Checkmate
When do you make the most important move?
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Series: School Journal Level 3 August 2019
Reading year level: 6
Topics: brothers, change, chess, difference, expectation, family, father, identity, individuality, relationships, rugby, strategy, team sports
Checkmate
Words by Paul Mason
Illustrations by Kieran Rynhart
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School Journal Level 3 August 2019
Inside this School Journal are four stories (Checkmate; In Colour; The Mohawk; Trespass) and one poem (Instructions for Travelling without Touching the Ground) and one play (Smash Hit) and one article (Tupaia: Master Navigator).
1 of 7In Colour
Grace had a sudden, terrible thought. What if Grandma didn’t get better?
2 of 7The Mohawk
“Leo screwed his eyes tighter. He wasn’t ready to look.”
3 of 7Trespass
An afternoon bike ride has complications.
4 of 7Instructions for Travelling without Touching the Ground
A whimsical poem from Lynley Edmeades on the topic of flying.
5 of 7Tupaia - Master Navigator
The story of Tupaia, a navigator and high priest from the island of Rā‘iātea.
6 of 7Smash Hit
Writing a skit in ten minutes.
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