Uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies
Uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies
365 resources
This unit plan has been created to support your students when learning about persuasive texts. The unit completes with class displays, stude...
This unit will help your students identify and experiment with similes and metaphors.
This Rowan of Rin book unit was created around our Upper Primary Heroβs Journey resources, designed to help you with fantasy and Sci-fi book...
This unit was designed to help students identify and explain how images can be used in a variety of texts to contribute to our understanding...
This unit on information reports was written to enhance studentsβ understanding and abilities in researching and writing information reports...
In this unit, students learn to recognise, and interpret multimodal texts while making one of their own.
This biography unit was developed to help students research interesting people while learning about the form of biography, and information r...
This unit plan has been created to support your students when exploring how textsΒ can be made cohesive by using the starting point of aΒ sent...
This unit plan has been created to support your students when exploring and writing narrative texts. The unit comes with class displays, stu...
This comprehensive unit takes students through the purpose, structure and features of the different text types. The unit begins with a prese...
Explore how texts, including media, represent ideas and events, reflecting their context with this comprehensive unit. It includes an engagi...
Enhance students' summarising skills with our comprehensive unit plan. Includes posters, a student reference card, worksheets, a quiz, and a...
This comprehensive unit plan teaches students skimming and scanning techniques, using subject and technical vocabulary to navigate unfamilia...
Enhance students' questioning skills with our comprehensive unit plan, featuring posters, a student reference card, worksheets, a quiz, and...
This unit is designed to help Year 5 students develop comprehension, through the skill of visualising. Students will create mental images, o...
This comprehensive unit plan for Year 5 focuses on teaching comprehension strategies, including predicting, to build literal and inferred me...
This comprehensive unit plan supports Year 5 students in using the comprehension strategy, making connections, to build literal and inferred...
This comprehensive unit plan for Year 5 focuses on teaching comprehension strategies, including monitoring, to build literal and inferred me...
This Blueback unit provides engaging lessons for Years 3-6, aligned with curriculum codes, focusing on characters, settings, themes, and lan...
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 presentation is a handy resource to work through with your class during the study and exploration of persuasive texts. The presentation...
The Similes and Metaphors presentation introduces students to both of these concepts. It includes a definition with examples, as well as a v...
This Presentation introduces your students to the structure of the heroβs story, in a simplified version of Joseph Campbellβs monomyth. You...
This Rowan of Rin presentation was created with summaries, questions and activities for every chapter.Β It was designed to be a part of our...
This presentation is a great resource for teachers to use when introducing the reading strategy of making inferences. The presentation is pr...
This presentation is designed to explain the key concepts of the unit to students. It is part of a larger unit designed to help students ide...
This presentation is designed to help later years primary students develop their writing skills for information texts. It is part of a la...
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 biographies, and gets them set up for the biography unit for year 6. This unit was developed to hel...
This presentation is a copy of Prime Minister Paul Keating's historic 'Redfern Park Speech'. As one of more significant pieces of public spe...
This presentation is a handy resource to work through with your class when exploring how textsΒ can be made cohesive by using the starting po...
This presentation is a handy resource to work through with your class when exploring narrative texts. The presentation guides you through th...
This presentation demonstrates the different text types, including their purpose, structure and features.Β Β
Explore the fascinating world of media texts with this visually engaging presentation! Designed for teachers, it delves into how media texts...
This visually engaging presentation teaches students how to navigate and read texts for specific purposes. It covers skimming, scanning, and...
This visually engaging presentation guides students on the importance of questioning before, during, and after reading. It explores the Ques...
This presentation resource introduces Year 5 students to the concept of visualising in reading comprehension. It includes engaging slides wi...
This resource introduces predicting as a reading strategy for upper primary. It includes clear explanations, fiction and non-fiction example...
This resource helps upper primary students develop comprehension skills by making deep connections (text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-...
This resource introduces monitoring comprehension through interactive strategies, including visual analysis, group activities, and anchor ch...
