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What key questions must be answered in the first paragraph of a news article?
Who, What, When, Where, and Why (sometimes How).
What is 0.5 written as a fraction?
½/
In The Lion King, what is the name of Simba's father?
Mufasa.
On average, how many hours of sleep should a school-aged child get each night?
About 9-11 hours.
Which soccer team is known as the "Socceroos"?
The Australian men's national soccer team.
Why are headlines in news articles usually short and sharp?
To grab attention, spark curiosity, and quickly highlight the main idea.
Write 3/4 as a decimal and a percentage.
0.75 and 75%
In Finding Nemo, what type of fish is Nemo?
A clownfish.
What gas do humans need to breathe in order to live?
Oxygen.
What is the name of Australia's national netball team?
The Diamonds.
Name two features you often see in news articles.
Name two features you often see in news articles.
What is 25% of 200?
50
In The Little Mermaid, what is the name of the sea witch who steals Ariel's voice?
Ursula.
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969?
Neil Armstrong.
What is the only sport that has been played on the Moon?
Golf (played by astronaut Alan Shepard in 1971).
Read this short paragraph:
"Millions of people around the world watched as Neil Armstrong took his first faltering steps on the moon."
What language techniques are used here to make the article powerful?
Emotive and descriptive language (e.g., "first faltering steps"), global perspective ("millions of people around the world").
Name the properties of a triangular prism.
5 faces (2 triangular, 3 rectangular), 9 edges, 6 vertices.
In Toy Story, what is the name of the toy cowboy and the toy space ranger who are best friends?
Woody and Buzz Lightyear.
What is the fastest land animal in the world?
The cheetah.
The Olympic Games started in which country over 2,700 years ago?
Greece.
Read this news article paragraph carefully. It has punctuation, capital letter, and spelling mistakes. What mistakes can you find?
on Monday thousands of people gathered in sydney to watch the womens football final, the crowd cheered loudly as the Matildas scored the opening goal. The players was confident and played with great energy however the other team fought back strongly making the match very intense. Reporters wrote there stories quickly but some forgot important details and a few even mispeled the names of players which caused confushion among readers.
On Monday thousands of people gathered in Sydney to watch the women’s football final, the crowd cheered loudly as the Matildas scored the opening goal. The players were confident and played with great energy, however, the other team fought back strongly, making the match very intense. Reporters wrote their stories quickly, but some forgot important details and a few even misspelled the names of players which caused confusion among readers.
1 am a 3D shape.
I am a pyramid.
I have 5 faces, 8 edges, and 5 vertices.
Who am I?
A square-based pyramid.
In Inside Out, there are five main emotions: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and which other one?
Disgust.
How many continents are there on Earth, and can you name them?
7 - Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia.
Which Australian athlete is nicknamed "Thorpedo"?
lan Thorpe (swimming champion).