Māui Myths Activities Year 3-4

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Do your students love the demi-god Māui? Learn more about him with these Māui Myths Lower Primary reading passages and questions. You’re welcome! This pack includes four Year Three and Four traditional literature myth passages with six engaging text-dependent, higher-order thinking tasks. These worksheets are great for your New Zealand reading program, as part of a reliever/substitute teacher pack, or as homework tasks. Suitable as an entry point to Polynesian mythology and history!
 
In this Māui Myths Lower Primary pack you will receive:
 
1. Four texts:
  • Māui and the Sun
  • Māui and the Giant Fish
  • How Māui Discovered Fire
  • How Māui Met His Father
2. SIX corresponding NO PREP Higher Order Thinking Activities based on Blooms Taxonomy and aligned with the NZ Curriculum
  • Remember
  • Understand
  • Apply
  • Analyse
  • Evaluate
  • Create
3. 15 Additional Literacy and Design Challenges
  • Billboard
  • Photo Snapshot
  • Film Strip
  • Post card
  • Email
  • Newspaper Report
  • Wanted Poster
  • Design Challenge
  • Māui’s Meal
  • Job Advertisement
  • Book Cover Design
  • Word Find
  • Venn Diagram
  • Mini Booklet
  • T-Shirt Design
4. Four Graphic Organiser Examples
  • Character Map
  • Story Map
  • Story Plot Mountain
  • Flow Diagram
5. Teacher Answer Key for applicable questions
 
6. Two ‘Tips For Use’ pages with ways to use this resource in your classroom.