Response to Text: Moana

 Response to text:

Moana

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1. Who had stolen Te Fiti’s heart?

a) Moana                                             b) Heihei

c) Maui                                                          d) Te Kā

2. Te Kā is 

a) an island                             b) the ocean

c) the fish in the sea                d) a Lava Monster

3. Explain why Moana had a lot of responsibilities for her age

→she has the responsibility of becoming the next chief of the island as her father insists

4. True or False: Moana’s father is happy for her to go beyond the reef to catch more fish

a) True b) False

5. What is hidden behind the secret cave? 

a) the sailboats of Moana’s ancestors             b) a monster

c) hidden treasure                                           d) the demigod Maui

6. What was Tala’s dying wish for her grand-daughter Moana? 

a) to learn how to sail                 b) to return the heart of Te Fiti

c) to listen to her father                       d) to learn how to be a good Chief

7. Moana was able to find Maui by following a 

a) fleet of ocean voyagers from her village               b) a rooster called Heihei

c) constellation that looked like his fish hook            d) ship full of Kakamora

8. In your own words describe why the movie ‘Moana’ was so popular for people living in NZ and in the Pacific

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Its narrative is inspired by the legends of South Pacific Ocean cultures, including the Maori (though the extent to which Moana handles these legends with sensitivity and accuracy has been subject to some debate).