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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 Hero’s Journey resources, designed to help you with fantasy and Sci-fi book...
This unit plan has been created to support your students when learning about persuasive texts. The unit completes with class displays, stude...
This unit plan is a great way to support students in planning, drafting and publishing informative texts by using the correct text structur...
This unit helps your students better understand and develop the skills required to edit their own work using the COPS system.
This unit plan incorporates editing skills aligning with the Australian Curriculum content descriptors ACELY1695, ACELY1705 and ACELY1715. T...
This unit plan has been created to support your students when exploring and writing narrative texts. The unit comes with class displays, stu...
This unit is designed to get students to plan, rehearse and deliver readers’ theatre presentations to an audience.
This unit introduces students to a number of literary devices, develop their skills in writing poetry, while fostering an interest in its va...
This biography unit was developed to help students research interesting people while learning about the form of biography, and information r...
This unit on information reports was written to enhance students’ 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 comprehensive unit plan equips teachers with engaging resources to teach students about using rhetorical devices, images, and modal ver...
This Blueback unit provides engaging lessons for Years 3-6, aligned with curriculum codes, focusing on characters, settings, themes, and lan...
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 hero’s story, in a simplified version of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth. You...
This Rowan of Rin presentation was created with summaries, questions and activities for every chapter. It was designed to be a part of our...
This presentation is a handy resource to work through with your class during the study and exploration of persuasive texts. The presentation...
This comprehensive presentation about Paragraphs explains in detail the importance and role of paragraphs and how to successfully structure...
This paragraph quiz is fantastic for consolidating knowledge of paragraphs and their purpose when writing and reading a variety of texts. Th...
This presentation supports students in planning, drafting and publishing informative texts, using the correct text structure, language featu...
This presentation will walk your year 5 students through the COPS (CUPS) method of proofreading their work. A perfect skill for NAPLAN. This...
This presentation has been created to guide students through an introduction to editing their writing. It focuses on making writing ‘5 Star...
This presentation is a handy resource to work through with your class when exploring narrative texts. The presentation guides you through th...
This presentation introduces students to readers’ theatre, and the steps that are involved in making a successful readers’ theatre performan...
This presentation introduces students to biographies, and gets them set up for the biography unit for year 6. This unit was developed to hel...
This presentation is a copy of Prime Minister Paul Keating's historic 'Redfern Park Speech'. As one of more significant pieces of public spe...
In this presentation, students look at the evolution of texts, including the introduction of multimedia. They then work through a series of...
This presentation will walk your students through year 5 poetry, showing them how to recognise the difference between different forms as wel...
This presentation is designed to help later years primary students develop their writing skills for information texts. It is part of a la...
This visually engaging presentation supports students in using rhetorical devices, images, and modal verbs for persuasive effects, targeting...
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 metaphors 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.
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 resource to accompany the Year 5...
This set of posters explains how to use figurative language and imagery to enhance description in writing.
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 game is designed to help students with similes and metaphors. It is a part of a larger unit designed to help your students identify and...
This worksheet 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 students’ understanding of simile and metaphor. It is a part of a large...
This workbook introduces students to the “hero’s journey” structure of narrative storytelling in a simplified version of Joseph Campbell’s m...
This Rowan of Rin title page is a great way to kick off the unit with a bit of fun. It was designed to be a part of our Rowan of Rin book...
In this worksheet, students try and recreate Rowan’s magic map based on what they remember from the story. It was designed to be a part of...
In this worksheet, students plot the excitement level of the various chapters of the book, revealing how the author has to make choices abou...
In this worksheet, students design a new dust jacket for a new edition of the book they are studying in class. They illustrate a favourite s...
In this worksheet, students write descriptions of a handful of characters from the novel they are reading and then swap them with a friend....
In this worksheet, students create a character profile for one of the secondary characters in the story Rowan of Rin, using evidence from th...
This crossword puzzle is the perfect fast finishers activity for your Rowan of Rin book study. It was designed to be a part of our Rowan of...
This Word Search is the perfect fast finishers activity for your Rowan of Rin book study. It was designed to be a part of our Rowan of Rin...
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 classroom and assists students in writing narratives. Each page contains words and images to p...
Students will examine character descriptions that include appearance and behaviour, understanding how the character's development is eviden...
This set of '35 Narrative Settings' has 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 set’s character cards. This set is built around fantasy narratives....
Unleash the power of figurative language with this engaging resource focused on similes.
