Friday, 10 December 2021
Response to text: Fast Food
Fast Food
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1. What is fast food?
a) A place where food is prepared and served quickly b) A dairy
c) A place where people dine in and order fancy food d) I don’t know
2. Who created McDonald’s?
a) Colonel Sanders b) Ben and Jerry
c) Richard and Maurice McDonald d) Dave Thomas
3. What was the first KFC restaurant called?
a) Kentucky Fried Chilli b) Kentucky Fried Chicken
c) no one knows d) McDonald’s
4. Describe what the word franchise means:
→an authorization granted by a government or company to an individual or group enabling them to carry out specified commercial activities, for example acting as an agent for a company's products.
5. True or False: Richard and Maurice (Mac) McDonald were father and son.
a) True b) False
6. What is the name of Burger King in Australia?
a) Burger King, duh! b) KFC
c) Georgie Pie d) Hungry Jacks
7. Why is it not called Burger King in Australia?
→as the name had been trademarked by a takeaway chain based in Adelaide
8. What is your favourite fast food restaurant and why?
→ mcdonald cause is very yummy and they have the best shaker fries
Thursday, 9 December 2021
Response to text: Celebrities
Celebrities
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1. What is a celebrity?
a) Your next door neighbour b) A famous person
c) A teacher d) Anyone
2.What TV show made George Clooney famous?
a) Shortland Street b) Lost
c) Grey's Anatomy d) ER
3. Where was Ariana Grande born?
a) Boca Raton, Florida b) Auckland, New Zealand
c) Lexington, Kentucky d) Akron, Ohio
4. How did Ariana Grande become famous?
→ playing Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious
5. True or False: LeBron James is a professional baseball player for Los Angeles.
a) True b) False
6. What was the name of Oprah Winfrey’s talk show?
a) Dr Phil b) The Oprah Winfrey Channel
c) The Oprah Winfrey Show d) Jeremy Kyle
7. Explain why Oprah is not called by her real name?
→was named after a biblical figure in the Book
8. In the article it refers to Oprah as a philanthropist - what is this?
→ In her words, Oprah Winfrey's philosophy of philanthropy demonstrates her
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
Response to text: Kaimoana (Seafood)
Kaimoana (Seafood)
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1. What is kaimoana?
a) Food that has been gathered from the sea b) Food sold by KFC
c) Food that has been gathered from the sky d) Food sold by McDonalds
2. What do pāua eat (consume)?
a) Kelp b) Fish
c) Seaweed d) Water
3. How many of the 270 fish species found inshore are endemic to New Zealand?
a) 11% b) 30%
c) no one knows d) 25%
4. Describe what kōura (crayfish) look like:
→dark green and mottled like the stones it lives amongst on stream bottoms.
5. True or False: “Kina are endemic to New Zealand meaning they are found all over the world.”
a) True b) False
6.How many different species of wheke (octopus) are there in New Zealand?
a) 51 b) 32
c) 42 d) 63
7. Why are there limits on how many kaimoana people can take from the sea?
→These change often and are different around the country
8. Which type of kaimoana would you like to try the most and why?
→ kina cause my family says its yummy and i haven't tried it before
Tuesday, 7 December 2021
Response to text: Marine Animals
Marine Animals
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1. Approximately how many different species of marine life are in New Zealand?
a) 17,000 b) Over 17,000
c) 19,000 d) 16,000
2.According to the article where are Hector’s dolphins found?
a) All over New Zealand b) At the top of the North Island
c) Only in the South Island d) In the South Island with some in the North Island
3. How many New Zealand sea lions are there?
a) around 12,000 b) exactly 12,000
c) no one knows d) 12,000
4. Describe what the word endemic means:
→endemic if it is found in a particular geographic area, population or region.
5. True or False: Hector’s dolphins have a distinctive rounded dorsal fin that looks like it has one of Daffy Ducks ears.
a) True b) False
6. What is the conservation status of the Hoiho or Yellow-eyed penguin?
a) Endangered b) Extinct
c) Threatened-Nationally Endangered d) A few away from extinction
7. What is the conservation status “Threatened-Nationally Endangered”?
→facing high risk of extinction in the short term.
8. What can we do as New Zealanders to help protect and save these marine creatures from extinction?
→ Give wildlife space. When you see seals and sea lions, keep a distance of at least 20 metres(opens in a new window).
Monday, 6 December 2021
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Thursday, 2 December 2021
Response to text: Michelangelo
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1. Introducing Michelangelo - what year was he born?
1475 b) 1564
c) 1745 d) 2021
2. Michelangelo was not only involved with art but with … ?
a) coding b) architecture
c) engineering d) business
3. What famous art creations is Michelangelo known for ?
a)Mona Lisa b)Madonna
c) David d)Sistine Chapel Ceiling
4. “… His most famous paintings are huge frescos..”
What does the word fresco mean?
→a painting done rapidly in watercolour on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colours penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.
5. True or False: Before Michelangelo passed away, he was still supervising the construction of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
a) True b) False
Explain your answer:
=>The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is a church built in the Renaissance style
6. Working for the Medici family (most powerful family in Florence), Michelangelo benefited by?
Learning new things about his craft
More recognition for his accomplishments and commission
He was getting free lunches.
His family were too poor to look after him
7. With the artwork from Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, what does Renaissance art include?
Avengers
b) nature, admiration of human beauty
c) architecture
d) Painting, sculptures
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
Response to text: Raphael
Raphael
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1. Who is renowned as the greatest painters of the High Renaissance?
Donatello b) Raphael
c) Michelangelo d) Leonardo
2. Which painting is Raphael best known for?
a) Mona Lisa b) David
c) Madonna d) Gabriel
3. Who were Raphael’s earlier mentors for his craft?
a) Leonardo da Vinci b) Pietro Perugino
c) Giovanni Santi d) Magia di Battista
4. Why is Giovanni Santi significant in Raphael’s life?
→ The emphasis of Federico's court was more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life of Federico, and both wrote the texts and produced the decor for masque-like court entertainments.
5. True or False: Raphael had a pleasant childhood.
a) True b) False
Explain your answer:
=> Raphael was the only child of three to survive infancy. His mother died in 1491 when Raphael was nine years old, and his father remarried to Bernardina, the daughter of a goldsmith, the following year. His father provided Raphael's early training as a painter.
6. Why would Raphael choose to be an apprentice of Pietro Perugino?
Because Perugine was famous around the world for his work
He had an important commission working on the Sistine Chapel
He had no one to select from.
Leonardo & Michelangelo didn’t like him
7. With the artwork from Leonardo, Donatello and Raphael, what does Renaissance art include?
Pointillism collage
b) comic art
c) human beauty, nature, religion deities
d) Painting, sculptures
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