Mäori Dictionary
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Approach:  Station  
Level: Year 8
Focus: Finding information in a dictionary  
Resources:
Book: P.M. Ryan’s Dictionary of Modern Mäori, answer booklet
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Questions/instructions:
dictionary


Use the Mäori dictionary to answer all of the questions.

Write down the number of the page on which you found each answer.

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% responses
2009 ('05)
y8
1. Matt was told that the tumuaki wanted to see him. What is a tumuaki?  
principal/headmaster/headmistress
89 (94)
Find on:
page 86
85 (89)
2. Give the Mäori word for learner.  
akonga
73 (80)
ako (-ngia)
12 (10)
Find on:
page 160
84 (89)

3. Give two meanings of the word mihi.  
Greeting, admire, respect, congratulate:
any two meanings
84 (75)
one meaning
3 (15)
Find on:
page 40
84 (86)

Total score:
8
59 (57)
7
15 (23)
6
4 (4)
3–5
17 (11)
0–2
6 (6)
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 8
 
Commentary:
Most students at year 8 performed well on using a Mäori dictionary. There was little change in performance from 2005 to 2009. Girls outperformed boys on this task.