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Kōrero Pūkenga

Te Reo Māori • 30 • 20 students • Created with AI following Aligned with New Zealand Curriculum

Te Reo Māori
30
20 students
6 July 2026

Teaching Instructions

This is lesson 4 of 8 in the unit "Exploring Whakapapa and Pepeha". Lesson Title: Oral Storytelling Techniques Lesson Description: WALT: Learn effective storytelling techniques for sharing pepeha orally. Success Criteria: Students can demonstrate at least two storytelling techniques. Differentiation: Provide examples and scaffold practice sessions. Extension: Create a mini-performance of their pepeha. Dyslexia-friendly options: Offer storyboards to visualize sequences.

Overview

I tēnei rā ka ako ngā ākonga i ngā tikanga whakaputa kōrero ā-waha kia taea ai e rātou te whakapuaki pepeha mā te aronga ki te arū o ngā whakaaro, te reo, me te āhua o te tuku. He wahanga tēnei nō te hōtaka 8 rā mō “Exploring Whakapapa and Pepeha”, ā, ka hāngai ki ngā akoranga o mua mō te pepeha me ōna wāhanga.

Learning intentions

WALT: Learn effective oral storytelling techniques for sharing pepeha.

Success criteria

  • Ka taea e au te whakaatu i te iti rawa o ngā tikanga kōrero e rua (hei tauira: kupu whakataki, whakahoki pātai/whakakapi, reo āhua, whakatakoto raupapa).
  • Ka taea e au te pupuri i te raupapa o ngā kōrero i roto i ōku wāhanga pepeha (tīmatanga–whanaketanga–whakakapi).
  • Ka taea e au te whakamahi i te tohu ā-kanohi (ngā piki/tāheke o te reo, okiokinga, whakapūmau i ngā wāhanga matua).
  • Ka taea e au te tuku kōrero mārama ki te hunga whakarongo (whakarongo, whakautu, me te whakaute).

Curriculum links

  • Te Reo Māori Taumata 3 — Rautaki Reo (T3-08): Ka mārama ki te anga o ngā momo kōrero Māori ake nei.
  • Te Reo Māori Taumata 3 — Rautaki Reo (T3-14): Ka whaihua ake āna tuhinga i te noho raupapa mai o ngā whakaaro i roto i ngā kōwae me te whakamahi tohu tuhituhi.
  • Te Reo Māori Taumata 3 — Rautaki Reo (T3-15): Ka tautohu i ētahi kupu ake o tētahi kaupapa motuhake.
  • Te Reo Māori Taumata 3 — Rautaki Reo (T3-12): Ka whakamahi mahere hei whakatakoto, hei whakaraupapa i ngā whakaaro.

Lesson structure (30 minutes)

  1. 0–5 min · Whakawhanaunga me te tauira. Ka whakapuaki te kaiako i tētahi tauira pepeha poto (2–3 rerenga) mā te whakamahi i te raupapa me ngā okiokinga, ka mutu i ia wāhanga matua. Ka whakarongo ngā ākonga, ka tohu ki tētahi pepa “Story Beats” me te kī: “He aha ngā wāhanga i rongo au i te kōrero?”

  2. 5–12 min · Ako kōrero ā-waha (direct teach). Ka whakaatu te kaiako i ngā tikanga e whā (whiriwhiria ōna ruarua hei arotahi i tēnei rā): (1) kupu whakataki/whakataki (hei tauira: “Ko … ahau”), (2) hononga whenua/tūpuna (he kōrero e hono ai), (3) whakamahara reo (oho/kōaro/okioki), (4) whakakapi whakaute (hei tauira: “Nō reira…”). Ka kī ngā ākonga i te ingoa o ngā tikanga, kātahi ka kape i ngā tauira rerenga ki tō rātou “Storyboard” mō ā rātou wāhanga pepeha.

