This half term, we are learning all about the USA!
Read the texts and answer the questions. Remember prizes are given for great effort and work.
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Platinum
From this, tell me:
Three facts
Three questions you’d like to know the answer to
Three expanded noun phrases
Three new (or interesting) pieces of vocabulary and their definitions
Three locations in the USA
BRONZE :
1) Another name for the statue of liberty is ‘ Liberty enlightening of the world ‘ .
2) A simile for yearly is annually .
3) I think that tourists are attracted to this monument because this statue has been gifted to NYC many , many years ago and until now people are delighted of the beauty and height of this antique .
4) I think that tourists find it hard to see the whole statue as it is approximately 93 meters tall ! Also the place is very crowded .
SILVER :
1) The music (National Anthem) was writes by Francis Scott Key who was also a lawyer and an author.
2) I think it means that he experienced ww1 and I know that this is ww1 because it said that he witnessed the war in 1841 and that’s when ww1 happened .
3) He discovered the flag at Sun rise because it says the phrase ‘as the sun rose’ .
GOLD :
4) The land of the free and the home of the brave .
5) One word the the poet uses to show that the fight was dangerous is ‘Perilous ‘
6) I think this phrase means that they predicted or thought that was going to be their last glance of light .
7) The poet felt reassured because the flag was still standing .
PLATINUM :
1)
A) lots of different animals live in Yellowstone park such as : elks , bobcats , wolves and bears.
B) Niagara falls is actually 3 waterfalls .
C)
Bronze:
1) Liberty Enlightening The World.
2) Annually.
3) I think the monument is so popular to tourists because it’s 93 Meters in the sky!😲
4) I think a few visitors found hard was that it was either far away or to crowded .
Silver:
1) The music was written by a lawyer and an author named Francis Scott Key.
2) I think this means Francis was either born in WW1 or WW2.
3) The poem was written as the sun rose it says in the text.
Gold:
4) The land of the free and the home of the brave.
5) The word is Perilous.
6) I think this means they where looking up at there supposedly last glance of light.
7) The poet felt reassured because the flag was still standing after the war.
Platinum:
1) Yellowstone park is a dormant volcano, Grand canyon is 1 mile deep and Niagara falls is actually 3 separate waterfalls.
2) In Yellowstone park what is the temperature?
* How wide is the Gateway Arch?
* Who sculpted Mount Rushmore monument?
3) The Grand Canyon is huge, beautiful and peaceful.
* Mount Rushmore monument is humongous, amazing and cool.
* The Gateway Arch is tall, crowded and spectacular.
4) Pioneer- a person who is able to do something first.
* Dormant- is not active.
* Monument- A structure of building that is built to honour someone special.
5) New York City, Alaska and Hawaii.🗺🤗
Bronze
1. Her official name is ‘Liberty Enlightening the world’
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2. The same word as yearly ia annually.
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3.I think that the monument is so popular because,in the text it says ‘stood at a height of 93 metres
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4. I think that some visitors find it to difficult because it is 354 steep steps
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Silver
1. Francis Scott Key who wrote the anthem that the lyrics were set
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2. The pharse means he fought or country of the war
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