OK, this is the final one (unless someone provides me access to more tests). This last one is from the calculator part of the 2021 Year 7 test. A reminder that all the NAPLAN WitCHes, and the other NAPLAN posts, can be accessed here. Tomorrow(ish), I will write on NAPLAN post-2021.
Month: March 2024
WitCH 136: The Dice Men
The penultimate one, from the calculator part of the 2021 Year 7 test.
WitCH 135: Stone the Crows
This is the final one from the 2019 Year 7 test, from the calculator part.
WitCH 134: Low Expectations
This one is from the calculator part of the 2019 Year 7 test. (Please excuse the wonky reproduction.)
WitCH 133: Headphoning it In
This one is from the non-calculator part of the 2019 Year 7 test.
WitCH 132: You’re Soaking In It
This the last one from the 2017 Year 7 test, again from the calculator part.
WitCH 131: Toying With Us
The next one from the 2017 Year 7 test, again from the calculator part. (Compare to this one, from the 2021 Year 9 test.)
WitCH 130: Shoo
Here’s the next one from the 2017 Year 7 test, again the calculator part. It’s not nearly as bad as the first question, but it’s so goddam lazy it really had to be included.
WitCH 129: Losing Your Lunch
Onward, ho! We’ll get going with the recent Year 7 NAPLAN questions, beginning with the 2017 test.* This first one, from the calculator section, also appeared on the 2017 Year 7 test.** Continue reading “WitCH 129: Losing Your Lunch”
The Feynman Story
There are a million Feynman stories of course. But the one that really stands out for me, especially now, is his story of the star temperatures, which appears in “Surely you’re joking, Mr. Feynman!”.