A wild ride

A Wild Ride

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Why do you think the people in the article didn’t want to start packing up their holiday gear and not going back to school? Because they knew that going on a jet boat

In the story there are some words they use.. What do you think these words mean? These words are NOT just in one place! They are used throughout the text Dreary Job: mean’s synonym discussion of deary.Dismal dreary bleak,gloomy,cheerless,desolate mean devoid of cheer or comfort.Dismal indicates extreme and utterly depressing. Heavily Laden mean’s full of loaded with heavily items. Clambered: mean’s climb or move in a awkward and laborious way,typically using both hands feet Churning: mean’s shake in a machine in order to produce butter.

How do you think the boys felt when their Mum and Dad told them they were going Jet Boat riding? Is it a jet boat ride demanded my brother Finn.he been on at mum and dad about jet boars all holiday’s.

What was the name of the Jet Boat driver? Brian was the jet boat driver.

What are life jackets? A personal flotation device is a piece of equipment designed to assist a wearer to float in water.The wearer may be either conscious or unconscious.PFD are available in different sizes to accommodate variations in body weight.

What was one of the safety rules that the driver told them? The safety rules were like holding on tight and not putting our hand out the side of the boat.

Who was too little to go on the boat? What was he allowed to do though? Eli was too little to go on the boat so brian let him stand in the jet boat as it was being reversed into the river by huge tractor.

What did Brian do to show a hand signal? And what did it mean? it  means because he can't tell them because they won't hear him so it tell hand signal them say that he was going to do 360 turn he would move hand and do 360 turn.

What happened to Finn when they were on the boat? My hands ached from holding onto the bar so tightly and my face hurt from laughing and yelling.

How does a jet boat work? Look at page 8 to find out this answer. The jet engine works by sucking in water through a screen underneath the boat and shooting it out the back of the engine in a high-speed jet stream.This pushes the boat forward.