karas mihi

WALT- learn and say our own Mihi

My Mihi

Maori version            

Ko Tinana te waka

Ko Awanui te awa

Ko Puwheke te maunga

Ko Paa a Parore te marae

Ko Ngai Takato te iwi

Ko Paparore te kura

Ko Te Whare Tui te akomamanga

Ko Whaea Missy and Whaea Edwina

Ko Karanui toku ingoa tena koutoa tena koutoa katou

Koro and the TANIWHA

WALT- Retell the story of Koro and the taniwha.

I liked when Koro kept tricking the taniwha.

Koro finally knocked all the pigeons out of their tree and quickly paddled home. Half way across the huge lake there was a line of bubbles following up behind him. ROAR!!! said the taniwha. Now I shall eat you. Koro was so scared he had no weapon to use only a paddle so bravely he put the paddle in the taniwha’s mouth.

Wooden arms

WALT- Use information to describe a setting in the story wooden arms.

I LOVED it when the settings kept changing.

The whare stood broken down in the street ,surrounded by huge buildings 3 times its size.Squished in the of a gigantic city heaps of people went to wooden arms they were all shadows.wooden arms was the tinest building out of them all.

An Amazing Writer

Facts - What do you know about the author Melanie Drewery?

• She started writing at the age 17 and her first book got published when she
• Was 30 years old  guess how long that took 13 years.

Can you name some of the books Melanie Drewery has written?

• Child of Aotearoa
• The Treasure
• Yucky Mucky
• Matariki
• Nana Mihi series
• Tahi One Lucky Kiwi
• Koros medicine
• Stranger Danger
• The Mad Tadpole Adventure
• Papas island
• Shark Fame
• The Grumble, Rumble, Mumble
• Dads Takeaways.

What type of stories does Melanie Drewery write?

• Adventure, 
• maori creatures, 
• Animals, 
• kids stories

What are 3 things you can remember about the author's presentation today?

1. She wrote The Treasure for her kids
2. She wrote 13 books 
3. That in the olden days someone was on the news paper because they said kia ora on the phone