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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

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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4 5 6

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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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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: 4

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4 5 6

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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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Year: 4 5 6

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4

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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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Year: 4 5 6

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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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Year: 4 5 6

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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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Year: 4 5 6

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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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Year: 4 5 6

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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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Year: 4 5 6

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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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Year: 4 5 6

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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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Year: 4 5 6

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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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Year: 4 5 6

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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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Year: 4 5 6

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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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