Nas and the crab

Nas the Crab by Shane Rivers

WALT: answer questions based on the story by looking for clues in the story.

Activity 1 - Comprehension

Read the story and answer these questions based on the story.

1. Why was Nas excited?

about seeing his mom

2. Who was Beulah?

the older sister.

3. What do you think “Malulu Niu Sila” means?

It’s cold in new zealand.

4. Why did Nas know the names of all the different fish, shellfish

and crabs?

 because the use to live next to the see in samoa

5. Why couldn’t Nas keep the crab he had found inside the mussel?

 because it would of died because it would be dry and it might of had nothing to eat.

Activity 2 - Vocabulary

Make complex sentences with these words.

1. smiled at mum and  dad when he saw them.

2. waiting in the waiting room was scary .

3. remember the time when we lived in samoa.

4. brought nas to the supermarket to do shopping .

5. carpark

6.      supermarket

Activity 3 - Punctuation

Write these paragraphs using correct punctuation.

Since it was sunday mum had planned a family to onai a special samoan lunch to welcome the new arrivals to aotearoa  but first we’d better go shopping she said

the supermarket was gigantic nas had never seen so much food, this is a big country said dad winking at him and theres lots of hungry people like us.

Activity 4 - Design a title page for this story using tux paint.