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Book Week – Week 5 (17-21 August)
We are excited to confirm we will be celebrating CBCA Book Week next week, as originally planned. The theme for Book Week this year is ‘Curious Creatures, Wild Minds'. While the CBCA has recently moved their official Book Week dates to Term 4 this year, we have adapted some of our events slightly, and are pleased we can go ahead with this annual, much loved celebration of literature and reading on the original dates. Please continue reading for more information on the events next week has in store, including the always popular Book Character parade on Friday 21 August.
Book Parade – 21 August
The Book Character parade is always the culminating highlight of our Book Week celebrations. Students (and staff!) will dress up as their favourite book or graphic novel character and parade around the Sports Centre in front of our judges, with prizes awarded for originality, creativity and Judge's choice. More than the prizes, the boys all love the opportunity to dress up, escape into literature and see what others have chosen to wear!
Your son is welcome to be inspired by the theme ‘Curious Creatures, Wild Minds' but dressing to the theme is not necessary, as long as their character appears somewhere in a book or graphic novel (comic). In the past we have had Harry Potters, Ronaldo's, the Storey Treehouse, Willy Wonkas and superheroes galore. Your son's class may have even planned a class themed costume. The costume does not have to be elaborate (especially this year when we have less opportunity to shop and prepare), it's all about entering into the spirit of the event. We do have some spare costumes in the Library available for loan, so if you/your son is struggling to think of something please contact us and we will be happy to assist.
While we are disappointed that we are unable to have parent spectators attend the Book Parade this year, we will ensure photos and video from the event are made available to all parents through a link in the newsletter so you can enjoy the boys costumes and festivities too!
Book Fair – 18-21 August
The Scholastic Book Fair will arrive on Monday afternoon and be open to boys before school and at lunch from Tuesday-Friday next week. As parents are unable to be onsite, we will take photos of each stand in the Book Fair and post these, along with pricing and ordering instructions, to Canvas/Seesaw next week so you may purchase items for your son online and he can collect them when they arrive at school. Online orders will remain open until Wednesday 26 August for your convenience.
Students will have an opportunity to preview the Book Fair in class time on Tuesday or Wednesday next week and create a short wish list to take home and share with you. For students in Years K-2, we will take photos of the boys holding the books on their Wishlist and post these to your son's Seesaw account.
We do make it clear to the boys that this is a ‘wish' list only, and that it is up to Mum/Dad to decide which, if any' of the books they would like to purchase! Orders and payments can be made online, or boys may bring in cash to pay onsite next week. Cash orders must be made during Book Week, while online orders will be open until 26 August.
As always, the school will receive a percentage of sales made as a credit on our Scholastic account, for future book purchases for the JS Library and classroom libraries.
Author Visits – 18 and 19 August
We are pleased to be able to welcome two popular, published authors to the school to join our celebration of literature and writing.
On Tuesday Nat Amoore (author of ‘Secrets of a Schoolyard Millionaire' and ‘The Power of Positive Pranking') will join us for several sessions. Years 3-6 will all enjoy a presentation from Nat either in the JS Library or dialling in remotely from their classrooms, where she will discuss her writing process and where her inspiration comes from. Following this, 25 students from Year 5 and 25 from Year 6 will participate in small group workshops, where Nat will engage the boys in activities designed to help them develop ideas for their own future stories.
On Wednesday author/illustrator Gabriel Evans (‘Ollie and Augustus' and ‘The Cute Penguin') will join us in the Junior School Library for an engaging session with K-2 students, where they will learn where his ideas come from and have a go at drawing their own characters with Gabriel's guidance!
We are sure the boys will enjoy these opportunities to be inspired and engaged by professionals in the field and look forward to sharing some of the results from these sessions in next week's newsletter. Toyota corolla axio 2018 manual.
Book series to binge read
We hope you find some engaging reads in our Week 4 edition of ‘Best book series to binge read'!
Stage 1
Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
20 books in the series (found in the JS Library spinners under F ARN)
When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and the judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong. Together Buzz and Fly Guy engage in hilarious adventures. (Blurb taken from https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/300395.Hi_Fly_Guy)Stage 2
Tiny Timmy by Tim Cahill
11 books in the series (found in JS Library Sports Fiction section under F CAH)
Tiny Timmy dreams of playing for Australia when he grows up. He'll have to work hard to make that happen, but now he has a chance to be out on the field with his heroes at their big game! All he needs to do is win the soccer trick competition. Can he show off his skills in time? Will all of Timmy's practice finally pay off? (Blurb taken from https://www.goodreads.com/series/208790-tiny-timmy)Stage 3
Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan
12 books in the series as well as 2 spin off series (found in JS Library Fantasy section under F FLA)
Ranger's Apprentice follows the adventures of Will, an orphan who is chosen as an apprentice Ranger, skilled trackers, archers and warriors in the service of the King of Araluen. Will strives to keep the Kingdom of Araluen safe from invaders, traitors, and threats. He is joined on his adventures by his mentor Halt and his best friend Horace.