Students cut and rearrange examples of persuasive texts to help cement their understanding of the structure of persuasive texts.
This set of Genre Paragraph Writing - Posters was created to demonstrate how to write a paragraph in a variety of different text types. Thes...
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...
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...
These posters were created to support student learning of poetic devices. They feature a description and a corresponding example in bright a...
This bingo game will help students differentiate between similes and metaphorsΒ that are used in everyday life. They will match meanings to e...
This set of posters explains the meaning of, and provdies an example of, an ode, anthem, song and shape poem.Β
This set of posters explains the meaning of similes, metaphors and personification and how to use figurative language to make comparisons be...
Students will differentiate between idioms and metaphors in this rotation game. This game has been created in a style that allows for you to...
Students will differentiate between similes and metaphors in this rotation game. This game has been created in a style that allows for you t...
This worksheet explains the concept of similes and includes simple exercises to consolidate knowledge. Answer sheet included.
This worksheet explores the power of metaphors as a literary device. Answer sheet included.
Classroom posters highlighting the different parts of poetry, with examples of each poetry element. A great resourceΒ to accompany the Year 5...
This set of posters explains how to use figurative language and imagery to enhance description in writing. Β
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...
This gameΒ 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 is designed to help students with similes and metaphors. It is a part of a larger unit designed to help your students identif...
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...
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...
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...
This worksheet can also be used as an assessment task, to check your studentsβ understanding of simile and metaphor. It is a part of a large...
This workbook introduces students to the βheroβs journeyβ structure of narrative storytelling in a simplified version of Joseph Campbellβs m...
This Rowan of Rin title page is a great way to kick off the unit with a bit of fun.Β It was designed to be a part of our Rowan of Rin book...
In this worksheet, students try and recreate Rowanβs 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...
These posters were created to support student learning of Literary Devices and Language Features. They feature a description and a clear exa...
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...
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 classroomΒ and assists students in writing narratives. Each page contains words and images to p...
Students Β will examine character descriptions that include appearance and behaviour, understanding how the character's development is eviden...
This set of '35 Narrative Settings' hasΒ been developed to allow students to experiment with descriptive words and phrases as they accurately...
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 setβs character cards. This set is built around fantasy narratives....
Reciprocal Reading Cards are a fantastic prompt for students as they work their way through this highly valuable process. Using the cards, e...
This set of Reciprocal Reading Charts creates a great to display to work through prior to beginning the Reciprocal Reading group process. Pr...
This flowchart clearly explains the Reciprocal Reading Process. Provide each reading group with a copy of this chart and they will always kn...
This worksheet is a combination of a science lesson and a reading comprehension activity. Students read a short description of how animals u...
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...
Encourage and incentivise student reading with these colourful Reading Milestone Certificates. To support classroom or homework reading p...
Each activity is individually numbered and linked to Howard Gardner's 8 Multiple Intelligences. They are suited to ANY STORY and ALL YEAR LE...
These story prompt dice are designed to provide quick and easy prompts for students who struggle to find the right idea when writing narrati...
The 'Super 6 Comprehension Strategies' classroom display includes the following strategies: Predict Make Connections Visualise Questio...
The 'Easter Cloze Activity - Middle & Upper Primary' activityΒ is suitable for YearΒ 3Β -6 students. It tells the Easter Story in simple, easy...
Students will understand how to use literal, evaluative and inferential comprehension skillsΒ to understand what they are reading. Β
Students will use technology to research the questions provided on their given card.Β
This set of 'Animal Reading Strategy Charts' was designed to help students identify the correct comprehension strategies to use to build lit...
When summarising a narrative (or story), follow these simple steps to ensureΒ you have an accurate and appropriatelyΒ detailed summary.Β
The 'Close Readers Poster' poster is designed to inform students about the habits of successful readers.
