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Tuesday, 4 June 2019

Kahawai story/Reading

Discussion Doc
Kahawai

WALT: use what we already know to make meaning within a story.

Task
Work on this Doc together with a buddy, or in a group of 3.

When do you think this story takes place? I.e. If in the future, how many years into the future?
1982.

Is this the first time Āreta and Trish have taken the boat out fishing. Yes/ No

How do you know?
Yes because it says in the next text.

What do you think the author means by regular people when he says “...back when regular people could still get petrol.”?
Normal people.

In this story, what exactly does the Forest refer to?
The forest is place with big trees and animals with a lot of grass.

Where is this story set do you think?
In the swamp with other boats.
What are the clues that tell you this?
The pictures that are in the book.

Why is Grandma Trish so excited to find a Kahawai again. What has happened to them?
Because Trish fought a Kahawai.
    Explain why you think this.
Because it's miracle.

Why do Trish and Āreta let the Kahawai go back into the water?
Because there might be a whole school of Kahawai.


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