Day of the Dead Comprehension

Day of the Dead Comprehension Questions

Answer the questions below. Try and add the question into your answer.

1. What is Day of the Dead?

The day of the dead is a celebration of loved ones that have passed.

2. When is Day of the Dead celebrated?

On October 31st the dead children are celebrated and on November 1st the adults are celebrated.

3. Where does the Day of the Dead festivity originate from?

It began in Mexico well before the Europeans colonised in their country. Some scholars believe that the celebration is 2,500 - 3,000 years old.

4. Who is the 'Lady of the Dead'?

The focus of an old aztec festival celebrated on the ninth month of the aztec calendar.

5. Name three things that people do on Day of the Dead.

They clean and decorate the graves and tombs of their loved ones, they will often hold a picnic to celebrate including bottles of Tequila for the adults and candies and toys that the children loved and also telling anecdotes about their deceased family members.

6. What is an ofrenda?

A small shrine that may have christian crosses or pictures and sculptures of the Virgin Mary on them.

7. What is papel picado and how is it used?

It is perforated paper that is used to decorate the altars in homes.

8. What is Finados?

When you translate Finados to english it means ‘dead’.

9. Where does the celebration of Halloween come from?

The word “Halloween” came from “All Hallows’ Eve” and the “trick or treat” phenomenon came from people dressing up as saints and going door to door.

10. What other festivities are there that remember the dead? Name two.

There is “All Hallows’ Eve” and also “All Saints Day”.

This week we have been doing poems about Autumn and this is my poem.

my special place

Vocabulary

Anne Frank Vocabulary 

What do the following words from the article mean? Can you figure out their meaning from the text or do you need to use a dictionary? (The main words are taken directly from the article while the words in brackets are the more likely word choice to be found in a dictionary.) 

Word from text	Meaning
moveable	That may be moved personal property
liberal	willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.
persecuted (persecute)	subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.
occupation	the action, state, or period of occupying or being occupied by military force.
regime	a government, especially an authoritarian one.
segregated (segregate)	set apart from each other; isolated or divided.
stateless	(of a person) not recognized as a citizen of any country
influx	an arrival or entry of large numbers of people or things.
refugees	a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
confiscated	(of property) taken or seized with authority
typhus	an infectious disease caused by rickettsiae, characterized by a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usually delirium, and historically a cause of high mortality during wars and famines. There are several forms, transmitted by vectors such as lice, ticks, mites, and rat fleas
liberated (liberate)	(of a place or people) freed from enemy occupation.
Inter	place (a corpse) in a grave or tomb, typWhat do the following words from the article mean? Can you figure out their meaning from the text or do you need to use a dictionary? (The main words are taken directly from the article while the words in brackets are the more likely word choice to be found in a dictionary.)
siege	a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside to surrender.
ghetto	a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.

this week through quarantine we have done a hide and seek poem. me and my friends have  played this  game hide and seek  since we were about 7 that was  our favourite game to play.

T1 map to camp

last week t1 went on camp to mistletoe bay  for a week and these are the places totara 1 stopped on the way to misoltoe bay

today we have done a Diamante poem
we had to chose something we wanted to write about and i picked a puppy.