WALT: Make connections across a range of texts
Rātā and the Tōtara Tree
Listen to the story of Rātā and the Tōtara Tree
Be ready to share your response and reaction to the story.
Listen
Closely notice what this video shows and tells. ��View and listen to the commentary in Te Reo Maori.
Turn on the subtitles. �View the video again, �this time concentrating on the subtitle script.
Here is the script. Read it for fluency and understanding.
Be ready to share main ideas conveyed, and your response and reaction to the video.
Watch
SOURCE: Te Karere, TVNZ
Read
retold by Katerina Te Heikōkō Mataira
Read each text out loud to yourself to check you can read it fluently.
Check your understand each story.
A good way to do this is to retell the story to someone else (close by or online).
Be ready to share your response and reaction to each story in a hangout meet with your teacher and classmates.
You will be asked to turn on your mic and speak.
retold by Wiremu Grace
1 - Storyboard
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of your storyboard here
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2 - Break the text into word groups
INSTRUCTIONS:�Read this excerpt from Rātā and the Tōtara Tree retold by Katerina Mataira��1. Break the text into �word groups using the forward slash symbol /.
2. Record yourself reading this passage fluently and with expression - link to the text box below
Night had descended when Rātā arrived, and the moon cast a pale light through the branches of the trees. He hid himself in the bushes and waited. The tōtara log lay where it had been felled, amid wood chips, crushed leaves and heaps of broken branches. Then suddenly the air was filled with the hum of insects and the flapping wings. Myriads of birds, butterflies, moths and beetles blotted out the thick bush as they descended upon the fallen tree. Like a great giant rising from the sleep the tōtara log was lifted back into position and every branch, leaf and wood chip attached to its former place.
Rātā shivered in awe at the spectacle of the tree standing again resplendent in the verdancy of the forest as the last of the birds and insects winged away into the darkness. Only then did he realise that he had not performed the rituals to Tāne. He slept among the giant roots of the tōtara that night, wishing he did not need to fell such a magnificent tree, and the next day he rose early. As the first red lights of the approaching dawn touched the uppermost tips of the tōtara tree he recited a long chant of invocation to the god Tāne.
Link to YOUR RECORDING
3 - Using Word Groups
INSTRUCTIONS �WAITITI: Re-read Rata and the Tree retold by Wiremu Grace ; �CAMPION, CARO and JACKSON: Re-read Rātā and the Tōtara Tree retold by Katerina Mataira ��Find ONE word group that really stands out for you. Type the WORD GROUP into the table below.�Write FOUR new sentences using the word group. Underline the word group in each new sentence.
| Word Group | Sentence |
e.g. | the uppermost tips |
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Copy/paste your word group here | Sentence 1 | |
Sentence 2 | ||
Sentence 3 | ||
Sentence 4 | ||
CREATE - Your Turn!
INSTRUCTIONS: �Choose ONE of the CREATE tasks below to share your learning this week.
Create a review of the short clip on SLIDE 3. Explain the main message/s in the film from Te Makarini Temara - Māori elder, tohunga (Ngāti Kuri and Tamakaimoana)
Prepare and RECORD an audio narration for the storyboard retelling of the story of Rātā and the Tōtara Tree . Remember to speak fluently and with expression and show off your storytelling skills!
Share your completed work on your blog. �Remember to add a catchy TITLE, a clear TASK DESCRIPTION and relevant LABELS.
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