Part 1 - Getting Started
Firstly, I tested my prototype with a small group of students. We ran through the process step by step. I covered skim, scan, and read in this lesson. In the next lesson with this group we recapped (skim, scan and read) and read and answered the questions. Taking it slow was the go because I wanted the students to be successful and achieved the goal - with supported.
For this very first trial I choose a Level 2 piece of text on Puanga. The text was relevant to students in the group because one of the students had come from Hawera so he knew of the area and the others knew about Puanga because we celebrate it at school. The original text had a lot of visual information which I didn't want the students to see; this was not the focus. I typed the text into a word document and shared this through Håpara Workspace - see the examples below.
Before:
Celebrating Puanga at Ramanui
Near the maunga (mountain) of Taranaki a small school is
celebrating a very special event. Every year, Ramanui School in
Hāwera honours the arrival of the star Puanga. When Puanga
appears in the eastern sky just before dawn, it marks the start of
the Māori New Year in Taranaki.
Puanga and Matariki
In many parts of Aotearoa, people celebrate the Māori New Year
when Matariki (a group of stars also known as the Pleiades) appears.
However, if you live in Taranaki, Matariki is hard to see because it’s
very low in the eastern sky. Instead, the people of Taranaki look for
Punaga (also called Rigel). Puanga is the very bright star that can be
seen above the three stars named Tautoru (or Orion’s Belt).
SSRQ:
Skim - down the text
Scan - across the text
Read - the whole text
Question - go back over the text to find the answer to the questions.
Questions:
Where is this story set?
Who is the story about?
When did the events take place?
What happened?
How do people of Ramanui celebrate Puanga?
