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MAY 201982

Published by News Mag Media Ltd

THE PRIMARY PLANETTHE PRIMARY PLANETReal Reading, Real Learning, Real Fun!

Teacher's Resource Pack (Issue #82)

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CONTENTS1. Design Time – art activity based on articles from this month's issue.

2. 32-Quiz – the answer to each question can be found on that page no.

3. Vocabulary Constabulary – word/vocabulary enrichment exercise.

4. Crossword – the answer to each clue can be found in this month's issue.

5. Cloze Test – comprehension exercise based on an unread news article.

6. Edit the Editor – an editing exercise based on basic grammar rules.

7. Question Time – comprehension exercise based on the news section.

8. Have Your Say – oral language/debating worksheet.

9. Fiche Ceist – 20 questions as Gaeilge. Answers found in this month's issue.

10. Drama Cards – drama scenarios based on a section from this month's issue.

11. Gadget Geeks – a creative writing exercise based on a STEM topic

12. Planet Sudoku - a mathematical puzzle based on numbers 1-9

13. Come Dine With Me – a creative writing exercise

14. Poetry Corner – poetry starters and tips based on monthly feature.

15. Tim's Puzzle Page – local and national geography/general knowledge/puzzle worksheet.

16. Wordsearch – based on words based on a theme from this month's issue.

17. Did You Know? – project activity for collating and presenting information.

18. Design a Poster – art/print activity based on an article from this month'sissue.

19. Art Activity – Create a piece of art based on Planet Wellbeing's Quote ofthe Month

20. Answers

THE PRIMARY PLANET

Puzzles Sport STEM Movies Showbiz

MAY 2019

Issue. 82- www.theprimaryplanet.ie Ireland’s Monthly Children’s News Magazine

DESIGNED BY ... ______________

THE PRIMARY PLANETReal Reading, Real Learning, Real Fun!

Published by News Mag Media Ltd

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32-QUIZPens out, guys! This month's 32-quiz is based on the 32 pages of TPP. E.g. The answer to Q.7 can

be found on page 7.

1. Leonardo da Vinci’s native country.2. Swinford is in Co. _________.3. Which Irish word means ‘bright fire’?4. Fastnet Lighthouse is off the coast of Co. _________.5. Who wrote The Hunchback of Notre-Dame?6. In what year did John McCormack win the gold medal at the Feis Ceoil?7. Bhí fonn múisce ar __________.8. Aladdin came from the city of __________.9. Aladdin is in cinemas from May ____.10. Tom ________ sent a burger into space.11. What is the green leaf found on a strawberry called?12. This school won a drone.13. In what year was the first electric locomotive built?14. The Revogue Days are in which month?15. This ancient Greek monster had snakes for hair.16. In which city is Leonardo’s The Last Supper on display?17. In da Vinci’s The Last Supper, which apostle has no food?18. What was the most expensive painting ever sold?19. Picture C depicts which animal?20. What is the last word in Crack the Code?21. What is the answer to 7 Down?22. Sonic the __________ is a video game.23. The outer layer of human skin is called the __________.24. Ed __________ address is Unnamed Road, Cape Clear.25. Sophocles was a Greek __________.26. Which breed of dog is Shadow?27. Maya bought a _________ EOS 4000D camera.28. Ailish Considine plays Australian Rules football for Western _________.29. Limerick is known as the __________ County.30. Gary ________ is the Irish senior CP football team captain.31. How many times did Rory Best play rugby for Ireland?32. In what year was Liverpool FC founded?

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VOCABULARY CONSTABULARY

Are you a good detective? The Vocabulary Constabulary needs your help. You can often detect the meaning of a word by reading it in context. That is, by reading

the other words around it in a piece of text. Find the page and the article in your Primary Planet and then detect the word or phrase that solves the clue to its meaning.

The number of letters and the starting letter of the answer are in brackets after each clue.

Now, order your answers alphabetically in the grid below:

LOCATION, Article/Paragraph

1. P6 Paragraph 1 Greatly admired; renowned. (10,c) _________2. P10 … Cow Toilets A colourless gas with a pungent smell. (7,a) _________3. P10 Levi’s Boss … Connoisseurs; experts; pundits. (11,a) _________4. P13 Jesko Being planned or developed. (2,3,8,i,t,p) _________5. P15 Childhood Engaging in an activity with great enthusiasm. (9,v) _________6. P16 Last Supper A dishonest or unscrupulous person; a rogue. (9,s) _________7. P17 … Questions … Theories; assumptions; suppositions. (10,h) _________8. P18 Michelangelo Made remarks to anger or provoke someone. (7,t) _________9. P11 Super Salads Within reasonable limits; not to excess. (2,10,i,m) _________10. P12 … to Revisit Going over; rereading; studying. (8,r) _________

SOLUTIONCLUE (number of letters, first letter)


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KNOW YOUR SPORT!Use your skimming and scanning skills to complete this month's crossword.

Answers to the clues below can be found in this month's sports section.

