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Welcome to the English medium literacy instructional series teaching and learning resources for years 1 to 8.

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Baa-mite

by Sarah Delahunty
Recording a radio advertisement has never been so complicated …

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Series: School Journal Level 3 October 2015

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 5

Category: Fiction

Topics: acting, actors, advertising, humour, radio play, sound effects, sound track

In: School Journal Level 3 October 2015

Publication date: October 2015

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Car Games

by Sarah Delahunty
illustrations by Giselle Clarkson
This play is about the digital devices used by a family on a car trip. While this scenario may be outside the experience of some students, it will resonate with many who have travelled in a car with their family, been involved in sibling squabbles, or been more interested in a device than on interacting with their parents.

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Series: School Journal Level 3 August 2016

Learning area: English, The Arts, Health and Physical Education

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 5

Category: Fiction

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Topics: drama, electronic devices, family, generational divide, humour, misunderstanding, plays, satellite navigation system, tablet, technology

In: School Journal Level 3 August 2016

Publication date: August 2016

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How Hemi Cleaned His Room

by Steph Matuku
illustrated by Allan Wrath

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Series: School Journal Level 3 August 2017

Learning area: English

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 5

Category: Fiction

Topics: drama, environment, family, humour, legends, Māori culture, Māui, mutation, myths, oceans, parody, play, pollution, rubbish, siblings, traditional stories, whānau

In: School Journal Level 3 August 2017

Publication date: August 2017

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The Village Beach

by Tanya Muagututi'a
illustrated by Josh Morgan
"We won't be able to hang out here much longer... There's a new building coming"

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Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2017

Learning area: English, Social Sciences

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 5

Category: Fiction

Topics: change, coconuts, conservation, drama, environment, Pasifika, play, Sāmoa, Sina and the Eel, tourism, traditional stories

In: School Journal Level 3 November 2017

Publication date: November 2017

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Smash Hit

by Jo Randerson; illustrations Scott Pearson
Writing a skit in ten minutes.

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Series: School Journal Level 3 August 2019

Learning area: English, The Arts

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 5

Topics: drama, humour, language, performance, play, Shakespeare, show, skit, teamwork

In: School Journal Level 3 August 2019

Publication date: August 2019

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The Great-great-greatest

by Cassandra Tse; illustrations by Jez Tuya
Confusion reigns in the storage room at the Chinese Association. Benny, Lily, Angus and Grace are hiding out in the storage room avoiding kitchen duties, and begin debating which of their great-great grandfathers was the coolest.

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Series: School Journal Level 3 June 2022

Learning area: The Arts, Social Sciences

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 5

Topics: ancestors, argument, Chinese, cousins, family, grandparents, humour, inventions, migrants, play, tūpuna

In: School Journal Level 3 June 2022

Publication date: June 2022

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