Bilingual Whale Story Worksheet
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Bilingual Whale Story Worksheet
The Whale at the Campsite / Te Tohorā i te Wāhi Noho
English: Nathan, Manaia, and Losa were camping near the shoreline. At sunrise, they walked to a safe lookout with an adult. Manaia spotted a whale moving through the water. It rose, showed its broad tail, and splashed back into the sea. The friends watched quietly from the shore. “That was amazing,” said Nathan. Losa wondered where the whale was travelling. Before they returned to camp, Manaia wrote the sighting in her notebook. Te reo Māori: I noho puni a Nathan, Manaia, me Losa ki te taha o te takutai. I te putanga mai o te rā, ka hīkoi rātou ki tētahi wāhi mātakitaki haumaru, me tētahi pakeke. I kite a Manaia i tētahi tohorā e kaukau ana i te moana. Ka ara ake te tohorā, ka kitea tōna hiku whānui, kātahi ka hoki anō ki te wai me te pahū. I mātakitaki puku ngā hoa i te takutai. “He mea mīharo tēnā,” te kī a Nathan. I whakaaro a Losa kei te haere te tohorā ki hea. I mua i tō rātou hokinga ki te puni, ka tuhia e Manaia te kitenga ki tana pukapuka. Kupu (words): tohorā = whale; moana = sea; takutai = coast or shore; puni = camp; rā = sun; hiku = tail; mīharo = amazing; pukapuka = book or notebook.
Read for meaning
Use details from the story to answer Questions 1–4.
- Beside the coast
- In a city park
- High in the mountains
Words and clues
Look closely at the English and te reo Māori parts of the story.
- whale
- sea
- camp
- tail
- moana
- tohorā
- puni
- hiku
2 printable pages
Page 1
Page 2
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