2K (International School, Ho Chi Minh City) has been very busy but luckily, on Friday afternoon, the group was able to get together to discuss Rap Point 2. They did this with very little help from Ms Weeks and came up with an agreement for the group. 2K’s favourite character is Wilfrid.

We like him because he found Miss Nancy’s memory, he is clever, he asked everyone in the home about what a memory was, he is honest, he thinks about Miss Nancy and he has good thinking. He is caring and friendly. The group liked Wilfrid’s clothes – they are very colourful.

2K, International School Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

We voted on our favourite character and it was very close in the results. Miss Nancy won by one vote and Mr Tippett came second.

Miss Nancy won because we liked the fact that she had four names just like Wilfrid. Did you know that our teacher has five names? We loved the fact that Miss Nancy started to get her memories back and because she starts Wilfrid on his journey in finding out about memory and what memories can be. We were excited by the fact that Miss Nancy was ninety-six yeas old; we all thought “WOW!”

We think that Miss Nancy was very lucky to know a person like Wilfrid who cares and enjoys visiting with the old people.

Year 2BP. Manly

In our class most people voted for Miss Nancy because we thought she looked like a nice, kind person. Jasmin thought she looked very pretty, Amelia thought she looked very quiet and Leo thought it was very happy when she got her memory back. We also felt sorry for her because she had lost her memory and we thought that would be horrible.

Our second choice was Miss Mitchell. We thought that she looked small and cute and we loved the fact that she thought a memory was something that made you laugh because that’s what we like to do in our class.

We have had a huge discussion about who is our favourite character in the book and we have decided that it just has to be Miss Mitchell.

We have a lovely Miss Mitchell at our school (who is much younger than the Miss Mitchell in the story) and she dressed up as the character and came to visit our classroom. She had on an old stripy shirt and she was using a walking stick which was really a big teacher’s ruler.

We all thought that she was very nice to do that for us, as she is always very busy.

These are the words that we came out with to describe the characters in the book.

Mrs Jordan – colourful and musical

Mr Hosking – a cool storyteller

Mr Tippett – funny and sporty

Mr Drysdale – loud and strong

Miss Mitchell – beautiful and cuddly

See you next week.

We in 1W, 2/4G and 2/6S discussed many of the interesting things about the characters in this book and finally decided that our favourite one is Miss Nancy – she got 12 votes. Wilfrid was a close second with 8 and then it was Mr Drysdale with 4.

Miss Nancy was the favourite because:
* she wears white slippers and red socks
* she found a special bird’s nest when she was young
* she took off her boots at the beach and that is what we would do
* it was sad that her brother never came back from the war
* she had a little sister and some of us have little sisters.

Wow this is a great book!!

Till next time. Rap ONNNNNN.
wglsrrapers@CCPS

Because Wilfrid had the most votes we had a discussion about what we liked about him.
Jarvys said he liked Wilfrid because he was a chatterbox – and he likes being a chatterbox too!
Many of us said we really liked him because he was the one who found the memories for Miss Nancy. Matthew decided Wilfrid was a lifesaver.
Jaye said Wilfrid was kind. Many of us said that we liked how he asked lots of questions. Phoebe said you become clever if you ask lots of questions, Alex said that’s how you learn.
Sally liked Wilfrid because he was curious…just like her. James thought Wilfrid was great because he knew exactly what to do to help.

From the Year 3’s of Room 22 at Winthrop Primary School

Like many of the rest of you, Warillanorthrappers had lots of different opinions about a favourite character. We broke into smaller groups because we are such a BIG group all working together, so we’d be able to think and talk more easily. Sorry our reporting back is LONG!

Eight of us voted for Wilfrid as the favourite character. Some of the reasons are:
* He helps the old people.
* He cuddled Miss Nancy.

Six of us voted for Mr Tippett. Some of the reasons are:
* We like the broom he uses instead of a cricket bat.
* He has a funny name.

Two of us voted for Mr Drysdale as the favourite because:
* He looks happy, tall and fat.
* He said that memories are as precious as gold.

From the students at Warilla North

The students from 1/2/3W agree with lots of other Rappers that Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is their favourite character, but we like Miss Nancy too. The reasons they gave are:

Because Wilfrid:
* is a little boy
* skates on his skateboard
* helps Miss Nancy to get her memories back.

Laandi did a great picture of Wilfrid, on his skateboard, visiting Miss Nancy.

Because Miss Nancy:
* is a nice person
* is a friend of Wilfrid
* has a pretty dress
* has a nice face.

Dom drew Miss Nancy in her colourful dress with a lovely hat on top of her grey hair.

From the students at Kemblawarra

Miss Nancy:
is old
cheerful
friendly
funny
wears a colourful pretty dress
wears an old fashioned dress
is wearing socks and slippers
has curly white hair.

Year 2L says:
Our favourite character is Wilfrid Gordon because:
1. he helped Miss Nancy find her memory
2. his friends tell him lots of things
3. he is kind and caring.

Wilfrid Gordon:
is a kind and caring boy
not very old, maybe 6
helped Miss Nancy find her memory
active
spiky hair
thin
short.

It seems we agree with lots of other schools with our choices.

Mrs G and the Year 2s.

Class 3G liked Mr Tippett best and we liked his green stripy jacket and bright pink socks. We loved the way his stomach pokes out and makes him look quite old. He is very stooped and we wondered if his memories that made him cry were from some cricket games he had lost.

Class 2E liked Wilfrid best as he was kind and friendly and we even thought he was a superstar. He is very thoughtful and funny as well. We liked his bright coloured clothes and his fat tummy as well as his spiky hair which is so curly and orange. We loved his skateboard and we thought he was rather active.