A fantastic worksheet to review the terms of cinematic / film techniques. Appropriate for Year 7-12 Duration: ~10-15 minutes Includes: – Editable Word (.docx) file – Differentiation for low and high performing students – Answers What terms are covered? – Costume – Props – Mise en scène – Colour – Lighting – Diegetic sounds – Non-diegetic sounds – Silence – Dialogue – Voice over – Flashback – Intertitle – Montage – Dissolve – Cutaway

This narrative marking criteria and feedback tick boxes will make your marking a lot quicker! You no longer need to repeat yourself and write the same comments for each of your students. I’ve used this marking criteria and feedback tick boxes to mark Year 7 and 8 short stories, narratives and imaginative writings. It definitely made my marking more time efficient as I just tick a feedback box instead of writing it. Students also find it a lot easier to read the feedback tick boxes because they’re written in dot points. So it’s a win-win situation! Appropriate for Year 7-12 Includes: – Editable Word (.docx) file Also available: Essay Writing – Marking Criteria with Feedback Tick Boxes

These 2 worksheets are a great lesson starter to recap students’ ability to identify language techniques. To save paper, each worksheet is ready to be printed as 2 pages per A4 paper. I usually hand out the first worksheet, Matching Language Techniques 1, to my Year 8 and 9 classes as a lesson starter before I annotate poetry and short stories with them. It helps students remember the different types of language techniques before annotating a text as a class. In the following lesson, I would give my students Matching Language Techniques 2 and it’s a bit more challenging because they’re familiar with the language techniques from the first one. Nonetheless, I had a low performing Year 9 class and so I’ve made a differentiated version of Matching Language Techniques 2 to ensure that it’s not too hard for them. Appropriate for Year 7-10 Duration: ~10 minutes per worksheet Includes: – Editable Word (.docx) files – Differentiation for low performing students – Answers What language techniques are covered? Matching Language Techniques 1 – Simile – Repetition – Enjambment – Metaphor – Alliteration – Rhyme – Hyperbole – Personification Matching Language Techniques 2 – Simile – Oxymoron – Alliteration – Rhyme – Metaphor – Assonance – Personification – Onomatopoeia – Sibilance – Hyperbole – Consonance

This worksheet includes the definitions and a diagram of various camera movements used in filmmaking. Its purpose is to help students review and reinforce their understanding of these camera movement techniques. Appropriate for Year 7-12 Duration: ~10-15 minutes Includes: – Editable Word (.docx) file – Differentiation for low and high performing students – Answers What camera movements are included? – Pan – Tilt – Pedestal – Tracking – Dolly – Trucking – Crane – Roll – Zoom – Handheld – Rack focus

Use this PowerPoint presentation to introduce students to the 5 basic elements of mise en scène. The second half of the presentation has questions and screenshots from the film, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. However, feel free to replace them with your film study. Appropriate for Year 7-12 Duration: ~40-50 minutes Includes: – Editable PowerPoint (.pptx) file – PDF version of PowerPoint What elements of mise en scène are covered? – Setting – Lighting and colour – Props – Costume, hair and makeup – Positioning of characters / objects

This is a fantastic worksheet to recap the key characters and their roles for the film, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. Appropriate for Year 5-9 Duration: ~20-30 minutes Includes: – Editable Word (.docx) file – Answers What key characters are covered? – Percy Jackson – Annabeth Chase – Grover Underwood – Chiron – Medusa – Sally Jackson – Poseidon – Persephone – Hades – Zeus – Luke Castellan – Gabe Ulgiano

This PowerPoint presentation is great for revising the themes and ideas in Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poetry when students finish studying her poems. Appropriate for Year 11 and 12 Duration: ~30-45 minutes Includes: – Editable PowerPoint (.pptx) file – PDF version of PowerPoint Selected poems include: – The Past – China… Woman – Reed Flute Cave – Entombed Warriors – Visit to Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall – Sunrise on Huampu River – A Lake Within a Lake I’ve used this slideshow to recap my Year 12 English Standard HSC students for Module B: Close Study of Literature and they found this resource especially helpful when they need to plan their essays.

Play bingo with your high school students and recap their figurative language techniques in a fun and engaging way! To save paper and space, the bingo cards are ready to be printed as 2 pages per A4 sheet. Once you’ve laminated the cards, students can either use whiteboard markers or counters to play the game. Students need 5 terms in a row to win (vertically, horizontally or diagonally). Appropriate for Year 7-12 Duration: ~20-30 minutes – 32 unique bingo cards – Includes master / instructions card What terms are covered? – Simile – Metaphor – Personification – Oxymoron – Pathetic fallacy – Alliteration – Sibilance – Pun – Rhyme – Irony – Idiom – Assonance – Consonance – Hyperbole – Paradox – Rhetorical question – Hypophora – Onomatopoeia – Imagery – Colloquial language – Emotive language – Symbolism – Allusion – Repetition – Anaphora – Hyperbaton – Euphemism UPDATE I’ve revised this bingo to have 2 definitions and 2 examples for each language technique so that you can play at least 2 rounds of it with your students.

Students will be able to identify camera angles and shots after being quizzed by this series of recaps. It worked with my Year 8 English class and they enjoyed guessing the title of the movies as well. Appropriate for Year 7-12 Duration: ~20-35 minutes Includes: – Editable PowerPoint (.pptx) file – PDF version of PowerPoint – Answers on the last slide What camera techniques are covered? Camera Shots – Extreme long shot / Establishing shot – Long shot / Wide shot – Mid shot / Medium shot / Waist shot – Close up – Extreme close up – Reverse shot / Over the shoulder shot – Point of view (POV) shot Camera Angles – Overshot / Bird’s eye view – High angle – Eye level shot – Low angle – Undershot / Worm’s eye view – Canted angle / Dutch angle Also available: Camera Angles and Shots Recap 1 (FREE) Camera Angles and Shots Recap 2

After learning about Henry Lawson’s short stories, revise the themes and ideas for each short story with this PowerPoint presentation. Appropriate for Year 11 and 12 Duration: ~30-45 minutes Includes: – Editable PowerPoint (.pptx) file – PDF version of PowerPoint Selected short stories include: – The Drover’s Wife – The Union Buries Its Dead – Shooting the Moon – Our Pipes – The Loaded Dog I’ve used this presentation to revise Module A: Language, Identity and Culture with my Year 12 English Standard class and they always refer back to this resource when writing their extended responses.

