Test Your Research Skills You Either Know It Or You Don’t! 1 Use a research library or the internet to find the answers to this quick quiz: Example questions... 1. The capital city of Luxembourg is __________________. 2. The six English counties that start with the letter ‘S’ are: ______________________________________________________ 3. Tea bags were invented in 1908 by __________________.

Test Your Creative Writing Skills Write a Story 4 The picture in the worksheet gives you an idea for a story. The story must also include the following things: A difficult journey A passionate vegetarian called Emma A piece of string that seems unimportant at first, but then becomes vital Someone who knows too much about musical theatre

Test Your Creative Writing Skills Write a Story 3 The students use the picture provided in the work to give then an idea for a story. The story must also include the following things: A broken down pizza delivery vehicle A bus stop in the middle of nowhere A mysterious stranger A man who claims to have had nothing to eat for five days

Test Your Creative Writing Skills Write a Story 2 The students are given a picture. The story must also include the following things: Something stolen from a man called Peter Edwards A traffic warden who wants to give up her job A small collection of poisonous potted plants The South Pacific island of Tonga

Test Your Creative Writing Skills Write a Story 1 Use the picture above to give you an idea for a story. The story must also include the following things: A person called Alison Brown A place called Trafalgar Road A dog with an amazing talent An underwater hiding place

Test Your Lateral Thinking! Word Puzzles 2 Example questions Can you work out the clues to reveal some well known words and phrases? 1. GENFLEIS ______________________________ 2. THOEUCOTLD ______________________________ 3. PCIGAEOTNS ______________________________

Test Your Lateral Thinking! Word Puzzles 1 Examples Can you work out the clues to reveal some well known words and phrases? 1. TJIUSMTE ______________________________ 2. ECNALG ______________________________ 3. RAEG ______________________________

Test Your Research Skills The Peerless Tunes of Busted Solve the cryptic clues below to find fifteen top tracks by Busted: Example questions... 1. Emergency exits are located… _____________________________ 2. It’s certainly not for the lessons _____________________________ 3. Unlucky and not very old _____________________________ 4. Approximately 996 years from now _____________________________

Test Your Creative Writing Skills The Great Alphabet Challenge! Can you write a sentence, or group of sentences where the first letter of each word starts with successive letters of the alphabet? Example One condition - sentences must make sense and be grammatically correct! Think it’s too hard? Have a look at these examples, then try your own... 1. Are British chefs dutifully engaged finding great hotels in jolly Korean locations? My niece once put quite red strawberry trifles under visitor William’s X-Men yoghurts - zikes!

Test Your Research Skills The Classic Songs of Paul Simon Example Complete the song titles below to find fifteen classic songs by Paul Simon: 1. The Sound of __________________ 2. Mrs. __________________ 3. G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. __________________ The One

Test Your Pop Skills! The Classic Hits of S Club 7 and S Club Solve the cryptic clues below to find fifteen top hits by S Club 7 and S Club: 1. Keep in motion _____________________________ 2. There aren’t many of us _____________________________ 3. Not lucky once awake _____________________________

Test Your Reading Skills The Battle for Derby Bus Station (article from 30.01.06) Is there anything you would be prepared to stand up and fight for? Would you be prepared to live on top of an abandoned bus station? In freezing temperatures? In a caravan? Protestors from Derby Friends of the Earth certainly would. Read and write a 1000 word article.

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Mexico Using the Internet or a research library, find the answers to these questions all about Mexico: Some example questions... 1. What is the capital city of Mexico? 2. What is the official language? 3. What is Mexico’s main religion?

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Derby, UK 3 Example questions 1. What % of Year 11 school leavers from Derby either stayed in full time education or went into employment or training in 2002? a) 62.9%. b) 72.9%. c) 82.9%. 2. Which of these suburbs of Derby is north of the city centre? a) Normanton. b) Allenton. c) Oakwood. 3. Which of these suburbs of Derby is south of the city centre? a) Allestree. b) Alvaston. c) Chaddesden.

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Derby, UK 2 Example questions 1. About _____________ % of people living in Derby come from ethnic minority communities. a) 6% b) 12% c) 22% 2. True or false: Derby has the largest Deaf community in Britain? a) True. b) False. 3. True or False: England's first public park was opened in Derby in 1840. a) True. b) False.

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Derby, UK 1 Example questions 1. What area does Derby cover (in square miles)? a) About 20 sq. miles. b) About 30 sq. miles. c) About 40 sq. miles. 2. How many people live in Derby? a) About 225,000 people. b) About 320,000 people. c) About 610,000 people. 3. What would you call someone who was born in Derby? a) A Derbyite. b) A Derbeian. c) A Derboner.

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Canada Using the Internet or a research library, find the answers to these questions all about Canada: Example questions... 1. What is the capital city of Canada? 2. True or false - Canada has the largest coastline of any country in the world? 3. How many people live in Canada? a) 21 million b) 31 million c) 41 million

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Australia 3 Using the Internet or a research library, find the answers to these questions all about Australia: Example question 1. In Australian slang, ‘laughing gear’ means m __ __ __ __ … 2. …while if you were ‘up a gum tree’ you would be in t __ __ __ __ __ __... 3. …and if you were feeling ‘bushwhacked’ you would be extremely t _ _ _ _.

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Australia 2 Using the Internet or a research library, find the answers to these questions all about Australia: Some example questions... 1. Australia’s currency is called the ______________________________. 2. The mountain range that runs down the east coast is called The Great ________________ Range. a) Mountain b) Separating c) Victoria d) Dividing 3. True or false – Australia is the world’s largest producer of diamonds? a) true b) false

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Australia 1 Using the Internet or a research library, find the answers to these questions all about Australia: 1. Australia is the world’s smallest ________________. a) country b) city c) continent d) place 2. Australia is the ________________ largest country in the world. a) first b) third c) sixth d) ninth