Thursday, February 25, 2021
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Monday, February 22, 2021
Friday, February 19, 2021
Fri: Response to Text
Scavenger Hunt
Instructions:
Highlight the correct answer for each question.
Questions:
1. Where could you find a treasure map?
a) library b) under the floor
c ) meeting place d) Kitchen
2. What is another word for grand?
magnificent b) splendid
c) glorious d) all of the above.
3.Who hid the special treasure in the Rock Mountains?
Forrest Gump b) Forrest Fenn
c) Forrest Inn d) Forrest Jin
4. Why did he decide to leave valuables for people to find?
Answer: He left his valuables for people because he wanted
to bring hope to others
5. What did he not include inside the treasure chest?
rubies b) emerald
c) Tesla d) gold coins
6. Where did he hide the treasures?
Mt Maunganui b) Rocky mountains north of Santa Fe
c) Samoa d) Rocky mountains north of Santa Marie
7. What clues were given to find the treasures?
A story b) a poem
c) Using GPS d) Using google
8) What would you do if you found the treasure?
→ If i found the treasure I would keep it or
share it to the homeless and live happily ever after
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Thu: Response to Text
Lost Treasure
Instructions:
Highlight the correct answer for each question.
Questions:
1. What time did the craziness start ?
a) four o’clock b) five o’clock
c) six o’clock d) seven o’clock
2. Why did mum and Aunty Pam crying/laughing?
a) Nana passed away. b) Watched netflix
c) because of Hoani’s trick d) all of the above.
3.True/False: Did Nana loose her special teaspoon?
True b) False
4. How do you know she did/didn’t loose her special teaspoon?
Answer: She did loose her spoon but then found it straight away and mum and aunty Pam told them a fib and thats why Hoani wanted to find it.
5. What does resisted mean?
Avoided b) hugged
c) smiled d) all of the above
6.. Why do you think Hoani wanted to find the special spoon?
He wanted to find the spoon so he can be a hero and give it to Nanny.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Wed: Response to Text
Lost Treasure
Instructions:
Highlight the correct answer for each question.
Questions:
1. What is the wharenui?
a) Capital city of NZ b) cousin
c) Meeting house d) Kitchen
2. What is another name for verandah?
a) deck. b) patio
c) balcony d) all of the above.
3.What was his ‘something special’ that he needed to do with Hoani?
Make breakfast b) Find Nana’s special spoon
c) Play a trick on his cousin Hoani d) Go swimming at the local river
4. How do you know he didn’t want to help his Uncle Dan set up the chairs?
Answer: Because he wanted to go and look for Hoani
5. What does hovered mean?
Creep up b) hanging over
c) lingered d) all of the above.
6.. Who is the ‘first person’ narrating this story?
Hoani b) Waihuia
c) No one d) Uncle Dan
7. How do you know it is _______________ narrating this story?
=> Because the story is mostly talking about him (Hoani)
8. Why did Wai want to mimi?
He drank a lot of fizzies b) He finish having a shower
c) he was trying to get away from his mum d) He was cold
9. What didn’t keep Wai from getting to Hoani’s special mission?
a) Helping mum clean the wharepaku b) Looking after Aunty Jane while she was eating
c) getting lost through the woods d) Looking after his cousin Pounamu crying baby
10) Have you had a ‘special mission’? But you’ve been interrupted helping others out?
How did you feel?
→ I just finished cleaning my room and the sitting room and then my aunty asked me to go and clean the kitchen for her. I sometimes feel frustrated or annoyed.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Tue: Response to Text
Lost Treasure
Instructions:
Highlight the correct answer for each question.
Questions:
1. What is the name of the cousin that liked playing tricks?
a) Jack Sparrow 5 b) Wai
c) Hoani d) David
2. Why did he ‘wake up paralysed’?
a) he got bitten by a spider.
b) He had been dancing all night
c) he was plastic-wrapped to the stretcher
d) he had no idea.
3.True or false: When he was young, his cousin told him to eat the dead spider.
a)True b) False
4. How do you know if he ate/ didn’t eat the dead spider?
Answer: He Ate the spider to be in his cousin’s club but then realised that there was no club at all.
5. What does comeuppance mean?
A cup of tea b) Karmar
c) Punishment d) A ride at rainbows end
6.. Who told the story of Nanny’s teaspoon Collection?
Hoani b) Wai
c) No one d) Aunty Pam
7. When did Nanny get her first teaspoon?
Eight years old b) Nine years old
c) ten years old d) eleven years old
8. Why did Nan take the teaspoon?
it was beautiful b) She needed it to make her coffee
c) it had her name on it d) it was expensive
9. What does wharekai mean?
a) Name of a street b) Kitchen
c) bedroom d) a suburb in NZ
10) What is something important to your whanau that is valuable and can’t be replaced?
→ These important things might remind us of home, especially our family/whānau, remind us of
someone we love who has passed away, or they may be things that were given to us as a gift by someone special.