WALT: Identify key ideas from the text and summarise in our own words
WALT: Retell what we have read
Key Ideas to find out and understand:
Recall the important events and details that happen in the story in order.
How and why do people celebrate Matariki?
This Weeks Tasks:
1. Matariki Past: Read one of the Matariki Legends, retell the story in your own words
2. Matariki Present: Investigate the ways in which people celebrate Matariki today. Create a DLO showing how we celebrate Matariki today.
3. Matariki Future: Write an argument giving at least 3 reasons why New Zealand should replace the existing public holiday of Queen’s Birthday with a day to celebrate Matariki.
WALT: Identify the structural features of a myth
WALT: Retell what we have read
Key Ideas to find out and understand:
Where did the events in this legend take place?
What phenomena does the myth explain?
Recall the important events and details that happen in the story in order.
This Weeks Tasks:
1. Complete the google map activity: Activity 1
2. True or false text evidence Activity 2
3. Summarise the main events in the story and retell in your own words through video.
WALT: Identify the structural features of a myth
WALT: Summarise the important information in our own words.
Key Ideas to find out and understand:
Who are the main characters in the text and what do we know about them?
What phenomena does the myth explain?
What are the important events that happen in the story including the conflict and resolution?
This Weeks Tasks:
1. Complete the Myth Analysis Activity on the "A piece of paradise" text. Activity 1
2. Summarise the important information in one of the supporting texts. Activity 2