School Journal Level 3 November 2016
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 | ||
| Articles | Puawai Cairns: Te Papa Detective | ✔ |
| A Sweet Business | ✔ | |
| Stories | Turbulence | |
| Cancel the Invasion | ✔ | |
| Lost Treasure | ||
| Atutahi’s Unicorn | ||
| Poem | Not Your Normal Tent |
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Atutahi’s Unicorn
by Hinemoana Baker
“Mum, you need to come!” I shouted. “I think Sparkles is bunged up again.” I took a cautious step towards the unicorn. She turned her head towards me, eyes crossed from the strain, horn bobbing. It was the third time this week.
Lost Treasure
by Anahera Gildea
"I’ve got this cousin Hoani. He always causes me big trouble. One time, I stayed over at his house and woke up paralysed. During the night, he’d plastic-wrapped me to the stretcher."
Cancel the Invasion
by David Larsen
“Cancel the Invasion” is a funny and original fantasy story. Ash is an alien who has been sent to Earth as an advance scout for a planned invasion. He meets some young humans, and we follow his internal musings as he struggles to understand the complexities of their (English) language.
Turbulence
by Paul Mason
"That week, an email from Cooper’s dad arrived out of nowhere. It had two attachments: a photo and a plane ticket to Australia. Cooper’s mum wasn’t so keen."
A Sweet Business
by Bronwen Wall
This report explains why and how children at Te Aro School in Wellington set up a money-making honey business. The text has a focus on financial literacy, providing insights into the decisions the students made and the steps they took to make their business a success.
Puawai Cairns: Te Papa Detective
by Whiti Hereaka
This article describes the work of Puawai Cairns, a curator at Te Papa Tongarewa. Puawai believes that as a curator, her job is to tell stories about people: “Each one always begins with a taonga.”
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