Donating...

I spoke to the Junior school librarian Ms Ryder, today, telling her about my WISE project and she said she would love to keep a copy in the Junior school library and i will be donating it tomorrow. I think I might have to post my book to the Australian Koala Foundation this is because the next two Saturdays i will be participating in school programs.

Time To Hand In.....

I have recently got my book back from my neighbour, He did a good job printing it and doing it for me. I will be handing my WISE project in tomorrow, and i will be talking to the junior school librarian about donating it there sometime this week. I will also be visiting the Australian Koala Foundation sometime this weekend, this is because their office is in Brisbane and i will have to drive up.

Finished My Book..

I have finished my book, i am really pleased and happy with it. I will be giving it to my neighbour's printing company to bind, laminate the cover and make 2 copies today. He said he should be able to finish printing it in two days. Which gives me enough time to hand it in on the first week.

My Story After Editing...

Title: The Koala Rescue

Author and Illustrator: Anusuya Bose

Dedications: Australian Koala Foundation

Acknowledgments :

Thank you, to the Australian Koala Foundation for letting me use their website for all my research to help me create this book. ‘Australian Koala Foundation,www.savethekoala.com’.

Page 1:

There once lived four koalas in a tree. One mother, one father and two children.They all lived in their own gum tree in the forest. They were all very happy as they sleep all day and ate gum leaves, until....

Page 2:

One day while all the koalas were sleeping a group of people came to chop down all the trees. One of the baby koalas tried waking up their mother and father “ Wake up, wake up!” yelled the baby koala, she pushed and shoved the rest of her family to wake them up.

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But it was to late. They started to chop the tree down, finally the rest of the family woke up and they all quickly climbed down from branch to branch off the tree and reached the ground just in time. “ Why are they chopping down our home?” asked the mother.

Page 4:

All the koalas were sitting on the ground with no home and no place to go. That same afternoon two hikers came hiking through the forest and saw the koalas sitting on the ground. “ What happened?” asked one of the hikers.

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“ I don’t know, should we call the Australian Koala Foundation?” asked the other hiker. Once they thought about what they should do, one of the hikers go on the phone to the Australian koala foundation. During this time the other hiker stood near the koalas to make sure they didn’t go anywhere.

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“ Hello, is this the Australian Koala Foundation? Hi my name is Anna and I went hiking in the forest this morning with my brother and we found a family of four koalas sitting on the ground.” she said into the phone.

“ Thank you, for calling Anna if you could please just stay where you are and we will send some of our workers to the site.” replied one of the members of the Australian Koala Foundation into the phone.

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The hikers stayed with the koalas and after a while two members of the Australian Koala Foundation drove into the forest with a van and collected the koalas. The Australian Koala Foundation took the koalas back to their offices and took good care of the koalas.

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But as much as the Australian Koala Foundation can do they still need the communities help. So people around Australia fostered the family of koalas and also gave a donations to the Australian Koala Foundation.

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The End

So far.....

I have almost finished water colouring my pictures, i am really close to finishing. I am going to send it of to printing over the holidays, and am going to start working on my journey powerpoint and oral. I will also be going up to Brisbane to give the National Koala Foundation my book and meet the manger, i will also be making another copy for the class to see. I feel like my book is going well and i am a little bit behind but will be able to catch up. :)

Picture Drafting :P

Here is my picture draft, i made this so i know what i have to draw :

Wise Picture Drafting

Title Page: Drawing of four koalas sitting in a tree.

Page 1:
With dedications and Acknowledgments: Koala sticker given by Australian Koala Foundation (need to print off).

Page 2:
With title and Author: Small picture of baby koala.

Page 3:
Four koalas in a gum tree looking happy and some eating gum leaves.

Page 4:
Koalas are sleeping baby koala trying to wake the rest up, people standing at the bottom of the tree.

Page 5:
People chopping down tree, and koalas climbing down

Page 6:
Koalas sitting on the ground, with hikers walking in

Page 7:
Two hikers standing in front of the koalas and one talking phone out of pocket.

Page 8:
One hiker talking on the phone other just standing and watching the koalas

Page 9:
Hiker gets off the phone and watches koala, Australian Koala Foundation van driving in to help.

Page 10:
People donating money to the Australian Koala Foundation

My Plan

I have almost finished working on my drawings they are taking longer then i thought they would, but i still feel like i am on track. Once i finish drawing the pictures, am going to go over the pictures in water colour to give it some colour. I should be finished my book in around 3 weeks. After that I am going to give it to my neighbour to print 3 copies.

