English Year 6 Examining Literature

Identify, describe, and discuss similarities and differences between texts, including those by the same author or illustrator, and evaluate characteristics that define an author’s individual style

Code VCELT343

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31 resources

  • Unit Plan Year: 3 4 5 6

    English Unit: Leila and the Blue Fox and Migrants

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

  • Unit Plan Year: 6

    English Unit: Characteristics that Define an Author’s Style

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Leila and the Blue Fox and Migrants - Answer

    The Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Suggested Answers booklet offers sample responses for all key activities across the unit. These includ...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Cracking the Code - Symbolism Analysis

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Leila and the Blue Fox and Migrants - Grading Rubric

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Visual Storytelling

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

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Silent Symbols

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

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Metalanguage Poster

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

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Characteristics that Define an Author’s Style - Grading Rubric

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

  • Resource Year: 6

    Characteristics that Define an Author’s Style - Quiz

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

  • Resource Year: 6

    Author’s Style Gallery Walk

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

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Picture This!

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

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Brother Moon

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

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Voices of Country

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

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Exploring Author’s Style

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

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Style Detective

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

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Style Snapshot

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

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Dig Into the Details

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

  • Resource Year: 6

    10 Characteristics that Define an Author’s Style - Display

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

  • Resource Year: 6

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

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

  • Resource Year: 6

    Characteristics that Define an Author’s Style - Presentation

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

  • Worksheet Year: 4

    After Reading Spinner

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

  • Worksheet Year: 4

    Tension Detectives

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

  • Worksheet Year: 4

    Tales of Tension

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

  • Worksheet Year: 4

    Spot the Plot

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

  • Worksheet Year: 4

    Creating Engaging Settings

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

  • Worksheet Year: 4

    Character Care Factor

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

  • Worksheet Year: 4

    Questions About Characters

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

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Character Silhouettes

    This activity is a great way to motivate your students to examine characters. It can be used with any age of students and can accompany any...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Unpacking Characters

    This activity is a great way to motivate your students to examine characters. It can be used with any age of students and can accompany any...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Character Trading Cards

    This activity is a great way to motivate your students to examine characters. It can be used with any age of students and can accompany any...

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