ACROSS1 Rory Best plays in this position. (6)

2 Catalan giants __________ visit Anfield on May 7 after winning the first leg 3-0. (9)

7 __________ Park is the GAA grounds in Kilkenny. (6)

9 The sport played at Roland-Garros. (6)

10 Host country of the 2019 World Cross Country Championships. (7)

11 Galway’s first opponents in the Leinster SHC on May 11. (6)

14 ‘You’ll never walk alone’ is the motto of __________ FC. (9)

15 Leona _________, won the Windsor Golf Classic in California. (7)

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16 Watford FC are known as the __________. (7)

17 Leinster’s opponents in rugby’s European Champions Cup. (8)

1 Mayo senior football team manager – James _________. (5)

2 Rafael __________, Newcastle FC manager. (7)

3 Ruislip GAA grounds is in this city. (6)

4 The European Champions Cup Final is in this city on May 11. (9)

5 Cavan footballers play __________ on May 18. (8)

6 Sarah Rowe plays Australian Rules football for this club. (11)

8 Fionnuala McCormack’s home county. (7)

9 Host the 2020 Olympics. (5)

12 Australian Rules football team – __________ Crows. (8)

13 Basketball Super League winners – Tralee __________. (8)

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CLOZE TEST TIMEThis month’s Cloze test is based about the recent discovery of the world’s tallest tropical tree. We’ve made it a bit trickier by taking out 10 words. This is called a Cloze test. Read through the words in the black box first and make sure you understand them. Then, read through the article. Make sure you think about the best place to put a word, not the first

place. Careful as you go, as some words may fit in a more than one place, while other words will only suit one.

World’s Tallest Tropical TreeThe tallest tropical tree in the __________ (1) was discovered, climbed and measured in April 2019. It was found in the Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, a Malaysian state on the __________ (2) of Borneo. The yellow meranti tree is 100.8m tall and has been named Menara which is the Malaysian word for tower.Yellow meranti forests in the area were laser scanned from the air in 2018. Scientists from English __________ (3) at Nottingham and Oxford built up 3D images of the treetops and picked out the really tall trees. However, the trees are measured the old-fashioned way – someone must __________ (4) to the top and drop a measuring tape to the ground below.Unding Jami, a research assistant with the South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership, climbed to the top of Menara on January 6, 2019. The climb took three __________ (5) to complete and Unding had to battle strong winds and heavy rain as he approached the top. ‘It was scary and windy, but honestly the view from the top was __________ (6). I don't know what to say other than it was very, very, very amazing,’ Unding said.Yellow meranti trees are a highly endangered species. They continue to be cut down in huge numbers in Malaysia with their __________ (7) often used to make moulds for pouring concrete and for plywood. This affects the environment as each tree is home to over 1,000 insects, __________ (8) and other plant species.

Interesting FactsMenara weighs around 80 tonnes.The Danum Valley Conservation Area protects Borneo’s __________ (9) orangutan, clouded leopard and forest elephants.The tallest tree in the world at present is called Hyperion. It is a giant sequoia, is just over 115m tall and is in Redwood National Park in __________ (10), USA.



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EDIT THE EDITOR!As May 9, is Europe Day, this month’s Editing Activity is about the European

Union. Read through the article and see if you can spot the 10 spelling mistakes, the 5 missing capital letters and the 5 missing full stops.

10 SPELLING MISTAKES 5 CAPITAL MISTAKES 5 FULL STOPS

The European Union (EU) is a politickal and economic union of 28 member states Where the Council of Europe concerns itself with Human Rights issues and culture, the eu tends to focuss more on the business end of things – the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital, while also drawing up laws on trade, agraculture, fisheries, and regional development.

one of the biggest changes that the EU braught about since its foundashion in 1958 (it was then known as the European Economic Community or the EEC) was monetary union – the interduction of the Euro Before this, every country had their own currancy (Ireland’s was knowing as the punt). this massive change began in 1999 and took three years to fully roll out. Now, 19 of the 28 members use the Euro as their official currency

The European Union resembels a country’s goverment in that it is split into departments or bodies – 7 in total They are known as the institutions of the European Union and are called the European Council, the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament, the european Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank, and the European Court of Auditors.

The three most senior leaders of the EU at present are Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, donald Tusk, President of the European Council, and Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament

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WHAT'S IN THE NEWS?How well have you read this month's paper? Here, in Question Time, as well as

testing your memory and retention skills, we also test your imagination and creative skills. We base this activity on our National news section.

Read the articles and answer the following questions.

9. Read the article ‘Happy Wheels’. Design your own personal number plate. (Can you give them a blank number plate, Stevie?)

10. What was your favourite news story in this month’s TPP? Why?


1. Read the article ‘Irish Zoos Welcome Newborns’. Choose a suitable namefor the baby gorilla born in Dublin Zoo on April 1. Why did you pick this name?

2. Choose suitable names for the lion cubs born at Fota Wildlife Park in lateFebruary.

3. Read the article ‘Woody’s Special Hello to Two Special Boys’. Write a shortletter from Hassan or Hussein to Tom Hanks thanking him for his video.

4. Read the article ‘May Day Celebrations’. Why was Bealtaine such an importfeast in ancient Ireland and how was it celebrated?

