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He reka ake - It’s sweeter
Achievement objective
6.3 Communicate about immediate plans, hopes, wishes, and intentions.
Learning intentions
Students can:
- identify differences between objects
- offer a reason for things being different.
Modes
At the end of this lesson, students can:
Pānui - Reading: Understand specific details in contexts that may contain some unfamiliar language.
Tuhituhi - Writing: Write information on familiar topics, referring to past, present and future time and use appropriate writing conventions.
Kōrero - Speaking: Initiate and sustain more extended conversations in both formal and informal contexts.
Materials
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Resource sheet 6I - He reka ake (Word, 315 kB)
Lesson sequence
Discuss with the students the use of the directional particles ‘ake,’ ‘atu,’ and ‘iho’ to express a greater or lesser quality of an object, for example: iti iho, nui ake.
Then hand out a copy of Resource sheet 6I: He reka ake and ask the students to complete it. The students should then ask each other questions, using the sentence structure below, about the differences they have observed.
Ki a koe, he pēhea te ________ i te __________?
Ki ahau nei, he ________ ake/atu/iho te ________ i te ________.
He aha ai?
He ________ nō te ________.
For example:
Ki ahau nei, he reka atu te āporo i te aniana, he kawa nō te aniana.
In my view, apples are sweeter than onions, as onions are sour.
Each pair of students should offer three examples to the class:
- One using the directional particle ‘atu’
- One using the directional particle ‘ake’
- One using the directional particle ‘iho.’
Language to use
Indefinite article to describe an item
| He _______. | For example: He reka. He kawa. |
Particles to express comparative quality
| ake | For example: He reka ake. |
| atu | For example: He reka atu. |
| iho | For example: He kawa iho. |
Possessive particle expressing ‘belonging to’
| nō | For example: He huka nō te āporo. |