World mountains

To help you get an idea about where the largest mountains and mountain ranges in the world are, have a look here for a map, here for some mountain facts, and here for some Everest facts.

Which coast of Africa is Mount Kilimanjaro nearest to?

The dangers of Everest

Read this webpage and think about the dangers of Everest...
Can you think of 5 dangers of climbing high mountains like Mount Everest?

Answers, as usual, as comments on the blog...and please remember to add your name - no name = no comment.

Conquering Everest

We're learning about the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.
Here are some important details of the first successful expeditions which you could use to help you write your recount.

Here is a video from National Geographic.  It's about the dangers of climbing Everest and a particular expedition which ended in the deaths of 8 climbers.  When did this expedition take place?   Answers as comments to the blog please.

But what is in a Recount?
Features of Recounts
Recounts list and describe past experiences by retelling events in the order in which they happened (chronological order). Recounts are written to retell events with the purpose of informing or entertaining the reader (or both).

Recounts should:

·       Focus on individuals or events.

·       Have a title, which summarises the text.

• Have specific participants (Mallory, Mum or Dad)
• Often consist of three parts:

1.    The setting - background information answering who? when? where? why?

2.   Events are identified and described in chronological order.

3.   Concluding comment expresses a personal opinion regarding the events described.

• Details help the reader reconstruct the activity or incident.
• The ending may describe the outcome of the activity.
• Details of time, place and incident need to be clearly stated.
• Descriptive details (adjectives) may also be required to provide additional information to help paint a picture.
• Include personal thoughts/reactions.
• Be written in the past tense.
• Make frequent use is made of time connectives, such as next, later, when, then, after, before, first, at the same time, as soon as she left, late on Friday.
• Describe events through the use of adjectives and adverbs.
• Use personal pronouns like - I, we (1^st person) & he she they (3^rd person).

Here is a poster which you could print off which has some features of recounts.
Read this and see if you can answer this question: What time of day did Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest? 
Answers as comments on this blog post please.