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English Year 3 Literature Literature & Contexts

Discuss characters, events and settings in different contexts in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators

Code AC9E3LE01

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56 resources

Year: 3 4

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English Unit: Dreaming Soldiers: Book Study

This unit is based around the text, Dreaming Soldiers. The text presents a variety of themes that have been addressed throughout the unit’s...

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Year: 3

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English Unit: Responding to Literature

This unit explores how authors create characters, events and settings in different contexts and their influence on the atmosphere of stories...

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Year: 3 4 5 6

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English Unit: ‘Blueback’ Tim Winton- Novel Study

This Blueback unit provides engaging lessons for Years 3-6, aligned with curriculum codes, focusing on characters, settings, themes, and lan...

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Year: F 1 2 3

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Friendship - Presentation

This ‘Friendship’ presentation is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good friend. Including brainstorming, role-play scenarios and...

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Year: 3

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Responding to Literature - Presentation

A visually engaging presentation, this resource will support the teaching and learning of responding to literature. The presentation begins...

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Year: F 1 2 3 +3

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Easter Story Display & Sequencing

The Easter Story Display & Sequencing allows students to discuss the story of Easter, discuss character motivations, the point of the story...

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Year: F 1 2 3 +3

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The Easter Story in Pictures

The Easter Story in Pictures allows students to discuss the story of Easter, discuss character motivations, the point of the story and use t...

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Year: F 1 2 3 +4

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The Story of Easter - Black & White

The Story of Easter is shown here in a simple, easy to understand version suitable for young students.

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Year: F 1 2 3

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Friendship - Student Reference Card

This student reference card was created as a part of the Friendship unit plan. It can be stuck in their books and referred to throughout th...

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Year: F 1 2 3

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Friendship Wordsearch

This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...

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Year: F 1 2 3

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What Makes You a Good Friend?

This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...

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Year: F 1 2 3

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Friendship Recipe

This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...

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Year: F 1 2 3

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Friend Adjectives

This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...

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Year: F 1 2 3

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New Friend Scavenger Hunt

This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...

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Year: F 1 2 3

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Random Acts of Kindness Calendar

This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...

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Year: F 1 2 3

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Sprinkle Kindness

This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...

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Year: F 1 2 3

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Friendship Venn Diagram

This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...

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Year: F 1 2 3

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How Can I Be a Good Friend?

This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...

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Year: F 1 2 3

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Roll-A-Friend

This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...

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Year: F 1 2 3

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Text-To-Self

This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...

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Year: F 1 2 3

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Friendship Bracelets

This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...

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Year: F 1 2 3

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I Am Charlie Parsley & Pearl Barley

This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...

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Year: F 1 2 3

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Friendship Hero

This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...

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Year: F 1 2 3 +3

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Character Silhouettes

This activity is a great way to motivate your students to examine characters. It can be used with any age of students and can accompany any...

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Year: F 1 2 3 +3

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Unpacking Characters

This activity is a great way to motivate your students to examine characters. It can be used with any age of students and can accompany any...

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Year: F 1 2 3 +3

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Character Trading Cards

This activity is a great way to motivate your students to examine characters. It can be used with any age of students and can accompany any...

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Year: 1 2 3 4

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Text Connections Posters

These Text Connection posters provide a clear and easy to understand explanation of the 3 types of text connections. They are a terrific res...

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Year: 2 3

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Text Connections

This worksheet is a terrific resource that allows your students to demonstrate multiple connections they may have to the same text. Students...

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Year: 1 2 3

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Making Connections Venn Diagrams

These Venn Diagrams are a simple graphic organisers for students to demonstrate connections and differences with a text. There are 3 differe...

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Year: 1 2 3

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Text Connection Paper Chains

These paper chain strips can be used to make a whole class display of the different connection skills. They pair perfectly with the Text Con...

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Year: 3

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Responding to Literature - Student Reference Card

This student reference card is a handy tool for students to refer to when working through the unit ‘Responding to Literature- Year 3’. Pr...

