Part of a set of resources created for a year 11 Engineering Skills class in Australia (new syllabus). The other resources are also available in my store - lrigb4. 1)** A PowerPoint **reviewing how to write a procedural text (one of the text types the students’ will need in Engineering Skills). It explains what a procedural text is giving examples from everyday life (real world context). Give tips for writing a procedural text (e.g. tense, not first person). An activity to check students’ understanding of active verbs. Explaining how their procedural plan aka plan of the making component of the assessment is a procedural text and must follow these genre conventions. It also gives students some common active verbs used in Engineering to use within their procedural text. A template plan of the making for students to complete as part of their preparation for making a sheet-metal tool box.

Part of a set of resources created for a year 11 Engineering Skills class in Australia (new syllabus). The other resources are also available in my store - lrigb4. A PowerPoint designed to teach students how to prepare a Job Safety Analysis to ensure they have considered all safety risks associated with creating a sheet metal carry all tool box. This lesson will teach students to explain the workplace health and safety implications which exist in industrial and workshop environments (and plan to manage any risks associated with their tasks). It introduces key terms including: hazard, housekeeping, outcome, likelihood, risk score, elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls and PPE It includes tips for keeping equipment serviced and following safety procedures. It warns students about the dangers of horseplay. It explains the purpose for a JSA, some things to consider when writing one, lists some common potential hazards in a workshop + some possible control measures, the concept of the hazard control hierarchy is introduced. The PPT also goes through the various parts of the JSA to be completed, provides some tips for noise protection, explains the concept of the daily noise dose & a brief summary of the types of PPE that should be worn. **A JSA template **for students to complete electronically (it can also be printed)

Part of a set of resources created for a year 11 Engineering Skills class in Australia (new syllabus). The other resources are also available in my store - lrigb4. This is a word wall designed to be displayed in the classroom as a visual prompt for students during the learning and drafting process. It includes: the names of tools and machines, terms for developing a JSA (Job Safety Analysis), terms for the requirements of a procedural text, verbs and linking words. Provided as both PDF and word file.

A set of PowerPoints which I think History teachers will find helpful. If you use them, and like them, please come and give me a positive star rating / review. Constructive criticism is also appreciated. PowerPoint 1: Kokoda lesson 1 • context o What happened after Pearl Harbor? o Japanese imperialism • Where is New Guinea? What was it called back then? • What were conditions like on the Kokoda track? • Viewing activities clips from Getaway, the 2006 Kokoda film • The experiences of Australian soldiers in the Kokoda campaign o*** Number of Australians killed or injured in Papua New Guinea o The Kokoda track and what it looks like o Images of the golden stairs o Dysentery o What they ate o What they carried o The psychological impact* • Links to other sources (including videos) which you might like to explore with your class (with descriptions) Homework Sheet Definitions to find for a glossary, a photograph (source) to view and answer questions about, two written sources to view and answer questions about PowerPoint 2: Kokoda lesson 2 • The four groups who fought in New Guinea in 1942 (Australians, Americans, New Guineans and The Japanese) • View an SBS news story about a fuzzy wuzzy angel being reunited with an Australian that he saved • Who were the ‘fuzzy wuzzy angels?’ • The Japanese offensive continued • How the Kokoda campaign ended

A PowerPoint which I think History teachers will find helpful. If you use it, and like it, please give me a positive star rating / review. Constructive criticism is also appreciated. It was designed for teaching grade 10 history in Australia. PowerPoint: The Atomic Bomb Key learnings  The significance of the use of atomic bombs during World War II  The contestability surrounding the use of atomic bombs during World War II  What are causes and effects of the use of atomic bombs during World War II? Information contained on slides • The beginning of the nuclear age • The first atomic bomb • Different perspectives on using the bombs (prior to their use) o Why did America decide to use the atomic bomb on Japan? o US President Harry Truman’s perspective • Little Boy and Fat Man – dates and locations of use • Images of Hiroshima including artworks • A description of the Hiroshima blast o Images and descriptions of damage to buildings o Information about the final initial death toll o Black rain o Immediate effects of the radiation o Image of a human shadow etched in stone o Fire • Human effects of using the atomic bombs (health consequences) o Hair loss, radiation, scarring, cataracts, birth defects, leukaemia and cancers • Discrimination against survivors of the bomb (known as Hibakusha) • The wider causes and effects of the use of the atomic bombs during World War Two • The Hiroshima peace memorial • The story of Sadako and the thousand paper cranes • Images of Hiroshima today • Arguments for dropping the atomic bomb • Arguments against dropping the atomic bomb

