Tō mātou hapori

He whakarāpopoto

This story describes the people that live and work in the writer's neighbourhood.

He whatu pānui

Hei tautoko i te kaipānui

• Pictures support the text.
• Descriptive language encourages vocabulary development.
• Names for different jobs are introduced.

He kete kupu

Hei wānanga i te reo

Āpitihanga 1 – Ngā āheinga reo

Āpitihanga 2 – Ngā ariā o te reo

Āpitihanga 3 – Te wetewete i te reo

Āpitihanga 4 – Ngā rārangi kupu

Hei whakaihiihi

• Go for a walk and identify the shops and businesses in your neighbourhood.
• Make a bar graph comparing the ethnicities of the doctors that the families see.
• Make a picture graph that shows the ethnicities of the students in your class.

Hei whakatā

• The students make a map of their shopping centre.
• Discuss the role of each of the characters in the story.
• Find out how many students attend church and what denomination they are.

Hei wānanga

• The students write their ideas about the tasks involved in each of the jobs in the story: tākuta, kaihoko, pirihimana, minita, kaipoke parāoa, pouako, rōia.
• Create a road map and use blocks to represent the businesses. The students draw and cut out the characters. They place them on the map as the text is being read.

Hei mahi kē atu

• Get the students to find out what jobs people in their neighbourhoods have.
• Make a picture graph of the types of jobs/careers that the students in your class would like to pursue.

He whakapuaki māramatanga

1. Ko wai ngā tāngata i roto i te hapori i te kōrero nei?
2. Ka pēhea te mihi o ngā tāngata ki a Nana Nora?
3. I puta mai ai te kakara tino reka i hea?
4. He aha te mahi a te māmā o te kaituhi?
5. Tirohia tētahi mahere whenua o te ao. Kei hea a Īnia? Kei hea a Ahitereiria?

Hei mahi

Pānuitia ngā kōrero kei raro nei. Ka pā ēnei kōrero ki tēhea tangata i roto i te kōrero?

Kei te ngaro tētahi tangata i roto i te hapori. Whakakīia te pūrongo nei. Kaua tana ingoa e tuhi! Hoatu tō pūrongo ki tētahi atu ākonga ki te kimi ko wai kei te ngaro.

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