This resource was requested by our member, Sarah, to provide descriptions of each of the 5 stages of The Writing Process - Pre-writing, Draf...
These charts include all the writing conventions for six of the most common text types along with an example of each. Designed to accompany...
Eight A4 pages of words with picture prompts to help students learn to write recounts - including Who, What, Where, When, Why, How did you f...
The following charts are highly visual and provide information on Habitat, Movement, Reproduction, Diet and Did you know? They are perfect t...
The following charts are highly visual and provide information on Habitat, Movement, Reproduction, Diet and Did you know? They are perfect t...
The following charts are highly visual and provide information on Habitat, Movement, Reproduction, Diet and Did you know? They are perfect t...
The following charts are highly visual and provide information on Habitat, Movement, Reproduction, Diet and Did you know? They are perfect t...
The following charts are highly visual and provide information on Habitat, Movement, Reproduction, Diet and Did you know? They are perfect t...
With visual prompting, this graphic organiser is provides an easy framework for young students to write a simple report about an animal.
This graphic organiser provides students with a simple framework to write a Book Report.
Students can use this worksheet to guide them through the process of writing a recipe (instructional text)
This selection of persuasive writing prompts are a great resource to display on the IWB for students to access as practise writing exercises...
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...
Persuasion... this poster was created as a reminder when structuring a persuasive writing text. Students are reminded that successful persua...
This set of Persuasive Sentence Starters is designed for upper primary students providing them with some effective sentence starters to acce...
This chart provides a useful resource for students to access when structuring their persuasive writing texts. It features one page of positi...
This reference card is designed to give students easy access to a list of highly persuasive words when structuring their persuasive writing...
The 'Narrative Outline' classroom resource provides a one-page outline of a narrative (or imaginative text), with each subsequent page provi...
The Narrative Structure was created as a visual prompt with relevant questions for each part of a narrative.
Designed for upper primary, this chart provides a very clear comparison between the features of a narrative text and the features of a persu...
Students will use the Persuasive Outline to plan their own persuasive text.
This landscape presentation of the Persuasive Outline provides an alternative planning style for students to use as they plan their own pers...
Students will understand that the processes verbs represent are anchored in time through tense.
This set of sentence starters can be displayed in the classroom as a prompt for students to access when creating a persuasive text.
The 'Narrative Writing Prompts' have been created in a NAPLAN style of narrative prompt, to provide practise in interpreting and creating te...
The 'Sizzling Starts Poster' was created to help students create more exciting starts to their narrative writing.
The 'Sizzling Starts Presentation' was created to help students create more exciting starts to their narrative writing.
Use the VCOP Openers resource to introduce students to different, and more interesting, ways they can begin sentences. This takes them past...
The PEEL Sentence Starters are a great reference tool for students to access to develop persuasive writing skills. This chart features a var...
This set of information report outlines allows students to easily organise their information on animals, people, books, countries and athlet...
This poster sets out the steps involved in researching a topic in preparation for an information report. It provides a list of possible sour...
This set of Narrative Story Starters focuses on using: Dialogue Conversation Vivid Descriptions An Interesting Fact Onomatopoeia Aski...
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 narrative writing prompt has been written specifically to support Harmony Day celebrations.
This persuasive writing prompt has been written specifically to support Harmony Day celebrations.
Included are 100 writing prompts. These are perfect for daily writing, early finishers, or literacy rotations. These cards would be the p...
30 images to be used as prompts for narrative writing. Display a visual prompt on your class screen. Students are required to write a na...
A writing prompt for The Gingerbread Man to be used on a class screen. Use along with the TeachThis The Gingerbread Man read aloud.
The Gingerbread Man newspaper report writing prompt is for use on a class screen, and newspaper template for the report. Use along with...
The Gingerbread Man newspaper report writing prompt is for use on a class screen, and newspaper template for the report. Use along with...
The Gingerbread Man writing prompt for class screen. Use along with the TeachThis ‘The Gingerbread Man’ read aloud. Display the writing p...
Fractured Fairy Tale prompt and plan for The Gingerbread Man. Use along with the TeachThis ‘The Gingerbread Man’ read aloud. Students pl...
A writing prompt for The Three Billy Goats Gruff to be used on a class screen. Use along with the TeachThis The Three Billy Goats Gruff...
The Three Billy Goats Gruff newspaper report writing prompt is for use on a class screen, and newspaper template for the report. Use alo...
