Curriculum level 7 lesson plan
Level 7: Pūrongo huarere Weather report
Achievement objective
7.1 Communicate about future plans
Learning outcomes
Students will demonstrate their ability to:
- sift visual information and write a report
- deliver a weather report to a high standard.
Skills
At the end of this lesson, students can:
Pānui - Reading
- Understand much of what is written about a range of topics.
Tuhituhi - Writing
- Use resources to experiment with new language and review their writing for accuracy.
Kōrero - Speaking
- Use appropriate pronunciation, intonation, rhythms and stress
- Give talks on a range of topics in a range of contexts.
Materials
Video with reading of weather forecast
- Work sheet 1: He mahere whenua (PDF 136KB) (Word 82KB)
- Work sheet 2: Ngā tohu huarere (PDF 88KB) (Word 408KB)
- Work sheet 3: Pūrongo huarere (PDF 25KB) (Word 84KB)
- Kupu taka: Huarere (PDF 32KB) (Word 20KB)
Lesson sequence
Before the lesson, record weather reports from Te Kāea on Māori Television or from iwi radio.
Show the students the examples of weather reports in Māori to capture the language used.
Hand out Work sheet 1: He mahere whenua, Work sheet 2: Ngā tohu huarere and Kupu taka: Huarere. Ask the students to write a weather report for Te Kāea that night, using Work sheet 3: Pūrongo huarere as a guide. These weather reports should include kīwaha and alerts, if necessary.
Have the students exchange weather reports and present them as if they were on Te Kāea. Record the reports on video for discussion and feedback.
Language to use
| Suggested language focus | Suggested vocabulary | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Preposition ‘whaka’ with definitive article ‘te’ | whakateraki whakatemaunga | The preposition and the definitive article give the idea of ‘towards’ or adds the suffix ‘wards’ to the word:
|
| Directional particle ‘mai’ with locative particle ‘i’ mai i |
mai i te tonga |
In writing the locative particle, ‘i’ follows the directional particle ‘mai. |
| Negative e kore … e … kāhore i te … |
e kore te ua e heke ā te ahiahi kāhore i te pai kia puta ā te ata |
|
| Conjunction nō te mea i te mea tā te mea nō reira |
nō te mea he hau tonga e pupuhi ana nō reira me hari ō koutou tāporena |
Variations
Students could construct their own weather map and forecast.
Further learning
Invite a local iwi radio station to come to school to explain their weather forecast procedures.
Related lesson plan
Other resources
NCEA
Level 2 Whakataetae Tākaro
Paerewa 7266
Paerewa 7258
Photographs, satellite imagery and radar readings.
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