Reading: Red Surfer Riding 11 March 2016

Name: Richelle 11 March 2016

WALT: Red Surfer Riding

1. On a map of New Zealand, Locate and place shipwreck Bay in Northland and Whangamata. Name two main towers near these two locations: Ahipara , Kaitaia

2. Show 7:30am on an analogue and digital clock. Now, write 7:30am and 7.30pm in 24 hour time:

    19:30am 19:30pm

3. How many heats would there have been in this competition? show how you worked this out:

48 / 4 = 12 so that means the answer is 12.

4. What is your opinion about the ‘top seed’ wearing a red rash shirt?

I think it's a good idea because you will be able to spot out who are the top seed/ranked people that are from the beach

5. When will the next high tide be, approximately?

Around 10:30

6. Show on the compass, which way the swell went:

South and west

7. Add the possessive apostrophe to the correct place in the following phases:

• Grommet’s heats
• Women’s open title
• Men’s open
• Each surfer's two best rides
• The announcer's voice
• Jessie's hopes were dashed
• Women's division

8. Find words from the story to match the following definitions:

• The force of motion (page 7) Momentum
• The line where the sea and the sky meet (page 8) Horizon,
• To secure, to settle definitely (page 9) Clinch
• Excluded from competition by defeat (page 5) Eliminated