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School Journal Level 3 November 2018

People playing sport in a field.

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 Suckered  
Dangerous Games
Little Fisherman  
Poems Kilikiti  
Articles Fly Me Up
Listening Eyes, Speaking Hands: The Story of Deaf Education in New Zealand
Hine-o-te-Rangi: The Adventures of Jean Batten  

Series: School Journal

Publication date: November 2018

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Octopus.

Suckered

People playing sports in a field.

by Bernard Beckett

illustrations by Kieran Rynhart

"Jason had issues with Maia. She was smart – as smart as him, which was part of the problem. But mostly, it was the way she was smart. Jason hated her fake look of surprise whenever she beat him. And he hated the smug little smile that always came after, the one only he saw. Maia thought she was better than everyone at everything. Well, not today."

Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2018

Learning area: English, Technology

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 6

Category: Fiction

Topics: competition, evaluating evidence, fact checking, hoax, humour, information, internet, participating and contributing, quizzes, relating to others, school, sources, teamwork, thinking, tree octopus, websites

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Publication date: November 2018

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Art exhibition.

Fly Me Up

People playing sports in a field.

by Catharina van Bohemen

“Fly Me Up” explores the artworks of Tiffany Singh, an artist who works with communities to create large, colourful installations that draw attention to social issues. Tiffany has Indian and Samoan ancestry, and her artworks are influenced by her personal explorations of identity, culture, and spirituality. 

Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2018

Learning area: English, The Arts, Social Sciences

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 6

Category: Non-fiction

Related titles: Listed in TSM

Topics: art, Auckland, citizenship, collaboration, culture, diversity, flags, Fly Me Up To Where You Are, heritage, hopes, ideals, ideas, India, installations, making a difference, Nepal, refugees, resettled community, self-expression, service, social issues, social-practice artists, Tiffany Singh

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Publication date: November 2018

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People playing sports.

Kilikiti

People playing sports in a field.

by Tusiata Avia

illustrated by Daron Parton

"Then there’s kilikiti. Kee-lee-kee-tee (perfect – top marks this time). Have a guess. What could it mean? Ummm ... Kittycat? Kilometre? Kitchenette? Nope! Try cricket (the game, not the grasshopper)."

Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2018

Learning area: English, Social Sciences

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 5

Category: Fiction

Topics: belonging, community, cricket, culture, humour, identity, kilikiti, language, Pacific, poetry, pronunciation, phonetics, rhyme, Sāmoa, sport, transliteration

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Publication date: November 2018

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Person watching tv.

Dangerous Games

People playing sports in a field.

by Johanna Knox

illustrated by Toby Morris

After successfully capturing Mirtha Dare-Sweetly in “Who Froze Farrell Flint?” (School Journal, Level 3, May 2017), super-sleuth kid-detective Minnie Sharp is back on the trail. In “Dangerous Games”, a masked protester has interrupted a television broadcast and a bodyguard is in critical care after being poisoned with a strange new bacteria. 

Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2018

Learning area: English

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 6

Category: Fiction

Related titles: Listed in TSM

Topics: bacteria, crime noir, deduction, detectives, environment, fantasy, future, humour, Mars, Minnie Sharp, mystery, science fiction, sequels, whodunnit

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People using sign language.

Listening Eyes, Speaking Hands: The Story of Deaf Education in New Zealand

People playing sports in a field.

by Renata Hopkins

This article explores how attitudes to deafness have changed over time. The article includes a social history of the van Asch Deaf Education centre, which opened in 1880.

Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2018

Learning area: English, Social Sciences, Technology

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 6

Category: Non-fiction

Related titles: Listed in TSM

Topics: change, cochlear implants, culturally Deaf, Deaf, deaf education, education, Gerrit van Asch, hearing aids, identity, New Zealand, Sign Language, oralism, Relay, sign language, Sumner School for the Deaf, technology, Total Communication (TC), van Asch Deaf Education Centre

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Publication date: November 2018

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Person lying on a bed.

Little Fisherman

People playing sports in a field.

by Sarah Penwarden

illustrated by Caroline della Porta

"It isn’t that Haylee hates them. She just likes it better when they’re not there: Tom and Tyler, Dayne’s boys. They’re not exactly her stepbrothers, but close enough."

Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2018

Learning area: English, Health and Physical Education

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 5

Category: Fiction

Topics: belonging, blended families, challenge, change, family, fishing, gender, holidays, relationships, siblings, stepbrothers

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Publication date: November 2018

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Jen Batten in a plane.

Hine-o-te-Rangi: The Adventures of Jean Batten

People playing sports in a field.

by Bronwen Wall

In New Zealand, an eighteen-year-old named Jean Batten had a dream. She wanted to become the first woman to fly alone from England to New Zealand. So in 1930, the year she turned twenty, Jean travelled to England to learn how to fly.

Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2018

Learning area: English, Social Sciences, Technology

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 6

Category: Non-fiction

Topics: achievement, aeroplanes, aviation, courage, determination, epic journeys, exploration, famous New Zealanders, flying, goals, Gipsy Moth, heroine, Hine-o-te-Rangi, history, inspiration, Jean Batten, Percival Gull, pilots, records, resilience

In: School Journal Level 3 November 2018

Publication date: November 2018

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