Maori Myths & Legends MEGA BUNDLE

Description

Ramp up your reading comprehension program with this Maori Myths and Legends Mega Bundle. It features differentiated traditional literature reading comprehension passages with higher order thinking tasks. It features twelve Maori Myths and Legends (Volume One, Two and Three), and contains a wide range of higher order thinking activities! Perfect for your guided reading program. Suitable as an entry point to Polynesian history and for Maori Language Week – Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori!

This Myths and Legend Bundle features the following THREE products:l

• Maori Myths and Legends Volume One
• Maori Myths and Legends Volume Two
• Maori Myths and Legends Volume Three

The following Māori Myths (or Pūrākau) are covered:

• Māui and the Sun
• Hatupatu and the Bird-Woman
• Māui and the Giant Fish
• Paikea and the Whale
• The Creation of Night and Day
• Kupe and the giant wheke (octopus)
• How Māui discovered fire
• Rata and the Totara Tree
• Uenuku and the Mist Maiden
• Tūtānekai and Hinemoa
• Rona and the Moon
• Pania of the Reef

When you download this resource, it comes in British/NZ English and printing sizes.

Links to the NZ Curriculum are included.

What this resource is all about:

These resources are 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 (Analyse, Evaluate, Create).

Each Reading Resource includes FOUR Year Five and Six texts with six engaging text dependent higher order thinking tasks – perfect for reading comprehension! This resource would also be suitable for Year Seven and Eight learners too, as the higher order thinking activities will keep them challenged and engaged!

Reading Comprehension Strategies included:

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