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Maori Myths and Legends 2
Maori Myths and Legends 2
Maori Myths and Legends Traditional Literature Passages and Questions Volume 2
Maori Myths and Legends Traditional Literature Passages and Questions Volume 2

Māori Myths and Legends Reading Texts and Activities Higher Order Thinking

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Categories: Activity Sheets, Year Five - Eight, Reading Comprehension Activities, Reading Comprehension, Māori Myths and Legends
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Improve reading comprehension in your classroom with our Maori Myths differentiated close reading passages and questions. This pack includes four Year Five and Six (Grade Four and Five) traditional literature passages with six pages of engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. These worksheets are great for your New Zealand reading and US reading programs, as part of a reliever/substitute teacher pack, or as homework tasks. Suitable as an entry point to Polynesian history or the study on myths and legends from around the world.

These link directly to the New Zealand Curriculum, Level Three, Listening, Reading and Viewing and the USA Common Core State Standards CCSS (see the Activity Information pages for more details on the exact skills found in each activity). This resource would also be suitable for Year Seven and Eight learners as the higher order thinking activities will keep them challenged and engaged!

This resource features BOTH British/NZ and US spelling and paper sizes.

Save 20% by purchasing our Maori Myths and Legends Bundle. 

What this Maori Myths resource is all about:

The purpose of this resource is to provide ready-to-go Maori Myth and Legend or Pūrākau passages and engaging higher order thinking questions.

This resource is jam-packed with exciting, thought-provoking activities to grab your students’ attention AND hold it. The activities begin at the lower levels of Blooms Taxonomy (Remember, Understand, Apply) and move through to the higher levels (Analyze, Evaluate, Create).

In this Maori Myths pack you will receive:

1. Four texts – all with an extended and scaffold version:

  • The Creation of Night and Day
  • Kupe and the Giant Wheke (octopus)
  • How Māui Discovered Fire
  • Rata and the Totara Tree

2. SIX corresponding NO PREP Higher Order Thinking Activities based on Blooms Taxonomy

  • Remember
  • Understand
  • Apply
  • Analyse
  • Evaluate
  • Create

Reading Comprehension Strategies included:

  • Making Connections
  • Find Facts and Details
  • Make Inferences
  • Identify the main idea
  • Ask and Answer Questions
  • Vocabulary
  • Sequence
  • Summarise
  • Synthesise
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Visualise
  • Make Predictions

3. Four Graphic Organiser Examples

  • Character Map
  • Story Map
  • Story Plot Mountain
  • Flow Diagram

4. Teacher Answer Key for applicable questions

5. Two ‘Tips For Use’ pages with ways to use this resource in your classroom.

6. Close Reading bookmarks.

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