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Why the ends of Samoan houses are round

Student 5 Work

Text Type: Myths and Legends

Outcomes To learn new English words  To practice using strategies when reading for comprehension To develop critical thinking

Pre-reading Activities

1. Jumble Words

Varied Certain Enthusiastic

Proficient Particular Dome

Impossible Desired Horizon

Services Manner Decreed

2. Vocabulary Matching

Match the words in column A with their correct definitions under column B.
Write the number of the correct answer under the column between A & B.

Column A		Column B - Definitions
Varied	3	1. not able to occur, exist, or be done.
Proficient	5	2. the action of helping or doing work for someone.
Impossible	1	3. incorporating a number of different types or elements; showing variation or variety.
Services	2	4. detailed information about someone or something.
Certain	7	5. competent or skilled in doing or using something.
Particular	4	6. a way in which a thing is done or happens.
Desired	8	7. able to be firmly relied on to happen or be the case.
Manner	6	8. strongly wished for or intended.
Enthusiastic	11	9. the line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet.
Dome	12	10. order (something) by decree.
Horizon	9	11. having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
Decreed	10	12. a rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure, typically with a circular base.

3. Expand knowledge on vocabulary

Word	Part of speech	Other forms	Part of speech
Varied	adjective/verb	vary	very
		variety (varieties)	noun
Pro/fi/ci/ent	adjective	Proficiency (proficiencies)	noun
Impossible
Services
Certain
Particular
Desired
Manner
Enthusiastic
Dome
Horizon
Decreed

2. KWL

• Use this question to complete the table below - ‘Why do the ends of the Samoan houses are round? 

What I already know	What I want to know	What I have learned

Reading Activities

1. Use Reading Strategies 

Prediction	When making predictions, students envision what will come next in the text, based on their prior knowledge. Predicting is an important reading strategy. It allows students to use information from the text, such as titles, headings, pictures and diagrams to anticipate what will happen in the story (Bailey, 2015).

 

Why The Ends Of Samoan Houses Are Round.

During the time of Tagaloalagi houses in Samoa varied in shape and this lead to many
difficulties for those who wished to have a house built in a certain manner. Each
carpenter was proficient in building a house of one particular shape only and it was
sometimes impossible to obtain the services of the carpenter desired. 

A meeting of all the car/pen/ters in the country was held to try and decide on some
uniform shape. The discussion waxed en/thu/si/as/tic and as there seemed no
pro/spect of a decision being arrived at it was decided to call in the ser/vi//ces of
Tagaloalagi. After con/si/de/ring the matter he pointed to the dome of Heaven and to the
ho/ri/zon and he decreed that in future all houses built would be of that shape and this explains
why all the ends of Samoan houses are as the shape of the heavens extending down to the
horizon. 

Summarize the main points in the legend.

When the Tagaloalagi houses in Samoan varied and some people desired to built the houses in one
shape. All the carpenters in samoan have a meeting about one particular shape. Then after that
Tagaloalagi pointed to the dome of heaven and he says all the houses in Samoan built would be like
that. 

Draw a visual text of the legend. 

 Student 4 Work

Text Type: Myths and Legends

Purpose To practice using strategies when reading for comprehension To learn new English words To develop critical thinking

Pre-reading Activities

1. Jumble Words

Varied Certain

Proficient Particular

Impossible Desired

Services Manner

2. Vocabulary Matching

Match the words in column A with their correct definitions under column B. Write the
number of the correct answer under the column between A & B.

Column A		Column B - Definitions
Varied	3	1. not able to occur, exist, or be done.
Proficient	5	2. the action of helping or doing work for someone.
Impossible	1	3. incorporating a number of different types or elements; showing variation or variety.
Services	2	4. detailed information about someone or something.
Certain	7	5. competent or skilled in doing or using something.
Particular	4	6. a way in which a thing is done or happens.
Desired	8	7. able to be firmly relied on to happen or be the case.
Manner	6	8. strongly wished for or intended.

