Current Events Week 5/6

The 10 Weirdest New Animals

Read the link above and then complete the following questions in your book. Remember the date and the title.

1) Using the headings animals, plants, insects create a table and sort the 10 new species into the correct category.
2) Where abouts in the world would you find the Parasitic wasp?
3) What is a millipede? (You may need to use another source of information to find out)
4) What is odd about the new type of orchid?
5) Why was the new type of mushroom named after Spongebob Squarepants?

Bear Grylls - Mission Survive Novel

Watch this clip to see Bear Grylls talking about the novel we are reading as a class.

Current Events week 3

Read this Stuff article then answer the following questions in full sentences.

1) What is the scientific name for the super moon?
2) How often does it occur?
3) Why does the moon look so big?
4) What are two other facts from the article that you found interesting?
5) What are three wonderings you have about this kind of moon, that the article hasn't answered?

Snippets of GOLD spotted in LC11's writing last week

I got out of the car, feeling nervous. You'll never guess what I was about to do... (Sarah)
I was waiting in line. I could not believe it! I was in line for...gulp...skydiving (Matthew)
We lined up and a lady in a television greeted us. She talked as if she just drank a whole lot of coffee. (Aletheia)
I stood up, swallowed my fear, and suddenly developed confidence. I said to myself, "I can do this". Then I jumped. (Kate)
I hopped in the go kart and clutched onto the steering wheel. GO! Oooooow everyone sped off. (Connor)
I conquered the diving board, but guess what? That wasn't the scary part. (Alyssa)
Click. The lights went off and the room was swallowed up by eerie darkness...images crept into my mind. Vampires with razor sharp teeth, monsters with gnarled claws and evil red eyes. Shuddering, I quickly closed my eyes, imagining what I would do tomorrow. (Jenny)
I gulped when I saw what my friend was staring at. "Umm, let's go on that one," I said, quickly trying to get their attention off it. But their eyes were glued to it. (Joanna)
I pushed myself onto the drop and snuggled into a stick with my arms crossed together. I scooted down to my death. You don't know how petrified I was! (Ben)
..then my horse went wild. I was yelling and yelling but the horse fell over and I was saying, "This is it, my life's over". (Liam)
When I saw the hydro slide my heart was pumping in fear. (Renee)
So there I was. I looked down. It felt like I was jumping off a cliff and into a waterfall. (Chloe)
I was screaming in horror. I could feel the cold wind gush past me as I touched the water and took an unnecessary gulp. (Zoe)
So I am now just hanging by my feet upside down. All the blood is rushing down into my head. I then lose my balance and my feet slip. I scream in horror but nothing comes out. (Lily)
I scooted out and waddled in, not knowing what was going to happen. Then suddenly, BOOM! A noise echoed over us and gave me goosebumps. (Lucy)
I struggled to keep my hands still as I entered the grounds of Aces Height. Although it looked like heaps of fun, my instincts were telling me to get out of here. (Harley)
"Right," I said, shaking nervously. We were going on a thrill seeker. We line up. There wasn't much of a line...wonder why (Reikura)
The track tangled around corners and ducked under tunnels. Duncan chased me like I was his prey. (Stacy)