Students will roll dice to select comprehension questions to answer on various fiction or non-fiction texts they have read.Β
Students will roll dice to select comprehension questions to answer on various fiction or non-fiction texts they have read.Β
This worksheet is designed to get students to contrast and compare books theyβve read with their filmed counterparts. Students not only revi...
Spend the 12 days of Christmas encouraging creative, playful and immersive learning with your students. This variety of activities ranges fr...
This research resource provides students with a series of questions to guide them during their research of John Simpson Kirkpatrick. Student...
This poster was designed to provide students with an explanation of what it means to infer meaning when reading and how to make inferences....
These student reference cards are designed two to a page and can be glued into studentβs books as a reference. They provide students with an...
This worksheet has been designed to assist students to make accurate inferences when reading texts. The worksheet provides sentence starters...
This useful worksheet has been designed to assist students to make accurate inferences when reading texts. The two page worksheet, contains...
This worksheet has been designed to assist students to make accurate inferences when reading texts. The two page worksheet includes two fict...
This worksheet has been designed to assist students to make accurate inferences when reading texts. The two page worksheet includes two non-...
These useful task cards have been designed to support students to make inferences using visual texts. The questions are prompts, to assist s...
This worksheet has been designed as an assessment tool Β at the completion of the Making Inferences Unit. The assessment includes a visual fo...
This resource can be used to show recognition to students who have been learning to make inferences and become reading βdetectivesβ. These c...
Students are able to complete their mould growth experiment, recording their final observations, and answering questions.
This worksheet lets them compare their plant experimentβs measurements with the control group, as well as the other plants so that they can...
This student reference card was created as a part of the Images in Texts unit plan. Β It can be stuck in their books and referred to througho...
This worksheet was designed to show students how tables are often used in texts, in this case a newspaper article. It is part of a larger un...
In this worksheet, students choose a chart and use its information to write a persuasive text around it They can cut out the chart and glue...
In this worksheet, students learn how flowcharts work by cutting and pasting their own simple set of instructions. This worksheet is part of...
In this worksheet, students label illustrations of familiar subjects, and then draw their own illustration to label. This worksheet is part...
In this worksheet, students use logic to sequence illustrated instructions like those from familiar flatpack stores. This worksheet is part...
In this worksheet, draw a map illustrating a journey or world they know from stories and fairytales. This worksheet is part of a larger unit...
Created by request, the Handwriting Lines 3 - with Cats provides a visual handwriting prompt and guide to students when writing.
Everyone has been waiting eagerly for the Text Type Charts to arrive. These charts include all the writing conventions for six of the most c...
Students will understand the structure of a short story, the features and develop an understanding of the function of each of the elements....
This card is meant to serve as an individual reference for students to use while writing information reports. It is part of a larger unit...
This worksheet can help students develop their abilities sorting facts from opinions. It is part of a larger unit on information reports...
In this worksheet, students work through series of brain storming steps to help them choose a topic that theyβre not only interested in, but...
In this worksheet, students are forced to come up with some specific search criteria to use online to reduce the amount of time wasted while...
In this worksheet, students lay out the facts they discover during their research into categories to help them sort it later for draft writi...
This worksheet is an information report planning template to help scaffold your students as they write their reports. It is part of a lar...
This worksheet helps scaffold students as they lay out an information report paragraph. It is part of a larger unit on information report...
These bookmarks, directly tied to the suggested unit rubric, can be given to students as they work on their information report to help them...
This is an example of a rubric which could be used to assess information reports for Year 6. It is part of a larger unit on information r...
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 poster introduces your students to the components common in many infographics, as well as a brief explanation on why infographics are 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 rubric was created to assess the presentation created by your students and allow you to easily break it down into separate assessable u...
This mini book creates an understanding of the meaning of Harmony Day celebrations.Β
This reading comprehension activity has students complete a short reading on the reproductive rates of different living things so students c...
This student reference card was created as a part of the Biography unit plan. Β It can be stuck in their books and referred to throughout the...
