Junior Journal 42, Level 2, 2011
Teacher support materials (TSM) and audio are available for the following resources:
| TSM | Audio | ||
| Stories | Missing | ✔ | |
| Ebony Beanie | ✔ | ||
| Scaredy Crow | ✔ | ||
| Poems | Spider | ✔ | |
| Articles | Shetland Pony Steeplechase | ✔ | |
| Shetland Ponies | ✔ |
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Missing
by Kylie Parry
In this narrative, Liam’s pets have mysteriously disappeared. When Liam goes to play in his room, he discovers where they’ve gone and, in the process, learns an important lesson. This text requires students to make inferences on a number of levels – about what is happening in the text, the shift to an imaginary world, and the author’s purpose.
Purple 2
Shetland Pony Steeplechase
by Jane Buxton
This recount, focusing on Steffi’s participation in a steeplechase, captures the excitement and pleasure of riders and spectators. It describes what a steeplechase is and how the riders prepare for the race, and it then gives an exciting account of the race itself.
Gold 1
Shetland Ponies
This brief descriptive report provides information about Shetland ponies, where they come from, what they look like, how long they live, and what they were used for in the past and now. The clear structure supports students to find and summarise information and can be used as a model for students’ own report writing.
Purple 2
Ebony Beanie
by Nikki Slade Robinson
In this series of humorous emails to her grandparents, Maia describes the antics of a Captain Cooker piglet that her teacher has brought to school. As well as making connections to their own experiences of raising pets or to texts about pets, students can use this text as a model for writing about personal experiences.
Gold 1
Spider
by Alan Bagnall
This humorous, easy-to-read poem describes a child’s dilemma upon finding a spider in the bath. It’s likely to provoke a strong response from students as they make connections to their own experiences of spiders, but it also requires them to infer in order to fully understand the child’s problem.
Scaredy Crow
by Sheryl Gwyther
In this narrative, told mainly through dialogue, Scaredy Crow is teased by the other crows because he is frightened of the scarecrow. Three mice come to his aid, and together, they devise a plan to trick the bully crows and teach them a lesson, but there is a surprising twist at the end of the tale.
Gold 1
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