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Bilingual Story Development Cards

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📖 Part 1: Story Elements | Ngā Taonga Kōrero

WALT: We are learning to identify story elements in English and reo Māori

Kei te ako mātou ki te: Identify story elements in both languages

1. Circle the main character (tangata matua) in this story:

"Kiri the kiwi lived in the ngahere (forest). She loved to hunt for bugs at night."

The bugs | Ngā pepeke

Kiri the kiwi | Kiri te kiwi

The forest | Te ngahere

2. Where does this story take place? (Te taiao kōrero)

At the beach | Ki te tahatai

In the forest | I te ngahere

At school | Ki te kura

3. Check all the story parts you need for a good kōrero:

Characters | Ngā tangata

Setting | Te taiao

Problem | Te raru

Solution | Te otinga

🔤 Part 2: Story Sequencing | Te Raupapa Kōrero

4. Number the story events in order (1-3):

_____ Next, Tane climbed the rākau (tree) | Kātahi, ka kake a Tane ki te rākau

_____ First, Tane saw his kite in the tree | I te tuatahi, i kite a Tane i tana manu aute i te rākau

_____ Last, he got his kite down | Mutunga, i riro mai tana manu aute

5. Complete the sentence with a time word:

_______ we went to the marae, _______ we had kai, _______ we went home.

Word bank: First/I te tuatahi, Next/Kātahi, Last/Mutunga

6. Write what happens next in this story:

"The tamariki were playing at the park when it started to rain..."

🎭 Part 3: Story Creation | Te Hanga Kōrero

7. Create your own story using these kupu Māori. Draw or write:

Characters: whānau (family), kuri (dog), kurī (cat)

Setting: kāinga (home), moana (sea), maunga (mountain)

8. Use these sentence starters to tell your story:

Once upon a time... | I mua rā...

The problem was... | Ko te raru...

In the end... | I te mutunga...

9. Extension Activity - Choose a puppet to retell your story:

Stick puppet | Rākau kōrero

Finger puppet | Matimati kōrero

Shadow puppet | Atarangi kōrero

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