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English Year 5 Year 6 Text Structure & Organisation

Thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identifies connections between texts when responding to and composing texts

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Unit Plan Year: 3 4 5 6

English Unit: Leila and the Blue Fox and Migrants

This unit invites students in Years 3-6 to explore how imagery, symbolism and connotation shape meaning in stories. Using Leila and the Blue...

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Unit Plan Year: 6

English Unit: Characteristics that Define an Author’s Style

This unit focuses on identifying and analysing the characteristics that define an author’s individual style. It includes versatile resources...

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Unit Plan Year: 3 4 5 6

English Unit: ‘Blueback’ Tim Winton- Novel Study

This Blueback unit provides engaging lessons for Years 3-6, aligned with curriculum codes, focusing on characters, settings, themes, and lan...

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Unit Plan Year: 4 5 6

English Unit: Rowan of Rin

This Rowan of Rin book unit was created around our Upper Primary Hero’s Journey resources, designed to help you with fantasy and Sci-fi book...

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Unit Plan Year: 6

English Unit: Poetry

This unit introduces students to a number of literary devices, develop their skills in writing poetry, while fostering an interest in its va...

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Unit Plan Year: 5

English Unit: Similes & Metaphors

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

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Presentation Year: 4 5 6

Rowan of Rin Chapter by Chapter

This Rowan of Rin presentation was created with summaries, questions and activities for every chapter. It was designed to be a part of our...

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Presentation Year: 4 5 6

The Hero’s Journey - Presentation

This Presentation introduces your students to the structure of the hero’s story, in a simplified version of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth. You...

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Presentation Year: 6

Creating a Multimedia Text - Presentation

In this presentation, students look at the evolution of texts, including the introduction of multimedia. They then work through a series of...

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Presentation Year: 6

The Redfern Park Speech

This presentation is a copy of Prime Minister Paul Keating's historic 'Redfern Park Speech'. As one of more significant pieces of public spe...

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Presentation Year: 6

Biography - Presentation

This presentation introduces students to biographies, and gets them set up for the biography unit for year 6. This unit was developed to hel...

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Presentation Year: 6

Poetry - Presentation

This presentation will walk your students through year 5 poetry, showing them how to recognise the difference between different forms as wel...

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Presentation Year: 5

Similes & Metaphors - Presentation

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

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Leila and the Blue Fox and Migrants - Answer

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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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Cracking the Code - Symbolism Analysis

This scaffolded worksheet helps Years 3-6 students identify and interpret symbols in visual and written texts, focusing on Leila and the Blu...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Final Reflections

This reflective resource invites students in Years 3-6 to consolidate their understanding of symbolism and visual storytelling. Designed to...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Leila and the Blue Fox and Migrants - Grading Rubric

These differentiated rubrics support summative assessment of narrative, analytical, or visual interpretation tasks in the unit. Each rubric...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Visual Storytelling

This worksheet guides students through the process of creating a symbolic visual storyboard for a new scene inspired by Leila and the Blue F...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Silent Symbols

This Years 3-6 worksheet guides students to identify and interpret symbolic elements in the short film Migrants. Through visual analysis, me...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Colour With Meaning

These differentiated worksheets explore how colour impacts meaning, mood and symbolism in storytelling. Aligned to Leila and the Blue Fox an...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Creature Clues!

This worksheet guides students to explore the symbolic meaning of animals in literature and film. Students analyse the role of the fox in Le...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Picture This!

This worksheet supports students in Years 3-6 to explore how imagery is used in written and visual texts. Using Leila and the Blue Fox and M...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Strong but Silent

This worksheet helps students analyse visual storytelling in the short film Migrants. Through structured observation, symbolism identificati...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Symbols in Stories

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...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Symbol Spotters

This worksheet introduces the concept of symbolism through imagination and discussion. Without relying on text or visuals, students explore...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Leila and the Blue Fox and Migrants - Teaching Notes

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...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Leila and the Blue Fox and Migrants - Title Page

The Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants unit title page introduces students to the theme of visual storytelling through rich imagery, symbolis...

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Unit Plan Year: 3 4 5 6

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

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

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery Answers

The Yahoo Creek Suggested Answers booklet provides model responses for all key activities across the persuasive writing unit. It includes sa...

