School Journal Level 2, August 2013
Teacher support materials (TSM) and audio are available for the following texts in this issue of the School Journal:
| TSM | Audio | ||
| Stories | Backyard Chooks | ✔ | ✔ |
| Play | Making a Sentence | ✔ | |
| Articles | Ramadan is Coming | ✔ | ✔ |
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Ramadan is Coming
by Marita Vandenberg
Obay’s family has come to New Zealand from Saudi Arabia. The article describes his family’s daily life, then focuses on the activities that occur at Ramadan. Obay and his brothers attend regular school, and their mother maintains their Arabic learning at home.
Making a Sentence
by John Parker
This is a light-hearted, entertaining play that will engage students – it is set on a dairy farm where eight characters try to make a sentence. Two of the characters are nouns (animals) and the other six represent articles, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, and a full stop. This clever idea provides readers with a visual way of learning how parts of speech work to form an interesting sentence that sounds correct.
Backyard Chooks
by Susan Paris
Jean loves eating eggs for breakfast, but one morning, there are no eggs left. This engaging article describes how Jean asks her family about getting their own chickens to ensure a constant supply of eggs. The family discussions about the costs and benefits of keeping chickens bring out financial literacy concepts that will be familiar to many students.
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