(Blurb taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger%27s_Apprentice)Miss Gratton | Teaching and Learning Librarian
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I've listed this article for peer review because I hope to get this article up to GA. I know it's not there yet, but I am not sure what more to add into the article.
Thanks, Derild4921☼ 14:58, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
Finetooth comments: A lot of work has gone into this article, and I find it interesting. The 'Plot', 'Setting', and 'Characters' sections combined may be a bit too long given the thinness of the rest of the material. You might remedy this by expanding the lower sections if possible and reducing the 'Plot' section somewhat. It might be possible to find more material about Flanagan or the books off-line, perhaps in published collections about recent children's literature. Here are other suggestions for improvement.
Ranger's Apprentice is a series written by Australian author John Flanagan. The first novel in the series, The Ruins of Gorlan, was released in Australia on 1 November 2004. The books were initially released in Australia and New Zealand, though have since been released in 14 other countries.The series follows the adventures of Will, an orphan who is chosen as an apprentice Ranger, skilled.
- Ranger's Apprentice, creates a new cast of characters to populate his world of Skandians and Araluens, a world millions of young readers around the world have come to know and admire. Full of seafaring adventures and epic battles, The Brotherband Chronicles is sure to thrill readers of Ranger's Apprentice while enticing a whole new.
- Ranger's Apprentice has 60 entries in the series. The Battle for Skandia Ranger's Apprentice (Series) Book 4 John Flanagan Author (2009).
Lead
- 'So far, nine books have been released in Australia and New Zealand, with other countries including the United States and United Kingdom following behind.' - Two problems: (1) Rather than 'so far', which is non-specific, I'd recommend using 'As of 2010' or something equivalent; (2) Rather than saying two countries are following the other two, I'd say something like 'Through 2010, nine books have been released in four countries: Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom.' Or if this means that nine have been released in the first two countries and fewer in the other two, it would be better to specify the number(s) in the other two.
- 'The story takes place in a fictional medieval world based off European medieval times.' - 'Based on' rather than 'based off'?
- 'The series has been sold in 16 countries around the world and has sold over 2 million copies.' - Rather than repeating 'sold' twice, perhaps recast as 'Series sales have totaled more than 2 million copies among 16 countries'?
- 'There was also a five day camp at BookPeople where 75 kids were chosen from 1,300 entries to learned Ranger skills.' - This seems out-of-place. In the first place, most readers will be unfamiliar with BookPeople and will be surprised to learn that it is in Texas and not Australia. I would consider changing this to say 'A five-day Ranger camp at BookPeople, a book store in Austin, Texas, in the U.S., helped promote the book' and leaving the statistics for the main text.
Plot
- 'Will was an apprentice throughout the books.. '. - I'd recommend sticking with present tense in the plot summary. I'd change this to 'Will is.. ' to match 'The first four books tell the story.. ' of the second sentence. In the second half of the second sentence, I'd change 'told' to 'tells'. And so on. Generally, the plot summary already uses present as its main tense, but I'd make the other verbs conform to this pattern. Past tense and other tenses are fine in the plot summary when they refer to times other than the present in the story itself; e.g. something like 'the orc ate the horses, which had been resting before the start of the battle'.
- 'when they arrive they realize Wargals, orc-like monsters' - Wikilink orc?
- 'Such a bridge could assault the King's army straight from behind and destroy the King's forces.' - A bridge can't assault anything. Suggestion: 'Such a bridge might allow attack and destruction of the King's army from the rear.' Or something like that.
- 'a drug that gives a person warmth, but destroys their mind' - To avoid the awkwardness of the singular 'a person' matched with the plural 'their mind', perhaps 'a drug that gives a person warmth, but destroys the mind'?
- 'At the end Will is given his Silver Oakleaf symbolizing him becoming a full Ranger.' - Suggestion: 'At the end Will is promoted to full Ranger and is awarded a Silver Oakleaf.'
Will's first mission
- 'Will takes on his first mission as a full Ranger throughout the books of The Sorcerer in the North and The Siege of Macindaw.' - The Manual of Style generally advises against extremely short sections or paragraphs. I'd suggest merging this orphan paragraph with the one below it.
- 'As a full Ranger at last, Will is assigned to a fief of his own at.' - Doesn't make sense as written. Also, wikilink fief?