This poster suggests a number of diverseΒ biography subjects for your students to reserach and write on. The posterΒ is a part of a larger uni...
This is a biography of primatologist and environmentalist Jane Goodall. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students...
This comprehension activity is written to work together with the Jane Goodall Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to...
This worksheet is designed to get students interested in researching and writing biographies, by finding a subject who shares their birthday...
This is a biography of Fred Hollows, a prominent Australian and New Zealand eye surgeon and humanitarian. This Biography is part of a larger...
This is a biography of Australian Olympic champion Cathy Freeman. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students resea...
This extension activity is written to work together with the Cathy Freeman Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to hel...
This is a biography of Australian Cricketer Donald Bradman. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students research in...
This extension activity is written to work together with the Roald Dahl Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to help s...
This is a biography of Australian researcher, Ian Frazer. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students research inte...
This worksheet is designed to further scaffold students in biography writing, by prompting their research of a person in preparation for sha...
This is a biography of the legendary Australian racehorse, Phar Lap. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students re...
This is a biography of Australian Aboriginal civil-rights leaders. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students rese...
This extension activity is written to work together with the Bellear Brothers Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to...
While students begin to research their biography subject, this dice rolling activity will help them see their subjects in a different light....
This is a great activity for your students to consolidate their understanding of persuasive language. It has been created as part of our Per...
This persuasive text is the perfect addition to your classroom resources when learning about the structure, language and devices of persuasi...
This is a great activity to support your students when writing persuasive paragraphs using the TEEL or PEEL method. Students choose one of t...
Hand out these useful reference cards to your students when exploring common literary devices. Students can glue this into their workbooks f...
A handy worksheet to help your students consolidate their understanding of how texts can be made cohesive by using the starting point of a s...
Use this worksheet to encourage students to improve their persuasive writing by integrating text connectives into their writing. Students wi...
A handy worksheet to help your students consolidate their understanding of how texts can be made cohesive by using the starting point of a s...
A handy assessment you can use when exploring how texts can be made cohesive by using the starting point of a sentence or paragraph to give...
Hand out these useful reference cards to your students when exploring the structure of a narrative. Students can glue this into their workbo...
Display this handy resource when exploring the structure of narrative texts. A fantastic visual display for your students.Β Β
A great resource for your students to essentially plan out a narrative. Students are encouraged to brainstorm their ideas on this page accor...
A great worksheet when exploring how to start a narrative off with a βsizzleβ. These two worksheets include 4 story starters, encouraging st...
A handy display Β to encourage students to refer to when developing characters in storytelling. The acronym encourages students to build a βr...
This template has been created for students to construct a narrative text. The second page has space for peer and teacher feedback. Perfect...
This display provides a visual prompt for students when identifying the difference between factual and fictions texts. Enlarge to A3 and...
This display provides a visual prompt for students when identifying the purpose, text types and features of the three texts types. Β
This display provides a visual prompt for students when identifying the structure of informative texts. Enlarge to A3 and laminate for mu...
This display provides a visual prompt for students when identifying the structure of narrative texts. Enlarge to A3 and laminate for mult...
Help Pat identify the three purposes of texts, their definitions and matching text types by cutting out and correctly assembling the puzzle...
Solve the riddle by identifying the purpose of the different text types.
Looking for a super fun way to reinforce Text Structure with your students? Students cut and paste the descriptions of the structure of a...
Looking for a super fun way to reinforce Text Structure with your students? Students will read each description or example, identify the...
Have students consolidate their knowledge of text purpose, structure and features by identifying and organising the structure of this text....
Use this fun resource to encourage students to match their style of writing to the intended purpose. Β
Use these quick check ins to assess student understanding of the purpose, structure and features of different texts types. Β
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 display provides a visual prompt for students when learning about text types and genres.Enlarge to A3 and laminate for multiple uses.Β
Solve the joke by identifying the purpose of the different text types. Β
Use these texts to help students identify the different features of the three text types- persuasive, informative and imaginative. Β
Use this fun resource to encourage students to match their style of writing to the intended structure. Β
These hilarious scenario cards will have students creating some weird and wacky ways to convince you to buy their product. Students work...
