Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts
Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts
597 resources
This unit helps students understand the etymological origins of common words by breaking words into roots and affixes. Β
This comprehensive unit is designed to support teaching points of view in narrative texts.The included activities, games, worksheets and dis...
This unit will help your students identify and experiment with similes and metaphors.
This Rowan of Rin book unit was created around our Upper Primary Heroβs Journey resources, designed to help you with fantasy and Sci-fi book...
This unit plan guides students through the concept of idioms and why they are used in writing. The unit comes complete with a presentation,...
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 Β textΒ 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 readersβ theatre presentations to an audience.
This comprehensive and detailed unit plan is designed to support students to learn spelling strategies associated with root words and affixe...
This unit incorporates activities aligned with the Australian Curriculum content descriptor ACELY1514. The unit contains a presentation that...
This unit introduces students to a number of literary devices, develop their skills in writing poetry, while fostering an interest in its va...
In this unit, students learn to recognise, and interpret multimodal texts while making one of their own.
This biography unit was developed to help students research interesting people while learning about the form of biography, and information r...
This unit on information reports was written to enhance studentsβ understanding and abilities in researching and writing information reports...
This unit helps students understand the etymological origins of common words by breaking words into roots and affixes.
This unit will walk your students through a more advanced look at how we form words using prefixes and suffixes, including a look at how we...
Explore how texts, including media, represent ideas and events, reflecting their context with this comprehensive unit. It includes an engagi...
This comprehensive unit plan equips teachers with engaging resources to teach students about using rhetorical devices, images, and modal ver...
This comprehensive unit plan teaches students skimming and scanning techniques, using subject and technical vocabulary to navigate unfamilia...
This unit is designed to help Year 5 students develop comprehension, through the skill of visualising. Students will create mental images, o...
This comprehensive unit plan for Year 5 focuses on teaching comprehension strategies, including predicting, to build literal and inferred me...
This comprehensive unit plan for Year 5 focuses on teaching comprehension strategies, including monitoring, to build literal and inferred me...
This resource supports students in recognising and spelling words with common letter patterns but varying pronunciations, such as 'ch', 'ea'...
This Blueback unit provides engaging lessons for Years 3-6, aligned with curriculum codes, focusing on characters, settings, themes, and lan...
This unit focuses on identifying and analysing the characteristics that define an authorβs individual style. It includes versatile resources...
This engaging unit of work guides students through the concept of figurative language, focusing on how authors use vivid and emotive vocabul...
This unit invites students in Years 3-6 to explore how imagery, symbolism and connotation shape meaning in stories. Using Leila and the Blue...
This presentation introduces students to etymology. The presentation walks students through how they can use an understanding of Greek and L...
This item was created as a part of a larger unit on narrative point of view, which was written for the year 5 Australian literacy curriculum...
The Similes and Metaphors presentation introduces students to both of these concepts. It includes a definition with examples, as well as a v...
This Presentation introduces your students to the structure of the heroβs story, in a simplified version of Joseph Campbellβs monomyth. You...
This Rowan of Rin presentation was created with summaries, questions and activities for every chapter.Β It was designed to be a part of our...
A fantastic picture presentation about the Persuasive Advertising Techniques used to persuade consumers to buy products. In this presentatio...
This presentation is a handy resource to work through with your class during the study and exploration of persuasive texts. The presentation...
This engaging presentation guides students through the concept of idioms and why they are used in writing. The presentation covers many comm...
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 textΒ structure,Β language featu...
This presentation will walk your year 5 students through the COPS (CUPS) method of proofreading their work. A perfect skill for NAPLAN.Β This...
This presentation has been created to guide students through an introduction to editing their writing. It focuses on making writing β5 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 readersβ theatre, and the steps that are involved in making a successful readersβ theatre performan...
This comprehensive presentation has been created to guide students through spelling strategies associated with root words and affixes. The p...
This presentation will walk your students through year 5 poetry, showing them how to recognise the difference between different forms as wel...
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 is designed to help later years primary students develop their writing skills for information texts. It is part of a la...
This presentation will walk your students through a more advanced look at how we form words using prefixes and suffixes, including a look at...
Explore the fascinating world of media texts with this visually engaging presentation! Designed for teachers, it delves into how media texts...
This visually engaging presentation supports students in using rhetorical devices, images, and modal verbs for persuasive effects, targeting...
This visually engaging presentation teaches students how to navigate and read texts for specific purposes. It covers skimming, scanning, and...
This presentation resource introduces Year 5 students to the concept of visualising in reading comprehension. It includes engaging slides wi...
This resource introduces predicting as a reading strategy for upper primary. It includes clear explanations, fiction and non-fiction example...
This resource introduces monitoring comprehension through interactive strategies, including visual analysis, group activities, and anchor ch...
This resource guides teachers in exploring English letter patterns with upper primary students. It includes a presentation covering common p...
This presentation introduces Year 6 students to figurative and emotive language, explaining key devices like metaphors, similes, personifica...
This card serves as a great personal reference for students to refer to after being introduced to word etymology.Β Β
These bright and informative posters show the link between some English words and their origins in Latin and Greek. The posters are not o...
This fun and engaging activity has been designed to get the whole class involved in the teaching and learning of Greek and Latin etymology.Β ...
This fun an engaging worksheet can be utilised in the teaching and learning of Greek and Latin etymology.Β Use the sheet when focusing on...
Use this worksheet to provide students the opportunity to identify and colour common Latin and Greek roots or stems, in each of the words on...
In this fun and engaging worksheet, students need to match the root or stem to the provided definitions, and solve the joke at the bottom of...
