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Wednesday 21 October 2020

Volcano Research

In this week we are making a volcano but we have to research about it.

Taal volcano erupts... lightning? - Owl Connected

Where is the volcano?  This volcano is in the Philippine
s.
When did it last erupt ? This volcano last erupt in 12 january 2020.
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. 
Interesting random facts? Taal Volcano is a large caldera filled by Taal Lake in the Philippines. Located in the province of Batangas in philippines.
Myths / legends about it? However, Indriati Retno Palupi, a volcanologist and geologist, told AFP lightning can be created when ashes containing chemical elements react with gasses in the surrounding air.

Equipment: 
-15 ml of warm water.
-25 ml of hydrogen peroxide 
- 3 spatulas of potassium iodide into the warm water and stir it .

 



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