Unit 8: Titiro ki tēnei! – Look at this! 

See Materials that come with this resource to download Unit 8 Titiro ki tēnei – Look at this (.pdf)

Learning intentions 

In this unit students will: 

• ask the cost of something 
• say the cost of something in dollars and cents 
• say something is nice 
• use the word rāua. 

Success criteria 

Before commencing the unit, discuss the learning intentions with ākonga and together agree on appropriate success criteria. 

Resources 

See Materials that come with this resource to download

• Unit 8 transcripts (.pdf)
• Unit 8 Worksheet A (.pdf)
• Unit 8 Worksheet B (.pdf)
• Unit 8 Teacher Sheet (.pdf)
• Unit 8 Answer Sheet A (.pdf)

Activity 1 

Learning intention

Ākonga will learn how to recognise something and say how much it costs. 

It would be appropriate at this point to review the numbers 1 to 100 in Māori. Get students to go through different numbers. You could check their understanding by showing students a numeral and asking them to give you the Māori or by playing Wharewhare – Bingo, in Māori. 

This is a listening activity. 

Give each student a blank copy of Unit 8 Worksheet A (in the Materials that come with this resource section above). 

The "reader role" for this activity could be handed over to one of your more confident or competent students. 

Give a copy of Unit 8 Teacher Sheet A to the reader. 

Before the activity starts, you could also draw the table on the board, large enough for all ākonga to see. This can be used to check student understanding by choosing different ākonga to write their responses on the board after the activity has been completed. 

Activity 2 

Learning intention 

Ākonga will learn how to ask for and give the cost of different items. 

Watch: Unit 8 Scene 1 – The boys go shopping 

Before you watch “The boys go shopping, ask the ākonga to listen for the question that me.

Get ākonga to focus on the question and the response. Introduce the words: 

• E hia te utu? – How much does it cost? 
• Tekau mā rima tāra. – Fifteen dollars. 

This activity allows for listening and speaking. Ākonga will respond to instructions and questions about the costs of different items. Make this a whole class activity when introduced for the first time. 

Before you give ākonga Unit 8 Worksheet B, you will need to provide a cost for each item. When you run the activity for the first time, make the costs realistic for each item. Perhaps start with simple costs that only have dollars in them. For example, $2.00, $10.00, $16.00. 

As ākonga become more confident with the activity and the Māori language you could: 

• add cents to the costs 
• provide unrealistic costs for some of the items to challenge ākonga and add some fun to the activity. 

For this activity, you can photocopy each illustrated item or create a slideshow presentation of the items. Before you show ākonga each illustration, you should say Titiro ki tēnei – Look at this. 

Select an item and show it to ākonga. 

Ask them, “E hia te utu?” How much does this cost? Ākonga need to find the item on their sheet and work out the cost in Māori. Select a student to provide the answer. 

To allow for repetition, you should then ask at least two other students, “E hia te utu?” 

Repeat the process for each item. 

Once the activity is completed, you could run it again with another copy of the worksheet and different prices. 

Here are some sentences that you and your class can use in this activity. Ask some students to write them on a card and place them on the wall to remind ākonga to use them as much as possible. 

• Titiro ki tēnei! Look at this! 
• He aha tēnei? – What is this? 
• He aha ēnei? – What are these? 
• E hia te utu? – How much does it cost? 
• Pēhea tēnei? – What about this? (Use this when you become more familiar with the language and the activity.) 

Activity 3 

Learning intention

Ākonga will learn how to say they like something. 

Write the sentences in Māori on the whiteboard and ask ākonga to listen and watch for them in the two scenes and try to work out what they might mean. 

• He rawe, nē? – Nice, eh? 
• He pai, nē? – It’s good, isn’t it? 
• Tino rawe! – Very nice! 
• He tino rawe ki ahau! – I really like it! 

Rewatch the video where students go shopping. Then move on to the next scene, which is listed below. 

Watch: Unit 8 Scene 2 – Jo and Hana spot the boys 

Jo and Hana spot the boys in the shopping centre. 

Remind ākonga that “ka mau te wehi!” can mean “awesome!” or “amazing!” and “pai rawa atu” means “excellent” or “the best!”