Blowing your own Trumpet by John Bonallack

Blowing your own Trumpet by John Bonallack

School Journal Part 3, Number 3 1983

WALT: Read the text to extract greater meaning which we will display in our follow up activities.

Success Criteria: I can read the text to extract greater meaning which we will display in our follow up activities.

Answer the following questions in red:

What types of ideas is dad always getting?

Dad was always getting odd-ball ideas from his friends and family also  his siblings. That's why every time hes comes home he’s in a good mood.

What do you think an ‘odd-ball idea is’?

Oddball is like odd sculptures to make stuff and today one of his friends had gave him a odd-ball idea to make a early trumpet.

Where were ‘simple trumpets’ originally found?

It was found in tutankhamen's tomb

Why was dads trumpet making no noise to begin with?

He put his lips together and blew out his red cheeks. As the blew the heard a little raspberry noise come out of the funnel.

Why is dad making a trumpet? Who is he trying to ‘show what trumpeting is all about?

1.So he can get Andrew to go practice

2.He is trying to prove to Andrew that he can design a real early trumpets.

For what reason did dad decide to use a balloon to blow his trumpet?

Because when you put the balloon at the end of the hose it’ll make noise if you push the funnel back in place.

What are your predictions for dads new materials he’s using to make his trumpet?

I think its cool because Hes tried new stuff too go with his new early trumpet and trying to make noise heaps of noise.

It seems that dad is doing a trial and error of different ways he could make a trumpet, do you agree with this statement? Why/why not?

No because everything he tried didn't even make a long noise like more than 3 sec it just made a little squeak