An interesting worksheet for students to develop their curiosity about the origin of common words we use in the English language today.Β ...
An interesting and engaging worksheet where students will need to research the original definitions of the words to match them correctly....
This worksheet explores how words continuously change as time goes by. With the introduction of the internet the words on the worksheet have...
Consolidate knowledge of Latin and Greek roots with this fun, no prep game! Students work their way around the gameboard, landing on Greek o...
Consolidate knowledge of Latin and Greek roots with this fun, whole class activity! Included are 28 common Latin and Greek roots. A perfect...
This fun and engaging quiz includes questions to activate and test your student's knowledge of word etymology. The 15 questions provide defi...
This check in has been designed as a formative assessment tool to gauge how students are progressing in the understanding of common Greek an...
This Vivid Verb display provides students with numerous synonyms for 15 common verbs that can transform their writing to be powerfullyΒ descr...
Students cut and rearrange examples of persuasive texts to help cement their understanding of the structure of persuasive texts.
This item was created as a part of a larger unit on narrative point of view, which was written for the year 5 Australian literacy curriculum...
This item was created as a part of a larger unit on narrative point of view, which was written for the year 5 Australian literacy curriculum...
This item was created as a part of a larger unit on narrative point of view, which was written for the year 5 Australian literacy curriculum...
This item was created as a part of a larger unit on narrative point of view, which was written for the year 5 Australian literacy curriculum...
Use this task as an assessment piece for the Points of View Year 5 assessment. Students read the prompt then write a short story in both the...
This fantastic Points of View poster has been designed to help students remember the differences between first, second and third person poin...
This worksheet teaches the use of first person point of view. It is a useful resource when teaching narratives and autobiographies.
This worksheet is a great introduction to the second person point of view. Read and answer the questions then create your own βChoose your o...
This worksheet explores the concept of writing in the third person point of view, useful in writing explanations, descriptions and factual r...
In this activity students will compare, sort and match corresponding phrases that are written in the 1st and 3rd person points of view. Enco...
This book search activity is a fun way for your class to learn about different points of view. Go to the library, copy down a sentence from...
This activity is a great way to motivate your students to examine characters. It can be used with any age of students and can accompany any...
This activity is a great way to motivate your students to examine characters. It can be used with any age of students and can accompany any...
This activity is a great way to motivate your students to examine characters. It can be used with any age of students and can accompany any...
This activity is a great way to encourage discussions about characters in the class stories and novels your class is exploring. A discuss...
Use this activity to help students describe and discuss how authors make the reader care about the decisions of characters and their consequ...
In this activity, students are asked to: Identify the language authors use to create vivid descriptions of settings. Β Describe and...
Use these to help your students identify the story plot when examining how authors make stories engaging by developing plot tension. Β
Use these to help your students identify moments of tension when examining how authors make stories engaging by developing plot tension. Β
Use these to help your students identify moments of tension when examining how authors make stories engaging by developing plot tension. Β
Have students use this spinner activity to practice asking and answering questions about how authors make stories engaging through their dev...
This poetry pack is a resource that we know will become a huge favourite. It contains a 'how-to' guide on 6 different forms of poetry includ...
This game was created to assist upper primary students in consolidating knowledge of Poetic Devices. It is a group game for up to 5 players...
These posters were created to support student learning of poetic devices. They feature a description and a corresponding example in bright a...
This bingo game will help students differentiate between similes and metaphorsΒ that are used in everyday life. They will match meanings to e...
This set of posters explains the meaning of, and provdies an example of, an ode, anthem, song and shape poem.Β
This set of posters explains the meaning of similes, metaphors and personification and how to use figurative language to make comparisons be...
Students will differentiate between idioms and metaphors in this rotation game. This game has been created in a style that allows for you to...
Students will differentiate between similes and metaphors in this rotation game. This game has been created in a style that allows for you t...
This worksheet explains the concept of similes and includes simple exercises to consolidate knowledge. Answer sheet included.
This worksheet explores the power of metaphors as a literary device. Answer sheet included.
Classroom posters highlighting the different parts of poetry, with examples of each poetry element. A great resourceΒ to accompany the Year 5...
This set of posters explains how to use figurative language and imagery to enhance description in writing. Β
This card is designed to be used as a personal reference for students throughout the year. It is a part of a larger unit designed to help yo...
This gameΒ is designed to help students with similes and metaphors. It is a part of a larger unit designed to help your students identify and...
This worksheet is designed to help students with similes and metaphors. It is a part of a larger unit designed to help your students identif...
This worksheet is designed to help students with similes and metaphors. It is a part of a larger unit designed to help your students identif...
This worksheet is designed to help students with similes and metaphors. It is a part of a larger unit designed to help your students identif...
This worksheet is designed to help students with similes and metaphors. It is a part of a larger unit designed to help your students identif...
This worksheet can also be used as an assessment task, to check your studentsβ understanding of simile and metaphor. It is a part of a large...
This workbook introduces students to the βheroβs journeyβ structure of narrative storytelling in a simplified version of Joseph Campbellβs m...
This Rowan of Rin title page is a great way to kick off the unit with a bit of fun.Β It was designed to be a part of our Rowan of Rin book...
In this worksheet, students try and recreate Rowanβs magic map based on what they remember from the story. It was designed to be a part of...
In this worksheet, students plot the excitement level of the various chapters of the book, revealing how the author has to make choices abou...
In this worksheet, students design a new dust jacket for a new edition of the book they are studying in class. They illustrate a favourite s...
In this worksheet, students write descriptions of a handful of characters from the novel they are reading and then swap them with a friend....
