Deer, Oh Deer - Vera

This week weka (my reading group) had to read a book called Deer, Oh Deer when we finished the book we had to finish a follow up activity and make a poster of whether or not we like hunters.

TASK 1: Build Vocabulary Knowledge

Word	What you think it means	What it actually means	Use it in a sentence
Acclimatisation	I think it might be about the native plants.	It is the process to make the environment maintain, such as the animals or the plants.	This acclimation is really good.
Inhabitants	It might be about animals and they are not used to another country.	A person or an animal live in a building or a place.	This cat inhabitants in a building.
Contribute	I think contribute means to join a group, and participate.	Giving something to make something work or get better..	You need to contribute in the school sports team!
Gruelling	I think it means to yell in a angry voice.	Gruelling means to be extremely tiring and demanding.	It was gruelling finishing running.
Breeds	I think breeds means a type of something.	Animals producing offspring.	Animals all breed.
Thrived	I think thrived means that they're willing to do something.	About a child, plant, etc developing well.	The animals are thrived.
Hind	Giving a wink to somebody for a particular meaning.	The back of an animal.	Have you seen a hind of a deer?
Subsist	Maybe make something stay the same way as it was before.	Maintain or support something, the same way.	which the native birds subsist.
Recreational	Recreate something that was already created.	When something is done with enjoyment.	She recreational this task.

Make Meaning: Afterwards re-read the text to see if you can gain more understanding.

TASK 2 - Summarise: Deer are not a native animal in New Zealand. Write one paragraph to explain how and why deer came to be in New Zealand bush

First the europeans came to NZ and found that there were too many plants, grass so they decided to clean them all up and make the place for farms. Soon they sent animals such as deers to NZ since the boats would take a long time some animals can get dizzy, and even die. Once the animals arrived they starting giving birth to more of them, the popularity was growing and growing, and the bad thing was there were no predators so they all were living in peace, but since the popularity was always growing they had to eat more, soon the grass and plants were all eaten, some even starved to death. Now the europeans and to find hunters and let them hunt for some of the animals, some hunters were even brought from other countries and were persuaded to come to NZ and hunt. I think the reason why the europeans brought animals to NZ was because they weren't used to the animals and the food that was in NZ.

TASK 3: CREATE: A poster, either for or against hunting deer. It must clearly explain your reasons WHY you, based on the information in the text, think that deer are a positive or negative in New Zealand.

• It must contain images, and words to convey your message.