📖 Part 1: Planning Your Personal Narrative

1. Choose your memorable experience. What will your story be about?

He aha te mea tino mahara o tōu oranga?

2. Story mapping - Plan your narrative structure:

Tīmatanga (Beginning): How will you start your story?

Wāhanga matua (Middle): What happened? Include key events.

Whakamutunga (End): How did it finish? What did you learn?

3. Select vocabulary and phrases you could use in your story:

I te tīmatanga... (In the beginning...)

Nā reira... (Therefore...)

I mutunga iho... (In the end...)

He rā pai tēnei (This was a good day)

I rongo au... (I felt...)

Ka kite au... (I saw...)

✍️ Part 2: Writing Your Draft

4. Write the opening sentence of your personal narrative in Te Reo Māori:

5. Draft your personal narrative using your story map. Include varied sentence lengths and connective words:

6. Which storytelling techniques will you use when sharing your narrative?

Voice modulation (changing tone and pace)

Body language and gestures

Facial expressions

Pausing for effect

🎯 Part 3: Reflection and Next Steps

7. What was challenging about writing your personal narrative in Te Reo Māori?

8. What was successful or enjoyable about the writing process?

9. Set a goal for improving your narrative in the next lesson:

Add more descriptive details

Use more varied sentence structures

Include more Te Reo vocabulary

Improve the flow with better connectives

Other: ________________

10. Extension Activity: How could you enhance your narrative for sharing?

Circle one idea to try:

Create illustrations to accompany the story

Record an audio version with sound effects

Add cultural or historical context

Perform it for a wider audience

Te Reo Personal Narratives

Te Reo Personal Narratives

📖 Part 1: Planning Your Personal Narrative

✍️ Part 2: Writing Your Draft

🎯 Part 3: Reflection and Next Steps

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