Reading Assignment 4430

Name:_________________________
[online help: http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/index.html]

School Journal Part 3, Number 2, 2000
The Cross-country - Pauline Cartwright

1) Explain the author's problem. Give a full answer! [2 mks]

2) Describe the author's attitude towards the cross-country. [2 mks] [Help?]

3) What's your opinion about the author's attitude towards the race and winning? Give
a full explanation. [3 mks] [Help?]

4) Explain the picture on pages 20 and 21. [ 1 mk]

5) Pretend you are the author. Pretend you are speaking to the grandad of the story.
Explain to him what happened in the race. Don't just focus on what happened,
think about how you would have felt. [2 mks]

6) In one or two sentences only, give a brief plot summary of this story. [2 mks]

Growing the Dollars - Sarah Reid

7) In four or five steps, give a plot summary of this story. [3 mks]

8) Describe Caleb's character. Give proof from the story for what you say. [3 mks] [Help?]

9) How did both boys feel at the end of the story and why? [2 mks]
SUB-TOTAL: 20 marks

School Journal Part 3, Number 3, 1999
Hedgehog Bread - June Walker

10) Follow the instructions to make the bread in the recipe. [5 mks]
SUB-TOTAL: 5 marks

Research
11) Give a brief presentation of ONE of these creatures:
vole, mole, mink, gerbil, aardwolf, rhea, kudu, meerkats, fossa, komodo dragon
[5 mks] [Help?]
12) Use our school library to find out the titles by this author: ________________________ [2 mks]
13) Use the current phone book to find the phone number of: ________________________ [2 mks]
14) On a map of the world, show these countries:
Iraq, Algeria, Uruguay and Mozambique [2 mks]

15) Draw the national flag of Norway. [1 mk]
SUB-TOTAL: 12 marks

Free Choice
16) Give a 1 - 2 minute presentation about a book or story you have been reading. Your teacher will explain
exactly what you need to do to get full marks. [5 mks]

17) Write a book review and email it to your teacher. [5 mks]

SUB-TOTAL: 10 marks

TOTAL: 47 marks