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Thursday 29 August 2013

Six sentances stroy Tatiana

Sarah’s Way

1.Character:
Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Sarah and she lived with her handsome dad named Jacob.
2.Setting:
Sarah and her dad Jacob lived in a beautiful big house in Beverly Hills which they lived in happily together.
3.Talent:
Sarah was a good singer, she would always win competitions at school because she got her talent from her mother Loretta who had sadly died from cancer.
4.Problem:
The only thing worrying Sarah was that her father was seeing another woman named Mariah Valentine.
5.Feelings:
Sarah was always sad because of her step monster, she was really rude and told Sarah to go and sleep in the old shed outside and gave Sarah’s old room to her ugly stepbrother Phil.
6. Resolution:
So Sarah went and got a job singing, then once she got paid she moved away from her father and lived happily in Los Angeles.

Monday 19 August 2013

Xtramaths Tatiana


Glossary Activity Tatiana

A helping hand from the Glossary

L.I. - Library/Research skills
Using a glossary

Sometimes a book also has a glossary at the beginning or the end.  This gives short explanations of specialised or difficult terms used in the book.  The following is an example is from a book about the moon.

GLOSSARY

Albedo       

Asteroid  

Mare


Satellite

Sputnik 1


in astronomy, the reflective property of planets
a small rocky object found mainly in a belt or flat ring between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars; also called a minor planet because it is so small (the largest are only 200 km across).
a large flat plain on the moon caused by lava flows and marked by ridges, depressions and faults; all 14 maria are on the side of the moon that faces Earth.
a natural (e.g. moon) or artificial (e.g. spacecraft) object that orbits around a larger astronomical body.
the first artificial satellite, which was launched into space to orbit around the Earth in 1957.

Name an artificial satellite.Sputnik 1

What is another term for a minor planet in orbit between Mars and Jupiter? Asteroid  
What is the term for an object that orbits around another larger planetary body?satellite
What is the term used for a large flat lava flow on the moon? Mare
What term is used to describe the characteristic light reflecting from a planet? Albedo