C.E Reading - Comprehension questions

Article Comprehension Questions: Link to article

1. How many years has the 'World's Ugliest Dog' contest been around? How many contestants did it attract this year?
2. How did this year's winner Peanut get his 'ugly' looks?
3. What is the organizer's main purpose for organizing this unusual competition?

Article Comprehension Answers:

1. It has been around for around 26 years in total and was held in Santa Rosa this year. The article says that there were 29 dogs that competed in this competition to earn the title of "Worlds Ugliest Dog".

2. He got his looks from bad scorch marks and burns from a fire which caused his eyelids to be burnt off, his lips are gone because of the fire. That is why he looks like what he looks like.

3.  Finding who deserves to earn the title "World Ugliest Dog"

Cross Country - From a pair of shoes point of view

My name is Kobie and I'm the right shoe. And my brothers name is John and he's the left shoe. We were used to this by now getting our faces pushed into mud and and other sorts of things like that. We belonged to a guy named Matthew he bought us at The Warehouse. We were getting ready for the race the Cross Country Run. Me and my brother John were excited kind of we liked running. We saw some other pairs of shoes, there looks saying "Bring it on"

Then we heard the count down "on your marks, get set..." and then there was a loud "BANG!!!" and we were off running through the herd of people like elephants that were around us. Dodging people in blue, orange some red and even green! Until someone in front of us fell over and then 3 more after that it slowed us down a bit, But we kept on going and going and going. We reached a hill by now but luckily we went down it. We raced down the hill passing around 7 people but we were still far from the front of the herd. By now we ran up a hill and slipped over some mud it was pretty fun and messy at the same time. But we didn't care we just kept running.

We came to our last lap we walked a lot and slipped over a lot of places but our final run and we boosted it. We ran then gradually gained and lost speed until we crossed the finish line. We came 115 which wasn't very good but at least we finished.

C.E Reading

1. What is so special about Migaloo?
2. Cite a few facts from the article that tell you how precious Migaloo is to the people of Australia.
3. Why is Migaloo known as a 'hypo-pigmented' humpback? is he the only one?

Answers:

1. The Migaloo (White Fella) humpback whale was the first white whale to be documented. So this made it become a "special interest whale" in the area which then made boats and jet skis keep at least 500m away from the whale and planes 2km. If anyone breaching these rules would be charged with a fine of $12,500 AUD.

2. The Migaloo is so precious to australians becuase they were the first white whale to be documented. They also kind of follow the same migration path down the east coast of Australia. He also has a aboriginal name. Scientists think that Migaloo's have a skin condition called albinism, but the scientists haven't yet suppled evidence that the whales do have the skin condition. Also the whale can live up to 80 years of age.

3. People call the Migaloo the "hyper-pigmented" humpback because of the rare skin condition called albinism that scientists think Migaloo's have. A.W.W.R.C (Australia White Whale Research Center) think that Migaloo's are NOT the only humpback whale with the skin condition that scientists think Migaloo's have.

Critical Thinking Challenge

Do you think Migaloo's special color helps or hurts him from human predators? Why

Answer: I think it would help him keep away human predators becuase humans know that if they catch one of these whales they would know that alot of people would try to send the catcher to court.

C.E Reading

1. What cereal does Rosado use to create her portraits?
2. Why does it take so long to create each masterpiece?
3. Name some celebrities that have featured in her cereal art series. What kind of art did Rosando unveil in 2013.

Answers:

1. Sarah Rosado uses Kellogs Cornflakes to create her creative art.

2. It takes Sarah Rosado so long becuase she has to make a sketch of it and then she has to crush the cornflakes into the right size and use a needle to make the shape of the nose and mouth.

3. Sarah Rosado has made cornflake art of Bob Marley, Michael Jackson (king of pop), Alicia Keys and John Lennon. Sarah Rosado has promised to unveil an entire art piece made entirely out of dirt.

Critical Thinking Challenge:

1. Why do you think the artist picked Corn Flakes and not any other cereal?

2. Can you think of any other everyday food that could be used to create art?

Answers:

1. I reckon because they are golden yellow and easy to crunch and maybe because you can get huge bags or boxes of them?

2. Well I think any everyday food could be used someone just has to be "creative" enough.

Word Search:

C.E Reading

Questions:

1. Where was the most recent tallest Lego structure built? Who built it?
2.What are the two requirements imposed by the Guinness World Records before a Lego tower can be eligible for inclusion?
3.Why does the author believe that a new Lego tower record will be attempted soon?

Answers:

1. It was built in front of St Stephen basilica Budapest in Hungary. Some kids from John Dickinson High School with help from some professional lego builders from denmark.

2. You had to build the tower with no adhesives or other things like that and also take the wire out of the tower so it could be eligible for the world records.

3. The author thinks that other competitors around the world will try beat the record because in 2012 the record was broken 3 times and people were desperately fighting for the record.

Current Events Reading

Questions:

1. What is unusual about the reptiles that live at Nyanyana crocodile farm?
2. How did they turn this way?
3. What are the crocodiles being bred for?

Answers:

1. My opinion about why the crocs that live in Nyanyana crocodile farm are so unusual or different because rather than eating meat or their prey they prefer to snack on vegetarian meals. And also that it was an accident that the crocs went vegetarian by the owners of the farm not feeding them meat instead feeding them some vegetarian food that has nearly the perfect amount of protein and vitamins and stuff like that. I also think that they are unusual because there skin is thought to be softer than normal crocodiles skin that eat meat. Lastly another reason that I think they are unusual is because they are apparently more "mellow" (Relaxed) than other crocs that eat meat.

2. They turned vegetarian because the owners of the crocodile farm couldn't afford meat so they decided to save money and buy some vegetarian meals.

3.I think the crocs are being bred for their skin so people around the world can have crocodile skin handbags and other accessories that also need crocodile skin when made.

Critical Thinking:

Q: How do feel about crocodiles being bred for their skin?

A: I think people need to realise what would have happened if animals took over the world just like planet of the apes how we would feel if they bred then killed us for our skin to make handbags and slippers.

C.E Reading - TELItime

Questions
1. What did Malavath do? Why does the author believe it is so admirable?2. What did she have to do to get selected for the Mount Everest climb? What happened when Malavath reached the advanced base camp?3. How long did it take the team to get to the summit? What does Malavath hope her achievement will do to help other people?Answers1. Malavath "conquered" the summit of Mount Everest. Meera Dolasia (The author) thought this was "spectacular" because she was only 13 years of age.2. Malavath was one of the twenty selected for a professional training at the Darjeeling Himalayan Mountaineering Institute and was picked to do the "adventurous" climb. Malavath got altitude sickness and had to return to base camp.

3. It took the team of 6 to get up the summit in 52 days (7 weeks 4 days). She had altitude sickness when she reached advanced base camp.