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Rewrite our the Editing text Passage in your Handwriting Book.

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Reading as a group and then answering quick quiz and VCOP activity in your reading books

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YOUNG Australians are greatly concerned about the difficult conditions refugees* are facing around the world and want to do more to help.

A new World Vision survey of more than 1000 young people aged 11 to 19 was taken as a "pulse check" on the humanitarian* views of young people and found 91 per cent want to do more to assist refugees.

Only one in 10 (9.4 per cent) agree that Australia is doing enough through overseas aid while nearly two thirds (61.4 per cent) of young people feel we should be doing more to welcome our fair share of refugees to resettle here.

The report, Australian Youth on the Global Refugee Crisis, offers an insight into what our youth think about the world's biggest humanitarian emergency - 68.5 million people have been forced to flee their homes around the world, the largest number in history.

The report reveals the impact the crisis* is having on a generation growing up with constant news items about families fleeing, being separated from loved ones and having to live in refugee camps for a very long time.

The survey findings come as World Vision launches its youth fundraising event, the 40 Hour Famine Backpack Challenge.
More than 50,000 young Australians will live out of a backpack for 40 hours to raise funds while trying to imagine stepping into the shoes of a refugee.

World Vision CEO Claire Rogers said the new direction of the 40 Hour Famine last year was widely embraced by Australia's youth who understood the refugee crisis.

"The survey clearly shows that we have underestimated the impact the refugee crisis has had on our youth," Ms Roger said. "Images of families fleeing from war, conflict and famine* have now become the daily norm* for our children."

Ms Rogers said it was pleasing to see Australian youth still fighting for causes they believe in.

"Australian youth were mobilising* change for drought-affected* global communities in the 1980s," she said.

"Young Australians have always been the moral compass* of this nation. I have no doubt this will be the generation to lead our government to a path of increased compassion and inclusiveness*."

The survey revealed the top three issues young people feel refugees face when they settle in Australia are discrimination* (57.1 per cent), mental health (55.6 per cent) and language (56.1 per cent).

Half of young Australians have wondered about the possibility of becoming a refugee and one in five believe it is a definite possibility and it could happen to anyone.

When asked what they would pack if they faced having to flee their own homes, they said the most important items were food and water (64.3 per cent), identification documents (56.6 per cent) and money (51.6 per cent) ahead of their mobile phone (23.6 per cent).

This year's 40 Hour Famine Backpack Challenge will help World Vision support the needs of refugees and displaced people around the world, including through; emergency relief; provision of supplementary food; nutrition and hygiene support and child health care; and education opportunities for children and families.

To take part from August 17-19, visit 40hourfamine.com.au
GLOSSARY
refugees: a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster

humanitarian: concerned with or seeking to improve the wellbeing of humans

displaced: moved from its usual home

crisis: a time of intense difficulty or danger

famine: a serious lack of food

norm: normal

compassion: concern for others

mobilising: driving

drought-affected: suffering from drought

moral compass: conscience

inclusiveness: the act of including others

discrimination: treating someone badly because of certain features including race, age, or sex
LISTEN TO TODAY'S STORY

QUICK QUIZ
1. What fraction of young people feel we should be doing more to welcome our fair share of refugees to resettle here?

2. How many millions of people have been forced from their homes around the world?

3. How many hours does World Vision's backpack challenge last?

4. What are the top three issues young people feel refugees face when they settle in Australia?

5. What is the first item most young Australians would pack if they faced having to flee their own homes?
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES 1. Refugee Crisis
Complete the 'Think Box' below reflecting on your knowledge and feelings of the refugee crisis in Australia and around the world.

Extension: Would you like to complete the 40 hour backpack challenge that World Vision are co-ordinating to help the young refugees overseas? Ask your teacher if you can visit the website 40hourfamine.com.au and speak to your family if it's something you may be interested in participating in.

Time: Allow 30 minutes
Curriculum Links: English, Personal & Social & Ethical Capabilities VCOP ACTIVITY
With a partner see if you can you identify all the doing words/verbs in this text? Highlight them in yellow and then make a list of them all down your page. Now see if you and your partner can come up with a synonym for the chosen verb- make sure it still makes the context it was taken from.

Try and see if you can replace some of the original verbs with your synonyms and discuss if any are better and why.
Curriculum Links: English, Big Write and VCOP HAVE YOUR SAY: How do you think your family would feel and cope if you were forced from your home and country during a war and made to live in a refugee camp?
No one-word answers. Use full sentences to explain your thinking.

