School Journal Level 2 September 2014
PDFs of all the texts in this issue of the School Journal are available online as well as teacher support materials (TSM) and audio for the following:
| TSM | Audio | ||
| Stories | Nobody Laughed | ✔ | ✔ |
| Poems | Where Are the Fairies? | ||
| Plays | I Want to Be Zippy! | ||
| Articles | Reading a Boat | ✔ | |
| Pōhā: A Clever Way of Storing Food | ✔ | ✔ |
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Reading a Boat
by Don Long
photographs by Adrian Heke
“Reading a Boat” is an account of a family taking a ferry ride, which becomes an exploration of signs on the ferry. The family continue their exploration of signs when they arrive on land, and they discuss how we know which signs are important.
Pōhā: A Clever Way of Storing Food
by Dr Michael Stevens
“Pōhā: A Clever Way of Storing Food” explains the traditional Māori way for storing harvested tītī (muttonbirds). The practice of using pōhā to store the tītī has been passed on through generations and is still being used today.
Nobody Laughed
by Bernard Beckett
illustrations by Kat Chadwick
“Nobody Laughed” is the humorous story of what happens when a class arrives back at school after the summer holidays and each child has the same bright-green bag. The bags get muddled and the only way to find out who owns which bag is to open them. The main character is really worried about how the others will react when they see the “secret favourite thing” in his bag. It soon becomes clear that everyone has their own secret item.
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