Healing Honey

Year 4, Connected 2, 2012

WALT: Find and summarise key information in a text

Healing Honey

Type in your answers after each question in pink on a new line

1. Find the four subheadings in the text and write them down.
2. What is mānuka?
3. Describe what mānuka honey looks like
4. Who is Professor Peter Molan?
5. Explain who Ngāti Awa, Te Whānau-ā-Āpanui and Ngāti Porou are.
6. What does the Māori word ‘ora’ mean?
7. Would you use mānuka honey to heal a cut or skin infection? �Answer Yes or No and give your reasons.

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INSTRUCTIONS

Write each subheading on a new slide

Read the text again, write down all the KEY WORDS for each subheading

Use the KEY WORDS to write NOTES (not full sentences)

Using NOTES write a short summary (25 words or less) in your own words

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Plants That Heal - Connected 2, 2010

Type in your answers after each question in pink on a new line�1) Find the meaning of these words in this online dictionary� ointment, medicinal properties, native plants, sponsor�2) Name each of the three Northland schools. Describe the project they � worked on�3) Which plant can help with toothache?�4) Which plant(s) have bark that can heal ?�5) What plant did Tuku use to get rid of his eczema?�6) Why did Luke and his friends give some profits to the Forest Trust? � Do you agree with their decision? Why? Why not?�7) What would you spend the profits on? Give your reasons.

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YOUR TURN!

Be creative!

Make an 1-2 minute TV advertisement to explain the amazing benefits of Manuka honey

Use an iPad - work with 1-2 buddies in your reading group

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