Tree of life

Tree of Life by Feana Tu’akoi

School Journal Part 3, Number 3, 2002

WALT: Make inferences and search for hidden meanings

SC: Think critically about the hidden meaning of the text.

HOME ACTIVITY: Talk to whanau about their experiences eating coconut, fresh, tinned, dried etc. How do they like to eat it best, be ready to share this with the group next time.

1. List the parts of the tree that are useful and how SHARE

milk	drinking, cooking
shells	cups and bowls
tree	wood
leaves	walls and roofs
tree roots	fish traps

2. This story refers to the coconut tree as ‘the tree of life’. Explain in as much detail as possible, why it is the tree of life in your own words. SHARE
1. Its called the tree of life because It provides the people with shells that make good cups and bowls, the leaves that provide them with walls and roofs, milk from the coconuts that are for cooking and drinking and also the tree roots make good fish traps.

4. Record the words you didn’t know before. Add a picture or sentence to describe what they mean.

WORD	MEANING
Hollow (p.16)	not solid; empty
Monsieur (p.14)	the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
Voila (p.14)	it means "ta da"
Rhythm (p.15)	Rhythm

5. This is a popular legend also, have you heard it before? Where? and how is this version different? If not, can you find another version of this legend and record any differences. 
   

   5. http://www.nps.gov/npsa/historyculture/sinatuna.htm