Yes/No/Commands/Directional Particles

Āe & Kao - Yes/No

Hei mahi:

1. Follow this link and study the notes on how to use 'āe & kao'
2. Copy the notes and examples into your book.
3. Complete the activities under the āe & kao notes on 'Te Whanake' website.
4. In groups of 4, play eye spy about objects you can see in the classroom, or just outside. The person who is the spy will say "ka taea e au te kite, tētahi mea e tīmata ana ki te (letter)" The rest of the group will have guess what the item is, with the spy only being able to answer using 'āe/kao' after each guess. When someone guesses the right object, the spy will say "tika tāu" - your correct.
5. Continue to play eye spy until each person in the group has had a minimun of 2 turns at being spy.

Mai/atu/iho/ake - Directional particles

E.g. Haere mai / come towards me

Haere atu / go away (from me)

Titiro ake / look upwards

Hei mahi:

1. Follow this link to a worksheet on the particle 'mai/atu/iho/ake'
2. Ask the teacher for a printed copy of the worksheet. If no printed copies are available, copy the notes form the worksheet into your book, then compete the translation tasks in your book (copy the sentences from the sheet then translate them).

Homai/hoatu

1. Copy these notes into your book:

'Homai' - to give (towards the speaker)

'Hoatu' - to give (away from the speaker)

E.g. Hoatu tētahi āporo ki tō hoa / Give your friend an apple

Homai te pata / Pass the butter please.

2. Follow this link and watch a video on examples of 'homai/hoatu', as you watch the video, pause it and copy 6 examples from the video into your book.

3. Follow this link and read the notes on 'homai/hoatu' - add any helpful notes from the webpage to the notes in your book.

4. Complete the translation activities (below the notes) on the webpage from the last task. Once you have completed all of the translation tasks correctly, copy 3 of the examples from the webpage, to the notes in your book.

5. In pairs, practice asking each other for items around the classroom, and telling each other to pass certain objects, to other people in the classroom. You could say for example:

- "hoatu tēnei pene ki te kaiako" - pass this pen to the teacher

- "homai tērā pukapuka" - pass me that book

Each of you need to instruct each other to complete 8 different tasks for this activity.

Taihoa / Hang on! & Koa / polite request

E.g. Taihoa e haere - Don't go yet!

Homai koa te pukapuka nā - can you pass me the book there, please

Hei Mahi:

1. Follow this link and study the notes on how to use 'taihoa' to ask someone not to do something just yet. Once you've read the notes, copy them and the examples into your book.
2. Complete the translation activity below the notes, then copy 3 completed translations into your book.
3. In your book, write 6 of your own 'taihoa' sentences in Māori. Once you've finished writing, swap your book with your neighbour and translate each others 6 sentences into English.
4. In groups of 3 or 4, take turns at acting out an action, for example, walking out the door or eating some food. The other people in your group have to then say an appropriate 'taihoa' sentence to you, to ask you not to do the action (that your acting out) just yet. The first person to say a correct 'taihoa' sentence gets a point. Keep doing this until each of you have had a turn of acting out 4 different actions. The person with the most points at the end, gets a prize from the teacher.
5. Now we will look at how to use 'koa' to make a request more polite. Follow this link and read the notes on 'koa'. The, copy the notes and examples into your book.
6. Complete the translation activity below the notes, then copy 3 completed translations into your book.
7. In your book, write 6 of your own 'koa' sentences in Māori. Once you've finished writing, swap your book with your neighbour and translate each others 6 sentences into English.
8. Get back into your group of 3 or 4, and take turns at one by one, asking someone else a polite request using 'koa'. An example of a request could be: "homai koa tēnā pene" - please pass me that paper there. The person you ask must then complete the task. Keep taking turns at asking polite requests until you have each asked 4 requests.

E...........!

E.g. E noho! / Sit!

E mahi! / Work!

Hei mahi:

1. Read the notes at the top of page 58 of the Reo Māori o Nāianei 1 textbook, on when to use 'e' at the start of a phrase to say a command.
2. Copy these notes into your book, but leave a line in between each example (the bold lines are separate types of commands, so leave a line between each one when you copy the notes into your book).
3. Complete mahi 73 & 74 from page 58, then check your answers.
4. Under mahi 74, you will see some notes and examples of using 'mā' after the name of a group of people when speaking to them. Copy these notes and examples into your book.
5. Complete mahi 75 in your book, then check your answers.

Te Matapuna Homework book:

• Complete activity 14.2 on page 37.

Kia............! Giving orders using statives - Section 1

E.g. Kia kaha / be strong

Kia manawanui / be steadfast

Hei mahi:

1. Follow this link and copy the notes and examples of how and when to use 'kia....' as a command phrase.
2. Watch this video on 'kia....' commands. As you hear a new examples of a 'kia' command sentence, repeat it aloud to practice your pronunciation. Also, as you watch the video, pause it and copy 3 new examples of 'kia' command sentences, and their English translations, into your book.
3. Complete the task towards the end of the video (the purple section).
4. Follow this link and complete the translation questions below the notes.
5. In your book, write 5 new 'kia...' command sentences.

Kia.....te/tō........! Giving orders using statives - Section 2

E.g. Kia tūpato te haere! / Go carefully!

Kia tere te oma! / Run quickly!

Kia kaha te mahi! / Work hard!

Kia tika tā koutou kōrero! / You must speak correctly!

Notes: If the action, as well as the way it should be done, is stated, then it is preceded by 'te' or a possessive such as 'tō'.

Hei mahi:

1. Copy the notes and examples above, into your book.
2. Using the Te Pūkaki textbook, go to page 68. Read through the examples of 'kia' sentences (the white section of the page). Note that the first sentence under each picture is the basic version of the command, and the second sentence is the more specific command, where the action, as well as they way it should be done, is stated.
3. Copy the examples from page 68 into your book, and translate them all into English.
4. Complete the 'Hei Mahi' at the bottom of page 68 (red section). To complete this task, you need to match up a sentence from column 1, to a sentence from column 2 and column 3. Your sentences need to make sense.
5. In groups of 3, you will now practice saying the 'kia' commands. One person in the group will act out (or complete) a specific action, an example of an action could be writing in a book. Another member of the group must then make up a command based on that action, and say it aloud, for example - 'Kia tika tō tuhituhi! - You must write correctly!'. Each member of the group will act out a minimum of 4 actions, that the other group members will make up commands about. Ensure you vary your actions and be as specific as you can when saying the commands.