Setting
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- I don't think you need to link the novel titles more than once in the main text. Since The Ruins of Gorlan and the others have already been linked in the earlier sections, I think you could delete the duplicate links.
Publishing history and origins
- I think you need to identify the publisher(s) of Flanagan's books here and, if possible, explain how he made the connection with the publisher(s). Does he have an agent? Did he find a publisher easily, or was it difficult? Were any of the short stories published separately, in Australian magazines perhaps?
Inspiration
- 'because Flanagan was inspired by 'English and European culture and history' - Direct quotations need an in-line citation placed right after the quote or the punctuation immediately following the quote.
- 'After reading the first book, he realized he had the same two boy-one girl relationship in the books.' - Maybe 'After reading the first Potter book, Flanagan realized that his story involved a similar relationship between two boys and one girl.' Or something like that.
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Themes
- 'because Flanagan was inspired by 'English and European culture and history' - Needs a citation.
Camp
- 'BookPeople, which also created Camp Half-Blood from Percy Jackson & the Olympians, created a Ranger's Apprentice Corps Training Camp based on the books.' - I think you need to say where BookPeople is geographically and, if possible, explain why a Texas company rather than an Australian company would do something like this.
- The short quotation in this section is not long enough for a blockquote, per WP:MOSQUOTE, and it should not be in italics. I'd suggest embedding it in the main text in ordinary type.
- 'There are also plans for another camp in the following summer.' - When was the first camp held?
Critical reception
- 'filled with rich detail and plenty of edge-of-your-seat thrills' - Needs a source.
- 'the pace is a good balance between character development and action, and the rivalry between Horace and Will is developed in a satisfactory way.' - Needs a source.
- 'The first book was also the Longlisted for the Ottakar's Book Prize for 2006–2007' - This looks a little odd. Is that really the title of the prize? I mean is 'Longlisted' part of the title, or is that a description?
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This peer review discussion has been closed.
I've listed this article for peer review because I hope to get this article up to GA. I know it's not there yet, but I am not sure what more to add into the article.
Thanks, Derild4921☼ 14:58, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
Finetooth comments: A lot of work has gone into this article, and I find it interesting. The 'Plot', 'Setting', and 'Characters' sections combined may be a bit too long given the thinness of the rest of the material. You might remedy this by expanding the lower sections if possible and reducing the 'Plot' section somewhat. It might be possible to find more material about Flanagan or the books off-line, perhaps in published collections about recent children's literature. Here are other suggestions for improvement.
Ranger's Apprentice is a series written by Australian author John Flanagan. The first novel in the series, The Ruins of Gorlan, was released in Australia on 1 November 2004. The books were initially released in Australia and New Zealand, though have since been released in 14 other countries.The series follows the adventures of Will, an orphan who is chosen as an apprentice Ranger, skilled.
- Ranger's Apprentice, creates a new cast of characters to populate his world of Skandians and Araluens, a world millions of young readers around the world have come to know and admire. Full of seafaring adventures and epic battles, The Brotherband Chronicles is sure to thrill readers of Ranger's Apprentice while enticing a whole new.
- Ranger's Apprentice has 60 entries in the series. The Battle for Skandia Ranger's Apprentice (Series) Book 4 John Flanagan Author (2009).
Lead
- 'So far, nine books have been released in Australia and New Zealand, with other countries including the United States and United Kingdom following behind.' - Two problems: (1) Rather than 'so far', which is non-specific, I'd recommend using 'As of 2010' or something equivalent; (2) Rather than saying two countries are following the other two, I'd say something like 'Through 2010, nine books have been released in four countries: Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom.' Or if this means that nine have been released in the first two countries and fewer in the other two, it would be better to specify the number(s) in the other two.
- 'The story takes place in a fictional medieval world based off European medieval times.' - 'Based on' rather than 'based off'?
- 'The series has been sold in 16 countries around the world and has sold over 2 million copies.' - Rather than repeating 'sold' twice, perhaps recast as 'Series sales have totaled more than 2 million copies among 16 countries'?
- 'There was also a five day camp at BookPeople where 75 kids were chosen from 1,300 entries to learned Ranger skills.' - This seems out-of-place. In the first place, most readers will be unfamiliar with BookPeople and will be surprised to learn that it is in Texas and not Australia. I would consider changing this to say 'A five-day Ranger camp at BookPeople, a book store in Austin, Texas, in the U.S., helped promote the book' and leaving the statistics for the main text.
