Barney Whiterats
“Barney Whiterats” is a text in three parts.
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Series: School Journal Level 3 October 2015
Reading year level: 5
Category: Fiction
Topics: Barney Whiterats, melody, music, onomatopoeia, poetry, rhythm, swagmen
Barney Whiterats
Words by Glenn Colquhoun
Illustrations by Adele Jackson
Students have to consider: a poem by one of New Zealand’s most respected poets, a musical setting of the poem as a lullaby, and an explanation of the poet’s inspiration that includes an old black-and-white photograph of a swagman.
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School Journal Level 3 October 2015
Inside this School Journal are two articles (The Remarkable Reti; Making Radio Waves), one poem (Barney Whiterats), one play (Baa-mite), and three stories (Happy New Year; The Rules; Miri and Raru).
1 of 7Miri and Raru
This lively graphic text provides a hilarious take on the old “dog ate my homework” story.
2 of 7The Rules
“Matiora couldn’t wait till he had enough money saved up.”
3 of 7Happy New Year
New Year’s Eve on Great Barrier Island doesn’t go according to plan.
4 of 7Baa-mite
Recording a radio advertisement has never been so complicated …
5 of 7The Remarkable Reti
A reti is a fishing device, used by Ngāti Pāhauwera to catch kahawai on the Mōhaka River.
6 of 7Making Radio Waves
The students at Lyall Bay School in Wellington have their own radio station.
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