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Supported: Word Work (Fri W8)

 

Response to text: Fast Food

 Fast Food

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

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

4 Facts: Burger King

 

Thursday: Word Work of the Day (T4W8D4)

 

Response to text: Celebrities

 Celebrities

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

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

4 Facts: Betty White

 

Response to text: Kaimoana (Seafood)

 Kaimoana (Seafood)

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

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

4 Facts: Kaimoana (Seafood)

 

Supported: Word Work (Tue W8)

 

Response to text: Marine Animals

 Marine Animals

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

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).

4 Facts: Sea Creatures

 

Supported: Word Work (Mon W8)

 

Monday: Word Work of the Day (T4W7D1)

 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Research (Friday W7, T4)

 

Four Facts: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

 

Michelangelo (Thursday Research W7, T4)

 

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Response to text: Michelangelo

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4Michelangelo

Highlight the correct answers, or type in what you think is correct.

1. Introducing Michelangelo - what year was he born?

1. 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?

1. Learning new things about his craft

2. More recognition for his accomplishments and commission

3. He was getting free lunches.

4. His family were too poor to look after him

7. With the artwork from Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, what does Renaissance art include?

1. Avengers

b) nature, admiration of human beauty 

c) architecture

d) Painting, sculptures

Four Facts: Michelangelo