3. Expand knowledge on vocabulary

Word	Part of speech	Other forms	Part of speech
Varied	adjective	Vary	verb
Proficient	adjective	Proficiency	noun
Impossible	adjective
Services	noun
Certain	adjective	Certained	Past tense
Particular	adjective	Particularly	adverb
Desired	adjective	Desire	noun
Manner	noun	Mannered	adjective

2. KWL
Use this question to complete the table below - ‘Why do the ends of the Samoan houses are round? 

What I already know	What I want to know	What I have learned
	Why samoan house end are round
	How they build samoan house

Reading Activities

1. Use Reading Strategies 

Prediction	When making predictions, students envision what will come next in the text, based on their prior knowledge. Predicting is an important reading strategy. It allows students to use information from the text, such as titles, headings, pictures and diagrams to anticipate what will happen in the story (Bailey, 2015).

Prior Knowledge

Word	Definition (Picture)	Definition	Part of speech
Varied		Different	Adjective
Proficient		Good	Adjective
Impossible		Something that you really sure you can’t do it	Noun
Services		Serving something for example when you're sick you need to go see the doctor	Verb
Certain		Able to be firmly replied on to happen or be the case	Adjective
Particular		Used to single out an individual member of a specified group of class.	Adjective
Desired		Strongly wishes for or intended.	Adjective
Manner		A way in which a thing is done or happens.	Noun

2. KWL
Use this question to complete the table below - ‘Why do the ends of the Samoan houses are round? 

What I already know	What I want to know	What I have learned

Reading Activities

1. Using Reading Strategies 

Prediction	When making predictions, students envision what will come next in the text, based on their prior knowledge. Predicting is an important reading strategy. It allows students to use information from the text, such as titles, headings, pictures and diagrams to anticipate what will happen in the story (Bailey, 2015).

Why The Ends Of Samoan Houses Are Round.

During the time of Tagaloalagi the houses in Samoa varied in shape and this lead to many difficulties for those who wished to have a house built in a certain manner. Each carpenter was proficient in building a house of one particular shape only and it was sometimes impossible to obtain the services of the carpenter desired.  

A meeting of all the carpenters in the country was held to try and decide on some uniform shape. The discussion waxed enthusiastic and as there seemed no prospect of a decision being arrived at it was decided to call in the services of Tagaloalagi. 

After considering the matter he pointed to the dome of Heaven and to the horizon and he decreed that in future all houses built would be of that shape and this explains why all the ends of Samoan houses are as the shape of the heavens extending down to the horizon.

Student 1 Work

Text Type: Myths and Legends

Purpose To practice using strategies when reading for comprehension To learn new English words To develop critical thinking

 

Pre-reading Activities

1. Jumble Words

Varied Certain

Proficient Particular

Impossible Desired

Services Manner

2. Vocabulary Matching

Match the words in column A with their correct definitions under column B. Write the number
of the correct answer under the column between A & B.

Column A		Column B - Definitions
Varied	3	1. not able to occur, exist, or be done.
Proficient	5	2. the action of helping or doing work for someone.
Impossible	1	3. incorporating a number of different types or elements; showing variation or variety.
Services	2	4. detailed information about someone or something.
Certain	7	5. competent or skilled in doing or using something.
Particular	4	6. a way in which a thing is done or happens.
Desired	8	7. able to be firmly relied on to happen or be the case.
Manner	6	8. strongly wished for or intended.

3. Expand knowledge on vocabulary

Word	Part of speech	Other forms	Definition (Picture)
Varied		incorporating a number of different types or elements; showing variation or variety.	adjective
Proficient		competent or skilled in doing or using something.	adjective
Impossible		not able to occur, exist, or be done.	adjective
Services		the action of helping or doing work for someone.	noun
Certain		able to be firmly relied on to happen or be the case.	adjective
Particular		used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class.	adjective
Desired		strongly wished for or intended.	adjective
Manner		a way in which a thing is done or happens.	noun

2. KWL

Use this question to complete the table below -
‘Why do the ends of the Samoan houses are round? 

