Vocabulary
Boy Overboard
Miscellaneous
Newswriting
Just for fun
100

A person who is forced to leave their home due to war, violence, or persecution

What is a refugee

100

Bibi likes to call annoying people this

What is camel-snot

100

The author of Boy Overboard

Who is Morris Gleitzman

100

Name the 5 W's and H?

What is What, Who, Why, When, Where and How

100

A bird from New Zealand that shares its name with a fruit

What is a Kiwi

200

A person who chooses to leave their home for better opportunities

Migrant

200

Jamal's best friend is called...(must have correct spelling)

Who is Yusuf

200
Name the political group who changed laws in Afghanistan preventing women from attending school

Who is the Taliban

200

A lead paragraph tells the reader which elements of the 5W's and H?

What is What, Who, Where, When.

200

The value of 2x + 6 = 14

What is 4

300

To show that something is right, reasonable, or true. To give a reason.

What is Justify

300

The name for people who move people or goods across borders illegally.

What are smugglers

300

Name one of the places that Australia ran detention centres on

What is Papua New Guinea (Manus Island) or

Nauru


300

What is the first element of a news article structure?

What is a headline

300

Taylor Swift's middle name

What is Alison

400

The fact of being who a person is.

What is identity

400

Who got angry at Jamal, Yusuf, and Bibi for breaking their window?

Who is Mr Nasser

400

The decision to prevent Asylum seekers entering Australia and instead process refugees offshore was called what, first proposed by John Howard.

What is 'The Pacific Solution'.

400

Name the device that newsreaders use to present the news live

What is a teleprompter

400

A superhero also known as 'The Dark Knight'

Who is Batman

500

Hostility, ill-treatment, and discrimination based on a person's religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation or political beliefs

What is Persecution

500

Name the colour of Rashida's suitcase

What is pink

500

4 countries that share a border with Afghanistan

What is Iran, China, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan

500

Name the 'tone' you would use for an article about a new medical discovery

What is formal

500

Name the rarest blood type

What is AB Negative

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