: Te Hua Pango — Blackberry
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Approach:  One to one  
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Focus: Form and function 
Resources: Picture  
He whakatau kupu: hua pango = blackberry, tätä = stem, tara = thorns

Questions/instructions:

Whakaaturia te pikitia.
Tohua ngä wähanga o te tipu i a koe e tuku ana i ngä pätai.

He pikitia tënei o tëtahi tipu, te ‘Hua Pango’
(arä, te parakipere).
He mahi tä ia wähanga o te tipu.
Ko aku pätai e pä ana ki ngä wähanga o te tipu.


Show picture.
Point to plant parts as each question is asked.

Here is a picture of a blackberry plant.
Each part of the plant has a job.
I’m going to ask you about the parts of the plant.

[click to enlarge picture]
% responses
1. He aha te mahi a te tätä e ora ai te tipu?

How does the stem help the plant stay alive?
supports/holds up plant

16
carries water

25
carries nutrients/food

4
2. Ha aha te mahi a ngä rau e ora ai te tipu?

How do the leaves help the plant to stay alive?
help plant “breathe”

2
make food

4
Photosynthesis:
mentioned & explained

0
mentioned

0
3. He aha te mahi a ngä tara e ora ai te tipu?

How do the thorns help the plant stay alive?
protection

 

45
4. He aha te take e puta ai ngä puawai o te tipu?

Why does the plant have flowers?
Pollination:
attract insects to pollinate

0
attract insects

6
5. He aha te take e puta ai ngä hua o te tipu?

Why does the plant have fruit?
fruit includes seeds

2
seeds from fruit grow into new plants

0
form of seed leads to dispersion by animals and birds

0

Total score:


5–10

0
3–4

6
1–2

59
0

35
Commentary:
Most students had very limited understanding of the function of all parts of the blackberry plant other than the thorns
 
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