The Three Billy Goats Gruff newspaper report writing prompt is for use on a class screen, and newspaper template for the report. Use alo...
The Three Billy Goats Gruff writing prompt is for class screen. Use along with the TeachThis ‘ The Three Billy Goats Gruff ’ read aloud....
Fractured Fairy Tale prompt and plan for The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Use along with the TeachThis ‘ The Three Billy Goats Gruff ’ read...
A persuasive writing prompt to recruit Australian women as nurses in WW1. Using the persuasive writing visual prompt, students write a t...
A persuasive writing prompt of a poster to recruit Australian soldiers in WW1. Using the persuasive writing visual prompt, students writ...
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...
This resource is a great way for your students to imagine and empathise with the men and women who served in Gallipoli during World War I. I...
This poster is a great classroom display, assisting in constructing imaginative paragraphs with appropriate paragraph structure. The hamburg...
This poster is a great classroom display, assisting in constructing paragraphs with appropriate paragraph structure. This paragraph structur...
This TEEL poster is a great classroom display, assisting in constructing paragraphs with appropriate paragraph structure. The paragraph stru...
A great reference card for students to have stuck into their writing books or laminated for easy access when writing informative, persuasive...
A great reference card for students to have stuck into their writing books or laminated for easy access when writing informative, persuasive...
This set of 12 task cards is a great writing resource for students to use within a rotational group setting to practice informative, imagin...
This worksheet is a great scaffold to support students to accurately structure a paragraph when writing informative texts. It is part of a p...
This worksheet is a great scaffold to support students to accurately structure a paragraph when writing informative texts. The information i...
This worksheet is a great scaffold to support students to accurately structure a paragraph when writing informative texts. Students can cho...
This worksheet is a great scaffold to support students to accurately structure a paragraph when writing persuasive texts. It is part of a pr...
This worksheet is a great scaffold to support students to accurately structure a paragraph when writing persuasive texts. It is part of a p...
This worksheet is a great scaffold to support students to accurately structure a paragraph when writing persuasive texts. It is part of a pr...
This worksheet is a great scaffold to support students to accurately structure a paragraph when writing persuasive texts. It is part of a p...
This worksheet is a great scaffold to support students to accurately structure a paragraph when writing imaginative texts. It is part of a...
This worksheet is a great scaffold to support students to accurately structure a paragraph when writing imaginative texts. Students are giv...
This worksheet is a great scaffold to support students to accurately structure a paragraph when writing imaginative texts. Students choose o...
This assessment has been designed as a pre and post assessment activity as part of the ‘Peeling Paragraphs’ unit. After studying and learni...
This is the ultimate pack of 50 Picture Writing Prompts which are essential for your daily writing, warm-up or ltieracy rotations. Each writ...
A fantastic set of 25 Persuasive Picture Writing Prompts which are great for your daily writing, warm-up or ltieracy rotations. In Set One,...
This is a fantastic resource that can be used in many ways in your classroom. Designed as a generic calendar, students use the prompts for e...
This handy reference card supports your students when remembering how to correctly sequence an informative text.
This resource will help your students to identify and understand some language features found in informative texts. This informative paragra...
This resource set has been designed to support students to categorise groups of information when planning to write an informative text about...
This worksheet is a great scaffold to support students to accurately structure a paragraph when writing informative texts. Students can choo...
A versatile resource, this text about the sun can be implemented into your classroom in a variety of ways when teaching students about infor...
These common proofreading symbols have been put into an easily understood table. Suitable for Upper Primary students, you can provide one fo...
This series of posters outlines commonly used types of punctuation with clear examples and explanations of their usage. A fantastic visual r...
The CUPS Editing Poster is a bright and student-friendly visual reminder for self-checking writing. CUPS stands for: • Capital Letters – A...
This bookmark was created to support the CUPS editing poster (Capital Letters, Understand, Punctuation, Spelling). The bookmark acts as a ha...
The 'Editing Symbols Poster' displays a set of standard agreed-upon symbols that help students to edit their texts for meaning.
This Proofreading card will serve as a personal reference for your students throughout the unit and into the future. This resource is part o...
This bookmark will remind students of the COPS process of proofreading. This resource is part of a larger unit that helps your students bett...
This bookmark will remind students of the COPS process of proofreading. This resource is part of a larger unit that helps your students bett...
This worksheet helps students work through the “Organisation” or “Understanding” step of the COPS or CUPS process. This worksheet is part of...
