Writing
Rewatch the video Road’s End.
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Write a newspaper report about what happened. Assuming the driver who picked up the mysterious stranger survived the crash, what do you think he would say to a reporter (you!) when interviewed from his hospital bed about the incident? Were there any other witnesses?
Think carefully about the features of a news report when planning your account. Have a look at a real news report: what tense is it written in? How is it sequenced? How are sentences and paragraphs linked together? Make sure you answer the following questions: who, what, why, when , where and how. Set out your report as if it was in a real newspaper and include an illustration. Okay news hounds, start writing tomorrow’s front page news!
Answers to yesterday’s Everest comprehension:
- Norgay had worked on expeditions before and was very experienced. 2. The Hillary Step. 3. He uses phrases like ‘jagged ice’ and describes dangerous cracks called ‘crevasses’ and lumps of ice ‘the size of houses’. 4. The way up was very narrow. 5. They shook hands, hugged and took photograph (then they ate a meal). 6. Hillary and Norgay were physically fit, resilient, resourceful and worked well together – Norgay saved Hillary’s life when he fell into a crevasse. 7. ‘Limited climbing experience’. 8. Above 8000 metres there is not enough oxygen in the air for the human body to stay alive for long. 9. Hillary formed a charity called The Himalayan Trust to educate Sherpas and to provide them with healthcare. 10. (a) True (b) False (c) False (d) True.
Arithmetic
Answers to Mental Maths Quiz 6:3.
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Is your score going up? Work out your mean score so far.
Today’s task: Mental Maths Quiz 6:4 (the first nine questions).
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Maths No Problem
Answers to yesterday’s task: Guided Practice pages 
What do you notice about GI and HI in (a)? They are equal. What do you notice about angle GIH and angle DFE in (b)? DFE=Right angle, GIH=equal to other angles. Did you need to measure to know this? No
Today’s task:
Chapter 12 Lesson 10 Look at the In Focus task on page 149. Do you think it’s possible for triangles to have the same same angles but be different sizes?
Read through the Let’s Learn section carefully on pages 149/150. What do we mean when we say triangles are similar?
Complete the Guided Practice section on pages 150/151.