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Spell Well, Wk 32, P.66/67.

A) Caution, raced, weird, scalp, remote, various, option, gallery,

charm, skated, relation, article, across, education.

B) Chauffeur, mechanic, sergeant, solicitor, instructor, principal,

plumber.

C) Ordinary, artery, estuary, battery, lottery, January, voluntary,

library, military, jewellery, cemetery, dictionary, slippery, gallery.

D)

A. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

B. Curiosity killed the cat.

C. In the palm of my hand.

D. Fair weather friends.

E. As slippery as an eel.

F. To lead by example.

G. As rough as sandpaper.

E) Curiosity, incidentally, pronunciation, occasionally.

F) Calf, artery, relevant, rhythm, paragraph, bizarre, charm, estuary,

nervous, ankle, scene, electric, liar, rhyme, suction.

Small World History: Activities P.82.

1. Relief committees were set up in Ireland to aid the poor and

starving.

2. Gombeen: A shopkeeper/trader who overpriced food.

3. Around 123,000 died of hunger and disease in 1846.

4. The potato harvest was small in 1847 as only a small crop had

been sown because many people ate the seed potatoes during

the winter and others were too weak to the sow the seed

potatoes.

5. Evicted families begged for food, tried to enter the workhouse,

emigrated or died by the side of the road.

Small World History: Activities P.85, A and B.

1. Coffin ships: Dreadful ships, onboard which many Irish

emigrants died from disease or hunger.

2. The Martha Washington landed in Westport carrying grain.

3. The Choctaw tribe sent aid to Ireland during the Great

Famine.

4. 1850.

5. Scurvy: A disease caused by a lack of vitamin C in the diet,

which affected the bones, skin, teeth and gums and made

the sufferer feel extremely tired.

B) Landowners, Overpricing food, Scurvy, Stealing it.

Small World Geography: Activities P. 91, A, B and C.

A)

Flint: A hard, grey rock consisting of nearly pure silica, occurring

chiefly as nodules in chalk.

Tinder: Dry, flammable material, such as wood or paper used for

lighting a fire.

Ember: A small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying

fire.

Carbon Footprint: The amount of carob dioxide released into the

atmosphere as a result of the activities of a particular individual,

organization or community.

Propane: A flammable hydrocarbon gas of the alkane series present

in natural gas and used as bottled fuel.

Non-renewable: Existing in finite quantity, not capable of being

replenished.

B)

1. Tinder can be set alight by striking a piece of steel against flint

to create a spark, by directing the sun’s rays through a lens, or

by rubbing a hardwood against a softwood stick to produce an

ember.

2. Charcoal and gas.

3. A lump of coal and a tree trunk.

C)

2) How to reduce your Carbon Footprint:

Try to eat with the seasons and but local produce.

Eat less meat.

Fly less often.

Reduce your food waste.

Avoid driving on your commute.

Unplug your appliances.

Fill your dishwasher.

3) Solar energy, wind energy, hydro energy, tidal energy, biomass

energy, geothermal energy.

Small World Geography, P.93, A and B.

Conduction: The process by which heat or electricity is directly

transmitted through the material of a substance when there is a

difference of temperature or of electrical potential between

adjoining regions, without movement of the material.

Convection: The movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of

hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser

material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently

results in transfer of heat,

Expansion: It is the action of becoming larger or more extensive.

Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to change its shape,

area and volume in response to a change in temperature.

Contraction: The process of becoming smaller.

Radiation: The emission or transmission of energy in the form of

waves or particles through space or through a material medium.

B)

1. The rod is inserted into a piece of meat. An increase in the

temperature of the meat during cooking causes the rod to

twist. This causes the needle in the dial to move.

2. They vibrate.

3. They move around each other quickly in all directions.

4. If the gas inside is heated, the particles speed up and take up

more space. They hit the walls of the container harder and

more often, causing pressure to build up.

5. There is no air to transfer heat from the sun.

6. Solar energy (sunlight) hits the surface of the Earth. The

surface heats up and begins to radiate heat energy.

Am Don Léamh, Arachnaphobia, P.46/47.

A C D

Fíor Damhán alla - spider Slán

Fíor Staighre - stairs Halla Fíor Greasán - web Staighre

Bréagach Cuileog - fly Luas

Bréagach

Breagach

B)

1. Arachnaphobia is ainm don dán.

2. Scríobh Éamonn Ó Ríordáin an dán.

3. Ní maith le hÉamonn Ó Ríordáin an damhán alla.

4. Tá an damhán alla sa seomra leapa.

5. Ta an damhán alla thuas ar an mballa.

6. Níl cuileog sa seomra leapa.

Dictionary Words:

Exhorted: Strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.

Gourd: A fleshy, typically large fruit with a hard skin, some varieties

of which are edible.

Chivalry: The medieval knightly system with its religious, moral and

social code.

Assuaged: Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

Vast: Of great extent or quantity; immense.

Contradict: Deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the

opposite.