In this worksheet, students look for punctuation errors in a short sequence from ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’. This worksheet is part...
In this worksheet, students work through the COPS system to find errors in a classic text. This worksheet is part of a larger unit that help...
In this worksheet, students work through the COPS system to find errors in a classic text. This worksheet is part of a larger unit that help...
In this worksheet, students work through the COPS system to find errors in a classic text. This worksheet is part of a larger unit that help...
In this worksheet, students help legendary bard William Spellspeare proofread one of his letters for spelling errors. This worksheet is part...
These colourful posters have been created to support students when editing their writing. It focuses on making writing ‘5 Star Writing’ by l...
These Excellent Editing checklists have been designed as a handy reference tool for students to use whilst working through the Excellent Edi...
This beautifully designed poster is part of the Excellent Editing units and is used to remind students that feedback given to each other sho...
These feedback forms have been designed to use when students are required to provide feedback to their peers. Students should focus on two s...
These feedback forms have been designed to use when students are required to provide feedback to their peers. Students should focus on two s...
These feedback forms have been designed to use when students are required to provide feedback to their peers. They ask students to focus on...
Use these prompts to guide students when providing feedback to their peers. They scaffold students to write feedback on a:Glow- a positive a...
These student reference cards are fitted two to a page and should be cut in half. They provide students with a reference when editing their...
This set of worksheets provides students with opportunities to practise some of the explicit skills required to edit texts in Year 4. Includ...
Students will use their knowledge of ‘5 Star Writing’ to read over and edit Pat, Pam and Peter’s writing. On each re-reading they should foc...
Use these quick and fun erasers as warm up activities, fast finishers or rotational activities in literacy groups. Students can either edit...
These proofreading passages can be displayed as a whole class activity, printed for literacy groups or used as fast finishers. For convenien...
Want a fun way to practise editing skills? Get Ready to Edit is an interactive and collaborative way for your students to practise the editi...
This resource has been designed to assess students’ understanding of ‘5 Star Writing’ when editing at a Year 4 level. It focuses on assessin...
This keyboard features a visual display of correct finger positioning when typing.
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 the ultimate pack of 50 Picture Writing Prompts which are essential for your daily writing, warm-up or ltieracy rotations. Each writ...
A fantastic set of 25 Persuasive Picture Writing Prompts which are great for your daily writing, warm-up or ltieracy rotations. In Set Two,...
This iPad Bootcamp is designed to teach your students a range of iPad, internet and media arts skills while completing a series of tasks. Ea...
This worksheet is #20 in our series of 23 worksheets which focus on persuasive texts.
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 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.
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 ‘sizzle’. These two worksheets include 4 story starters, encouraging st...
A handy display to encourage students to refer to when developing characters in storytelling. The acronym encourages students to build a ‘r...
This template has been created for students to construct a narrative text. The second page has space for peer and teacher feedback. Perfect...
Created as a resource request from one of our member teachers, this rubric and self-assessment is designed to be used for any student doing...
This student card gives your students a few readers’ theatre tips and tricks for them to reference while preparing a readers’ theatre presen...
This worksheet is made to help individual students prepare and analyse their part in a readers’ theatre piece. This resource is part of a...
In this worksheet, students reflect on the readers’ theatre performance they have just given. This is not only helpful for them to develop t...
This rubric is an example of a rubric which could be used to assess your students’ readers’ theatre performances. It is designed to look at...
This readers’ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text by Lewis Carroll. There are many other readers’ theatre scripts available on...
This readers’ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text by Louisa May Alcott. There are many other readers’ theatre scripts availabl...
This readers’ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text by Banjo Paterson. There are many other readers’ theatre scripts available o...
This readers’ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text by Rudyard Kipling. There are many other readers’ theatre scripts available...
This readers’ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text from the Grimms' Fairytales. There are many other readers’ theatre scripts a...
This readers’ theatre piece is an adaption from a traditional Australian Dreamtime story. There are many other readers’ theatre scripts avai...
This readers’ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text by L. Frank Baum. There are many other readers’ theatre scripts available on...
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...
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...
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 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...
Poetry Purrfection is a rotation activity designed to consolidate the understanding of poetic devices such as onomatopoeia, alliteration and...
This colourful side show alley themed poster has been designed to illustrate the meaning of alliteration and provide simple examples.
This worksheet looks at how rhythm is used in texts to emphasise words and syllables. Answer sheet included.
