Activity 2: The Rules of Engagement

During the early years in New Zealand, men and women would often marry at a young age. Women were expected to have babies and remain in the home caring for their children. Few, if any, left home in search of work. Men, on the other hand, were expected to work outside of the home.

These days, we don’t have the same strict expectations about work. Girls and boys can choose their own path in life. In fact, I was lucky enough to go to university and to follow my dream of becoming a teacher!

What is your dream job? Draw a picture of yourself doing your dream job and post it on your blog. You could be a doctor, an actor or even a zookeeper! I have drawn myself taking a picture of a beautiful castle in Poland because I would love to become a travel blogger and photographer one day.

Day 2: It’s All in a Day’s Work

Activity 1: A House or a Home?

In the 1800s, most Māori lived in villages called pa. Each village had many buildings – kauta where people cooked, pataka where they stored goods and wharepuni where the Māori slept. A traditional wharepuni had a thatched roof and walls made of timber, fern, rushes, and bark. Look at the picture below of a traditional wharepuni. Does it look like your house?

On your blog, compare the wharepuni to your own home. What are two similarities and two differences between a wharepuni and your house?

Similarities-  

It's a house

People sleep in there       

Differences-

The door was small           

It's made out of timber, fern, rushes, and bark   

                                         

Activity 2: Setting Sail

The first settlers to come to New Zealand must have been really brave! They had to leave their original homes and sail thousands of miles across the ocean on a special boat called a ‘waka’ to reach New Zealand.

Imagine that you were on board one of the wakas. On your blog, write a short letter to a friend telling them about your voyage to New Zealand. In the letter be sure to tell them how you feel about moving to a new country. If it was me, I would have felt really nervous…

Dear Friend,

I am very nervous to come visit you in New Zealand, I would coming on a voyage to New Zealand and I will be a little bit scared because it is my first time a voyage.

Day 1: Arriving in New Zealand

Activity 1: The First Settlers It is widely believed that the first people to arrive in New Zealand came from Polynesia. Most historians believe that they landed in New Zealand over 700 years ago. Although they were originally from many different countries, these settlers learned to live together and, eventually, formed their own distinct culture known as ‘Māori.’  Māori have their own language, traditions, and culture. Follow this link to read a short story about a famous man in Māori mythology – Maui. On your blog, post three facts that you learned about this interesting man. What other stories have you heard about Maui? * Maui always wanted to go fishing with his brothers. * Maui wanted to prove his brothers that he was good at fishing. * Maui is the best fisherman ever.

Comparing the difference between Teacher & Granddaughter

We had to read a story and compare the differences between them.

Study Characters

In my group, I was comparing our DLO about a story that we had to read and choose one person and focus on that one person and write down what they did, what they said and what are they.

Analyze a text

We worked to collaborate with my group to summarise the text by using these key questions

WHO IS IN THE TEXT?

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE TEXT?

WHEN DID IT HAPPENED?

WHERE DID IT HAPPENED?

WHY DID IT HAPPENED?

HOW DID IT HAPPENED?