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Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

PEEL for Powerful Paragraph - Display

This poster helps students structure persuasive paragraphs using the PEEL method: Point, Evidence, Explanation and Link. It supports clear,...

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Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

Build a Burger - Display

This poster helps students build strong persuasive paragraphs using the hamburger method. Each layer of the burger shows what to include: op...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Yahoo Creek - Teaching Notes

The Teaching Notes page supports implementation of the Yahoo Creek Persuasive Writing Unit for Years 3–6. It outlines the weekly lesson sequ...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery by Tohby Riddle - Title Page

The Yahoo Creek unit title page introduces students to the theme of persuasive writing through the lens of historical mystery and storytelli...

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Worksheet Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

Genre Scavenger Hunt

This fun and interactive worksheet encourages students to explore different genres and text types by searching the classroom or library for...

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Unit Plan Year: 3 4 5 6

English Unit: Just Tricking! by Andy Griffiths

This five-week narrative unit explores Just Tricking! by Andy Griffiths, engaging students in reading, analysing, and writing humorous stori...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Just Tricking! Answers

The Suggested Answers booklet provides clear sample responses for all core activities in the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. It offer...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Just Tricking Task Cards

The Extension Task Cards provide engaging enrichment activities for the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. Each card offers a creative c...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Paragraph Planner

These paragraph planners support students to structure clear, engaging paragraphs in prank narratives. They guide sentence order, voice, and...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Glow & Grow - Just Tricking!

This reflection sheet guides students to identify strengths and areas for growth in their writing, provide constructive feedback to peers, a...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Just Tricking! Grading Rubric

The assessment rubric provides a 5-point scale for evaluating students’ summative tasks in the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. It cov...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Ultimate Prank Project

This final challenge lets students showcase their learning by creating a sequel, analysing humour style, or designing a comic-strip version...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Ordinary to Outrageous

This final challenge lets students showcase their learning by creating a sequel, analysing humour style, or designing a comic-strip version...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Giggle Upgrades

This worksheet helps students practice improving their stories by experimenting with different words and dialogue inspired by the Humour Hac...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Swap and Share

This partner checklist supports peer feedback by prompting students to look for clarity, humour, and areas to improve in each other’s storie...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Humour Hacks

These tip sheets explain age-appropriate humour techniques to help students identify, discuss, and use them in their writing. Each chart sho...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Polishing Your Prank

This editing checklist helps students revise their prank stories for clarity, pacing, and humour. It guides them to self-assess sentence flo...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

View from the Other Side…

This worksheet guides students to explore how changing the narrator’s point of view can shift humour and meaning. Students practise rewritin...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Sneaky Story Steps

This tip sheet guides students through the typical Just Tricking! story format. It breaks down the narrative structure into three clear part...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Prank Plot Planners

These scaffolded narrative planners helps students organise prank stories in the Just Tricking! style. It guides them to plan a clear orient...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Prankster Profiles

This worksheet helps students explore the main character’s traits in Just Tricking!, compare motivations and choices, and write a diary entr...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Laugh Lab

This worksheet helps students identify and analyse different humour techniques in a Just Tricking!-style passage, rewrite it to increase its...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Humour Hunters

This worksheet helps students identify and understand different types of humour used in Just Tricking!. Students practise rewriting a passag...

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Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

Just Like Andy!

This worksheet guides students to plan and write their own short prank story, following Andy Griffiths’ Just Tricking! style — using clear n...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Swap the Scene

This worksheet helps students practise rewriting a prank scene from Just Tricking! in a completely different style. It teaches them to spot...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Story Building Blocks

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...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Vocabulary Vibes

This set supports students to collect and use key words from 'Just Tricking', building a rich word wall that enhances their funny storytelli...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Author Antics

This worksheet set helps students learn about Andy Griffiths (the author) and Terry Denton (the illustrator). Students discover how they wor...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Cover Capers

This set of worksheets helps students examine the book cover and title of 'Just Tricking', encouraging them to make predictions about the pl...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Just Tricking - Teaching Notes

The Teaching Notes page supports delivery of the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit for Years 3–6. It outlines the lesson sequence, curri...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Just Tricking! By Andy Griffiths - Title Page

This title page introduces the multi-age Year 3–6 unit Just Tricking! – Narrative Writing with Humour. It provides a clear visual overview o...

