Response to text: Overcoming a Disability

 Overcoming a Disability

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1. Frida Kahlo is a famous

a) Singer                                                b) Athlete

c) Artist                                                         d) Actress

2. John Nash is an American mathematician who won 

a) A Gold Medal at the Paralympics                     b) The Nobel Prize in Physics

c) An Oscar for the movie ‘Beautiful Mind’         d) The Nobel Prize in Economics

3. Stephen Hawking was a famous Scientist who had to communicate using

a) Sign Language                             b) Singing

c) A Voice Synthesiser                                d) Text Messaging

4. List 2 facts about Nick Vujicic

→Although Nick doesn't have any limbs, he does have two toes on his left foot (which he calls his chicken drumstick).He can write, type 45 words per minute, swim, answer the phone and kick tennis balls extremely far. 4. He started his first business, Life without Limbs, a nonprofit organization when he was only 17.

5. True or False: Andrea Boccelli became completely blind at the age of 12

a) True b) False

6. Michael J Fox suffers from 

a) Paraplegia                                                b) Parkinson’s Disease

c) Schizophrenia                                d) Muscular Dystrophy

Response to text: NZ Paralympic Athletes

 NZ Paralympic Athletes

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1. Sophie Pascoe competes in 

a) Wheelchair Rugby                        b) Para Swimming

c) Parachuting                                             d) Para Athletics

2. Sophie Pascoe won 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal in the 

a) 2012 London Paralympics                     b) 2016 Rio Paralympics 

c) 2008 Beijing Paralympics            d) 2020 Tokyo Paralympics 

3. Tupou Neiufi went to her first Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016 when she was only

a) 20 years old                                  b) 18 years old

c) 12 years old                                      d) 15 years old

4. List 2 facts about Tupou Neiufi

→She won a silver medal at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships.Tupou Neiufi is a New Zealand para-swimmer who represented her country at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

5. True or False: Cody Everson became a tetraplegic when he broke his leg. 

a) True b) False

6. Lisa Adams began competing in Para Athletics in these two events

a) Shot Put and Discus                                b) Discus and Javelin

c) Shot Put and Long Jump                    d) Shot Put and High Jump

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Response to text: NZ Olympic Athletes 2020

 New Zealand Olympic Athletes

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1. How many athletes represented New Zealand in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?

a) 197 b) 220

c) 212 d) 32

2. When was Dame Valarie Adams born?

a) 9th October 1984 b) 6th October 1989

c) 6th October 1984 d) 12 November 1993

3. Where did Lisa Carrington grow up?

a) Auckland b) Tauranga

c) Hamilton d) Ōhope

4. What events does Lisa Carrington compete in?

→women's canoeing 

5. True or False: ‘Tom Wlash was born on 1st March 1992 in Timaru, New Zealand’ ?

a) True b) False

6. Who is Peter Burlings sailing partner?

a) Mr Hughes b) Mr Somerville

c) Blair Tuke d) Steven Adams

Research Task: New Zealand Olympic Athletes 2020

 

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