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Showing posts with label reading 2020. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading 2020. Show all posts

Monday, 23 November 2020

Journal Word Find - Dangerous Games


This week we went back to our room 6,7 and 8 individual classrooms. This is a word find that I have made about the text: Dangerous Games. I hope you enjoy while learning something new!
 


Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Cook Islands Tivaevae - Response to Text

 Cook Islands Tivaevae: 

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Tivaevae:



  1. What does Tivaevae mean?

  1. To cook b) to sew or patch

c) To knit d) to laugh

2.  What are Tivaevae?

a) Tea Towels b) Pillow Cases

c) Sheets d) Duvets


3. When were Tivaevae bedspreads introduced by French nuns?

a) eighteenth century b) nineteenth century

c) twentieth century d) twenty first century


The Pange

4. What is a pange?

-> A Pange can be up to 8 women, it is a group that makes the Tivaevae, but they can also sing,dance and eat together.



5. What is a ta’unga?

a) a type of tivaevae b) an expert

c) cutting materials d) patterns and colours


Making the Tīvaevae


6. Which are not part of the three types of Tīvaevae?

a) tīvaevae manu b) tīvaevae tātaura

c) tīvaevae tā’ōrei d) tivaevae tāmoumou


7.  Which best describes what Tivaevae manu?

  1. It uses only four colours and two pieces of material. 

  2. It uses only one colour and one piece of material.

  3. It uses only two colours and two pieces of material.

  4. It uses only two colours and three pieces of material.


8. How is Tīvaevae tātaura formed?

  1. Using glue and paste b) using embroidered 

c) having separate pieces pieced together d) using chromebook







Monday, 9 November 2020

Cook Island History - Response to Text

 Cook Islands History: 

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About Cook Islands:


1. How many islands are said to be on Cook Islands?

a) 3 b) 10

c) 15 d) 88


2. Which island is not located beside the Cook Islands?

a) New Zealand b) Tonga

c) French Polynesia d) American Samoa


3. How did Cook Islands get their name?

a) From coke cola b) from James Cook 

c) from chocolate d) from Cocoa Chanel


Cook Islands History:


4. Where did the first Cook Islands arrive from?

a) Hawaii b) Tahiti

c) New Zealand d) Hervey Island


5. What does Cook Islands not do for art?

a) wood carving b) piercing

c) weaving d) tivaevae


6. True or False: Captain James Cook named Cook Islands ?

a) True b) False


Wood carving: 


7. Rarotonga is famous for its carving …. 

  1. its wooden seats b) of fisherman’s gods and staff-gods

c) it’s ceremonial adzes d) pencils


8. What islands are not mentioned for wood carving?

a) Mitiaro b) Mauke

c) Atiu d) Pukapuka


9. True or false: The wooden carvings had to be blessed before stood up?

a) True b) False


10. How can you identify where people are from in Cook Islands?

→the way they carve


Thursday, 5 November 2020

Tongan Patterns and Designs - Response to Text

Tongan Patterns and Designs: 

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Coat of Arms of Tonga - Tongan Sila:


1. When was the Tongan Sila designed?

a) 1865 b) 1875

c) 1876 d) 1877


2. What does the crown in the Tongan Sila mean?

→It represents the king and the kingdom of Tonga


3. What do the three swords represent?

→the three generations of kings who rule Tonga before it became one


Ha’amonga ‘a Maui:


4. Where is the stone located?

a) Cook Islands b) Samoa

c) Tonga d) Niue


5. Who is the story of the stone wall about?

a) A mother and her two daughters b) A mother and her two sons

c) A father and his two daughters d) A father and his two sons (the king)


6. What does the word haʻamonga mean ?

→a stick with loads to carry on both ends, held on the shoulders


Kavei Koula e Fa - Four Golden Pillars:


7. What does Ofa mean?

→Love


8. What does Faka’apa’apa mean?

→Respect


9.What does Anga Fakato ki lalo/ Lototoo mean?

→Humility (being humble)


10. What does Tauhi Va mean?

→Gratitude (being Grateful)


Wednesday, 4 November 2020

Tongan Artists and their art - Response to Text

 Tongan Art and Artists: 

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Sulieti Fiemea-Burrows:


1. What type of art does Sulieti Fiemea-Burrows do?

a) kohoa kakala b) ngatu

c) ta’ovala d) carving


2. How did Sulieti learn how to be the artist she is?

a) it was a fluke b) she wanted to be famous

c) weren’t enough artists d) she watched her Mum growing up


3. Why does Sulieti want to teach others the art she does?

→So people can keep making it and so the art form doesn't die down


Sione Monu:


4. What type of artist is Sione Monu?

a) carving b) ngatu

c) koho d) ta’ovala


5. Where did Sione Monu get inspiration from?

a) ta’ovala b) old family photos from Tonga

c) kohoa kakala d) old family photos from Samoa


6. What is in Sione Monu’s exhibition?

→It makes a space where people can come and create Tongan art


Tatafu Langi: 


7. Where did Tatafu Langi grow up?

a) Tonga b) Samoa

c) Niue d) Cook Islands


8. Where did Tatafu Langi move to?

a) UK b) USSR

c) USA d) United Kingdom


9. What type of artist is Tatafu Langi?

a) koho b) ta’ovala

c) ngatu d) carving


10. Name 3 different materials that Tatafu Langi carves with.

→ Koa wood, cattle bone and even whale teeth!


Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Tongan Art Forms - Response to Text

 Tongan Art Forms: 

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Ta’ovala (mat weaving):


1. Which of the following is not a way that mat weaving is used for?

a) bedding b) weddings

c) shoe holder d) flooring


2. What do mats signify?

a) love b) respect

c) health d) social status


3. What is the tongan word for ‘mat weaving’?

a) kiekie b) ta’ovala

c) ngatu d) kava


Ngatu Tonga (tapa cloth):


4. From what tree is the bark used to make tapa from?

a) Paper Mulberry b) Wood Blueberry

c) Bone Strawberry d) Card Raspberry


5. The women design the tapa using what?

→Natural dye


6. Where do the patterns on ngatu come from?

→nature or important people and events


Wood and bone carvings: 


7. Why is wood carving important to Tongan culture?

→ It is very useful to the Tongan and pacific lifestyle


8. What are 3 different things that are carved out of bone?

→ Necklaces, bracelets and earrings


9. Were whale bones hard to find for carving? If so, why?

→ they weren't hard to find, you just weren't able to use them unless the whale has died and been stranded for a long time. (They didn't want to make the whale species extinct)


10. Name 3 different things that are carved out of wood.

→bowls, weapons and headrests