Te Marama
Tonight I can’t sleep.
About this resource
Series: School Journal Level 2 May 2016
Reading year level: 4
Category: Fiction
Topics: koro, marama, moon, poetry, te reo Māori
Te Marama
Words by Kelly Joseph
Illustrations by Elspeth Alix Batt
Te Marama floods my room with silvery light. Outside, the moana swells high upon the shore - ngā tai a Kupe.
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School Journal Level 2 May 2016
Inside this School Journal are two stories (Awarua The Taniwha of Porirua; My Name Is Davy Lowston), there is one poem (Te Marama) and two articles (Night Light; Tunç Tezel: Star Man)
1 of 5Awarua the Taniwha of Porirua
Rereroa the albatross teaches her friend Awarua, the taniwha, how to fly.
2 of 5My Name is Davy Lowston
This text is a fictionalised recount. Davy Lowston was among a group of sealers set down on the Open Bay Islands (off the west coast of the South Island) in 1810.
3 of 5Night Light
This article presents facts and phenomena about the moon, such as tides and phases of the moon.
4 of 5Tunç Tezel - Star Man
An interview with astrophotographer Tunç Tezel.
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