List six bizarre excuses for not doing your homework** 1. I was sucked into a vortex 2. I was too busy travelling through time 3. My homework magically disappeared 4. My homework decided to escape/run away 5. My pens and paper kept magically transforming into food 6. I had a fight with my textbook **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything
Read moreWrite three differences between carpet and ice-cream** 1. Ice-cream is edible, carpet is not 2. Carpet is furry, ice-cream is not 3. Ice-cream has to be kept in the freezer, carpet does not **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.
Read moreList ten things that go up and down** 1. Ball 2. Lift/Elevator 3. Pogo Stick 4. Kangaroos 5. Planes (when they take off and eventually land) 6. Birds (when they take off and eventually land) 7. Flies, bees and other flying insects (when they take off and eventually land) 8. Springs 9. Cherry Picker/Scissor Lift 10. Rollercoaster **Reference: Marsden,
Read moreSuggest six ways to get a ping-pong ball out of a (vertical) drain.** 1. Use a vacuum cleaner to suck it out of the drain 2. Put your hand down the drain and get it out 3. Scoop it out with a soup ladle 4. Use Drano (it will get it out of the drain but it will also end
Read moreWhat’s your favourite kitchen appliance and why?** The stove. The fact that a stove would be my favourite kitchen appliance is obvious to me, but I’ll explain per the request of the topic. The stove is my favourite kitchen appliance as I can cook/bake anything with it and provides me with hot meals. The kettle would come in second as
Read moreFrom Writing Topic #131 until Writing Topic #149 are “based on a book”. The book I have chosen to focus on is Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern. Would this book make a good movie? What would need changing? What locations that you personally know of could you use?** This topic for me is a little bit of a cheat
Read moreFrom Writing Topic #131 until Writing Topic #149 are “based on a book”. The book I have chosen to focus on is Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern. How much is this book a story of loss of innocence?** Where Rainbows End is a story of loss of innocence over time. The novel spans almost fifty years from when Alex
Read moreFrom Writing Topic #131 until Writing Topic #149 are “based on a book”. The book I have chosen to focus on is Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern. Write the summary of the book for a seven-year-old** Where Rainbows End is the story of a boy and a girl who are best friends constantly write letters, messages and emails to
Read moreYou’re alone, on a deserted beach. You turn away for a moment. When you turn back your towel has gone. Give four possible explanations for this** 1. A gust of wind blew it away 2. The ocean, or the tide swept it away 3. An animal has taken it (I suppose then the beach wouldn’t really be deserted if there
Read moreWhat I like and dislike about TV** Like: 1. Provides a constant variety of programmes 2. Its ability to have a DVD player or video game console plugged in 3. Provides entertainment 4. Provides information (especially when watching the news) Dislike: 1. There are repeats constantly broadcast 2. There’s constantly reality shows on and they are the same every
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