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Tōku Pepeha

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

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Te Reo Māori
20
20 students
16 August 2026

Teaching Instructions

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Overview

Ka ako ngā ākonga ki te hanga i tētahi pepeha poto e whakaatu ana i ō rātou hononga ki te whenua, te wai, te tangata me te whānau. Ka whakamahia he tauira ārahi, kātahi ka tuhi, ka whakahua hoki i tā rātou pepeha ki tētahi hoa.

Learning intentions

  • Ka ako ngā ākonga ki te whai i te hanganga o tētahi pepeha.
  • Ka whakamahi i ngā kupu me ngā rerenga kōrero e hāngai ana ki te kaupapa.
  • Ka whakamahi i te reo ā-waha me te reo ā-tinana hei whakaatu i tō rātou pepeha.
  • Ka āta whakarongo, ka tuku urupare whaihua ki tētahi hoa.

Success criteria

  • Ka taea e au te whakakī i ngā wāhanga matua o taku pepeha.
  • Ka taea e au te whakamahi i ngā rerenga kōrero tika.
  • Ka taea e au te whakahua i taku pepeha kia mārama, kia maia.
  • Ka taea e au te whakarongo whakaute ki te pepeha a tētahi atu.

Curriculum links

  • Ka kōtuitui rautaki e mārama ai te pānui me te mātakitaki.
  • Ka hāngai te reo ā-waha me te reo ā-tinana ki te kaupapa.
  • Ka hāngai ngā kupu me te āhua tonu o te whakatakoto kupu ki te kaupapa.
  • Ka āta whakarongo, ka whakawā, ka wetewete, ka whakatau hīkaro mō tētahi kaupapa.
  • Ka whakamahi i ngā wāhanga o te tinana hei whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro, kare ā-roto.

Lesson structure (20 minutes)

  1. 0–3 min · He tīmatanga. Ka whakaatu te kaiako i te wāhanga tīmatanga o te pepeha ki runga i ngā kiriata tīmatanga o te pepeha: “Ko ______ te maunga, ko ______ te awa.” Ka pātai: “He aha ngā hononga e whakaaturia ana i roto i ēnei rerenga kōrero?” Ka whakarongo ngā ākonga, ka kōrero poto ki te hoa, ā, ka tautohu i te maunga me te awa.

  2. 3–7 min · He tauira me te ako. Ka whakaatu te kaiako i tētahi tauira pepeha, ka whakamārama i te tikanga o ia wāhanga me te whakahuatanga tika. Ka whakatauira hoki i te reo ā-tinana: te titiro ki te kaiwhakarongo, te tū māia, te reo mārama me te āhua whakaute. Ka whai ngā ākonga i te pānui ā-waha, ā, ka tohu i ngā wāhanga o te tauira: maunga, awa, iwi, hapū, whānau me te ingoa.

Tauira:

Ko ______ te maunga. Ko ______ te awa. Ko ______ te waka. Ko ______ te iwi. Ko ______ te hapū. Ko ______ tōku whānau. Ko ______ ahau. Tēnā koutou katoa.

  1. 7–12 min · Te waihanga i te pepeha. Ka tohatoha te kaiako i te tauira pepeha hei whakakī. Ka whakamārama kia kaua ngā ākonga e hanga hononga kāore i a rātou; mēnā kāore rātou i te mōhio ki tētahi wāhanga, ka taea te tuhi “Kāore au i te mōhio” me te kōrero mō tētahi wāhi, tangata rānei e whai tikanga ana ki a rātou. Ka haere te kaiako ki te tautoko i te kōwhiringa kupu me te whakatakotoranga. Ka whakakī takitahi ngā ākonga i tō rātou tauira, kātahi ka parakatihi puku.

  2. 12–17 min · He kōrero ā-rua. Ka whakarite te kaiako i ngā ākonga ki ngā takirua, ā, ka whakaatu anō i ngā kiriata tohutohu mō te kōrero ā-rua. Ka kōrero te ākonga tuatahi i tana pepeha, ā, ka whakarongo te hoa me te kore e haukoti. Ka whakawhiti ngā tūranga. Ka whakamahia e te kaiwhakarongo tētahi rerenga urupare: “I mārama taku rongo ki tō ______” rānei, “He pātai taku mō ______.”

  3. 17–20 min · He aromatawai whakamutunga. Ka tono te kaiako kia kōrero ngā ākonga ki tētahi hoa hou i tētahi wāhanga kotahi o tō rātou pepeha, me te tāpiri i te rerenga “Ko ______ ahau.” Ka whakamahia e ngā ākonga te pepa whakaata mō te aromatawai whakamutunga hei tuhi i tētahi mea i tutuki pai me tētahi mea hei whakapai ake. Ka kohia ngā pepa hei whakamahere i te akoranga whai muri.

Resources

  • te whakaaturanga kotahi mō te pepeha
  • te tauira pepeha hei whakakī
  • te pepa whakaata mō te aromatawai whakamutunga
  • Papatuhituhi me ngā pene
  • He rārangi kupu āwhina mō te maunga, awa, waka, iwi, hapū me te whānau
  • He karaka, he pūrere matihiko rānei hei whakahaere i te wā

Assessment

  • Ka tirohia e te kaiako te worksheet i te wā e tuhi ana ngā ākonga, me te whakatika ā-waha i te raupapa kupu me te whakahuatanga.
  • Ka whakarongo te kaiako ki ngā kōrero ā-rua, ka aromatawai i te mārama o te reo, te tika o ngā rerenga kōrero me te whakamahinga o te reo ā-tinana.
  • Ka whakamahia te pepa whakaata hei tautohu i te maia o ngā ākonga me ngā wāhanga e hiahia ana ki te tautoko anō.

Differentiation

  • Mā ngā ākonga e hiahia ana ki te tautoko, ka hoatu he tauira kua tīmata kē ngā rerenga kōrero, he rārangi kupu āwhina me te tuhi whakahua ā-waha a te kaiako.
  • Ka āhei ngā ākonga ki te tuhi i ngā kōrero matua, kaua ko te pepeha katoa, i mua i te whakahua.
  • Mā ngā ākonga EAL, SEN rānei, ka whakamahia ngā tohu, ngā wāhi wātea nui, te pānui tahi me te wā whakaharatau takitahi. Ka whakaaetia te whakahua ki te kaiako, ki tētahi hoa whirinaki rānei.
  • Mā ngā ākonga kua rite, ka tāpiri rātou i tētahi rerenga whakamārama, pērā i “He mea nui tēnei maunga ki ahau nā te mea…”, me te whakamahi i te reo ā-tinana e hāngai ana ki te kaupapa.

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