Tristin: June 2020

when metals are exposed to the environment they can deteriorate, or break down.Scientists call this process corrosion. Rust is the term used to describe the corrosion of iron.

Investigating Rusting

Aim: To investigate the factors that cause rusting in iron.

Equipment: Four test tubes, test tube rack,a bung , four iron nails,boiled water,Trap water,salty water,cooking oil,calcium chloride.

Method: 1. Label four test tubes A-D place in test tube rack.

2.test tubes contents: A=Iron nail and tap water.

B=Iron nail and salty water.

C=iron nail,boiled water,oil.

D=Iron nail and calcium chloride.Sealed with a bug.

3. Leave the test tubes undisturbed for at least three days.

Observations: complete the table.

Test tube Conditions present or absent Observation

A Water,Air,Oxygen Rusting

B Salt,water and salt Significant Rusting

C Water,No oxygen No Rusting

D Oxygen, No oxygen No Rusting

Conclusion: Write a conclusion based on your finding. Outline what condition cause the fastest rate of rusting,and what conditions cause the slowest rate of rusting.

Rusting of iron requires water and oxygen .When either of there are remove ,no rusting occurs. The rusting process is sped up when salt is also present.

Dystopian literature

According to the Science-Fiction Dictionary Brave New Words, dystopian literature is
"an imagined society or state of affairs in which conditions are extremely bad, especially
in which these conditions result from the continuation of some current trend to an extreme." 

Name three synonyms for dystopia.

_Hades____________________________
_Hell____________________________
_Cacotopia____________________________

What is the antonym for dystopia?

Read through Chapter 1. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.

There’s only one way to do this and that’s to tell it in order, chronological order. I know writing
it down is _important to us. That’s why we all got so excited when Robyn suggested it It’s
terribly, terribly important .Recording what we’ve done, in words, on paper, it’s got to be our way
of telling ourselves that we mean something, that we `matter. Pg. 2

Excited, matter, chronological, suggested, important

‘We’ve got a wimp for a Foreign Minister,’ the face was shouting. ‘He’s weak, he’s gutless,
he’s the new Neville Chamberlain. He doesn’t understand the people he’s dealing with.
They respect strength, not weakness!’ ‘Do you think defence is high on the Government’s
agenda ?’ the interviewer asked. ‘High? High? You must be joking! Do you know what they’ve
cut from the defence budget ?’ Pg. 9

budget, defence, wimp, respect, weakness, shouting,agenda,

‘After all, what’s the worst thing that could happen? worst in four-wheel drives?
They’d have to come through our place, and Dad’d stop them. Bushfires ? There’s so
much rock up there we’d be safer than we would at home. snakebite? We all know how to
treat snakebite. We can’t get lost, cos Tailor’s Stitch is like a highway. I’ve been going up into
that country since I could walk.’

Pg. 12

snakebite, worst, treat, bushfires, country, hunters

Read through Chapter 2. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.

If Dad had known how bad the track was he’d never have let us take the Landrover.
He trusts my driving, but not that much. Still, we bounced along, me wrestling with the wheel,
doing a steady five k’s, with occasional bursts up to ten. P.17

wrestling, track, trusts, occasional, bouncing

At least they seemed willing to take a shot at the first of satan’s Steps. But even the first step
was difficult. We had to drop into a tangle of old logs and blackberries, then scramble up the
tilted scarred face of the rock. We got quite scarred ourselves. There was a fair bit of swearing
and sweating and pulling other people up and hanging on to other people’s packs before we
were all standing on top, peering down at Homer’s ledge. P.24

tilted, satan’s, scarred, peering, swearing, tangle, scramble, hanging

It was a pretty little thing. The sun didn’t reach  it, so it was dark and cool and secret. 

The water bubbled over rocks that were green and slippery with moss. I knelt and 

soaked my face, then lapped like a dog as the others started to arrive. P27

Bubbled, slippery, lapped, soaked, reach, pretty, secret

Read through Chapter 3. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.

The track was taking us downhill all the time. It wound around a bit, looking for the

 best route , but the trend  was always downhill. It was going to be quite a sweat getting 

back up. We’d lost a lot of altitude . It was beautiful though, quiet, shady, cool and damp.

 There were no flowers, just more shades of green and brown than the English language

 knows about. The ground was deep in leaf litter there were times when we 

lost the track beneath heaps of bark and leaves and twigs , but a search  around under 

the trees always found it again. P. 31

route, trend, downhill, damp, altitude, shady, twigs, litter, search, sweat

We found ourselves in a  clearing about the size of a hockey field, or a bit bigger. 

