Description
This traditional tale features in the oral traditions of many iwi and tells of how Kupe discovered Aotearoa while pursuing a giant wheke (octopus) across the Pacific. Kupe named many places as he chased the creature around Aotearoa.
This pack contains a range of response activities complete with activity explainer videos for exploring thinking skills and developing emotional understandings and compassionate inquiry including:
- Blooms Higher Order Thinking activities
- Book Club guide for deepening text discussion
- A range of activities to explore emotional understanding, compassionate inquiry, empathy development, vocabulary and developing skills for self and co-regulation.
Themes explored include: Aotearoa, courage, creature, culture, discovery, exploration, Hawaiki, Hine-Te-Aparangi, history, journey, Kupe, legend, Māori, monster, Muturangi, navigation, octopus, tale, traditional story, Te Wheke, waka, wheke
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