John Marsden Writing Topic #57
What’s the loudest noise you’ve ever made?** A scream **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.
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John Marsden Writing Topic #51
What seven items would you want to have if you were the last person on Earth?** 1. One set of clothes (undies, bra, socks, pants, shirt, jumper)* 2. A blanket 3. A pillow 4. Panadol 5. A (big) bottle of water 6. A stove 7. Food (of some sort) *For the sake of this exercise, I’m counting this as
Read moreJohn Marsden Writing Topic #40
What’s your favourite tinned food?** At the moment, my favourite tinned food is Heinz Big N Chunky Beef Bolognese soup. It’s simple to cook, tasty and I eat it everyday for lunch at work. **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.
Read moreJohn Marsden Writing Topic #35
List six bizarre excuses for not doing your homework** 1. I was sucked into a vortex 2. I was too busy travelling through time 3. My homework magically disappeared 4. My homework decided to escape/run away 5. My pens and paper kept magically transforming into food 6. I had a fight with my textbook **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything
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Write three differences between carpet and ice-cream** 1. Ice-cream is edible, carpet is not 2. Carpet is furry, ice-cream is not 3. Ice-cream has to be kept in the freezer, carpet does not **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.
Read moreJohn Marsden Writing Topic #44
List ten things that go up and down** 1. Ball 2. Lift/Elevator 3. Pogo Stick 4. Kangaroos 5. Planes (when they take off and eventually land) 6. Birds (when they take off and eventually land) 7. Flies, bees and other flying insects (when they take off and eventually land) 8. Springs 9. Cherry Picker/Scissor Lift 10. Rollercoaster **Reference: Marsden,
Read moreJohn Marsden Writing Topic #22
Suggest six ways to get a ping-pong ball out of a (vertical) drain.** 1. Use a vacuum cleaner to suck it out of the drain 2. Put your hand down the drain and get it out 3. Scoop it out with a soup ladle 4. Use Drano (it will get it out of the drain but it will also end
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What’s your favourite kitchen appliance and why?** The stove. The fact that a stove would be my favourite kitchen appliance is obvious to me, but I’ll explain per the request of the topic. The stove is my favourite kitchen appliance as I can cook/bake anything with it and provides me with hot meals. The kettle would come in second as
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From Writing Topic #131 until Writing Topic #149 are “based on a book”. The book I have chosen to focus on is Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern. Would this book make a good movie? What would need changing? What locations that you personally know of could you use?** This topic for me is a little bit of a cheat
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From Writing Topic #131 until Writing Topic #149 are “based on a book”. The book I have chosen to focus on is Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern. How much is this book a story of loss of innocence?** Where Rainbows End is a story of loss of innocence over time. The novel spans almost fifty years from when Alex
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