This 10-question quiz makes a wonderful whole class warmup, review or formative assessment tool to gauge studentsβ level of understanding on...
Use these quick check-ins to assess student understanding of the purpose, structure and features of different text types. Β
Unleash the power of figurative language with this engaging resource focused on similes.
Equip your students with this handy reference card. It will aid their understanding of examining texts, including media texts, to identify h...
Explore news articles about plastic from the past and present with these worksheets. Paired with thought-provoking questions, this resource...
Explore how advertisements reflect their times with these worksheets! Students compare products from different eras, analysing how technolog...
This worksheet guides students in comparing two advertisements from different eras. It helps them identify changes over time and understand...
This poster showcases a vintage cereal advertisement, providing a visual aid for students and sparking discussions about the evolution of ad...
Explore how advertising for a cereal product has evolved to reflect changing consumer values. The Cocoa Crunch poster delves into a present-...
Explore the evolution of advertising with your students using these worksheets! Designed to accompany 'Speedsters Advertisements: Old and Ne...
This poster is a visual representation of advertising techniques used in the 1960s for a toy car. Designed to accompany the 'Comparing Adver...
Explore the evolution of advertising with this captivating poster! Designed for use alongside the 'Comparing Advertisements' activity, this...
Roll and Respond- Texts Over Time is a dynamic resource for analysing texts, including media texts, to discern how they represent ideas and...
This set of question cards is an essential tool for exploring texts, including media texts, to uncover how they represent ideas and events a...
This quiz contains 10 questions exploring how media texts represent ideas and events, reflecting their context. Ideal for whole-class warm-u...
Assessment rubric for monitoring students' understanding of examining texts, including media texts, that represent ideas and events, and ide...
Explore news reports from different times with these worksheets, ideal for reflecting on how media texts represent ideas and events in conte...
Evaluate students' proficiency in analysing texts, including media, to discern how they represent ideas and events, reflecting their context...
Enhance your persuasive writing unit with our Rhetoric Devices posters! This set includes clear explanations, examples, and reasons for usin...
Enhance reading comprehension with these versatile question cards, suitable for any book. With 24 thought-provoking questions, students enga...
This set of Reciprocal Reading Cards provides a valuable student reference for the Reciprocal Reading Roles, including Director, Predictor,...
This set of Reciprocal Reading Charts creates a great display to work through before starting the Reciprocal Reading group process. The set...
Equip your students with this handy reference card on summarising. Print and paste it into their English books to provide a quick and easy t...
This set of graphic organisers supports the comprehension reading strategy of summarising. It includes various organisers to help students r...
This worksheet helps students learn about key words and their role in summarising. Using a text about whale sharks, students identify key wo...
This set of worksheets provides a structured, engaging way for students to practice note-taking and summarising, focusing on the causes of t...
This set of worksheets will help you guide your students in summarising nonfiction texts. Each worksheet provides a text and prompts student...
This series of worksheets helps students read a text about weathering and erosion, use graphic organisers to identify key features and summa...
These spinners are the perfect addition to the Summarising comprehension unit as they allow students to verbally discuss and summarise the k...
Enhance students' summarising skills with this engaging literacy activity, perfect for literacy rotations, fast finishers, or extensions. Af...
Assess students' summarising skills with this comprehensive 10-question quiz. Explore the purpose and essential skills of summarising, concl...
This two-page assessment evaluates students' summarising skills as a comprehension strategy, focusing on identifying key words and main idea...
This 5-point assessment rubric supports the unit of work on summarising. It aligns with activities, worksheets, and assessments in the unit,...
A set of vibrant posters designed to support Year 5 students in monitoring comprehension. Includes skimming, scanning, and clarifying techni...
Equip your students with this handy reference card, ideal for guiding them through navigating and reading texts for specific purposes. Featu...
