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Unit 5: Āwhea te kanikani? - When is the dance?
Learning intentions
In this unit students will learn:
- the days of the week in Māori
- the months of the year in Māori
- to tell the time in Māori.
Success criteria
Before commencing the unit the teacher will discuss the learning intentions with the students and together agree on appropriate success criteria.
Resources
Downloads
Transcripts for Unit 5 (PDF, 287 kB)
Unit 5 Worksheet A (PDF, 285 kB)
Unit 5 Worksheet B (PDF, 285 kB)
Unit 5 Worksheet C (PDF, 295 kB)
Unit 5 Teacher Sheet A (PDF, 285 kB)
Unit 5 Teacher Sheet B (PDF, 286 kB)
Lyrics and translation for Rā Whānau ki a Koe (PDF, 86 kB)
Videos
- Scene 1: When’s the dance?
- Scene 2: Jo and Hana talk about the dance
- Scene 3: Making sure everyone is going to the dance
- He kōrero whakamārama: The Māori calendar - Months
- He kōrero whakamārama: The Māori calendar - Days
- Waiata video: Rā Whānau ki a Koe
Activity 1
Students will learn the days of the week in Māori.
Watch the He kōrero whakamārama videos where the different terms for the days of the week and the months of the year are explained. Watch Unit 5 Scene 1 where the boys are talking about the date of the dance. Write the days of the week in Māori on the whiteboard and have the students practise saying these. See Teacher Sheet A for these words. Explain that they might hear two ways of saying the days of the week in Māori.
Using approximately 30 blank cards, write one day of the week on each (each card has either the Māori name or the English name). Encourage the students to play "Snap" with these cards. Ask the students to write the days of the week in Māori in their Wehi books.
Activity 2
Students will learn the months of the year.
Write the months of the year in Māori on the whiteboard and have the students practise saying these. See Teacher Sheet B.
| Assimilation name | English name | Traditional name |
|---|---|---|
| Hānuere | January | Kohitātea |
| Pēpuere | February | Hui-tanguru |
| Māehe | March | Poutū-te-rangi |
| Āperira | April | Paenga-whāwhā |
| Mei | May | Haratua |
| Hune | June | Pipiri |
| Hūrae | July | Hōngongoi |
| Ākuhata | August | Here-turi-kōkā |
| Hepetema | September | Mahuru |
| Oketopa | October | Whiringa-ā-nuku |
| Noema | November | Whiringa-ā-rangi |
| Tīhema | December | Hakihea |
Explain that they might hear different ways of saying the months of the year in Māori. Show them the clip from He kōrero whakamārama - Months again where this is explained.
Teach the students the question and answer sentences, and have them practise using their birthday:
| Āhea tō rā whānau? | When is your birthday? |
| Ā te ______ o ______. | On [date] of [month]. |
Ask the students to form a line across the classroom with 1 Hānuere – 1 January, at one end and 31 Tīhema – 31 December, at the other end, and to line up according to where their birthday falls between those dates.
To form the line, the students must ask each other when their birthday is, listen to the answer and then move to the correct position in the line.
Listen to Rā Whānau ki a Koe on the Audio CD, track 2 or watch the waiata, on DVD or online, and practise this song.
Ask the students to write the words to this song in their Wehi books.
Ask the students to create a class list of birthdays, and sing this song on each person’s birthday. Ask the students to think of three dates that are important to them, and write these dates in Māori in Wehi, leaving enough space to illustrate that date: e.g. the date could be their birthday, the date of the school dance or their sports finals.
Activity 3
Students will learn to tell the time in Māori.
Look at He kōrero whakamārama - Use of mā video for an explanation of the word mā.
Watch Unit 5 Scene 2 where Jo and Hana talk about the dance.
Ask the students to tell you what time the dance is (7 o’clock). Write this time on the whiteboard in Māori and draw a simple clock alongside showing 7 o’clock. Ask the students to identify the words for 7 – whitu, and o’clock – karaka.
Call out a time and have the students draw simple clock faces in their Wehi books showing that time, or draw simple clock faces on the board showing different times, and have the students copy the clock faces in their Wehi books and write the time in Māori alongside, or get the students to complete Worksheets A and B.
Note: Unit 9 Scene 3 shows another situation where times are discussed.
Draw a clock face on the whiteboard showing half past three, and ask the students if they can predict how this time would be said in Māori:
| Hāwhe pāhi i te toru karaka. | Half past three o’clock. |
Encourage the students to play the game Āhea te kanikani? (When is the dance?) in pairs. Each person has a game card (see Worksheet C) and should cross out three squares – one each for the time, the day and the month they have selected for the school dance. The purpose of the game is to guess the date and time of each other’s dance.
Taking turns, the students should ask each other:
| Ā te [name the day] te kanikani, nē? | The dance is on [name the day], isn’t it? |
If they are correct, their partner answers:
| Āe, ā te [name of the day]. | Yes, on the [name of the day]. |
If they are incorrect, their partner says kāo – no, and asks a question to find out their partner’s dance date.
If they answer a question correctly, they are allowed to ask another question.
| Ā te Paraire te tekau mā rima te kanikani, nē? | The dance is on Friday the fifteenth, isn’t it? |
| Ā te Paraire te tekau mā rima o Mahuru te kanikani, nē? | The dance is on Friday the fifteenth of September, isn’t it? |
Download this unit
Unit 5: Āwhea te kanikani? – When is the dance? (PDF, 206 kB)