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Copyright © DEE Publications Ltd

Copyright

“Welcome to New Zealand” © 2017 DEE Publications Ltd

Cover illustration & art work © 2017 DEE Publications Ltd

This book has been purchased as a photocopiable resource and can be photocopied by the

purchasing school and used only within that school or institution.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or

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otherwise, except brief extracts for the purpose of review, without the written permission of the

publisher.

Authors:

Catherine Nakajima B.A.

Donald Stark M.A. (Hons) Canterbury, Dipl. Tchg. (NZ)

Dipl. of French (Paris), Dipl. of Spanish (Madrid)

First Published June 2017

www.deepublications.com

email: [email protected]

Cover illustration by Shang-Poh Yu

Code: WNZ

Special Acknowledgement In producing this resource, the authors would like to

sincerely thank

Penny O’Connell International Director at Halswell School, Christchurch

for her invaluable advice, encouragement

and support for this publication.

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Contents Page No. Title Focus / Activities Date Completed

1. Getting to Know You Complete sentences with personal details.

2. First Day Orientation Record important information.

3. Getting Started Read helpful hints. Write personal details.

4. Map of New Zealand Read and answer questions about NZ.

5. The Regions Read and answer questions about NZ regions.

6. The Cities Look at NZ map. Put NZ cities in order of size.

7. Nationality Country, Nationality & Language

8. Introducing Other People Read about another person. Introduce a friend.

9. Safety First Read advice for keeping yourself safe.

10. Cultural Differences Visiting a NZ home. Cultural Differences.

11. Colours Colour in some well-known NZ wildlife.

12. Money Look at NZ coins & notes. Answer questions.

13. At the Supermarket Match up captions and supermarket items.

14. Shopping NZ Dollar. Using the ATM. Shopping List. What can you buy with NZD$1,000?

15. Important to Me Record important family, country, city & other details.

16. The Classroom Location words: next to, near, in front, behind, between, left & right. Fill in students’ details.

17. The Weather Weather expressions as a greeting

18. Weather Report Record weather report for tomorrow. Read about the NZ Seasons.

19. Ups and Downs Discuss graph showing challenges of being an International Student.

20. At School Match up school related sentence halves.

21. School Subjects Match up subject related sentence halves.

22. Living with a Kiwi Family Discuss homestay routines. Read about food. Name everyday items.

23. Living with a Kiwi Family, Part 2 Read about bedroom & sickness. Name items.

24. Helping in Your Homestay Read suggestions on how to help in your homestay or boarding school. Record ways you can help.

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25. Homestay Rules Read & discuss rules for homestay / boarding school. Why do we have these rules?

26. New Zealand Flag Read about the NZ flag. Draw and colour in your own country’s flag.

27. Food Put in the vowels to complete the words.

28. Party Food Put in the consonants to complete the words.

29. Celebrations Read about three national celebrations. Supply the missing words.

30. The Great Outdoors Using your device, write about four places.

31. Being Organized Read and discuss situations / problems & solutions.

32. Keep Safe Read and discuss the situations.

33. Auckland Read the text about Auckland. Answer True or False.

34. The Kiwi Bird Read the text and answer the questions.

35. Let’s Talk Read and discuss the situations.

36. Wellington Complete the text with the words given.

37. Well-Known Places Write about your hometown and three towns in NZ, using your device.

38. National Anthem Read and listen to / sing the NZ National Anthem.

39. What’s the Matter? Saying what the matter with you is. Write down your answers for each picture.

40. In the Sick-Bay Read and fill in the missing information.

41. Farm Animals Put in the vowels to complete the animal names

42. South Island Fill in the missing words from the choices given

43. Christchurch Name these well-known places.

44. Keeping a Diary Write your own diary entries based.

45. Smaller Towns Read about and name the towns.

46. Kiwi English Read and think about NZ English.

47. Kiwi English, Part 2 Write Kiwi English as standard English.

48. Kiwiana Look at examples of Kiwiana. Answer the questions.

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49. Rotorua Use the words to complete the text.

50. Māori People Read about the Maori people. Learn a Mihi (self-introduction in Maori).

51. Around Town Match up two sentences halves.

52. On the Map Label places on the NZ map.

53. Past Tense Give the simple past of common verbs. Write about personal events in the past.

54. Personal Writing Write about personal experiences using the past and present tenses.

55. New Experiences Write notes on new personal experiences in NZ.

56. The All Blacks Answer questions. Supply details.

57. Good Manners Match up the first and second sentence halves.

58. The Longest and the Largest Match up the two sentence halves.

59. Adventure Tourism Label each photo from the words given.

60. Air New Zealand Use the words to complete the text. Name airlines and their airport of origin.

61. New Zealand Quiz Match up the clues and answers.

62. Famous New Zealanders Use the words to complete the text.

63. Difficult Situations Read and discuss difficult situations that you could face.

64. More Difficult Situations Read and discuss difficult situations that you could face. Add other solutions.

65. Misunderstandings Talk about misunderstandings and why they might occur.

66. A Final Quiz Match up the clues and answers.

67. Thank You Write down who you need to thank. Study the ways of thanking people.

68. Thank You to Your Homestay An example of a thank you letter.

69. A Thank You Card Write your own draft for a thank you card.

70. Thanking People Write thank you notes to three different people.

71. Homestay Survey Complete a homestay survey.

72. Final Survey A survey about your time in NZ.

ANSWERS

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Getting to Know You Name 1

1. My full name is _______________________________________

2. My first name is ______________________________________

3. Please call me ________________________________________

4. My family name (surname) is ____________________________

5. I come from the city of _____________________________ in ____________________________

6. My nationality is _________________________________________________________________

7. I have ____________ eyes and _______________________ hair.

8. I am ______________________ years old.

9. My birthday is ___________________________________________________________________

10. In my spare time I like to ___________________________________________________________

11. My favourite colour is _____________________________________________________________

12. My favourite food is ______________________________________________________________

13. My favourite sport is ______________________________________________________________

14. There are _______________ people in my family, my ___________________________________

______________________________________________________________

15. My favourite animal is ___________________________________________

16. My best school subject is _________________________________________

17. My least favourite school subject is _________________________________

18. I don’t like _____________________________________________________

19. If I had lots of money, I would buy ___________________________________________________

20. In the future, I would like to ________________________________________________________

21. I am here in New Zealand to ________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Complete these sentences about yourself. This will help your teacher get to know you.

put your photo here

Kia Ora. My name is

Huey.

