Thinks imaginatively, creatively and interpretively about information, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts
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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...
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...
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 ‘Writing a Narrative’ unit is a comprehensive narrative writing guide that will take you through the steps of how to write a well plann...
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 explores how authors create characters, events and settings in different contexts and their influence on the atmosphere of stories...
This Blueback unit provides engaging lessons for Years 3-6, aligned with curriculum codes, focusing on characters, settings, themes, and lan...
This Perspective and Argument Workbook supports K–2 students in exploring perspective and argument through creative, reflective, and text-ba...
This Representation Workbook supports K–2 students in exploring how ideas, people, places, animals, and events are portrayed across differen...
This Character Workbook supports K–2 students in exploring how characters are developed, change and influence stories. Through differentiate...
This unit invites students in Years 3-6 to explore how imagery, symbolism and connotation shape meaning in stories. Using Leila and the Blue...
This ‘Friendship’ presentation is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good friend. Including brainstorming, role-play scenarios and...
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...
This presentation is an introduction to the Shel Silverstein book ‘The Giving Tree’, and examines that text as a fable, with multiple lesson...
This Presentation introduces your students to the structure of the hero’s story, in a simplified version of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth. You...
This Rowan of Rin presentation was created with summaries, questions and activities for every chapter. It was designed to be a part of our...
In this presentation, students are asked to think about the larger ethical and philosophical questions that come out of ‘The Sneetches’....
This ‘Writing a Narrative’ presentation is a comprehensive narrative writing guide that will take you through the steps of how to write a we...
This presentation explores how authors and illustrators make stories engaging by the way they develop character, setting and plot tensions....
A visually engaging presentation, this resource will support the teaching and learning of responding to literature. The presentation begins...
This resource provides thought-provoking discussion questions to guide students through an in-depth analysis of the Indigenous Australian st...
The Easter Story Display & Sequencing allows students to discuss the story of Easter, discuss character motivations, the point of the story...
The Easter Story in Pictures allows students to discuss the story of Easter, discuss character motivations, the point of the story and use t...
The Story of Easter is shown here in a simple, easy to understand version suitable for young students.
This student reference card was created as a part of the Friendship unit plan. It can be stuck in their books and referred to throughout th...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In this worksheet, students look at the story ‘The Lorax’ for connections between actions and consequences. It is a part of a larger fables...
In this worksheet, students use their own experience and insights to draw a series of pictures to explain the final message from the story “...
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...
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...
In this worksheet, students try and identify the moral in the story ‘The Giving Tree,' including evidence for their conclusion in the text....
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...
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...
This workbook introduces students to the “hero’s journey” structure of narrative storytelling in a simplified version of Joseph Campbell’s m...
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...
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...
In this worksheet, students plot the excitement level of the various chapters of the book, revealing how the author has to make choices abou...
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...
In this worksheet, students write descriptions of a handful of characters from the novel they are reading and then swap them with a friend....
In this worksheet, students create a character profile for one of the secondary characters in the story Rowan of Rin, using evidence from th...
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...
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...
Our Book Review templates provide the structure needed for students to write detailed and informative reviews of books they have enjoyed. Us...
Students cut and rearrange examples of persuasive texts to help cement their understanding of the structure of persuasive texts.
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...
Students will examine character descriptions that include appearance and behaviour, understanding how the character's development is eviden...
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....
These story starters are a lot of fun and will definitely lead to some truly imaginative storylines. They are designed to stimulate the mind...
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...
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...
These story wheels are designed to assist students in planning narratives, allowing students to spin each wheel to discover the narrative el...
This resource is a remarkable addition to any classroom and assists students in writing narratives. Each page contains words and images to p...
This set of '35 Narrative Settings' has been developed to allow students to experiment with descriptive words and phrases as they accurately...
This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...
This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...
This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...
This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...
This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...
This ‘Narrative Student Reference Card ‘ is a great resource for students to glue in their book and refer back to when narrative writing. Th...
Use this resource when planning to write a narrative. The planning includes all the necessary resources required to structure and write an e...
Use this resource when planning to write a narrative. The planning includes all the necessary resources required to structure and write an e...
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...
This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with setting the scene. This worksheet provides opportunities to visualise the setting, in orde...
These ‘Problem Prompt Cards’ are a great tool for assisting with choosing a ‘problem’ within a story and thinking of a suitable solution. Th...
This ‘Analyse a Narrative’ worksheet is a great tool for assisting with understanding the structure of a narrative and recognising it within...
This ‘Roll-A-Narrative’ worksheet is a great writing prompt activity for brainstorming characters, settings and problems within your narrati...
This ‘Exciting Endings’ worksheet is great for describing the different types of endings that can be used within a narrative, by providing a...
This ‘Story Editing Checklist’ is a great tool for practising self-editing skills. Encourage students to use this checklist at the completio...
This ‘Narrative Writing Task’ lined story writing template can be used in conjunction with the narrative story writing prompts to write a na...
