Blowing your own trumpet

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?

odd-ball ideas. And then one day he came home from work in a very good mood.  

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

odd ideas that you keep from someone or something that you can put together to make something. And something strange.

Where were ‘simple trumpets’ originally found?

The trumpets were first used in egypt and now it is used all over the world but it is originally found in tutankha mens thom.  

Why was dads trumpet making no noise to begin with?

Because they were doing something wrong and it was a bit hard to blow and not enough air to make noise.

Why is dad making a trumpet?

Because he notice something in the magazine, about early trumpet. Who is he trying to ‘show what trumpeting is all about?

The kids because he wants to show that he is creative with his stuff and to show the kids something that they can learn from.

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

So he can make it work and so the balloon will be his lungs and so more air will work the trumpet. When they work the balloon the trumpet will work.

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

A piece of hose and a funnel and put it altogether and then just blow it and then see if it will work.

It seems that dad is doing a trial and error of different ways he could make a trumpet, do you agree with this statement? yes Why/why not? Because that is not the only way to make an trumpet, there is a whole lot of ways to make an trumpet and use other better ideas.