Gold Group

Title: Moving a House

Learning Intentions

I am learning to make connections to the characters and situations in the text

I am learning to find information in the text

I am learning to summarise information in my own words

I am learning to make connections to the characters and situations in the text

Use these websites to help you identifying advantages and disadvantages over moving a house

Consumer.org

Costs of Moving Works

Advantages/good points

Disadvantages/bad points

  1. You can move to a better neighbourhood and safer.
  2. You can buy the house for a low price and rebuild
  3. You can be in a quieter.

 area

4. Your neighbours might be nice to you and might make you feel welcome.

5. You can buy a house and move it to a bigger piece of land.

 

  1. If the house is too big it will get cut in half.
  2. There might be an accident with the house.
  3. There might be no truck drivers because they might be busy.
  4. Truck drivers will not want to drive a long destination because it will cost money and gas for the truck.
  5. The house might take forever to build.
  6. The land might be small for the house.
  7. The neighbors might not want a old house next to them.

Find out what these words mean:

Hydraulic Jack

How does a Hydraulic Jack work?  Hydraulic Jack works by 2 consists of 2 connected cylinders one large and small.    

When would you need a Hydraulic Jack? when you want to lift something up heavy and a building tool.

Piles: (used for building) A pile tool lifts heavy things and moves large things

Plywood  Plywood is used for building and is called piles to support the house.

Ear Muffs: They protected your ears from loud noises like lawn mowing or building tools

Varnish: M        akes your house shiny and brand new.

 

Goggles: they help the builders to not get in wood in there eyes when they are drilling things

Dust Mask: a dusk mask is a flexible pad helps over the nose and mouth when you are building