5. Read the article ‘World Bee Day 2019’. Use your research skills to find outand write ten facts about honey bees.

6. Read the article ‘Schoolboy’s Stunning Photo.’ You are a reporter for thelocal newspaper or radio station. Write five questions you would ask Jamie in aninterview.

7. Read the article ‘Shoutout Ireland!’ What is a census? Log on to https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp2tc/cp2pdm/ and write fivefacts from the 2016 census in Ireland.

8. Read the article ‘Paris Remains Stunned’. Write five things you learnedabout Notre-Dame from reading it.

9. Read the article ‘Green Greta Goes Global’ Do you think the group GlobalExtinction are right to block roads and cause disruption in cities? Why do youthink so?

10. What was your favourite news story in this month’s TPP? Why?

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HAVE YOUR SAY!Based on the news from this month's edition, we want you to think about some of the issues that may arise. Remember, when you are trying to put forward an opinion, or an argument, make sure you know your facts and figures and be clear in how you feel about a certain topic and why. Here are some questions and statements you and your class might like to consider thinking about and discussing. Some you will agree with, some you won't!

People who have proven Irish heritage should have to pay a portion of their taxes to the Irish government to help

keep the country operating well!

Climate Change is not real. It was invented by governments so they can charge more taxes and take in

more money.

Every major historical building in the world should have a full-time fire officer employed so that a fire can be detected at the earliest stages, thus preventing it

engulfing the building or destroying it. It would cost a fraction of the rebuild and restoration costs in the event of

a fire.

Greta Thunberg is a shining example to us all but, at the end of the day, she is just a kid. What government likes

being told what to do by a 16-year-old?

Bees are really important in nature. We should make a law that says anyone who kills a bee or destroys a

beehive should be prosecuted.

Irish zoos welcomed newborns this year. However, it is not right to hold animals captive -- they should all be

released back into their natural habitats.


FICHE CEIST!Tá siad simplí agus tá fiche freagra le fáil. Féach tríd an nuachtán!

Bealtaine

Lch3 Tá cónaí ar Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf sa bhaile seo.Lch4 Cén saghas fón póca atá ag Jamie Casey?Lch4 Bean chéile Justin Bieber.Lch5 Tá áras ceoldrámaíochta La Fenice sa chathair seo.Lch6 Fuair John McCormack bás agus _____ bliain slánaithe aige.Lch7 Chaill sé a bhríste snámha sa loch.Lch10 Chuir an fear seo ón Isiltír úirinéal ar bó.Lch13 Rugadh Anyos Jedlik sa tír seo.Lch 15 Rugadh Leonardo da Vinci sa bhliain seo.Lch17 Scríobh sé an leabhar The Da Vinci Code.Lch23 Cén tír ina bhfuil an abhainn Danshui?Lch24 Cén saghas ainmhí atá ag Ed Harper?Lch25 Tá Aster, Poppy agus Aintín Iona sa leabhar seo.Lch28 Rith sí maratón in Bostún le déanaí.Lch28 Foireann peil Astrálach Ailish Considine.Lch29 Cén chontae ina bhfuil Páirc Uí Chaoimh?Lch29 Captaen fhoireann Mhaigh Eo.Lch31 Ghnóthaigh Rory Best ______ chaipín le hÉirinn.Lch23 An t-orgán is mó atá ag gach duine.Lch18 Cheannaigh sé The Codex Hammer.


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DRAMA TIME!Each month, we invite you and your class to base your drama lesson on a theme from The Primary Planet.

This month, we visit the art gallery in possession of da Vinci's The Last Supper. For your drama exercise this month, we're inviting you to stage a short drama based on a tour to view the famous artwork. Your creative drama piece should try and convey to your audience the importance of looking after these national and international treasures and how one person's actions can snowball into scenes of devastating consequences!

We've given some suggestions below.

CHARACTER SUGGESTIONS:

A tour guide in the Convent of Santa

Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy -- home of da Vinci's famous The Last Supper -- on their first day on the

job

CHARACTERSUGGESTIONS:

A tourist who is very hard of hearing --

and cannot seem to hear the tour guide's

instructions very well

CHARACTERSUGGESTIONS:

The manager of the gallery, who is on

hand to see how the new recruit is doing and make sure that

he/she is doing their job properly

CHARACTERSUGGESTION:

A tourist who has very poor eyesight

and who demands to get up closer to the painting so they can see the finite details

of the artwork

CHARACTERSUGGESTION:

A security guard in the gallery



GADGET GEEKS!

Look at the amazing tech on page 22: The Eewriter -- a tablet that allows you to write with a pen that converts screen typing into storable online file formats.

Imagine that you are trying to get people to invest in your gadget, where you have combined tech and education. Think carefully about the words you use to make your presentation persuasive. Present a drawing of the prototype when you have your writing completed. And remember, you'll be selling this to teachers and principals -- a tough bunch to convince :)

What is the gadget?

Why would someone buy it?

Persuasive Language Examples:

Phenomenon High-tech Unbelievable Family Friendly Accurate Ultimate Effortless

What tech is involved?

How much will it be?

How does it make the original item (if there is one) better?

Why should the school spend their money on this?

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