Flunked: Fail to reach the required standard in (an examination, test,

or course of study).

Cordial: Warm and friendly.

Terrariums: A vivarium of smaller animals, especially reptiles,

amphibians, or terrestrial invertebrates, typically in the form of a

glass fronted case.

Jangling: Make or cause to make a ringing metallic sound typically a

discordant one.

Hoisted: Raise (something) by means of rope and pulleys.

Guffawed: Laugh loudly and heartily.

Devoid: Entirely lacking or free from.

Unnerving: Causing one to lode courage or confidence;

disconcerting.

Denial: The act of denying something.

Pelt: Hurl missiles repeatedly at.

Seo Leat, P. 85, D.

1. Bhí an siopoadóir trína chéile mar ní raibh aon sóinseáil aige.

2. Bhí an seanfhear trína chéile mar chaill sé na spéaclaí.

3. Bhí an gruagaire trína chéile mar ní raibh aon siosúr aige.

4. Bhí an múinteoir trína chéile mar d’fhág sí na cóipleabhar sa

bhaile.

Trína chéile – out of sorts/all over the place/scattered/confused.

1. Caithfidh mé dul abhaile – táim an-tinn.

2. Caithfidh mé suí síos – táim an-lag.

3. Caithfidh mé ceapaire a ithe – tá ocras an domhain orm.

4. Caithfidh mé mo chota a bhaint – táim fliuch go craiceann.

Caithfidh mé – I have to…

Táim preachta leis an bhfuacht – I am shivering.

Seo Leat, P. 86.

E)

Dúirt, Béarfaidh, Beidh, Chuala, Déanfaidh, Gheobhaidh, Chonaic,

D’ith, Tháinig, Tabharfaidh, Rachaidh.

Inné, amárach, amárach, inné, amarach, inné, amarach, inné.

Léigh sa Bhaile, p.113-117.

Fógra do Choláiste sa Ghaeltacht.

1. Coláiste Chiaráin is ainm don choláiste.

2. Tá an coláiste i gConamara.

3. B íonn an bricfeasta ar a hocht a chlog go dtí a naoi a chlog.

4. Imríonn na páistí peil, leadóg agus cispheil.

5. Bíonn céilí I halla na scoile.

Siúlóid sna Sléibhte.

1. Bhí rang a cúig ag dul ar shiúlóid bheag sna sléibhte.

2. Lá breá brothallach a bhí ann.

3. Shroich siad barr an tséibhe ar a leathuair tar éis a dó dhéag.

4. Ar an mbealach abhaile thosaigh sé ag stealladh báistí.

5. Nuair a shroich siad an scoil bhí gach duine fliuch báite.

Ceolchoirm na Scoile.

1. Chuir an scoil an cheolchoirm ar siúl.

2. Thosaigh banna ceoil na scoile an cheolchoirm.

3. Chuir an príomhoide fáilte roimh an lucht féachana.

4. Chan siad cúpla amhrán.

5. Rinne siad dráma, chan siad amhrán agus bhí siad ag damhsa.

An Turas Scoile.

1. Chuaigh rang a cúig ar thuras scoile an tseachtain seo caite.

2. Chuaigh siad go dtí Fóta i gCorcaigh.

3. Bhí ceamara ag an múinteoir.

4. Thaitin an pheacóg go mór le na cailíní.

5. Ar a haon a chlog chuaigh siad isteach sa bhialann agus d’ith

siad lón blasta.

Where on Earth? Unit 23: The Nile, P.48/49.

A) White, rises, converge, Mediterranean, Cairo, triangular, water,

flooding.

B) The Nile Fact File.

The Blue Nile and the White Nile – Tributaries.

Lake Tana and Lake Victoria – Sources.

Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan – White Nile.

Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Congo, Kenya, Sudan, Egypt – Blue

Nile.

Cairo, Aswan, Luxor, Giza – Cities.

Aswan Dam.

Mediterranean Sea.

Red Sea.

Countries with international borders to Egypt are the occupied

Palestine territory of the Gaza Strip, Israel, Libya and Sudan.

Egypt shares maritime borders with Cyprus, Greece, Jordan,

Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

Lake Nasser.

Arabian Desert.

C)

1. Mediterranean Sea.

2. The Nile flows generally north, from the highlands of east-

central Africa into the Mediterranean Sea. Rivers flow

downhill. The Nile flows downhill which in the case of the Nile

happens to be from South to North (generally).

3. Tanzania, Uganda, Congo, Kenya, Sudan, Egypt. 11 countries in

total.

4. The White Nile is longer.

5. Cairo, Khartoum, Juba, Jinja.

6. To channel water for crops (irrigation).

7. Controls flooding and generates power.

8. Irrigation: The supply of water to land or crops to help growth,

typically by means of channels.

9. Converge: To join.

10. Khartoum, Sudan.

11. Delta: A delta is where a large river splits up into smaller

rivers in a triangular shape.

12. Sudan.

D) Crocodile, Fox, Hippopotamus, Camel, Eagle, Rhinoceros.

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