It would have been hard to play  hockey on though, because it wasn’t much of a clearing. '

It was studded with trees, three  beautiful old eucalypts and quite a few suckers and 

 saplings. The creek was at the  flatter edge; you could hear it but not see it. The creek 

was  flatter and wider here and cold,  freezing cold, even on a summer day. P.32

beautiful, western, saplings, clearing, flatter, freezing, hockey

Read through Chapter 6. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.

The dogs were dead. That was my first thought. They didn’t jump around and bark when we 

drove in, or moan  with joy when I ran  over to them, like they always had done. They lay 

beside their little galvanised  iron humpies, flies all over them, ablivious  to the last warmth 

of the sun. Their eyes were red  and desperate and their snouts  were covered with dried 

froth . P55

Dead, galvanised, oblivious, jump, snouts, froth, ran, red, moan

I came back with the radio, switching it on as I rushed along the corridor , spinning the turner 

 to find a station. By the time I got to the kitchen I’d already scanned  the whole range once 

and got nothing but static. Must have gone too fast, I thought, like I always do. I never learn . 

I started the second search as the others watched anxiously , uncomprehending. This time  

was slow and careful, but the result was the same: nothing. Now we were all really 

frightened. P.59

Learn, anxiously, careful, nothing,Corridor, tuner, scanned, static, really

‘Maybe all my mother’s stories made me think of it before you guys. And like Robyn said 

before, if we’re wrong,’ he was struggling to get the words out, his face twisting like someone 

having a stroke, ‘if we’re wrong you can laugh as long and loud as you want. But for now, for 

now, let’s say it’s true. Let’s say we’ve been invaded. I think there might be a war P.68

tar, twisting, stroke, laugh, true, stories, wrong, struggling, invaded

Read through Chapter .7 Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.

Corrie, I’m in the Show Secretary’s Office. Something’s going on. People say it’s just Army  

manoeuvres but I’m sending this anyway, then heading home to tear it up so no one’ll know 

what an idiot I’ve been. But Corrie, if you do get this, go bush . Take great care. Don’t come 

out till you know it’s safe . Much love darling. Dad. P.73

Army, Office, tear, idiot, bush, safe, darling

The town was in darkness, no street lights even. There must have been some power  though, 

because there were quite strong lights at the Showground – the floodlights they used for the 

trotting track – and a couple of buildings in the centre of town were lit . As we sat there we 

talked softly about our  next move. There was no question that we had to try to reach Fi’s 

house, and Lee’s. Not because we expected to find anyone, but because five of us had seen 

our homes, had seen the emptiness ,had been given a chance to understand, and it was 

only  fair that the last two should get the same right. P.74

lit, next, reach, darkness, power, floodlights, expected, emptiness, fair

Read through Chapter 8. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.

It was hard for me to believe that I, plain old Ellie, nothing special about me, middle of the 

road in every way, had probably just killed three people. It was too big a thing for me to get 

my mind around. When I thought of it  baldly like that: killed three people, I was so filled with

 horror. I felt that my life was permanently damaged, that I could never be normal again, that 

the rest of my life would just be a shell. Ellie might walk and talk and eat and drink but the 

inside Ellie, her feelings, was condemned to wither and die. P.95

Condemned, Probably, plain, badly, wither, horror, damaged, shell,

‘You guys did well. Don’t feel so bad. This is war. now, and normal rules don’t apply. 

These people have invaded our land,locked up our families. They caused your dogs to die, 

Ellie, and they tried to kill you three. The Greek side of me understands . these things. The 

moment they left their country to come here they knew what they were doing. They’re the 

ones who tore up the rule book, not us.’ p.96

tore, war, caused, three, rules, invaded, locked, understands, country,

Read through Chapter 9. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.

Corrie, we were still inconent . Right up to yesterday . We didn’t believe in Santa Claus but 

we believed  in other fantasies. You said it. You said the big one. We believed we were safe. 

That was the big fantasy. Now we know we’re not, and like you said, we’ll never feel safe 

again, and so it’s bye- bye innocence. It’s been nice knowing you, but you’re gone now.’ P. 107

knowing, safe, fantasy, believed, big, yesterday, innocent, feel

There was something Sinister  about it, something diabolical. It flew with a sense of purpose

, deliberate and cold-blooded. As it crossed the road it seemed to pause a little, give a slight

 shudder. From under each wing flew two little darts, two horrible black things that grew as 

they approached us. They were coming terribly fast . Corrie gave a cry that I’ll never forget, 

like a wounded bird. One rocket hit the house, and one was all it took. The house came apart 

in slow motion. P.119

Approached, fast, wounded,Sinister, diabolical, apart, deliberate, shudder, darts

Read through Chapter 10. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.