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Year: 3

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Same, Same but Different

Students learn how authors from different parts of the world put their unique twists on the same stories. By exploring different versions of...

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Year: 3

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The Story Remix

A fantastic activity to encourage students to explore different contexts and character portrayals. Students are divided into groups and...

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Year: 3

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Character Comparisons

Students compare the similarities and differences of the portrayal of characters in different stories.

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Year: 3

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Create the Scene

A fantastic way to combine visual arts with literary analysis. Using one of the prompts or a text being explored in class, students identify...

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Year: 3

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Alter the Atmosphere

Students examine a description of a setting and the atmosphere that is created from it. They then rewrite the description to change the mood...

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Year: 3

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Connecting to Characters

Students create an artwork to represent a character with whom they share a personal connection.

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Year: 3

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Responding to Texts

Students read different texts, The Tortoise and the Hare or The Beach, before answering questions that will help them examine the language u...

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Year: 3

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My Thoughts On…

Students create book reviews and share their personal preferences about their favourite texts.

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Year: 3

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Responding to Literature- Quiz

This 10-question quiz makes a wonderful whole class warmup, review or formative assessment tool to gauge students’ level of understanding ab...

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Year: 3

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Responding to Literature- Check In

Use this check-in to assess student understanding of how authors make stories engaging when carefully selecting language to portray characte...

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Year: 3 4 5 6

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Blueback - Title Page and Teaching Notes

This resource supports teaching Tim Winton’s Blueback and includes a visually engaging title page to introduce the unit and teaching notes....

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Year: 3 4

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Characters of the Bay

This worksheet helps students analyse Blueback by Tim Winton, focusing on Dora, Abel, Costello, and Blueback. Students explore each characte...

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Year: 3 4

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Character Question Cards

This resource helps upper primary students explore how Tim Winton uses language to portray characters in Blueback. Guided questions encourag...

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Year: 3 4

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Character Study

This worksheet explores characterisation in Blueback by Tim Winton. It includes text excerpts, questions with increasing difficulty, suggest...

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Year: 3 4 5 6

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Story Map

This graphic organiser supports students in exploring Tim Winton’s Blueback by identifying the main characters, setting, storyline, theme, a...

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Year: 3 4 5 6

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Chart the Plot

This resource helps upper and middle primary students analyse the structure of Tim Winton's Blueback. By breaking down the story's key event...

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Year: 3 4

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Change the Plot

This resource guides upper primary students in exploring Blueback by Tim Winton through imaginative ‘what if’ scenarios. By brainstorming ch...

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Year: 3 4 5 6

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Blueback- Task Cards

This resource provides a series of engaging task cards based on Tim Winton’s Blueback. It encourages students to explore themes such as the...

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Year: 3 4

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Blueback - Writing a Short Story

This resource engages students in writing a short story set in the world of Blueback. With structured planning prompts, students create a na...

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Year: 3 4

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Blueback - Storyboard

This resource tasks students with creating a storyboard inspired by Blueback by Tim Winton. It guides them to develop a simple narrative set...

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Year: 3 4

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Grading Rubrics - Year 3-4

These comprehensive 5-point rubrics evaluate key elements of the Blueback-inspired short story and storyboard, including setting, character...

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Year: P F 1 2 +4

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World Storytelling Day - Classroom Display Banner

A banner celebrating the power of storytelling, encouraging students to engage in creative writing, oral storytelling, and imaginative expre...

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Year: 2 3 4

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Book Week 2025 - Book an Adventure - Banner Display

The Book an Adventure Banner Display is a motivational classroom visual perfect for promoting a love of reading. With a theme that invites s...

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Year: 2 3 4

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Book Week 2025 - Book an Adventure - Class Collaborative Colouring

This collaborative colouring activity provides an exciting, low-prep way to enhance classroom reading corners and literacy displays. The art...

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Year: 2 3 4 5

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Book Tasting Pack

This Book Tasting Pack is a beautifully designed and engaging way to introduce students to a variety of books across genres. Suitable for cl...

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