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Response to text

 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:

→Trying to expand your company.

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?

→Because it was already used, they had to use another name.

8. What is your favourite fast food restaurant and why?

→ Burger king because they have awesome Burgers.

4 Facts

 

Fact 1 - Burger King was created in 1954, Miami.

Fact 2 - The nickname for Burger King is BK.

Fact 3 - James McLamoe and David Edgerton created BK.

Fact 4 - The are 15,000 restaurants around the world.

Research task

 

The Three men of power.

Writing task

 Writing Task:

 Write a letter to a Celebrity

Who is your favourite celebrity? What do you like about him or her? If you could say something to them, what would you say? 

Task: You need to write a letter to a celebrity (famous person) and tell them about yourself. Then write about some of the things that you like about the celebrity. Use the plan to help you. Post your writing on your blog. 

Brainstorm & Planning:

Date:  School Address:  Pt England School 130 Pt England Road,  Pt England, Auckland 1072,  New Zealand Dear ___________________  (name of person you are writing to) Body of the letter: Explain who you are. Tell them why you like them. (You need to write at least 5 - 10 sentences) Ending: Thank you/Kind regards/Regards/Yours sincerely/Cheers (Pick one)

Start your writing here:  Dear Ian Mckellen My name is Leonidas and I am a big fan of your Career. I am 11 years old and go to Pt England school in Auckland, New Zealand. I am sending this letter to you because I like how you do your acting. It is very adventurous, Smart and cool. I also like the characters you play as. The two I Like is Magneto and Gandalf. My favourite Gandalf is Gandalf the Grey. Thank you for being an inspiration. You are an awesome actor and one of the best gandalf actors. I wish you the best. Kind Regards: Leonidas Pt England School 130 Pt England Road,  Pt England, Auckland 1072,  New Zealand Date: 9th of December 2021

Response to text

 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?

→On youtube with song cover Videos.

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?

→people think that it was a misspelled word

8. In the article it refers to Oprah as a philanthropist - what is this?

→ Someone who wants to help others like donating Money.

4 Facts

 Betty White

Fact 1 - Betty White was born in 1922 January 17 she is also 99 years old wow that’s old. 

Fact 2 - Betty white is one of the Golden Girls which is a show that started in 1985 and ended in 1992.

Fact 4 - Betty white's first show she was featured in is lost probably Forever well that's what people say.

Fact 3 - Betty White is a Guinness world record holder for Worlds long woman Television series.