The Island - Armin Greder - Worksheet set

The picture book The Island by Armin Greder is a fantastic text for older readers. Often used in units of work on refugees, belonging or prejudice it offers untold possibilities in the classroom. This resource helps students understand and analyse The Island, as well as write about it in extended form.

This 5-page worksheet set has three parts. The first page deals with comprehending and understanding the text, before moving into close analysis, with a particular focus on visual features like symbolism, vectors and use of size, space and colour. The final two pages provide scaffolding for an extended response to the text using a focus question and drawing on the techniques explored earlier in the worksheet.

The resource is included in both Word and pdf formats to ensure compatibility.

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While you’re here, why not check out these other resources on picture books for older readers?

• The Rabbits (Shaun Tan and John Marsden)
• The Lost Thing (Shaun Tan)
• The Red Tree (Shaun Tan)
• The Arrival (Shaun Tan)
• Cicada (Shaun Tan)
• Eric (Shaun Tan)
• Australia to Z (Armin Greder)
• Woolvs in the Sitee (Margaret Wild and Anne Spudvilas)
• Girl on Wire (Lucy Estela and Elise Hurst)
• Flight (Nadia Wheatley and Armin Greder)