Six
Friends can be complicated. So can birthday parties.
About this resource
Series: School Journal Level 3 May 2016
Reading year level: 6
Category: Fiction
Topics: birthdays, change, friendship, group dynamics, growing up, relationships
Six
Words by Sarah Penwarden
Illustrations by Bridget Monro
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School Journal Level 3 May 2016
Inside this School Journal are two articles (The Past Beneath Our Feet; Seed Savers) and three stories (Māui; The Duel - The Inventors Awaken; The Healers' Apprentice).
1 of 7Māui
The narrator and his sister are on a fishing trip with Dad, but the outing is overshadowed by the fact that their mother is at home with an unspecified illness.
2 of 7The Duel - The Inventors Awaken
This light-hearted fantasy story, told through narrative, is the first part of a two-part story.
3 of 7The Healers' Apprentice
Today she would learn if she would become the apprentice.
4 of 7No Sun
One day, the sun ran out.
5 of 7The Past Beneath Our Feet
This is a profile of Māori archaeologist Atholl Anderson, which looks at his work, the methods he uses, and the importance of his field.
6 of 7Seed Savers
What is a seed bank? And what is a seed saver?
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