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English Year 4 Literature Literature & Contexts

Recognise similar storylines, ideas and relationships in different contexts in literary texts by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors

Code AC9E4LE01

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31 resources

  • Unit Plan Year: 3 4

    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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  • Unit Plan Year: 4 5 6

    English Unit: Rowan of Rin

    This Rowan of Rin book unit was created around our Upper Primary Hero’s Journey resources, designed to help you with fantasy and Sci-fi book...

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  • Unit Plan Year: 4

    English Unit: Fables

    In this unit, students are introduced to fables as a literary genre, where they learn to read for the moral lesson, in both ancient and mode...

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  • Presentation Year: 4 5 6

    Rowan of Rin Chapter by Chapter

    This Rowan of Rin presentation was created with summaries, questions and activities for every chapter.  It was designed to be a part of our...

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  • Presentation Year: 4 5 6

    The Hero’s Journey - Presentation

    This Presentation introduces your students to the structure of the hero’s story, in a simplified version of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth. You...

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  • Presentation Year: 4

    Learning Lessons in 'The Giving Tree'

    This presentation is an introduction to the Shel Silverstein book ‘The Giving Tree’, and examines that text as a fable, with multiple lesson...

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  • Presentation Year: 4

    Fable - Presentation

    This presentation is the perfect way to introduce your students to fables. It goes through what makes up a fable, how it differs from other...

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  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Rowan of Rin Wordsearch

    This Word Search is the perfect fast finishers activity for your Rowan of Rin book study. It was designed to be a part of our Rowan of Rin...

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  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Rowan of Rin Crossword Puzzle

    This crossword puzzle is the perfect fast finishers activity for your Rowan of Rin book study. It was designed to be a part of our Rowan of...

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  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    A Rowan of Rin Character Profile

    In this worksheet, students create a character profile for one of the secondary characters in the story Rowan of Rin, using evidence from th...

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  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Character Description Swap

    In this worksheet, students write descriptions of a handful of characters from the novel they are reading and then swap them with a friend....

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  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    New Edition

    In this worksheet, students design a new dust jacket for a new edition of the book they are studying in class. They illustrate a favourite s...

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  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Rowan of Rin Rollercoaster

    In this worksheet, students plot the excitement level of the various chapters of the book, revealing how the author has to make choices abou...

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  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Mapping the Quest

    In this worksheet, students try and recreate Rowan’s magic map based on what they remember from the story. It was designed to be a part of...

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  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Rowan of Rin Title Page

    This Rowan of Rin title page is a great way to kick off the unit with a bit of fun.  It was designed to be a part of our Rowan of Rin book...

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  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Hero’s Journey Workbook

    This workbook introduces students to the “hero’s journey” structure of narrative storytelling in a simplified version of Joseph Campbell’s m...

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  • Resource Year: 4

    Fables Rubric

    This is an example of a basic rubric you can use to assess your students’ written fables, based on the criteria for a fable reinforced durin...

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  • Resource Year: 4

    Create Your Own Fable

    This worksheet is designed to be planning or scaffolding for students to be able to write their own version of a classic fable. It is a par...

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  • Resource Year: 4

    Think - Share - Compare - Lessons From ‘The Giving Tree’

    In this worksheet, students try and identify the moral in the story ‘The Giving Tree,' including evidence for their conclusion in the text....

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  • Resource Year: 4

    Giving Tree Word Search

    This is a word search for Shel Silverstein’s story ‘The Giving Tree’, including a key. Look for the words running on the horizontal, vertica...

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  • Resource Year: 4

    Telling the Tale of ‘The Lorax’

    In this worksheet, students write a entry in the Lorax’s journal, recounting one of the events from a day in the story. It is a part of a l...

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  • Resource Year: 4

    Drawing Conclusions in ‘The Lorax’

    In this worksheet, students use their own experience and insights to draw a series of pictures to explain the final message from the story “...

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  • Resource Year: 4

    Making Connections in ‘The Lorax'

    In this worksheet, students look at the story ‘The Lorax’ for connections between actions and consequences. It is a part of a larger fables...

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  • Resource Year: 4

    Lorax Colouring Page

    This is a colouring page inspired by Dr. Seuss’ story ‘The Lorax’. It is a part of a larger fables unit for students, where they learn to r...

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  • Resource Year: 4

    Looking at the Lorax

    In this worksheet, students try and identify some of the lessons that are in the Dr. Seuss story ‘The Lorax’. It is a part of a larger fabl...

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  • Resource Year: 4

    Lorax Word Search

    This is a word search for Dr Seuss’ story ‘The Lorax’, including a key. Look for the words running on the horizontal, vertical, and diagonal...

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  • Resource Year: 4

    I Can Tell You - The Moral of the Story

    This is a comprehension page, which gets students to identify the moral of a fable, using evidence from the text, which they compare with ot...

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  • Resource Year: 4

    A Fable Comic

    In this worksheet, students reframe their favourite fable as a comic book. It is a part of a larger fables unit for students, where they lea...

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  • Resource Year: 4

    Fables Crossword

    This crossword covers a number of the terms and information that will be covered in the Year 4 Fables unit. It is a part of a larger fables...

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  • Resource Year: 4

    Aesop’s Fables Booklet

    After printing this single sheet in duplex (front and back), a single cut and a pair of staples turns it into a mini booklet that can be rea...

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  • Resource Year: 4

    Fable - Student Reference Card

    This student card is designed to be used as a reference for students to the characteristics of fables. It is a part of a larger fables unit...

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