As part of our reading-we work independently exploring news items that have a national or international setting.
1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?
Richie McCaw his support for a new national flag on social media. “This is the moment when I decided a new flag would be great for our country. Running out at Twickenham and seeing the two flags looking so similar. The silver fern has always been the special symbol on the All Black jersey that represents who we are as kiwis, so the new flag with a silver fern as a part of it would be a great option I believe.”
2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article.
In the finals of the rugby world cup the two flags I.e. of Australia and new Zealand flow side by side being so similar it was perhaps confusing to the thousand who had gathered for the game
3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place.
The game took place in Twickenham which is the home stadium of English rugby union in south east in England. The stadium of Twickenham can fit up to 82,000 people.
4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future.
This event took place in 2015 in the future i think the flag will change when the next rugby world cup start and everyone will know what New Zealand’s flag looks like and it does not look similar like the Australia one.
5. Explain in your own words why this event took place.
This event took place because when it was the rugby world cup the New Zealand flag looked the same as Australia's flag and thousands of people did not know what New Zealand's and Australia’s flag looked like.
6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article.
Referendum-When there's a election
Decide-When you think about something
Between-Somewhere in the middle.
After viewing the article and Richie McCaw's perspective I think that like me if will make people consider this factor before they vote.
ReplyDelete