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Kilikiti

People playing sports.
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)."

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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

In: School Journal Level 3 November 2018

Publication date: November 2018

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