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Welcome to _________________________________________ (name of your school)

This is your first day at a new school in a new country. It is great to see you here. Let’s get started with some important information that you need to know. A. Important Information. Complete each sentence.

1. The name of my school is

2. The school phone number is

3. The address of my school is

4. School starts every day at

5. School finishes every day at

6. My International Dean / Teacher is

7. My English Language (ESOL) teacher is

8. The school principal is

9. If I have a problem, I can talk to

10. The names of my two new friends are

B. At your new school, some days you feel great, other days a bit lonely. This is normal. Answer these questions.

1. If I feel homesick or sad, I can talk to

2. This person’s phone number is

3. When I feel lonely, I can

4. My International Dean / Teacher’s email address is

5. My homestay’s (house) mobile number is

6. My homestay’s (house) address is

7. If I can’t find my classroom, I

Remember that your teachers and your homestay family are there to help you! Just ask for help if you need to.

EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER 24/7

______________________________

Talk to me, if you

feel sad or lonely!

Kia Ora.

I’m Clyde. I’m pleased to meet

you. What’s your name?

First Day Orientation Name 2

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New Zealand is an island

country in the South Pacific

Ocean. It has two main islands

and many other smaller islands.

The Maori name for this

country is Aotearoa which

means Land of the Long White

Cloud.

Nowhere in New Zealand is far

from the sea. You can see how

most cities are located close to

the sea.

Looking at the map of New

Zealand, you can also see that

it is a country of rivers, lakes

and mountains.

New Zealand is in the Southern

Hemisphere, that is, south of

the equator. Countries such as

China, Japan and Canada are in

the Northern Hemisphere, that

is, north of the equator.

1. The names of the two main islands are

2. The word Aotearoa means

3. The two oceans or seas near New Zealand are

4. The name of the third largest island is

5. The capital city of New Zealand is

6. Three cities (or towns) in the South Island are

7. The island with the most people is

8. Cook Strait is an area of water between the

9. The large lake in the North Island is called

10. New Zealand is south of the equator so it is in

Complete these sentences about New Zealand.

Map of New Zealand Name 4

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Food Name 27

Everyone loves food. Complete these words.

Write in the missing vowels (a e i o u).

1. c h ___ c k ___ n 2. s ___ l ___ d 3. v ___ g ___ t ___ b l ___ s

4. f r ___ ___ t 5. l ___ m b 6. p ___ t ___ t ___ ___ s

7. c ___r r ___ t ___ 8. b ___ ___ f 9. b ___ c ___ n

10. ___ r ___ n g ___ 11. ___ p p l ___ 12. k___ w ___ f r ___ ___t

13. f r ___ ___ d ___ g g s 14. s ___ ___ p 15. c ___ l ___ s l ___ w

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Let’s Talk Name 35

1 You are going to a friend’s birthday. You know that another friend has beer in his school bag.

2. It is your 18th birthday. Your homestay parents have emailed your parents in Thailand to ask if you can have some beer with them to celebrate your birthday.

3. You are staying on a farm. The farmer has a gun. You ask if he can show you how to use it.

4. You were told not to bring your mobile phone on the school camp. However, you decide to hide your phone in your clothes but someone sees it.

5. You are going on a school trip to the mountains. You don’t have any warm clothes and you are leaving tomorrow. What is the problem here?

6. You are feeling very sad. You haven’t done well in your exams. You miss your parents. You find it hard to get up in the morning. You have never felt like this before.

7. Someone has hacked into your computer account at school. You are angry. You think you know who it is and wonder if you should go and talk to this person.

8. Another student asks you again for some of your lunch. You don’t want to share your food with this person.

Something is not quite right.

You must always be safe. If you are not sure what to do, then ask your homestay or your teacher. Let’s look at these situations. There seems to be a problem.

Let’s talk about this.

Be like me. Make good choices & keep safe!

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New Zealand Quiz Name 61

1. the national airline A. pohutakawa

2. the capital city B. Maori

3. the leader of the country C. merino

4. where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed D. Taranaki

5. Parliament Buildings E. Aoraki Mount Cook

6. a symbol of New Zealand F. Cook Strait

7. the longest river G. Air New Zealand

8. a type of sheep H. Lyttelton

9. a volcanic island I. silver fern

10. the native people of New Zealand J. Prime Minister

11. the highest mountain K. Marlborough

12. the national anthem L. Bay of Islands

13. a region in the North Island M. Waikato River

14. the port of Christchurch N. White Island

15. between the North and South Islands O. Wellington

16. the largest lake P. Akaroa

17. the Maori name for New Zealand Q The Beehive

18. a region in the South Island R. God of Nations

19. the town where the French first settled S. Aotearoa

20. the New Zealand Christmas tree T. Lake Taupo

You are learning new things about New Zealand every day. You might need to use your device to find some of the answers. Write the letter of your choice in the answer column.

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