Reading Assignment 4441

Name:_________________________
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School Journal Part 4, Number 1, 1996
The First Olympic Marathon - Douglas Carian

1)  (a) Who restarted the Olympic Games in modern times?
     (b) Who came up with the idea of the marathon race?
     (c) What country did both of these people come from? [1.5 mks]

2) What evidence is there that the people of Greece wanted a Greek to win the marathon race
      at the first modern Olympics? [2 mks]   [Help?]

3) Look at the illustration on pages 8 and 9. Describe some of the emotions the crowd might
     be feeling and give reasons. Describe some of the emotions the runner
     might be feeling and give reasons. [3 mks]

4) How did Spiridon Louis' victory help him with his job? [ 1 mk]

5) Why do you think Spiridon never ran again? [2 mks]

6) What was so surprising about Spiridon's victory? [1.5 mks]   [Help?]


A Girl's Best Friend - Nancy Patulski

7) Would you like to be Tansy's friend? Give reasons. [2 mks]   [Help?]

8) Explain Tansy's change of attitude on the last page of the story. What caused this
      to happen? [1 mk]

9) What would Tansy say to her Mum if the story continued? [1 mk]
SUB-TOTAL: 15 marks



School Journal Part 3, Number 2, 1998
Taiana's Ngatu - Jill MacGregor

10) As a group, show the different steps needed to make ngatu. [5 mks]

11) Make your own kupesi by following the instructions on pages 10 and 11. [3 mks]
SUB-TOTAL: 8 marks



School Journal Part 2, Number 2, 1997
Pavlova Queen - Rose Hudson

12) What proof is given that Mum isn't a good cook? [1 mk]

13) What is the setting? [1 mk]

14) What did Mum learn from her cooking experience? [1 mk]

The First Pavlova - Barbara Strang

15) In your own words, explain how/why the pavlova cake was invented. [2 mks]

16) Bake your own pavlova at school using the recipe on page 40. [5 mks]

SUB-TOTAL: 10 marks



Research
17) Give a brief presentation of ONE of these famous artists:
Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Picasso, Andy Warhol
        [5 mks]  [Help?]

18) Use our school library to find three titles by this author: ________________________ [2 mks]

19) Use the current phone book to find the phone number of: ________________________ [1 mk]

20) On a map of the world, show these places:
        Mediterranean Sea, Lake Victoria (in Africa), Mount Taranaki, the city of Madrid [2 mks]

21) Draw the national flag of Italy. [1 mk]
SUB-TOTAL: 11 marks



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

SUB-TOTAL: 5 marks



TOTAL: 49 marks

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