HUGE Supporting Slideshow - Stage 3 Unit 8 - Theme - The One and Only Ivan

This is a HUGE, 450+ page supporting slideshow for the new NESA Stage Three English Unit (8) which explicitly teaches the concept of theme using the mentor texts The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

This resource is a supporting slideshow which means it is linked to the Department of Education (NSW) unit of work which teaches Stage 3 students about researching and creating informative, imaginative AND persuasive texts. This unit of work is available for free on the NESA site (it is also included in this resource). All the corresponding lessons are included in the slideshow, meaning this is a complete no-prep resource, when used in conjunction with the lesson guide.

Slides are full-colour, engaging and fun, whilst also encapsulating all the key concepts of the unit, so you don’t need to cross-reference or produce these yourself.

NOTE: This unit is presented in two formats. One is as a series of PDFs. The other is a non-editable PowerPoint slideshow. This means you can pick slides, add your own content, delete unneeded slides, or embed selected material into your daily slideshow. It also means that external links are embedded. Please be aware that the slides themselves are not editable.

** NEW FEATURE** All programming notes are included in the PowerPoint version so you won’t need to cross-reference the program. Also, each week of PowerPoint contains a hyperlinked contents page for easy navigation.

This means that anyone (any state, any country) can pick up this unit and use it!

This unit of work is perfect for teaching, step-by-step, the effective composition of a range of texts.

This unit of work focuses on theme, but also includes MANY Component A elements:

• rhetorical devices (including imagery, metaphor, rhetorical questions, hyperbole and irony)

• gist statements

• noun-pronoun referencing

• subject-verb agreement

• temporal, conditional and causal connectives

• adverbial clauses

• expanded noun and verb groups

• objective and subjective language

…and much more!

Assessment tasks are embedded throughout the unit, with assessment opportunities highlighted. The culmination of the unit is a formal writing task whereby students compose persuasive texts and present these as soapbox protests.

Please note: this slideshow focuses on the complete learning pathway of Component B, with Component A embedded throughout as “mini -lessons” or concepts. There is not a stand-alone slideshow for Component A.

I have lots of other Literacy resources in my store (based on Australian content) so feel free to check them out.

Happy reading!