This ‘Narrative Assessment Rubric’ is a comprehensive and Australian Curriculum aligned marking rubric, to be used when assessing a narrativ...
This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with exciting starts in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for using desc...
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 student reference card is a handy tool for students to refer to when working through the unit ‘Responding to Literature- Year 3’. Pr...
Students learn how authors from different parts of the world put their unique twists on the same stories. By exploring different versions of...
A fantastic activity to encourage students to explore different contexts and character portrayals. Students are divided into groups and...
Students compare the similarities and differences of the portrayal of characters in different stories.
A fantastic way to combine visual arts with literary analysis. Using one of the prompts or a text being explored in class, students identify...
Students examine a description of a setting and the atmosphere that is created from it. They then rewrite the description to change the mood...
Students create an artwork to represent a character with whom they share a personal connection.
Students read different texts, The Tortoise and the Hare or The Beach, before answering questions that will help them examine the language u...
Students create book reviews and share their personal preferences about their favourite texts.
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 how authors make stories engaging when carefully selecting language to portray characte...
This resource supports teaching Tim Winton’s Blueback and includes a visually engaging title page to introduce the unit and teaching notes....
This worksheet helps middle primary students explore how settings influence mood and events in narratives. Using excerpts from Blueback, stu...
This worksheet helps students analyse Blueback by Tim Winton, focusing on Dora, Abel, Costello, and Blueback. Students explore each characte...
This resource helps upper primary students explore how Tim Winton uses language to portray characters in Blueback. Guided questions encourag...
This worksheet explores characterisation in Blueback by Tim Winton. It includes text excerpts, questions with increasing difficulty, suggest...
This graphic organiser supports students in exploring Tim Winton’s Blueback by identifying the main characters, setting, storyline, theme, a...
This activity helps students identify key events in Blueback, analyse their influence on the plot, and illustrate each moment. It encourages...
This engaging worksheet for middle primary focuses on connecting literature to personal experiences. Using Blueback by Tim Winton, students...
This resource helps upper and middle primary students analyse the structure of Tim Winton's Blueback. By breaking down the story's key event...
This resource guides upper primary students in exploring Blueback by Tim Winton through imaginative ‘what if’ scenarios. By brainstorming ch...
This resource provides a series of engaging task cards based on Tim Winton’s Blueback. It encourages students to explore themes such as the...
This resource engages students in writing a short story set in the world of Blueback. With structured planning prompts, students create a na...
This resource tasks students with creating a storyboard inspired by Blueback by Tim Winton. It guides them to develop a simple narrative set...
These comprehensive 5-point rubrics evaluate key elements of the Blueback-inspired short story and storyboard, including setting, character...
A banner to support classroom discussions around National Sorry Day, recognising the Stolen Generations and fostering awareness about reconc...
A banner celebrating the power of storytelling, encouraging students to engage in creative writing, oral storytelling, and imaginative expre...
The Book an Adventure Banner Display is a motivational classroom visual perfect for promoting a love of reading. With a theme that invites s...
This collaborative colouring activity provides an exciting, low-prep way to enhance classroom reading corners and literacy displays. The art...
This Book Tasting Pack is a beautifully designed and engaging way to introduce students to a variety of books across genres. Suitable for cl...
This pack of 32 Fiction Task Cards is designed to deepen students’ comprehension, analysis, and reflection when responding to fiction texts....
Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Character Workbook.
This resource provides a brief overview and teaching notes for using the K-2 Multi-Age Character Workbook.
This student-friendly worksheet pack supports students in analysing poems through the role of a “Poetry Detective.” Each page prompts close...
This engaging Book Week bingo resource encourages middle primary students to explore a wide range of reading experiences in a fun and intera...
This printable bunting display features the slogan “Book an Adventure” and is perfect for classroom or library decoration during Book Week o...
This bold and eye-catching classroom banner displays the slogan “Book an Adventure” and is ideal for Book Week celebrations or setting up a...
This full display set includes a bold “Book an Adventure” banner, bunting, and editable PowerPoint letters to create a vibrant classroom or...
This set of colourful and motivational reading bookmarks includes themes such as I Love Reading, My Reading Goal, and Genre Explorer. Ideal...
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 fun and interactive worksheet encourages students to explore different genres and text types by searching the classroom or library for...
The Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants unit title page introduces students to the theme of visual storytelling through rich imagery, symbolis...
The Teaching Notes page supports the implementation of the Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Imagery and Symbolism Unit for Years 3-6. It ou...
This worksheet set helps students in Years 3-6 compare symbols from Leila and the Blue Fox with those in other texts or films. Through scaff...
This worksheet helps students analyse visual storytelling in the short film Migrants. Through structured observation, symbolism identificati...
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...
This worksheet guides students to explore the symbolic meaning of animals in literature and film. Students analyse the role of the fox in Le...
These differentiated worksheets explore how colour impacts meaning, mood and symbolism in storytelling. Aligned to Leila and the Blue Fox an...
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 reflective resource invites students in Years 3-6 to consolidate their understanding of symbolism and visual storytelling. Designed to...
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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