this week for maths we were learning about maths terms and we had to drag the definitions in to place.It was really easy and i was looking foward to doing it.
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this week for literacy we had to pick different locations around auckland and estimate the time that you think it takes to get there and then you check and try see how close you are.
Task 3:
Where angels fear to tread
This task is about reading to find information and make inferences.
Read ‘Where angels fear to tread‘, then answer the following questions.
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How old is Ngorongoro Crater?
The ngorongoro crater is two million years old. ________________________________________________________________________
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What word does the writer use in the middle of the story to indicate that he wasn’t scared of buffalo?
____________”He waved his arm at the buffalo”________
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| c) | What would have been a useful item to take on the walk to the lodge? |
| It would be much easier to bring a flashlight and spare batteries
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| d) | Explain how the saying in the final line, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread”, goes with the story. The fools rush in where angels fear to tread the way that it goes with the story is because they are inexperienced people that treated buffalo like sheep |
| “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” refers to a person who behaves impulsively; they don’t think before reacting. The saying goes with the story because a group of people, Halina and the speaker travel to Africa before knowing very little about it e.g. dangers, animals, people.
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What two lessons could be gained from this story?
i. Don’t act so impulsive and do things that come out of your mind take a moment to think ii.Don’t be scared and also don’t be too brave |
This week for our year 9 science class we had to read a long paragraph called where angels fear to tread.It is technically about these two people who travel to africa and go out camping.
This maths lesson we did science about solubility,Solubility technically means the maximum amount of a substance that can dissolve in the given amount of a solevent specified temperture.Solute being the substance being dissolved, in my case it is sugar being dissolved.There are 2 other key words the first one is solevent.The meaning of solevent is a substance that can dissolve another substance ours was water dissolving sugar and the solution is a mixture of 2 or more substances and its end results.Our end result is 100ml could dissolve 130 g of sugar so in conclusion 1L could hold 1300 grams of sugar.
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This week for maths we learnt around the subject of ratio’s.
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Today we were working out how to find the volume of 3D shapes it was fun and easy it the same time overall it was a good piece of work.
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