English Year 6 Creating Literature

Create literary texts that adapt or combine aspects of texts students have experienced in innovative ways

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  • Unit Plan Year: 4 5 6

    English Unit: Rowan of Rin

    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...

  • Unit Plan Year: 6

    English Unit: Poetry

    This unit introduces students to a number of literary devices, develop their skills in writing poetry, while fostering an interest in its va...

  • Presentation Year: 4 5 6

    Rowan of Rin Chapter by Chapter

    This Rowan of Rin presentation was created with summaries, questions and activities for every chapter.  It was designed to be a part of our...

  • Presentation Year: 4 5 6

    The Hero’s Journey - Presentation

    This Presentation introduces your students to the structure of the hero’s story, in a simplified version of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth. You...

  • Presentation Year: 6

    Creating a Multimedia Text - Presentation

    In this presentation, students look at the evolution of texts, including the introduction of multimedia. They then work through a series of...

  • Presentation Year: 6

    The Redfern Park Speech

    This presentation is a copy of Prime Minister Paul Keating's historic 'Redfern Park Speech'. As one of more significant pieces of public spe...

  • Presentation Year: 6

    Biography - Presentation

    This presentation introduces students to biographies, and gets them set up for the biography unit for year 6. This unit was developed to hel...

  • Presentation Year: 6

    Poetry - Presentation

    This presentation will walk your students through year 5 poetry, showing them how to recognise the difference between different forms as wel...

  • 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...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Rowan of Rin Wordsearch

    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...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Rowan of Rin Crossword Puzzle

    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...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    A Rowan of Rin Character Profile

    In this worksheet, students create a character profile for one of the secondary characters in the story Rowan of Rin, using evidence from th...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Character Description Swap

    In this worksheet, students write descriptions of a handful of characters from the novel they are reading and then swap them with a friend....

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    New Edition

    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...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Rowan of Rin Rollercoaster

    In this worksheet, students plot the excitement level of the various chapters of the book, revealing how the author has to make choices abou...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Mapping the Quest

    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...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Rowan of Rin Title Page

    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...

  • 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: 4 5 6

    Hero’s Journey Workbook

    This workbook introduces students to the “hero’s journey” structure of narrative storytelling in a simplified version of Joseph Campbell’s m...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Multimedia Text Rubric

    This rubric was created to assess the presentation created by your students and allow you to easily break it down into separate assessable u...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Animal Infographics Resource

    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...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Understanding Infographics

    This poster introduces your students to the components common in many infographics, as well as a brief explanation on why infographics are u...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Multimodal Texts - Student Reference Card

    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...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Multimedia - Student Reference Card

    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...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Roll While Researching

    While students begin to research their biography subject, this dice rolling activity will help them see their subjects in a different light....

  • Resource Year: 6

    Graphic Biography

    Graphic Biography

  • Resource Year: 6

    The Bellear Brothers - Extension Activity

    This extension activity is written to work together with the Bellear Brothers Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to...

  • Resource Year: 6

    The Bellear Brothers Biography

    This is a biography of Australian Aboriginal civil-rights leaders. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students rese...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Phar Lap Biography

    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...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Present a Person

    This worksheet is designed to further scaffold students in biography writing, by prompting their research of a person in preparation for sha...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Ian Frazer Biography

    This is a biography of Australian researcher, Ian Frazer. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students research inte...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Roald Dahl - Comprehension Activity

    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...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Athlete Research Report

    Athlete Research Report

  • Resource Year: 6

    Donald Bradman Biography

    This is a biography of Australian Cricketer Donald Bradman. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students research in...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Cathy Freeman - Extension Activity

    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...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Cathy Freeman Biography

    This is a biography of Australian Olympic champion Cathy Freeman. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students resea...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Fred Hollows Biography

    This is a biography of Fred Hollows, a prominent Australian and New Zealand eye surgeon and humanitarian. This Biography is part of a larger...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Shared Birthday

    This worksheet is designed to get students interested in researching and writing biographies, by finding a subject who shares their birthday...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Jane Goodall - Comprehension Activity

    This comprehension activity is written to work together with the Jane Goodall Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Jane Goodall - Biography

    This is a biography of primatologist and environmentalist Jane Goodall. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Biography Subjects - Poster

    This poster suggests a number of diverse biography subjects for your students to reserach and write on. The poster is a part of a larger uni...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Biography - Student Reference Card

    This student reference card was created as a part of the Biography unit plan.  It can be stuck in their books and referred to throughout the...

  • Resource Year: 6

    575 A Haiku Adventure

    In this worksheet, students are scaffolded on the way to writing haiku. Encourage your students to share their work after they’re finished,...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Lean Your Limericks

    In this worksheet, students are scaffolded on the way to writing limericks. Encourage your students to share their work after they’re finish...

  • Resource Year: 6

    You're a Poet and Didn't Know it!

    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...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Onomatopoeia

    In this worksheet, students lean about onomatopoeia. It is a part of a larger unit that introduces students to a number of literary devic...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Internal Rhyme

    In this worksheet, students look for internal rhyme, including in Edgar Allen Poe’s ‘The Raven’. It is a part of a larger unit that intro...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Time to Rhyme

    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...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Finding the Rhyme

    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...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Finding the Rhythm

    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...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Perfecting Personification

    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...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Poetry - Student Reference Card

    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...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Alliteration Side Show Alley

    This colourful side show alley themed poster has been designed to illustrate the meaning of alliteration and provide simple examples. 

  • Resource Year: 3 6

    Poetry Purrfection Game

    Poetry Purrfection is a rotation activity designed to consolidate the understanding of poetic devices such as onomatopoeia, alliteration and...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Poetic Devices Match

    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...

  • Worksheet Year: 5 6

    Personification

    This 4-page worksheet provides a detailed explanation of personification in poetry along with student activities designed to reinforce under...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Rhythm

    This worksheet looks at how rhythm is used in texts to emphasise words and syllables. Answer sheet included.

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