SCHWA
Engaging Learners
Integrating Reading Comprehension into Structured Literacy.
Engaging New Zealand based content for Years 5-10.
Over 270 stories with comprehension questions and activities.
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New in 2025 - Writing Units aligned with the new curriculum.
And watch out for the new card game - Morpheo!
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Use alongside your structured literacy program. Download and print for those who don't like to (or can't) read off a screen. Full answers to comprehension questions provided.
Text types: narratives, arguments, poems, plays, recounts, articles, setting and character examples, newspaper reports, advertisements, careers, letters.
31 structured literacy concepts. Use for independent, guided and shared reading.
Levelled texts so teachers or students can pick their level.
Level 3 of NZ Curriculum
Level 3/4 of NZ Curriculum
Level 4 of NZ Curriculum
READING RESOURCES
Each thumbnail has up to 10 stories within each Structured Literacy Concept.
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WRITING RESOURCES
Detailed unit plans to help you teach the writing elements of the new curriculum.
Writing Units aligned to the New Zealand Curriculum Refresh. Writing to Inform, Writing to Entertain, Writing to Persuade.
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Written for Year 5-8 but could easily be adapted to Year 9-10.
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Written by teachers, for teachers.
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Thanks to the growing number of schools using SCHWA!
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The resources that I have used so far are amazing. We are just starting our structured literacy journey with our year 5-6 students and they love the structure of the lesson, the vocabulary (especially the Kiwi colloquialism). We love the activities that we can use with the students post reading. Chris Langley, Elmgrove School.