Create literary texts using realistic and fantasy settings and characters that draw on the worlds represented in texts students have experienced
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This Blueback unit provides engaging lessons for Years 3-6, aligned with curriculum codes, focusing on characters, settings, themes, and lan...
This Rowan of Rin book unit was created around our Upper Primary Hero’s Journey resources, designed to help you with fantasy and Sci-fi book...
This unit will help your students identify and experiment with similes and metaphors.
This Rowan of Rin presentation was created with summaries, questions and activities for every chapter. It was designed to be a part of our...
This Presentation introduces your students to the structure of the hero’s story, in a simplified version of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth. You...
The Similes and Metaphors presentation introduces students to both of these concepts. It includes a definition with examples, as well as a v...
This reflective resource invites students in Years 3-6 to consolidate their understanding of symbolism and visual storytelling. Designed to...
These differentiated worksheets explore how colour impacts meaning, mood and symbolism in storytelling. Aligned to Leila and the Blue Fox an...
This worksheet guides students to explore the symbolic meaning of animals in literature and film. Students analyse the role of the fox in Le...
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 helps students analyse visual storytelling in the short film Migrants. Through structured observation, symbolism identificati...
This set of A4 posters vividly illustrates key figurative language devices (simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, idio...
This resource contains two five-point rubrics to support middle to upper primary teachers in assessing work based on Blueback. The analytica...
This creative task for middle to upper primary students requires students to design a poster representing a theme from Blueback. Using drawi...
This task for middle to upper primary students involves writing an analytical essay on a key theme in Blueback. Students develop critical th...
This resource provides a series of engaging task cards based on Tim Winton’s Blueback. It encourages students to explore themes such as the...
Encourage middle and upper primary students to plan and write a sequel to Blueback, focusing on narrative structure and conservation themes....
This resource helps upper and middle primary students analyse the structure of Tim Winton's Blueback. By breaking down the story's key event...
Explore perspectives in Blueback with this worksheet for middle primary. Students analyse Abel’s encounter with a shark, answer scaffolded q...
This activity engages students in analysing Tim Winton’s use of figurative language in Blueback, focusing on how similes, metaphors, and ima...
This activity helps students identify key events in Blueback, analyse their influence on the plot, and illustrate each moment. It encourages...
This graphic organiser supports students in exploring Tim Winton’s Blueback by identifying the main characters, setting, storyline, theme, a...
This resource supports teaching Tim Winton’s Blueback and includes a visually engaging title page to introduce the unit and teaching notes....
These posters were created to support student learning of Literary Devices and Language Features. They feature a description and a clear exa...
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...
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...
In this worksheet, students create a character profile for one of the secondary characters in the story Rowan of Rin, using evidence from th...
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 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 plot the excitement level of the various chapters of the book, revealing how the author has to make choices abou...
In this worksheet, students try and recreate Rowan’s magic map based on what they remember from the story. It was designed to be a part of...
This Rowan of Rin title page is a great way to kick off the unit with a bit of fun. It was designed to be a part of our Rowan of Rin book...
In this activity, students complete a writing prompt based on one of the set’s character cards. This set is built around fantasy narratives....
In this activity, students use a series of landscape pictures and writing prompts to explore the importance of setting in narrative. Younger...
This workbook introduces students to the “hero’s journey” structure of narrative storytelling in a simplified version of Joseph Campbell’s m...
This worksheet can also be used as an assessment task, to check your students’ understanding of simile and metaphor. It is a part of a large...
This 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...
Unleash the power of figurative language with this engaging resource focused on similes.
This game is designed to help students with similes and metaphors. It is a part of a larger unit designed to help your students identify and...
This 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 set of posters explains how to use figurative language and imagery to enhance description in writing.
Classroom posters highlighting the different parts of poetry, with examples of each poetry element. A great resource to accompany the Year 5...
Students will differentiate between similes and metaphors in this rotation game. This game has been created in a style that allows for you t...
Students will differentiate between idioms and metaphors in this rotation game. This game has been created in a style that allows for you to...
This set of posters explains the meaning of similes, metaphors and personification and how to use figurative language to make comparisons be...
This set of posters explains the meaning of, and provdies an example of, an ode, anthem, song and shape poem.
This bingo game will help students differentiate between similes and metaphors that are used in everyday life. They will match meanings to e...
This set of '35 Narrative Settings' has been developed to allow students to experiment with descriptive words and phrases as they accurately...
Students will examine character descriptions that include appearance and behaviour, understanding how the character's development is eviden...
These posters were created to support student learning of poetic devices. They feature a description and a corresponding example in bright a...
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...
This worksheet explores the power of metaphors as a literary device. Answer sheet included.
This worksheet explains the concept of similes and includes simple exercises to consolidate knowledge. Answer sheet included.
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 resource is a remarkable addition to any classroom and assists students in writing narratives. Each page contains words and images to p...
These story wheels are designed to assist students in planning narratives, allowing students to spin each wheel to discover the narrative el...
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 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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