T1+Literacy

My Bio Poem

media type="file" key="Bio Poem.mov" width="300" height="300" Excellent Bio Poem that tells me a little bit more about you Georgina, well done! Nice consistent use of colour and font for your text. Good choice of build ins and your voice overs fit in time with the words perfectly. Fantastic effort. Miss Crone :)

Reading work 'The Game'

WARRIORS READING WORK WEEK 10

**School Journal 2000 Part Four Number One**

**THE GAME**

Here is a list of descriptive words and phrases. Choose the three that your think //best// describes the Space World game players. Choose the three that you think //best// describe the arcade itself. //Base your choices on what you’re told on page 2.//

**young polite aggressive badly-behaved modest keen to play dark noisy well-lit**

**virtually adult-free menacing cheerful lowlife scum**


 * **Words or phrases describing the players** || **Words or phrases describing the arcade** ||
 * //**keen to play**// || //**adult-free**// ||
 * //**young**// || //**lowlife scum**// ||
 * //**polite**// || <span style="color: #053df5; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">//**menacing**// ||

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Answer these:** <span style="color: #053df5; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">//**danced**//
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Matt’s ‘feet rested on pedals, and the fingers of his left hand danced over four keys set on a lever’. Which one word in this sentence tells you that Matt was a skillful player?

<span style="color: #053df5; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">//**Matts face was pale**// <span style="color: #053df5; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">//**full of fear**// <span style="color: #053df5; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">//**started to shake.**//
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Write down three details that show that Matt was badly affected by his experiences in playing the new machine

<span style="color: #053df5; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">//**Because, space warfare requires super-swift reflexes which most people have lost by there late teens.**//
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">Why were adult fighter pilots no use against the alien fighters?

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Complete the following sentences. Delete any words that don’t apply:** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">I like/don’t like arcade games because <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">The best arcade game I’ve ever played is because

<span style="color: #053df5; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">//**I like arcade games because they are fun and time passing.**// <span style="color: #053df5; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">//**The best arcade game I’ve ever played is pinball because it is really exciting.**//

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Use the words below the passage to fill in the gaps in the passage itself:** This story suggest two things that many people will **find** disturbing. One is that we are already under **attack** from alien invaders. While for years much has been made of sightings of strange craft in our **skies**, the idea that aliens are fighting a secret war against us is **dangerous**. The second disturbing thing is the __ **idea** that children are the key to defeating__ **these** aliens. And what if harmless fun in arcades is real **warfare** against a **new** enemy. Does that mean other arcade games aren’t what they seem? Perhaps when you a character in an arcade game, a real person somewhere in the world!

<span style="color: #d91711; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**attack dangerous dies find idea new shoot skies these warfare**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The writer uses some interesting verbs in this story. Match six of the words below with the meanings listed on the left.
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">slid out of control **skidded**
 * 2) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">moved and stopped abruptly **jerked**
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">grabbed tightly **gripped**
 * 4) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">tearing **clawing**
 * 5) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">sprang **bounded**
 * 6) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">rushed at great speed **hurtled**

<span style="color: #c3130e; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**shoved skidded flicked gripped jerked bounded hurtled clawing**

School Journal 2000 Part Four Number One

**THERE STOOD A MAN**

**Here are ten events from the story, but they’re in the wrong order. Put them in the right order.**
 * 1)  George woke up about mid-day **(8)**
 * 2)  Night began to fall **(3)**
 * 3)  George smelled food **(6)**
 * 4)  Shorty told George there was no-one with him when he came into camp **(9)**
 * 5)  George rubbed the bump on his head and wondered where he was **(1)**
 * 6)  Shorty told George he would lead him down the old greenstone trail **(7)**
 * 7)  George followed the Maori along a faint track **(4)**
 * 8)  The men in the camp stared at George as he swayed unsteadily **(6)**
 * 9)  George thought about Robbie Burn’s lines about ghosts and ghoulies **(2)**
 * 10)  A Maori suddenly appeared ahead of him **(9)**

**Complete these sentences using information from the story**
 * 1)  George didn’t know where he was because **//he was knocked out at the bottom of a steep slope.//**
 * 2)  George started thinking of ‘ghoulies and ghosties’ because **//the rocks on the folds of the land reminded him of them.//**
 * 3)  The Maori guide suggested that George keep quiet by **//hand gestures//**
 * 4)  The first sign that there was a camp nearby was **//the fire.//**

**When the Maori guide pointed at George’s feet and beckoned, George took this as a signal to walk. See if you can come up with a hand signal for each of the following commands. Write your description beside each command:**
 * 1)  Keep quiet **//1 finger over your mouth.//**
 * 2)  Speed up **//to run fast on the spot//**
 * 3)  Stop **//1 hand flat vertical out in front of you//**
 * 4)  Come here **//fanning your self//**

**Complete the following sentences. Delete the words which don’t apply** If I had found myself lost like George I would **//have tried to find some shelter and go to sleep//** I think the best word to describe George is **//brave//** because **//he was there all on his own in the middle of no-where, but he didn’t give up.//** I enjoyed this story because **//it was set in New Zealand, and not many stories are.//**

**If you were alert when reading the story the idea that the Maori guide was a ghost would not have surprised you. List below 4 clues given by the writer to suggest that the Maori was a ghost**

**//he did not speak//** **//He wasn’t there while he was at the camp.//** **//There was nothing else around so he came out of no-where//**