The P4s wrote a reading journal to respond to reading while we were reading the book Journey to the River Sea. We hope you enjoy it!

Reading journal

Dear Diary, My days go like this: Monday morning we have maths. Then we get 20 minutes of break then we have Portuguese lessons, then history. After that we have lunch, we eat tinned beetroot. Later we had Geography and then arts to finish the day.

Thursday It starts with maths, then break, then Science, Portuguese, lunch, history and English.

Friday maths, break, geography, English, lunch, Portuguese and history.

Tuesday First it’s maths then break after that English then Science, lunch, Portuguese and finally French.

Wednesday It is like this: maths, break, history, P.E., lunch, Portuguese and geography.

Good effort describing her routine. Try and stick to evidence from the story.

Today i am interviewing Clovis and this is how it went. 1 question: how do you feel about the plan? Answer 1:I felt a bit worried about the plan because It could fail maybe they find out I’m not Finn. 2 question: what do you think Westwood will look like? Answer 2: I think it’s going to be a huge place full of England things and the food will be pretty good. 3 question: how do you feel about Westwood? Answer 3: Happy for the British food and stuff.

Good effort.&nbsp; Check feedback. Your third question is a bit too short. Please add more details to convey his feelings.

Dear Finn, Finn, I think you should inherit Westwood. Wait, listen to me maybe you could turn it into a different place, a beautiful place and your dad didn’t like it there because of his family, and the only family there is your grandpa and you are not weak, so they won’t bully you. by Bernardo Lauzana

Good effort.&nbsp; Check feedback.&nbsp; You used the connective AND many times. Please change it for a different word to avoid repetition.

Dear Diary, Today Miss Minton said she was going to put me in personal lessons so the Carters would not be mad at her and fire her. Also to make me happy because their lessons were so boring. The twins stumbled over their words. Love, Maia

Good effort! You could have added more details about Ms Minton's plan.

Chapter 18 I thought this chapter was very important because their house caught on fire because of the cockroach spray which made the twins room catch on fire. And Mr Carter said he was going to save Maia and instead he went for his eye collection. Miss Minton also was going to leave and Maia stayed in her room so I don’t know what’s going to happen. But I hope it has a lot of suspense.the carters also were now in a really bad position because Mr Carter didn’t pay Gonzales and the Carters didn’t have a house anymore.

Good work on describing what happened in the chapter.&nbsp; What did you think of Mr Carter's reaction to the fire? What does it tell us about him?

Dear diary, The Amazon was beautiful. There were lots of animals like capybara, bugs and alligators - my first time seeing one. When we arrived at the market we saw pretty black women and watermelons as a big as 4 heads.I was worried the Carters were going to miss treat me but most importantly if the twins were going to play with me or make me feel happy. Love, Maia

Dear Melanie Hermione and Dora, It’s been a decade since I've seen your guys. Life here is horrible. My new family are rude and mean. They even laughed at my new friend, named Clovis, when he was acting, because his voice cracked. I miss you guys so so so so much. Love, Maia

The Mayfair Academy for Young Ladies England United Kingdom December 1910

Good effort on using the features of a letter. You could have added more information about how Maia's feeling back then.

Dear diary Today I woke up with a huge headache and I was in the Keminskys house and the Keminskys told me that I could go to England with Maia so I went to the hospital and looked for Maia. When I got there I looked everywhere but I didn’t find her. I was so stressed and I asked the twins and Mrs Carter. They said Mr Carter went to save her. So I went to Mr Carters room to ask where Maia was but he said he tried to save her but the door was stuck and he couldn’t open it and he had to leave without Maia. I was so confused and sad I couldn’t really believe it. Love, Miss Minton