How Kiwi

This week we were trying to summarise the main idea of a topic. First we have to read the story. Then give the definations for each word that we dont know and look them up on maori dictionary. Next we have read the story again and give information of who, what, when, how, where. After that we did a 25 word sentence using only information from who, what, where, how, when and from the definations to summerise the text.

Summarising the Main Idea

Good readers notice keywords.  Here are some clues to help you find keywords:

• Key words are often repeated in the title and the text
• A key word helps you to remember an important idea 

Taken from TKI-How Kiwi Saved the Forest permission granted under #LFH

Use this table to help you summarise the main ideas in a text in your own words.  It is important that you use your own words to show your understanding and to avoid plagiarism.  If you don’t know what some words mean, look them up.

Te reo Māori, “Aotearoa”, “Tāne-hokahoka”, “Tāne-mahutu”, “Tūī”, “Kāo”, “Kiwi”, “Āe” https://maoridictionary.co.nz/ Meaning : Aotearoa ~  Island of long white clouds tAe ~ Agreeing to something Kao ~ Not doing that (No) Tui ~  A song bird (sings) Te reo maori ~ A maori language Tāne-mahuta -  god of trees Kiwi - A bird Tāne-hokahoka - A boy name

New words I need to look up... “swooping”, “soaring”, “rainbow wings”, “booming call”, “guardian”, “squawked”, , dark forest floor”, “deep, sad breath”, “fade”, “grow dull”, “heart sank”, “most loved” Add any other below;

Meanings Heart sank - You failed on something you always wanted to do. Guardian - Protector of something Most loved - Loved out of all  Squawked - Making a harsh, loud noise. Soaring - Rising in the air Grow dull - Interested in something Damp - Wet Deep, sad breath - Accepting into something you do not wanna do or getting sad. Dark forest floor - A dark floor in the forest Swooping - Diving on an object, pool, ETC Fade - Disappeared Rainbow wings - Multicolor wings

Beginning	Middle	End
Long, long ago, the skies were filled with birds flying above the forests.	The gods called the birds and told them that the trees were dying. They asked the birds, one by one, to come and live on the forest floor and save the trees, but all of them except Kiwi said no.	Kiwi came to live on the damp, dark forest floor. He ate the insects and saved the trees

Read the text and record key words/phrases that answer these questions: 

What?  Kiwi had to go to the dark black forest because they needed to hunt insects and save the trees.

Where? In the forest.

When? Long long ago in Aotearoa.

Who? The kiwi and some other birds.

Why? The other birds said “No thanks!” except kiwi.

How? The kiwi had to risk his wings to save the forest.

Now using the words you wrote down summarise the text in 25 words or less.

Long long ago in Aotearoa,kiwi with rainbow wings had to go to the black dark forest because they needed to save trees and hunt insects.