This unit invites students in Years 3-6 to explore how imagery, symbolism and connotation shape meaning in stories. Using Leila and the Blue...
This unit focuses on identifying and analysing the characteristics that define an author’s individual style. It includes versatile resources...
The Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Suggested Answers booklet offers sample responses for all key activities across the unit. These includ...
This scaffolded worksheet helps Years 3-6 students identify and interpret symbols in visual and written texts, focusing on Leila and the Blu...
These differentiated rubrics support summative assessment of narrative, analytical, or visual interpretation tasks in the unit. Each rubric...
This worksheet guides students through the process of creating a symbolic visual storyboard for a new scene inspired by Leila and the Blue F...
This Years 3-6 worksheet guides students to identify and interpret symbolic elements in the short film Migrants. Through visual analysis, me...
This Metalanguage Poster is a visual reference tool that helps upper primary students identify and understand key literary and narrative ter...
This marking rubric provides a clear framework for assessing students’ understanding of an author’s style. It evaluates comprehension, use o...
This 10-question quiz assesses students’ understanding of an author’s style, covering key elements such as word choice, sentence structure,...
Bring author’s style to life with this engaging carousel activity! Featuring vibrant colour and black-and-white templates, this resource all...
This resource explores the vibrant illustrations of Lisa Kennedy in Welcome to Country and Wilam: A Birrarung Story. It guides students to a...
This worksheet, based on Brother Moon by Maree McCarthy Yoelu, helps students explore cultural themes, language reflecting connection to Cou...
This worksheet supports Year 6 students in analysing a text by a First Nations Australian author. It includes comprehension questions of inc...
This worksheet helps students explore the writing style of Emily Rodda through excerpts from Rowan of Rin and Deltora Quest. Students analys...
This graphic organiser supports students in analysing and comparing the writing styles of any two texts. It provides a structured approach t...
This worksheet helps students analyse an author’s style by identifying key characteristics such as word choice, sentence structure, and tone...
This worksheet guides students in analysing an author's style across ten key elements, including word choice, sentence structure, imagery, a...
This resource includes ten engaging posters that introduce key elements of an author’s style. Each poster provides a clear definition, examp...
This resource provides a concise reference card for students to understand and identify an author's style. It includes a definition, common...
This resource provides a structured presentation for teaching Year 6 students about an author’s individual style. It includes clear definiti...
Have students use this spinner activity to practice asking and answering questions about how authors make stories engaging through their dev...
Use these to help your students identify moments of tension when examining how authors make stories engaging by developing plot tension.
Use these to help your students identify moments of tension when examining how authors make stories engaging by developing plot tension.
Use these to help your students identify the story plot when examining how authors make stories engaging by developing plot tension.
In this activity, students are asked to: Identify the language authors use to create vivid descriptions of settings. Describe and...
Use this activity to help students describe and discuss how authors make the reader care about the decisions of characters and their consequ...
This activity is a great way to encourage discussions about characters in the class stories and novels your class is exploring. A discuss...
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...
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...
