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Paoa and Kiwa

For these next two weeks you will be finding out about Paoa and Kiwa. The book called ‘Horouta’ will help you but you will also need to research information on the internet. Click on the link below to read the book.

Here is the book

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Open your Reading Folder. Open a google slide and make sure it’s in your Reading Folder. Put your name in the title space and the words Term 1 Wk 7-8.

List the events that Paoa and Kiwa went through in their journey.

Work in pairs to discuss the events and write them in the correct sequence on a chart. Your chart could look like this:

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Make a new slide underneath.

Make a chart like the one below and rate the excitement of each event in order. Use a scale from 1 to 10, from clam to exciting. Plot these on your grid.

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Make a new slide underneath.

Trace the Paoa and Kiwa story on a map using google maps.

This link will show you how. Keep playing it and pausing it to do each step she tells you.

If you are not sure of the places Paoa and Kiwa visited, research the answers to the questions on the next slide.

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Mapping Questions

1. Where did the Horouta Canoe first arrive in N.Z ? ___________________.

2. What is the name of the place where the canoe hit a sand bar ? _______________.

3. Where did Paoa go to find wood (name of the mountain) ? __________________.

4. What two rivers did Paoa form ? __________ and ________________.

5. The place where the Waipaoa river goes out to sea is called ___________________.

6. Kiwa continued to sail the Horouta Canoe around the _____ _____ .

7. When Kiwa first came in to the bay at Gisborne they landed at _______________.

8. The headland at Muriwai is called _________ __________ _______ __________.

9. Kiwa crossed the bay to the _______________ ____________ .

10. Finally Kiwa named this place _____________ _________ ______ __________.

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Now present your slides to someone in your group or share them with your buddy in Room 6.