:Te Hau me te Rä — The Wind and the Sun
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Approach:  One to one
Focus:  Retelling and critical thinking.  
Resources: Video recording on laptop computer; 4 pictures.
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Questions/instructions:

This activity uses the computer.
Click the The Wind and the Sun button.
We will start this activity by listening to a fable called ‘The Wind and the Sun’.

A fable is a story which has a moral or a lesson in it.You will need to listen carefully because when the story has finished, I’m going to ask you to tell it to me.
Click the Play button. 		He mahi rorohiko tënei.
Päwhiria te pätene Te Hau me te Rä.
Me whakarongo täua ki te pakiwaitara e kiia nei ko ‘Te Hau me te Rä’.

He momo körero whakatö tikanga. Me äta whakarongo koe, nä te mea, i te mutunga, ka körerotia mai e koe ki au. Nä, whakarongo mai.
Päwhiria te pätene Tïmataria.

Video script:
One day, the Wind and the Sun were having an argument.
“I’m stronger than you!” said the Sun.
“No you’re not,” said the Wind. “I’m much stronger than you!”
As they argued, they saw a man wearing a red cloak, walking along the road.
“I propose a test,” said the Wind. “Whichever one of us can tear the cloak from the back of that man is the stronger.”
The Wind took the first turn. He blew so hard that leaves and branches were torn from trees. Clothes hung out to dry were blown off the line. Everyone hurried indoors for shelter.
But the Wind could not take the cloak off the man. The man shivered and held tightly to his cloak.
“You have failed,” said the Sun. “And now it is my turn.”
The Sun shone. It was very warm. The man felt hot and thirsty. He stopped to drink a cup of water.
The Sun shone brighter and the man became hotter and hotter. He pulled off his boots. It was much too hot to wear them.
At last he came to a stream. He sat on the bank and dipped his feet in the cool water. But the Sun shone warmly on his back.
The man decided to lie down in the shade of a tree to rest. He took off his cloak and laid it across the grass.
“I have won,” said the Sun to the Wind.
“As you can see it is easier to influence people with gentleness than with force.”
Video script:
I tëtahi rangi, i te tautohetohe te Hau me te Rä.
“He kaha kë atu ahau i a koe!” ko te kï a te Rä.
“Ehara! ” ko te kï a te Hau. “He kaha kë atu ahau i a koe!”
I a räua e tohetohe ana, ka kite räua i tëtahi tangata e mau kaitaka ana i a ia e hïkoi ana i te huarahi.
“Änei he whakamätautau” ko te kï a te Hau. “Ko te mea o täua ka taea te tïhae i te kaitaka i te tuara o te tangata ra, ko ia te mea kaha”
Ka mahi te hau i täna mahi. Te kaha o tana pupuhi, ka rere ngä rau me ngä peka i ngä räkau. Ko ngä käkahu i whakairihia kia maroke, höropa ana ki raro. Tere tonu te oma o ngä tangata ki ro whare. Engari, käre i taea e te Hau te tango mai te kaitaka o te tangata. Ka wiriwiri te tangata me te takai i a ia mä töna kaitaka.
“Kua raru koe!” te ki a te Rä. “Nöku te wä inäianei.”
Ka whiti te Rä. He tino mahana. Ka wera te tangata, me te mate inu wai. Ka tü ki te inu wai.
Ka kaha ake te whiti o te Rä, kätahi ka werawera haere te tangata. Ka tangohia e ia öna hü. He wera rawa ki te mau i ëra.
A, ka tae tërä ki tëtahi awa. Ka noho ia ki te taha, ä, ka whakamätao i öna waewae ki ro wai mätao. Engari ka mahana rawa atu te whiti o te Rä ki runga i töna tuara.
Ka whakatau te tangata ki te takoto i raro i te marumaru o te räkau ki te whakangä. Ka tangohia e ia töna kaitaka.
“Anä, kua wikitoria ahau” te kï a te Rä ki te Hau.
“Nä, ka kitea inäianei, he pai ake te hümarire, i te taikaha”



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Ged
MI
Here are some pictures that show parts of the story.
Place pictures in front of student in order
1 to 4.		 Änei ëtahi pikitia e whakaatu ana i ëtahi wähanga o te püräkau.
Whakatakotoria ngä pikitia mai i te 1 ki te 4 ki mua o te tauira.


1
2		 3 4
   
1. Now I want you to retell the fable to me. Use these pictures to help you as you tell the story to me.
Give student time to retell the fable.
There is a main message or lesson at the end of this story which said: ‘it is easier to influence people with gentleness than with force’.

2. Try to explain to me what that lesson means.
Prompt: What does the main message of the story mean?		 1. Nä, körerotia mai anö te pakiwaitara nei. Whakamahia ngä pikitia hei äwhina i a koe.
Hoatu he wä hei körerotanga.
He whakahau tötika kei te mutunga o tënei pakiwaitara. Änei nä, ‘He pai ake te hümärire i te taikaha’.

2. Körero mai, he aha te tikanga o tënei whakahau.
He äwhina: He aha te tikanga matua o te pakiwaitara nei?

   

Details included:
argument
88
81
between wind and sun
84
91
about who is stronger
82
67
test (who can get cloak off)
88
75
red cloak
39
6
wind blew
83
91
leaves/branches torn off trees
43
6
clothes blown off line
36
3
people sheltered
24
16
wind made man shiver/cold
16
31
man held on tightly to cloak
31
9
cloak stayed on
43
41
sun shone
64
94
man hot
68
88
man thirsty/drank water
18
41
man took off boots
81
59
put feet in water/stream
70
44
still sun shone on man’s back
34
13
wanted to rest/lie down
77
78
took off cloak
94
56
ending such as sun saying “I have won”
46
53
Order of main events:
 
all in correct order
44
22
slightly jumbled
42
44
seriously jumbled
14
34
Explanation of message:
 
very good
16
15
moderately good
41
31
poor
43
54
 
Total score:
 
19–21
10
0
16–18
21
9
13–15
31
35
10–12
22
25
7–9
10
25
less than 7
6
6

Commentary:
Mäori students in general education (GEd) settings scored statistically significantly higher than students in Mäori immersion (MI) settings.
 
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