D GOAL 4 RECORD A JOURNEY
Word Focus
Antarctica
Shackleton’s Epic
Journey—A diary
1916
April 9 The ice begins to break up. They have to get into
the small boats.
April 15 They land on Elephant Island.
Writing
1914
Write a diary about a real or imaginary journey.
August 8 Ernest Shackleton and his men leave London on
their ship, Endurance.
June 3: We leave the airport at one o’clock.
We change planes. We arrive at the hotel at
eleven o’clock.
June 4: We take the subway to the museum.
In the afternoon, we walk to the art gallery.
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Reading
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A. Read the diary and follow the route
on the map.
B. Choose the correct answer.
1. The journey starts in __.
a. Elephant Island
b. London
c. South Georgia
2. The Endurance breaks up on ___.
a. October 26, 1914
b. October 26, 1915
c. October 26, 1916
3.__ men leave Elephant Island on
a small boat.
a. Four
b. Five
c. Six
4.It takes __ to sail from Elephant Island
to South Georgia.
a. one week
b. two weeks
c. three weeks
5. Shackleton finds help in ___.
a. Stromness
b. Elephant Island
c. London
70 Getting There
rescue = save
break up = to fall to pieces
help = assistance
January 18 The Endurance is trapped in the ice. The men
play soccer.
October 26 The Endurance breaks up. The men have to
leave the Endurance. They camp on the ice.
April 24 Shackleton and five men leave Elephant Island
in a small boat to find help. The other men stay on
Elephant Island.
May 8 Shackleton lands in South Georgia.
May 19 Shackleton leaves three men with the boat. He
crosses the mountains of South Georgia with two other
men to find help.
May 20 They arrive in Stromness, the main town in
South Georgia. They find help.
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Goal 4 Record
a journey
August 30 Shackleton rescues the men on Elephant
Island.
Share your diary entry with the class.
Lesson D 71