A PowerPoint which I think History teachers will find helpful. If you use it, and like it, please give me a positive star rating / review. Constructive criticism is also appreciated. PowerPoint: World War Two in Europe • homework (mini research task) • Nazification of Germany • What role did President Hindenburg play in Hitler’s rise to power? • A few videos (viewing activities) • View a timeline of the road to WW2 (1933-1939) • Learn how to analyse a political cartoon (by the British cartoonist David Low appeared in the Evening Standard newspaper in July 1936.) • Kristallnacht – ‘night of the broken glass’ o Source analysis: A Letter by a Firefighter – Kristallnacht Germany 1938 • World War II in Europe o Holocaust begins o Ghettos including viewing primary footage in A Film Unfinished (2010) o Concentration & Extermination Camps o Change of Tactics: Einsatzgruppen o The ‘Final Solution’ + Wannsee Conference o SS Tactics: Dehumanisation o Dr. Josef Mengele + Medical Experiments o The Gas Chambers + images o Processing the bodies o Was the Final Solution successful? Holocaust Statistics By Country

A free resource which I think History teachers will find helpful. I created this booklet to assess 10 history students conducting a historical inquiry into World War Two (they had a choice of four topics). This was delivered in a school where each student had a laptop so was designed to be completed electronically however, more room to write could be added if you want to use it as a hard copy booklet. If you use it, and like it, please come and give me a positive star rating / review . Constructive criticism is also appreciated. This booklet contains: • four suggested topics with sub points that the students must address • a graphic organiser (table) for students to write their research questions in • a place for students to reflect on their questions and justify any modifications they make during the research process • tips for locating sources and a graphic organiser where students can organise their research • checking for understanding questions which prompt students to consider what they will include in their second assessment (essay) • a place for them to evaluate their sources using the RESEARCH acronym • a paragraph writing scaffold (for students who are not confident to begin writing on their own) • tips for how to reference different types of sources

A free resource which I created to give to all senior English students at the beginning of grade 11. If you use it, and like it, please come and give me a positive star rating / review . Constructive criticism is also appreciated. It is a handy ‘survival guide’ which includes: • definitions of cognitive verbs which students will encounter e.g. evaluate, explain, infer, justify etc. • text connectives (aka cohesive links / linking words) • what makes a good paragraph (and the PEEL structure) • tips for research tasks (using BOOLEAN search operators) • quoting, summarising and paraphrasing – what these are + when it is best to use each of these in their assessment writing • a checklist for editing their work • tips for when an in text reference is needed in their assessment work

This 32 page booklet has been designed as part of an Australian film studies unit focusing on the 2002 film The Rabbit Proof Fence. It includes activities exploring characterisation, the beliefs of the time and analysing the aesthetic features (film and language techniques) which students are to complete during and after viewing the film. While used for year 9 in this case, it could be applicable for any junior secondary grade. It could also be used during NAIDOC week. This booklet contains resources which would be useful for preparing students to write a range of genres including film reviews, feature articles, persuasive texts and analytical essays. There are questions about the events/themes/character’s perspectives and the effects of the aesthetic features. It introduces students to concepts such as textual structures, language features, visual features, film techniques and themes. It includes information about the socio cultural context of the film, articles about the women on which the film is based, key quotes from the film, scaffolded analysis activities for key scenes, an introduction to evaluative language and how it is used to describe films. The final pages include an explanation of how to structure an essay (along with planning and editing steps).

This is a great resource for high school teachers which can be used as a fun activity for the ends of lessons, in homerooms for National Science Week or for transition / induction days. It includes a combination of multiple-choice questions, true/false questions and fact-based questions. This quiz contains questions about the branches of science, famous scientists & their inventions, modern technology, the periodic table, animals, biology, phobias, representations of science in popular culture and much much more. In the past I have run this like around-the-world or pac man https://reliefteachingideas.com/2013/07/28/pac-man/

Do you fear teaching students about poetry because of how you learned about poets in school? Are you new to teaching poetry and want some ideas of where to start? If so this could be the resource for you. This lesson is the first of many created to teach learners to appreciate poems, analyse poems and write poems of their own. Each of these worksheets has been made after consulting numerous texts about best practice pedagogy and each includes links to other resources you may find helpful (see reference list). This worksheet can be used as a one on one tutoring resource. Alternatively, you can take activities from here to use in a PowerPoint lesson, as fast finishers or homework activities. It includes a definition of poetry, some of the reasons people write poems and the effects poetry can have on the reader. It goes back to the basics of grammar looking at how poets use adjectives, nouns, verbs and prepositions to convey meaning. Example poems are provided for students to identify these devices in. Other poems are provided along with comprehension questions to help students see the importance of reading to glean meaning. There is also a section on tone which provides students with a list of words to describe the tones of various texts and activities to check for student understanding. Finally, it includes a vocabulary building and spelling activity for fast finishers.

A great resource for revisiting punctuation basics with high school students. This worksheet can be used as a one on one tutoring resource. Alternatively, you can take activities from here to use as fast finishers or homework activities. This document introduces students to the three major uses of the apostrophe: to make words possessive, to make contractions and to make odd plurals. Each section includes a range of activities for students to apply what they have learned (short response and some multiple choice questions taken from past NAPLAN tests). It also includes some follow up activities that can be set for homework.

This 9-page booklet/resource provides 8 tips to improve your writing. These can be applied to a range of text types including narratives, essays and newspaper articles. Each tip comes with examples, activities or a suggested word bank for students to try to incorporate in their writing going forward.

