8.1 Communicate about certainty and uncertainty, possibility and probability.

Learning intentions

Students can:

• plan a series of events.

Modes

At the end of this lesson, students can:

Pānui - Reading: Understand much of what is written by other users of te reo Māori about a range of topics.

Tuhituhi - Writing: Use te reo Māori to entertain and persuade as well as inform.

Materials

Present the Horopaki below to students.

Horopaki:

Kātahi anō koe ka hoki mai i Chile i tētahi kura tuarua o reira. I reira koe noho tahi ai me tētahi rangatahi. Nā tōna whānau koe i manaaki mō te tau kotahi. Ā tērā atu marama kei te haramai ia ki Aotearoa ki te noho ki tō taha mō te tau kotahi. Ko tāhau mahi he āta whakarite i ētahi haerenga mōna kia kitea e ia ngā āhuatanga o te ao Māori. Nō reira rapua kia rima ngā haerenga mō ngā wā hararei o te kura. Kaua e māharahara ki te taha pūtea nō te mea he karahipi tāna hei utu katoa i ana haerenga.

Ask the students to organise five excursions for their exchange student, completing Resource sheet 8M: He wae tāpoi which records their plans. 

The students must:

• organise at least five visits to tourism attractions, including at least one in Te Wai Pounamu and Te Ika a Māui
• arrange the transport
• accompany the exchange student on the excursions
• decide which holidays the visit will occur in
• complete Resource sheet 8M: He wae tāpoi, describing the types of activities at each location and Resource sheet 8N: Ngā whakaritenga hīkoi as an itinerary detailing costs, arrivals and departure times etc.

Tips

Research tourism sites on the Internet or gather information from travel agencies. Discuss well-known Māori tourist sites; for example, Rotorua, Te Papa Tongarewa etc. Identify their highlights.

Variations

The itinerary could be discussed as a mock phone conversation.

The students could plan their own Māori tourism venture.

Other resources

Map of regions, accommodation information

Information on Māori tourist attractions