After the First Rain
The sequel to “The Bucket Man”.
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Series: School Journal Level 4 November 2022
Reading year level: 8
Topics: climate change, environment, family, guardian, invention, kaitiakitanga, knowledge, learning, rain, speculative fiction, survival, technology, weather
After the First Rain
Words by Anna Smaill
Illustrations by E. Logan
After the first rain, everything changed. That night – when we heard the giant crack of the rain machine shooting its flares into the bone-dry sky and the heavens open – it was like one huge party.
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School Journal Level 4 November 2022
Inside this School Journal are three articles (Kaitiakitanga; Humphrey Hanley: Life on the upside; How Vaccines Work), two stories (Going in Nature; After the First Rain), one poem (Leftovers for Breakfast), one piece of student writing (Tāne Mahuta), and one screen-play (The Box).
1 of 8Kaitiakitanga
This article aligns with the science and social sciences learning areas and is a year 6 reading level.
2 of 8Humphrey Hanley - Life on the upside
Humphrey’s day starts when most people are stopping for morning tea.
3 of 8How Vaccines Work
At different times in your life, most doctors will recommend that you get a vaccine. You might have received your first when you were only a few months old. Vaccines protect us from infectious diseases.
4 of 8Going in Nature
There’s trouble brewing in the local reserve, but Dad’s on to it … This story is set at a year 7 reading level and connects to the English, Health and PE learning areas.
5 of 8Leftovers for Breakfast
The world started sometime a while ago, although I’m not quite sure of the F.A.C.T.S.
6 of 8Tāne Mahuta
Go get a life. Loser! She’s so annoying ... Thoughts galloped around in my head like horses. I tossed and turned beneath the soft covers of my bed.
7 of 8The Box
In this screenplay we find a box, five ākonga, and a whole lot of confusion.
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