Bullying.

1. Why Do Some People Bully? In some cases kids are lacking attention and are seeking attention, they don't care if its negative or positive attention. They could have picked up/ learnt these bullying ways by watching a role models act this way.
2. Why Are Some People More Likely to be Bullied? Because they don't fit into the 'mainstream' that is considered normal (eg: gender identity, sexual orientation, culture, religion and believes).
3. Why is Bullying Harmful? It can servery effect peoples mental health, they could be more likely develop symptoms of depression and anxiety.
4. What Can You Do if You Are Being Bullied? Talk to teachers at school, they are their to help you. Go to some online websites. Free text or calling to youth helplines.
5. What Can You Do if You See Someone Else Being Bullied? Report it to a trusted adult.

Child Trafficking in Russia.

Sam Morgan

1. Where is Sam Morgans interest in buying and selling come from? He went to the internet for a second hand heater but there was no sites in New Zealand that could help him, This sparked the idea of Trade me.
2. Describe the early days of trade me. The success wasn't instantiations , so he didn't quit his day job. But after a few months Trade me started to gain a little be of attention. Trade me signed around 5000 members and had about 200,000 visitors.
3. How did Sam Morgan turn Trade me into a multi-million dollar enterprise? Working on it for longer  hours. selling half the company.   

Tomorrow when the war began - Chapter 2.

1. How did the group of teenagers ascend Tailors Stitch? Satan's steps
2. What are the two special events happening the day after the teenagers leave for the bush? The Mackenzie and the show.
3. How many days were they planning on staying? How much food do you think is reasonable to bring, split between 7 teenagers? 5 days
4. Who is the Hermit and what is he supposed to have done? an ex murder who lives in "hell"
5. Do you think the Hermit will be significant to this story? Why/Why not? I feel like he will come back later on in the story.
6. 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? yes it is dangerous. They could have brought a rope to make it less dangerous.
7. Predict what the bridge signifies. someone lives or had lived there.

Tomorrow when the war began - chapter 1

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of first person narration? It can be confusing at time but at the same its helps to see it from their ponit of veiw.
2. Why do you think Ellie needs to tell the story in chronological order? so it makes more sense.
3. Pick one interesting word from the chapter, find its meaning, and explain why it is interesting. I didn't find any words that I found interesting.
4. John Marsden foreshadows several events and characters in this chapter. Make predictions based on the evidence in the text about what may occur later in the story. I think the trip will not go how they want it to.
5. What kind of story do you think Ellie is going to tell? Uses evidence from the text to support your answers. in the beginning of the chapter she procrastinates telling the story, i think she is doing this because its a hard story to tell.
6. What set of skills do these characters have that convince their parents that they can ‘go bush’ independently. Find examples for three characters. Ellie and corrie had been camping a lot.

Haiku, a short form of Japanese poetry.