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  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Let’s Read Some Books! A Julia Donaldson Reading Checklist Class Display

    Stories, Australian texts, author, Julia Donaldson, author study, Julia Donaldson, author, Zog, snail and the whale, tiddler, storytelling,...

  • Presentation Year: F 1 2

    Julia Donaldson Author Study - Presentation

    Get to know the beloved author Julia Donaldson! This presentation encourages students to explore her enchanting stories that have captured r...

  • Unit Plan Year: 3

    English Unit: Responding to Literature

    This unit explores how authors create characters, events and settings in different contexts and their influence on the atmosphere of stories...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Responding to Literature- Check In

    Use this check-in to assess student understanding of how authors make stories engaging when carefully selecting language to portray characte...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Responding to Literature- Quiz

    This 10-question quiz makes a wonderful whole class warmup, review or formative assessment tool to gauge students’ level of understanding ab...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    My Thoughts On…

    Students create book reviews and share their personal preferences about their favourite texts.  

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Responding to Texts

    Students read different texts, The Tortoise and the Hare or The Beach, before answering questions that will help them examine the language u...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Connecting to Characters

    Students create an artwork to represent a character with whom they share a personal connection.   

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Alter the Atmosphere

    Students examine a description of a setting and the atmosphere that is created from it. They then rewrite the description to change the mood...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Create the Scene

    A fantastic way to combine visual arts with literary analysis. Using one of the prompts or a text being explored in class, students identify...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Character Comparisons

    Students compare the similarities and differences of the portrayal of characters in different stories.  

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    The Story Remix

    A fantastic activity to encourage students to explore different contexts and character portrayals.  Students are divided into groups and...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Same, Same but Different

    Students learn how authors from different parts of the world put their unique twists on the same stories. By exploring different versions of...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Responding to Literature - Student Reference Card

    This student reference card is a handy tool for students to refer to when working through the unit ‘Responding to Literature- Year 3’. Pr...

  • Presentation Year: 3

    Responding to Literature - Presentation

    A visually engaging presentation, this resource will support the teaching and learning of responding to literature. The presentation begins...

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2

    English Unit: Mem Fox Author Study

    Step into a world of literary magic with our engaging unit based on Mem Fox's beloved stories - "The Magic Hat," "Possum Magic," and "Koala...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Character Journal

    Students use this character journal to write about their thoughts and feelings as they step into the shoes of the character Koala Lou from M...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Koala Lou’s Feelings

    Students are encouraged to step into the shoes of Koala Lou to determine how this character feels during certain events in the storybook of...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Character Traits

    Students determine Koala Lou’s character traits from Mem Fox’s “Koala Lou” and provide evidence from the text. This worksheet has 2 versi...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Koala Lou Colouring Pages

    Three fabulous colour in pages of “Koala Lou” by Mem Fox for your students to choose from.   

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Sequence The Animals

    A simple sequencing worksheet for students to determine the order in which The Magic Hat turns people into animals!  

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Koala Lou’s Bush Olympics

    Print these eye-catching visuals to spark enthusiasm for "Koala Lou's Bush Olympics." Display each individual poster at different activity s...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Magic Show Invitation

    Students design their very own magic show invitations to their play of “The Magic Hat”. Students must detail the venue, time, date, as well...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Design A Play!

    Ignite creativity with our engaging "The Magic Hat" play design worksheet! Students step into the shoes of playwrights as they craft a stage...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Rhyming Pairs

    Students identify the rhyming pairs from Mem Fox’s “The Magic Hat”.  

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    My Own Magic Hat

    Students use their imagination to decide what magical powers their hat will give them. Students colour and design their own magnificent, mag...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Magic Hat Craft

    Immerse young minds in a world of wonder with our fun Magic Hat Craft. Students design and craft their very own magical hats, transforming i...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Possum Magic Colouring Pages

    Three fabulous colour in pages of “Possum Magic” by Mem Fox for your students to choose from.   

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Possum Magic Story Map

    Students relive the story of “Possum Magic” by Mem Fox, as they identify the main parts of the story. Students draw pictures and write sente...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Hush’s Colour Hunt

    In the story of “Possum Magic” by Mem Fox, Hush goes on a hunt to find her colours. Students use this worksheet to go on a colour hunt, as t...

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