Nui nā mākua e nīnau iā mākou i ke ala wikiwiki loa e hiki ai i kā lākou keiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i kā lākou palapala. ʻOiai mākou e manaʻoʻiʻo nei ʻaʻohe ala pōkole e lilo ai i mea kākau maikaʻi maoli a mākaukau, aia kekahi mau mea e hiki i nā haumāna ke hoʻokomo i loko o kā lākou palapala e kōkua i ka lawe ʻana i ka pae aʻe me ka maikaʻi. E like me kekahi mea e ho'āʻo nei e haku, aia ke kī o ka holomua ma ka hana nui a me ka hana hou ʻana. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa mau ʻana i kēia mau mākau e kōkua i kāu keiki e hoʻokō i kāna mau pahuhopu hoʻonaʻauao.
ʻO kēia ʻatikala ka mea mua o nā ʻatikala e kālele ana i nā mākau kūpono no nā ʻano kākau like ʻole. I kēia pule, e kālele mākou i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kākau wehewehe.
Manaʻo Kākau wehewehe:
ʻO ke kākau wehewehe ʻana he ʻano kiʻi maoli, ʻoiai ʻo ia ke kumu e hana ai i kiʻi i loko o ka manaʻo o ka poʻe heluhelu. ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi ke haʻi i ka moʻolelo ma ka hana a me ke kamaʻilio wale ʻana, a ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke hōʻike i ka manaʻo hohonu a me ka manaʻo i loko o kahi mele me ka pena ʻole i ke kiʻi me kāna mau ʻōlelo.
ʻO kahi ala ikaika e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ka wehewehe ʻana ʻo ia ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā adjectives a me nā adverbs inā hiki. ʻo kahi laʻana, inā kākau kāu keiki i moʻolelo e kākau paha ʻo ia i kekahi mea like:
"Hele ʻo Harry i waho a hoʻomaka e ʻimi i kāna mau hoaaloha."
ʻOiai ke hōʻike nei kēia ʻōlelo i kahi manaʻo kumu, ʻo ka hopena ma ka mea heluhelu he kumu. Ma ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka ʻōlelo wehewehe ma ke ʻano o nā adjectives a me nā adverbs, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohui koke i nā kiʻi i ka ʻōlelo:
"Hoʻopuka ʻo Harry i ka puka mua, e paʻa ana ma hope ona. Haʻalulu kona naʻau i kona holo ʻana a puni ke kaiāulu me ka ʻimi ʻana i kona mau hoaaloha.
Ma ka ʻōlelo i hoʻoponopono ʻia, ʻike mākou i nā wehewehe e haʻi iā mākou ʻaʻole wale ka hana e hana nei, akā kōkua pū kekahi iā mākou e ʻike i ka manaʻo o ke ʻano, he mea nui o ka moolelo.
ʻO kekahi ala maikaʻi ʻē aʻe e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka moʻolelo a i ʻole ka mele ma ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka ʻōlelo kiʻi, e like me na hoohalike ana. ʻO nā hoʻohālikelike ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana e hoʻohana ana i ka like a i ʻole e hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e kōkua i ka mea heluhelu e noʻonoʻo pono i nā mea e hana nei.
ʻo kahi laʻana, hiki i kāu keiki ke kākau i kekahi mea like:
Ua hauʻoli loa au!
Ua nani loa!
Ua makaʻu loa ʻo ia!
Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohui i nā hoʻohālikelike e kōkua i ka hana ʻana i kahi hopena maikaʻi aʻe:
Ua hauʻoli wau e like me ke keiki pipi ma kahi hale kūʻai lole.
He nani ia e like me ke keiki panda e pāʻani ana i ka hau.
Ua like kona maka'u me he lapeti i lohe wale i ka uwo o ka iliohae.
ʻO kā mākou ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo hope no ka kākau wehewehe ʻana, ʻo ia ke koho ʻana i nā huaʻōlelo i pololei loa e kamaʻilio pololei i ka mea a ka mea kākau e makemake ai i ka mea heluhelu.. pinepine, e kākau nā haumāna i nā wehewehe wehewehe ʻano pohihihi, me nā huaʻōlelo like:
Ua luhi loa ia.
Ua hauʻoli loa ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
Ua anu loa lākou.
Wela loa ka lumi.
hou, ʻO kēia mau huaʻōlelo he manaʻo maʻalahi, akā ma ke kākau wehewehe ʻana, ʻaʻole lawa kēlā. Hoʻohana ka wehewehe ʻana i nā huaʻōlelo i loaʻa ka hopena, a hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokō i kēlā ma ke koho ʻana i nā huaʻōlelo maikaʻi loa e hōʻike i ke ʻano pololei loa.
See how we can take the sentences above from ordinary to extraordinary by replacing part of the sentence with powerful vocabulary:
He was exhausted.
The movie was unimaginative.
They were chilled to the bone.
The room was roasting.
The good news is that your child doesn't need to rely on his or her current vocabulary knowledge in order to succeed in creating sentences like those above. The thesaurus has all of the words they need to create memorable descriptions.
We hope these tips have been helpful! If you would like for your child to learn how to put these skills into practice with one of our passionate educators, stay tuned for coming announcements on our new summer and fall courses!
Next week, we’ll have a look at persuasive writing tips!