This 4-page worksheet provides a detailed explanation of personification in poetry along with student activities designed to reinforce under...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In this worksheet, students lean about onomatopoeia. It is a part of a larger unit that introduces students to a number of literary devic...
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...
In this worksheet, students are scaffolded on the way to writing limericks. Encourage your students to share their work after they’re finish...
In this worksheet, students are scaffolded on the way to writing haiku. Encourage your students to share their work after they’re finished,...
These story prompt dice are designed to provide quick and easy prompts for students who struggle to find the right idea when writing narrati...
This poster provides a definition for Rhetorical Questions and provides examples to help students consolidate understanding.
Students take what they’ve learned about the Tardigrade, and reimagine them in a super hero setting.
Students investigate some the largest migrations in the animal kingdom, plotting them on a world map.
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 they’re 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...
Enhance your persuasive writing unit with our Rhetoric Devices posters! This set includes clear explanations, examples, and reasons for usin...
Equip your students with this handy reference card, aiding their understanding of using rhetorical devices, images, and modal verbs for pers...
This worksheet introduces students to Aristotle's pillars of persuasion: pathos, ethos, and logos. Students will learn about each device and...
This worksheet guides students through using modal verbs in persuasive writing. They fill in blanks, rewrite sentences incorporating modal v...
Transform an informative text about the Great Barrier Reef into a persuasive text using learnt rhetorical devices. This worksheet includes s...
Transform an informative text about vending machine use into a persuasive text using learned rhetorical devices. This worksheet includes sug...
Transform an informative text about social media use into a persuasive text using learned rhetorical devices. This worksheet includes sugges...
This engaging, low-prep game allows students to practice oral language skills by selecting topic cards and using rhetorical devices to convi...
A simple game where students move around the board, selecting a topic and rhetorical device to persuade others. Easy to set up and adaptable...
This engaging resource comprises a set of scenario cards designed to ignite creativity and persuasive skills in students. Ideal for pairs or...
This quiz is a valuable tool for assessing students' understanding of using rhetorical devices and modal verbs for persuasive effects. With...
This 2-page assessment task evaluates students' proficiency in employing rhetorical devices, images, and modal verbs to achieve persuasive e...
This comprehensive 5-point assessment rubric is designed to support the unit of work on Rhetorical Devices, focusing on students' ability to...
Build confident and capable writers with the Paragraph Building Workshop! This step-by-step resource helps students learn to construct stron...
This worksheet guides middle and upper primary students in rehearsing presentations with a peer and providing meaningful feedback on tone, p...
This interactive board game helps students practise vocal variations, such as pitch, tone, and pace, while reading sentences aloud. It promo...
This interactive speaking activity encourages middle and upper primary students to collaborate in delivering engaging group speeches. Topics...
This resource supports teaching Tim Winton’s Blueback and includes a visually engaging title page to introduce the unit and teaching notes....
This graphic organiser supports students in exploring Tim Winton’s Blueback by identifying the main characters, setting, storyline, theme, a...
This activity helps students identify key events in Blueback, analyse their influence on the plot, and illustrate each moment. It encourages...
This activity engages students in analysing Tim Winton’s 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 Abel’s 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 Winton’s 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 set of A4 posters vividly illustrates key figurative language devices (simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, idio...
This pack of 32 Fiction Task Cards is designed to deepen students’ comprehension, analysis, and reflection when responding to fiction texts....
This comprehensive Letter to the Editor pack supports students in reading, analysing, and writing persuasive opinion letters in response to...
This newspaper-themed A3 poster helps students understand how to structure a news article using the inverted triangle format, where the most...
This title page introduces the multi-age Year 3–6 unit Just Tricking! – Narrative Writing with Humour. It provides a clear visual overview o...
The Teaching Notes page supports delivery of the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit for Years 3–6. It outlines the lesson sequence, curri...
This set of worksheets helps students examine the book cover and title of 'Just Tricking', encouraging them to make predictions about the pl...
This worksheet set helps students learn about Andy Griffiths (the author) and Terry Denton (the illustrator). Students discover how they wor...
This set supports students to collect and use key words from 'Just Tricking', building a rich word wall that enhances their funny storytelli...
This set teaches students how to break down a narrative into key parts, rewrite scenes in a new style, and plan their own short stories insp...
This worksheet helps students practise rewriting a prank scene from Just Tricking! in a completely different style. It teaches them to spot...
This worksheet guides students to plan and write their own short prank story, following Andy Griffiths’ Just Tricking! style — using clear n...
