Aspects of Technology
 : He Körero Nenekara – Nonsense You Might See and Hear
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Approach: One to one

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Focus: Accuracy of oral reading
Resources:   Poem card
Kupu: rotarota nenekara = nonsense poem
 
Questions/instructions:
I tënei mahi, ka pänui koe i tëtahi rotarota nenekara.

He kupu nenekara kei roto i te rotarota – käore he tikanga o ënei kupu, engari he pärekareka ki te arero me te taringa. Mäu tonu e hanga te tikanga i roto i töu hinengaro. Anei te rotarota nenekara.

Whakaaturia te käri ki te äkonga.

Ka uaua haere ngä kupu nenekara i te roanga atu o te rotarota.
Tïmata i te tïmatanga, ka pänui ai i ngä whiti e taea ana e koe te pänui.

I mua i tö pänuitanga mai ki ahau, me äta pänui ki a koe anö kia möhio ai koe ki ngä kupu.

Tukuna he wä mahi.

Tënä, pänuihia mai te rotarota – ngä wähanga e taea ana e koe. Me äta pänui kia märama tonu töu reo.

Ka pänui te äkonga.

Pëhea öu whakaaro mö te rotarota nenekara? I pärekareka anö ki a koe?		 In this activity you are going to have a go at reading a nonsense poem. Nonsense poems use nonsense words – words that are made up so that they are fun to say and listen to. They let you use your imagination. This poem is one like that.

Show poem card to student.

The nonsense words get more complicated as the poem
goes on. You can start at the beginning and see how many of the coloured verses you can read. You don’t have to read all of them – but read as many as you can. Before you read it to me, have a few moments to read it quietly to yourself.

Allow a short period of time.

Now read as much of the poem as you can. Try to read it slowly and clearly.

Student reads.

I wonder if you liked the nonsense poem. What did you think of it?
 
% responses
Ki te kite koe i te pë hü
Hoatu he hä kï
Ki te tütaki koe i te rü tä
Kua kite koe i tana mö ri
Ki te kite koe i te hue pui
Hoatu he whi ngü
Ki te tütaki koe i te rup ngi,
Kua kite koe i tana une pio
Ki te kite koe i te whingu poria
Hoatu he kütua wäwhi
Ki te tütaki koe i te täwuti röpup
Kua kite koe i tana hiapu ngiwi
Inä kite koe aua whëkipi türahï, pïrua,
matiuri, ngokiropo ränei,
Panaia atu!
Ki te kore, ko tö hüngirue te ripowhutu,
me te ongiharu.
Kätahi nä, te pitongio horihunga.
Nonsense Poem
If you see an ep un
Let it have an uf et
If you meet an id ob
You will see it has an om ag
If you see a jof nug
Let it have a bem dap
If you meet a fim hod
You will see it has a mip mub.
If you see a squeb stram
Let it have a slean craid
If you meet a twuit proup
You will see it has a sleam stroid
If you see any of those squib throsts, spluds, splims or thromps,
Tell them to scrat!
For if you don’t, your sharmint
will get a phurdest whorbunt
Which will make your chirpust
whurdent!.

 
Decoded accurately:
pë
94
hü
98
hä
98
kï
98
rü
100
tä
98
mö
96
rï
98
hue (hu - e) (h - u - e)
85
pui (pu - i)
85
whi
78
ngü (ng - ü)
87
rup
89
ngi (ng - i)
91
une (u - ne)
94
pio (pi - o)
85
whingü (whi - ngü) (wh - i - ngü)
72
poria (po - ri - a)
93
kütua (kü - tu - a)
89
wäwhi (wä - whi) (wä - wh - i)
91
täwuti (tä - wu - ti)
65
röpup (rö - pup)
74
hiäpu (hi - ä - pu)
89
ngiwi (ngi - wi) (ng - i - wi)
78
whëkipi
91
türahi
93
pïrua
89
matiuri (ma - ti - uri)
87
ngokiropo (ngoki - ro - po)
89
panoia (pan - o - ia)
94
hungi
81
rue
87
ripo
83
whutu
96
ongi
91
haru
92
pito
93
ngio
93
hori
94
hunga
92
Total score:
36–40
69
      
31–35
18
26–30
7
21–25
2
16–20
0
11–15
2
0–10
2
Commentary:
Sixty-nine percent of students pronounced at least 36 of the 40 words correctly with another 18 percent getting more than 30 words correct.
 
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