Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Quote hunt - Frog Whistle Mine


2nd James, Selena, Savaanah
3rd Baata, Jazzmyn, Rossmary
1st nMichael O, Ben, Vincent
Ricardo, Ilhan
Ryley, Ariki, Zaidyn, Alvin
Jack, Michael, Caleb, Anson
Why Nick won’t tell people about the earthquakes

“Nick looked down at his feet. ‘I can’t, what if I’m wrong? People would get frightened for nothing.” P66
“Please keep your voice down.  I cannot tell people. It will only cause alarm.” Pg 150
‘I can’t, what if I’m wrong? People would get frightened for nothing.” Pg 66

‘I can’t, what if I’m wrong? People would get frightened for nothing.” Pg 66
“Because people would make a big thing of it and people would get very scared.” P66
Tony doesn’t trust Jaime

“The creepiness wasn’t down to one single thing… Tony decided that Jaime Duggan was not someone to be trusted.” P25
“Yes, he would go and see Duggan’s place and he would make sure he took someone with him.” P57
“There was something creepy about him. But what the man looked normal enough…” p27

“Had Duggan’s question really been that friendly? Or had he already known something about the rat? Maybe he had put it there. But why?” p 57

Tony finds out Jaime didn’t kill the tourist.

“No, son. We found her alive and well.”p156


“The thing is that she is no longer missing…”
“Have you already found her body?”
“No, son. We found her alive and well.”p156
“What?... No longer missing?... No son, we found her, alive and well.” P156

“The thing is she’s no longer missing.”
“What? This is definitely not what Tony had expected to hear… have you already found her body?”
No son, we found her, alive and well.” P156
“No longer missing?... have you already found her body?” p156
Tony being brave

“The dam...” said Nick, “Burst… Get out. Save yourselves.”
“Not without you,” replied Tony, hauling Nick out of the water.” P191
“You see if you can hold it while I try to open the jaws.”pg 72
(about the Weka)
“Tony grabbed his shoulders and began backing down the tunnel; Rose grabbed hold of his feet.” P191

“Tony knew that must mean the limestone pit had already flooded… they had to get to Nick quickly.” P187

What the mine is like after the earthquakes

“Tony knew that must mean that the limestone pit had already flooded and was overflowing.” P 187
“and the water rushing out of the mine removed the sand and concentrated it more...” P197
“The flowing water had washed away most of the sand falls leaving a clean track.” P187

“the water rushing out of the mind and concentrated it more… golden jewels within the rusty sand.” P197

Rescuing Nick

“No,I’m too weak. Leave me here. You’ve still got a chance to get out.” Tony ignored him.” P191
“I’m going to get Nick, don’t you worry.” P187
“You cut the tapes while I look for injuries.” P 189

“When they got to the wagon they saw water coming out of the tunnel… when that filled… that would be a problem in getting Nick out.” P188
“We won’t be able to get him in.” Rose p191
Jaime not liking the French

“…I suggested we have a Napoleon brandy… his face went serious and he said he would never drink anything made by the murdering French.” P97
“Was your wife French?”
“Nay.” He said in a flash of anger.” P71
“In September, the French started testing weapons again… I went to Tahiti to protest… ended up in prison.” P117


I went to Tahiti to protest the testing and ended up in prison. It was not for long… I had to move away from the French.” P117
What happened in the islands where the bombs were tested

“On July the second of tha’ year the French government exploded their first nuclear bomb on Muroroa… almost fifty explosions… creatin’ large amounts of radioactive fall-out.” P116
“Each of them creating radioactive fall-out.” P116
“o’er the next eight years there were almost fifty explosions, each of them creating large amounts of radioactive fall-out.” P116


“each of them creatin’ large amounts of radioactive fall-out.” P116


Tuesday, 1 November 2016

Working on static images

Students working very hard on their static images. Lots of amazing ideas and good focus being shown.