Pacific Myths and Legends Year 3-4 Reading Activities
Description
Improve reading comprehension in your classroom with our Pacific Myths and Legends passages and questions. This pack includes EIGHT narrative passages aimed at the Year 3-4 level with a page of engaging follow-up questions. These activities are great for your reading program and would complement each of the Pacific Language Weeks.
Myths are included from the following countries: Samoa, Cook Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Fiji, Niue, Tokelau and Papua New Guinea!
In this Pacific Myths and Legends pack you will receive:
1. Eight texts:
- The Turtle and the Shark – Samoa
- Ina and the Shark – Cook Islands
- The Octopus Lure – Tonga
- The Eel and the Flounder – Tuvalu
- The Turtles of Namuana – Fiji
- Mataginifale and the Whale – Niue
- Hemoana and Fenu – Tokelau
- The Turtle and the Island – Papua New Guinea
2. A page of follow-up activities including:
- Finding Facts and Details
- Questioning
- Using Vocabulary
- Sequencing
- Summarising
- Comparing and Contrasting
- Visualising
- Designing and creating
3. Two Graphic Organiser Examples
- Venn Diagram
- Flow Diagram
4. Teacher Answer Key for applicable questions













