Tasks Guess how many Actual time in

minutes minutes

1. Check the letterbox 2-5 48 secs

2. Copy down 7 15
paragraphs of text

3. Eat a snack 3

4. Answer 10 maths 8
questions
The History of Food Trucks

Once upon a time – in 1866, actually – there was a rancher named Charles
Goodnight. The Internet calls him, “the father of the Texas Panhandle.” It’s been
claimed that he’s the best-known rancher in Texas. He was a colorful character. It was
once common knowledge that he smoked over 50 cigars a day and at 91 years
young, he married his 26-year-old nurse. While all this is true, there is one particular
legacy he left behind that has influenced the hospitality industry today: he invented
the original food truck, the chuck wagon.

How did the chuck wagon have a lasting impact on our 21st century culinary and
business choices, you ask? Good question. The chuck wagon was essentially a
portable kitchen. Goodnight crafted it for his first cattle drive, a months long trip
where he wasn’t able to use rail, the common transportation at the time. Thus,
Goodnight modified an old army surplus wagon. He thought of almost everything.
He equipped the wagon with shelves, storage space, a hinged lid for counter space, a
water barrel and even a canvas to haul firewood. The food he brought along was
either preserved – think dried beans, salted meat, corn meal… yum – or gathered as
he went along.
Planning and organising practice:

Complete a school project

Today is the 3rd day of the month and your teacher has assigned a research project. It is a
four-page project on Australian Animals. Each page will cover a different topic about the
Australian Animal you choose.

- Page 1: will be devoted to their habitat

- Page 2: will cover their life cycle
- Page 3: will be devoted to interesting facts
- Page 4 will include information about what is being done to protect their existence.

Your teacher said it is due on the 26th day of the month.

Your teacher said that by tomorrow you should select the species of animal you will
research.
According to your teacher, you should finish your research exactly one week from today.
You should finish page 1 and page 2 of the report exactly 2 weeks from today.
You should complete page 3 and page 4 of the report exactly two days before the report is
due to be handed to the teacher.
Checking your work should occur on the day before the report is due.

1. How many days do you have to complete the project?

2. Which week of the school term is the project due?
3. How many days do you have to complete the research portion of the project?
4. By which date do you need to select the animal you write the research project on?
5. By which date on the calendar do you need to complete pages 1 and 2 of the
project?
6. By which date on the calendar do you need to complete pages 3 and 4 of the
project?
7. By which date on the calendar do you need to review and check your work?
8. By which day on the calendar do you need to hand in the completed research
project?