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LAST EDITION’S ENGLISH CHALLENGE:
Which of the following objects is least like the others?
Poem, Novel, Painting, Statue, Flower
What is the word coiled
inside this circle?
Congratulations to
Tristan Miller who supplied the
first correct answers:
Flower & Stronger
A $20 Music Card was awarded to Tristan.
This Edition’s English Challenge.
Proofreading is really important when writing any task.
Most students now re ly on spell check. When completing
the QCS, students have no access to computers, so they
must re ly on their own skills. The students are also marked
on how well they have written their piece in regards to
grammar, spelling and punctua tion.
Task: proofread the following paragraph.
he most influential writer in all of english literature, william
shakespeare was born in 1564 to a successful middle class
glove‐maker in stratford‐Upon‐Avon, England. Shakespeare
attended g rammar school, but his formal education
proceded no further in 1582 he maried Anne Hathaway, and
had three children with her Around 1590 he left his family
behind and traveled to London to work as an actor and
playwright. Public and critical success quickly followed, and
Shakespeare eventually became the most popular playright
in England and pa rt owner of the globe thea ter. His carer
bridged the reigns of elizabeth I and james I (ruled 1603–
1625), and he was a favorite of both monarchs. Wealthy and
renowne d; Shakespeare retired to Stratford and died in
1616 at the age of fifty‐two. Shakespeare’s At the time of
death, literary luminaries such as Ben Jonson hailed his as
timeless works.
“Be the best. It’s the only market that’s not crowded.”
LAST EDITION’S MATH PROBLEM:
This one had everyone stumped. No winner :‐(
THIS EDITION’S MATHS CHALLENGE:
This Maths problem has some good physics in it.
Students celebra ting the finish of Year 12 drive along the
street at a speed of 60 km per hour* while sounding a
whistle that has a frequency of 1200 Hz. Other students
standing on the side of the road hear the noise as the ca r
approaches and goes away. What is the appa rent frequency
of the whistle
as the car
approaches
and as the car
goes away?
(The speed of
sound is 330
metres per
second*)
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