In this worksheet, students create a character profile for one of the secondary characters in the story Rowan of Rin, using evidence from th...
This crossword puzzle is the perfect fast finishers activity for your Rowan of Rin book study. It was designed to be a part of our Rowan of...
This Word Search is the perfect fast finishers activity for your Rowan of Rin book study. It was designed to be a part of our Rowan of Rin...
These posters were created to support student learning of Literary Devices and Language Features. They feature a description and a clear exa...
Unleash the power of figurative language with this engaging resource focused on similes.
These story starters are a lot of fun and will definitely lead to some truly imaginative storylines. They are designed to stimulate the mind...
This is a truly terrific class set of A4 visual writing prompts. They are loads of fun and will definitely inspire your students. They are d...
These story wheels are designed to assist students in planning narratives, allowing students to spin each wheel to discover the narrative el...
This resource is a remarkable addition to any classroomΒ and assists students in writing narratives. Each page contains words and images to p...
Students Β will examine character descriptions that include appearance and behaviour, understanding how the character's development is eviden...
This set of '35 Narrative Settings' hasΒ been developed to allow students to experiment with descriptive words and phrases as they accurately...
In this activity, students use a series of landscape pictures and writing prompts to explore the importance of setting in narrative. Younger...
In this activity, students complete a writing prompt based on one of the setβs character cards. This set is built around fantasy narratives....
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 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...
These posters have been designed to support students to develop the concept of idiomatic expressions. There are examples of commonly used id...
This handy reference card is great for students to refer back to when including idioms in their writing. It provides a definition and some e...
A great resource when learning about idioms and figurative language. Students match up the commonly used idioms and choose three to illustra...
A great resource when learning about idioms and figurative language. Students read each idiomatic expression and write what they believe the...
A great resource when learning about idioms and figurative language. Students choose an idiom of their choice and use this template to visua...
A great resource when learning about idioms and figurative language. Students research the literal meaning of the idioms listed and then res...
A great resource when learning about idioms and figurative language. Students apply their knowledge of idiomatic expressions and include at...
This collection of Easter activities is a great way of engaging students before the Easter break. This workbook covers a variety of topics f...
Created as a resource request from one of our member teachers, this rubric and self-assessment is designed to be usedΒ for any student doing...
This set of posters and prompt cards are an ideal resource for interaction skills, discussions and oral presentations in Years 5 and 6. Incl...
This handy set of prompt cards are an ideal resource for partner and group work. A simple and effective way to guide students through group...
Reciprocal Reading Cards are a fantastic prompt for students as they work their way through this highly valuable process. Using the cards, e...
This set of Reciprocal Reading Charts creates a great to display to work through prior to beginning the Reciprocal Reading group process. Pr...
This flowchart clearly explains the Reciprocal Reading Process. Provide each reading group with a copy of this chart and they will always kn...
This worksheet is a combination of a science lesson and a reading comprehension activity. Students read a short description of how animals u...
Encourage and incentivise student reading with these colourful Reading Milestone Certificates. To support classroom or homework reading p...
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 isΒ provides an easy framework for young students toΒ 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 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 theΒ 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. Β
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 outlinesΒ 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...
ThisΒ narrative writing prompt has been written specifically to support Harmony Day celebrations.Β
This persuasive writing prompt has been written specifically to support Harmony Day celebrations.Β
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.Β 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.Β
The Gingerbread Man newspaper report writing promptΒ is for use on a class screen, and newspaper template for the report.Β Use along with...
The Gingerbread Man newspaper report writing promptΒ is for use on a class screen, and newspaper template for the report.Β Use along with...
The Gingerbread Man writing prompt for class screen. Use along with the TeachThis βThe Gingerbread Manβ read aloud. Display the writing p...
Fractured Fairy Tale prompt and plan for The Gingerbread Man.Β Use along with the TeachThis βThe Gingerbread Manβ read aloud. Students pl...
A writing prompt for Β The Three Billy Goats Gruff to be used on a class screen. Use along with the TeachThis Β The Three Billy Goats Gruff...
The Three Billy Goats Gruff newspaper report writing promptΒ is for use on a class screen, and newspaper template for the report.Β Use alo...
The Three Billy Goats Gruff newspaper report writing promptΒ is for use on a class screen, and newspaper template for theΒ report.Β Use alo...
The Three Billy Goats Gruff writing promptΒ is for class screen. Use along with the TeachThis β The Three Billy Goats Gruff β read aloud....
Fractured Fairy Tale prompt and plan for Β The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Use along with the TeachThis β The Three Billy Goats Gruff β read...
A persuasive writing prompt to recruit Australian women as nurses in WW1.Β Using the persuasive writing visual prompt, students write a t...
A persuasive writing prompt of a poster to recruit Australian soldiers in WW1.Β Using the persuasive writing visual prompt, students writ...
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 Β 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 Β 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 Β 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 Β to accurately structure a paragraph when writing persuasive texts. It is part of a p...
This worksheet is a great scaffold to support students Β to accurately structure a paragraph when writing imaginative texts. It is part of a...
This worksheet is a great scaffold to support students Β 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 Β βPeeling Paragraphsβ 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. Β
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:Β Β β’Β Capital Letters β 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-uponΒ 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 βOrganisationβ or βUnderstandingβ 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 βAliceβs Adventures in Wonderlandβ. 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 β5 Star Writingβ 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 β5 Star Writingβ to read over and edit Pat, Pam and Peterβs 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 studentsβ understanding of β5 Star Writingβ 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.Β Β
A great resource for your students to essentially plan out a narrative. Students are encouraged to brainstorm their ideas on this page accor...
