The Battle Of The Mountains Task

The Battle of the Mountains

L.I. - Retell the story of the Battle of the Mountains

Relate the Maori legend to our factual research about landforms

Understand the part our landform has in the school production

Re-read the story in pairs and complete the activities below:

CLOSE ACTIVITY: The restless Mountains hovered nearby, each preparing to claim Pihanga as his Bride.  But Tongariro stood in their way.  Tongariro, the tuakana, The Eldest, watched, his eyes steady as each of the Rival mountains stepped up and issued their challenge.  Then with the formalities Over, the way began! over, eldest, mountains, rival, bride

VOCABULARY ACTIVITY Find definitions for these words from the story.  Use them in a sentence. fragrant - Nice smell tension - When you are hot or bothered careered - when you have a life education job retaliating - When you make a attack diverted - To make someone or something turn another way agile - To move very quickly and very easily gouged - A chisel with a concave blade, used in surgery or other transfixing - someone that becomes emotional with horror resentment - Having to be treated unfairly

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS Remember - List all of the landforms mentioned in this story. Mount Tongariro, Mount Taranaki, Mount Tauhara, MOunt Putauaki, MOunt Pihanga, Mount Ruapehu, Mount Ngauruhoe, waikato river Understand - What would be a better title for the story?  It needs to attract the audience and tell what the story is about. The love of Pihanga Apply - On a map of the North Island label all of the landforms from your list. Mount Tongariro, mount Taranaki, Mount Tauhara, Mount Putauaki, MOunt Pihanaga, Mount Ruapehu, Mount Ngauruhoe Analyse -  Look up the definition of a legend.  In what ways does this story fit or not fit the definition. The definition of a legend means to have a traditional story, AND THAT WORD  FITS WITH THIS STORY BECAUSE THIS STORY IS TRADITIONAL Evaluate - What do you think the two youngest mountains Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe thought about the events in the story? NOT REALLY ENJOYABLE TO DO.

CREATE ACTIVITY Choose 5 main events and draw pictures of them, either on paper or using tux paint.  Insert these into comic life to make a comic strip of the story.  Don’t forget to add captions, speech bubbles and onomatopoeia to your comic.