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 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.

Writing Task

 Writing Task: Recipe for ‘Ika Mata’ (Raw Fish)

Task: Today you will need to watch the video and write down the ingredients and instructions to make ‘Raw Fish’ which is also known as ‘Ika Mata’. This list of ingredients is at the start of the video. Write down the instructions to follow step by step when making the raw fish. 

Ingredients:  This is shared 30 seconds into the video.

1.Lemon Mullet or snapper  2. Spring onion 3. Parsley 4. Capsicum 5. Coconut cream 6. Tomato

Instructions:  You might need to add extra steps to follow.

Step 1: Cut the fish into cubes small to medium sized and put the fish inside of the bowl Step 2: Cut the lemon and squeeze it over the bowl of fish and mix around Step 3: Put the fish bowl in the fridge for at least 3 hours Step 4: While the fish is in the fridge marinating cut the rest of your vegetables up and take the seeds and pulp out of the tomato and cut the capsicum in slices and take out the seeds Step 5: Take the fish out of the fridge and drain some of the liquid but not all of it Step 6: Add veggies into the bowl of marinated fish Step 7: Add 4 pinches of salt in coconut cream and add the salted coconut cream to the bowl and keep mixing Step 8: Mix well and put in fridge until the time comes when it's ready

Research task

 

MMM Fish very interesting Very Interesting hmmmmm.

Response to text

 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:

→Crayfish look like Lobsters but much more orange and smaller

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?

→For the safety of the sea creatures and making sure they don’t go well you know EXTINCT.

8. Which type of kaimoana would you like to try the most and why?

→ Actually none of them because I have tried most of the options.

Kaimoana

Fact 1 - Paua’s English name is Abalone which is a weird name.

Fact 2 - Kina’s also known as sea urchins can look different some are pointy others are well even pointer with long spikes.

Fact 3 - Kaimoana is all the sea creatures in the ocean that you can eat like Mussels or oysters there's plenty more names.

Fact 4 - Kaimoana is very very important in New Zealand. Most maoris have it and other people.

Gold Maths task

 

It was hard at first then I got the hang of it and finished it.

Writing task

Today you will be writing an acrostic poem using the word ‘Sea Creatures’. Make sure that you watch the video to find out more about how to write an acrostic poem. 

Remember to write about something that relates to the theme: Sea Creatures. 

Sick
Extinct
Aquatic respiration

Clever
Rough
Eatable
Abnormal
Tropical
Underwater
Red
Eager

Sharks are Spinless 

Research task

 This Research task is based on Sea Creatures Enjoy.

Response to text

 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:

→A Disease on somebody in one place like a boil on your arm. 

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”?

→It means there is a high risk of extinction.

8. What can we do as New Zealanders to help protect and save these marine creatures from extinction?

→ Leave them alone, Pick up rubbish and Be kind and stop chopping down trees.

4 Facts

 

Sea
Creatures

Fact 1 -  The Blue whale isn’t actually blue only a little bit it is mostly grey. 

Fact 2 - Colossal Squids are known to fight and nearly devour Blue whales and Whales.

Fact 3 - Eel’s are born in Tonga and then migrate to New Zealand after a few years they leave New Zealand and then go back to Tonga to make babies then the cycle begins again. 

Fact 4 - An old fact is that Octopuses have at least three brains making them extra smart.