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English Year 1 Literature Literature & Contexts

Discuss how language and images are used to create characters, settings and events in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators

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Unit Plan Year: F 1 2

English Unit: Julia Donaldson Author Study

Embark on a captivating literary journey with our 'Julia Donaldson Author Study Unit.' Immerse students in the magical worlds of 'Zog,' 'Ti...

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Unit Plan Year: F 1 2

English Unit: Mem Fox Author Study

Step into a world of literary magic with our engaging unit based on Mem Fox's beloved stories - "The Magic Hat," "Possum Magic," and "Koala...

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Unit Plan Year: 1

English Unit: Creating Narrative Characters

This unit delves into how images and descriptive language come together to create narrative characters. It provides numerous games and activ...

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Presentation Year: F 1 2

Julia Donaldson Author Study - Presentation

Get to know the beloved author Julia Donaldson! This presentation encourages students to explore her enchanting stories that have captured r...

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Presentation Year: F 1 2

Mem Fox Author Study - Presentation

Get to know the beloved author Mem Fox! This presentation encourages students to explore her enchanting stories that have captured readers'...

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Presentation Year: 1 2 3

Digger Presentation

This Digger presentation was created to support the book unit: Digger written by Mike Dumbleton. This presentation provides some background...

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Presentation Year: 1

Creating Narrative Characters - Presentation

The Creating Narrative Characters Presentation introduces students to what narratives are. It unpacks narrative characters and how words and...

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Presentation Year: 1 2 3 4 +2

Anzac Day Presentation

This insightful and informative presentation. is a fantastic resource to use within the classroom when teaching students about Anzac Day. Th...

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Resource Year: F 1

Character Collage Kit

The Character Collage Kit is a versatile resource designed to ignite creativity and storytelling skills in students. With a diverse selectio...

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Resource Year: F 1 2

Storytelling Cards

The "Storytelling Cards" resource is a versatile tool designed to ignite creativity and enhance narrative skills in students. With a collect...

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Resource Year: F 1 2

Storybook Passport

The Storybook Passport, along with its adorable boarding passes, is your ticket to a world of imagination and exploration! This interactive...

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Resource Year: F 1 2

Storybook Adventure Map

Embark on a journey through the Storybook Adventure Map, a whimsical guide to the realms of storytelling. Navigate Character Cove, Setting S...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

The Snail and the Whale Colouring Pages

Three fabulous colour in pages of “The Snail and the Whale” by Julia Donaldson for your students to choose from.

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Character Journal

Students use this character journal to write about their thoughts and feelings as they step into the shoes of the Snail from Julia Donaldson...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

How Did Snail Feel?

Students are encouraged to step into the shoes of The Snail to determine how this character feels during certain events in the storybook of...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Character Traits

Students determine the Snail’s character traits from Julia Donaldson’s “The Snail and the Whale” and provide evidence from the text. This...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Ocean Adventures

Inspired by Julia Donaldson’s story book “The Snail and the Whale”, this set of writing prompts encourage students to be just as adventurous...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Make A Rhyme

Inspired by Julia Donaldson’s story book “The Snail and the Whale”, students generate rhymes based off some words from the story.

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Tiddler Colouring Pages

A fabulous set of colour in pages of “Tiddler: The story telling fish” by Julia Donaldson.

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

A Fishy Adventure

This worksheet ignites creativity and imagination as students pretend they are a fish in the sea. Inspired by Julia Donaldson’s story “Tiddl...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Tiddler Rhyme Time

Students identify the rhyming pairs from Julia Donaldson’s “Tiddler: The story telling fish” with a simple cut and paste worksheet.

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Sorry I’m Late, I was…

Encourage and foster student imagination with this fun worksheet. In Julia Donaldson’s story of “Tiddler: The story telling fish”, Tiddler w...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Tiddler Story Map

Students relive the story of “Tiddler: The story telling fish” by Julia Donaldson, as they identify the main parts of the story. Students dr...

