ACTIVITIES TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO K0RERO
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Te Ara Reo scripts Mix n’ match – pictures with text Chinese whispers – making sentences longer or kiwaha/proverbs Listen to waiata and students fill in the missing kupu Someone describes something e.g. food or an object and they guess what it is Headbands – someone sits in front of whiteboard and someone writes the name of a person on the whiteboard. Then the student on the chair asks questions about who he/she thinks they are. Students replying can only reply with a ae/kao. Pictures of anything – 2 minutes to think then korero ohorere Research a topic and present findings Pretend to be a T.V. reporter (Te Karere) or a radio D.J. (Radio Watea) Dialogue on the phone Beginning sentences that have to be finished Retell a story in your own words that you are very familiar with E.g. Rangi & Papa Whakapapa chart to talk about Whanau photo’s to talk about True or false stories – describe events etc students then decide T/F Coming up with a alibi E.g robbery
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He ngeru kei a māua tahi.
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Kua kitea e māua te pikitia ….
Finding things in common
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E rata ana māua tahi ki a Harry Potter
We have both …
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Ko te tino kai ki a māua tahi ko te kai kōhua • Headbands – tangata rongonui •
Acknowledgement: Thelma Moke
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Truth or lies –3/4 students pick a word from dictionary come up with meanings but only 1 is correct OR Sentence starters / middle / endings E.g. - .......ka tahuri mai te kuri ka tiro makutu mai ki a au.............. Give an excuse about why you did complete your homework Various pictures as topics of conversation Debates on current topics E.g ANZAC, smacking, boy racers… Good things while I was at Kohanga/preschool,primary school, intermediate When I finsih school … straight away I will / 2 months later … / 6 months later… / 1 year later … My dream house Giove students famous people profiles from Mauri ora resources and they teach the class about these people Read a nursery ryhym in english then re tell it in Maori E.g Maui, Rona, Hinemoa and Tutanekai … Using whakatauki/aki, pepeha – explain it then give an example, finally add your own opnion about it Do plays from journals Te karere reporter – stating: where you are located wahi/setting/place, wa/time/season/weather and the ocassion for being there.
Acknowledgement: Thelma Moke