The Creation of Night and Day....

 WALT: Analyse and evaluate the actions and story lines of Maori myths and ledgends

Hey guys! This week and last week, to celebrate Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori, for reading we have been focusing on Maori myths and legends. I chose the book, The creation of night and day.This book was about how the Maori think the world was created. Papatuanuku and Ranginui were lying on top of each other bringing darkness upon the world/them. Tāne Mahuta pushed them apart with his legs and brought light into the world. It was really interesting and was fun to learn about. I hope you enjoy my Maori work!

Create task 1:

Analyse your story. Who are the characters? Where was it set? What is the problem? What are some of the actions in your story? How did it end? How were the characters feeling?

Create task 2:

How do you feel about the decisions your character/s made? Give 3 reasons why you agree or disagree about this statement.

Create task 3:

Create a glossary for the Maori words in your book. Once you have done that, turn it into a animation and publish to your blog.

IS THAT A TANIWHA!!!

 Hey guys! This week for reading I picked a book about a Taniwha in the school pipes! The characters were Mr Blackadder, Noah, Ms Pinkney and the little/baby Taniwha, it was set in a school and in the boiler room. The problem was a Taniwha in the school pipes! But then the solution was, Mr Blackadder, captures the Taniwha into a little jar full of black water. Or did he??? I am not sure if there is actually a Taniwha in the jar, 1 kid could not see the Taniwha in the water..so was it there? Create task 2 was to create a new ending for you book, then explain why you chose that ending. The third create task was to come up with 5 questions to ask Ash as if you were a police officer. Then we could post it on our blog! Which I am doing right now.

I hope you enjoy my work!

P.S Since I finished early I was told to to the feast finishers. Read a book and record yourself

My ending

Interview

Have you ever seen a Taniwha😂 ! If you have  WOW your lucky..and maybe a little old 😂. I hope you enjoyed this post and found something cool! Please give me some feedback, I would really appreciate it!

Have a nice day

Karaitiana

Taukapo (Maori Snap)

Hi Ruru
One task I had today was to play a game of cards so I did first with my mum and then with my brother Dayzharn.The game we played was one you have probably never heard of because last year when I was working with Mr Barrow before he left I was in a special maths group where we could earn gold badges. I chose to work for the cultural badge (maori) We had to do 12 activities to earn the badge one of the activities was to create a maths game so I made one called Taukapo with the help of my mum and my friend from last year Lita this is a video of us playing the game. After we played Taukapo my mum taught me how to play Pyramid next she is teaching me Clock Patience.

The rules It is a lot like snap. You have to know how to count in maori. 2 players you need a deck of cards. K=10,Q=10,J=10, A=1 You deal the whole deck out to all the players. At the same time the players place a card down and you have to add the numbers together for example a king and a 4 would be 14 but you have to say it in maori so you would say tekau ma wha. If the cards are the same for example a 9 and another 9 that would be 18 but remember you have to say it in maori so you would say tekau ma waru and then because they are the same cards you can slam your hand down ontop and shout TAUKAPO (snap) and you get all the cards on the pile. The winner of the game is the first one to win every card from the deck.I hope you understand and if you want to play but cant count in maori here is a guide. 1=Tahi,2=Rua,3=Toru,4=Wha,5=Rima,6=Ono,7=Whetu,8=Waru,9=Iwa,10=Tekau and then for any number higher than ten you would say ¨Tekau ma¨ and what number you need and lastly the number 20=Rua tekau.