Māhea? / Pēhea?

Māhea...? Mā - Asking about the means of travel

E.g. Māhea rātou haere ai ki Taupō?

Mā runga motokā

Hei mahi:

1. Watch this video on how to use 'mā hea' and 'mā' to ask and answers questions about means of transport. As you watch the video, take some brief notes on a spare piece of paper on the question and answer structure.
2. Go to page 47-48 of Te Kākano, and read the notes on this question and answer structure.
3. Copy the notes into your book as well as all of the examples. Add the notes you took while watching the video to the notes in your book.
4. Follow this link and read through more notes on 'māhea' - add any helpful notes to your book. Complete the activity below the notes, then copy 3 of the completed questions and answers from the activity, into your book.
5. Chose 6 different locations (e.g. the beach) and write a 'māhea' question and answer for each one.
6. In pairs, you will practice asking and answering 'māhea' questions and answers. One person will say a 'kei te' sentence e.g 'kei te haere au ki ngā toa' - explaining where they/someone is going. Each sentence needs to include a different location and a different person/group. The other person will then ask how the person/group is getting to that location using the 'māhea' structure, which the other person will then respond to using an appropriate answer. you must each ask 6 x 'māhea' questions. Here is an example of how one attempt at this task should look:

Aroha: Kei te haere rātou ki ngā toa

Tama: Māhea rātou haere ai ki ngā toa?

Aroha: Mā runga waka

Kei te pēhea koe? - How are you?

E.g. Kei te pēhea rātou / How are they?

Kei te hoha rātou / They are annoyed

Hei Mahi:

1. Follow this link to a power point on the 'kei te pēhea' structure. Your teacher will take you through the explanation, examples and activities. Complete all notes and activities in your book.

Lesson 3

'Pēhea' - how about/what about?

1. Follow this link to notes on how to use 'pēhea' to ask how about/what about?

2. Copy the notes into your book

3. Complete the tasks under the notes on the website

4. Copy 4 of the examples from the task you just completed, into your book.

5. Write 5 new 'pēhea' sentences of your own, using the context of aspirations/goals for the future.

6. Watch the following video and add any further notes about the sentence structure to your book notes.

7. Copy 4 of the 'pēhea' examples from the video into your books.

8. Write the vocab included in the second half of the video into your books, then write new sentences containing each of the vocab. These sentences can be 'pēhea' or any other structure we have covered this year.

9. Write new examples of 'pēhea' questions using each of the following sentence starters in your books (any context):

• Ka
• I
• kua
• Me
• He

10. Add 'pēhea' examples to the sentence structure grid at the back of your book.

Lesson 4

'I pēhea'

1. Follow this link to notes on how to use 'I pēhea' to ask how about/what about in the past tense.

2. Copy the notes into your book

3. Complete the tasks under the notes on the website

4. Copy 4 of the examples from the task you just completed, into your book.

5. Write 5 new 'I pēhea' sentences of your own, using the context of what someone might have done over the weekend.

6. Watch the following video and add any further notes about the sentence structure to your book notes.

7. Copy 4 of the 'I pēhea' examples from the video into your books.

8. Write the vocab included in the second half of the video into your books, then write new sentences containing each of the vocab. These sentences can be 'I pēhea' or any other structure we have covered this year.

Lesson 5

'Pēhea te...../He pēhea'

1. Follow this link to the notes on how to use 'pēhea te....' the sentence structure that is used to ask about and give distances.

2. Copy the notes into your book

3. Complete the tasks under the notes on the website

4. Copy 4 of the examples from the task you just completed, into your book.

5. Write 5 new 'pēhea te' sentences (a question and the answer) of your own, using the context of the travelling that someone might do on a daily basis, or over the summer holidays. Your questions need to relate to each other, for example, if you are asking someone about a road trip they did over the holidays, ask about the distances between each of the places they travelled.

'He pēhea'

1. Copy the notes and examples of how to use 'he pēhea' from page 99 of the Te Mātāpuna textbook.

2. Complete the exercises on page 99 by answering each of the 'he pēhea' questions in your book.

3. Write 10 x 'he pēhea' questions and answers of your own in your book. The questions and answers must relate to the context of activities or situations you are in each day. For example:

Q: He pēhea tāu kai e hoa? - how is your kai my friend?

A: He reka rawa tāku kai - my food is very delicious.