Use this slideshow as a quiz to recap students’ ability to identify camera angles and shots at the beginning of a new lesson or activity. These screenshots and the order of the answers are different to Camera Angles and Shots Recap 1 and you can use this slideshow as a Round 2 quiz. Appropriate for Year 7-12 Duration: ~20-30 minutes Includes: – Editable PowerPoint (.pptx) file – PDF version of PowerPoint – Answers on the last slide What camera techniques are covered? Camera Shots – Extreme long shot / Establishing shot – Long shot / Wide shot – Mid shot / Medium shot / Waist shot – Close up – Extreme close up – Reverse shot / Over the shoulder shot – Point of view (POV) shot Camera Angles – Overshot / Bird’s eye view – High angle – Eye level shot – Low angle – Undershot / Worm’s eye view – Canted angle / Dutch angle Also available: Camera Angles and Shots Recap 1 (FREE) Camera Angles and Shots Recap 3

Introduce and teach students the different types of camera angles and shots with this PowerPoint presentation. As students copy down the dot points, show examples of each camera angle and shot on the slideshow. Once students finish copying the dot points, the cut-and-paste worksheet will solidify their understanding of the various types of camera angles and shots. Appropriate for Year 7-10 Duration: ~1 hour Includes: – Editable PowerPoint (.pptx) file – PDF version of PowerPoint – Editable Word (.docx) files of worksheets – Differentiation for low performing students – Answers What camera techniques are covered? Camera Shots – Extreme long shot / Establishing shot – Long shot / Wide shot – Mid shot / Medium shot / Waist shot – Close up – Extreme close up – Reverse shot / Over the shoulder shot – Point of view (POV) shot Camera Angles – Overshot / Bird’s eye view – High angle – Eye level shot – Low angle – Undershot / Worm’s eye view – Canted angle / Dutch angle

Teach students the different types of sounds used in films and how to describe these sounds with appropriate adjectives from a word bank handout. There are also sound excerpts embedded in the PowerPoint presentation so that students can listen to examples. Appropriate for Year 7-12 Duration: ~40-50 minutes Includes: – Editable PowerPoint (.pptx) file – PDF version of PowerPoint – Editable Word (.docx) file of worksheet – Answers on the last slides Which terms are covered? – Diegetic sounds – Non-diegetic sounds – Sound effects – Background music – Voice over – Silence

Teach the four basic character archetypes and a brief overview of the 12 stages of a hero’s journey with this PowerPoint slideshow and worksheet. Appropriate for Year 6-12 Duration: ~40-50 minutes Includes: – Editable PowerPoint (.pptx) file – PDF version of PowerPoint – Editable Word (.docx) file of worksheet – Answers Which terms are covered? – Archetype – The Hero – The Mentor – The Shadow – The Ally – 12 Stages of the Hero’s Journey

Save time when marking essays by using this editable marking criteria with feedback tick boxes. Students will also find it a lot easier to read the feedback because they’re written in dot points. Appropriate for Year 7-12 Includes: – Editable Word (.docx) file Also available: Narrative Writing – Marking Criteria with Feedback Tick Boxes

2 worksheets to recap students on visual techniques and colour symbolism in visual texts. Students are to use the provided word banks and place the correct visual technique and colour name to the correct definition and effect. Appropriate for Year 7-12 Duration: ~10-15 minutes per worksheet Includes: – Editable Word (.docx) files – Differentiation for low performing students – Answers What terms are covered? – Salience – Body language – Facial expression – Demand gaze – Offer gaze – Lighting – Symbolism – Motif – Vectors – Framing – Angle – Layout / Placement – Proximity – Size / Scale – Colour symbolism – Font – Contrast – Visual allusion – Space – Omission

Introduce students to the basic camera movements in cinematography. The PowerPoint presentation includes simple dot points that students can copy down as notes. Each slide also includes a video example of a camera movement from the film, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. Once students finish copying the dot points, the fill-in-the-blank worksheet will solidify their understanding of the camera movements they’ve just learned. Appropriate for Year 7-10 Duration: ~40-50 minutes Includes: – Editable PowerPoint (.pptx) file – PDF version of PowerPoint – Editable Word (.docx) file of worksheet – Differentiation for low performing students – Answers What camera movements are covered? – Tracking shot – Pan – Tilt – Dolly shot – Trucking shot – Zoom – Crane shot – Handheld shot

Recap students’ ability to identify camera angles and shots by displaying this slideshow quiz on the projector. Appropriate for Years 7-12 Duration: ~20-30 minutes Includes: – Editable PowerPoint (.pptx) file – PDF version of PowerPoint – Answers on the last slide What camera techniques are covered? Camera Shots – Extreme long shot / Establishing shot – Long shot / Wide shot – Mid shot / Medium shot / Waist shot – Close up – Extreme close up – Reverse shot / Over the shoulder shot – Point of view (POV) shot Camera Angles – Overshot / Bird’s eye view – High angle – Eye level shot – Low angle – Undershot / Worm’s eye view – Canted angle / Dutch angle Also available: Camera Angles and Shots Recap 2 Camera Angles and Shots Recap 3