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Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

Reading Bookmarks

This set of colourful and motivational reading bookmarks includes themes such as I Love Reading, My Reading Goal, and Genre Explorer. Ideal...

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Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

Book an Adventure - Editable Display Set

This full display set includes a bold “Book an Adventure” banner, bunting, and editable PowerPoint letters to create a vibrant classroom or...

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Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

Book an Adventure - Banner

This bold and eye-catching classroom banner displays the slogan “Book an Adventure” and is ideal for Book Week celebrations or setting up a...

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Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

Book an Adventure - Bunting

This printable bunting display features the slogan “Book an Adventure” and is perfect for classroom or library decoration during Book Week o...

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Resource Year: 5 6

Book Week Bingo - Upper Primary

This Book Week bingo game is designed to deepen upper primary students' engagement with literature through creative and challenging reading...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Poetry Detective - Poem Analysis Pack

This student-friendly worksheet pack supports students in analysing poems through the role of a “Poetry Detective.” Each page prompts close...

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Resource Year: 5 6

Metalanguage Poster

This Metalanguage Poster is a visual reference tool that helps upper primary students identify and understand key literary and narrative ter...

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Resource Year: 5 6

Waltzing Matilda - Banjo Paterson Poem Poster

This printable version of Waltzing Matilda by A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson presents the iconic Australian bush ballad in full. The resource provide...

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Resource Year: 5 6

The Man From Snowy River - Banjo Paterson Poem Poster

This printable copy of The Man From Snowy River by A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson presents one of Australia's most celebrated bush ballads. Ideal for...

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Resource Year: 5 6

Clancy of the Overflow - Banjo Paterson Poem Poster

This printable version of Clancy of the Overflow by A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson presents the iconic Australian poem in a clean and accessible layo...

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Resource Year: 6

Figurative and Emotive Vocabulary - Display

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

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Worksheet Year: 6

Characteristics that Define an Author’s Style - Grading Rubric

This marking rubric provides a clear framework for assessing students’ understanding of an author’s style. It evaluates comprehension, use o...

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Resource Year: 6

Characteristics that Define an Author’s Style - Quiz

This 10-question quiz assesses students’ understanding of an author’s style, covering key elements such as word choice, sentence structure,...

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Resource Year: 6

Author’s Style Gallery Walk

Bring author’s style to life with this engaging carousel activity! Featuring vibrant colour and black-and-white templates, this resource all...

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Worksheet Year: 6

Picture This!

This resource explores the vibrant illustrations of Lisa Kennedy in Welcome to Country and Wilam: A Birrarung Story. It guides students to a...

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Worksheet Year: 6

Brother Moon

This worksheet, based on Brother Moon by Maree McCarthy Yoelu, helps students explore cultural themes, language reflecting connection to Cou...

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Worksheet Year: 6

Voices of Country

This worksheet supports Year 6 students in analysing a text by a First Nations Australian author. It includes comprehension questions of inc...

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Worksheet Year: 6

Exploring Author’s Style

This worksheet helps students explore the writing style of Emily Rodda through excerpts from Rowan of Rin and Deltora Quest. Students analys...

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Worksheet Year: 6

Style Detective

This graphic organiser supports students in analysing and comparing the writing styles of any two texts. It provides a structured approach t...

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Worksheet Year: 6

Style Snapshot

This worksheet helps students analyse an author’s style by identifying key characteristics such as word choice, sentence structure, and tone...

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Worksheet Year: 6

Dig Into the Details

This worksheet guides students in analysing an author's style across ten key elements, including word choice, sentence structure, imagery, a...

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Resource Year: 6

10 Characteristics that Define an Author’s Style - Display

This resource includes ten engaging posters that introduce key elements of an author’s style. Each poster provides a clear definition, examp...

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Resource Year: 6

Characteristics that Define an Author’s Style - Student Reference Card

This resource provides a concise reference card for students to understand and identify an author's style. It includes a definition, common...

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Resource Year: 6

Characteristics that Define an Author’s Style - Presentation

This resource provides a structured presentation for teaching Year 6 students about an author’s individual style. It includes clear definiti...