This worksheet can be used as a one on one tutoring resource. Alternatively, you can take activities from here to use as fast finishers or homework activities. This document introduces students to key terms like fact, opinion and embellishment. It includes sentences and paragraphs and challenges students to identify whether they are subjective/objective. It also provides some information about zoos and asks students to write a subjective and objective paragraph about the topic. The second section explores how verbs, adverbs and well-constructed, extended noun groups can position the reader to form an opinion or judge a person. It gives an example of a famous Australian and shows how by changing a few words you can change the connotation of the text. It includes comprehension questions to check the students understanding. In the third section, a subjective newspaper article about the Vietnam war is included for students to analyse. There are comprehension questions which follow this. The final section introduces students to the concept of tone and gives them a list of different words to describe the tone of a text. Students then look at an advertisement and have to suggest the tone. Subsequently, they read a bias newspaper article and answer questions about this. Finally, there is a writing activity for students which encourages them to write persuasively.

Do you have students who constantly use fragments (incomplete sentences) in their writing? Do you want a resource that will teach students about clauses, sentences, and fragments so that you have a shared language when it comes to providing feedback at drafting time? If so, this may be the resource for you. This worksheet can be used as a one on one tutoring resource. Alternatively, you can take activities from here to use as fast finishers or homework activities. You could even put this into a PowerPoint for a NAPLAN preparation lesson. The first section of this worksheet includes explanations and examples of: independent, co-ordinant and dependent clauses. It also has a section about embedded clauses and how they can be an effective tool for writers. It also features a lot of activities to test students understanding of what they have learned. The second section of the worksheet looks at the requirements of sentences. It includes examples of the following types of sentence: simple, compound and complex. The information is interspersed with activities to check for understanding. The final section of the worksheet introduces students to fragments and why they are nonsensical and detrimental to your writing. This is followed by a writing activity (students are given a list of key points to turn into a newspaper article). It also includes editing prompts at the end which helps students to refine their initial story.

Do you have students whose writing lacks cohesion because they just can't seem to connect their ideas together? The first half of this resource explains conjunctions and has a table of the different kids which could be printed as a poster for the classroom or given to the students as a handout to consult when drafting their work. Do you have students who don't know the various parts of speech e.g. adverbs? Are you approaching NAPLAN and want a way to save yourself some time while still having a quality resource to use in your classroom? If so, this may be the resource for you. This worksheet can be used as a one on one tutoring resource. Alternatively, you can take activities from here to use as fast finishers or homework activities. You could even put this into a PowerPoint for a NAPLAN preparation lesson. This worksheet includes explanations and examples. It also features a lot of activities to test students understanding of what they have learned. It also includes an extended reading activity (of a news article) at the bottom which challenges students to find all the conjunctions and adverbs in the text and explain the effect these vocabulary choices have on the reader.

Do you have students who don't know the various parts of speech e.g. nouns, verbs and adjectives? Do you want a resource that looks at explains verbs and tense to your students? If so, this may be the resource for you. This worksheet can be used as a one on one tutoring resource. Alternatively, you can take activities from here to use as fast finishers or homework activities. You could even put this into a PowerPoint for a NAPLAN preparation lesson. This worksheet includes explanations and examples. It also features a lot of activities to test students understanding of what they have learned.

Do you have students who don't know when to use a comma? Do you want a resource that looks at the rules around when to, and when not to, utilise a comma in your writing? If so, this may be the resource for you. This worksheet can be used as a one on one tutoring resource. Alternatively, you can take activities from here to use as fast finishers or homework activities. You could even put this into a PowerPoint for a NAPLAN preparation lesson. This worksheet includes explanations and examples. It also features a lot of activities to test students understanding of what they have learned. Suitable for upper primary and high school students.

The Key Focuses of the unit are teaching students about: ○ Christian vocation: working for Christ (living his mission by serving other people.) ○ Seven sacraments esp. Baptism and confirmation ○ Gifts of the Holy spirit (character traits) ○ Serving Christ through worship and prayer (through communion & Eucharist) ○ doing God’s work when we speak out against injustice (CSTs) ○ Human dignity ○ Authentic freedom This is a PowerPoint designed to teach students about the Gifts of the Holy spirit. It begins with a film explaining why we are baptised as at Baptism, we receive seven special gifts from the Holy Spirit. These gifts help us to make good choices, and to serve God and others. Subsequently the PowerPoint goes through each of these gifts. The presentation also includes information about the twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit and a journal writing activity to finish off the lesson.

Three resources used in a 9 Theology unit on social justice and the work of laypeople. 1) a PowerPoint introducing students to Inquiry Based Learning. It includes the two big questions of the unit (aka fertile questions). Students to complete a KWL chart before learning to develop sub questions to answer the two big questions. It then talks students through a process that they can use to begin finding answers to these questions. It includes an explanation of BOOLEAN search practices which can be used when researching online to produce more relevant results. 2) A list of prayers required to be taught throughout the year (grade 9) 3) A table which explains the various steps of TELSTAR (the structure used for this Inquiry unit)