Student Worksheet

Thought-starter: What rhymes with 'energy'?

Instructions

In this activity you will be using an information text about Hydro Tasmania to create a poem.

1. Read the Introduction to Hydro Tasmania below.

2. Read the separate Power into Poetry - Information Sheet. As you read, your teacher will help you to define the tricky words numbered i to xii in the vocabulary table below.

3. In the Poem Ideas table below, write down a few interesting details and events from the Power into Poetry - Information Sheet.

4. Use some or all of these details to write a poem celebrating the history of Hydro Tasmania. Write this poem below.

5. For homework, finish and polish your poem and bring it to class next lesson.

An Introduction to Hydro Tasmania

Hydro Tasmania provides electrical energy for the people of Tasmania, Australia’s island state. The word ‘hydro’ means ‘water’. Power stations can make electricity by using water to turn large engines (or ‘turbines’) that release energy. This energy is caught and sent to places where it is needed, to power people’s homes and businesses. A similar process is used in Hydro Tasmania’s wind farms, but here, the turbines are turned by the wind instead of water.

Vocabulary table

Poem ideas

My poem...

Hydro Tasmania - Power into poetry

Go to

Summary

Lesson guides and printables

In this lesson