At the top of the hill nothing had changed. The view over Wirrawee was the same, the 

lights were still on at the Showground, and in a few other places. One of those places, 

as Homer pointed out, was the Hospital. It looked like they had it functioning . But there 

was no sign of Robyn or Lee. P.126

hill, functioning, sign, view, lights, places, pointed

Robyn looked ghastly too; the torchlight  didn’t help, but her face was more like a skull than 

a face, high cheekbones and gaunt cheeks and sunken eyes. And we all smelt so bad. It 

seemed a long time since our swim  in the river, and we’d sweated  a lot in the meantime. P.130

gaunt, sweated, swim, ghastly, skull, torchlight, smelt, 

‘We’re going to have to get him out. They’ll find him pretty quickly there. The more settled 

these people get, the more they’ll organise themselves, and the more they’ll start getting 

starter control of everything. P.136

quickly, going, settled, organise, tighter, more

Read through Chapter 11. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.

The first bullets hit. They rang on the steel of the truck like a giant with a sledgehammer 

was attacking it. Some of them hummed away again, out into the darkness , violent blind 

mosquitos , ricochets. I hoped they wouldn’t hit anyone innocents. P. 143

Bullets, steel, giant, hummed, darkness, blind, innocent

For a week he’d had no contact with anyone, just watched from a tree, and

later the piggery, as patrol after patrol came through the property. The first group had taken all the

cash and jewellery; Chris had buried the other small valuables after that, but had spent the rest of the

week in hiding, emerging only to check animals and pick up supplies from the house. P152

Read through Chapter 12. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.

‘And then I think about Corrie and how it must be terrible  for her, much worse than for me. For all you guys with little brothers and sisters. That must be terrible. And imagine how Chris’s parents would feel, being overseas., probably not being able to get back into the country, not having a clue what’s happened to Chris.’

‘We don’t know how widesspreads. this thing is. It could involve a lot of countries. Remember that joke. we made, up in Hell, about World War Three? We could have been right onto it.’ P.160

Terrible, joke, little, imagine, right, overseas, country, clue, widespread, involve

He was asleep, and I was furiuos. I shouted, screamed, and then kicked him, hard. Even while I was doing it I was shocked at myself. Even now, as I think about it, I’m shocked at mydelf. The thing that scared me most was the throught  that maybe all the violents things I’d been doing, with the ride-on mower and the mower, had trasformed me in the space of a couple of nights into a raging monster. But on the other hand, it was unforgivable slacks for Chris to have gone to sleep. He’d risked the lives of all of us by being so _________. P.161

Transformed, furious, myself, thought, kicked, shocked, violent, truck,  raging, unforgivable slack

Read through Chapter 13. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.

One of the small rituals that developed each day was Corrie’s Testing the Trannie. This was a solemn ceremony that took place whenever Corrie got the urge . She’d get up, look at the tent, give a little murmur like ‘I think I might give the trannie another burl’, and walk over to the tent. A moment later she’d emerge with the precious object in her hands and go to the highest point in the clearing and, holding the transistor to her ear, carefully turn the dial. Pg. 166

might, transistor, rituals, urge, precious, solemn, murmur, emerge

‘... warned America not to get involved. The General said that America would find herself in the longest, costliest and bloodist war in her history if she tried to intervene . He said his forces have forces several major coastal cities. Much of the inland has been taken already, and losses have been below expectations . Many civilians and military prisoners have been captured and are being held in humanitarians conditions. Red Cross teams will be permitted to inspect them when the situation stabilises.

‘The General repeated his claim that the invasion  was aimed at “reducing inbalances  within the region”. As international outrage continues to mount, FCA reports sparotic fighting in many country areas and at least two major land battles ...’ Pg. 168

involved, bloodiest, reducing imbalances, humanitarian, sporadic, stabilises, America, occupied, civilian, costliest, intervene, expectations, inspect, invasion

Read through Chapter 14. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.

Monday morning a dark river of  aircraft flowed overhead for an hour or more. 

