My speech on the NZ flag

The New Zealand flag debate. In parliament our prime minister and the whole of the national party has decided to change our flag to a “New and Improved” flag. I’m here to persuade you that changing the NZ flag is a selfish idea. In my opinion changing the flag is not only a waste of valuable money, people are also getting ignored by parliament, but is disrespectful to our soldiers who fought under our current flag. I feel that as a country we need to look at all the needs of our country rather than the wants.

The changing of the flag is costing our country $27 million of our taxpayers money. Now let's have a look at the needs! With this $27 million we could get for example 550 Nurses, 684 Doctor rangers, 554 Physiotherapist, 545 Primary school teachers and 472 Police officers.

The country has had surveys done throughout New Zealand and it has come out that two thirds of people don’t want the flag changed but the government has still “invested” a few million dollars into the design of the flag. This is a waste of money as the country might not even go ahead with the changing of the flag. This shows that people are also getting ignored by the parliament. So many people have tried to protest toward their personal opinion but with no luck as they are getting ignored but they continue with the fight for what they believe in.

The changing of the flag is incredibly rude toward the soldiers who fought under our flag. They risked their lives to fight under our flag but with no reward as parliament have decided to change the flag with no respect to these soldiers.

I hope I have convinced you that changing our flag is a bad idea as we are wasting money, ignoring people's opinions and being disrespectful to soldiers who fought under our flag. I feel that as a country we need to look at all the needs of our country rather than the wants.

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Charlottes web

CHARLOTTE’S WEB # 1

Written by E.B. White

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When you work:

- Use full sentences in every answer

- Check the story carefully for your answers

- Be ready to explain your answers

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Week 1: Chapters 1 to  4

Front Cover: List all the thing you can see on the front cover. (On the front cover I can see ….)

Prediction: What do you think this story is going to be about? (I think that this story is going to be about ….)

Chapter 1: Before Breakfast

1. Where does this family live? (This family lives on a ….)Farm    √

2. What is papa going to do with the axe? Why? (Papa is going to use the axe to kill a pig because it was a runt)    √

3. How are Fern and Avery different? (Fern and Avery are different because ….)Avery wants to kill the pig and Fern wants to care for the pig    √

4. Why didn’t Avery get given a pig? (Avery did not get a pig because ….he was not out of bed first    √

5. What did Fern name the piglet? (Fern called the piglet ….)Wilbur    √

Chapter 2: Wilbur

1. How do we know that Fern loved Wilbur? (We know that Fern loved Wilbur because she ….) liked to stroke him,feed him and put him to bed    √

2. What did Wilbur do to keep himself warm at night? (At night, Wilbur dug a tunnel to keep warm)    √

3. How do we know that Wilbur liked Fern? (We know Wilbur liked Fern because he     ran up to meet her when she came home from school.

4. Why was Fern upset? (Fern was upset because     Wilbur was going to get killed.

5. Where did Wilbur live at the Zuckerman’s farm? (At the Zuckerman’s farm, Wilbur lived in the barn in a pen.     √

Chapter 3: Escape

1. Read pages 16 and 17. How did the barn FEEL? (The barn felt peaceful I know that because it felt like nothing bad could happen there.    √

2. Why was Wilbur bored? Wilbur was bored because he did not have anyone to play with.     √

3. How did Wilbur escape? Who told him how to escape? (Wilbur escaped because there was a loose board in the fence    √ ….. He was told what to do by the goose    √)

4. Read pages 22, 23, 24, 25. What happened to Wilbur when he was free? (When Wilbur was free, these things happened to him. He went on an adventure. In the garden.     √

5. Describe the personality of the goose (The goose is a nice character because he likes to help out.      √ He is also bossy.

6. Why did Wilbur go back to his pen? (Wilbur went back to his pen because he lured him in with food.    √

Chapter 4: Loneliness

1. What did Wilbur plan to do with his day?

Wilbur had planned to do these things:

6.30 – Eat breakfast

7 to 8 – Have a talk with the rat

8 to 9 – Nap in the sun

9 to 11 – Dig a hole

11 to 12 – Stand and watch flies

12.00 – Lunch

1 to 2 – Sleep

2 to 3 – Scratch itchy places on the fence

3 to 4 - Stand still and think

4.00 – Supper         √

2. Wilbur asked three animals to play with him, but they did not. Why? (These animals would not play with Wilbur: Goose because sitting on the eggs, Lamb because  and Rat because too busy)

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3. How is Wilbur feeling? Why? (Wilbur is feeling sad because he has no-one to play with)    √

4. Who do you think is talking to Wilbur at the end of the chapter? (Charlotte is talking to Wilbur)    √

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EXTRA FOR EXPERTS

Finished early?

1. Read the next chapter

2. Draw a detailed picture based on something that has happened so far in the story

3. Pretend that you are Wilbur. Write 5 to 10 interesting questions that you could answer in an interview for the TV

4. Got online and find out how much you could get in this area for a 2 month old pig

5. Write down your favourite recipe using pork

6. The goose is sitting on her eggs. How long does it take for goose eggs to hatch (what about hyenas, ostriches, crocodiles, turtles)

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