Tupaia - Master Navigator
The story of Tupaia, a navigator and high priest from the island of Rā‘iātea.
About this resource
Series: School Journal Level 3 August 2019
Reading year level: 6
Topics: art, change, colonisation, communication, diplomacy, discovery, Endeavour, exploration, Gisborne, history, interpreting, James Cook, Joseph Banks, journeys, language, Māori, migration, misunderstanding, navigation, New Zealand history, Pacific, Polynesia, Rā‘iātea, science, Tahiti, Taiato, Taputapuātea, Te Hā, te reo Māori, Tolaga Bay, transit of Venus, translation, Tupaia, Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, Ūawa, unknown southern continent
Tupaia - Master Navigator
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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 7Checkmate
When do you make the most important move?
2 of 7In Colour
Grace had a sudden, terrible thought. What if Grandma didn’t get better?
3 of 7The Mohawk
“Leo screwed his eyes tighter. He wasn’t ready to look.”
4 of 7Trespass
An afternoon bike ride has complications.
5 of 7Instructions for Travelling without Touching the Ground
A whimsical poem from Lynley Edmeades on the topic of flying.
6 of 7Smash Hit
Writing a skit in ten minutes.
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