This is my chart of Constellation's.

Tupou (2 people)

Pro - noun-(singular) Tupou.

Term 2 Recount cycle.

A Surprise Birthday Gift!!

W.A.L.T: Recount a moment in time.

About a year ago for my Birthday, I asked my mother if she could kindly purchase a dog for my present. A frown immediately appeared upon her face as those words met her ears.

If I could tell you one thing about my mum is that she absolutely hates animals, so if you could imagine she of course said. “NO! Why are you even asking me this?” She then carries on to give 100 reasons on why not to get a dog.

So my mum gave me no choice as I really wanted a dog. I went to my Nan and asked her to buy me a dog for my birthday. I had been bugging my Nan about wanting a dog for ages.

What really got her to get me a dog was I told her what my mum said, “I could get one, but... let's just keep this secret between us, shall we?”

So a few days after my birthday, my nan told us to meet up with her on the side of the road. Pouring down with rain, cold as ice on a winter's day, she couldn't have chosen a worse place to meet up. But it was all about to be worth it because on that day, I got a dog that I thought could only become real in a fantasy world.

As you could probably tell, mum was not happy with this.

“What's done is done.” I told her.

You could not believe what happened from then on. Every morning before school, instead of mum waking me up, she walked the dog and put it into my room. The dog would start barking on the top of her lungs to rise my from my deep sleep.

i'm surprised I got any sleep at all after that.

The continuous sound of barking forced me to wake up and have a shower, that was me for the past year, she could've just asked me, to do so but she was so stubborn about not having a dog. I guess it blinded her in some way… but now that I do think about it, if she asked me I would probably give a big speech about why I shouldn't have a shower .

After we got our tiny, furry, and definitely adorable canine friend, we needed to give it a name like any good person would. First we were all given a choice and we each chose a name, wrote it on a piece of paper and then put it in a hat. Because it was my dog I picked a name from the hat.

From the hat, Taonui was selected. We all thought it was a suitable name for the dog but the only thing was, we all kept forgetting her name... funny about that.

At some point, last year, my brother even started calling her Bob, then Cherry, and finally Dave. So the whanau got together and we decided to call her Charcoal. As it was her black fur. that pointed us to that decision.

For two years now, we've had Charcoal and if you're wondering, my mum is still very adamant that we should not have our dog. If you visit our house you can hear her hint loud and clear, she will say things like “Everyone come here... except the dog.”

Will she ever get used to that dog?… we will never know.

This is the finished film of our Ahea Te Haerenga skit.

Kuri me te ngaro.

W.A.LT: post a film onto your blog and answer these questions.  

1. What did you find challenging... what I found challenging was some of the words were a bit hard to pronounce as you could tell in some parts.

2.  How much did you understand... I didn't understand very much but what understand in the book was, I think its about a girl that saw a dog laying by her or someone elses house, then the dog leaves and finds a bone he then gets tired and falls asleep.

3. What are yor kupu hau from this book 

Ngaungau ana	Chewing
Tawhito	Old
Ngaro	Fly
Hiki
Tuara	Back
Raku	Scratch
Kemokemo	Blinking
Ruirui	Shake,ruffle
Tau	Land
Anake	Only
kapo	Snatch, grab
Kite	Saw (to see)

W.A.L.T create a movie script in Te Reo Maori and film it as a group.

AHEA TE HAERENGA?

 

Scene 1 - Going to Whangarei

Anthony: Camera Boy

**Kohatu walks through the school gates as we are about to walk out**

Kohatu: Kia ora koutou

Anthony, Parehuia, Letisha: Kia ora Kohatu          

Kohatu: E pehea ana koutou?

Anthony, Parehuia, Letisha:   E pai ana matou

Kohatu: E haere ana koutou ki hea?

Letisha: E haere ana  mātou ki Whangārei i te ono o Hongongoi

Kohatu: E aha ana koutou ki Whangarei?
Anthony: E haere ana mātou ki te pikitia, ki te puna kaukau, me te whare kai o Jimmy Jack's Rib Shacks me te wāhi papa tākaro

Kohatu: He aha te pikitia?

Letisha: Ko te ingoa, ‘Ko Te Rua Tekau Ma Rua Te Peke Huarahi’

**Kohatu looks at us funny**

Anthony: He aha te mate?

Kohatu: E  pai ana, Ka hoki ahau ki te Kura. Kia pai to ra

Parehuia, Anthony, Letisha: Hei konei ra e hoa

Scene 2 - At the Pools

**Walking into the pools**(Parehuia/Anthony walking into the pools)

Parehuia: Tino pai tenei wahi

Anthony: Tino pai ana te wai mo te kauika

Parehuia: Me ruku taua ne

Anthony: Aw Ae Me Ruku Taua

(Both dive in at the same time)

Parehuia: Tino makariri te wai

Anthony: Engari e tino humarie ana  matou

Kohatu: Ka mau te wehi

Kohatu: Ae! Ka mau te wehi!

Scene 3 - At the Movies

**Walking into the Cinemas**

Harmony: E hiakai ana koutou?

Letisha, Parehuia, Kohatu:   Ae, tino hia kai ana mātou

Letisha: Me haere tātou ki te hoko he hamapaka, me te hanawiti tino pai.

Harmony: Ae e tino reka ana te hamapaka

Kohatu: Me te hanawiti tino pai te hotiti

Anthony: Me haere tatou ki te Matakitaki te Pikitia

Kohatu: Ae me haere tatou

THE END