Communicates effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and language forms and features
Communicates effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and language forms and features
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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 Blueback unit provides engaging lessons for Years 3-6, aligned with curriculum codes, focusing on characters, settings, themes, and lan...
This comprehensive and detailed unit plan contains an abundance of resources to support students when learning about formal and informal lan...
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 comprehensive and detailed unit plan contains an abundance of resources to support students when learning about formal and informal lan...
In this unit, students learn to recognise, and interpret multimodal texts while making one of their own.
This unit is designed to get students to plan, rehearse and deliver readers’ theatre presentations to an audience.
This resource provides thought-provoking discussion questions to guide students through an in-depth analysis of the Indigenous Australian st...
This comprehensive presentation has been created to guide students through the use of formal and informal language. The presentation explain...
This Rowan of Rin presentation was created with summaries, questions and activities for every chapter. It was designed to be a part of our...
This presentation is set up in the style of a quiz and contains 15 questions and answers. It provided opportunities for students to consolid...
This comprehensive presentation has been created to guide students through the use of formal and informal language. The presentation explain...
This Presentation introduces your students to the structure of the hero’s story, in a simplified version of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth. You...
In this presentation, students look at the evolution of texts, including the introduction of multimedia. They then work through a series of...
This presentation introduces students to readers’ theatre, and the steps that are involved in making a successful readers’ theatre performan...
This presentation introduces students to biographies, and gets them set up for the biography unit for year 6. This unit was developed to hel...
This presentation is a handy resource to work through with your class during the study and exploration of persuasive texts. The presentation...
A fantastic picture presentation about the Persuasive Advertising Techniques used to persuade consumers to buy products. In this presentatio...
The Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Suggested Answers booklet offers sample responses for all key activities across the unit. These includ...
This reflective resource invites students in Years 3-6 to consolidate their understanding of symbolism and visual storytelling. Designed to...
These reflection worksheets support students in evaluating their symbolic storytelling, film analysis, or visual comparison in the Leila and...
This comprehensive editing toolkit supports Years 3-6 students in polishing their symbolic writing and analytical responses. Whether student...
This flexible task sheet supports students in Years 3-6 to create a visual comparison of symbolism in Leila and the Blue Fox and Migrants. S...
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 set helps students in Years 3-6 compare symbols from Leila and the Blue Fox with those in other texts or films. Through scaff...
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...
The Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants unit title page introduces students to the theme of visual storytelling through rich imagery, symbolis...
This full-colour printable resource displays English achievement standards for Foundation to Year 6, organised by strand and ACARA code. Eac...
This five-week persuasive writing unit explores Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery by Tohby Riddle, guiding students through the analysis of...
The Yahoo Creek Suggested Answers booklet provides model responses for all key activities across the persuasive writing unit. It includes sa...
This reflection-based worksheet helps students explore how arguments shape our understanding of historical narratives. Using real quotes fro...
These reflection worksheets support students in evaluating their persuasive writing or presentation following a summative assessment based o...
These two 5-point grading rubrics are designed to assess persuasive writing for Years 3–6. The Years 3–4 rubric focuses on structure, opinio...
This worksheet set supports students in the final editing phase of their persuasive writing. Focusing on logic (does the reasoning make sens...
This resource builds advanced editing skills in persuasive writing. The editing checklist supports Years 3–6 students to review their drafts...
Designed for Years 5–6, this resource guides students through the full persuasive writing process, from selecting a topic to publishing a fi...
This resource helps students identify and apply three key elements of effective persuasive writing: clarity (clear ideas and language), cohe...
This worksheet set helps Years 5–6 students write structured persuasive paragraphs using the PEEL method—Point, Evidence, Explain and Link....
This poster helps students structure persuasive paragraphs using the PEEL method: Point, Evidence, Explanation and Link. It supports clear,...
This poster helps students build strong persuasive paragraphs using the hamburger method. Each layer of the burger shows what to include: op...
The Teaching Notes page supports implementation of the Yahoo Creek Persuasive Writing Unit for Years 3–6. It outlines the weekly lesson sequ...
The Yahoo Creek unit title page introduces students to the theme of persuasive writing through the lens of historical mystery and storytelli...
This fun and interactive worksheet encourages students to explore different genres and text types by searching the classroom or library for...
This printable letter-writing template invites Year 6 students to reflect on their current interests, goals, and friendships, and write a he...
This five-week narrative unit explores Just Tricking! by Andy Griffiths, engaging students in reading, analysing, and writing humorous stori...
The Suggested Answers booklet provides clear sample responses for all core activities in the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. It offer...