What I already know	What I want to know	What I have learned
	About the story Samoas  houses

Reading Activities

1. Use Reading Strategies 

Prediction	When making predictions, students envision what will come next in the text, based on their prior knowledge. Predicting is an important reading strategy. It allows students to use information from the text, such as titles, headings, pictures and diagrams to anticipate what will happen in the story (Bailey, 2015).

 

Prior Knowledge

Why The Ends Of Samoan Houses Are Round.

During the time of Tagaloalagi houses in Samoa varied in shape and this lead to many
difficulties for those who wished to have a house built in a certain manner. Each
carpenter was proficient in building a house of one particular shape only and it was
sometimes impossible to obtain the services of the carpenter desired. 

A meeting of all the carpenters in the country was held to try and decide on some
uniform shape. The discussion waxed enthusiastic and as there seemed no prospect of
a decision being arrived at it was decided to call in the services of Tagaloalagi. 

After considering the matter he pointed to the dome of Heaven and to the horizon
and he decreed that in future all houses built would be of that shape and this explains
why all the ends of Samoan houses are as the shape of the heavens extending down to
the horizon.

Student 2 Work

Text Type: Myths and Legends

Purpose To practice using strategies when reading for comprehension To learn new English words To develop critical thinking

 

Pre-reading Activities

1. Jumble Words

Varied Certain

Proficient Particular

Impossible Desired

Services Manner

Word	Definition (Picture)	Definition	Part of speech
Varied		Incorporating a number of different types or elements; showing variation or variety.	Adjective
Proficient		Competent or skilled in doing or using something.	Adjective
Impossible		Not able to occur, exist, or be done.	Adjective
Services		The action of helping or doing work for someone.	Noun
Certain		Able to be firmly relied on to happen or be the case.	Adjective
Particular		Used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class.	Adjective
Desired		Strongly wished for or intended.	Adjective
Manner		A way in which a thing is done or happens.	Noun

2. Vocabulary Matching

Match the words in column A with their correct definitions under column B. Write the number
of the correct answer under the column between A & B.

Column A		Column B - Definitions
Varied	3	1. not able to occur, exist, or be done.
Proficient	5	2. the action of helping or doing work for someone.
Impossible	1	3. incorporating a number of different types or elements; showing variation or variety.
Services	2	4. detailed information about someone or something.
Certain	7	5. competent or skilled in doing or using something.
Particular	4	6. a way in which a thing is done or happens.
Desired	8	7. able to be firmly relied on to happen or be the case.
Manner	6	8. strongly wished for or intended.

3. Expand knowledge on vocabulary

Word	Part of speech	Other forms	Part of speech
Varied
Proficient
Impossible
Services
Certain
Particular
Desired
Manner

Summarize the legend about.

Use this question to complete the table below -
‘Why do the ends of the Samoan houses are round? 

What I already know	What I want to know	What I have learned
Samoa house is different from nz house.	I want to know how to make a round of the  Samoan house.

Reading Activities

1. Using Reading Strategies 

Prediction	When making predictions, students envision what will come next in the text, based on their prior knowledge. Predicting is an important reading strategy. It allows students to use information from the text, such as titles, headings, pictures and diagrams to anticipate what will happen in the story (Bailey, 2015).

Why The Ends Of Samoan Houses Are Round.

During the time of Tagaloalagi the houses in Samoa varied in shape and this lead to
many difficulties for those who wished to have a house built in a certain manner.
Each carpenter was proficient in building a house of one particular shape only and it
was sometimes impossible to obtain the services of the carpenter desired. 

A meeting of all the carpenters in the country was held to try and decide on some
uniform shape. The discussion waxed enthusiastic and as there seemed no prospect of
a decision being arrived at it was decided to call in the services of Tagaloalagi. 

After considering the matter he pointed to the dome of Heaven and to the horizon
and he decreed that in future all houses built would be of that shape and this explains
why all the ends of Samoan houses are as the shape of the heavens extending down to
the horizon.