My Plan For The Next Few Weeks :)

I am half way through drawing my pictures. Hopefully i will finish drawing them in the next three weeks because they do thake a while to draw. The reason why it is three weeks is because i don't have much time this week because i have rehearsals for the Gala Concert.

My Plan For The Next Few Weeks

I am going to start drawing my pictures. I am going to draw pictures on all of the weekends and some weekdays depending on the amount of homework I have. After I finish drawing the pictures i am going to make a final copy. After all that is complete i am going to double check it and then send it of to printing.

The Draft

I have finished the draft, it took me a while but I feel like I am on track. I am going to ask my parents and friends to proof read the draft for me because I don't want to find any mistakes after I print all the copies. Since I have finished my draft I am going to start sketching my pictures, I have already practiced a little bit so I think I have an idea on what i am going to do, but I am going to do a few more practice drawings before I get started.Here is is my draft below:

Wise: Drafting

Page 1:

Dedicated to: The Australian Koala Foundation.

Acknowledgments : Thank you to the Australian Koala Foundation for letting me use their website for all my research to help me create this book.

Page 2:

The Title and Author: The Rescue by Anusuya Bose

(with a small picture)

Page 3:

There once lived four koalas in a tree. One mother, one father and two children, a girl and a boy. They all lived in their own gum tree in the forest. They were all very happy sleeping all day and eating gum leaves, until....

Page 4:

One day while all the koalas were sleeping a group of people came to chop down all the trees. One of the baby koalas tried waking up the rest of the family, “ Wake up, wake up!” yelled the baby girl koala, pushing and shoving the rest of her family to wake up.

Page 5:

But it was to late, they started to chop our tree down, finally the rest of the family woke up and they all quickly climbed down branch to branch off the tree and reached the ground just in time. “ Why are they chopping down our home?” asked the mother.

Page 6:

All the koalas were sitting on the ground with no home and no place to go. That afternoon to hikers came hiking through the forest and saw the koalas sitting on the ground. “ What happened?” asked on of the hikers to the other hiker.

Page 7:

“ I Don’t know, should we call the Australian Koala Foundation?” asked the other hiker. When the conversation was over, one of the hikers got on the phone while the other was standing and making sure that the koalas didn’t go anywhere.

Page 8:

“ Hello, is this the Australian Koala Foundation?, ok thank you. Hello my name is Anna and I went hiking in the forest this morning with my brother and we found a family of four koalas sitting on the ground.” said one of the hikers on the phone.

“ Thank you, for calling Anna if you could please just stay where you are and we will send some of our workers to the site.” replied one of the members of the Australian Koala Foundation into the phone.

Page 9:

The hikers stayed with the koalas and after a while two members of the Australian Koala Foundation drove into the forest with their vans and collected the koalas. The Australian Koala Foundation took the koalas back to their offices and took good care of the koalas.

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The Australian Koala Foundation did as much as they could but they still needed the communities help. So people around the community offered to fostered a koala and some also gave a donation to the Australian Koala Foundation.

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The End (in cool writing)

with small picture.

The Drafting Process

Right now I am trying to think of the title and the words that are going to be in my story for each page. I don't know if i should add a table of contents, but i don't think i am going to because i did some some more research and found that most short story picture books for children don't have a contents. My goal for this week is to finish the drafting process so that next week i can start sketching my pictures. I think i have caught up to where i think i should be at this point and i am really happy with my progress.

Ideas For My Book

It took a long time to get a storyline for my book. I had a lot of ideas but the one i most like is listed below:

Beginning:

• A family of 4 koalas living in a gum tree.
• A mother, father and 2 children.
• They are all very happy sleeping and eating gum leaves..

Middle:

• People come and chop down their home in the gum tree.
• They are left stranded in the forest with no home, sitting on the ground.
• one day Hikers come along and report them to the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF).
• They come and take them into care.

End:

• People adopt and sponsor the koalas.
• They also give donations to the Australian Koala Foundation to help care for them.

Ideas for Publishing:

• My neighbour works at a printing shop.
• I am going to ask him to laminate the cover, bind the book and make 4 copies.
• I have already talked to him about it and he is happy to do it.
• The reason i have to make 4 copies is because one is for me, one is for my teacher Mr Krenske, One for the junior library at St Hilda's School and lastly one for the Australian Koala Foundation.

