Anna is the narrator of the story of Hitler's daughter, a story that she has made up. But the sights, smells and sounds are just a little too real. Students are provided with a summary of her background, personality and key quotes. They are then asked to imagine they are staying with family in Wallaby Creek and they meet Anna. They must think of 5 complex questions you would like to ask Anna about herself. They then think of 5 ways that they would change Anna's story to make it more dramatic or romantic or historical. The last activity asks them to imagine that the narration of The Story is made by another character and they must think of how this would change the story of Heidi.

Activity asking students to find the chapter in which the given events occur.

This Visual Literacy poster demonstrates how the techniques behind visual literacy can be used by students studying Dramatic Arts. It was part of a whole school Visual Literacy campaign in a New England NSW high school. In this poster students are introduced to the concepts of pose, mood & atmosphere, texture and style. Examples of each of these elements are provided in the image (a Game Boy cover). The second page has an excellent template developed by the English Teachers Association of NSW. This can be used for students to analyse their own image in Dramatic Arts.

Unit of work on Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel, Persepolis. Designed for students of the NSW English Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Includes: + Iran-Iraq War activity + Worksheet 1: The Veil + Worksheet 2: The Bicycle + Worksheet 3: The Water Cell + Worksheet 4: Persepolis + Worksheet 5: The Letter + Worksheet 6: The Party + Worksheet 7: The Heroes + Worksheet 8: Moscow + Worksheet 9: The Sheep + Worksheet 10: The Trip + Worksheet 11: The F-14s + Worksheet 12: The Jewels + Worksheet 13: The Key + Worksheet 14: The Wine + Worksheet 15: The Cigarette + Worksheet 16: The Passport + Worksheet 17: Kim Wilde + Worksheet 18: The Shabbat + Worksheet 19: The Dowry + The Iranian Hostage Crisis activity + The Iranian Revolution activity + Persepolis Word Search + What were the experiences of child soldiers in the Iran-Iraq War? Source-based activity + Character profile - Marjane + Character profile - Grandmother + Character profile - Mr Ebi Satrapi + Character profile - Mrs Taji Satrapi + Character profile - Uncle Anoosh + Analysis of film stills Crossword Metalanguage Video: The Man who Changed the World Worksheet for video: The Man who Changed the World

This activity provides 4 scenes from the film version of Tomorrow When the War Began. Students analyse the scene in 4 ways: how each scene delivers the plot, creates the required atmosphere, aims to be visually appealing and delivers any subtle messages that contribute to the plot. Students must then change to scene in a way that further builds, tension, sadness etc. This activity is designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

This is a set of activities relating to the plot of Tomorrow When the War Began. Students are introduced to the concepts of orientation, complication and resolution as well as protagonist and antagonist. This set of activities are designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Outcome EN5-1A: responds to and composes increasingly sophisticated and sustained texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis, imaginative expression and pleasure

The Stasi established a surveillance network in East Germany that monitored and reported upon all aspects of life. This resource provides background details in this surveillance network, passages from the text and student activities focused around the nature and extent of the network and the impact of surveillance on the lives of the characters in the text.

Unit of work on Madeleine L’Engle’s novel, A Wrinkle in Time. This bundle includes: Activities for Chapters 1-6 Activities for Chapters 7-12 Metalanguage mix and match Sequence the Events activity Word Search 3 Cloze activities Crossword Crack the Code revision activity True or false revision activity Who said? quotes activity Powerpoint presentation Textual codes and conventions

crossword based on Jacquie French’s novel, Hitler’s Daughter.

Activities for Chapters 7-12 of Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother.

Worksheet for the 4-minute interview with police officer, Rob Davis who suffered PTSD as a result of responding to an incident. The video gives a good introduction to the issue of PTSD and the vulnerability of police officers to this mental health condition as a result of trauma experienced in their daily business. There are clear parallels to the character of Detective Joe Cashin in Peter Temple’s novel, The Broken Shore.

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.

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

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.

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

Teaching visual literacy is everyone's responsibility! This poster was designed as part of a cross-curriculum promotional campaign to teach staff in all faculties in a New England NSW high school about visual literacy being a component of literacy in every area of the curriculum and also provide students with an example of how a visual image can be deconstructed to find the hidden messages. This poster is an example of how the techniques of visual literacy can be used in a Mathematics class. It applies an excellent template developed by the English Teacher's Association of NSW to a newspaper graphic.

This poster is part of a series demonstrating how the techniques of visual literacy can be applied in every subject so that students can deconstruct a visual image in order to find the hidden meanings behind the image. In this poster a screen shot of computer screen demonstrates the use of pose, lighting and tone, mood and atmosphere and audience. Visual literacy is a great way to help students build extended responses. There is a template on the second page that can be used as a scaffold.

Teaching visual literacy is everyone's responsibility. This poster was designed as part of a cross-curriculum promotional campaign to teach staff in all faculties in a New England NSW high school about visual literacy being a component of literacy in every area of the curriculum and also to provide students with an example of how a visual image can be deconstructed to find the hidden messages. This poster is an example of how the techniques of visual literacy can be used in English language classes. It applies an excellent template developed by the English Teacher's Association of NSW to a movie poster.

Teaching visual literacy is everyone's responsibility! This poster was designed as part of a cross-curriculum promotional campaign to teach staff in all faculties in a New England NSW high school about visual literacy being a component of literacy in every area of the curriculum and also to provide students with an example of how a visual image can be deconstructed to find the hidden messages. This poster is an example of how the techniques of visual literacy can be used in Agricultural Technology classes. It applies an excellent template developed by the English Teacher's Association of NSW to a popular Australian magazine on rural life.

Teaching visual literacy is everyone's responsibility! This poster was designed as part of a cross-curriculum promotional campaign to teach staff in all faculties in a New England NSW high school about visual literacy being a component of literacy in every area of the curriculum and to also provide students with an example of how a visual image can be deconstructed to find the hidden messages. this poster is an example of how the techniques of visual literacy can be used in French language classes. It applies an excellent template developed by the English teacher's Association of NSW to a comic.