The Extension Task Cards provide engaging enrichment activities for the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. Each card offers a creative c...
These paragraph planners support students to structure clear, engaging paragraphs in prank narratives. They guide sentence order, voice, and...
This reflection sheet guides students to identify strengths and areas for growth in their writing, provide constructive feedback to peers, a...
The assessment rubric provides a 5-point scale for evaluating students’ summative tasks in the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. It cov...
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...
This worksheet helps students practice improving their stories by experimenting with different words and dialogue inspired by the Humour Hac...
This partner checklist supports peer feedback by prompting students to look for clarity, humour, and areas to improve in each other’s storie...
These tip sheets explain age-appropriate humour techniques to help students identify, discuss, and use them in their writing. Each chart sho...
This editing checklist helps students revise their prank stories for clarity, pacing, and humour. It guides them to self-assess sentence flo...
This worksheet guides students to explore how changing the narrator’s point of view can shift humour and meaning. Students practise rewritin...
This tip sheet guides students through the typical Just Tricking! story format. It breaks down the narrative structure into three clear part...
These scaffolded narrative planners helps students organise prank stories in the Just Tricking! style. It guides them to plan a clear orient...
This worksheet helps students explore the main character’s traits in Just Tricking!, compare motivations and choices, and write a diary entr...
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 identify and understand different types of humour used in Just Tricking!. Students practise rewriting a passag...
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 practise rewriting a prank scene from Just Tricking! in a completely different style. It teaches them to spot...
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 set supports students to collect and use key words from 'Just Tricking', building a rich word wall that enhances their funny storytelli...
This worksheet set helps students learn about Andy Griffiths (the author) and Terry Denton (the illustrator). Students discover how they wor...
This set of worksheets helps students examine the book cover and title of 'Just Tricking', encouraging them to make predictions about the pl...
The Teaching Notes page supports delivery of the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit for Years 3–6. It outlines the lesson sequence, curri...
This title page introduces the multi-age Year 3–6 unit Just Tricking! – Narrative Writing with Humour. It provides a clear visual overview o...
This set of colourful and motivational reading bookmarks includes themes such as I Love Reading, My Reading Goal, and Genre Explorer. Ideal...
This full display set includes a bold “Book an Adventure” banner, bunting, and editable PowerPoint letters to create a vibrant classroom or...
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 printable bunting display features the slogan “Book an Adventure” and is perfect for classroom or library decoration during Book Week o...
This Book Week bingo game is designed to deepen upper primary students' engagement with literature through creative and challenging reading...
This classroom-ready debate pack equips students with the tools to organise, structure, and participate in team debates. It includes debate...
This student-friendly worksheet pack supports students in analysing poems through the role of a “Poetry Detective.” Each page prompts close...
This Metalanguage Poster is a visual reference tool that helps upper primary students identify and understand key literary and narrative ter...
This pack of 32 Fiction Task Cards is designed to deepen students’ comprehension, analysis, and reflection when responding to fiction texts....
This resource contains two five-point rubrics to support middle to upper primary teachers in assessing work based on Blueback. The analytica...
This creative task for middle to upper primary students requires students to design a poster representing a theme from Blueback. Using drawi...
This task for middle to upper primary students involves writing an analytical essay on a key theme in Blueback. Students develop critical th...
This resource provides a series of engaging task cards based on Tim Winton’s Blueback. It encourages students to explore themes such as the...
Encourage middle and upper primary students to plan and write a sequel to Blueback, focusing on narrative structure and conservation themes....
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 activity engages students in analysing Tim Winton’s use of figurative language in Blueback, focusing on how similes, metaphors, and ima...
This activity helps students identify key events in Blueback, analyse their influence on the plot, and illustrate each moment. It encourages...
This graphic organiser supports students in exploring Tim Winton’s Blueback by identifying the main characters, setting, storyline, theme, a...
This resource supports teaching Tim Winton’s Blueback and includes a visually engaging title page to introduce the unit and teaching notes....
This interactive speaking activity encourages middle and upper primary students to collaborate in delivering engaging group speeches. Topics...
This interactive board game helps students practise vocal variations, such as pitch, tone, and pace, while reading sentences aloud. It promo...
This worksheet guides middle and upper primary students in rehearsing presentations with a peer and providing meaningful feedback on tone, p...
This resource has been designed to assess students’ understanding of formal and informal use of language. This resource is part of the Degre...
This presentation is set up in the style of a quiz and contains 15 questions and answers. It provided opportunities for students to consolid...