This newsletter, designed to complement βIntroduction to Skimmingβ and βIntroduction to Scanningβ, provides a familiar resource for students...
This worksheet introduces your students to the fast-reading technique of skimming. It explains skimming, provides clear steps, and offers pr...
This resource offers students a fun and interactive way to practise skimming techniques using scavenger hunts across various texts, includin...
This worksheet introduces students to the scanning technique, explaining its purpose and how to apply it. Paired with the βTeach This Newsle...
This worksheet allows students to practise their scanning skills by finding key information about popular singers, including Ed Sheeran, Emi...
This engaging reading resource introduces students to solids, liquids, and gases, highlighting their observable properties and the arrangeme...
This worksheet, alongside the States of Matter Stimulus Sheet, challenges students to apply skimming, scanning, and confirming meaning strat...
This 10-question quiz helps students navigate and read texts for specific purposes, using skimming, scanning, and confirming strategies. Ide...
This assessment evaluates students' ability to navigate and read texts for specific purposes, using skimming, scanning, and confirming meani...
This 5-point assessment rubric evaluates students' abilities to navigate and read texts for specific purposes, employing strategies such as...
This series of posters outlines the Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) and clearly explains the four question types. Perfect for classroom d...
Equip your students with this handy reference card on questioning. Print and paste it into their English books to provide a quick and easy t...
These graphic organisers support the reading comprehension strategy of questioning, guiding students to ask questions before, during, and af...
This worksheet helps students use the Question Answer Response model to develop a deeper understanding of fictional texts, encouraging them...
These worksheets guide students through reading a nonfiction text about cyclones and creating and answering thick (inferential) and thin (li...
This educational worksheet on cyclones offers comprehensive reading material perfect for literacy groups or rotations. Designed to deepen un...
This worksheet helps students classify questions based on the QAR model and apply strategies to find answers. It reinforces comprehension sk...
This worksheet introduces the Put the Question in the Answer (PQA) strategy, helping students respond to questions with detailed and descrip...
This International Space Station (ISS) worksheet is ideal for reading groups or literacy rotations. It includes engaging questions designed...
This engaging activity is perfect for literacy rotations, fast finishers, or as an extension. Students use a paper clip and pencil to spin u...
This engaging activity is perfect for literacy rotations, fast finishers, or as an extension task. Students use a dice to roll a question st...
Assess students' questioning skills with this 10-question quiz. Ideal for whole-class warm-ups, reviews, or formative assessments, it evalua...
This assessment helps students demonstrate their understanding of a text by answering a variety of question types. It gauges comprehension f...
This 5-point assessment rubric uses comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to evaluate information and ideas. Studen...
This resource provides a concise student reference card on visualising, designed for Year 5 students. It explains the concept, highlights it...
This resource provides teachers with a set of graphic organisers designed to support visualising as a reading comprehension strategy. Activi...
This resource introduces visualising as a comprehension strategy, guiding students to create mental images using their senses. It includes a...
This resource features discussion questions and answers based on a descriptive passage about a vase and flowers. It encourages students to e...
These fun and engaging activities encourage students to listen carefully and visualise as they draw a mystery creature based on descriptive...
This worksheet helps students practise making inferences based on visualisation. It includes three short passages where students use context...
These differentiated worksheets help students visualise and transform non-fiction texts into diagrams. It includes three versions: the water...
Our βVisualise & Draw Relayβ is designed to help students build literal meaning through visualisation. It includes instructions for team-bas...
Use the βDonβt Say It!β Visualising Card Game to engage students in practising visualising skills and reading comprehension. Players describ...
This resource contains a 10-question quiz designed for Year 5 students, focusing on using visualising to build literal and inferred meaning...
This assessment task encourages students to engage with the text actively through visualisation. By creating a mental image and reflecting o...
This rubric assesses students' ability to use comprehension strategies like visualising to build literal and inferred meaning and evaluate i...