Plot
- 'Will was an apprentice throughout the books.. '. - I'd recommend sticking with present tense in the plot summary. I'd change this to 'Will is.. ' to match 'The first four books tell the story.. ' of the second sentence. In the second half of the second sentence, I'd change 'told' to 'tells'. And so on. Generally, the plot summary already uses present as its main tense, but I'd make the other verbs conform to this pattern. Past tense and other tenses are fine in the plot summary when they refer to times other than the present in the story itself; e.g. something like 'the orc ate the horses, which had been resting before the start of the battle'.
- 'when they arrive they realize Wargals, orc-like monsters' - Wikilink orc?
- 'Such a bridge could assault the King's army straight from behind and destroy the King's forces.' - A bridge can't assault anything. Suggestion: 'Such a bridge might allow attack and destruction of the King's army from the rear.' Or something like that.
- 'a drug that gives a person warmth, but destroys their mind' - To avoid the awkwardness of the singular 'a person' matched with the plural 'their mind', perhaps 'a drug that gives a person warmth, but destroys the mind'?
- 'At the end Will is given his Silver Oakleaf symbolizing him becoming a full Ranger.' - Suggestion: 'At the end Will is promoted to full Ranger and is awarded a Silver Oakleaf.'
Will's first mission
- 'Will takes on his first mission as a full Ranger throughout the books of The Sorcerer in the North and The Siege of Macindaw.' - The Manual of Style generally advises against extremely short sections or paragraphs. I'd suggest merging this orphan paragraph with the one below it.
- 'As a full Ranger at last, Will is assigned to a fief of his own at.' - Doesn't make sense as written. Also, wikilink fief?
Setting
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- I don't think you need to link the novel titles more than once in the main text. Since The Ruins of Gorlan and the others have already been linked in the earlier sections, I think you could delete the duplicate links.
Publishing history and origins
- I think you need to identify the publisher(s) of Flanagan's books here and, if possible, explain how he made the connection with the publisher(s). Does he have an agent? Did he find a publisher easily, or was it difficult? Were any of the short stories published separately, in Australian magazines perhaps?
Inspiration
- 'because Flanagan was inspired by 'English and European culture and history' - Direct quotations need an in-line citation placed right after the quote or the punctuation immediately following the quote.
- 'After reading the first book, he realized he had the same two boy-one girl relationship in the books.' - Maybe 'After reading the first Potter book, Flanagan realized that his story involved a similar relationship between two boys and one girl.' Or something like that.
Rangers Apprentice Books Series Pdf
Themes
- 'because Flanagan was inspired by 'English and European culture and history' - Needs a citation.
Camp
- 'BookPeople, which also created Camp Half-Blood from Percy Jackson & the Olympians, created a Ranger's Apprentice Corps Training Camp based on the books.' - I think you need to say where BookPeople is geographically and, if possible, explain why a Texas company rather than an Australian company would do something like this.
- The short quotation in this section is not long enough for a blockquote, per WP:MOSQUOTE, and it should not be in italics. I'd suggest embedding it in the main text in ordinary type.
- 'There are also plans for another camp in the following summer.' - When was the first camp held?
Critical reception
- 'filled with rich detail and plenty of edge-of-your-seat thrills' - Needs a source.
- 'the pace is a good balance between character development and action, and the rivalry between Horace and Will is developed in a satisfactory way.' - Needs a source.
- 'The first book was also the Longlisted for the Ottakar's Book Prize for 2006–2007' - This looks a little odd. Is that really the title of the prize? I mean is 'Longlisted' part of the title, or is that a description?
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- The date formatting in the citations needs to be consistent. I'd suggest changing all the nonconforming dates to the same as the main text; i.e., 1 July 2010 (d-m-y).
- The Manual of Style says to use Wikipedia house style in the citations rather than the house style of the source. In practice, this means using title case instead of all caps. Thus in citation 1, 'THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE' should be changed to 'The Ranger's Apprentice'. Ditto for the all-caps parts of citations 5 and 8.
- Newspaper names like Washington Post should appear in italics.
- Citations to web sites should include author, title, publisher, date of publication, url, and date of most recent access, if all of these are known or can be found. For example, citation 6 should include the author: Wood, Sarah A. Most of the citations look incomplete.
Other
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- It's often helpful to look at FA articles to see how other editors have handled similar material. You will find a list of FA articles about novels at WP:FA#Literature and theatre. See for example Lad, A Dog.
- I found and fixed many small errors such as the lack of italics for book titles. It would be good to proofread the whole article again after any further changes to the text. I doubt that I caught everything.
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I hope these suggestions prove helpful. If so, please consider reviewing another article, especially one from the PR backlog at WP:PR. That is where I found this one. I don't generally check corrections after my reviews because it's too time-consuming. Please ping me on my talk page if my comments are unclear or if questions arise.
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