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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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  • 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 …”

    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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  • 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.

    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.

    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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  • Battle.

    Battle

    SJ cover image.

    by Maria Samuela

    illustrations by Ant Sang

    Timiona must keep his cool in the heat of battle.

    Series: School Journal Level 4 November 2014

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

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 7

    Category: Fiction

    Topics: krumping, playground, dance, competition, belief

    In: School Journal Level 4 November 2014

    Publication date: November 2014

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  • Embarrassment expert.

    The Embarrassment Expert

    SJ cover image.

    by Ashleigh Young

    illustration by Rachel Walker

    Series: School Journal Level 4 November 2014

    Learning area: Health and Physical Education

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 7

    Category: Fiction

    Topics: embarrassment, poem, poetry, metaphor, simile

    In: School Journal Level 4 November 2014

    Publication date: November 2014

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  • Underground soldiers cover.

    Underground Soldiers

    School Journal L4 June 2014.

    by Ashleigh Young

    In a straightforward report (supported with period photographs, a map, and a detailed diagram), this article shows the huge risks that were taken by New Zealand tunnellers during the First World War. The job of the tunnellers was to attack German positions from underground and so reduce the risks to Allied soldiers in no-man’s land. The tunnels also provided areas where wounded soldiers could be treated. 

    Series: School Journal Level 4 June 2014

    Learning area: Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 7

    Category: Non-fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    Topics: First World War, tunnels, New Zealand Tunnelling Company, Arras tunnels, non- fiction, history, geophones, Battle of Arras, underground soldiers

    In: School Journal Level 4 June 2014

    Publication date: June 2015

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  • Dawn service cover.

    Dawn Service

    School Journal L4 June 2014.

    by Ashleigh Young

    Series: School Journal Level 4 June 2014

    Learning area: Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 7

    Category: Fiction

    Topics: Anzacs, memorial, grandfathers, poetry, pilots, poem

    In: School Journal Level 4 June 2014

    Publication date: June 2014

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  • Sky high cover.

    Sky-high

    School Journal L4 June 2014.

    By Robert Sullivan

    Illustrations by Tim Gibson

    Beneath the town of Arras, on the Western Front, it’s a race against time.

     
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    Series: School Journal Level 4 June 2014

    Learning area: Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 7

    Category: Fiction

    Topics: Waihi, Arras tunnels, New Zealand Tunnelling Company, graphic novel, Battle of Arras, underground soldiers

    In: School Journal Level 4 June 2014

    Publication date: June 2014

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  • Benny cover.

    Benny

    Book cover.

    by Bernard Beckett

    illustrations by Pippa Keel

    “That day last week shouldn’t have been different, but it was.”

    Series: School Journal Level 4 October 2015

    Learning area: English, Health and Physical Education

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 7

    Category: Fiction

    Topics: abilities, bullying, change, difference, friendship, streaming

    In: School Journal Level 4 October 2015

    Publication date: October 2015

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  • Oakley creek cover.

    Oakley Creek

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    by Kate Paris

    illustrations by Bridget Monro

    A swim with friends is complicated…

    Series: School Journal Level 4 October 2015

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 7

    Category: Fiction

    Topics: dishonesty, family, friendship, guilt, lying, parents, Pasifika, peer pressure, responsibility

    In: School Journal Level 4 October 2015

    Publication date: October 2015

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