Discuss how authors and illustrators make stories exciting, moving and absorbing and hold readers’ interest by using various techniques, for example character development and plot tension
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This unit is an in-depth look at the Dr. Seuss story ‘The Sneetches’, which includes an analysis of Dr. Seuss’ style, and well as the themes...
This unit is based around the text, Dreaming Soldiers. The text presents a variety of themes that have been addressed throughout the unit’s...
This unit invites students in Years 3-6 to explore how imagery, symbolism and connotation shape meaning in stories. Using Leila and the Blue...
In this presentation, students are asked to think about the larger ethical and philosophical questions that come out of ‘The Sneetches’....
This presentation has been created to be used alongside the reading of ‘Dreaming Soldiers’ by Catherine Bauer. The presentation includes co...
This presentation explores how authors and illustrators make stories engaging by the way they develop character, setting and plot tensions....
Students will examine character descriptions that include appearance and behaviour, understanding how the character's development is eviden...
This worksheet walks you through an activity you can do with your students before reading ‘The Sneetches’, it will help students identify wi...
This worksheet is designed to be a comprehension and reflection sheet for students to complete after reading the story ‘The Sneetches’. T...
In this worksheet, students imagine themselves as a Plain-bellied Sneetch from the Dr Seuss story ‘The Sneetches’, and write a journal entry...
In this worksheet, students imagine themselves as a Plain-bellied Sneetch and must write a persuasive text arguing for or against a suggeste...
In this worksheet, students write a dialogue of friendship between two sneetches who are different. This worksheet is a part of a larger...
In this worksheet, students use their imaginations to create creatures who live near the Sneetches, but don’t let their differences come bet...
In this activity, students rotate around the classroom writing their favourite things about each other their classmates. Encourage your stud...
This is a word-search activity that students from the book ‘The Sneetches’. This worksheet is a part of a larger in-depth look at the Dr....
In this worksheet, students replicate Dr. Suess’ rhyming style to find rhymes to common words, and then create a rhyming couplet. This wo...
In this activity, students use a series of landscape pictures and writing prompts to explore the importance of setting in narrative. Younger...
In this activity, students complete a writing prompt based on one of the set’s character cards. This set is built around fantasy narratives....
This worksheet has been designed as a resource activity, alongside reading the text, Dreaming Soldiers by Catherine Bauer. The activity en...
This worksheet has been designed as a resource activity, alongside reading the text, Dreaming Soldiers by Catherine Bauer. The activity enco...
This worksheet has been designed as a resource activity, alongside reading the text, Dreaming Soldiers by Catherine Bauer. This generic comp...
This worksheet has been designed as a spelling activity, alongside reading the text, Dreaming Soldiers by Catherine Bauer. The activity en...
This worksheet has been designed as a figurative language activity. The worksheet encourages students to match each subject to the human fea...
This worksheet has been designed as a figurative language activity. The worksheet encourages students to choose the most appropriate word to...
This worksheet is a handy comprehension task when learning about First Nations Australians in Service. This can be used in conjunction wit...
This worksheet has been created as part of our Dreaming Soldiers (Catherine Bauer) text unit plan. Students create an acrostic poem for ‘Fo...
This worksheet has been created as part of our Dreaming Soldiers (Catherine Bauer) text unit plan. Students are encouraged to research infor...
This worksheet has been created as part of our Dreaming Soldiers (Catherine Bauer) text unit plan. Students complete the find a word based o...
This worksheet can be used as an end of book study or book review activity where students can demonstrate their understanding of the text. T...
These Text Connection posters provide a clear and easy to understand explanation of the 3 types of text connections. They are a terrific res...
This is a great poster to introduce and reinforce the concept of compound words. Use this in conjunction with the unit and worksheets. Th...
These posters were created to support student learning of Literary Devices and Language Features. They feature a description and a clear exa...
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...
This worksheet encourages students to make connections by finding links between what they read, to self, other texts and the world during th...
This worksheet encourages students to write a postcard home to their families, depicting experiences of war they have learnt about during th...
These student reference cards are fitted two to a page and should be cut in half. They provide students with reference to remind them about...
This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in writing and examining characters in reading. This worksheet provi...
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...
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...
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...
This activity is a great way to encourage discussions about characters in the class stories and novels your class is exploring. A discuss...
