Moana
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEiSF8HpyDg
Lyrics Link: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/moanacast/iammoanasongoftheancestors.html
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I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) (Moana) (RR) Retrieval and Recording Name(s) :______
Date: ______1.) What adverbial phrase explains how the girl from the island stands?
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2.) What might leave a scar?
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3.) What can nothing on earth silence?
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4.) Who is her father?
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5.) Where does she say she will ‘carry you’?
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6.) Who are they descended from?
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7.) What are the expanded versions of the following contractions used in the song: isn’t, it’s and I’ve?
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8.) Copy a question from the song.
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9.) Write three pairs of rhymes from the song.
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10.) What two things does the simile in the song compare?
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Extension – Come up with your own retrieval and recording (RR) questions.
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I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) (Moana) (CC) Context Clues Name(s): ______1.) What do you think the word descended means in this song? Date: ______a.) a sudden attack b.) to be a blood relative c.) going downhill d.) when something gets worse
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What key word(s) in the text helped you answer this question? 1.) What do you think the word voyagers mean? a.) people who take long journeys, usually by sea or space b.) to look at something carefully c.) to move at great speed d.) a drinking vessel What key word(s) in the text helped you answer this question?
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2.) What do you think the word ancestors means? a.) your parents b.) your brothers and sisters c.) your distant relatives such as your great grandparents d.) your sons and daughters
What key word(s) in the text helped you answer this question?
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4.) What do you think the word farther means? a.) a man with a son or daughter b.) to travel slowly and carefully c.) when something is a long distance from something else d.) when something is very close by
What key word(s) helped you answer this question?
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Extension – Write a sentence of your own for each word
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I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) (Moana) (INF) Inference Name(s):______
Date: ______1.) What does ‘stand apart from the crowd’ suggest about Moana?
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2.) What does ‘sometimes the world seems against you’ mean?
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3.) Why and how can the people who you love change you?
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4.) What does the phrase ‘it’s inside me’ suggest about Moana’s character? ______
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5.) What does Moana mean when she says she will ‘carry you here in my heart?’
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I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) (Moana) Assessment Name(s): ______
Date: ______
1.) Write down the command given to Moana. RR CC INF S Code (1) Answer (1)
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2.) What is the antonym for reveal? Code (1) Answer (1) RR CC INF S a.) enjoy b.) show c.) dislike d.) hide
3.) Which statement is most likely true about what the song is about? Code (1) Answer (1) RR CC INF S a.) Ancestors who travelled the seas b.) A girl who is not brave enough to travel c.) Ancestors who really want the girl to succeed d.) A girl finding courage from hearing her ancestor’s spirits
Code (1) Answer (2) 4.) What two meanings can the word scar have? RR CC INF S
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5.) What do you think ‘things you have learned will guide you’ means? RR CC INF S
Code (1) Answer (2) ______
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6.) Why does she shout ‘I am Moana’ at the end? Code (1) Answer (2) RR CC INF S ______
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I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) (Moana) Answers
Retrieval and Recording
1. out from the crowd 2. the journey 3. the quiet voice still inside you 4. the village chief 6. here in my heart 7. is not, it is, I have 8. Do you know who you are? Who am I? 9. crowd/proud, scar/are, far/are, sea/me, may/way 10. the call is compared to the tide falling and rising
Context Clues
1. b 2. a 3. c 4. c
Inference (answers may vary)
1. It suggests she is different from everybody else or she is unique in some way. This may therefore mean she has abilities that others don’t have.
2. She may have constant bad luck and nothing goes her way. It maybe that many bad things happen to her and she could easily be disheartened but should continue to be positive regardless.
3.. People who love you can change you because you are more likely to listen to them or take their advice.
4. It suggests that she has courage and bravery inside her but she is yet to find the strength to bring it out and use it. It tells us that she has potential for great things but has not yet had the confidence in herself to do anything about it.
5. She is referring to her travelling ancestors who voyaged the seas with great courage. She will carry this determination and bravery as she does the same.
Assessment
1. RR – Moana, listen!
2. CC - hide
3. S - d
4. CC - A scar can be a physical cut or wound that doesn’t fully heal properly or an emotional injury meaning the memory of something painful does not go.
5. INF – Moana can use all of her knowledge that she has developed, as well as learning about her own abilities and her ancestors, to help her achieve what she needs to.
6. INF – She finally believes in herself and she shouts ‘I am Moana’, knowing who she is and what she has to do.
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