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Red, the Pig, and the Automobile
by Annaleese Jochems; illustrations by Daron Parton
An inventive reimagining of the fairy-tale genre, based loosely around Little Red Riding Hood. This is a great model for student writing, especially for those who want to explore the creative possibilities of a retelling by innovating on a familiar form.
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School Journal Level 3 May 2021
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 Stranded ✔ Happy Birthday ✔ Red, the Pig, and the Automobile ✔ Articles Kura Huna: The Art of Reweti Arapere ✔ The Story of the Ventnor ✔ Play Mauri Mahi, Mauri Ora ✔ Poem Grumpy Hungry ✔ Look inside this issue
Stranded
by Fraser Smith; illustrations by Elliemay Logan
Piki and his koro are trying to save some stranded whales, an experience that reminds Piki of his dad and his own troubles.
Happy Birthday
by James Brown; illustrations by Josh Morgan
The nameless narrator and his friend Jeet, as featured in “The Polterheist”, reappear for another round of humorous high-jinks, this time involving an awkward birthday and a backyard tunnel.
Red, the Pig, and the Automobile
by Annaleese Jochems; illustrations by Daron Parton
An inventive reimagining of the fairy-tale genre, based loosely around Little Red Riding Hood. This is a great model for student writing, especially for those who want to explore the creative possibilities of a retelling by innovating on a familiar form.
Kura Huna: The Art of Reweti Arapere
by Stephanie Tibble
Reweti Arapere learnt that the art he wanted to make was the art that emerged when he looked at the world through his Māori eyes. His giant cardboard and felt-pen figures help him to tell the stories of his whakapapa and of Aotearoa.
The Story of the Ventnor
by Kirsten Wong
In 1902, thirteen lives were lost when the SS Ventnor sank off the Hokianga coast in Northland. The ship was carrying the carefully packaged bones of almost five hundred Chinese goldminers on their way home for burial. Despite immediate efforts to retrieve the bones, the ship and its precious cargo were lost. Over the following months, some of the bones washed up on Hokianga beaches. Most of these bones were collected and cared for by local iwi, with the stories of the shipwreck and the Chinese kōiwi passed down across generations of Māori. Over one hundred years later, some of the decendants of the goldminers discovered the fate of the bones and the kindness that iwi had shown and travelled north to learn more. A shared respect for the ancestors has since drawn together Chinese New Zealand communities and the iwi who are now kaitiaki of the goldminers’ remains.
Mauri Mahi, Mauri Ora
by Kate Paris; illustrations by Paul Beavis
A humorous play with an intriguing setting and multiple features that allow students interested in drama to hone their performances.
Grumpy Hungry
by Joanna Cho; illustrations by Lisa Baudry
This narrative poem, told in the first person, chronicles being hungry, an experience that intensifies as time passes and which is matched by figurative language that does the same. A good model for student writing.
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School Journal Level 2 May 2021
PDFs of all the texts in this issue of the School Journal are available online as well as teacher support materials (TSM) and audio for the following:
Audio TSM Articles Choie Sew Hoy: Otago Pioneer ✔ ✔ The Memory Toolbox ✔ ✔ Stories The Memory Bank ✔ Bawang Putih and Bawang Merah ✔ Poem What do you Remember? ✔ Look inside this issue
Choie Sew Hoy: Otago Pioneer
by Trevor Agnew and Jenny Sew Hoy Agnew
Choie Sew Hoy came to New Zealand from China in 1869, after working in the goldfields of California and Australia. He became a successful merchant and entrepreneur in Otago and was prominent in public life. He was also a well-known leader and benefactor for the Otago Chinese community. In 2019, 250 of his descendants came together in Dunedin for a family reunion to celebrate 150 years since their forebear arrived in New Zealand. Choie Sew Hoy is one of many early immigrants who made an important contribution to New Zealand society. Sew Hoy’s story explores the idea that people from a variety of countries came to make Aotearoa home and whether their experiences were positive or negative depended on how the migrants were treated.
The Memory Toolbox
by Bronwen Wall; illustrations by Minky Stapleton
This article explains the difference between short-term and long-term memory and describes various techniques for improving memory, such as using acronyms, chunking information, and making word associations. It includes a sidebar about memory championships. In addition to being a fascinating topic in its own right, the suggestions for brain exercises could have practical applications for students.
The Memory Bank
by Sarah Johnson; illustrations by Scott Pearson
This is a humorous fantasy story set in a “memory bank”. A breakdown in the filing system leads to confusion when the characters’ reminder notes get mixed up. This story links to the non-fiction text “The Memory Toolbox” and the poem “What Do You Remember?”, which are also in this journal. It provides a model for developing effective characters and storylines.
Bawang Putih and Bawang Merah
A traditional tale from Indonesia, retold by Lavinia Disa Winona Araminta; illustrations by Scott Pearson
This story is a popular children’s story in Indonesia and Malaysia. There are several different versions. Bawang Merah and Bawang Putih are stepsisters – one good and selfless, the other greedy and selfish. In the course of the story, the good sister is rewarded and the selfish sister is taught a lesson and sees the error of her ways. The story allows students with Indonesian and Malaysian heritage to see themselves reflected in the journal by including a familiar story from their own culture.
What do you Remember?
by James Brown; illustrations by Lisa Baudry
This poem is a collection of memories – the poet thinking about a number of events in his life, which are presented as a series of vivid images from specific moments that have stuck in his mind. The poem links to “The Memory Toolbox” and “The Memory Bank” in this journal. It shows how the same topic can be approached in different ways. It also provides a model for students’ poetic writing.
