New Zealand History Reading Unit | NZ School Journal Time Travel Adventure Level 2

Description

• A detailed lesson plan for each journal article or story. You can use this as a guide or follow it step by step during your guided reading session.

• A table that highlights the journal name, the article or story name, the reading and thinking skills included in the follow-up activities and the name of the creative activity that is included.
  Two follow up activities for each journal article or story.
  • The first activity includes Remember, Understand, Apply, and Evaluate higher-order thinking skills and a range of reading comprehension skills including finding specific information, making inferences, making connections, using prior knowledge, summarising, using evidence, and sharing opinions. Do all or some of the activities.
  • The second activity is creative and involves the synthesizing of information and the higher-order thinking skills of analysing and creating.
• A full set of answer guides.

• A Setting the Scene document AND PowerPoint presentation to hook the students into the activities.
• This includes a ”How it works” page that explains the resource though a simple visual flow chart.
• A black and white mosaic template for each student to complete.
• A coloured mosaic template to show the finished mosaic design.
• 18 coloured tile pieces for students to cut out and glue onto their black and white mosaic template.
• You can either do this individually (yes, it is a bit fiddly and requires some photocopying) or as a whole class mosaic, enlarged to A3 size. I get it, this step is fiddly, but worth it!).

• Make Connections
• Make Inferences
• Find Specific Details
• Ask and Answer Questions
• Understand and Use Vocabulary
• Compare and Contrast
• Share an Opinion
• Sequence
• Summarise
• Synthesise
• Persuasive, Report and Narrative Writing

The School Journal texts covered in this resource are:

Click here to see the Level Three New Zealand History Time Travel Adventure

• Year 1-3: Tino rangatiratanga me te kāwanatanga | Government and organisation
• Year 4-6; Whakapapa me te whanaungatanga | Culture and identity, Tino rangatiratanga me te kāwanatanga | Government and organisation, Tūrangawaewae me te kaitiakitanga | Place and environment
• Year 7-8: Whakapapa me te whanaungatanga | Culture and identity, Tino rangatiratanga me te kāwanatanga | Government and organisation

Feedback on This Resource:

Stephanie says, “⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I found this resource extremely useful. It was so easy to use and the subtopics are suitable for children. The discussion raised by the journals often took us on a deeper journey. Thank you for teaching me about NZ History but also for creating such a time saver resource.”