• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/0e9e80de-62cb-4782-a26f-1cd480d28f26
• Read the article
• Explain which if the teenagers you find most inspiring and why

Read the following article:

https://aleteia.org/2017/10/17/why-is-satan-depicted-with-horns-red-tights-and-a-pitchfork/

• Summarise the main facts in the article
• Use bullet points to order your information

Read the March issue of ‘The Week’

• https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-week-juniord/20190308

1. What were the main 3 stories?
2. Which article did you find most interesting and why?
3. Look up 3 words you did not previously know and find their definitions

Read any article on the web

• Write down the title
• Summarise (write in your own words briefly) the main points

If you are stuck, try the BBC website:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news

https://www.countryliving.com/life/travel/g2665/spookiest-ghost-towns-in-america/

• List three different reasons that ghost towns were abandoned
• Which ghost town would you most like to visit, and why?

Read the article on bears in the January Edition of the BBC wildlife magazine.

• https://www.pressreader.com/uk/bbc-wildlife-magazine/20190117
• Write down three interesting facts about bears you have learned from the article

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/first-news/20190118/textview

Read the article about the walking car in the Jan 18 2019 edition of First News.

1. What are the advantages of a walking car?
2. Come up with three ideas for inventions that advances in technology might make possible.

• First News is available through the Edinburgh Library subscription to Press Reader:
• https://yourlibrary.edinburgh.gov.uk/web/arena/pressreader

Read the theme section of the wikipedia article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight

• Summarise two of the themes

Read the article below and answer the questions.

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/blog/eureka-lab/protecting-deer-high-pitched-noises

1. What is the difference between the existing deer whistle, and the new invention?
2. What is the hearing range of a human?
3. Write a paragraph explaining your invention to prevent roadkill – think about targeting animals such as hedgehogs, badgers or deer.

Read the article below (mainly pictures!) and answer the three questions:

• Rat Free Island

1. What environmental problems did the rats and mice cause?
2. List as many South Georgia wildlife species as you can.
3. Which other islands have problems with invasive species? Do some research and find out. You could start with New Zealand.