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School Journal Level 3 November 2019

School Journal Level 3 November 2019.

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 After the Fire  
Hana Kōkō ✔
The Weird Zone  
Poem Summer Sounds   
Articles For the Ancestors: One Woman’s Malu ✔
Fantastic Penguins ✔
Olly’s Cicadas  

Series: School Journal

Publication date: November 2019

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After the Fire.

After the Fire

by Adrienne Frater

illustrations by Adele Jackson

“There were no sheep, no cows, not even birds – anywhere.”

Text

Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

Learning area: English, Social Sciences

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 5

Category: Fiction

Topics: alpaca, change, climate change, community, disaster, drought, evacuation, family, farming, fire, fire fighters, friendship, rebuilding, rescue centre, resilience, volunteers

In: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

Publication date: November 2019

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Fantastic Penguins.

Fantastic Penguins

by Giselle Clarkson

Penguins are unlike any other birds on the planet.

Text Tsm PDF

Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

Learning area: English, Science

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 6

Category: Non-fiction

Related titles: See TSM

Topics: adaptation, Antarctica, climate, eastern rockhopper, emperor penguin, environment, erect crested penguin, habitat, hoiho, king penguin, kororā, little blue penguin, predators, Snares crested penguin, southern rockhopper penguin, sub-antarctic, survival, tawaki, technology, yellow-eyed penguin

In: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

Publication date: November 2019

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For the Ancestors.

For the Ancestors

by Madeleine Chapman

Matalena Leaupepe once saw tatau everywhere.

Text Tsm PDF

Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

Learning area: English, Social Sciences

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 6

Category: Non-fiction

Related titles: See TSM

Topics: ancestors, au, ceremony, culture, design, faʻa Sāmoa, family, Fiji, harmony, honour, journey, leadership, legend, malu, pain, peʻa, pride, responsibility, ritual, Sāmoa, service, soa, spirits, spiritual, support, tatau, tattoo, tattooing, tāupou, Tilafaigā, Taemā, toso, tufuga tā tatau

In: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

Publication date: November 2019

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Hana Kōkō.

Hana Kōkō

by Steph Matuku, illustrations by Scott Pearson

Santa Claus is plump, with rosy cheeks and a curly white beard ... who says?

Text Tsm PDF

Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

Learning area: English, Social Sciences

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 5

Category: Fiction

Related titles: See TSM

Topics: Aotearoa, biculturalism, change, characterisation, Christmas, costume, culture, Hana Kōkō, humour, market, Māori, Meri Kirihimete, Santa Claus, Te Ao Māori, tradition, whānau

In: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

Publication date: November 2019

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Olly's Cicadas.

Olly's Cicadas

by Alison Ballance

Olly Hills knows a lot more about cicadas than your average eleven-year-old.

Text

Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

Learning area: English, Science

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 5

Category: Non-fiction

Topics: bugs, cicadas, entomologists, environment, habitats, hobbies, insects, kihikihi, larva, life cycle, moult, publishing, species

In: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

Publication date: November 2019

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Summer Sounds.

Summer Sounds

by Jenny Bornholdt

Poem

Text

Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

Learning area: English, Science

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 6

Category: Fiction

Topics: alliteration, assonance, figurative language, imagery, metaphor, poetry, sound, summer

In: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

Publication date: November 2019

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The Weird Zone.

The Weird Zone

by Sacha Cotter

illustrations by Kirsten Slade

“We’ve been tracking Dad’s weirdness for months.”

Text

Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

Learning area: English, Social Sciences

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 6

Category: Fiction

Topics: campground, camping, change, depression, embarrassment, emotions, family, feelings, holiday, humour, loneliness, separation, siblings, stress, summer, tradition

In: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

Publication date: November 2019

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