Reading and Speaking
: He Pukapuka Tino Pai — Favourite Book
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Approach: One to one
Focus: Enjoyment of reading.
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Resources: Sheet of photographs.

Questions / instructions:
Show the student the photo page.
Here are some pictures showing children enjoying reading books. In this activity I’m interested in hearing you tell me about a book you’ve read this year.
Try to think of one that you really enjoyed. When you’ve thought of one, let me know.
Kei te whakaatu ënei whakaahua i te kaingäkau o ngä tamariki ki te pänui pukapuka. Kei te hiahia möhio ahau mö tëtahi pukapuka kua pänuitia e koe i tënei tau. Ko tëhea te pukapuka kaingäkautia ana e koe.
Kia whakaarotia e koe, körero mai.

Allow time for student to think of a book. If they can’t think of a book from this year, suggest they choose a book from a previous year. When student is ready, ask:

 
% responses
GEd
MI
1. Can you remember the name or title of the book?
     Kei te mahara koe ki te ingoa o te pukapuka?
     Prompt: What was the title? He aha te ingoa?
specifies title clearly 75 84
identifies series — no specific title 9 5
unclear/unsure of title 8 3
no response 8 8
2. Do you remember who wrote it?
     Kei te mahara koe nä wai i tuhi?
     Prompt: Who wrote it? Ko wai te kaituhi?
named fully 34 32
surname only 1 0
unclear/unsure 33 8
no response 32 60
3. Now think about the book and what made it really good for you to read.      Explain to me why you enjoyed the book.
     He aha i tino pai ai ki a koe te pänui i taua pukapuka?
     Whakamaramatia mai nä te aha i pärekareka ai koe, ki taua pukapuka.

What made it good genre/type 32 38
topic/content 72 65
pictures 8 14
characters 41 14
  reading level 9 5
learned a lot from it 5 14
writing style 19 5
How strongly did student communicate enjoyment? extremely strongly 1 0
  strongly 28 30
moderately 46 32
a little 17 27
not at all 8 11
4. Did someone give you the book to read, or did you find it on your own?
    Nä tëtahi i höatu taua pukapuka hei pänui mäu, näu tonu ake ränei i kite?
    Prompt: Where did you get the book from?
                    I rapua e koe te pukapuka, mai i hea?
home 4 14
friend 3 3
school library 53 32
classroom 9 11
community library 3 14
gift 11 0
school book club 0 3
personal purchase 1 22
Duffy’s Books 11 0
don’t read at all 5 3
Commentary:
The results achieved by Mäori students in general education (GEd) and Mäori immersion (MI) settings were not statistically significantly different.
 
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