These resources were designed for a high ability Year 7 class and led to creation of a Personal Narrative Folio consisting of 3 pieces of descriptive writing. Task 1: A description of a student’s first day of school Task 2: A description of a person a student admires Task 3: A recount of a student’s experience at school camp with an emphasis on using sensory imagery A marking rubric is included.

This mind-map demonstrates how a Thematic Unit of Study can be designed using key questions as Learning Intentions for your students. Cross-Curricular Thematic Units of Study work incredibly well when working with students who experience challenging behaviours and barriers to their learning.

This activity is highly scaffolded in introducing students to their first impressions of the Australian film ‘Red Dog’. Students will need to have some understanding of basic film techniques prior to completing the grid as they watch the film or the grid component could be used in a second viewing. This activity could be used with either ‘Red Dog’ films.

These differentiated resources introduce students to Haiku, Tanka and Renga Japanese poetry by examining the form, use of syllables and environmental themes. The PowerPoints and accompanying worksheets are highly scaffolded and would work well in both a mainstream and Support classroom setting.

Students are provided with a modelled descriptive task where students are required to manually or electronically highlight the figurative techniques used. Students are then required to create their own descriptive passage using these techniques.