  3. 12–20 min · Mahi roopu (scaffold practice). Ka wehea te akomanga ki 4 roopu iti, ka noho tahi te kaiako me ia roopu ētahi meneti, ka whakarongo, ka tuku kōrero tautoko. Ka whai ngā ākonga i te raupapa o tō rātou storyboard, ka mahi i te “Say–Swap–Say”: ka whakahua rātou i tō rātou wāhanga, ka whakawhiti ki tētahi hoa (kotahi wāhanga anake), kātahi ka hoki ki te whakakapi.

  4. 20–27 min · Whakaaturanga poto (pair mini-telling). Ka tīmata te kaiako i tētahi mahinga haumaru: “Pair-toy microphone” (kotahi meneti ia hoa). Ka mahi ngā ākonga i te mini-whakaaturanga o tō rātou pepeha mā te whakamahi i te iti rawa o ngā tikanga e rua, ā, ka whakamahi i te pepa aromatawai māmā (“I can…”) hei tohu i ngā angitu.

  5. 27–30 min · Aromatawai mutunga (exit check). Ka pātai te kaiako kia whakautua ā-waha: “Ko te tikanga i whakamahia e au i tēnei rā ko …, ā, nā te mea …” Ka tuhi/whakaatu ngā ākonga i tētahi kupu kotahi, he tohu ranei mō te angitu matua.

Resources

  • Pepeha template (poto) i runga pepa, he wāhanga kua tapaina (whakataki–whenua/tūpuna–whakakapi)
  • Storyboard (pou 3: tīmatanga, whanaketanga, whakakapi) me ngā pikitia-āwhina
  • “Story Beats” poster (ngā tohu kōrero e whā)
  • Kārere kōrero / sentence starters (māmā, kua kōwhiria e te kaiako)
  • Pepa aromatawai māmā mō ngā tikanga (I can… checklist)
  • Pouaka kupu o te akomanga (kupu hononga: nō, i, mai, hoki, e, ā, nō reira…)
  • Timer me te “pair-toy microphone” (props)
  • Kāri/katakata kōwhiri mō ngā roopu tere (extension kit)

Assessment

  • Observation checklist i te wā mahi roopu: ka kite te kaiako mēnā kei te whai i te raupapa me te iti rawa o ngā tikanga e rua.
  • Peer feedback (whakarongo–whakaū): ia hoa ka tohu i tētahi āhuatanga pai me tētahi mea hei whakapai (kotahi noa ia).
  • Exit check: kotahi rerenga poto, kotahi kupu ranei e tohu ana i te tikanga i whakamahia.

Differentiation

  • Support (ngā ākonga e roa ana te tukatuka): sentence starters kua oti, storyboard me ngā pou kua oti te raupapa; mahi roopu iti me te kaiako e noho tata ana.
  • Support (dyslexia-friendly): storyboard hei mapi kanohi; whakahua i mua, kātahi ka tuhi poto; kōwhiringa kupu iti (word bank) kaua e tuhi katoa i te tuhinga roa.
  • Behaviour support: whakarite wā mahi pair me te timer; mahi motuhake i te roopu (kotahi wāhanga anake) kia iti ake te pōrearea; ngā paearu mārama (“kotahi wāhanga, kotahi tikanga”).
  • Extension (ngā ākonga matatau): taapiri tētahi “twist” ā-waha (he kupu whakakapi rerekē, he rerenga whakarewa), kia maumahara ai rātou ki te rere o te reo me te tuku whakapono ki te hunga whakarongo.
  • EAL/SEN: whakarato i ngā kōwhiringa reo (2–3 putanga rerenga) me te tautoko whakaahua; mahi “choral rehearsal” i mua i te takitahi.

Extension (optional)

  • Waihangatia he mini-performance (1–2 meneti) mō te pepeha kotahi: whakauru i te kupu whakataki + whakakapi whakaute, me te āhua o te reo (okioki me te whakanui i ngā kupu matua).

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