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PDFs of all the texts in this issue of the School Journal are available online as well as teacher support materials (TSM) for the following:

		TSM
Stories	Checkmate
	In Colour
	The Mohawk
	Trespass	✔
Poem	Instructions for Travelling without Touching the Ground	✔
Play	Smash Hit
Article	Tupaia: Master Navigator	✔

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Checkmate

by Paul Mason

illustrations by Kieran Rynhart

When do you make the most important move?

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Series: School Journal Level 3 August 2019

Learning area: English

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 6

Topics: brothers, change, chess, difference, expectation, family, father, identity, individuality, relationships, rugby, strategy, team sports

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Publication date: August 2019

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Instructions for Travelling without Touching the Ground

Poem by Lynley Edmeades

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Series: School Journal Level 3 August 2019

Learning area: English

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 6

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Topics: ambition, convention, dreams, flying, humour, instructions, language, narrative poem, poem, poetry, structure, verse, whimsy, wings

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Publication date: August 2019

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In Colour

by Thomasin Sleigh; illustrations by Elspeth Alix Batt

“Grace had a sudden, terrible thought. What if Grandma didn’t get better?”

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Series: School Journal Level 3 August 2019

Learning area: English

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 5

Topics: age, caring, change, family, grandparents, illness, imagination, loss, love, old age, photography, relationships

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Publication date: August 2019

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Tupaia: Master Navigator

by Hanahiva Rose

The story of Tupaia, a navigator and high priest from the island of Rā‘iātea.

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Series: School Journal Level 3 August 2019

Learning area: English, Social Sciences

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 6

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Topics: art, change, colonisation, communication, diplomacy, discovery, Endeavour, exploration, Gisborne, history, interpreting, James Cook, Joseph Banks, journeys, language, Māori, migration, misunderstanding, navigation, New Zealand history, Pacific, Polynesia, Rā‘iātea, science, Tahiti, Taiato, Taputapuātea, Te Hā, te reo Māori, Tolaga Bay, transit of Venus, translation, Tupaia, Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, Ūawa, unknown southern continent

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Publication date: August 2019

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The Mohawk

by Sarah Johnson; illustrations by Elliot Elam

“Leo screwed his eyes tighter. He wasn’t ready to look.”

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Series: School Journal Level 3 August 2019

Learning area: English, Health and Physical Education

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 6

Topics: bullying, change, friendship, hair, hairstyle, identity, individuality, mohawk, pride, protest, rebellion, role model, school, siblings, social action

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Trespass

by Vince Ford; illustrations by Leilani Isara

An afternoon bike ride has complications.

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Series: School Journal Level 3 August 2019

Learning area: English, Health and Physical Education

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 5

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Topics: adventure, brothers, bush, change, courage, danger, dares, exploration, friendship, group dynamics, identity, loyalty, peer pressure, quick thinking, relationships, rules, siblings, trespassing, waterhole

In: School Journal Level 3 August 2019

Publication date: August 2019

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