Description
Thousands of people went to the gum fields in Northland in the 1800s and early 1900s to dig for kauri gum. The gum trade was even more popular than the trade in gold and wool.
This pack contains wide range of response activities including:
- A guided reading plan exploring key literacy elements including inference and deduction, language use, making connection and text organisation, along with key questioning to promote emotional intelligence, metacognition and compassionate inquiry.
- An independent learning contract complete with explainer videos for activity clarity
- A wide range of response activities to support developing and embedding key literacy skills including sentence and word work, spelling, and cloze activities.
Themes explored include: Dalmatia, gorse, gum, gum digging, history, kāpia, kauri, Māori, Northland, Te Tai Tokerau, trade, trees
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