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YOUNG Australians are greatly concerned about the difficult conditions refugees* are facing around the world and want to do more to help. A new World Vision survey of more than 1000 young people aged 11 to 19 was taken as a "pulse check" on the humanitarian* views of young people and found 91 per cent want to do more to assist refugees.

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Rewrite the passage in your handwriting books - selecting the correct in the highlighted selections.

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Sort out the cards.  Write out the Meaning and sentence example for each suffix in your Spelling book.  Brainstorm at least 5 examples of each Suffix.  Create a spelling scribble with your words.

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Read the story as a group, write out the glossary and do the Quick Quiz in your reading book

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WORN out jeans could help repair worn out knees thanks to an amazing discovery by Australian scientists.

Deakin University researchers have discovered how to dissolve* denim and turn it into a lightweight gel* that liquids can pass through, which could one day be used as artificial* cartilage* for knee reconstructions.

The denim recycling discovery - by the Institute for Frontier* Materials and Deakin's School of Engineering* - provides a possible new material for use in knee reconstructions, but could also help solve the global problem of textile waste. A knee reconstruction is a repair operation some people need when their knee joint is painful because it is worn or damaged.

Deakin scientist Dr Nolene Byrne said denim worked because it is made from cotton, which is a plant. Just like grass, wood and vegetables, cotton is mostly cellulose, which is another name for plant fibre.

The scientists dissolved the waste denim, allowing the cellulose to be remade into a gel with lots of tiny holes in it so that air or liquids could pass through, which makes it more suitable to use in the human body. Scientists call this kind of gel an aerogel, like Aero bubbly chocolate.

The stickiness of the dissolved denim cellulose also made it suitable as artificial cartilage, Dr Byrne said.

"Now we can shape and tune the aerogel ... to make the ideal shape," she said.

Dr Wren Greene from Deakin's Institute for Frontier Materials, who helped test the aerogel, said there was a "remarkable* similarity" between the structure of the real and denim cartilage.

Finding a new use for old denim was also an important environmental solution.

"Textile* waste is always increasing, leading to millions of tonnes of clothes and other textiles being burnt or dumped in landfill," she said.
There are many great ideas for recycling old denim, including making this apron

GLOSSARY
dissolve: breaking a solid down so little bits of it are floating in a liquid

gel: jelly-like substance

artificial: made by humans rather than naturally

cartilage: a flexible, non-stretchy substance that connects bones

frontier: limit of what's been done or explored before

engineering: design and building science

remarkable: worth attention

textile: fabric or cloth
EXTRA READING High hopes for Aussie invention Turning plastic into something precious World-first bionic eye ready to see LISTEN TO TODAY'S STORY

QUICK QUIZ
1. What do the scientists do to the denim?

2. What are they going to use the gel for?

3. Why is the gel called an aerogel?

4. Who helped test the aerogel?

5. Why is it important to find a new use for old denim?
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
An acrostic is a type of writing where the first letter of each line spells out a word. Use the word DENIM JEANS to write an acrostic about the most interesting and important facts about this story. Your acrostic should help another student understand what it's all about!

Time: Allow 20 minutes
Curriculum Links: English, Science
Extension: Think about the problem of textile waste and some things that you and other kids can do to create less waste. List as many things as you can think of. Then, design a set of at least two posters that will help other kids understand why this is a problem and simple steps to help solve it.

Time: Allow 30 minutes
Curriculum Links: Personal and Social Capability, Geography VCOP ACTIVITY
The glossary of terms helps you to understand and learn the ambitious vocabulary being used in the article. Can you use the words outlined in the glossary to create new sentences? Challenge yourself to include other VCOP (vocabulary, connectives, openers and punctuation) elements in your sentence/s. Have another look through the article. Can you find any other Wow Words not outlined in the glossary?

HAVE YOUR SAY: What other ways could you and others reduce the amount of waste fabric going into landfill? No one-word answers. Use full sentences to explain your ideas.

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WORN out jeans could help repair worn out knees thanks to an amazing discovery by Australian scientists. Deakin University researchers have discovered how to dissolve* denim and turn it into a lightweight gel* that liquids can pass through, which could one day be used as artificial* cartilage* for knee reconstructions.

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AUSTRALIA has an increasing number of people sleeping rough on its streets, most of whom are male, middle-aged, unemployed and suffering mental health or drug problems.

That's the snapshot painted by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), which has completed Australia's first comprehensive* study on who is sleeping rough and why.

AIHW put the study together after the 2016 Census*, which reported that 8200 Australians were sleeping rough - which means living on the streets, sleeping in parks or cars, or sleeping in some other sort of out-of-home, makeshift* shelter - on the night the Census was taken.

