Thursday, 22 October 2020
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Volcano Research
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Damage it has done ? Large numbers of livestock and pets were also left behind when tens of thousands of people evacuated.
How and when was it formed? formed by the subduction of the Eurasian Plate underneath the Philippine Mobile Belt. It was formed 1707.
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
Read through Epilogue. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.
We’ve got to stick together , that’s all I know. We all drive each other crazy at times, but I don’t want
to end up here alone , like the Hermit. Then this really would be Hell. Humans do such terrible things to each other that sometimes my brain tells me they must be evil. But my heart still isn’t convinced. I just hope we can survive . P.284
Hell, terrible, together, survive, evil, convinced, alone
Tomorrow when the war began chapter 22
Read through Chapter 22. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.
‘Well, we were pretty desprate. We knew you’d be sitting there, in a lot of danger , waiting for a signal that wasn’t going to come. We got close to panic at that point, I guess. We had two choices – to go ahead with the cattle and hope you’d be able to react in time, or to call it off. But we couldn’t call it off without telling you – that would have left you in an impossible situation. That was a weakness in our planning – we relied too much on the walkie-talkies. That’s one thing I’ve learnt – don’t put too much trust in machines.’ P. 275
React, desperate, danger, trust, cattle, relied, signal, left, panic
Kevin was sitting against an old woolpress that was up against the wall. Crouched beside him was Robyn, with one hand on his shoulder. Chris was standing on his other side, looking down at Corrie. Corrie was lying across Kevin’s lap. Her eyes were closed and her head was back and there was no colour in her face. As I stood there Kevin and Chris and Robyn all turned their faces towards me, but Corrie still didn’t open her eyes. I couldn’t move. It was as though I too had joined the tableau. Then Kevin said, ‘She’s been shot Ellie’. P.280
colour, standing, lying, joined, against, closed, turned
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Tomorrow, When the war began chapter 21
Read through Chapter 21. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.
I scrambled back down the ladder. It seemed to have taken forever to get the rope out.
All that time I’d been oblivious of the thunder just centimetres above my head,
but now I noticed that it was starting to lessen. I could make out individual
hooves. I broke out in an instant sweat, found the loose end of the rope,
grabbed it and ran. I had petrol all over me, had been breathing petrol, and
felt very odd as a result, as though I was floating across the grass. But it
wasn’t a pleasant float, more the sort of floating that made me seasick. P.271
Instant, scrambled, oblivious, floating, breathing, individual, pleasant
Tomorrow, When the war began chapter 20
Read through Chapter 20. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.
I was a bit nervous being paired with Fi, I must admit. There was no way I was ever
going to be a hero, but at least I was used to doing outdoors,practical things, and I
suppose that gives you a bit of confidence . P. 255
practical, nervous, confidence, least, admit
She gasped just one word: ‘Patrol’, and together we went over a low fence into
someone’s front garden. There was a huge old gum tree right in front of us. I was
so nervous that it seemed to be the only thing I could see. My eyes and mind focused
entirely on it; nothing else existed for me at that moment. I climbed it like a possum,
scratching my hands but not feeling any pain. Fi followed. I got about three metres up
before I heard voices from the corner, which slowed me down, made me quieter, more
cautious. I inched out along a branch to take a look. I didn’t know if getting up here
had been a mistake or not. I remembered Dad, one day when he’d put a big ugly patch
on a hole in the leaves that possums had made, saying ‘The human eye doesn’t look
above its own height’. At this moment in my life I sure hoped he was right. The trouble
was that if they did see us we’d be, not like possums up a tree, but like rats up a drainpipe.
There was no escape from here. P. 262
Fence, gasped, inched, cautious, possum, existed, escape, trouble, ugly, voices,
focused