Tasks and activities
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Flashcards
For vocabulary recognition, make two sets of flashcards (pictures and words) using resource sheet 8.1.
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Bingo cards
Using resource sheet 8.2 facilitate a game of Bingo.
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Multiple choice
Create multi-choice descriptors of the steps in a pōwhiri, to accompany the pictures on resource sheet 8.3.
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Strip-story 1
You could also use the main stages of a pōwhiri for a strip-story task.
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True-false-make it right
For a true-false-make it right task, show an illustration in the big book version of the Ngā Kete Kōrero book Tōku Marae and describe it using the sentence pattern He wāhi + verb.
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Same-different
For a same-different task that the students can do in pairs, use the set of grids in resource sheet 8.4.
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Dycomm
For a dycomm task, give one student information about some activities planned for a school visit to a marae and the times when they are scheduled to take place.
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Speech balloons and captions
Copy the pictures of the scenes from a pōwhiri on resource sheet 8.3 and add speech balloons or places for captions.
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Dictocomp
To facilitate a dictocomp, read a small passage, twice, about a pōwhiri, with the students making notes along the way in English or Māori (or in both languages).
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Marae visit
One of the best ways for your students to learn about a marae is for you to take them to visit one.
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Strip-story 2
For a group or class strip-story task, get the students to sequence the lines of a waiata while they listen to the song.
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Simple karakia
Learn the words of some simple karakia with resource sheet 8.6.