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Tuesday 3 June 2014

Omari's Sailing Part 1 reading

Sailing 2.4.03
WALT: Analyze surface features and the language used.  Look beyond the text - Inferencing

1. UNFURL - Find out the meaning of this word and then write a sentence of your own to show the meaning.A man was unfurling a sail.

2. How do you tell which way the wind is coming from?
Cause you can feel it blowing yourself.
3. Can you think of a another way of finding out? Ask a classmate to test out your theory.The sail shows which direction to go.

4. What makes the Optimist so sturdy, safe and unsinkable? Explain your answer:The centerboard helps you to be steady and balanced on the water.

5. Make as many smaller words as you can from the words ‘Optimist Sailing Dinghies’:
  • sail
  • mist
  • ding

6. Find the meaning of each of these sailing related words:


Meaning
rigging
Running the boat-ship.
bail
released at court .
rudder
steering a ship or airplane.
tiller
A horizontal bar fitted to the boat head of the rubber.
centreboard
A board that can be lowered to the keel of a boat.

Do you know what a Optimist Sailing Dinghie is?

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