I'm Catherine, founder of White Space Words and lover of words (of course), my family, and good coffee. I've taught English for thirty years, twenty-five of those as Head of English. So, you'd understand I care about words. A lot. I care especially about the power of words. In a world where words are misused, over-used, and used to create division, my mission is to promote the use of words for education and inspiration.
I'm Catherine, founder of White Space Words and lover of words (of course), my family, and good coffee. I've taught English for thirty years, twenty-five of those as Head of English. So, you'd understand I care about words. A lot. I care especially about the power of words. In a world where words are misused, over-used, and used to create division, my mission is to promote the use of words for education and inspiration.
This 25-page Christmas-themed booklet will engage and entertain Years 3-6 students in the lead-up to Christmas, without compromising educational value.
It provides students with a range of creative, critical, reflective, persuasive, social-emotional and practical activities.
Simply print pages 1-24 and hand out to your students - they’ll love the visually-engaging layouts and the easy-to-follow instructions.
Alternatively, select from the 12 tasks to print/issue in the order you’d prefer.
Save page 25 for yourself (it’s the Teacher Answers to the Wordsearch!).
12 Tasks of Christmas - Contents:
Reflective Writing - prompts and writing template
Design a Christmas Tree
Plan a Christmas Menu
Create an Invitation
Persuade - Christmas and Consumerism
Care for the Environment
Plan a Christmas Game
Design an Advent Calendar
Christmas Wordsearch
Favourite Christmas Film
Dream Christmas Destination
Encourage Gift-Giving
The resource comes to you as a single digital printable PDF file ready for immediate download and use.
Lesson duration: 2-4 weeks (with option to have students present/deliver their work)
Curriculum Links:
This resource relates directly to the following General Capabilities within the Australian National Curriculum:
Critical and Creative Thinking
Personal and Social Capability
Literacy
Digital Literacy
It also addresses the Cross-curriculum priority of:
Sustainability
Features:
Digital printable files delivered in a single file (1 x 25-page pdf )
Professionally designed by an experienced educator
Highly visual and engaging
Suited to all learners
Crisp, clean layouts
This comprehensive teaching unit, including assessment, has been designed for teachers to use with A Life on Our Planet – David Attenborough. (Netflix documentary film - directed by Alastair Fothergill, Jonnie Hughes and Keith Scholey)
Contents (4 digital/editable/printable files ready for immediate download and use):
Teacher Guide - (16 page .pdf)
Unit overview
Inquiry questions
Suggested Lesson Outline
Teacher Answer Guide to Student Booklet
Assessment Tasks/Extension Activities information (including Focus Assessment Task – Film Festival Group Project)
Additional resources/links
Student Booklet (14 page - in .pdf/.doc formats):
Pre-viewing activities
During viewing activities
Post-viewing activities
Focus Assessment Task – Film Festival Group Project (including planner)
Other Assessment Tasks/Extension Activities (including Earthshot Prize task)
Additional resources
Teaching PowerPoint (20 slide .pptx):
What is a documentary?
Pre-viewing, During-viewing and Post-viewing resources (including links)
Assessment options
Unit duration: 12+ lessons (including Film Festival Group Project)
Official film rating: PG13+ (Classifications can vary - please check your country’s classification for this film prior to use with students.)
Suitable for use with students across secondary subject areas, including: Project-based learning, Inquiry learning, English, Media Studies, Science (Earth and Environmental) and Geography.
Features:
Digital/printable files delivered in a single zip file (2 x pdf, 1 x doc, 1 x pptx)
Professionally designed by an experienced educator
Highly visual and engaging
Suited to all learners
Crisp, clean layouts
A range of whole class, group work and individual learning resources
Please note: Access to view the film itself requires a Netflix account. This is not included in the resource pack.
Licence information:
$15 for an individual licence (with use strictly limited to the individual purchaser – ie. one teacher/one class)
