Ko Rahi me te Iwi Patupaiarehe
nā Sue Gibbison, nā Waitangi Teepa i whakamāori.
He whakarāpopototanga
Overview of the Story
Ka kahakina a Ti-ara e tētahi iwi patupaiarehe, nā, ko te roanga o te pūrākau nei ko tā Rahi whai atu i a ia. He pūrākau e whakamārama ana i te ahunga mai o te tākaro Kī-o-rahi.
| Ti-ara, the wife of Rahi is kidnapped by patupaiarehe. The story tells of Rahi’s quest to find her and of how the game Kī-o-Rahi came to be. |
Te momo reo tuhi
Language style
He tuhinga pūrākau whakamārama (Writing narratives that explain the origin of aspects of our world)
Ētahi āhuatanga o tēnei momo reo tuhi
Features of this language style
- Reo whakaahua (Adjectives)
- ohorere katoa
- pōuriuri
- pukuriri
- hiakai
- ngenge
- weriweri
- Reo raupapa (Expressions that order ideas or events in sequence)
- Māku e whakapiko ngā rau … kia taea ai e Rahi te rapu i a au.
- Ka hanga a Rahi i tētahi manu tangata, ka rau atu i ētahi …, ka whai i te ara kaponga.
- Nā tōna kaha pukuriri ka ngenge ia, kātahi ka mate.
He ngohe
Activities
1. Ka pānui i te pūrākau, ā, kua hoatu he pepa ki ngā ākonga. Tohua ngā ākonga kia tuhi i ngā kupu āhua e rongo ai rātou i roto i te pūrākau. Hei tauira: ohorere katoa, pōuriuri, pukuriri, hiakai, ngenge, weriweri.
| Introduce the story by reading it as a class. Provide students with a blank sheet of paper. Instruct students to write down any describing words they hear. For example: ohorere katoa, pōuriuri, pukuriri, hiakai, ngenge, weriweri. |
2. Tohua ngā ākonga kia whakatakoto, kia whakaraupapa i ngā kaupapa matua o te pūrākau i runga i tētahi hōtaka whakaraupapa i te mahi.
| Instruct students to plot the main events or points of the story on a sequence chart. |
