Reading Comprehension - Farming Fish

A - Did I understand??

1. What happens when the weather is bad? They go to the ponds and catch the fish from their.
2. How is it we get food, different to the way we get food now? We go to the shops and buy our food and then they collect, grow and catch their food.
3. What kind of fish were released into the pools? He released Mudfish into the pool
4. Where is Togori in relation to New Zealand?  On the North - East
5. How long did it take to dig the pools? One and a half years
6. Who had the ideas of farming fish? Uncle Isaiah
7. Explain how they catch the fish. The first make sure that the ponds are filled. Then they clear the branches. They then put the Larvae white Ants there so the fish can come.
8. What have white ant larvae got to do with the article? It’s the food the fishes eat.

B - But this is reading not Maths

1. How long did it take for the fish to grow? It takes three years
2. If they started the pools in 2007 when would the pools have been finished? In the middle of the year of 2008

C - Vowels and Consonants

1. Consonants: 4,            Vowels: 3, On Page: 46

  Solomon    Clue: Island,

     2. Consonants: 4,               Vowels: 2, On Page: 44

 Paddle     Clue: Row

D - True or False

1. Togori is an island village.False because in the beginning the boy explains that he lives on a village island called Makira.
2. People thought Uncle Isaiah was crazy. True and False because they thought the idea of the ponds wouldn’t work.
3. New Zealand is closer to Togori than Australia is. False

E - Maori  

1. Fish - Ngohi
2. Wai - Who
3. Waka - Canoe

F - Verbs, Nouns, Antonyms and Synonyms

Choose 5 nouns (names) and 5 verbs (doing/action) for the text. Then for each of the Verbs write an Antonym (opposite) and/or synonym (similar) based on the word. Can you do the same for Nouns? For example. A verb from the text ‘run’. Antonym may be ‘walk’ and a synonym ‘jog’.   

Nouns - Synonym -

Village - Suburb

Pool - Pond

Fish - Bait

Shops - Market

Sea - Ocean

Verbs - Synonym

Catch - Hook

Watering - Drink

Flow - Flood

Build - Construct

Drew - WIthdraw

G - I spy

Use the words from the text, find as many as you can that start with the letters F or B.

Fine

Families

Bad

Fish

Buy

Food

Bigman

Build

Found

Farming

Fresh

Flow

Full

Big

But

Best

Before

H - It’s the scene

This section relates more about scenes rather than themes. Write down as many words as you can which describe the scene/ context or parts of the text is in.

I - What’s wrong?

What is wrong with the question/ statement below.

Adam Pryor is the chief of the village.

Yes, there isn’t a person in the story called Adam Pryor. The chief is Uncle Isaiah.

J - In Summary…

Your job is to write no more than 1 or 2 sentences which has as many information as possible.

The people in the Togori grow, collect, harvest and catch their food which means they didn’t go to the shops much. They became very smart and made a pool full of fish to eat when the weather is bad because they couldn’t go fishing.

K - The Impact

Based on the text you have read, what is one thing that either had, or may/could have and impact on either the environment (local, national or international), our community, people, or a combination? Be specific/justify.

L - Picture Cue

What has this image got to do with this text?

To be creative just how Uncle Isaiah created the

M - I’m the Author

Your job is to choose a part of the text, and then write your own paragraph into it. You may do this at the start, end or anywhere in the middle. It must make sense and fit in to the original text. You are trying to become a author by adding your own paragraph/ideas into someone else’s text to make it more factual/interesting by getting your viewpoint.

N - It’s Home - New Zealand

Make a list of as many things as you can find from the text that are related to Aotearoa. It may refer to something in NZ but may not actually state it.