Kūtai by Ross Calman

Kūtai by Ross Calman

Walt: make inferences from the information in the text and show or select appropriate supporting
evidence as proof that we understand the author’s purpose for writing.

Kūtai  By Ross Calman

Directions: Read each passage and then respond to the questions.  Each question will ask you to make a
logical inference based on textual details.  Explain your answer by referencing the text.

1.  What is Tangaroa? High tide,  low tide, shallow water, king tide

How do you know this?   The Atu of the sea. Provide us with many gifts.

2.  What do Maori people who live near the coast eat  : McDonalds, KFC or fish and chips

What in the text supports your description?  Fish and chips

3.  According to Māori whakapapa, Kūtai are children of Tangaroa? 

Explain what you think this is?   Kutai and other shellfish have always been an important part of the diet of maori who live near the coast.

 4.  What are the Kūtai shells used for? 

How do you know this?     To help prepare the harakeke for weaving.

5. Kūtai belong to a large group of animals mollusc. What other group are the Kūtai known as and why? 

What in the text supports your evidence?   Kutai are also known as bivales because they have two hinged shells.

6.  Where do green-lipped mussel grow? 

How do you know this?    Are common around rocky coasts, Grow mussels farm.

7.  Why do we only take enough kaimoana? 

What in the text supports your description?  So we don’t be selfish and we can share the kaimoana.

 8.  Describe what Kūtai look like?  

Your evidence from the text.   It is like a country.

9. How long is the Hururoa? 

What in the text supports your idea?    30 centimetre

10. Why are Kūtai grown in mussel farms now ?  

What in the text supports your idea?    In the mud of lakes, rivers, and streams.