:Te Würuhi – The Wolf
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Approach:  One to one  
Focus:  Identifying visual and auditory effects used to create mood.
Resources: Video recording on laptop computer.
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Questions/instructions:

This activity uses the computer.
Click the The Wolf button.
I’m going to show you a clip from a cartoon called "Peter and the Wolf", then we’ll talk about it.
Click the Play button.		 He mahi rorohiko tënei.
Päwhiria te pätene Würuhi.
He paki waituhi tënei mö “Pita me te Würuhi”. Kia mutu tö mätaki, ka körerorero täua.
Päwhiria te pätene Tïmataria.

The cartoon shows that the wolf is scary and really bad. I want you to think of the special techniques or effects that were used to make the wolf seem scary and bad.
I’ll write down all of the ideas you can think of,
so that you can check what you’ve said.

How does the video make the wolf seem scary and bad?

As the student says each idea, write it down
and read aloud.
Where 2 or more ideas are given as one,
suggest that they be written separately.

 I tënei paki waituhi, he weriweri , he whakamataku hoki, te würuhi. Nä,whakaarohia. He aha ngä tino rawa, i whakamahia, kia weriweri, kia whakamataku mai, te ähua o te würuhi. Mäku e tuhi aua whakaaro. Ä muri, ka taea e koe ki te titiro ki öu whakaaro.

He aha nga ähuatanga i whakamahia ki runga rïpene, kia hanga weriweri, kia hanga mataku ai te würuhi?

I ä te äkonga e körero ana i äna whakaaro, tuhia ki te pukapuka tuhinga, ä, pänuitia-ä-waha ki a ia. Ka maha ngä whakautu i te kötahi, ka tohutohungia e koe kia tauwehea.

% responses
Ged
MI
Features mentioned:
bad weather, swirling wind and snow, dark
25
36
footprints
19
21
dark shadowy atmosphere, trees/forest
42
36
something moving behind trees
33
26
close up of wolf’s face
(with snarling noise, big teeth, yellow eyes)
86
92
spooky music
68
41
Overall quality of response:
excellent
0
10
good
22
26
moderate
59
51
poor
19
13
 
Total score:

8–15
12
18
6–7
23
20
4–5
37
29
2–3
22
25
0–1
6
8

Commentary:
The results achieved by Mäori students in general education (GEd) settings and students in Mäori immersion (MI) settings were not statistically significantly different.
 
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