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

Activities for chapters 1-3 of Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Activities for Chapters 4-6 of Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Activities for Chapters 7-9 of 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 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.

How can you do visual literacy in History? This poster and template gives you an example of how a historical document can be deconstructed according to the principles of visual literacy. It is part of a cross-curriculum series that has been successfully used in a New England NSW high school to encourage teachers to use visual literacy to expand student literacy skills.

Sequencing activities based on John Marsden's novel, Tomorrow When the War Began.

Write of Passage is a 2010 newspaper article from the Sydney Morning Herald that involves an interview with Tomorrow When the War Began's author, John Marsden. He gives details of how he wrote the novel and his feelings at the release of the film version of the novel. Students examine the author's motives and intentions in writing the book.

2010 newspaper article from the Sydney Morning Herald involving an interview with author John Marsden at the time of the release of the film version of the novel. Good insights into how he wrote the book and the process of acceptance by a publisher.

Research task on Adolf Hitler that includes longer response questions on Hitler's treatment of the Jews and a question on whether the responder agrees with the character Mark that Hitler's behaviour was evil. Students need to use the evidence from the novel or from their research to provide examples.

the theme of Child-Parent Relationships is pervasive in the novel Hitler's Daughter. Marks positive relationship with his parents in Wallaby Creek today contrasts with Heidi's relationship with Duffi in Germany in the early 1940s. But in both cases, parents and children are not perfect.

The character Mark is confronted with a number of moral dilemmas, particularly the question of whether children inherit evil from their parents and how parents deal with children who commit evil acts. This activity provides students with the opportunity to discuss and list moral dilemmas that affect them.

Who am I? is an activity where students identify the characters from the novel from the description provided. True or false provides 20 statements. Students need to write the appropriate response about each statement from the novel.

Revision activity for Tomorrow When the War Began. Students use the key to decode the questions. They then answer the questions.

Revision activity for the novel, Hitler's Daughter. Students must use the key to crack the encoded questions. They then answer the questions.

Students select one of the minor characters and complete the chart entries for that character. They then report back to the class on their responses and complete the details on the other characters through other student's research and reports.

This activity teaches students about the elements and language used in a dialogue and provides a scaffolded response blank for students to continue a dialogue between the character Anna and her grandmother, Hitler's daughter.