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Break-up Day
by Kyle Mewburn
Kyle Mewburn shares her experience of growing up as a transgender girl and explores gender in a way that shows how, despite the challenges and expectations of others, she managed to find a sense of identity and belonging.
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Press B
by Paul Mason; illustrations by Mat Tait
Paul Mason continues his story of a dystopian future, told from the perspective of Tre and Muse, both of whom have spent their young adult lives fighting back against the rulers. This latest instalment in the series is told using a comic format.
Information and tips for using comics in the classroom:
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Reducing our Footprint
by Sarah Connor
This is the final article in a series that explores climate change. The first explains what it is; the second explores the difficulties in making predictions about it; and this, the third, looks at the ways people have responded to the challenge of climate change. It profiles four different organisations or people: an e-bike company, food recyclers, a scientist who’s developed an app for the agricultural sector, and a hemp farmer.
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Save the Earth Song
by James Brown; illustrations by Jo Tronc
Poet James Brown explores the perils of inertia and disassociation when it comes to climate change. Implicit to the poem is a fundamental question: Why do so many people do nothing when we know the stakes are so high? This is a companion text to recent level 4 journal articles about climate change.
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Fleet of Foot
by Paula Morris; illustrations by Andrew Burdan
The movement of Māori to the cities in the 1950s and 1960s was one of the most significant movements of people in our recent history. Paula Morris has used stories from her whānau as a basis for “Fleet of Foot”, a work of fiction that sits alongside “Kei Te Tāone Nui”, an article in the same journal that also explores the topic of Māori urbanisation. The text has links to the Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories curriculum.
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Kei te Tāone Nui: Māori and the City (1945–1970)
by Samuel Denny, Caitlin Moffat-Young, and Aroha Harris
The post-Second-World-War era in Aotearoa New Zealand saw one of the fastest rates of urban migration in the world, with Māori migrating to cities in large numbers to take advantage of new economic opportunities. The “golden city” offered much, but it came at a high price. Despite an unquestioned narrative in Pākehā communities that New Zealand’s race relations were world leading, Māori moving to the city encountered prejudice and discrimination at many levels. Māori responded to these challenges in multiple ways, for example, by establishing formal and informal groups that strengthened collective expression of Māori cultural values and practices. By gathering together to debate and take action on key issues, the seeds were sown for the modern Māori protest movement as well as the forging of a new urban Māori identity.
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School Journal Level 4 May 2021
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 Memoir Break-up Day ✔ Comic Press B ✔ Articles Reducing Our Footprint ✔ Kei te Tāone Nui: Māori and the City (1945–1970) ✔ Poem Save the Earth Song ✔ Stories Fleet of Foot ✔ Please Don’t Tap the Glass ✔ Look inside this issue
Break-up Day
by Kyle Mewburn
Kyle Mewburn shares her experience of growing up as a transgender girl and explores gender in a way that shows how, despite the challenges and expectations of others, she managed to find a sense of identity and belonging.
Press B
by Paul Mason; illustrations by Mat Tait
Paul Mason continues his story of a dystopian future, told from the perspective of Tre and Muse, both of whom have spent their young adult lives fighting back against the rulers. This latest instalment in the series is told using a comic format.
Information and tips for using comics in the classroom:
Reducing our Footprint
by Sarah Connor
This is the final article in a series that explores climate change. The first explains what it is; the second explores the difficulties in making predictions about it; and this, the third, looks at the ways people have responded to the challenge of climate change. It profiles four different organisations or people: an e-bike company, food recyclers, a scientist who’s developed an app for the agricultural sector, and a hemp farmer.
Kei te Tāone Nui: Māori and the City (1945–1970)
by Samuel Denny, Caitlin Moffat-Young, and Aroha Harris
The post-Second-World-War era in Aotearoa New Zealand saw one of the fastest rates of urban migration in the world, with Māori migrating to cities in large numbers to take advantage of new economic opportunities. The “golden city” offered much, but it came at a high price. Despite an unquestioned narrative in Pākehā communities that New Zealand’s race relations were world leading, Māori moving to the city encountered prejudice and discrimination at many levels. Māori responded to these challenges in multiple ways, for example, by establishing formal and informal groups that strengthened collective expression of Māori cultural values and practices. By gathering together to debate and take action on key issues, the seeds were sown for the modern Māori protest movement as well as the forging of a new urban Māori identity.
Save the Earth Song
by James Brown; illustrations by Jo Tronc
Poet James Brown explores the perils of inertia and disassociation when it comes to climate change. Implicit to the poem is a fundamental question: Why do so many people do nothing when we know the stakes are so high? This is a companion text to recent level 4 journal articles about climate change.
Fleet of Foot
by Paula Morris; illustrations by Andrew Burdan
The movement of Māori to the cities in the 1950s and 1960s was one of the most significant movements of people in our recent history. Paula Morris has used stories from her whānau as a basis for “Fleet of Foot”, a work of fiction that sits alongside “Kei Te Tāone Nui”, an article in the same journal that also explores the topic of Māori urbanisation. The text has links to the Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories curriculum.
Please Don’t Tap the Glass
by Rose Lu; illustrations by Ant Sang
Author Rose Lu moved from Auckland to a much smaller place when she was twelve. Fitting in wasn’t easy, especially given that her new home contained very few Chinese New Zealanders. Suddenly Rose was different from everyone else – an experience she uses to inform her first piece of fiction for the School Journal.
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