In 1902, thirteen lives were lost when the SS Ventnor sank off the Hokianga coast in Northland. The ship was carrying the carefully packaged bones of almost five hundred Chinese goldminers on their way home for burial. Despite immediate efforts to retrieve the bones, the ship and its precious cargo were lost...

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: ancestors, Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories, bones, ceremony, Cheong Shing Tong, Chinese, Choie Sew Hoy, commemoration, culture, family, gold, goldminer, healing, history, Hokianga, home, kōiwi, memorial, peace, remembering, repatriation, respect, shipwreck, Te Hoko Keha, Te Rarawa, Te Roroa, Te Tao Maui, Ventnor, waharoa