Ruru
He Kōrero Paki 
Nā Peti Nohotima
Tā te Māori aro atu ki tōna ao / Tirohanga Ao Māori	Māori World View	
· Ka aro ake te ākonga ki tētahi o ngā uri o Tāne, arā te ruru.
· Ka whai whakaaro te ākonga mō te ‘tohu’. He tohu pai, he tohu kino rānei, ā, tērā pea ka tupu te whakaaro mō te āhua o te aronui tohu. 	· Students are focused on one of Tāne’s descendents, the ruru.
· Students are introduced to ‘tohu’, some are considered good tohu and others not. Some students may begin to think about/ discuss ‘recognising’ tohu.	
Ngohe 1 (Activity 1)
This activity requires students to skim read for particular information. It is presented here as an oral activity but could also be prepared as a written exercise. The teacher makes statements that direct the student to locate specific phrases or words from the story. The students will need to know the difference between i) a word, ii) a sentence, iii) a verse.
Hei Mahi 1 
Kimihia, kātahi ka …
1.	Whakahua mai te tangi a te ruru. (Ruu, ruu, koukou! Ruu, ruu, koukou!)
2.	Whakahua mai te rerenga e whakaatu nei ko te wā o te pō tēnei. (Kua tō nei te rā, te rā.)
3.	Whakahua mai te kupu, e whakaatu nei, he oreoretanga āta haere, tōo te ruru. (ngaoko)
4.	Whakahua mai te kupu, e whakaatu nei, pēehea ai te rere o te ruru. (topa)
5.	E kiia nei te pūurākau “He tino uaua ki te kite i te ruru”. Whakahua mai tētahi rerenga, e whakaatu mai, he aha i pēnāa ai. (I te awatea noho puku ai te ruru i waenga i ngā rau rākau OR Ki reira te ruru whakamokeke ai.)
6.	Whakahua mai te whiti, e whakaatu nei, e whai oranga anō e te rākau. (Kia tae mai anō he wā ka tipu peka hou ahau, ka tipu ake he rau, ka āataahua anō ahau.)
Ngohe 2 (Activity 2)
For these comprehension questions insist that students provide full answers that follow the structure of the question posed.
1. He aha ngā kai a te ruru? (He ngāngara, he kiore, ā, i ētahi wā, he manu ririki ngā kai a te ruru.) 
2. I aha te ruru i te awatea?(I te awatea noho puku ai te ruru i waenga i ngā rau rākau.)
3. Inā whakaohoreretia te ruru, ka aha ia? (Inā whakaohoreretia te ruru, kua topa ki tētahi nohonga atu.)
4. E ai ki ngā tūpuna he aha ngā āhuatanga o te ruru e whakamataku ana i te tangata? (E ai ki ngā tūpuna ko te titiro mākutu, ko te haere pō, ko tana tangi apakura ētahi tohu whakamataku i te tangata.)
5. Nā te aha e kiia ai he manu waimarie te ruru? (Nā te mea ka taea e te ruru te noho i roto i te uru paina, i ngā rākau i roto i ngā taone, i ngā māra hua rākau hoki, te take e kiia ai he manu waimarie te ruru.)
Ngohe 3 (Activity 3)
Hei Mahi Rangahau
Use the text on page 10 to discuss how different aspects or events of nature are perceived as signs of upcoming events. Teachers must be mindful of the different iwi perspectives.
Each student researches at least one ‘tohu’ they know of in their area and explains what that tohu means. Allow students the option of working on this individually or in pairs.
- Teacher to provide a simple format as a guideline for students to prepare their findings as a short kauwhau (oral presentation) to be delivered to a small group of others. If done as a pair then both to take part in oral delivery.
Ngā Hononga ki te Marautanga
Ngā Āhuatanga o te Ākonga
Kua māia ki te kōrero ki ngā tāngata katoa, ki ngā kaiako, ngā hoa, ngā mātua. Ka whakamahi i te reo kia hāngai ki te hunga whakarongo me te kaupapa. Ka whakamahi i te reo hei whakahoki whakaaro. Kua waia haere ki ngā momo tuhinga. Kua mōhio hoki he hua ka puta ki a ia i te tuhituhi.	
Āheinga Reo: Ka tutuki te whānuitanga o ngā āheinga reo i roto i te wairua ngahau me te hiahia ki te whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro. 	
ā-Waha 	ā-Tā 	ā-Tinana 	
1. Ka mārama ki ētahi kōrero āhua roa tonu.
2. Ka whakapuaki kōrero hei whakaputa māramatanga, tautohetohe rānei kia puta ai te reo whakakapi, te reo patapatai me te reo whakatau.	1. Ka tautohu, ka tā i ngā tino āhuatanga o ngā momo reo tuhi, reo tā maha.
2. Ka pakari te tuhi me te tā i ngā momo reo tuhi me ngā reo ataata e taunga ana ia.	1. Ka mārama ki te reo ā-tinana, ahakoa he ōpaki, he ōkawa rānei te horopaki. 	
Puna Reo: Ka tipu haere tonu te puna kupu me ōna āhuatanga katoa. 	
3. Ka whakanikoniko i āna kōrero, tuhinga rānei ki ngā kupu taurite, kupu āhua nā te whānui haere o tana puna kupu. 	3. Ka tika te tātaki kupu hou ahakoa te horopaki.
4. Ka mārama ki ētahi kupu ake o tētahi kaupapa motuhake.	  	
Rautaki Reo: Ka whakamahi rautaki reo, ā, ka taea te whakamārama ngā huarahi kua whāia hei whakatutuki i tāna i whakaputa ai, i rongo ai. 	
4. Ka mārama ki te anga o ngā momo kōrero Māori ake nei. 	5. Ka pānui wahangū, ā-waha rānei hei whakatutuki i ōna hiahia.
6. Ka whakamahi rautaki whānui ki te āta whakapūmau i te māramatanga o ngā tuhinga me ngā reo ataata maha.
7. Ka whakamahi i ētahi rautaki rangahau.
8. Ka whakamahi mahere hei whakatakoto, hei whakaraupapa i ngā whakaaro.
9. Ka whakatika i āna hapa tuhi me te āhua o te whakatakoto whakaaro kia mārama ake ai te tuhinga.
10. Ka whaihua ake āna tuhinga i te noho raupapa mai o ngā whakaaro i roto i ngā kōwae me te whakamahi tohu tuhituhi.	2. Ka hāngai te reo ā-waha, ā-tinana ki te kaupapa o te kōrero.