Engaging and relevant. This is the essence of my teaching and learning resources. You'll find a wealth of History, Agricultural Technology, Retail Services, Aboriginal Studies and more.
Engaging and relevant. This is the essence of my teaching and learning resources. You'll find a wealth of History, Agricultural Technology, Retail Services, Aboriginal Studies and more.
Unit of work on Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother. The unit is designed for Stage 3 students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Resources in this package include:
Activities for Chapters 1-6
Activities for Chapters 7-12
Activities for Chapters 13-19
Magazine article: The world can be doing more for refugees
Ezine article: How we can help refugee kids in Australia to thrive
Word Search
Metalanguage mix and match
Who Said? Quotes activity
Video: What does it mean to be a refugee?
Worksheet for video: What does it mean to be a refugee?
Video: Horror Humanem est - The Khmer Rouge
Worksheet for video: Horror Humanem est - The Khmer Rouge
Video: Syrian Refugee Children
Worksheet for video: Syrian Refugee Children
Video: Thailand/Cambodia refugees flood into Thailand
Worksheet for video: Thailand/Cambodia refugees flood into Thailand
Video: Death of a Nation: The Khmer Rouge’s Cambodia
Worksheet for video: Death of a Nation: The Khmer Rouge’s Cambodia
Video: A Place in the Sand. Life inside the world’s largest refugee camp
Worksheet for video: A Place in the Sand. Life inside the world’s largest refugee camp
Sequence the events
Crossword
True or false revision activity
Analysis of book covers
Intertextuality and Little Brother whole lesson
3 Cloze activities
Narrative assessment task
Crack the Code revision activity
Analysis of visual image: Diavata Refugee Camp, Greece (2016)
Who am I? Revision activity
Motif: Repeating Patterns
Unit of work on Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Written for students of the Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE) and more broadly for the Australian Curriculum. The unit includes:
Activities for Book 1 Chapters 1-9
Activities for Book 1 Chapters 10-18
Activities for Book 2 Chapters 1-9
Activities for Book 2 Chapters 10-19
Activities for Book 3 Chapters 1-9
Activities for Book 3 Chapters 10-19
Activities for Book 3 Chapters 20-27
Activities for Book 4 Chapters 1-7
Activities for Book 4 Chapters 8-13
Activities for Book 5 Chapters 1-9
Activities for Book 5 Chapters 10-18
Character profile: Amy Mulvaney
Character profile: Keith Mulvaney
Character profile: Ella Lansbury
Character profile: Darky Gardiner
Character profile: Jimmy Bigelow
Character profile: Sheephead Morton
Character profile: Gallipoli von Kessler
Ezine article: Life and death on the Thai-Burma Railway
Ezine article: Dad and the Burma Railway
Video: Australian Prisoners of War Part 1: A Short History of Australian POWs
Worksheet: Australian Prisoners of War Part 1: A Short History of Australian POWs
Video: Australian Prisoners of War Part 2: Capture
Worksheet: Australian Prisoners of War Part 2: Capture
Video: Flanagan’s Island
Worksheet: Flanagan’s Island
Video: Book review by ReadingBukowski
Worksheet: Book review by ReadingBukowski
Video: Ramona Koval interview with Richard Flanagan
Worksheet: Ramona Koval interview with Richard Flanagan
Video: Hellfire. A Soldier’s Story.
Worksheet: Hellfire. a Soldier’s Story.
Word search
1945 newspaper report - The Story of the Thai-Burma Railway
Ezine article: Scars of the Burma railway trauma that never healed
Ezine article: Dinner with Richard Flanagan, a child of the death railway
Newspaper article: ‘Weary’ Dunlop
Close study of a passage: Dorrigo’s childhood in Cleveland, Tasmania
Close study of a passage: Colonel Kota beheads a prisoner
Close study of a passage: Amy tells Dorrigo that their affair is known
Theme: War Crime
Metalanguage mix and match activity
Map of key sites
Dorrigo Evans as Charon the Ferryman
True or false revision activity
Symbolism activity
Crossword