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Worksheet Year: 5 6

Grading Rubrics - Year 5-6

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

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Worksheet Year: 5 6

Blueback - Representing Themes

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

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Worksheet Year: 5 6

Blueback - Analytical Essay

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

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Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

Blueback- Task Cards

This resource provides a series of engaging task cards based on Tim Winton’s Blueback. It encourages students to explore themes such as the...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Continuing the Story

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

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Chart the Plot

This resource helps upper and middle primary students analyse the structure of Tim Winton's Blueback. By breaking down the story's key event...

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Worksheet Year: 5 6

Diving into Different Viewpoints

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

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Worksheet Year: 5 6

Diving Deep into Language

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

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Main Event Reel

This activity helps students identify key events in Blueback, analyse their influence on the plot, and illustrate each moment. It encourages...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Story Map

This graphic organiser supports students in exploring Tim Winton’s Blueback by identifying the main characters, setting, storyline, theme, a...

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Blueback - Title Page and Teaching Notes

This resource supports teaching Tim Winton’s Blueback and includes a visually engaging title page to introduce the unit and teaching notes....

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Worksheet Year: 4

After Reading Spinner

Have students use this spinner activity to practice asking and answering questions about how authors make stories engaging through their dev...

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Worksheet Year: 4

Tension Detectives

Use these to help your students identify moments of tension when examining how authors make stories engaging by developing plot tension.

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Worksheet Year: 4

Tales of Tension

Use these to help your students identify moments of tension when examining how authors make stories engaging by developing plot tension.

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Worksheet Year: 4

Spot the Plot

Use these to help your students identify the story plot when examining how authors make stories engaging by developing plot tension.

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Worksheet Year: 4

Creating Engaging Settings

In this activity, students are asked to: Identify the language authors use to create vivid descriptions of settings. Describe and...

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Worksheet Year: 4

Character Care Factor

Use this activity to help students describe and discuss how authors make the reader care about the decisions of characters and their consequ...

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Worksheet Year: 4

Questions About Characters

This activity is a great way to encourage discussions about characters in the class stories and novels your class is exploring. A discuss...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2 3 +3

Character Silhouettes

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...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2 3 +3

Unpacking Characters

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...

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Worksheet Year: F 1 2 3 +3

Character Trading Cards

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...

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Resource Year: 3 4 5 6 +1

Modality Desk Mat

The Modality Desk Mat has been designed to act as a useful reference tool for students creating persuasive texts.

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Resource Year: 3 4 5 6 +1

Modality Bingo

Modality Bingo has been designed as a group game, but you could easily use it to assess student understanding of modal verbs, by taking a ph...

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Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

Literary Devices & Language Features - Poster Set

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

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Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

Modal Verbs - Wall Display

Use this fantastic resource in your classroom when teaching about modality. This activity can be used as a class display for students to ref...

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Resource Year: 4 5 6

Rowan of Rin Wordsearch

This Word Search is the perfect fast finishers activity for your Rowan of Rin book study. It was designed to be a part of our Rowan of Rin...

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Resource Year: 4 5 6

Rowan of Rin Crossword Puzzle

This crossword puzzle is the perfect fast finishers activity for your Rowan of Rin book study. It was designed to be a part of our Rowan of...

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Resource Year: 4 5 6

A Rowan of Rin Character Profile

In this worksheet, students create a character profile for one of the secondary characters in the story Rowan of Rin, using evidence from th...

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Resource Year: 4 5 6

Character Description Swap

In this worksheet, students write descriptions of a handful of characters from the novel they are reading and then swap them with a friend....

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Resource Year: 4 5 6

New Edition

In this worksheet, students design a new dust jacket for a new edition of the book they are studying in class. They illustrate a favourite s...

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Resource Year: 4 5 6

Rowan of Rin Rollercoaster

In this worksheet, students plot the excitement level of the various chapters of the book, revealing how the author has to make choices abou...

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Resource Year: 4 5 6

Mapping the Quest

In this worksheet, students try and recreate Rowan’s magic map based on what they remember from the story. It was designed to be a part of...

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Resource Year: 4 5 6

Rowan of Rin Title Page

This Rowan of Rin title page is a great way to kick off the unit with a bit of fun. It was designed to be a part of our Rowan of Rin book...

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Resource Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

Character Creator Cards

In this activity, students complete a writing prompt based on one of the set’s character cards. This set is built around fantasy narratives....

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Resource Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

Scenery Cards

In this activity, students use a series of landscape pictures and writing prompts to explore the importance of setting in narrative. Younger...

