BTN

Watch the BTN episode:

https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/

Choose one set of questions to answer. Make sure you write your answers as full sentences, and restate the question in the answer.

Example:

For Question 3, ‘What do the new restrictions mean?’, your answer written in full might start ‘The new restrictions mean…’

Victoria Lockdown

1. Briefly summarise the Victoria Lockdown story.

2. Melbourne has been placed under stage ______ coronavirus restrictions.

3. What do the new restrictions mean?

4. What are the restrictions in regional Victoria being upgraded to?

5. How do the kids interviewed in the BTN story feel about the new restrictions?

6. When will be restrictions be in place until?

7. Why are the harsher restrictions needed?

8. What are people in Sydney being asked to wear, especially on public transport?

9. What questions do you have after watching the BTN story?

10. What words of support would you send to kids in Victoria?

Raise the Age?

1. What did the BTN Raise the Age story explain?

2. Dujuan is from Arrernte and Garrwa Country. Find these areas on a map of Australia.

3. Where did Dujuan travel to, to speak to the United Nations Assembly?

4. Who does Dujuan want to run his school?

5. Complete the following sentence. Dujuan wants the age limit for kids put in jail raised from 10 to _____.

6. What is a youth detention centre?

7. What impact can being put in a youth detention centre have on kids aged 10-13?

8. The government council decided not to raise the age. True or false?

9. What ratio of kids younger than 14 in youth detention centres are Indigenous?

10. How did this story make you feel?

Hiroshima Anniversary

1. Where is Hiroshima? Locate using Google Maps.

2. During which war was Hiroshima bombed?

3. What was the name of the US aircraft that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima?

4. What kind of bomb was dropped?

5. The process of spilling atoms to create a huge amount of energy is called nuclear ______________.

6. What is the name of the US navy base that Japan attacked in December 1941?

7. What was the Manhattan Project?

8. Which city was bombed three days after Hiroshima?

9. What impact did the bombings have on the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

10. What do you understand more clearly since watching the BTN story?

World Alopecia Day

1. Briefly summarise the BTN World Alopecia Day story.

2. Who did Britt donate her hair to after having a haircut?

3. What is alopecia?

4. How did alopecia affect Tabitha?

5. Complete the following sentence. Alopecia is caused by a person's __________ system.

6. Hair loss for people with alopecia is permanent. True or false?

7. How does wearing a wig make Tabitha feel?

8. What is Tabitha’s message to other kids with alopecia?

9. Send a message of support to Tabitha in the comments section of the BTN World Alopecia Day story.

10. What did you learn watching the BTN story?
    
    
    Punk Magazine Kid

1. Briefly summarise the BTN Punk Magazine Kid story.

2. Where in England does Arlo live? Find using Google Maps.

3. Why did Arlo start a punk magazine?

4. What is in Arlo’s magazine? Give two examples.

5. Who would Arlo like to interview for his magazine? Name one person.

6. Arlo is a massive fan of what music group?

   1. Led Zeppelin

   2. Pink Floyd

   3. The Rolling Stones

7. Where in the world has Arlo sold his magazine? Name one country.

8. What does Arlo find difficult about making a magazine?

9. What advice does Arlo give to other kids who want to make a magazine?

10. Think of a concept for a new magazine. Design a front over of the magazine.

Today we will be focusing on finishing our writing seeds that we have already started in our writer’s notebooks. We have noticed that quite a few students have made a fantastic start, but haven’t extended their learning to the next step.

Today we want you to go back, look through your writer’s notebooks, and see which writing seeds you have not finished. If you have noticed that there are some not finished, this is your time to analyse how you can complete it. Here are a few things we would like to see in each finished piece:

· The writing seed has been completed to the best of your ability

· You have created three different genre types for the seed

· You have created three different story ideas for your seed

· You have completed three different reasons for the authors purpose

· Finally, you can spend your time beautifying your pieces by colouring them in, and editing any elements you think need changing

Once these are finished they are a fantastic resource for future writing when we are struggling for motivation to think of new and exciting topics.