Waltzing Matilda - Banjo Paterson Poem Poster
This printable version of Waltzing Matilda by A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson presents the iconic Australian bush ballad in full. The resource provides an accessible way to explore poetic structure, Australian identity, historical context, and language features such as repetition, rhythm, and colloquialism. Ideal for classroom performance, analysis, or discussion of themes like freedom, law, and resilience.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to identify social, cultural and historical contexts portrayed within literary texts.
- We are learning to identify responses to characters and events from social, cultural and historical contexts portrayed within literary texts.
- We are learning to analyse and evaluate similarities and differences in texts on similar topics, themes or plots.
- We are learning to identify social, cultural and historical contexts portrayed within literary texts.
- We are learning to identify social, cultural and historical contexts portrayed within literary texts and make connections to our own experiences.
- We are learning to analyse and evaluate similarities and differences in texts on similar topics, themes or plots.
- We are learning to identify and explain how choices in language, for example modality, emphasis, repetition and metaphor, influence personal response to different texts.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E6LE01
9
Identify responses to characters and events in literary texts, drawn from historical, social or cultural contexts, by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
AC9E6LE02
9
Identify similarities and differences in literary texts on similar topics, themes or plots
AC9E5LE01
9
Identify aspects of literary texts that represent details or information about historical, social and cultural contexts in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
ACELT1608
8.4
Identify aspects of literary texts that convey details or information about particular social, cultural and historical contexts
ACELT1613
8.4
Make connections between students’ own experiences and those of characters and events represented in texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts
ACELT1614
8.4
Analyse and evaluate similarities and differences in texts on similar topics, themes or plots
ACELT1615
8.4
Identify and explain how choices in language, for example modality, emphasis, repetition and metaphor, influence personal response to different texts
EN3-6B
old
Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies
EN3-7C
old
Thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identifies connections between texts when responding to and composing texts
EN3-8D
old
Identifies and considers how different viewpoints of their world, including aspects of culture, are represented in texts
EN3-UARL-02
new
Analyses representations of ideas in literature through genre and theme that reflect perspective and context, argument and authority, and adapts these representations when creating texts
EN3-UARL-01
new
Analyses representations of ideas in literature through narrative, character, imagery, symbol and connotation, and adapts these representations when creating texts
EN3-OLC-01
new
Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding
VCELT313
Identify aspects of literary texts that convey details or information about particular social, cultural and historical contexts
VCELT365
Make connections between own experiences and those of characters and events represented in texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts
VCELT341
Analyse and evaluate similarities and differences in texts on similar topics, themes or plots
VCELT342
Identify and explain how choices in language, including modality, emphasis, repetition and metaphor, influence personal response to different texts
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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