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Resource Year: 4 5 6

Hero’s Journey Workbook

This workbook introduces students to the “hero’s journey” structure of narrative storytelling in a simplified version of Joseph Campbell’s m...

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Resource Year: 6

Multimedia Text Rubric

This rubric was created to assess the presentation created by your students and allow you to easily break it down into separate assessable u...

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Resource Year: 6

Animal Infographics Resource

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...

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Resource Year: 6

Understanding Infographics

This poster introduces your students to the components common in many infographics, as well as a brief explanation on why infographics are u...

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Resource Year: 6

Multimodal Texts - Student Reference Card

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...

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Resource Year: 6

Multimedia - Student Reference Card

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...

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Resource Year: 6

Roll While Researching

While students begin to research their biography subject, this dice rolling activity will help them see their subjects in a different light....

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Resource Year: 6

Graphic Biography

Graphic Biography

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Resource Year: 6

The Bellear Brothers - Extension Activity

This extension activity is written to work together with the Bellear Brothers Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to...

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Resource Year: 6

The Bellear Brothers Biography

This is a biography of Australian Aboriginal civil-rights leaders. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students rese...

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Resource Year: 6

Phar Lap Biography

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...

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Resource Year: 6

Present a Person

This worksheet is designed to further scaffold students in biography writing, by prompting their research of a person in preparation for sha...

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Resource Year: 6

Ian Frazer Biography

This is a biography of Australian researcher, Ian Frazer. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students research inte...

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Resource Year: 6

Roald Dahl - Comprehension Activity

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...

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Resource Year: 6

Athlete Research Report

Athlete Research Report

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Resource Year: 6

Donald Bradman Biography

This is a biography of Australian Cricketer Donald Bradman. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students research in...

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Resource Year: 6

Cathy Freeman - Extension Activity

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...

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Resource Year: 6

Cathy Freeman Biography

This is a biography of Australian Olympic champion Cathy Freeman. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students resea...

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Resource Year: 6

Fred Hollows Biography

This is a biography of Fred Hollows, a prominent Australian and New Zealand eye surgeon and humanitarian. This Biography is part of a larger...

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Resource Year: 6

Shared Birthday

This worksheet is designed to get students interested in researching and writing biographies, by finding a subject who shares their birthday...

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Resource Year: 6

Jane Goodall - Comprehension Activity

This comprehension activity is written to work together with the Jane Goodall Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to...

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Resource Year: 6

Jane Goodall - Biography

This is a biography of primatologist and environmentalist Jane Goodall. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students...

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Resource Year: 6

Biography Subjects - Poster

This poster suggests a number of diverse biography subjects for your students to reserach and write on. The poster is a part of a larger uni...

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Resource Year: 6

Biography - Student Reference Card

This student reference card was created as a part of the Biography unit plan. It can be stuck in their books and referred to throughout the...

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Resource Year: 6

575 A Haiku Adventure

In this worksheet, students are scaffolded on the way to writing haiku. Encourage your students to share their work after they’re finished,...

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Resource Year: 5 6

Lean Your Limericks

In this worksheet, students are scaffolded on the way to writing limericks. Encourage your students to share their work after they’re finish...

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Resource Year: 6

You're a Poet and Didn't Know it!

In this worksheet, students are asked to write rhyming couplets using given sets of words. It is a part of a larger unit that introduces...

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Resource Year: 6

Onomatopoeia

In this worksheet, students lean about onomatopoeia. It is a part of a larger unit that introduces students to a number of literary devic...

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Resource Year: 6

Internal Rhyme

In this worksheet, students look for internal rhyme, including in Edgar Allen Poe’s ‘The Raven’. It is a part of a larger unit that intro...

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Resource Year: 6

Time to Rhyme

In this worksheet, students are asked to come up with three rhymes for a list of words these can be shared in groups or as a class at the en...

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Resource Year: 6

Finding the Rhyme

In this worksheet, students are asked to identify the rhyme scheme in a pair of poems. It is a part of a larger unit that introduces stud...

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Resource Year: 4 5 6

Finding the Rhythm

In this worksheet, students identify the rhythm in a pair of Robert Louis Stevenson Poems. It is a part of a larger unit that introduces...