A great worksheet when exploring how to start a narrative off with a βsizzleβ. These two worksheets include 4 story starters, encouraging st...
A handy display Β to encourage students to refer to when developing characters in storytelling. The acronym encourages students to build a βr...
This template has been created for students to construct a narrative text. The second page has space for peer and teacher feedback. Perfect...
This student card gives your students a few readersβ theatre tips and tricks for them to reference while preparing a readersβ theatre presen...
This worksheet is made to help individual students prepare and analyse their part in a readersβ theatre piece. This resource is part of a...
In this worksheet, students reflect on the readersβ 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 studentsβ readersβ theatre performances. It is designed to look at...
This readersβ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text by Lewis Carroll. There are many other readersβ theatre scripts available on...
This readersβ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text by Louisa May Alcott. There are many other readersβ theatre scripts availabl...
This readersβ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text by Banjo Paterson. There are many other readersβ theatre scripts available o...
This readersβ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text by Rudyard Kipling. There are many other readersβ theatre scripts available...
This readersβ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text from theΒ Grimms' Fairytales. There are many other readersβ theatre scripts a...
This readersβ theatre piece is an adaption from a traditionalΒ Australian Dreamtime story. There are many other readersβ theatre scripts avai...
This readersβ theatre piece is an adaption of the original text by L. Frank Baum. There are many other readersβ theatre scripts available on...
This set of 25 charts was created to assist students in Year 1 and 2 to develop an understanding of vowel sounds. The charts include the fol...
With so much text-based interaction on social media and via email, spelling ability is on display everywhere. Focusing on the most common...
With so much text-based interaction on social media and via email, spelling ability is on display everywhere. Focusing on the most common...
With so much text-based interaction on social media and via email, spelling ability is on display everywhere. Focusing on the most common...
With so much text-based interaction on social media and via email, spelling ability is on display everywhere. Focusing on the most common...
With so much text-based interaction on social media and via email, spelling ability is on display everywhere. Focusing on the most common...
With so much text-based interaction on social media and via email, spelling ability is on display everywhere. Focusing on the most common...
With so much text-based interaction on social media and via email, spelling ability is on display everywhere. Focusing on the most common...
With so much text-based interaction on social media and via email, spelling ability is on display everywhere. Focusing on the most common...
With so much text-based interaction on social media and via email, spelling ability is on display everywhere. Focusing on the most common...
Put this display up in your classroom for daily reference. A great way to encourage spelling and vocabulary knowledge in your students. Β
Put this display up in your classroom for daily reference. A great way to encourage spelling and vocabulary knowledge in your students.
Each activity is individually numbered and linked to Howard Gardner's 8 Multiple Intelligences. They are suited to ANY SPELLING LIST and ALL...
These charts were requested by our member, Rebecca, to help her Upper Primary class learn their spelling rules. There are 15 pages full of s...
The Super Speller Game requires students to move around a board of commonly misspelled words, identifying which word has the correct spellin...
Students will learn how prefixes affect meaning. They can also explore Greek roots and use prefixes to spell new words and they can build mo...
Students will learn how suffixes affect meaning. They can also explore Greek roots and use suffixes to spell new words.
This set of 37 spelling mnemonics chartsΒ help students learn tips and tricks for learning how to spell common tricky words that appear again...
This set ofΒ 12 spelling mnemonics chartsΒ help students learn tips and tricks for learning how to spell common tricky words that appear again...
Record your class weekly spelling results on the Spelling Champions poster. Add your students' names and award stickers or write results in...
Students will find 3 words that originated from the given base word.
Students will match prefixes and definitions in this colourful Chinese New Year oriental fan theme game. There are 60 pairs of prefixes and...
These student reference cards are fitted two to a page and should be cut in half. They provide students with a reference for root words and...
This student reference sheet contains well known prefixes and their definitions as a resource for students to refer to throughout the unit....
This student reference sheet contains well known suffixes and their definitions as a resource for students to refer to throughout the unit....
In this worksheet, students look at words that have had affixes (prefixes and suffixes) added to them. They work through a variety of activi...
In this worksheet, students are required to identify prefixes that have been added to base and root words. Once they have identified the pre...
In this worksheet, students are required to identify suffixes that have been added to base and root words. Once they have identified the suf...
In this worksheet, students are provided opportunities to identify word parts such as bases, roots, prefixes and suffixes. This worksheet co...
In this worksheet, students are challenged to make as many new words as they can by adding prefixes and suffixes to the base and root words...
This worksheet provides student explicit practice for spelling the suffixes βible and βable. Students revise the spelling generalisation and...
This worksheet provides students with explicit practise of the spelling sound /shun/ and nominalisation. Students first review the spelling...
This resource has been designed to assess studentsβ understanding of spelling strategies associated with root words and affixes. This resour...
Designed for upper primary, Planking Plurals helps students identify irregular plural matches through a simple, fun board game.Β
In this activity designed to introduce, consolidate and then assess learning of irrefular plural nouns, students will build knowledge of new...
'Penguin Plurals' explores regular and irregular plurals, where students understand how the root word is used to form the plural.Β
This reading comprehension activity has students complete a short reading on the reproductive rates of different living things so students c...
Students take what theyβve 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.
Use this fantastic resource in your classroom when teaching about modality. This activity can be used as a class display for students to ref...
Poetry Purrfection is a rotation activity designed to consolidate the understanding of poetic devices such as onomatopoeia, alliteration and...
This resource was created to define and provide examples of the various language devices used to create poetry and prose.Β
This colourful side show alley themed poster has been designed to illustrate the meaning of alliteration and provide simple examples.Β
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 Poeβs βThe Ravenβ. 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 theyβre finish...
In this worksheet, students are scaffolded on the way to writing haiku. Encourage your students to share their work after theyβre finished,...
This student reference card was created as a part of the Biography unit plan. Β It can be stuck in their books and referred to throughout the...
This poster suggests a number of diverseΒ biography subjects for your students to reserach and write on. The posterΒ is a part of a larger uni...
This is a biography of primatologist and environmentalist Jane Goodall. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students...
This comprehension activity is written to work together with the Jane Goodall Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to...
This worksheet is designed to get students interested in researching and writing biographies, by finding a subject who shares their birthday...
This is a biography of Fred Hollows, a prominent Australian and New Zealand eye surgeon and humanitarian. This Biography is part of a larger...
This is a biography of Australian Olympic champion Cathy Freeman. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students resea...
This extension activity is written to work together with the Cathy Freeman Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to hel...
This is a biography of Australian Cricketer Donald Bradman. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students research in...
This extension activity is written to work together with the Roald Dahl Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to help s...
This is a biography of Australian researcher, Ian Frazer. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students research inte...
This worksheet is designed to further scaffold students in biography writing, by prompting their research of a person in preparation for sha...
This is a biography of the legendary Australian racehorse, Phar Lap. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students re...
This is a biography of Australian Aboriginal civil-rights leaders. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students rese...
This extension activity is written to work together with the Bellear Brothers Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to...
While students begin to research their biography subject, this dice rolling activity will help them see their subjects in a different light....
This 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...
Created by request, the Handwriting Lines 3 - with Cats provides a visual handwriting prompt and guide to students when writing.
This 2 page worksheet is designed to work hand in hand with the first presentation in this unit, and help students better understand the sci...
Everyone has been waiting eagerly for the Text Type Charts to arrive. These charts include all the writing conventions for six of the most c...
Students will use technology to research the questions provided on their given card.Β
The 'Close Readers Poster' poster is designed to inform students about the habits of successful readers.
This mini book creates an understanding of the meaning of Harmony Day celebrations.Β
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.Β
This card is meant to serve as an individual reference for students to use while writing information reports. It is part of a larger unit...
This worksheet can help students develop their abilities sorting facts from opinions. It is part of a larger unit on information reports...
In this worksheet, students work through series of brain storming steps to help them choose a topic that theyβre not only interested in, but...
In this worksheet, students are forced to come up with some specific search criteria to use online to reduce the amount of time wasted while...
In this worksheet, students lay out the facts they discover during their research into categories to help them sort it later for draft writi...
This worksheet is an information report planning template to help scaffold your students as they write their reports. It is part of a lar...
This worksheet helps scaffold students as they lay out an information report paragraph. It is part of a larger unit on information report...
These bookmarks, directly tied to the suggested unit rubric, can be given to students as they work on their information report to help them...
This is an example of a rubric which could be used to assess information reports for Year 6. It is part of a larger unit on information r...
Students will use a dictionary to explore and use knowledge of word origins, using some Greek Roots, to spell words.
In this worksheet, students try to figure out the meanings of ancient base words using familiar words with the same base. It is a part of a...
In this worksheet, students use prefixes and suffixes to create new and familiar words. It is a part of a larger unit designed to helpΒ stud...
In this worksheet, students cut and paste prefixes and base words and fit them together to make new words. It is a part of a larger unit des...
This card serves as a great personal reference for students as they make their way through the unit. It is a part of a larger unit designed...
This card will serve as a personal reference for students throughout the unit. It is a part of a larger unit that will walk your students th...
In this worksheet students identify the root of a word and then create 2 new words using different suffixes. The worksheet is a part of a la...
In this worksheet fill in the blank with prefixes or suffixes to complete sentences. The worksheet is a part of a larger unit that will walk...
This is a review worksheet is designed to be a review of the unit, but also an assessment piece that can be used to check studentsβ understa...
These vibrant posters showcase common prefixes and suffixes, featuring clear explanations and visual aids to help students grasp their meani...
This bright and colourful poster is a valuable reference tool for students and teachers in primary school classrooms. It provides a step-by-...
This engaging Prefix Palace Craftivity helps students reinforce their understanding of prefixes by constructing a visually appealing palace....
This engaging resource encourages students to explore and apply suffixes creatively. With a hands-on approach, students construct a "suffix...
Equip your students with this handy reference card. It will aid their understanding of examining texts, including media texts, to identify h...
Explore news articles about plastic from the past and present with these worksheets. Paired with thought-provoking questions, this resource...
Explore how advertisements reflect their times with these worksheets! Students compare products from different eras, analysing how technolog...
This worksheet guides students in comparing two advertisements from different eras. It helps them identify changes over time and understand...
This poster showcases a vintage cereal advertisement, providing a visual aid for students and sparking discussions about the evolution of ad...
Explore how advertising for a cereal product has evolved to reflect changing consumer values. The Cocoa Crunch poster delves into a present-...
Explore the evolution of advertising with your students using these worksheets! Designed to accompany 'Speedsters Advertisements: Old and Ne...
This poster is a visual representation of advertising techniques used in the 1960s for a toy car. Designed to accompany the 'Comparing Adver...
Explore the evolution of advertising with this captivating poster! Designed for use alongside the 'Comparing Advertisements' activity, this...
Roll and Respond- Texts Over Time is a dynamic resource for analysing texts, including media texts, to discern how they represent ideas and...
This set of question cards is an essential tool for exploring texts, including media texts, to uncover how they represent ideas and events a...
This quiz contains 10 questions exploring how media texts represent ideas and events, reflecting their context. Ideal for whole-class warm-u...
Assessment rubric for monitoring students' understanding of examining texts, including media texts, that represent ideas and events, and ide...
Explore news reports from different times with these worksheets, ideal for reflecting on how media texts represent ideas and events in conte...
Evaluate students' proficiency in analysing texts, including media, to discern how they represent ideas and events, reflecting their context...
Enhance your persuasive writing unit with our Rhetoric Devices posters! This set includes clear explanations, examples, and reasons for usin...
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...
A set of vibrant posters designed to support Year 5 students in monitoring comprehension. Includes skimming, scanning, and clarifying techni...
Equip your students with this handy reference card, ideal for guiding them through navigating and reading texts for specific purposes. Featu...
This newsletter, designed to complement βIntroduction to Skimmingβ and βIntroduction to Scanningβ, provides a familiar resource for students...
This worksheet introduces your students to the fast-reading technique of skimming. It explains skimming, provides clear steps, and offers pr...
This resource offers students a fun and interactive way to practise skimming techniques using scavenger hunts across various texts, includin...
This worksheet introduces students to the scanning technique, explaining its purpose and how to apply it. Paired with the βTeach This Newsle...
This worksheet allows students to practise their scanning skills by finding key information about popular singers, including Ed Sheeran, Emi...
This engaging reading resource introduces students to solids, liquids, and gases, highlighting their observable properties and the arrangeme...
This worksheet, alongside the States of Matter Stimulus Sheet, challenges students to apply skimming, scanning, and confirming meaning strat...
This 10-question quiz helps students navigate and read texts for specific purposes, using skimming, scanning, and confirming strategies. Ide...
This assessment evaluates students' ability to navigate and read texts for specific purposes, using skimming, scanning, and confirming meani...
This 5-point assessment rubric evaluates students' abilities to navigate and read texts for specific purposes, employing strategies such as...
This resource provides a concise student reference card on visualising, designed for Year 5 students. It explains the concept, highlights it...
This resource provides teachers with a set of graphic organisers designed to support visualising as a reading comprehension strategy. Activi...
This resource introduces visualising as a comprehension strategy, guiding students to create mental images using their senses. It includes a...
This resource features discussion questions and answers based on a descriptive passage about a vase and flowers. It encourages students to e...
These fun and engaging activities encourage students to listen carefully and visualise as they draw a mystery creature based on descriptive...
This worksheet helps students practise making inferences based on visualisation. It includes three short passages where students use context...
These differentiated worksheets help students visualise and transform non-fiction texts into diagrams. It includes three versions: the water...
Our βVisualise & Draw Relayβ is designed to help students build literal meaning through visualisation. It includes instructions for team-bas...
Use the βDonβt Say It!β Visualising Card Game to engage students in practising visualising skills and reading comprehension. Players describ...
This resource contains a 10-question quiz designed for Year 5 students, focusing on using visualising to build literal and inferred meaning...
This assessment task encourages students to engage with the text actively through visualisation. By creating a mental image and reflecting o...
This rubric assesses students' ability to use comprehension strategies like visualising to build literal and inferred meaning and evaluate i...
This reference card introduces students to predicting strategies in reading. It includes a clear definition, steps for predicting before and...
This set of graphic organisers supports students in making predictions during reading. It includes tools like Prediction Pathways, Pause and...
This engaging worksheet encourages students to predict logical outcomes for short, everyday scenarios, fostering critical thinking and creat...
Students will read character profiles, which include key traits and past decisions, and predict how these characters might respond in variou...
This resource includes differentiated reading comprehension worksheets focusing on key historical figures and their impact on Australia's co...
Prediction Paths is an engaging board game that reinforces comprehension skills through interactive prediction exercises. Students move forw...
Engage students in practising prediction skills with βPrediction Picturesβ. Use the picture cards for a class competition or as an independe...
This resource provides a quiz for middle primary students, combining a variety of questions types about the comprehension strategy of predic...
This assessment on predicting includes an anticipation guide, comprehension questions, and a reflection task. Students use text evidence and...
This assessment resource guides upper primary students in using prediction strategies to build literal and inferred meaning. It includes an...
Build confident and capable writers with the Paragraph Building Workshop! This step-by-step resource helps students learn to construct stron...
Use this comprehensive set of graphic organisers to enhance reading comprehension by helping students make connections. Includes Connection...
This resource explores Bennelong's role as a cultural mediator between First Nations Australians and early English settlers. It includes a n...
Engage middle and upper primary students in making meaningful connections with this board game. Featuring 36 diverse text passages, a gamebo...
If you are looking for a fun, versatile resource to introduce making connections to your class, then this is the one for you. This resource...
This student reference card supports middle primary learners in monitoring and clarifying their reading comprehension. It outlines key strat...
This close reading annotation reference sheet provides simple symbols for students to use while reading, helping them to βink their thinking...
This set of graphic organisers supports students in monitoring comprehension. Tools like 3-2-1 Check-In, Challenge and Conquer, SQ3R, and Th...
This worksheet helps upper primary students practise monitoring comprehension. Using a text on environmental issues, students identify chall...
This resource helps upper primary students develop comprehension monitoring skills by identifying and addressing reading difficulties. It in...
This resource offers differentiated reading texts that examine the economic, political, and social causes of British colonisation in Austral...
This interactive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the βComprehension Detectiveβ game, where they work in teams to solve compr...
These worksheets provide a set of comprehension passages, both fictional and non-fictional, accompanied by questions that encourage the use...
This resource provides a 10-question quiz to assess students' understanding of comprehension strategies, focusing on monitoring. It includes...
This engaging assessment task uses short-answer questions, based on a text, to develop student ability to monitor comprehension by questioni...
This 5-point marking rubric assesses studentsβ ability to monitor comprehension and build literal and inferred meaning to evaluate informati...
This 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...
A concise, easy-to-use reference card that highlights key letter patterns and examples of different pronunciations. Includes simple tips and...
These vibrant posters clearly illustrate the varied pronunciations of 'ch', 'ea', 'ei', 'ou', 'ough', and 'our' sounds, offering a visual ai...
This set of five phonics worksheets helps students explore the varied pronunciations of β'ch', 'ea', 'ei', 'ou', 'ough', and 'our' sounds. E...
This set of worksheets engages students in identifying the various sounds of the 'ch' letter pattern to navigate through a maze. Students mu...
This resource includes five worksheets designed to help middle primary students explore letter patterns with varied pronunciations: 'ch', 'e...
This interactive game combines 'ou' and 'ough' word sorting to explore varied pronunciations. Students collect and categorise words into sou...
This engaging worksheet helps middle primary students explore common letter patterns (βough,β βea,β βchβ) by highlighting words, identifying...
This interactive word game helps students practise spelling, pronunciation, and vocabulary knowledge by working with words that share common...
This game helps students practise recognising and categorising words with common letter patterns but different pronunciations. Players draw...
This quiz tests students' knowledge of complex letter patterns ('ch', 'ea', 'ei', 'ou', 'ough', and βour'), focusing on recognising pronunci...
This assessment includes varied questions focusing on common letter patterns with different pronunciations. It helps gauge studentsβ ability...
This five-point rubric evaluates studentsβ ability to recognise and apply phonic, morphemic, and vocabulary knowledge. It assesses understan...
This resource supports teaching Tim Wintonβs Blueback and includes a visually engaging title page to introduce the unit and teaching notes....
This graphic organiser supports students in exploring Tim Wintonβs Blueback by identifying the main characters, setting, storyline, theme, a...
This activity helps students identify key events in Blueback, analyse their influence on the plot, and illustrate each moment. It encourages...
This activity engages students in analysing Tim Wintonβs use of figurative language in Blueback, focusing on how similes, metaphors, and ima...
Explore perspectives in Blueback with this worksheet for middle primary. Students analyse Abelβs encounter with a shark, answer scaffolded q...
This resource helps upper and middle primary students analyse the structure of Tim Winton's Blueback. By breaking down the story's key event...
Encourage middle and upper primary students to plan and write a sequel to Blueback, focusing on narrative structure and conservation themes....
This resource provides a series of engaging task cards based on Tim Wintonβs Blueback. It encourages students to explore themes such as the...
This task for middle to upper primary students involves writing an analytical essay on a key theme in Blueback. Students develop critical th...
This creative task for middle to upper primary students requires students to design a poster representing a theme from Blueback. Using drawi...
This resource contains two five-point rubrics to support middle to upper primary teachers in assessing work based on Blueback. The analytica...
A banner celebrating the power of storytelling, encouraging students to engage in creative writing, oral storytelling, and imaginative expre...
This resource provides a structured presentation for teaching Year 6 students about an authorβs individual style. It includes clear definiti...
This resource provides a concise reference card for students to understand and identify an author's style. It includes a definition, common...
This resource includes ten engaging posters that introduce key elements of an authorβs style. Each poster provides a clear definition, examp...
This worksheet guides students in analysing an author's style across ten key elements, including word choice, sentence structure, imagery, a...
This worksheet helps students analyse an authorβs style by identifying key characteristics such as word choice, sentence structure, and tone...
This graphic organiser supports students in analysing and comparing the writing styles of any two texts. It provides a structured approach t...
This worksheet helps students explore the writing style of Emily Rodda through excerpts from Rowan of Rin and Deltora Quest. Students analys...
This worksheet supports Year 6 students in analysing a text by a First Nations Australian author. It includes comprehension questions of inc...
This worksheet, based on Brother Moon by Maree McCarthy Yoelu, helps students explore cultural themes, language reflecting connection to Cou...
This resource explores the vibrant illustrations of Lisa Kennedy in Welcome to Country and Wilam: A Birrarung Story. It guides students to a...
Bring authorβs style to life with this engaging carousel activity! Featuring vibrant colour and black-and-white templates, this resource all...
This 10-question quiz assesses studentsβ understanding of an authorβs style, covering key elements such as word choice, sentence structure,...
This marking rubric provides a clear framework for assessing studentsβ understanding of an authorβs style. It evaluates comprehension, use o...
This student reference card clearly explains figurative language techniques like metaphors, similes and personification. With simple definit...
This set of A4 posters vividly illustrates key figurative language devices (simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, idio...
This worksheet helps students transform literal sentences into meaningful metaphors, enhancing their descriptive writing skills. It includes...
This worksheet introduces students to figurative language, helping them identify metaphors, similes, personification, idioms, imagery, and h...
This worksheet develops students' ability to identify vivid and emotive vocabulary in persuasive texts. Through analyzing a book review, stu...
This worksheet guides students in identifying and analyzing literary devices in poetry. Students examine metaphors, similes, and personifica...
This scaffolded worksheet supports students in replacing weak vocabulary with powerful emotive alternatives and crafting emotion-rich paragr...
Use these differentiated task cards to help students identify, interpret and apply emotive vocabulary in context. Tasks progress from basic...
This interactive board game reinforces figurative language and emotive vocabulary through quick-fire questions. Students identify devices, e...
This quiz assesses studentsβ understanding of figurative and emotive language through a mix of true/false, multiple choice, and short answer...
