Sunday, 23 August 2015

Kihi Ngatai part 2 year 5-6


click on the above link to watch the rest of the Kihi Ngatai story. Watch it through twice, the second time teacher and class will work together to list important keywords and phrases. Add these words to the list below.  Now use these keywords to write the next part of your story.
What are the two things that are very important to Kihi? Make sure you use them in your story.



Year 7-8 Monday 31 August
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDJVO8UzDVE

Watch the youtube clip on Kihi Ngatai. First watch it all the way through and then rewatch it, this time listing key words and phrases. Remember the keywords you will be looking for will be names, dates and places. Once you have this information you are to organise it into:

Early Life

Working Life

His life now.

Once you have this information you are to write up a report on Kihi.
Remember the first sentence should introduce the topic. eg Kihi Ngatia is a kaumatua rangatira of Tauranga moana.

You will use the above titles to separate your ideas and writing,

eg Before Kihi Ngatai was born his whanau thought they had been cursed as three of their tamariki had died before the age of 13. They went to see a tohunga who told them that they needed to whangai their tamariki in order to break the curse and so when Kihi was born he was sent to live with ........


Kihi Ngatai: WALT use keywords to tell the main points of a story.
WALT: order our writing so that it is placed in chronological order
Early Years key words
Working years keywords
Curse  died koroua
Whangai
Motutapu
Riiwa Ririnui
Return Matapihi raised by Te Puharangi Ngatai
Father sick returned to land


Dream traindriver
Railways
Forty years
Cleaner, fireman,
Thirteen years
Locomotive driver
War Korea two and a half years
Family Key words
Present day key words
Parents Tiuka and Parehuia
Maria wife gifted land
Five children boarding school education
Te Puna
Matapihi
Whangai
Motutapu
Riiwa Ririnui
Returned built house Te Puna


Walks three days
Kaumatua
Determined
88
Kiwifruit
Home Te Puna












Thursday, 13 August 2015

News for Monday 17th July

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4287353.htm


  1.  What is trophy hunting? 
  2. About how many tourists go to Africa each year to hunt animals for sport? 
  3.  How is trophy hunting different to poaching? 
  4. Trophy hunting is illegal. True or false? 
  5. Describe what happened to Cecil the lion. 
  6.  What does the person who killed Cecil say about what happened? 
  7.  How have people responded to Cecil’s death? 
  8.  Why do some people say that trophy hunting can be a good thing? 
  9.  Do you think trophy hunting should be banned? Explain your answer
What did you SEE in this video? - What do you THINK about what you saw in this video? - What does this video make your WONDER? - What did you LEARN from this story? - How did this story make you FEEL? - What QUESTIONS do you have about this topic?

Watch the story again, listing the 30 key words and phrases( words) and write a short summary.


TANEMAHUTA
Tuesday 18th August

Be a reporter for a day Investigate what happened to Cecil the Lion and write a newspaper article or online news report describing your findings. Alternatively investigate and write about whether hunting animals for sport is ethical.
Things to think about:
Who is your target audience?
Use age appropriate language and themes.
 Write a headline that is short and to the point.
Use words and pictures in your report.
Find information from a variety of sources.
Present the facts and/or opinions clearly and accurately