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Earth Paints

Article by Jill MacGregor

WALT: answer questions about the reading as well as using my own ideas to convey meaning.

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Read the questions carefully and choose the right answer:

The class what learning about what kind of art?

Traditional New Zealand art
Traditional Maori art
Traditional Cook Island art
Traditional Aboriginal art

What did the caretaker dig from the river?

Dark brown lumps
Sticky blue clay
Yellow clay
Compost

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Read the questions carefully and choose the right answer:

What were the tools they used in the classroom?

Spoons, rolling pins and forks.
Spoons, forks and rolling pins.
Rolling pins, sticks and spoons.
Rolling pins, sticks and scissors.

In aboriginal art they use lots of what technique?

Splatter painting
Rows of little dots
Pastel rubbing
Finger painting

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Read the questions carefully and choose the right answer:

What happened when the paint dried on the surface of the paper?

It flaked off.
It fell off.
It blew off.
It flaked off and turned yellow.

Which option best describes how the children felt about their art?

They thought they were pretty clever.
They were really unhappy with how it turned out.
They were very happy and felt proud of their work.
They were proud of their work but unhappy with it.

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Answer the following questions - what page did you find the answer on?

What are some of the colours that they made?

What kinds of animals did the children paint?

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Answer the following questions - what page did you find the answer on?

Explain how they made the paint for their art:

Why do you think they learnt about aboriginal art?

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What were the main ideas from the article? Retell this in your own words.

Use these questions to help:

What was the article about?
What did you learn from the article?
What are two interesting things you think someone who hasn’t read the article would like to know about?

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Create - what are some of the animals they painted? Using google images search the images and describe them below. Make sure they are attributed and free to use.

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