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Resource Year: F 1 2

Tiddler Tale Writing Prompt Dice

Roll into a world of imagination with our enchanting dice resource inspired by 'The Snail and the Whale.' Spark creativity as students roll...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Zog Colouring Pages

Three fabulous colour in pages of “Zog” by Julia Donaldson for your students to choose from.

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Character Comparisons

Delve into character comparisons as students discover the differences and similarities that their newly created dragons have in common with...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Dragon School

In the story of “Zog” by Julia Donaldson, Zog learns how to fly, breathe fire, roar and how to capture princesses. This worksheet allows stu...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Zog’s Rhyme Time

Explore the rhyming pairs from Julia Donaldson’s story ‘Zog’ by colouring the rhyming pairs. Students will learn that rhyme is focused on th...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Meet My Dragon: Character Developement

Introduce young learners to the magical world of dragons with our 'Meet My Dragon: Character Development' worksheet. Encourage imaginative e...

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Resource Year: F 1 2

Zog Puppets

These engaging Zog Puppets bring to life the whimsical characters of ”Zog" by Julia Donaldson. They let children's imaginations soar as they...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Julia Donaldson Book Reports

This Book Report Template allows students to dive into the heart of the story, summarising key events, connecting with characters on a perso...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Let’s Read Some Books! A Julia Donaldson Reading Checklist

This fun worksheet encourages students to explore the wide range of Julia Donaldson story books.

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Resource Year: F 1 2

Let’s Read Some Books! A Julia Donaldson Reading Checklist Class Display

Stories, Australian texts, author, Julia Donaldson, author study, Julia Donaldson, author, Zog, snail and the whale, tiddler, storytelling,...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Character Journal

Students use this character journal to write about their thoughts and feelings as they step into the shoes of the character Koala Lou from M...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Koala Lou’s Feelings

Students are encouraged to step into the shoes of Koala Lou to determine how this character feels during certain events in the storybook of...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Character Traits

Students determine Koala Lou’s character traits from Mem Fox’s “Koala Lou” and provide evidence from the text. This worksheet has 2 versi...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Koala Lou Colouring Pages

Three fabulous colour in pages of “Koala Lou” by Mem Fox for your students to choose from.

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Sequence The Animals

A simple sequencing worksheet for students to determine the order in which The Magic Hat turns people into animals!

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Resource Year: F 1 2

Koala Lou’s Bush Olympics

Print these eye-catching visuals to spark enthusiasm for "Koala Lou's Bush Olympics." Display each individual poster at different activity s...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Magic Show Invitation

Students design their very own magic show invitations to their play of “The Magic Hat”. Students must detail the venue, time, date, as well...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Design A Play!

Ignite creativity with our engaging "The Magic Hat" play design worksheet! Students step into the shoes of playwrights as they craft a stage...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Rhyming Pairs

Students identify the rhyming pairs from Mem Fox’s “The Magic Hat”.

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

My Own Magic Hat

Students use their imagination to decide what magical powers their hat will give them. Students colour and design their own magnificent, mag...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Magic Hat Craft

Immerse young minds in a world of wonder with our fun Magic Hat Craft. Students design and craft their very own magical hats, transforming i...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Possum Magic Colouring Pages

Three fabulous colour in pages of “Possum Magic” by Mem Fox for your students to choose from.

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Possum Magic Story Map

Students relive the story of “Possum Magic” by Mem Fox, as they identify the main parts of the story. Students draw pictures and write sente...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Hush’s Colour Hunt

In the story of “Possum Magic” by Mem Fox, Hush goes on a hunt to find her colours. Students use this worksheet to go on a colour hunt, as t...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

An Australian Adventure

Student’s follow along on Grandma Poss and Hush’s adventure about Australia as they eat different foods to rediscover Hush’s colours. Studen...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Invisible Imagination

Students use their imaginative thinking to embark on an adventure as they write about what they would do if they were invisible, like the ch...

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Resource Year: F 1 2

Possum Magic Puppets

These enchanting Possum Magic Puppets bring to life the whimsical characters of "Possum Magic" by Mem Fox. They let children's imaginations...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Mem Fox Book Reports

This Book Report Template allows students to dive into the heart of the story, summarising key events, connecting with characters on a perso...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2

Let’s Read Some Books! A Mem Fox Reading Checklist Worksheet

This fun worksheet encourages students to explore the wide range of Mem Fox story books.