Other homeless people on the night of the Census could have been staying with friends or had a bed in crisis* accommodation* for the night, so weren't counted as sleeping rough.

Using information collected by government-funded homelessness service providers, the institute found that about 13,700 people were sleeping rough from July 2011 to June 2012 and had asked for help.

Two thirds of them were male and more than half were aged over 35. Nearly all were unemployed, while more than two thirds were living alone. Just under half had a mental health issue, while a third were struggling with a drug or alcohol problem.

Among the rough sleepers aged between 15 and 34, more than half (55 per cent) were female and many had experienced violence in their home.

Charities and welfare groups in Australia and around the world do important work helping people who are homeless, including children

While the latest Census found that rough sleepers account for about one in 14 of the total number of homeless people in Australia, their numbers have increased by 20 per cent since 2011.

AIHW spokesman Matthew James said the data* collected for the report would help homeless service providers know who to help and how.

A fifth of those who had been sleeping rough had experienced multiple* periods of homelessness, the report found.

The report was released in time for National Homelessness Week, co-ordinated by Homelessness Australia to raise awareness of people experiencing homelessness, the issues they face and the action needed to achieve lasting solutions. In 2018, Homelessness Week is August 6-12 with a theme "Ending homelessness together''.

Politicians, welfare groups and international experts are meeting in Melbourne today and tomorrow for the National Homelessness Conference. They will discuss why people experience homelessness and how to pay for programs to end or reduce homelessness.

"Despite record numbers of people needing help, investment in homelessness and housing is lower than ever," Homelessness Australia chair Jenny Smith said.

"Homelessness is not a personal choice; it's a reflection* that broader social supports and service systems are failing. After years of neglect*, it's time our leaders turned their attention to solving this humanitarian* crisis," Ms Smith said.
HOW TO HELP
Homelessness Australia is encouraging people to help reduce homelessness: attend community events, invite politicians to community events and write to politicians to ask them to help.

There are many wonderful local, state and national charities across Australia that help people experiencing homelessness. Some ask for donations and for volunteer help. Many have special events that you can join, such as charity walks and runs and nights where you sleep outside to raise money.

Others run charity shops, where you can donate good-quality clothes, toys and household goods. Buying things from these shops is another way to donate to these charities.
EXTRA READING Plan for zero homelessness Population to reach 25 million Young Aussies want to help global refugees Aussies come to farmers' rescue GLOSSARY
comprehensive: including all the factors and details

Census: official count of all Australians on one night

makeshift: temporary

crisis: emergency

accommodation: somewhere to stay

data: number information

multiple: more than one

reflection: shows how something really is

neglect: not look after

humanitarian: looking after humans
LISTEN TO TODAY'S STORY

QUICK QUIZ
1. How many people were recorded as sleeping rough on the night of the 2016 Census?

2. What does sleeping rough mean? Where are other homeless people sleeping?

3. How will the study help homelessness service providers?

4. Why was the study released at this time?

4. List four ways people can help end homelessness.
CLASSROOM ACTIVITY
Who can help where you live?

Towards the end of this news story it is mentioned that there are charities at local, state and national level that can offer help to those experiencing homelessness. Conduct your own research to find out more about the services available in your local area and answer these questions:

What are the names of some services available in your area and where are they located or how can they be contacted?

What types of assistance can these services offer to help people who are homeless?

How can community members contribute to these charities to help with the work they do?

Is there anything you can identify that is missing from the available services in your local area that the homeless may need?

Extension: Now that you have read this news article and done some further research, how would you respond to somebody who expressed a negative opinion about homeless people? Write down what you would say to them.

Time: Allow 30 minutes

Curriculum links: English, Civics and Citizenship
VCOP ACTIVITY
After reading the article, with a partner, highlight as many pieces of punctuation as you can find in green. Discuss how these are being used, where and how often. What level of the punctuation pyramid is the journalist using in this article?

HAVE YOUR SAY: Share your ideas on how kids can help. Have you helped a charity that helps homeless people in the past? What could you, your friends and your school do to help in the future? Explain your ideas using full sentences.

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Write out the sentence adding the correct punctuation in your handwriting book.

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Sort out the cards.  Write out the Meaning and sentence example for each base in your Spelling book.  Brainstorm at least 5 words for each base card.  Create a spelling scribble with your words.

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Write out  the sentences, words and passage and add apostrophes where required.  Write it out in your handwriting book.

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Write out  the sentences and passage and add Quotation marks to show talking where required.  Write it out in your handwriting book.

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Write out passage and highlight the noun types as described on the sheet.  Write it out in your reading book.