Reflection Section: A Game of Cards

Text Type: Short Story

Text Title: A Game of Cards

Text Creator: Witi Ihimaera

Text Purpose: To entertain and to educate its reader using a possible underlying theme/message.

Critical Literacy Question: Why are we/you reading this text?

Date: February 26th, 2021.

Summary:

A Game of Cards tells the story of a grandma, Nani Miro, who loves to play cards. In the story, she plays cards with all of the other women in the village. Nani Miro and another grandma, Maka Heta are the best at cards, and win the most games; they are huge cheaters. Nani Miro and Maka Heta would both cheat and then argue the night away. 

When Nani Miro was on her deathbed, she asked to play a last game of cards. The women of the village, including Maka Heta all rushed to play with Nani Miro. Heta and Miro had one last argument, and when Nani Miro laughed, she died.

Critical Literacy Question:

I am reading this text because for one Wananga period a week, we are to read for the whole hour. On Tuesday, we read A Game of Cards from Witi Ihimaera for that one reading period. I really like the characters, they feel very real and have lots of character.