Week One HOMEWORK

Homework Assignment

Welcome back to school. Your homework has changed and now you will need to manage our time more. Six more months to you go to Intermediate and it is now time to make sure you are organised and ready. You will get a mini-project every Monday and it is due the following Monday. You can hand it in earlier if you wirsh. This is to be completred in your homework book and you can use a computer or publish by hand. This must be your best work and you need to plan it beofre publishing.

 

DUE – Monday 2^nd August  

Your investigation must include information about these questions. You can add extra facts.

1.    Where and when was Edmund Hillary born? Tell me about his up bringing.

2.    What were Edmund Hillary’s hobbies and jobs before his adventure to the top of Everest?

3.    Edmund Hillary had triumph and tragedy in the Himalayas. What was Hillary’s tragedy and how did it change his life?

4.    Hillary has shown courage and perseverance throughout his life? Why are these important qualities to have?

5.    What other adventures did Hillary undertake besides his Everest triumph?

6.    Hillary often felt that he gained a great deal ‘personal wealth’ from his adventure up Everest and the people from Tibet. What does he mean by ‘personal wealth’ and how did he repay the people of Tibet?

7.    Write one full paragraph on why Sir Edmund Hillary is a great role model for young New Zealanders.

Criteria: Use ONE page in your homework book or use your online Learning Journal. Tell me about the achievements and life of Sir Edmund Hillary. I would like you to tell me about him in your own words. Remember that he has done a lot of things and not just climb Mount Everest.

Presentation is important so have fun. Make the presentation of our work suitable to the subject.

Please do not copy, cut & paste or repeat things that other people have written about him. It makes marking your work very boring and it is cheating!!

By writing your homework in your own words I know that you have read and understood the work.

Have fun and think outside the square!!

http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/hillary.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Hillary

http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/hillary_norgay01.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hillary/

http://www.answers.com/topic/sir-edmund-hillary

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