Kei hea a Amo? - Where is Amo?

Achievement objective 

1.5 Communicate about location. 

Modes 

At the end of this lesson, students can: 

• Whakarongo (listen): Recognise and understand simple, familiar spoken words, phrases, and sentences. 
• Kōrero (speak): Respond appropriately to simple, familiar instructions and simple questions. 
• Mātakitaki (view): Interpret meanings that are conveyed in combinations of words and images or symbols. 

Lesson sequence 

1. In this series of activities, introduce prepositions or location words over several lessons, for example, Where is Amo? Amo is outside. 
2. Ask a student (for example, Amo) to stand just outside the classroom. Then ask the students ‘Kei hea a Amo?’, ‘Where is Amo?’ 
3. The students reply: 

1. Have students take turns standing outside while others ask where she or he is. 
2. Integrate ‘waho’ into everyday classroom dialogue, for example, when going to the playing field say ‘Me haere tātou ki waho’, ‘Let’s go outside’, ‘Me haere koutou ki waho’, ‘You should go outside’. 

Language to use 

Prepositions 

Tips 

Second language learning theory suggests that opposites should not be taught together, as this makes it more difficult for the learner, for example, outside, inside. 

Consider local variations of the question, for example, Kai hea …? (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe etc.), Kei whea …? (Tainui). 

Further learning 

Continue to introduce other prepositions during subsequent lessons. For example, introduce the Māori word for ‘under’ by playing an under the mat activity: 

Reinforce vocabulary by using questions asking where people and things are, for example: 

Introduce runga (on/above) and roto (inside) in two further sessions: 

See Materials that come with this resource to download Resource sheet 1C: Kei Ōtara taku kāinga (My home is in Otara) (.doc).