This worksheet helps students identify and understand different types of humour used in Just Tricking!. Students practise rewriting a passag...
This worksheet helps students identify and analyse different humour techniques in a Just Tricking!-style passage, rewrite it to increase its...
This worksheet helps students explore the main character’s traits in Just Tricking!, compare motivations and choices, and write a diary entr...
These scaffolded narrative planners helps students organise prank stories in the Just Tricking! style. It guides them to plan a clear orient...
This tip sheet guides students through the typical Just Tricking! story format. It breaks down the narrative structure into three clear part...
This worksheet guides students to explore how changing the narrator’s point of view can shift humour and meaning. Students practise rewritin...
This editing checklist helps students revise their prank stories for clarity, pacing, and humour. It guides them to self-assess sentence flo...
These tip sheets explain age-appropriate humour techniques to help students identify, discuss, and use them in their writing. Each chart sho...
This partner checklist supports peer feedback by prompting students to look for clarity, humour, and areas to improve in each other’s storie...
This worksheet helps students practice improving their stories by experimenting with different words and dialogue inspired by the Humour Hac...
This final challenge lets students showcase their learning by creating a sequel, analysing humour style, or designing a comic-strip version...
This final challenge lets students showcase their learning by creating a sequel, analysing humour style, or designing a comic-strip version...
The assessment rubric provides a 5-point scale for evaluating students’ summative tasks in the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. It cov...
This reflection sheet guides students to identify strengths and areas for growth in their writing, provide constructive feedback to peers, a...
These paragraph planners support students to structure clear, engaging paragraphs in prank narratives. They guide sentence order, voice, and...
The Extension Task Cards provide engaging enrichment activities for the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. Each card offers a creative c...
The Suggested Answers booklet provides clear sample responses for all core activities in the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. It offer...
This printable letter-writing template invites Year 6 students to reflect on their current interests, goals, and friendships, and write a he...
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 3–6. It outlines the weekly lesson sequ...
This poster helps students build strong persuasive paragraphs using the hamburger method. Each layer of the burger shows what to include: op...
This poster helps students structure persuasive paragraphs using the PEEL method: Point, Evidence, Explanation and Link. It supports clear,...
This lesson introduces students to the fundamentals of structured debate. To be used in conjunction with Yahoo Creek: Debate Topics, student...
This worksheet set helps Years 5–6 students write structured persuasive paragraphs using the PEEL method—Point, Evidence, Explain and Link....
These differentiated editing checklists support students in revising persuasive writing with a focus on clarity, coherence and persuasive im...
This resource helps students identify and apply three key elements of effective persuasive writing: clarity (clear ideas and language), cohe...
This peer feedback worksheet helps students review persuasive paragraphs using structured questions and the TAG (Tell, Ask, Give) strategy....
Designed for Years 5–6, this resource guides students through the full persuasive writing process, from selecting a topic to publishing a fi...
This resource builds advanced editing skills in persuasive writing. The editing checklist supports Years 3–6 students to review their drafts...
This worksheet set supports students in the final editing phase of their persuasive writing. Focusing on logic (does the reasoning make sens...
These two 5-point grading rubrics are designed to assess persuasive writing for Years 3–6. The Years 3–4 rubric focuses on structure, opinio...
These reflection worksheets support students in evaluating their persuasive writing or presentation following a summative assessment based o...
This reflection-based worksheet helps students explore how arguments shape our understanding of historical narratives. Using real quotes fro...
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...
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...
These worksheets explore how word choices affect tone and meaning in storytelling. Designed for Years 3-6, the resource offers scaffolded ta...
This worksheet guides students through the process of creating a symbolic visual storyboard for a new scene inspired by Leila and the Blue F...
This toolkit includes four structured tools to support students in planning, drafting and refining a short story rich in symbolism, imagery...
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 flexible task sheet supports students in Years 3-6 to create a visual comparison of symbolism in Leila and the Blue Fox and Migrants. S...
This comprehensive editing toolkit supports Years 3-6 students in polishing their symbolic writing and analytical responses. Whether student...
These differentiated rubrics support summative assessment of narrative, analytical, or visual interpretation tasks in the unit. Each rubric...
These reflection worksheets support students in evaluating their symbolic storytelling, film analysis, or visual comparison in the Leila and...
This reflective resource invites students in Years 3-6 to consolidate their understanding of symbolism and visual storytelling. Designed to...
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