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Pākihikura Recount Writing

Plan and write a recount about a learning day at Pākihikura ki Tai. Use the scenario below as a starting point, or adapt the details to fit an experience you can write about. Put events in time order, use past tense, and include your thoughts and feelings.

Scenario: Learning at Pākihikura ki Tai

Imagine that your group spent a day learning beside the water at Pākihikura ki Tai. First, an instructor showed everyone how to attach a matau (hook) safely to a fishing line. Next, you practised making and checking the line. After lunch, you took turns paddling a kayak or waka with an instructor nearby. The water was calm, and the breeze carried the sound of seabirds. At the end of the day, the group talked about looking after the coast. Choose details that feel right for your recount, and add your own reactions. You do not need to claim that this scenario really happened to you.

Plan your recount

Answer in notes first. Use time words such as first, later, after that and finally. Useful kupu: matau (hook), waka (canoe or vessel), wai (water), and kaitiakitanga (guardianship). Use Māori words accurately and respectfully.

1.Write one sentence to tell the reader when and where the day took place. You may use the scenario or your own suitable details.

2.Number these events from 1 to 4 in the order they happened in the scenario: paddled a kayak or waka; learnt about caring for the coast; practised making and checking the fishing line; attached a matau to the line.

3.Complete the sentence with the best time word: “________, the instructor showed us how to attach the matau.” Choose from: Finally, First, Later.

Finally
First
Later

4.Rewrite this sentence in the past tense: “I tie the line and paddle across the calm water.”

5.Write one sentence describing something a person might have seen, heard, felt or noticed beside the water. Include a specific detail.

6.Write a sentence explaining how the writer might have felt during one event and why. Give a reason, not just an emotion word.

7.In one or two sentences, explain one action a visitor could take to care for the coast during a day like this.

8.Write a recount of the learning day in about three paragraphs. Include an opening that sets the scene, events in time order, details about at least two activities, a thought or feeling, and an ending that reflects on the day. Use past tense, time words and correct punctuation.

9.Reread your recount. Find one past-tense verb and one time connective in your writing. Copy them below, then check that each sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with suitable punctuation.

10.After a partner reads their recount, write one specific strength and one helpful suggestion. Make your feedback kind and connected to the writing.