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Book meta-data

Reading Box: Sapphire (Levels 29-30)
Year: f-five
Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction
Theme/Topic: Communication, Different views, Humour, Problem solving, School and community
Genre: Play
Strategy/Skills: Using graphic sources, Asking and answering questions, Visualising
Page Count: 16
Reading Level: 29
Item Code: 200171
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Reader Description

In this play, the editor of the school news team is encouraging the editors to find and write interesting news stories. Little do they realise that a breaking story is happening right behind them.

After you have completed the Reader

Carol is encouraging her team to write some interesting stories for the school newspaper. Imagine you go to this school and you decide to write about the gorilla. How would you describe the incident for the school paper? Write a news report with a catchy heading and three sentences describing what is happening.

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