happy hens.

Happy Hens by Pat Quinn

School Journal Part 1, Number 3, 1997

WALT: Make evaluations and build vocabulary

SC: Make evaluations about free range foods Use smart strategies to understand unknown words

HOME ACTIVITY: Tonight ask Mum/dad/caregiver what they think/know about free range meat and eggs.

This will help you answer the Q's

1. Why are the hens on Zachary’s farm called Free range hens?because they are free like they can roam around the corn felides and stuff.

2. “Free range hens have a good life”I think that hens have a hard time because they do a lot to make eggs and people kill them to eat them.  SHARE

List your reasons for why you do or do not agree with this statement

I agree with this statement because ...	I disagree with this statement because ...
hens are not supposed to be in cages why because we need them to eat o.

3. Record the words you didn’t know before. Add a picture or sentence to describe what they mean.

WORD	MEANING
Cooped (p.16)	confine in  small space.
yolks (p.16)	yellow internal part of a birds egg.
perch (p.12)	where they hold them in the barn.
poultry (p.12)	hunt their prey like  such as food
pellets (p.12)	type of food to give to chickens or ducks anything.

4. Do an investigation. What is a caged poultry farm? Explain and find 1 - 2 pictures as well. SHARE

5. Which do you prefer? Free -range or caged eggs? Why? Explain your answer. SHARE

Once completed remember to  SHARE your work to blog.
ONLY share the answers/activities which have  SHARE next to them.

When sharing your work on your blog remember to write a sentence to explain what you read, and what the activity was.
Conference with your teacher before sharing.

free range eggs are just like this.

I would rather eat free caged eggs because if we keep  on buying caged eggs then   he farmer will have to keep on force

caged eggs are like this .