Worksheet to accompany the 6 minute TEDEd animated documentary, Why should you read Macbeth? The documentary covers an overview of the play, the political situation in England and Scotland in the early 1600s, performance in the Globe theatre, themes, language and modern adaptations.

Worksheet and answers to accompany the Timeline documentary, The Real Macbeth, presented by Tony Robinson. The video examines the life of the real Scottish king, Macbeth and the times in which he lived. Robinson identifies where the play is based on fact and where it is based on life at the time that the play was released. A very thorough presentation.

Set of activities on the character, Wesley Bucktin from Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Set of activities relating to the character, Ruth Bucktin from Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Set of activities on the character, Mad Jack Lionel from Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Set of activities on the character, Jeffrey Lu from Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Set of activities on the character, Eliza Wishart from Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Set of activities related to the character of Jasper Jones, from Craig Silvey’s novel of the same name.

Deconstruction of an Iranian revolutionary wall poster.

Set of activities on the protagonist of Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones, including analysis of key passages, his personality and relationship with other characters.

Study of Rebecca Starford’s review of Jasper Jones published in The Age, Melbourne.

Revision activity for Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones. Students decifer the coded questions than answer them from their knowledge of the text.

Explanation of the concept and analysis of the motifs in Crag Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

This set of activities includes an explanation of What codes and conventions are used in written texts? What are written codes? What are written conventions? Why are codes and conventions important? Students then analyse these in relations to Madeleine L’Engle’s novel, A Wrinkle in Time.

This set of activities include: What are codes and conventions used in a written text? What are written conventions? Why are codes and conventions important? Students then use these focus questions to analyse the codes and conventions in Jasper Jones.

True or false revision activity based on Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Analysis of an article by Dave May, Richard Mockler and Annika Blau, John Marsden’s journey from psych ward to author to school founder. Published on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation website. The article looks at John Marsden’s life, his inspiration in writing the Tomorrow series and in establishing a school with an alternative curriculum.

Quotations activity from Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Explanation of the concept of mise-en abyme and analysis of selected examples from Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Sequencing activity of key events in Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.