Not ours unfortunately. I’d never seen so many aircraft. They looked like big 

fat transport planes and they weren’t being molested by anyone, though a half

-hour later six of our Air Force jets whistled past on the same route. We waved 

to them,optimistically . P.179                                     

Aircraft, route, optimistically, unfortunately, whistled, transport

To amuse Fi I closed my eyes, picked up the Bible, opened it at ramdom, 

pointed to a spot, opened my eyes and read the verse, saying at the same 

time, ‘Through my psychic finger I will find a sentence that applies to us’. The 

one I’d picked was this: ‘I hate them with perfect harted; I count them my 

enemies.’‘Golly,’ said Fi. ‘I thought the Bible was meant to be full of love and 

foreginess and all that stuff.’ P. 180

hatred, enemies, random, verse, psychic, forgiveness, amuse

Read through Chapter 15. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.

Fi drifted off to sleep, but I lay awake listening to the night sounds, the breeze in the hot trees, the howls of ferals dogs in the distance, the occasional throaty call of a bird. I wondered how I’d feel if Fi got off with Homer. I still couldn’t quite believe that I suddenly liked Homer so much. He’d been a neighbour , a brother, for so long. I tried to think back to the way he’d been a month ago, a year ago, five years ago when he was just a kid. I wanted to work out when he’d become attractive , or why I hadn’t noticed it before, but I couldn’t feel anything much for the way he’d been in those days. It was like he’d metamorphesed. Overnight he’d become sexy and interesting . Pg.194

metamorphosed, interesting, feral, drifted, attractive, throaty, neighbour

The box was showing the early signs of rust, with some red lines starting to creep along it, but it was in good condition. It was unlocked and opened easily. Craning over Lee’s arm, I saw nothing but papers and photographs. It was disappointing, although as I realized later gold wasn’t much used to us, living our guerilla life up in the mountains. Lee lifted out the papers and the photos. Underneath them was a small blue case, like a wallet, but made of stiffer materials and fastened with a small gold clasp. He opened that, carefully. Inside, wrapped in tissue paper and resting on white linen cloth, was a

brightly colored short wide ribbon, attached to a heavy bronze medal. Pg. 203

rust, bronze, condition, guerilla, linen, material, realized, disappointing

Read through Chapter 16-17. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.

I too had blood on my hands, like the Hermit, and just as I couldn’t tell whether his actions

were good or bad, so too I couldn’t tell what mine were. Had I killed out of love of my friends,

as part of a noble crusade to rescue friends and family and keep our land free? Or had I killed

because I valued my life above that of others? Would it be OK for me to kill a dozen others to

keep myself alive? A hundred? A thousand? At what point did I condemn myself to Hell, if I

hadn’t already done so? The Bible just said ‘Thou shalt not kill’, then told hundreds of stories

of people killing each other and becoming heroes, like David with Goliath. That didn’t help me

much.

I didn’t feel like a criminal, but I didn’t feel like a hero either. P.216 condemn, blood, criminal, actions, dozen, valued, heroes, crusade The people we’ve talked to say the soldiers are anxious to keep their noses clean. They know that sooner or later the United Nations and the Red Cross’ll be wandering around,

and they don’t want to attract a lot of heat from them. They keep talking about a “clean” invasion.

They figure that if there’s no talk of concentration camps and torture and rape and stuff, there’s

less chance of countries like America getting involved.’ P.224 invasion, soldiers, concentration, attract, torture, anxious

Read through Chapter 18. Use the words in bold to fill in the blanks.

‘The way I see it, these are our choices, now that we know a bit more about the deal. One, we can sit tight and do nothing. And there’s nothing chicken about that. It’s got a lot to recommend it. We’re not trained for this stuff, and it’s important for ourselves, and for our families, and for that matter even our country, that we stay alive. Two, we can have a go at getting our families and maybe other people out of the Showground. That’s a tough one, probably way beyond our reach. I mean, we’ve got rifles and shotguns but they’d be popguns compared to what these turkeys are using. Three, we can do something else to help the good guys. That’s us, I might add, in case anyone’s confused .’ He grinned at Robyn. ‘We could involve ourselves in some way that would help us win this war and get our country back. There’s other things we could do too of course, other options, like moving somewhere else, or surrendering , but they’re so remote I don’t think they’re worth discussing, although we will if anyone wants to of course. P.238

confused, recommend, remote, discussing, country, surrendering, choices trained, compared, tough, rifles

Tristin

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Monday, June 29, 2020

SDL (week12)

Friday, June 26, 2020

PE

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Self saucing chocolate pud

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Corrosion

Guerrilla warfare

SDL (week 14)

PE (8th)

Monday, June 22, 2020

SDL (week13)

Tristan

PE (7th)

Friday, June 19, 2020

SDL (12 week)

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Home Economics

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

SDL (11 week)

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

SDL (10 week)

P.E (6th)

Monday, June 15, 2020

Tommorrow , When The War Began