Use this activity to help students describe and discuss how authors make the reader care about the decisions of characters and their consequ...
In this activity, students are asked to: Identify the language authors use to create vivid descriptions of settings. Describe and...
Use these to help your students identify the story plot when examining how authors make stories engaging by developing plot tension.
Use these to help your students identify moments of tension when examining how authors make stories engaging by developing plot tension.
Use these to help your students identify moments of tension when examining how authors make stories engaging by developing plot tension.
Have students use this spinner activity to practice asking and answering questions about how authors make stories engaging through their dev...
This 10-question quiz makes a wonderful whole class warmup, review or formative assessment tool to gauge students’ level of understanding ab...
Use this check-in to assess student understanding of the ways in which authors make stories engaging by the way they develop character, sett...
This comprehensive unit helps students examine characters’ settings and plot in texts. The unit contains a presentation, student reference c...
This pack of 32 Fiction Task Cards is designed to deepen students’ comprehension, analysis, and reflection when responding to fiction texts....
This title page introduces the multi-age Year 3–6 unit Just Tricking! – Narrative Writing with Humour. It provides a clear visual overview o...
The Teaching Notes page supports delivery of the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit for Years 3–6. It outlines the lesson sequence, curri...
This set of worksheets helps students examine the book cover and title of 'Just Tricking', encouraging them to make predictions about the pl...
This worksheet set helps students learn about Andy Griffiths (the author) and Terry Denton (the illustrator). Students discover how they wor...
This set supports students to collect and use key words from 'Just Tricking', building a rich word wall that enhances their funny storytelli...
This set teaches students how to break down a narrative into key parts, rewrite scenes in a new style, and plan their own short stories insp...
This worksheet helps students practise rewriting a prank scene from Just Tricking! in a completely different style. It teaches them to spot...
This worksheet guides students to plan and write their own short prank story, following Andy Griffiths’ Just Tricking! style — using clear n...
This worksheet helps students identify and understand different types of humour used in Just Tricking!. Students practise rewriting a passag...
This worksheet helps students identify and analyse different humour techniques in a Just Tricking!-style passage, rewrite it to increase its...
This worksheet helps students explore the main character’s traits in Just Tricking!, compare motivations and choices, and write a diary entr...
These scaffolded narrative planners helps students organise prank stories in the Just Tricking! style. It guides them to plan a clear orient...
This tip sheet guides students through the typical Just Tricking! story format. It breaks down the narrative structure into three clear part...
This worksheet guides students to explore how changing the narrator’s point of view can shift humour and meaning. Students practise rewritin...
This editing checklist helps students revise their prank stories for clarity, pacing, and humour. It guides them to self-assess sentence flo...
These tip sheets explain age-appropriate humour techniques to help students identify, discuss, and use them in their writing. Each chart sho...
This partner checklist supports peer feedback by prompting students to look for clarity, humour, and areas to improve in each other’s storie...
This worksheet helps students practice improving their stories by experimenting with different words and dialogue inspired by the Humour Hac...
This final challenge lets students showcase their learning by creating a sequel, analysing humour style, or designing a comic-strip version...
This final challenge lets students showcase their learning by creating a sequel, analysing humour style, or designing a comic-strip version...
The assessment rubric provides a 5-point scale for evaluating students’ summative tasks in the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. It cov...
This reflection sheet guides students to identify strengths and areas for growth in their writing, provide constructive feedback to peers, a...
These paragraph planners support students to structure clear, engaging paragraphs in prank narratives. They guide sentence order, voice, and...
The Extension Task Cards provide engaging enrichment activities for the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. Each card offers a creative c...
The Suggested Answers booklet provides clear sample responses for all core activities in the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. It offer...
This five-week narrative unit explores Just Tricking! by Andy Griffiths, engaging students in reading, analysing, and writing humorous stori...
This Years 3-6 worksheet guides students to identify and interpret symbolic elements in the short film Migrants. Through visual analysis, me...
This worksheet guides students through the process of creating a symbolic visual storyboard for a new scene inspired by Leila and the Blue F...
These differentiated rubrics support summative assessment of narrative, analytical, or visual interpretation tasks in the unit. Each rubric...
This scaffolded worksheet helps Years 3-6 students identify and interpret symbols in visual and written texts, focusing on Leila and the Blu...
The Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Suggested Answers booklet offers sample responses for all key activities across the unit. These includ...
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