This reference card introduces students to predicting strategies in reading. It includes a clear definition, steps for predicting before and...
This set of graphic organisers supports students in making predictions during reading. It includes tools like Prediction Pathways, Pause and...
This engaging worksheet encourages students to predict logical outcomes for short, everyday scenarios, fostering critical thinking and creat...
Students will read character profiles, which include key traits and past decisions, and predict how these characters might respond in variou...
This resource includes differentiated reading comprehension worksheets focusing on key historical figures and their impact on Australia's co...
Prediction Paths is an engaging board game that reinforces comprehension skills through interactive prediction exercises. Students move forw...
Engage students in practising prediction skills with βPrediction Picturesβ. Use the picture cards for a class competition or as an independe...
This resource provides a quiz for middle primary students, combining a variety of questions types about the comprehension strategy of predic...
This assessment on predicting includes an anticipation guide, comprehension questions, and a reflection task. Students use text evidence and...
This assessment resource guides upper primary students in using prediction strategies to build literal and inferred meaning. It includes an...
This resource card supports students in making connections while reading. It outlines three types of connectionsβText-to-Self, Text-to-Text,...
Use this comprehensive set of graphic organisers to enhance reading comprehension by helping students make connections. Includes Connection...
This resource helps middle and upper primary students deepen their reading comprehension by making meaningful connections with texts. It inc...
This resource explores Bennelong's role as a cultural mediator between First Nations Australians and early English settlers. It includes a n...
Engage middle primary students with this interactive reading comprehension activity. Featuring a poem, scaffolded questions, and a graphic o...
Engage middle and upper primary students in making meaningful connections with this board game. Featuring 36 diverse text passages, a gamebo...
If you are looking for a fun, versatile resource to introduce making connections to your class, then this is the one for you. This resource...
This quiz for middle primary students assesses comprehension skills using connection strategies (text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-world)....
This assessment features a fictional narrative about a family during a cyclone. Students apply comprehension strategies to make connections...
This 5-point rubric evaluates studentsβ ability to make connections (self, texts, world) and build literal and inferred meaning. It offers c...
This student reference card supports middle primary learners in monitoring and clarifying their reading comprehension. It outlines key strat...
This close reading annotation reference sheet provides simple symbols for students to use while reading, helping them to βink their thinking...
This set of graphic organisers supports students in monitoring comprehension. Tools like 3-2-1 Check-In, Challenge and Conquer, SQ3R, and Th...
This worksheet helps upper primary students practise monitoring comprehension. Using a text on environmental issues, students identify chall...
This resource helps upper primary students develop comprehension monitoring skills by identifying and addressing reading difficulties. It in...
This resource offers differentiated reading texts that examine the economic, political, and social causes of British colonisation in Austral...
This interactive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the βComprehension Detectiveβ game, where they work in teams to solve compr...
These worksheets provide a set of comprehension passages, both fictional and non-fictional, accompanied by questions that encourage the use...
This resource provides a 10-question quiz to assess students' understanding of comprehension strategies, focusing on monitoring. It includes...
This engaging assessment task uses short-answer questions, based on a text, to develop student ability to monitor comprehension by questioni...
This 5-point marking rubric assesses studentsβ ability to monitor comprehension and build literal and inferred meaning to evaluate informati...
This resource supports teaching Tim Wintonβs Blueback and includes a visually engaging title page to introduce the unit and teaching notes....
This graphic organiser supports students in exploring Tim Wintonβs 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 activity engages students in analysing Tim Wintonβs use of figurative language in Blueback, focusing on how similes, metaphors, and ima...
Explore perspectives in Blueback with this worksheet for middle primary. Students analyse Abelβs encounter with a shark, answer scaffolded q...
This resource helps upper and middle primary students analyse the structure of Tim Winton's Blueback. By breaking down the story's key event...
Encourage middle and upper primary students to plan and write a sequel to Blueback, focusing on narrative structure and conservation themes....
