Here We Go!

  Our book for the term is

Children of the Rush 

by

James Russell

This book won a Storylines Notable Book Award in 2022.

Students are going to love reading about Atarangi and Michael and what life is like in Otago 1861.

Here is the Chapter breakdown:

Pre-reading activities start Week 3 Term 1 (Monday 13th February)

Reading starts Week 4 Term 1 (Monday 20th February)

Week 1: 13 - 17 February: Pre-reading activities

Week 2: 20 - 24 February: Chapters 1 and 2 (pages 7 - 35 / 28 pages altogether)

Week 3: 27 - 3 March: Chapters 3 - 7 (pages 36 - 62 / 27 pages altogether)

Week 4: 6 - 10 March: Chapters 8 - 12 (pages 63 - 90 / 33 pages altogether)

Week 5: 13 - 17 March: Chapters 13 - 17 (pages 91 - 121  / 30 pages altogether)

Week 6: 20 - 24 March: Chapters  18 - 22 (pages 122 - 158 / 36 pages altogether)

Week 7: 27 - 31 March: Chapters 23 - 29 (pages 159 - 192 / 33 pages altogether)

Week 8: 3 - 7 April: Epilogue (pages 193 - 197 / 5 pages altogether) Post-reading activities