Fish Drive

Fish Drive

Where is the story/article set? At fiji

Which country? Fiji

What do you think a vine is? Where does it come from? A vine tree

Why was the village getting ready to hold a fish drive? They are funrise the church in suva

What does the line...'they wound the vines into coils' mean? What would it look like? The nets looked like two big green, leafy snakes.

Where did the palm fronds come from? What were they attached to? The coconut tree

What does the word 'clambered' mean? B)

1. Assert that one has gained or achieved (something).
2. Climb, move, or get in or out of something in an awkward and laborious way: "I clambered out of the trench".
3. a type of fish
4. An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.

In your own words, describe how the vines were put into the water.  A lot of people were helping them

Why were some of the men thumping heavy poles on the bottom of the beach? B)

1. to scare the fish and drive them towards the beach.
2. to let the people know that they were ready to begin fishing.
3. because they were getting frustrated because it was taking so long.

Why was it important for the young man to swish around the crushed roots from a doovah tree into the water? This releases a substance into the water

Do you think that this was an 'effective' way to catch fish? Why? Why not? *

Do you think that catching fish this way is good for the environment? Why? Why not? *