This worksheet presents students with a scenario where they must write two emails demonstrating their understanding of the difference betwee...
In this worksheet, students are given sentences that are written in language that is too informal. Students must use their knowledge of the...
This worksheet asks students to decide on the audience and purpose for 12 scenarios. Once decided, students will record whether formal or in...
This worksheet asks students to sort language; deciding whether the statements have been written in a formal or informal style. This workshe...
This worksheet asks students to sort language; deciding whether it is written in a formal or informal style. This worksheet could be used as...
These student reference cards are fitted two to a page and should be cut in half. They provide students with a reference to assist them when...
This handy set of prompt cards are an ideal resource for partner and group work. A simple and effective way to guide students through group...
This set of posters and prompt cards are an ideal resource for interaction skills, discussions and oral presentations in Years 5 and 6. Incl...
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...
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...
In this worksheet, students create a character profile for one of the secondary characters in the story Rowan of Rin, using evidence from th...
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 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 plot the excitement level of the various chapters of the book, revealing how the author has to make choices abou...
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...
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...
This resource has been designed to assess students’ understanding of the Formal and Informal Language Unit. This resource is part of the For...
This worksheet contains sentences and phrases where students are required to identify whether formal or informal language has been used. Onc...
This worksheet asks students to decide whether the phrases or sentences are written in formal or informal language. Once decided, students a...
This worksheet asks students to decide on the audience and purpose for 12 scenarios. Once decided, students will record whether formal or in...
This worksheet asks students to sort language; deciding whether it is written in a formal or informal style. This worksheet could be used as...
This worksheet asks students to sort language; deciding whether it is written in a formal or informal style. This worksheet could be used as...
These student reference cards are fitted two to a page and should be cut in half. They provide students with a reference to assist them when...
This colourful and detailed set of posters clearly outlines the difference between formal and informal language. It includes some of the mai...
This workbook introduces students to the “hero’s journey” structure of narrative storytelling in a simplified version of Joseph Campbell’s m...
This rubric was created to assess the presentation created by your students and allow you to easily break it down into separate assessable u...
These displays were created to be used as examples of infographics you and your students can use in class. They are a part of a larger unit...
This poster introduces your students to the components common in many infographics, as well as a brief explanation on why infographics are u...
This reference card helps reinforce their learning as a part of a larger unit for Year 5 where students learn to recognise and interpret mul...
This reference card helps reinforce their learning as a part of a larger unit for Year 5 where students learn to recognise and interpret mul...
This readers’ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text by L. Frank Baum. There are many other readers’ theatre scripts available on...
This readers’ theatre piece is an adaption from a traditional Australian Dreamtime story. There are many other readers’ theatre scripts avai...
This readers’ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text from the Grimms' Fairytales. There are many other readers’ theatre scripts a...
This readers’ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text by Rudyard Kipling. There are many other readers’ theatre scripts available...
This readers’ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text by Banjo Paterson. There are many other readers’ theatre scripts available o...
This readers’ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text by Louisa May Alcott. There are many other readers’ theatre scripts availabl...
This readers’ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text by Lewis Carroll. There are many other readers’ theatre scripts available on...
This rubric is an example of a rubric which could be used to assess your students’ readers’ theatre performances. It is designed to look at...
In this worksheet, students reflect on the readers’ theatre performance they have just given. This is not only helpful for them to develop t...
This worksheet is made to help individual students prepare and analyse their part in a readers’ theatre piece. This resource is part of a...
This student card gives your students a few readers’ theatre tips and tricks for them to reference while preparing a readers’ theatre presen...
This worksheet is designed to further scaffold students in biography writing, by prompting their research of a person in preparation for sha...
This collection of Easter activities is a great way of engaging students before the Easter break. This workbook covers a variety of topics f...
This item was created as part of a larger unit on persuasive texts for a year 5 level, but represents only a small fraction of the resources...
Created as a resource request from one of our member teachers, this rubric and self-assessment is designed to be used for any student doing...
Students cut and rearrange examples of persuasive texts to help cement their understanding of the structure of persuasive texts.
This 2 page worksheet is designed to work hand in hand with the first presentation in this unit, and help students better understand the sci...
Our Book Review templates provide the structure needed for students to write detailed and informative reviews of books they have enjoyed. Us...
The Story of Easter is shown here in a simple, easy to understand version suitable for young students.
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 Easter Story Display & Sequencing allows students to discuss the story of Easter, discuss character motivations, the point of the story...
In this Compare and Contrast Game, students are asked to read two words on a card and apply specific language to creatively compare and cont...
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