Novel

At the start of this Term, we had to choose a book to read for the rest of the Term. There were 5 options. Oracle, Goodnight Mr Tom, The Drovers Quest, Jenna's Wave and The Greyhound of a girl. I chose the last one, The greyhound of a girl along with Ellen, Joe, Nasili, Alex, Oscar and Ben.


Why did you choose this book?
- I chose this book because I'm interested in books about ghosts and mystery.


Summarise what you have read so far.
-  A 12 year old girl called Mary is best friends with Ava. But sadly, Ava has to move to a different town and Mary becomes really upset. Mary meets a ghost called Tansey, short for Anastasia. But Mary doesn't know that Tansey is a ghost. She though that Tansey is her new next door neighbour, moving into Ava's old apartment. Mary's grandmother, Emer, is in hospital, dying. Tansey and Mary have had a few conversations and finally Mary's mother, Scarlett meets Tansey and is shocked.


Has the book started off how you thought? Why/Why not?
- I thought it was going to be about a greyhound that is the ghost and wants to see their owner one last time before the owner dies but it turns out that it's Mary's great grandmother that is the ghost, trying to talk to Emer, her daughter.


Describe the literacy circle method of reading that we are using this Term.
- In my literacy group, we have a google slide that we share. We have different roles each week. The roles are Discussion Director, Illustrator, Word Master, Summariser, Passage Picker and Connector. Each week we comment our answers/opinions on a slide with questions about the book.


How have you found this so far?
- I think this new way of collaborating is actually quite interesting. I love how each week we get questions and talk to our group about our opinions. I want to work more like this in the future.


What are you looking forward to the most in reading this Term? Why?
- I'm not sure but I am enjoying this new way of reading and collaborating.


What do you think of this new way of reading?