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Monday, 24 March 2014

Contents. By Cyprus.

How the contents can help

L.I. - Library/Research skills
How to use the contents page to research effectively

The table of contents lists the chapters and other main parts of the book.  It is helpful because it gives you a general idea about the book so you know which chapters apply to your research.  Below is an example from a book about the moon.

Table of Contents

Introduction                                                                                                                                               1
Chapter 1      The size of the moon in relation to the earth                                                            5
Chapter 2      How the moon influences Earth’s tides                                                                      17
Chapter 3      Full, half, and quarter moons                                                                                        31
Chapter 4      The lunar landscape: craters, mountain ranges, plains and faults                       45
Chapter 5      The maria of the moon                                                                                                   57
Chapter 6      Theories about the origins of the moon                                                                     69
Chapter 7      Lunar geology                                                                                                                   77
Chapter 8       The moon and the age of the telescope                                                                   89
Chapter 9       Spacecraft and their impact on our knowledge of the moon                              103
Chapter 10     The Apollo programme                                                                                                   119
Index                                                                                                                                                          135

Before you start highlight 4 words you don’t know and look them up in the dictionary.

Answer these questions from the contents page above:

Which two chapters will have the most information about human beings travelling to the moon?
Which three chapters will tell you about aspects of the moon in relation to the earth?
Which three chapters will tell you things about the surface of the moon?

Which chapter will tell you the most about the Earth’s tides?

Cyprus. Using an index.

Using an index

L.I. - Library/Research skills
Using an index to find information quickly

Most non-fiction books have an index.  Like a table of contents, it lists the books contents and relevant page numbers, but in much more detail.  It presents the topics in alphabetical order to help your search.  Below is an example from a health book.

INDEX

aerobics                    2-14
breathing                 9-10
carbohydrates      36
co-ordination         20-25
cycling                       32
diet                              30-40
diseases                   45-65
doctor                       40-44
drinking                    63
drugs, harmful      70-75
drugs, medical       60-65
exercise                    11-20
fat                               35
fatigue                      76-79
good health            80-90
happy                       91-92
hospital                    40-44, 48-65
hygiene                    93-94


illness                           45-65
incapacitated           45-65
injuries                         60-65
inoculation                 96-98
lungs                             9-10, 60-64
medicine                      45-65, 96-98
mental illness            99-120
moods                          99-104
pharmacist                 60-65
physical activities     121-150
rest                                 151-155
self-discipline              115-120              
smoking                       121-124
sport                             15-20
strength                      12-14
vigour                           140-150
vitamins                       64-65
weight                           30-35

Before you start highlight 4 words you don’t know and look them up in the dictionary.
Hygiene: Hygiene is set of practices for health.

Vigour:physical strength and good health.

Inoculation: to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person or animal or a plant.

carbohydrates: A carbohydrate is a large biological molecule.



Why are there two index entries for drugs?
Because it is about health.
Which two entries will help you find out about tiredness and how to cope?
Weights and Vigour.
Which pages would you turn to in order to find out about injuries?
Disease, Smoking, Drugs-harmful and Injuries
Which two entries would you use to find out more about healthy eating?
Diet and drinking.
Which pages would you turn to in order to find out about the bad effects of
smoking?
Drugs-harmful, drugs-medical, drinking and smoking.
On which pages would you find out about hospital life?
The left page.
Why do you think there are two ranges of page numbers for lungs?
Because its telling you about health and your body.
On which pages would you find out more about the healthy effects of sport?


Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Maths.

My L.I was using place value. I had to make a hundred, for example 85 - to make hundred you add 15.

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

I am a seashell poem. By Cyprus.

I am a Seashell



L.l.   Literary devices: Simile and Personification
Parts of speech: Adjectives


I am a seashell waiting for
somebody to see
me.
I am shiny andcurled up like a
cinnamon roll.
I’m rough and
sandy.
I swim with the sea and the sea with me.
I am cold inside
so if you touch me
you’ll
shiver and quiver.
I swim around the sea
with animals living inside of me.
I’m joyful in the sea
with fishes and sea creatures
surrounding me.
I like being a shellbecause people can
hear the sea inside of me.
By Melissa, age 7


Read the poem


Which of these things can you do?


Highlight the adjectives blue
Highlight the simile yellow


Complete the sentences:
Personification is a person that is not an object.


Highlight the example of personification


List 5 things that you saw at the school picnic at the beach
- Shells
-Mussel shells
-Sand
-Sea weed
-Sticks


Use the list and the model to create your own ‘I am a...’ poem


SC:
All capital letters and full stops used correctly
Write using personification i.e. the object you chose is a person
Must use interesting adjectives (use a thesaurus please)
Have at least one simile
At least 5 verses
No spelling or grammatical mistakes
I am a ball
I am a ball waiting for
someone to kick me.


I am round like a
perfect circle but I am 3D.


I can bounce like a trampoline.
I make noises when I hit the ground.


I am shiny like a bald head.
I break things when I am bouncing
too high in the house.

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Cultural maths. By Cyprus,

Rich Task




English
1-One
2-Two
3-Three
4-Four
5-Five
6-Six
7-Seven
8-Eight
9-Nine
10-Ten
0-Zero

+ Addition
- Sub
x Multiplication
÷Division




Maori
1-Tahi
2-Rua
3-Tohru
4-Wha
5-Rima
6-Ono
7-Whitu
8-Warhu
9-Iwa
10-Takau
0-Te kore

+Addition = tua atu
-Sub = tangohanga
x Multiplication = whakarae
÷ Division = wehenga


Mexican
1. Uno
2. Dos
3. Tres
4. Cuatro
5. Cinco
6. Seis
7. Siete
8. Ocho
9. Nueve
10. Diez

+Addition = Adición
-Subtract = Sustracción
÷Division = División
x Multiplication = Multiplicación




My cultural maths.