The Hot And Hungry, And Maybe Suffering Village.

The Hot And Hungry And Maybe Suffering Village.

Two centuries ago, on the west coast by the sea there was a village called te kuini pa. Te Whaka was in his whare when he noticed he had no crop’s growing in his garden. He also noticed that he had an empty puku; he was very hungry. The heat was baking him and he didn’t have much water. The word hot didn’t even describe how hot it was. Even if you wrote it like this: HOT, HOT, HOT! Or even if you wrote it like this HOT, HOT, HOT! Anyway, back the legend.* Then he heard that lot’s of other people were very hot, hungry, and thirsty. Te Whaka payed a visit to Te Tino. He only had a few kilos of seafood.

As the days went on the villagers were getting very hungry and thirsty. Then Tohunga exclaimed “Allow me to build a waka!” So the people went out and tried to do fishing but that plan didn’t work because the sea was too salty to be habitable. So they went to the wharenui to try and make more ideas.

Then the priest thought about praying to God to send more food and more rain. But kaumatua e kore e pera atamai laughed at this idea! “Thats silly, Atua won't listen to that!” he said.

But The rest of The village said “We bet that Auta will!” “Oh yeah,” Said

kaumatua e kore e pera atamai. “Well I think that Atua is way too busy to listen to your prayers!!” “Well you just wait and see!” shouted everyone else. And they argued, and argued, and argued.

While they were arguing, no-one had noticed that Tohunga had gone off to pray anyway. He had gone to a cave and started praying to Atua to send more food, water, and rain. So God sent more food and more water + rain. But that was only a tiny bit. So he went back to the wharenui where the argument had gotten violent and there was a big mess everywhere. Which included beams that had fallen down, as well as holes in the walls.

It took a while to break up the fight, and even longer to convince kaumatua e kore e pera atamai to come to the cave. Before long, there was rain, food, and water. But the next day, a big earthquake shook the town. Tino called a big meeting at what was left of the wharenui. He vowed to rebuild the village, but he couldn’t. Something was stopping him. Some of the villagers thought their homes were cursed and fled, while others blamed tohunga. But the point is that whenever anyone tried to fix or replace anything, it would just fall down again.

One day, a demi-god called Maui was passing by. He saw how the small farming village needed his help. He also knew that the god’s were angry because they thought that Tohunga was being greedy. Maui pleaded with the gods but they just turned the other way. Maui called them back, but they did not come.

So Maui tried to reverse the spell himself, but it was no use.

Just then, the god that made the eartquake happen, came back

“I can reverse the spell if that village gives us gods some of their kai.” said the god. Maui replied: “Ok, I will go and tell them.” So maui went and told them the deal, and Te Toni agreed. And soon, everything was back where it was supposed to be as if nothing had happened before and they lived happily ever after.

Writing : Narrative Legends.

Goal: I can check that each sentence is complete and makes sense.

I use a range of descriptive words to describe characters, settings and events.

Writing  Narrative Legends	I need help to write  a narrative legend.	I can write a narrative legend if I am guided.	I can use some structures of a narrative (beginning, middle, end, setting, characters, plot) I can use some descriptive words to describe characters, setting and events.	I can use the structures of a narrative (beginning, middle, end, setting, characters, plot) I use a range of descriptive words to describe characters, settings and events. I use a range of simple, compound and complex sentences.   I can organise my ideas into paragraphs. I can check that each sentence is complete and makes sense.	I can use the structures of a narrative (beginning, middle, end, setting, characters, plot) I use a range of descriptive words and details to describe characters, settings and events.  Using figurative language to help develop connection with the audience. I deliberately use a range of simple, compound and complex sentences to set the mood of my writing.   I can organise my ideas into paragraphs. I can check that each sentence is complete and makes sense. I seek feedback on how to improve my writing.

*Made-up.