English Year 4 Literature Creating Literature

Create and edit literary texts by developing storylines, characters and settings

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  • Unit Plan Year: 3 4 5 6

    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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Unit Plan Year: 4

    English Unit: Writing A Narrative

    This ‘Writing a Narrative’ unit is a comprehensive narrative writing guide that will take you through the steps of how to write a well plann...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Presentation Year: 4

    Writing a Narrative - Presentation

    This ‘Writing a Narrative’ presentation is a comprehensive narrative writing guide that will take you through the steps of how to write a we...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Final Reflections

    This reflective resource invites students in Years 3-6 to consolidate their understanding of symbolism and visual storytelling. Designed to...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Colour With Meaning

    These differentiated worksheets explore how colour impacts meaning, mood and symbolism in storytelling. Aligned to Leila and the Blue Fox an...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Creature Clues!

    This worksheet guides students to explore the symbolic meaning of animals in literature and film. Students analyse the role of the fox in Le...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Picture This!

    This worksheet supports students in Years 3-6 to explore how imagery is used in written and visual texts. Using Leila and the Blue Fox and M...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Strong but Silent

    This worksheet helps students analyse visual storytelling in the short film Migrants. Through structured observation, symbolism identificati...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4

    Grading Rubrics - Year 3-4

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4

    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...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4

    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...

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

    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...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    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...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Main Event Reel

    This activity helps students identify key events in Blueback, analyse their influence on the plot, and illustrate each moment. It encourages...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Story Map

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    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....

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

    Character Creator Cards

    In this activity, students complete a writing prompt based on one of the set’s character cards. This set is built around fantasy narratives....

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

    Scenery Cards

    In this activity, students use a series of landscape pictures and writing prompts to explore the importance of setting in narrative. Younger...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 “...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Exciting Starts

    This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with exciting starts in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for using desc...

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4

    Spin A Story

    Spin A Story

  • Resource Year: 4

    Narrative Writing

    Narrative Writing

  • Resource Year: 4

    Narrative Assessment Rubric

    This ‘Narrative Assessment Rubric’ is a comprehensive and Australian Curriculum aligned marking rubric, to be used when assessing a narrativ...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Narrative Writing Task

    This ‘Narrative Writing Task’ lined story writing template can be used in conjunction with the narrative story writing prompts to write a na...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Story Editing Checklist

    This ‘Story Editing Checklist’ is a great tool for practising self-editing skills. Encourage students to use this checklist at the completio...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Exciting Endings

    This ‘Exciting Endings’ worksheet is great for describing the different types of endings that can be used within a narrative, by providing a...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Roll-A-Narrative

    This ‘Roll-A-Narrative’ worksheet is a great writing prompt activity for brainstorming characters, settings and problems within your narrati...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Analyse a Narrative

    This ‘Analyse a Narrative’ worksheet is a great tool for assisting with understanding the structure of a narrative and recognising it within...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Problem Prompt Cards

    These ‘Problem Prompt Cards’ are a great tool for assisting with choosing a ‘problem’ within a story and thinking of a suitable solution. Th...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Setting Planner

    This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with setting the scene. This worksheet provides opportunities to visualise the setting, in orde...

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4

    Imagery: Using Five Senses

    This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with setting the scene and using your five senses, to create imagery for the reader. This works...

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4

    Story Graph Planner

    Use this resource when planning to write a narrative. The planning includes all the necessary resources required to structure and write an e...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Narrative Planning Template

    Use this resource when planning to write a narrative. The planning includes all the necessary resources required to structure and write an e...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Narrative - Student Reference Card

    This ‘Narrative Student Reference Card ‘ is a great resource for students to glue in their book and refer back to when narrative writing. Th...

  • Resource Year: 3 4

    Character Brainstorm

    This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...

  • Resource Year: 3 4

    Character Emotions

    This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...

  • Resource Year: 3 4

    Character Emotions - Reference

    This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...

  • Resource Year: 3 4

    Memorable Characters

    This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...

  • Resource Year: 3 4

    Character Traits

    This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +2

    Narrative Settings

    This set of '35 Narrative Settings' has been developed to allow students to experiment with descriptive words and phrases as they accurately...

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5

    Narrative Characterisation - Middle & Upper

    Students  will examine character descriptions that include appearance and behaviour, understanding how the character's development is eviden...

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

    Narrative Prompt Sheets

    This resource is a remarkable addition to any classroom and assists students in writing narratives. Each page contains words and images to p...

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

    Story Wheels

    These story wheels are designed to assist students in planning narratives, allowing students to spin each wheel to discover the narrative el...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4 +1

    Recount Writing Prompt Sheets

    Eight A4 pages of words with picture prompts to help students learn to write recounts - including Who, What, Where, When, Why, How did you f...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4 +2

    Visual Writing Prompts

    This is a truly terrific class set of A4 visual writing prompts. They are loads of fun and will definitely inspire your students. They are d...

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4 5

    Story Starters - 66 Cards

    These story starters are a lot of fun and will definitely lead to some truly imaginative storylines. They are designed to stimulate the mind...

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