Interpreting and Expressing Visual Ideas to Match Text

I Know What It Was

They said it was just

an owl in the tree

but they didn’t

fool me!

I saw teeth

not a beak,

red eyes

not gold,

and I won’t be told

it was only fluff and feathers

round its thorat;

it was a collar

and those weren’t wings

and the silky folds

of a black, black cloak

That was no

Too-wit, too woo

I heard

It was

I’ll get you-ou!

Patricia Leighton

Working at Home - America's cup

26/09/2013

Discussion Questions

   

Factual

1. Where did the first America’s Cup take place?

2. Who introduced the idea of sponsorship in sport?

3. Who sponsors the cup for the winner of the challenger series?

4. What was the name of the NZ boat that won the America’s Cup in 1995?

5.  In 2000 some of the members of Team New Zealand left and went to which team?

Answers

1. The first America’s Cup was located in England around the Isle of Wight during 1851.

2. Sir Thomas Lipton was one of the first people to introduce sponsorship in sport.

3. Louis Vuitton sponsors the cup for the winner of the challenger series.

4. The boat which won the America’s Cup in 1995 for New Zealand was called Black Magic.

5. Some of the members from New Zealand’s team joined Alinghi which was a new Swiss team.

Challenge

Make a timeline from 1851 to the present day showing who has won the America’s Cup over

the years. Use the information in this article to help you or, if you have access to a computer,

jump online and draw up a more detailed timeline.

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The Reindeer

WALHT: write a captivating narrative that engages our readers while also maintaining the correct structure.

The Reindeer

Imagine looking up at the night sky on Christmas eve seeing flying reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh. This folklore are why reindeers are well known. Sadly they can’t fly but the species are at least concern and they aren’t endangered.

The reindeer is apart of the deer family with other animals including moose, deer, elk and chital. A reindeer’s body has the colours of gray, brown and a hint of yellow. Most calves which are baby reindeer start off with brownish-red fur then develop their colour as they mature into adults. Both female and male grow antlers but male’s antlers are larger in size. There’s a rare population of female reindeer that don’t have any antlers at all.

Reindeer calves are usually born during daylight hours in the morning because they need enough energy to follow their herd at night. Within a couple of hours after they’re born they’re up and following their mothers. When they’re adults, reindeer measure up to 180cm long, stand up to 110cm at the shoulder and weigh about 81 to 153kg. This mammal lives up to 10 to 15 years.

Reindeer have different herds which are groups of them together. The group of mammals usually follow a leader who leads them to different areas. Sometimes a herd of reindeer drag people in sleighs in cold snowy areas. They originated in Siberia and later grew in Norway. Now they can be found in Eastern Europe, Alaska, Canada, Russia and even in China.

Instead of seeing them flying in the sky you could see them together in a herd out in the wild. There’s a lot more to these mammals besides them pulling Santa’s sleigh from the well-known folklore.