Matariki Create Task

WALT: Summarise and analyse ideas and information about the text. I think this Walt means gather a hole pile of information & ideas and turn it into a small text will using all of the information you gathered

 Matariki is a group of stars that is a symbol of the maori new year. we have new create tasks to do with Matariki. Legends say that matariki are sisters and matariki is the oldest sister of 6 other stars called Waiti, Waita, Waipuna-a-rangi, tupu-a-nuku, tupu-a-rangi, uru-a-rangi. The 1st task was to make a summary of 2 videos and 2 texts.

Video #1: The video is about the 7 sisters that always annoy other stars, so Matariki’s parents give her and the matariki sisters a job. They had to stay in the sky to symbolize the maori new year.

Video #2: The other video is talking about what some people do to celebrate matariki. People say that it’s a good time to grow crops and get heaps of fish. Some make kites and fly them.

Te Papa Website: some tribes didn’t celebrate at the same time, some celebrate when the first full moon appears. In early june, you can see it early in the morning.

Celebrating Puanga at Ramanui: near the mountain of taranaki

school, they celebrate the come back of Ramanui and Puanga the red star and blue star and the only brothers of matariki as the school is the only true celebrations they say.

We had 4 choices to make for the 2nd create task. The 1st was to make an animation of matariki, the 2nd was to make a Venn diagram of how you celebrate new and the maori new year. The 3rd was to do a word find and make a glossary with the words. The 4th and last one was to read tawhirimatea and re-write the story. I did the word find one.

Glossary 

Waiti: sweet

Wairua: spirit, soul

Maramataka: maori lunar calendar

Whenua: land 

Pataka: storehouse

Korero: speak

Whanau: family

Matariki: maori new year

Whetu: stars

Kai: food

Pipiri: first month on maori new year

Constellation: group of stars to make an image

           Celebration: do something special /

special event

Harvest: farmers gather grain or fruits

Pleiades: 7 sisters

June: month of the year

Past: time before some people were born

Future: time that will come

Reflection: sending back light

Calender: showing the dates of the year