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Resource Year: F 1 2

Let’s Read Some Books! A Mem Fox Reading Checklist Class Display

This fun display encourages students to explore the wide range of Mem Fox story books.

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Unit Plan Year: 1 2 3

English Unit: Book Unit: Digger

This book unit is based on the storybook ‘Digger’ written by Mike Dumbleton and illustrated by Robin Cowcher. ‘Digger’ was written as a trib...

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Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

My Book Review

This My Book Review worksheet was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Students review their favourite parts of the storybook ‘Digger’...

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Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

Digger Colouring Sheets

This Digger Colouring Sheet resource was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Use this resource as a fast finisher.

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Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

Digger Word Search

This Digger Word Search was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Use this resource as a fast finisher.

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Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

Responding To Text

This Responding To Text worksheet was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Students reflect their favourite story character, and compa...

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Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

Write Another Ending

This Write Another Ending worksheet was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Students reflect on the ending to the storybook ‘Digger’...

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Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

Colette and Annie Comparison

This Colette and Annie Comparison worksheet was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Students compare the similarities and differences...

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Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

Letter to James

This Letter to James worksheet was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Students step into the shoes of Annie and write a letter to Ja...

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Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

Digger Cloze Comprehension

This Digger Cloze Comprehension worksheet was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Students read and fill in the missing spaces using...

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Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

Digger Sequencing

This Digger Sequencing worksheet was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Students sequence the events in the correct order.

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Resource Year: 1 2 3

Digger Key Vocabulary

This simple class display was created to support the book unit: Digger. It provides a definition of the key vocabulary in the storybook ‘Di...

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Resource Year: 1

Create A Character Assessment

Students apply their knowledge of how narrative characters are developed to create their own character. There are two versions to choose fro...

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Resource Year: 1

Narrative Characters Quiz

The Narrative Characters Quiz requires students to recall and retrieve their knowledge on narrative characters. Simply open the slideshow an...

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Resource Year: 1

Set the Scene

Students apply their knowledge of how images communicate meaning to create their own character and settings.

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Resource Year: 1

Act It Out Character Activity

A fun drama game, where students act out various character traits. This is a great way to teach facial expressions and body language for cha...

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Resource Year: 1

Crazy Character Mad Libs

This hilarious worksheet is sure to bring on the giggles. Students recall their knowledge on adjectives and character traits to create a fun...

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Resource Year: 1

Creating Crazy Characters Game

This hilarious game is sure to bring on the giggles. Students explore how noun groups can create crazy, wacky and wild creatures and charact...

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Resource Year: 1

My Character Scrapbook

This wonderfully engaging Character Scrapbook explores character development in narratives as students make connections between text and ima...

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Resource Year: 1

Pig the Pug Character Trait Sort

This Pig the Pug Character Trait Sort is to be used with the text ‘Pig the Pug’ by Aaron Blabey. Students cut and sort Pig and Trevor’s char...

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Resource Year: F 1

Spin A Character and Setting

A fun and engaging activity for students to explore how words and images can come together to create wild and fantastic characters and setti...

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Resource Year: 1

Character Traits - Student Reference Card

This Character Traits reference card makes the perfect reminder for students to differentiate between physical character traits and personal...

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Resource Year: 1 2

Personality Trait Adjectives Poster

This beautiful classroom reference display provides a list of personality trait adjectives for students to refer to, to describe a character...

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Resource Year: 1

Character Traits Poster

This classroom reference display provides a clear explanation of character traits and the differences between physical and personality trait...

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Resource Year: 1 2

Fairy Tale Story Map

This story map is useful for practising the retell comprehension strategy and understanding that all stories should have characters, a setti...

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Resource Year: F 1 2

Retelling The Three Little Pigs

This retell activity is great for building on oral language and retell comprehension skills for The Three Little Pigs. Use paddle pop sticks...

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