Curriculum level 7 lesson plan
Level 7: Tirotiro whenua Looking at the land
Achievement objective
7.1 Communicate about future plans
Learning outcomes
Students will demonstrate their ability to:
- access information regarding opportunities for tourists and plan an itinerary focusing on purposeful activities
- write a letter informing a person of an intended itinerary.
Skills
At the end of this lesson, students can:
Pānui - Reading
- Understand much of what is written about a range of topics.
Tuhituhi - Writing
- Begin to use language to entertain and persuade as well as inform.
Materials
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 Work sheet 1: Tirotiro whenua to the students.
Ask the students to organise a tour itinerary for their grandparents that meets this 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.
Language to use
| Suggested language focus | Suggested vocabulary | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Future tense kei te … ka … |
kei te haere kōrua? ka mutu te mahi, ka … |
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| Giving opinions ki mōku hei e ai ki |
ki ahau nei mōku tonu nei hei tā ētahi e ai ki te kōrero |
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| Giving reasons he pai kāre pea e pai kia he ____ nō ____ |
he pai atu pea kia haere ki Ngāmotu kāre pea e pai kia roa tō kōrua noho ki reira, he nui nō te utu |
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| Conjunctions i te mea nō te mea tā te mea ina otirā heoi anō |
tā te mea he uaua mōku te piki maunga otirā he pai tonu ina tokoiti ngā tāngata |
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| Perhaps tēnā pea |
tēnā pea ka noho kē ahau ki Rotorua |
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| Time statements ā te … hei te … pō rua atu |
ā te ahiahi pō hei te ata o te 16 pō rua atu ka noho kōrua ki … |
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| Nominalisation When |
ā te taenga atu … tae atu ana … |
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| 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.
Variations
The itinerary can be explained verbally.
Other resources
NCEA
Level 2 Whakataetae Tākaro
Paerewa 7266
Paerewa 7258
Moorfield, J.C. (2001). Te Whanake 1: Te Kākano (pp 93-98). Auckland: Longman Paul.
Maps of regions with information about accommodation.
Information on tourist adventures with a Māori focus.
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