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This task is about finding the main idea of the text.

A teacher read Feathery Friends by Minnie Binihi Takaro (pages 2-7, Connected 1, 2001) to her class. Then she asked, "what's the main idea?"

Jake said, "it's about the rat never having seen such a weird collection of feet."

Sina said, "different birds have different sorts of feet because they live in different places."

Pita said, "some birds have small feet and some have large feet."

Anna-Marie said, "there are birds that have webbed feet and birds that have long toes."

Question 2Change answer

a) Read Feathery Friends by Minnie Binihi Takaro and decide whose answer (Jake, Sina, Pita, or Anna Marie's) most clearly shows the main idea.

Think carefully about each answer as well as what is written in the text.

Give as many reasons as you can to support your choice.

a) Read Feathery Friends by Minnie Binihi Takaro and decide whose answer (Jake, Sina, Pita, or Anna Marie's) most clearly shows the main idea.

Think carefully about each answer as well as what is written in the text.

Give as many reasons as you can to support your choice.

The answer that most clearly shows the main idea was given by: JakeSinaPitaAnna-Marie

I think this because:

b) Decide which of the four answers least clearly shows the main idea.

Think carefully about each answer as well as what is written in the text.

Give as many reasons as you can to support your choice.

b) Decide which of the four answers least clearly shows the main idea.

Think carefully about each answer as well as what is written in the text.

Give as many reasons as you can to support your choice.

The answer that least clearly shows the main idea was given by: JakeSinaPitaAnna-Marie

I think this because: