English Year 3 Creating Literature

Create imaginative texts based on characters, settings and events from students’ own and other cultures including through the use of visual features

Code VCELT264

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  • Unit Plan Year: 3 4 5 6

    English Unit: ‘Blueback’ Tim Winton- Novel Study

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

  • Unit Plan Year: 3

    English Unit: Narrative Texts

    This comprehensive unit takes students through writing narratives. The unit begins with a presentation to assist teachers in demonstrating t...

  • Unit Plan Year: 3 4

    English Unit: Dreaming Soldiers: Book Study

    This unit is based around the text, Dreaming Soldiers. The text presents a variety of themes that have been addressed throughout the unit’s...

  • Unit Plan Year: 3

    English Unit: Character Development in Narratives

    This unit provides a great overview of the narrative strategy ‘show don’t tell’, encouraging the use of descriptive language to describe the...

  • Presentation Year: 3

    Narrative Writing - Presentation

    This presentation is an excellent resource for teachers introducing and revisiting Narrative Writing. The presentation begins by looking at...

  • Presentation Year: 3

    Character Development - Presentation

    Inspire students' character growth with this informative character development presentation. Through engaging visuals and meaningful content...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Final Reflections

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Colour With Meaning

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Creature Clues!

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Picture This!

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Strong but Silent

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4

    Grading Rubrics - Year 3-4

    These comprehensive 5-point rubrics evaluate key elements of the Blueback-inspired short story and storyboard, including setting, character...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4

    Blueback - Storyboard

    This resource tasks students with creating a storyboard inspired by Blueback by Tim Winton. It guides them to develop a simple narrative set...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4

    Blueback - Writing a Short Story

    This resource engages students in writing a short story set in the world of Blueback. With structured planning prompts, students create a na...

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

    Blueback- Task Cards

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Chart the Plot

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Main Event Reel

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Story Map

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Blueback - Title Page and Teaching Notes

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Make It Your Own!

    This task asks students to follow the process of writing a narrative to create their version of a familiar story. Students are provided with...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Text Connectives - Bookmarks

    Use these bookmarks are a handy reference for making text cohesive. Laminate and distribute for students to use when completing writing task...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Apostrophes

    This worksheet was created for students to develop and consolidate their skills using apostrophes, both of possession and in contractions. ...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Paragraphs with Pat

    This worksheet is a great scaffold to support students  to accurately structure a paragraph when writing narrative texts. Students can choos...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Paragraphs with Paula

    This worksheet is a great scaffold to support students  to accurately structure a paragraph when writing narrative texts. Students can choos...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Narrative Writing - Prompts for Planning Poster

    Print and display this narrative poster when introducing this concept to your class. The display provides prompts to guide students about th...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Narrative Texts - Student Reference Card

    These student reference cards are fitted two to a page and should be cut in half. They provide students with references to assist them when...

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

    Character Creator Cards

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

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

    Scenery Cards

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

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3

    Roll-A-Story Narrative Prompts

    Roll a dice three times to discover the character, setting and problem to prompt you when writing your own fairy tale story.

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    Create Your Own Character

    Use the template provided to assist you in visualising your perfect fairy tale character. Brainstorm your character’s physical and personali...

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    How to Write a Fairy Tale

    Create your own imaginative fairy tale text. Use the templates to plan out your characters and setting before writing your own fairy tale st...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Character Scrapbook - Assessment

    Character Scrapbook - Assessment

  • Resource Year: 3

    Character Elaboration

    This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Characterisation

    This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...

  • Resource Year: 3 4

    Character Brainstorm

    This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Act It Out! - Character Activity

    Engage students in a fun and interactive character activity with "Act It Out." This resource provides a collection of character scenarios an...

  • Resource Year: 3 4

    Character Emotions

    This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...

  • Resource Year: 3 4

    Character Emotions - Reference

    This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...

  • Resource Year: 3 4

    Memorable Characters

    This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...

  • Resource Year: 3 4

    Character Traits

    This worksheet is a great tool for assisting with character development in narrative writing. This worksheet provides opportunities for usin...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Character Development - Student Reference Card

    Empower students with this handy character development student reference card.

  • Resource Year: 3

    Character Traits - Poster

    Decorate your learning environment with this vibrant character traits poster.

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +2

    Narrative Settings

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

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5

    Narrative Characterisation - Middle & Upper

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

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

    Narrative Prompt Sheets

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

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4 +1

    Recount Writing Prompt Sheets

    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...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4 +2

    Visual Writing Prompts

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

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4 5

    Story Starters - 66 Cards

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

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