Reading and discussing whitebait

I'm sorry that I'm not at school today.  I was sick in the last part of the holidays, and am still sick.

We have two learning goals today:

1. To read and understand an article on whitebaiting.
2. To share our own thoughts on whitebaiting, the article and our own experiences.

Step one: reading about whitebaiting.

• Read this article from someone who comes to the West Coast every year to whitebait.  Don't worry about the tricky words she sometimes uses, just keep going and you will work out her main points.

Step two: what do you already know about whitebaiting?

• Make notes so that you can share your ideas with others.  

Step three: sharing our ideas and experiences with whitebait.

• In groups of 2 or 3, record yourselves (using your phone or scnreencastify) discussing the whitebait article, and the topic of whitebaiting more generally.  Here are some questions that could help you get the conversation going:

1. What is whitebait and when and where can you catch it?
2. What equipment do you need for whitebaiting?
3. What are the best places on the Coast for whitebaiting?
4. Why do you have to get up so early to go whitebaiting?
5. What is your favourite whitebait recipe?
6. Why do some people want to be ban whitebaiting?
7. What are some of the rules to do with whitebaiting?

At the end of your recording, you must share the recording with Ms Quick.