will happen if he doesn't?
| Yes he will tell Deborah the truth. He
thinks he will fall in love but if he doesn't tell her, he won't
fall in love. St Hildas Rappers, WA |
| We think that Mark should tell the
Deborah the truth. Mark thinks if he tells the truth Deborah won't
like him any more and she will get upset. If Mark doesn't tell the
truth to Deborah, she will really think she is a Martian when she is
not. Then she'll go home and tell her parents that she's a Martian
because her father has a big ears and and he may be a Martian.
Deborah's parents will think she is crazy. St.Schol's Red Rappers |
Mark will go to jail if he doesn't tell Deborah that she is a Martian. She could probably find out herself and growl at Mark. If Mark tells Deborah that she is not a Martian she will be sad and surprised. Sharks WA |
| Answer 1: If Mark tells Deborah the
truth Deborah will be devastated and tell Mark she was joking. Answer 2: If Mark tells Deborah the truth she will feel very angry with him because she has shown her big ears to him and that was her biggest secret ever. Question: If Mark doesn't tell Deborah the truth what will happen? Answer 1: He will get in more trouble and Deborah will hate him even more. Your The Chisholm Star Wrappers |
| Deborah will believe she is a Martian. JSR Great Guys |