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Resource Year: 6

Perfecting Personification

In this worksheet, students take a closer look at personification. It is a part of a larger unit that introduces students to a number of...

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Resource Year: 6

Poetry - Student Reference Card

This student card is designed to be a personal reference to students during the poetry unit and beyond. It is a part of a larger unit tha...

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Resource Year: 5

Assessment Similes & Metaphor

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

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Resource Year: 5

Roll-A-Metaphor

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

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Resource Year: 5

Roll-A-Simile

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

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Resource Year: 5

Mighty Metaphors

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

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Resource Year: 5

Similes & Metaphor - Quiz

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

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Resource Year: 5

Super Similes

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

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Resource Year: 3 4 5

Similes Match Game

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

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Resource Year: 5

Similes & Metaphors - Student Reference Card

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

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Resource Year: 5 6

Figurative Language & Imagery Poster Set

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

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Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Storybook

A read-aloud storybook of The Three Billy Goats Gruff

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Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

The Gingerbread Man - Storybook

A read-aloud storybook of The Gingerbread Man.

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Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

Parts of Poetry - Poster

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

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Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

Alliteration Side Show Alley

This colourful side show alley themed poster has been designed to illustrate the meaning of alliteration and provide simple examples.

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Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

Parts of Poetry

This resource was created to define and provide examples of the various language devices used to create poetry and prose.

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Resource Year: 5 6

Take Your Turn - Metaphor, Simile

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

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Resource Year: 5 6

Take Your Turn - Idiom, Metaphor

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

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Resource Year: 5 6

Simile Metaphor Personification Posters

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

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Resource Year: 4 5

Poetry Posters

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

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Resource Year: 5 6 H

Similes & Metaphors Bingo

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

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Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +2

Narrative Settings

This set of '35 Narrative Settings' has been developed to allow students to experiment with descriptive words and phrases as they accurately...

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Resource Year: 3 4 5

Narrative Characterisation - Middle & Upper

Students will examine character descriptions that include appearance and behaviour, understanding how the character's development is eviden...

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Resource Year: 3 6

Poetry Purrfection Game

Poetry Purrfection is a rotation activity designed to consolidate the understanding of poetic devices such as onomatopoeia, alliteration and...

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Resource Year: 4 5 6

Persuasive Words - Upper Primary Reference Card

This reference card is designed to give students easy access to a list of highly persuasive words when structuring their persuasive writing...

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Resource Year: 5 6

Persuasive Words - Upper Primary

This chart provides a useful resource for students to access when structuring their persuasive writing texts. It features one page of positi...

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Resource Year: 5 6

Persuasive Sentence Starters - Upper Primary

This set of Persuasive Sentence Starters is designed for upper primary students providing them with some effective sentence starters to acce...

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Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

Persuasion

Persuasion... this poster was created as a reminder when structuring a persuasive writing text. Students are reminded that successful persua...

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Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

More Persuasive Writing Prompts

This set of 15 persuasive writing prompts are a great resource to display on the IWB for students to access as practise writing exercises be...

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Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

Poetic Devices Posters

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

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Resource Year: 5 6

Poetic Devices Match

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

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Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

Persuasive Writing Prompts

This selection of persuasive writing prompts are a great resource to display on the IWB for students to access as practise writing exercises...

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Worksheet Year: 5 6

Personification

This 4-page worksheet provides a detailed explanation of personification in poetry along with student activities designed to reinforce under...

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Worksheet Year: 5 6

Metaphors

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

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Worksheet Year: 5 6

Similes

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

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Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

Rhythm

This worksheet looks at how rhythm is used in texts to emphasise words and syllables. Answer sheet included.

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Resource Year: 4 5 6

Poetry Pack

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

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Resource Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

Narrative Prompt Sheets

This resource is a remarkable addition to any classroom and assists students in writing narratives. Each page contains words and images to p...

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Resource Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

Story Wheels

These story wheels are designed to assist students in planning narratives, allowing students to spin each wheel to discover the narrative el...

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Resource Year: 1 2 3 4 +2

Visual Writing Prompts

This is a truly terrific class set of A4 visual writing prompts. They are loads of fun and will definitely inspire your students. They are d...

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Resource Year: 2 3 4 5

Story Starters - 66 Cards

These story starters are a lot of fun and will definitely lead to some truly imaginative storylines. They are designed to stimulate the mind...

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