This resource provides a series of engaging task cards based on Tim Wintonβs Blueback. It encourages students to explore themes such as the...
This task for middle to upper primary students involves writing an analytical essay on a key theme in Blueback. Students develop critical th...
This creative task for middle to upper primary students requires students to design a poster representing a theme from Blueback. Using drawi...
This resource contains two five-point rubrics to support middle to upper primary teachers in assessing work based on Blueback. The analytica...
This poster provides a clear and concise guide to antonyms, helping students understand how words with opposite meanings function in languag...
This poster provides a clear and concise guide to synonyms, helping students understand how words that means precisely or nearly the same as...
This set of A4 posters vividly illustrates key figurative language devices (simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, idio...
The Punctuation Cards β Upper Primary set includes 10 double-sided sentence correction cards designed to strengthen students' editing and pr...
This 32-card task card set helps students explore, analyse, and respond to non-fiction texts in a flexible and engaging way. Students practi...
This interactive Reading Comprehension Dice & Template Pack is designed to guide students through Before, During, and After Reading strategi...
This classroom-ready debate pack equips students with the tools to organise, structure, and participate in team debates. It includes debate...
This title page introduces the multi-age Year 3β6 unit Just Tricking! β 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 3β6. 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 Griffithsβ Just Tricking! style β 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 characterβs 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 narratorβs 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 otherβs 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 studentsβ 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...
The Yahoo Creek unit title page introduces students to the theme of persuasive writing through the lens of historical mystery and storytelli...
The Teaching Notes page supports implementation of the Yahoo Creek Persuasive Writing Unit for Years 3β6. It outlines the weekly lesson sequ...
A set of differentiated worksheets introducing argument, persuasion and authority, using examples from Yahoo Creek and well-known figures. S...
A set of differentiated worksheets to help students learn about ethos, pathos and logos- three powerful persuasive techniques. Students expl...
A set of differentiated worksheets exploring whose stories are heard in history, using real excerpts from Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery...
A set of differentiated worksheets supporting students to distinguish between fact, opinion and bias in historical sources about the Hairy M...
This poster helps students build strong persuasive paragraphs using the hamburger method. Each layer of the burger shows what to include: op...
This worksheet introduces students to the structure of persuasive writing using the Hamburger model. Students read examples of a strong and...
This poster helps students structure persuasive paragraphs using the PEEL method: Point, Evidence, Explanation and Link. It supports clear,...
This worksheet introduces students to the PEEL structure for persuasive writing. Students read and label the parts of a strong persuasive pa...
This worksheet guides students to plan a simple persuasive paragraph about the Hairy Man using the Hamburger model. Students choose their op...
This worksheet helps students plan a persuasive paragraph about the Hairy Man using the PEEL structure. Students choose their viewpoint, com...
This worksheet introduces students to using quotes as evidence in persuasive writing. Students read simple excerpts from Yahoo Creek: An Aus...
This worksheet helps students evaluate the credibility of sources and use evidence effectively in persuasive writing. Using quotes from Yaho...
These worksheets guide students in analysing historical sources from Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery by Tohby Riddle. Year 3β4 students i...
This set of debate prompt cards helps students develop persuasive speaking and critical thinking skills. Each card presents a topic related...
This set of discussion prompts supports students to explore ideas about evidence, belief and historical perspectives. The prompts encourage...
The Yahoo Creek Suggested Answers booklet provides model responses for all key activities across the persuasive writing unit. It includes sa...
This five-week persuasive writing unit explores Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery by Tohby Riddle, guiding students through the analysis of...
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 introduces the concept of symbolism through imagination and discussion. Without relying on text or visuals, students explore...
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...
The Migrant Messages toolkit equips students in Years 3-6 to analyse how the short film Migrants uses visual symbolism to convey emotion, mo...
This reflective resource invites students in Years 3-6 to consolidate their understanding of symbolism and visual storytelling. Designed to...
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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