making inferences

Did You Shake Your Tail Feathers?

By Sharlene Helg Ngatupuna

Character’s Name	Character’s words or actions	Our inferences
Weak	Nosy, helpful, fast.  Tried to find the owner of the special feather.	Weak is a curious bird who tries to be helpful and do the right thing.
kahu	scary, jealous, mean,.	kahu is mean bird who tries to be a bully to birds.
Pūkeko	vain, fancy, nice, glossy, clean, blue, red,  black.	pukeko is a  fancy to other birds.
Kiwi	tired, grumpy, mad, angry.	kiwi is a grumpy bird who tries  to be mean to other birds.
Kare area	fearless, fearsome, scary, leader, kind, helpful.	Kare area is a helpful bird who tries to be a fearless, leader, kind to other birds.