English Comprehension

English Comprehension
Tan10
1.a)affordable
2.b)the beads
3.a)Example B
4.a)Example A
5.b)introduce the topic
6.c)raining glue to the mixture
7.a)break the newspaper down into a workable form.
8.b)smooth the surface
9.c)
10.a)pencil
11.c)
12. a)personally pleasing

Coral 2
1.c)paraphernalia
2.a)not awake
3.a)the color of its fur
4.b)paragraphs 1
5.c)the yellow eyes blinked
6.a)liked cats and cat image
7.c)tired
8.b)sleep with the light on
9.a)was;t so sure anymore if there were ghosts or not
10.a)a girl who loves cats
11.b)hid under the cover
12.c)fear
13.b)unappealing
14.b)grace and the writer

Social Studies

What is the sustainability issue?

a. Overuse of plastic.

What causes the issue?

a. Too much packaging and plastic cups etc.

What is being done to solve the issue?

a. No more plastic bags.

What else needs to be done to improve the issue?

a. Plastic should be ban and it should also be illegal. 

Pr1: sustainability issues include a fast-expanding and resource-hungry human population, fossil-fuel burning that accelerates global warming, the imminent peak in cheap oil production (when total demand exceeds easily-affordable supply) and persistent pollutant chemicals and plastics being spread globally in air and oceans. Humans are displacing other life on the planet, speeding the extinction of many species, including here in New Zealand.

Pr2:

 

Pr3:

Give up plastic bags. Take your own reusable ones to the store. Skip straws. Unless you have medical needs, and even then you could use paper ones. Pass up plastic bottles. Invest in a refillable water bottle,. Avoid plastic packaging. Buy bar soap instead of liquid.

Use the 3Rs. Don't litter.

Pr4:

Plastic should be ban and it should also be illegal. 

English comprehension

English Comprehension 

Magenta 6

1. b) confident 

2. c)His dad's GPS

3. b)listening to music on his iPod.

4.b) respond to kids who bully

5.a)in a different class

6.c)one list subject he is familiar with and the other list those he has never heard of.

7.b)he dislikes homework and is often late handing it in.  

8.c)the other student 

9.a)bigger kids.

10.c)he is referring to the saying 'small fish in a big pond'.

11.a)high school is a mystery and an adventure

12.b)excited 

Social Studies

Reflection on The balloon
1. What is happened to your earth ?It got bigger and bigger
2.Why did this happen? Because my group kept choosing one side of the answer
3. What Could We Do To Stop That From Happening? To cut down and think about what we are doing.
4. What Is One Thing We Could Do To Change Our Behaviour? To actually care about the stuff we buy, make and use.

Social Studies

Fire in The Sky city in Auckland . The fire burning at the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland on Wednesday evening.The roof of the Sky City convention centre has partially collapsed after a night where flames had again flared up.Four firefighters armed with heavy power tools, are working to remove sections of the scorched facade at the centre of the tiered roof.The crew had hacked away more than a dozen sections of the
structure.Meanwhile, the two snorkel fire trucks which had been blasting water onto the fire all night have been lowered. Flames are still visible on the edge of the roof near the corner of Nelson St and Wellesley St West but it appears the operation is finally moving into the mopping up stage.Fire and Emergency NZ will hold a media briefing at 10 am but has declined to comment before then. 

Social Studies

Social Studies

What is sustainability  ? the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level. Environmental sustainability is the rates of renewable resource harvest, pollution creation, and non-renewable resource depletion that can be continued indefinitely. If they cannot be continued indefinitely then they are not sustainable. 

Sustainability supports that mission by striving to improve the environmental health and quality of life for our campus and community. Sustainability is important for many reasons including: Environmental Quality – In order to have healthy communities, we need clean air, natural resources, and a nontoxic environment.