| Journal work |
Title of story: Granny’s Puna
Pages read:4
- Complete this table by writing questions about the text before you read the text, during reading and after you have read the text.
Stuck for what questions to ask? Click here for help.
| 3 Questions before reading (at least three questions) |
| Why was it so special?
Why did she have an eel? Where was granny? |
- How does this text relate to your own life? Pick one ‘text connection’ and explain:
| Me and her are very very noisy if my koro or nan had a puna i would have probably jumped in the bank if there wasn’t an eel.
And sometimes when im at my koros farm i always go roaming looking for something cool to do and if it looks fun i get all noisy. |
3.Write a summary of the story/article
| The girl was wondering why her nan had a puna and why it was so special,she was curious and nosy and decided to go have a look,yes she was afraid but she overcame her fairs and just went for it |
4.Who are the Characters in the story/article
| A young girl,Her nan,Fantail,an eel. |
- Word Map – Select the topic words listed for the text. Complete the table below. There are two examples to help you with the task.
| Topic Word | Definition in your own words. | Words that mean the same (synonyms) – minimum of three | Use the word in a sentence. |
| Studio | The workroom of an artist. | gallery, salon or workroom | The artist was so busy in her studio painting that she lost track of time. |
| Photograph | A picture produced by a camera. | picture, image, portrait | “Everybody say cheese!” yelled the photographer as he snapped a photograph of Room 7. |
| Puna | Like a spring like river place where theres a bank and bushes | nature,bushes | “Nan, why is ur Puna special?” |
| Eel | A slithery fish,thats very long and slimeand swims like a shark | fish,ika | “Pooh u smell like an eel’ |
| Fantail
Fantail |
A native maori bird | manu,bird | “I seen a fantail today!’ |
Journal work
Title of story: Granny’s Puna
Pages read:4
1. Complete this table by writing questions about the text before you read the text, during reading and after you have read the text.
Stuck for what questions to ask? Click here for help.
3 Questions before reading (at least three questions)
Why was it so special?
Why did she have an eel?
Where was granny?
2. How does this text relate to your own life? Pick one ‘text connection’ and explain:
Me and her are very very noisy if my koro or nan had a puna i would have probably jumped in the bank if there wasn’t an eel.
And sometimes when im at my koros farm i always go roaming looking for something cool to do and if it looks fun i get all noisy.
3.Write a summary of the story/article
The girl was wondering why her nan had a puna and why it was so special,she was curious and nosy and decided to go have a look,yes she was afraid but she overcame her fairs and just went for it
4.Who are the Characters in the story/article
A young girl,Her nan,Fantail,an eel.
5. Word Map – Select the topic words listed for the text. Complete the table below. There are two examples to help you with the task.
Topic Word
Definition in your own words.
Words that mean the same (synonyms) – minimum of three
Use the word in a sentence.
Studio
The workroom of an artist.
gallery, salon or workroom
The artist was so busy in her studio painting that she lost track of time.
Photograph
A picture produced by a camera.
picture, image, portrait
“Everybody say cheese!” yelled the photographer as he snapped a photograph of Room 7.
Puna
Like a spring like river place where theres a bank and bushes
nature,bushes
“Nan, why is ur Puna special?”
Eel
A slithery fish,thats very long and slimeand swims like a shark
fish,ika
“Pooh u smell like an eel’
Fantail
Fantail
A native maori bird
manu,bird
“I seen a fantail today!’