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Thursday, October 24, 2019

The Mysterious Stones of Tonga -School Journal Level 2, August 2017

WALT explore some of the theories and traditional stories about the famous stone structure in Tonga 

WALT explore the structure and features of the text.

Share three interesting facts about Ha'amonga 'a Maui.

Did you know ...

1. Ha'amonga was built over 1000 years ago.
2. People say that Ha'amonga was the gateway to King Tu'itatui's house.
3. The Ha'amonga is three stones which represents the Kings children. The two brothers are on the sides and hold up the top stone which is the sister.

The following words were interesting from the text. They mean:

  • structure - When you are Building a house or stature.The Organization of something,or made up.something that is built from of several parts.   
  • burden - a big problem.a heavy load that someone has to carry. of Maui). 
  • gateway - a entrance
  • historian - a person that tall's the passed.Tamale, the chief of Niutoua, is an oral historian.spoken history passed down from generation to  generation (people told their children what happened those children told their children and so on. 
  • lintel -  a top of a window or door.stone stood for his daughter.a piece of Timber,stone,concrete, or steel that goes across the top of a door or a window frame to make it stronger.

1 comment:

  1. You have done an excellent job sharing this learning on your blog Zana. I think that anyone reading your post is going to learn lots about Ha'amonga 'a Maui and it's really going to help them build their vocabulary with your fabulous definitions. Well done!

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