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Tirotiro whenua - Looking at the land
Achievement objective
7.1 Communicate about future plans.
Learning intentions
Students can:
- plan an itinerary for tourists
- write a letter informing a person of an intended itinerary.
Modes
At the end of this lesson, students can:
Pānui - Reading: Understand much of what is written… about a range of topics across a range of written text types…
Tuhituhi - Writing: Begin to use language to entertain and persuade as well as inform.
Materials
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Resource sheet 7D - Tirotiro whenua (Word, 15 kB)
Lesson sequence
Copy this scenario to OHT or write up on the board.
Scenario
You work for a travel agency that organises group tours. You have received a letter from your grandparents who live in Australia. They wish to tour Aotearoa and want to visit mainly Māori tourist attractions. They have asked you to arrange a two week itinerary for them.
Hand out Resource sheet 7D: Tirotiro whenua to the students.
Ask the students to organise a tour itinerary for their grandparents that meets these criteria:
- They will visit at least six different locations, including at least two in Te Waipounamu.
- You will need to consider costs.
- Your grandparents will borrow a car from whānau so there is no need to organise transport.
- They arrive on a Friday and will stay for two weeks.
When they have finished, ask the students to write a letter to their grandparents, attaching the itinerary.
| Suggested language focus | Suggested vocabulary | Notes |
| Future tense | ||
| kei te … | kei te haere kōrua? | |
| ka … | ka mutu te mahi, ka … | |
| Giving opinions | ||
| ki | ki ahau nei | |
| mōku | mōku tonu nei | |
| hei | hei tā ētahi | |
| e ai ki | e ai ki te kōrero | |
| Giving reasons | ||
| he pai | he pai atu pea kia haere ki Ngāmotu | |
| kāre pea e pai kia… he ____ nō ____ | kāre pea e pai kia roa tō kōrua noho ki reira, | |
| he nui nō te utu | ||
| Conjunctions | ||
| i te mea | ||
| nō te mea | ||
| tā te mea | tā te mea he uaua mōku te piki maunga | |
| ina | ||
| otirā | otirā he pai tonu ina tokoiti ngā tāngata | |
| heoi anō | ||
| Perhaps | ||
| tēnā pea | tēnā pea ka noho kē ahau ki Rotorua | |
| Time statements | ||
| ā te … | ā te ahiahi pō | |
| hei te … | hei te ata o te 16 | |
| pō rua atu | pō rua atu ka noho kōrua ki | |
| Nominalisation | ā te taenga atu … | |
| When | tae atu ana … | |
| Preposition | ||
| mā | ka haere mā Taupō | |
| haere mā runga waka | ||
Tips
Use the Internet to research tourism sites; access pamphlets and other information from travel agencies. Discuss local Māori tourist ventures.
Variation
The itinerary can be explained orally.
Other resources
- Moorfield, J.C. (2001). Te Kākano (pp. 93-98). Auckland: Longman Paul.
- Maps of regions with information about accommodation.
- Information on tourist adventures with a Māori focus.