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School Journal Level 4 May 2015

School journal may 2015.

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 Mata i Pusi  
The Promise  
Badge of Honour  
Fever ✔
Poems ‘Afakasi Chameleon ✔
Articles Underground Explorers  
Hakaraia: Warrior Peacemaker   

Series: School Journal

Publication date: May 2015

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Underground explorers

Underground Explorers

article by Stephanie Chamberlin

photographs by Neil Silverwood

SJ L4 cover image May 2015.

“To most of us, the caving trips of Marcus Thomas sound like crazy endurance tests.”

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Series: School Journal Level 4 May 2015

Learning area: English, Social Sciences

Curriculum level: 4

Reading year level: 8

Category: Non-fiction

Topics: alpine caving, Bulmer Cavern, caving, conservation, environment, explorers, geology, Kahurangi National Park, limestone, Mount Owen, personal challenge, underground rivers, waterways

In: School Journal Level 4 May 2015

Publication date: May 2015

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Hakaraia warrior peacemaker.

Hakaraia: Warrior Peacemaker

by Mark Derby

SJ L4 cover image May 2015.

The life of an important Māori leader is remembered.

Text

Series: School Journal Level 4 May 2015

Learning area: English, Social Sciences

Curriculum level: 4

Reading year level: 8

Category: Non-fiction

Topics: Gate Pā, Hakaraia, history, Kīngitanga, Māori king, missionaries, musket wars, prophets, Pukehinahina, Te Kooti, Waitaha

In: School Journal Level 4 May 2015

Publication date: May 2015

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Mata i pusi.

Mata i Pusi
SJ L4 cover image May 2015.

by Sisilia Eteuati 

illustrations by Leilani Isara

“I was all mixed up like a fruit salad …”

Text

Series: School Journal Level 4 May 2015

Learning area: English

Curriculum level: 4

Reading year level: 7

Category: Fiction

Topics: cats, family, identity, Pasifika, Sāmoa, supernatural

In: School Journal Level 4 May 2015

Publication date: May 2015

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The promise.

The Promise
SJ L4 cover image May 2015.

by Bernard Beckett

illustrations by Tom Simpson

Five kids in a bunker have a crucial decision to make.

Text

Series: School Journal Level 4 May 2015

Learning area: English

Curriculum level: 4

Reading year level: 8

Category: Fiction

Topics: apocalypse, courage, friendship, future, leadership, post-apocalypse, promises, relationships, science fiction

In: School Journal Level 4 May 2015

Publication date: May 2015

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Badge of honour.

Badge of Honour
SJ L4 cover image May 2015.

by Sarah Penwarden

illustrations by Vaughan Flanagan

Isaac’s thrilled to be made school captain; his friend Tomasi isn’t so sure.

Text

Series: School Journal Level 4 May 2015

Learning area: English, Health and Physical Education

Curriculum level: 4

Reading year level: 7

Category: Fiction

Topics: bullying, fighting, friendship, leadership, responsibility, school

In: School Journal Level 4 May 2015

Publication date: May 2015

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Fever.

Fever
SJ L4 cover image May 2015.

 by Renata Hopkins

illustrations by Gus Hunter

She had been waiting so long – and now Carly has come.

Text Tsm PDF

Series: School Journal Level 4 May 2015

Learning area: English

Curriculum level: 4

Reading year level: 7

Category: Fiction

Related titles: Listed in TSM

Topics: fear, ghosts, ghost stories, illness, school, school camp

In: School Journal Level 4 May 2015

Publication date: May 2015

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Afakasi chameleon.

‘Afakasi Chameleon
SJ L4 cover image May 2015.

by Selina Tusitala Marsh

illustration by Rachel Walker

Text Tsm PDF

Series: School Journal Level 4 May 2015

Learning area: English, Health and Physical Education

Curriculum level: 4

Reading year level: 8

Category: Fiction

Related titles: Listed in TSM

Topics: ancestry, culture, family, heritage, identity, immigration, mixed-race, nationality, Pasifika, whakapapa

In: School Journal Level 4 May 2015

Publication date: May 2015

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