Verified authoring anchor
“Include words and phrases with multiple meanings that require effective word-solving strategies.”
Where this is taught
- Lesson 1: Word Detective Lab — context, sentence job, word parts, and replacement are explicitly taught and named.
- Word Detective Case Files — six multiple-meaning cases require a meaning, clue, and replacement check.
- Lesson 1 exit evidence identifies which strategy each ākonga can use independently and sets the next teaching group.
Source and provenance
The statement above is copied verbatim from the active Te Mātaiaho 2025 English curriculum corpus. It is recorded as English, Phase 3, Text Studies, Practices, for Years 7–8.
Open the Ministry of Education English Phases 1–4 curriculum page.
Mātauranga Māori and language dignity
The English anchor on this page does not turn te reo Māori into material for English decoding practice. Kupu Māori, ingoa, and place names carry their own language system and cultural context. In this unit, whanaungatanga and ako shape how pairs test ideas: language knowledge from home, whānau, and community is treated as an asset, and accurate pronunciation is supported rather than publicly scored.
How to use this in planning
Use the Lesson 1 exit evidence to identify which clue each ākonga can use independently. Plan the next small-group teaching around that clue—context, sentence job, word parts, or replacement—while everyone continues with age-respectful vocabulary from current classroom learning.
Alignment boundary
This page records a verified on-page authoring anchor and shows how the current lesson teaches it. It does not claim a completed audited database edge for the whole eight-lesson unit. Additional curriculum statements should be added only when a finished lesson genuinely teaches them and the verbatim checker passes.