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Week 2/3
//Here is Maui's first ever interview about the things that made him one of our very own heroes.// __**Task**__
 * Interview with Maui (YP:06)**
 * Write an interview with a character from mythology

__**Steps**__
 * Read the story "Interview with Maui"
 * Discuss with the group what kind of questions Maui was asked
 * Work with your group to come up with some questions you'd like to ask another mythological character (doesn't have to be Maori)
 * Draft your interview (questions and answers)
 * Check your story with one of your group members

__**Presentation**__ > * Online > * By Hand > * Picture/Comic > * Other
 * Decide how you'd like to present your story
 * Publish your story and share with the class

Week 4/5
__**Purpose**__ * retell a Māori legend using the technology of animation * use and combine visual features to communicate meaning * explore and apply photography and video editing knowledge and techniques.
 * Legomation – recreate a traditional Maori Legend using Lego and stop animation**

__**Tasks**__
 * 1) Plan how you will use Lego and other props to create a scene that communicates part of the legend
 * 2) Create each scene and use a digital camera to take a photograph of it
 * 3) Change your scene slightly by moving some of the props and Lego creations, and take another photograph
 * 4) Repeat until you have enough photos for your animation
 * 5) Upload the photos onto the iBook (and into iTunes) (you may be using my macbook for this task)
 * 6) Use iMovie to put the animation together including captions
 * 7) Use CC licensed music as the soundscape for your movie
 * 8) Save the movie as a QT file to share with the class

Week 6
Website: Myths from other countries __**Tasks**__
 * Choose two different countries from the Myths page and watch the video about the creation legend
 * After each video get the worksheet for that country and watch the video again to answer the questions
 * Paste worksheet into Scrapbook

Week 7
Naming of Rangitoto (YP:01) //Furious when some men name his friend but not him, an island on the east coast of New Zealand erupts. He stumbles into the Hauraki Gulf where he rests, only to erupt again. Astonished at his rage and his ability to turn the sky blood red, the elders name him Rangitoto.//