English Year 5 Literature Creating Literature

Create and edit literary texts, experimenting with figurative language, storylines, characters and settings from texts students have experienced

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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: 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...

  • Unit Plan Year: 5

    English Unit: Similes & Metaphors

    This unit will help your students identify and experiment with similes and metaphors.

  • 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: 5

    Similes & Metaphors - Presentation

    The Similes and Metaphors presentation introduces students to both of these concepts. It includes a definition with examples, as well as a v...

  • 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...

  • Unit Plan Year: 3 4 5 6

    English Unit: Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery by Tohby Riddle

    This five-week persuasive writing unit explores Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery by Tohby Riddle, guiding students through the analysis of...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Figurative and Emotive Vocabulary - Display

    This set of A4 posters vividly illustrates key figurative language devices (simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, idio...

  • Worksheet Year: 5 6

    Grading Rubrics - Year 5-6

    This resource contains two five-point rubrics to support middle to upper primary teachers in assessing work based on Blueback. The analytica...

  • Worksheet Year: 5 6

    Blueback - Representing Themes

    This creative task for middle to upper primary students requires students to design a poster representing a theme from Blueback. Using drawi...

  • Worksheet Year: 5 6

    Blueback - Analytical Essay

    This task for middle to upper primary students involves writing an analytical essay on a key theme in Blueback. Students develop critical th...

  • 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

    Continuing the Story

    Encourage middle and upper primary students to plan and write a sequel to Blueback, focusing on narrative structure and conservation themes....

  • 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: 5 6

    Diving into Different Viewpoints

    Explore perspectives in Blueback with this worksheet for middle primary. Students analyse Abel’s encounter with a shark, answer scaffolded q...

  • Worksheet Year: 5 6

    Diving Deep into Language

    This activity engages students in analysing Tim Winton’s use of figurative language in Blueback, focusing on how similes, metaphors, and ima...

  • 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: 3 4 5 6

    Literary Devices & Language Features - Poster Set

    These posters were created to support student learning of Literary Devices and Language Features. They feature a description and a clear exa...

  • 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: 5

    Assessment Similes & Metaphor

    This worksheet can also be used as an assessment task, to check your students’ understanding of simile and metaphor. It is a part of a large...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Roll-A-Metaphor

    This worksheet is designed to help students with similes and metaphors. It is a part of a larger unit designed to help your students identif...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Roll-A-Simile

    This worksheet is designed to help students with similes and metaphors. It is a part of a larger unit designed to help your students identif...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Mighty Metaphors

    This worksheet is designed to help students with similes and metaphors. It is a part of a larger unit designed to help your students identif...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Similes & Metaphor - Quiz

    This worksheet is designed to help students with similes and metaphors. It is a part of a larger unit designed to help your students identif...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Super Similes

    Unleash the power of figurative language with this engaging resource focused on similes.

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5

    Similes Match Game

    This game is designed to help students with similes and metaphors. It is a part of a larger unit designed to help your students identify and...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Similes & Metaphors - Student Reference Card

    This card is designed to be used as a personal reference for students throughout the year. It is a part of a larger unit designed to help yo...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Figurative Language & Imagery Poster Set

    This set of posters explains how to use figurative language and imagery to enhance description in writing.  

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

    Parts of Poetry - Poster

    Classroom posters highlighting the different parts of poetry, with examples of each poetry element. A great resource to accompany the Year 5...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Take Your Turn - Metaphor, Simile

    Students will differentiate between similes and metaphors in this rotation game. This game has been created in a style that allows for you t...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Take Your Turn - Idiom, Metaphor

    Students will differentiate between idioms and metaphors in this rotation game. This game has been created in a style that allows for you to...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Simile Metaphor Personification Posters

    This set of posters explains the meaning of similes, metaphors and personification and how to use figurative language to make comparisons be...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Poetry Posters

    This set of posters explains the meaning of, and provdies an example of, an ode, anthem, song and shape poem. 

  • Resource Year: 5 6 H

    Similes & Metaphors Bingo

    This bingo game will help students differentiate between similes and metaphors that are used in everyday life. They will match meanings to e...

  • 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: 3 4 5 6

    Poetic Devices Posters

    These posters were created to support student learning of poetic devices. They feature a description and a corresponding example in bright a...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Poetic Devices Match

    This game was created to assist upper primary students in consolidating knowledge of Poetic Devices. It is a group game for up to 5 players...

  • Worksheet Year: 5 6

    Metaphors

    This worksheet explores the power of metaphors as a literary device. Answer sheet included.

  • Worksheet Year: 5 6

    Similes

    This worksheet explains the concept of similes and includes simple exercises to consolidate knowledge. Answer sheet included.

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Poetry Pack

    This poetry pack is a resource that we know will become a huge favourite. It contains a 'how-to' guide on 6 different forms of poetry includ...

  • 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 +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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