The Bittern

Independent Learn Task:

The Bittern

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Please answer these questions in full sentences, not just one word answers!

What were the characters running around like on Saturday morning? The family were all running like a  headless chooks.

2. What time was it they they were needing to get going? They needed to get going by ten-thirty.

3. Where were the family on their way to? The family were on their way to Taieri Plains where their dad grew up.

4. What was grandads name and what did he do for a living (his job)? The name of their dads father was Henare, his job was a sheep farmer.

5. What does it mean when the text says ‘it got boggy’? Boggy means it's muddy and too wet.

6. What is a bittern? A bittern is a large marsh bird

7. What did the neighbours call Grandad? Some of his neighbours  called him a useless farmer.

8. What is ‘harakeke’? Harakeke is a native plant to New Zealand.

9. What does conservationist mean? (You might need to do some research) he principle by which the total value of a physical quantity or parameter (such as energy, mass, linear or angular momentum) remains constant in a system which is not subject to external influence.

10. What did it say on the sign? A new sign was made with their family’s name: Karetu Wetlands.

The Bittern

Dead Car Clean Up

This week I have been working on writing in full sentences!

Independent Learn Task:

Dead Car Clean-Up

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Please answer these questions in full sentences, not just one word answers!

What is the school that is spoken about in the text? The school that was spoken in the text is Punaruku School in Whangaruru Harbour in Northland. ✔️

2. Where is the school? The Punaruku School is at Whangaruru Harbour in Northland. ✔️

3. For years what have people been dumping and where?  For years people have been dumping rusty, old cars in the bush.✔️

4. What did the local schools and community groups hold? The local schools held a special environmental education day, organised through the Northland Regional Council, to discuss the problem and think about possible solutions. ✔️

5. What were the ideas that the students came up with?  The students in Punaruku School came up with some ideas of why people have been dumping rusty old cars on the bushes: People dump wrecked cars to get them out of the way.Out Of sight, out of mind! It costs $120 to get a car towed to the wreckers,  it’s cheaper just to dump it in. Some of the cars might be stolen then stripped for parts and dumped.✔️

6. What were the effects on dumping having on the environment?  Then the student discussed what effects the dumping had on the environment.  The effects on dumping cars in the environment are, the oil can seep out and find its way into streams, and rivers, harming fish and plant life.✔️

7. Who offered their help as a community project? The Royal New Zealand Air Force offered their help as community project. ✔️

8. What did the principal of the school and some senior students do? The principal of the punaruku school and some of the students went around the local area with spray cans and sprayed a large X on the cars that people wanted taken away.✔️

9. What reporter came and interviewed some of the students? A TV3 reporter interviewed some of the students in Punaruku School.✔️

10. What is next for the students of the school? The students in Punaruku School now have a lot more information about the problem of dumped cars and what they do to the environment.✔️

Teacher comment: Well done Miguel, you are starting to get the hang of writing a full sentence, I think sometimes you just forget!! :)