This resource assesses students' ability to identify and analyse vivid, emotive vocabulary and figurative language in texts. It includes mul...
This grading rubric assesses studentsβ ability to identify and analyse figurative and emotive language, including metaphors, similes, person...
This pack of 32 Fiction Task Cards is designed to deepen studentsβ comprehension, analysis, and reflection when responding to fiction texts....
This 32-card task card set helps students explore, analyse, and respond to non-fiction texts in a flexible and engaging way. Students practi...
This printable Apostrophe Rules Poster helps students master the correct use of apostrophes in contractions, singular possession, and plural...
This Metalanguage Poster is a visual reference tool that helps upper primary students identify and understand key literary and narrative ter...
This comprehensive Letter to the Editor pack supports students in reading, analysing, and writing persuasive opinion letters in response to...
This classroom-ready debate pack equips students with the tools to organise, structure, and participate in team debates. It includes debate...
This engaging grammar pack helps students expand their vocabulary by replacing common verbs with more precise alternatives. Students build c...
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 3β6 unit Just Tricking! β Narrative Writing with Humour. It provides a clear visual overview o...
The Teaching Notes page supports delivery of the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit for Years 3β6. It outlines the lesson sequence, curri...
This set of worksheets helps students examine the book cover and title of 'Just Tricking', encouraging them to make predictions about the pl...
This worksheet set helps students learn about Andy Griffiths (the author) and Terry Denton (the illustrator). Students discover how they wor...
This set supports students to collect and use key words from 'Just Tricking', building a rich word wall that enhances their funny storytelli...
This set teaches students how to break down a narrative into key parts, rewrite scenes in a new style, and plan their own short stories insp...
This worksheet helps students practise rewriting a prank scene from Just Tricking! in a completely different style. It teaches them to spot...
This worksheet guides students to plan and write their own short prank story, following Andy Griffithsβ Just Tricking! style β using clear n...
This worksheet helps students identify and understand different types of humour used in Just Tricking!. Students practise rewriting a passag...
This worksheet helps students identify and analyse different humour techniques in a Just Tricking!-style passage, rewrite it to increase its...
This worksheet helps students explore the main characterβs traits in Just Tricking!, compare motivations and choices, and write a diary entr...
These scaffolded narrative planners helps students organise prank stories in the Just Tricking! style. It guides them to plan a clear orient...
This tip sheet guides students through the typical Just Tricking! story format. It breaks down the narrative structure into three clear part...
This worksheet guides students to explore how changing the narratorβs point of view can shift humour and meaning. Students practise rewritin...
This editing checklist helps students revise their prank stories for clarity, pacing, and humour. It guides them to self-assess sentence flo...
These tip sheets explain age-appropriate humour techniques to help students identify, discuss, and use them in their writing. Each chart sho...
This partner checklist supports peer feedback by prompting students to look for clarity, humour, and areas to improve in each otherβs storie...
This worksheet helps students practice improving their stories by experimenting with different words and dialogue inspired by the Humour Hac...
This final challenge lets students showcase their learning by creating a sequel, analysing humour style, or designing a comic-strip version...
This final challenge lets students showcase their learning by creating a sequel, analysing humour style, or designing a comic-strip version...
The assessment rubric provides a 5-point scale for evaluating studentsβ summative tasks in the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. It cov...
This reflection sheet guides students to identify strengths and areas for growth in their writing, provide constructive feedback to peers, a...
These paragraph planners support students to structure clear, engaging paragraphs in prank narratives. They guide sentence order, voice, and...
The Extension Task Cards provide engaging enrichment activities for the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. Each card offers a creative c...
The Suggested Answers booklet provides clear sample responses for all core activities in the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. It offer...
This five-week narrative unit explores Just Tricking! by Andy Griffiths, engaging students in reading, analysing, and writing humorous stori...
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 3β6. 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 5β6 students write structured persuasive paragraphs using the PEEL methodβPoint, 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 5β6, 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 3β6 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 3β6. The Years 3β4 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...
Irregular Verbs Adventure is a full-colour board game designed to strengthen students' understanding and use of irregular verbs through play...
The Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants unit title page introduces students to the theme of visual storytelling through rich imagery, symbolis...
The Teaching Notes page supports the implementation of the Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Imagery and Symbolism Unit for Years 3-6. It ou...
This worksheet introduces the concept of symbolism through imagination and discussion. Without relying on text or visuals, students explore...
This worksheet set helps students in Years 3-6 compare symbols from Leila and the Blue Fox with those in other texts or films. Through scaff...
This worksheet helps students analyse visual storytelling in the short film Migrants. Through structured observation, symbolism identificati...
This worksheet supports students in Years 3-6 to explore how imagery is used in written and visual texts. Using Leila and the Blue Fox and M...
This worksheet guides students to explore the symbolic meaning of animals in literature and film. Students analyse the role of the fox in Le...
These differentiated worksheets explore how colour impacts meaning, mood and symbolism in storytelling. Aligned to Leila and the Blue Fox an...
These worksheets explore how word choices affect tone and meaning in storytelling. Designed for Years 3-6, the resource offers scaffolded ta...
This Years 3-6 worksheet guides students to identify and interpret symbolic elements in the short film Migrants. Through visual analysis, me...
This worksheet guides students through the process of creating a symbolic visual storyboard for a new scene inspired by Leila and the Blue F...
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...
This scaffolded worksheet helps Years 3-6 students identify and interpret symbols in visual and written texts, focusing on Leila and the Blu...
The Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Suggested Answers booklet offers sample responses for all key activities across the unit. These includ...
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