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The Rabbits
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How is John Marsden's book, 'The Rabbits', classified as a metaphor? 3. Why did John Marsden choose to use the rabbits?
 * 1) What was the story about?
 * 2) The word 'metaphor' means something used to represent something else an emblem or a symbol. Example: I've got a lot on my plate means I'm really busy.

** KWL **
Download the above file and complete the sections of what you KNOW and what you WANT to know about the discovery of Australia. The final section of the page, what you LEARNT, will be completed at the end of the unit.

** ?Discovery? Who? **
Who discovered Australia? Follow your classes link to a wallwisher page and write down your thoughts.

5/6 CL @http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/56clausdiscovery

5/6 LO @http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/56loausdiscovery

5/6 RD @http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/56rdausdiscovery

Once we have all completed our thoughts on who discovered Australia you are going to do some research and complete a Timeline on the discovery of Australia.

Visit the following website in order to find your information:

@http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/australianhistory/

You will then need to login to TimeRime in order to construct your timeline.

@http://www.timerime.com/en/login/

Enter the following detail to login to your classes account.

CL - Email Address: clamb@sawodonga.catholic.edu.au Password: christopher

LO - Email Address: loshea@sawodonga.catholic.edu.au Password: lauren

RD - Email Address: vdavies@sawodonga.catholic.edu.au Password: ronnie


 * SAVE your work as Your Name -** **Australian Discovery**

= GOLD! =

You are to create a Glogster poster about GOLD!

On your poster you are to answer the following questions: What is Gold? What is it made up of? Why is it so valuable? How much Gold is there?

You may like to visit the following websites as the beginning of your research.

@http://www.gold.org/investment/why_how_and_where/faqs/

@http://www.copacabana-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/tch_links/HSIE_Pages/Gold_Links.htm

= Life on the Goldfields =

Read the following website so that you have a good understanding of what the life and times of the Gold Rush included. Make sure that you read the four articles of: Before the Gold Rush Gold Rush Finding Gold Life in the Goldfields

@http://www.australianhistory.org/gold-discovery

Using a Pages Newsletter template you are to write a Newspaper article reporting on the happenings of the Gold fields. You may like to report on Gold being found for the first time in a certain area or just a regular day.