Do your students love the demi-god Māui? Learn more about him and his peers with our differentiated close reading passages and questions. You're welcome! This pack, great for Maori Language Week, includes four differentiated Year Five-Eight (Grade Four and Five) passages with six pages of engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. Suitable as an entry point to Polynesian mythology and history or a study on myths and legends from around the world. This resource features BOTH British and US spelling and paper sizes. In this pack you will receive: 1. Four texts - all with an extended and scaffold version: - Māui and the Sun - Hatupatu and the Bird-Woman - Māui and the Giant Fish - Paikea and the Whale 2. SIX corresponding NO PREP Higher Order Thinking Activities based on Blooms Taxonomy - Remember - Understand - Apply - Analyse - Evaluate - Create Reading Comprehension Strategies included: - Making Connections - Find Facts and Details - Make Inferences - Identify the main idea - Ask and Answer Questions - Vocabulary - Sequence - Summarise - Synthesize - Compare and Contrast - Visualising - Make Predictions 3. Four Graphic Organiser Examples - Character Map - Story Map - Story Plot Mountain - Flow Diagram 4. Teacher Answer Key for applicable questions 5. Two 'Tips For Use' pages with ways to use this resource in your classroom. 6. Close Reading Bookmarks Are you looking for a paperless, digital version of this resource? Click here. These link directly to the New Zealand Curriculum, Level Three, Listening, Reading and Viewing, the USA Common Core State Standards CCSS and Blooms Taxonomy (see the Activity Information pages for more details on the exact skills found in each activity). This resource would also be suitable for Year Seven and Eight learners as the higher order thinking activities will keep them challenged and engaged! What this resource is all about: The purpose of this resource is to provide ready-to-go Maori Myth and Legend texts and engaging, higher-order thinking questions. This resource is jam-packed with exciting, thought-provoking activities to grab your students’ attention AND hold it. The activities begin at the lower levels of Bloom's Taxonomy (Remember, Understand, Apply) and move through to the higher levels (Analyse, Evaluate, Create). What Teachers Like You Are Saying: Janice P. says, "⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Absolutely love this product. My students (here in New York) loved learning about myths and legends from the other side of the world!" Sandra H. says, "⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is an awesome activity. My students have enjoyed managing their reading programme themselves with this resource." Jennifer W. says, "⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is great! I really like the lesson suggestions and descriptions as well as the graphic organizers!" Jennifer G. says, "⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ One of the best reading activities I have ever bought. Thanks so much for making it!" Alana C. says, "⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Such an awesome resource for our older students (year 5 and 6) when we did our unit on Māori Myths and Legends. This resource helps incorporate literacy into our myths and legends topic. Thank you." You May Also Like: Click HERE to SAVE over with our Māori Myths & Legends BUNDLE! ⭐️ Māori Myths and Legends - Close Reading Texts with Higher Order Thinking ⭐️ Māori Myths & Legends VOLUME 2 - Close Reading Texts with Higher Order Thinking ⭐️ Matariki Close Reading Comprehension Texts - Higher Order Thinking Activities ⭐️ Myths and Legends Around The World - Reading Texts/Higher Order Thinking ⭐️ Myths and Legends 2 - Close Reading Texts with Higher Order Thinking Activities ⭐️ Video Games - Close Reading Comprehension Texts / Higher Order Thinking ⭐️ Sports Stars - Close Reading Comprehension Texts with Higher Order Thinking ⭐️ Natural Disasters Reading Comprehension Passages with Higher Order Thinking ⭐️ Cars! - Close Reading Comprehension Texts with Higher Order Thinking ⭐️ Anzac Day Close Reading Comprehension Texts - Higher Order Thinking Activities ⭐️ Ancient Egypt Reading Comprehension Texts - Higher Order Thinking Activities ⭐️ Under the Sea Reading Comprehension Texts - Higher Order Thinking Activities Find our full range of reading comprehension resources (featuring US AND British Spellings) here! ✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫ We really appreciate your feedback! Leaving feedback earns you TPT credits! If you're interested in upcoming Top Teaching Tasks resources, click here to FOLLOW us. ✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫ Stay in touch: Follow us on Facebook Take a peek behind the scenes with our Instagram Pin with us on Pinterest! Follow us on Twitter! Subscribe to our Youtube channel!