Research

My researching has taken longer then I had planned this is what I found:

Information on Koalas:

• Koala's Spend most of their time sleeping.
• For a few hours each day they eat gum leaves.
• Gum leaves don't give much energy, so they have to eat a lot to stay warm and move around.
• A baby Koala is carried in it's mothers pouch (feeds on her milk).
• When they are big enough rides on her back
• may stay with it's mother for 2 years before leaving to fin it's own home.
• The Australian Koala Foundation (AFK) is the principal non-profit,non-Government organised dedicated to the conservation and effective management of the wild koala and its habitat.
• Organises a save the koala month (September).
• Does not recieve (nor seeks to recieve) Government funding.
• Koalas are disappearing. Loss of koala habitat and koala food trees (eucalyptus leaves) is the leading koala threat. You can help save the koalas by supporting the Australian Koala Foundation.
• Their saying is: No Tree, No Me.
• You can also help by:
• Fostering a Koala
• Planting a tree online
• Buying Merchandise from the koala shop online
• Participating in the Help the Koala month
• Making a donation to the Australian Koala Foundation
• Make a Bequest
• Help them fundraise by selling their merchandise
• Scribe for free to the Koala news.

Week 9

This week my goal is to finish reseaching and branstorming for an idea to write my story about. My the end of the holidays i would like to finish all drafting and the pictures for my book. This shouldn't be hard as i am not going anywhere for the holidays therefore I will have alot of free time. :) :)

My Progress Week 8

I haven't really finished brainstorming for ideas to write a story. I still have to do a little bit more research to get a really good idea that everyone will love. I feel like i am a little bit behind, but i think i can catch up over the holidays when i start to write and draft my story as well as start drawing my pictures.

My Progress So Far!

I have finished researching information on the Australian Koala Foundation, and i have started brainstorming. My Goal is to finish brainstorming for ideas to write a story about by the end of week 8. This is because i think i need a little bit more information to get a really interesting idea.

Australian Koala Foundation

I sent an email to the Australian Koala Foundation telling them about my short picture book idea. I just got a reply from them and they said they love the idea. They also have asked me to make them a copy to put in their office in Brisbane. I have started reaserching and i hope to finish my reasearching by the end of week 5 or the beginning of week 6.

Planning My Wise Project

What Is The Title of Your Wise Project?
I haven't really thought about the title so i will let you know later.

What is Your Goal?
My Goal for my wise project is to raise awareness and educate the younger and older audience in St Hilda's School. I will be helping the Australian Koala Foundation, by writing short picture book with facts and a fiction story going behind it. I am helping the Australian Koala Foundation because with more trees being cut down koala's will have no were to go.

What is Your Product?
My final product will be a short story children's book telling them about the Australian Koala Foundation with illustrations and a few facts. After i finish these to books I will make two copies i will donate it to the Junior and Senior Library for girls at St Hilda's to read. I am doing this so i can raise awareness and educate girls to help save the koala's in Australia. My final Product will be seen in the junior and Senior Library so people can read it and then later on when they are older they might be able to help the Australian Koala Foundation.

What Habits and Skills Do You Want to Improve?
I would like to improve my drawing skills by drawing my own illustrations. I would also like to improve the habit of mind taking responsibilities and risks by doing a little bit of this project every week and weekend.

I am also thinking about changing my idea from a short story to s slide show or i would like to produce a website for the Australian Koala Foundation.

My Decision

www.cafaustralia.org.au/.../detail_caf.php?id=67

I have decided to do the idea of writing a childrens book with pictures and words, telling the younger audience and others about ther Australian Koala Fondation and telling them how they can help.

Can't Decide Between Two Choices

I can't make up my mind between two choices:

Write a Children's Book talking about the Australian Koala Foundation or make a activity booklet, with activities to do with the Australian National Koala Foundation.

My WISE Project Ideas

I have been thinking of ideas for my Wise project so far I don't Know what I might do but here are a few of my ideas:

1. Write a children's book with pictures, telling them about the Australian Koala Foundation.

2. Make a Activity booklet with activities telling them about the Australian Koala Foundation

3. Get someone to come in and raise awareness of World Vision.

4. Volunteer at the RSPCA or Guide Dogs Australia.

5. Make a Website for the Australian Koala Foundation.

6. Make a Short Slide show telling People about the Australian Koala Foundation.