Word search for the novel Playing Beatie Bow.

This activity asks students to examine a passage from the novel to identify and explain describing words, antiquated words and phrases, pronouns and similes and to give definitions of some examples of technical language.

In Playing Beatie Bow, Ruth Park has researched the dialects common in The Rocks in 1873: Orkney Scottish, Cockney, Australian, which give her many characters authenticity. This activity asks students to translate the statements into Standard Australian English.

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.

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

Metalanguage mix and match activity using key words and concepts relating to Jacqui French’s novel, Hitler’s Daughter.

Close study of a passage to analyse the features employed by Jackie French to create the setting, atmosphere, feelings and power structures between characters. This resource is part of a unit of work on Jackie French’s novel, Hitler’s Daughter.

Activity requiring students to identify the characters from the quotes provided. This resource is part of a unit of work on Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother, designed for Stage 3 students.

Crossword based on key words and concepts in Madeleine D’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time.

Sequencing activity on Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother.

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

Word search using key words and concepts from Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother. This resource is part of a unit of work on the novel, designed for Stage 3 students.

True or false revision activity on Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother.

True or false revision activity on Madeleine L’Engle’s novel, A Wrinkle in Time.

Analysis of the 2011 article by John Mullen, published in The Guardian newspaper, ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’. The article is a review of Macbeth The Graphic Novel.

Analysis of brief newspaper article by Mary McConville, ‘Weary’ Dunlop. The article gives a concise overview of the life of Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop.

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.

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

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

Word Search using metalanguage from the novel Mister Pip.