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 Japanese language classes. It applies an excellent template developed by the English Teacher's Association of NSW to a tourist magazine cover.

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.

Unit of work on Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel, Persepolis. Designed for students of the NSW English Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Includes: + Iran-Iraq War activity + Worksheet 1: The Veil + Worksheet 2: The Bicycle + Worksheet 3: The Water Cell + Worksheet 4: Persepolis + Worksheet 5: The Letter + Worksheet 6: The Party + Worksheet 7: The Heroes + Worksheet 8: Moscow + Worksheet 9: The Sheep + Worksheet 10: The Trip + Worksheet 11: The F-14s + Worksheet 12: The Jewels + Worksheet 13: The Key + Worksheet 14: The Wine + Worksheet 15: The Cigarette + Worksheet 16: The Passport + Worksheet 17: Kim Wilde + Worksheet 18: The Shabbat + Worksheet 19: The Dowry + The Iranian Hostage Crisis activity + The Iranian Revolution activity + Persepolis Word Search + What were the experiences of child soldiers in the Iran-Iraq War? Source-based activity + Character profile - Marjane + Character profile - Grandmother + Character profile - Mr Ebi Satrapi + Character profile - Mrs Taji Satrapi + Character profile - Uncle Anoosh + Analysis of film stills Crossword Metalanguage Video: The Man who Changed the World Worksheet for video: The Man who Changed the World

Unit of work on Madeleine L’Engle’s novel, A Wrinkle in Time. This bundle includes: Activities for Chapters 1-6 Activities for Chapters 7-12 Metalanguage mix and match Sequence the Events activity Word Search 3 Cloze activities Crossword Crack the Code revision activity True or false revision activity Who said? quotes activity Powerpoint presentation Textual codes and conventions

This unit of work on The King of Shadows is designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. It includes: Analysis of book covers Metalanguage mix and match Crossword Word search

Unit of work on Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones. The unit is designed for Stage 5 students of the *NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.*This bundle includes: Metalanguage mix and match Activities for Chapters 1-3 Activities for Chapters 4-6 Activities for Chapters 7-9 Character profile: Charlie Bucktin Character profile: Jasper Jones Character profile: Jeffrey Lu Character profile: Eliza Wishart Character profile: Mad Jack Lionel Character profile: Ruth Bucktin Character profile: Wesley Bucktin Word search Newspaper article -Secrets and shame of a small town: Jasper Jones first review Mise-en scène Context Analysis of book covers Intertextuality and Jasper Jones Comparative texts: Jasper Jones and To Kill a Mockingbird Crossword Sequence the events Frame story and mise-en abyme Who said quotations activity True or false revision activity Textual codes and conventions Motif and Jasper Jones Crack the Code revision activity Book review: The Age

Students examine the components of a professional book review of Hitler's Daughter. They then use a scaffolded proforma to write their own review.

Sequencing activity for Jackie French's novel Hitler's Daughter.

Unit of work on Anna Funder's non-fiction work, Stasiland. It emphasises links with George Orwell's dystopian, fictional work, 1984. The unit of designed for students of the Victorian Certificate of Education and NSW Higher School Certificate. The unit includes: + Metalanguage + Doublethink + Descriptive language + Activities for Chapters 1-6 + Activities for Chapters 7-12 + Activities for Chapters 13-18 + Activities for Chapters 19-24 + Character study: Anna Funder + Character study: Miriam Weber + Character study: Charlie Weber + Character study: Herr Winz + Character study: Julia Behrend + Character study: Frau Paul + Character study: Klaus Renft + Character study: Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler + Character study: Hagen Koch + Close study of a passage: Miriam's escape attempt + Close study of a passage: Interview with a celebrity + Stasi Tactics: Torture + Stasi Tactics: Imprisonment + Stasi tactics: Surveillance + The Spies Who Loved Me - newspaper article + Cold and Stark - ezine article on Hohenschonhausen Prison + Piecing together the dark legacy of East Germany's secret police - ezine article + East German Snitching Went Far Beyond the Stasi - ezine article + Boundless information ezine article + Stasiland Word Search + Discussion assessment task + Who said? - Quotes activity + Worksheet for video: Stasi Files. The Lives of Others + Worksheet for video: Former Stasi Agents Defend Their Deeds + Research - Erich Mielke + Crossword + Who Am I? + Sequence the Events + Topic Summary + True or False revision activity + Video: Anna Funder lecture - Daily life under communism + Worksheet for video: Anna Funder lecture - Daily life under communism

Worksheet and answers to accompany the Timeline documentary, The Real Macbeth, presented by Tony Robinson. The video examines the life of the real Scottish king, Macbeth and the times in which he lived. Robinson identifies where the play is based on fact and where it is based on life at the time that the play was released. A very thorough presentation.

Unit of work on Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother. The unit is designed for Stage 3 students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Resources in this package include: Activities for Chapters 1-6 Activities for Chapters 7-12 Activities for Chapters 13-19 Magazine article: The world can be doing more for refugees Ezine article: How we can help refugee kids in Australia to thrive Word Search Metalanguage mix and match Who Said? Quotes activity Video: What does it mean to be a refugee? Worksheet for video: What does it mean to be a refugee? Video: Horror Humanem est - The Khmer Rouge Worksheet for video: Horror Humanem est - The Khmer Rouge Video: Syrian Refugee Children Worksheet for video: Syrian Refugee Children Video: Thailand/Cambodia refugees flood into Thailand Worksheet for video: Thailand/Cambodia refugees flood into Thailand Video: Death of a Nation: The Khmer Rouge’s Cambodia Worksheet for video: Death of a Nation: The Khmer Rouge’s Cambodia Video: A Place in the Sand. Life inside the world’s largest refugee camp Worksheet for video: A Place in the Sand. Life inside the world’s largest refugee camp Sequence the events Crossword True or false revision activity Analysis of book covers Intertextuality and Little Brother whole lesson 3 Cloze activities Narrative assessment task Crack the Code revision activity Analysis of visual image: Diavata Refugee Camp, Greece (2016) Who am I? Revision activity Motif: Repeating Patterns

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 Agricultural Technology classes. It applies an excellent template developed by the English Teacher's Association of NSW to a popular Australian magazine on rural life.

Visual literacy can be used in Physical Education. Don't believe me? The skills of deconstructing a visual image in order to discover the hidden meanings behind the image are a great way to build student's analytical skills and to use this information to write short-answer and extended responses. The resource includes a poster with 4 aspects of visual literacy and a template with content, medium, emotional response and critical response. You will never look at another sports photo in the same way again!

Anna and Mark both embark on journeys to find out about Heidi and the world of Nazi Germany in which she lives. The issues they discover give them questions about our society today. In this activity a summary of the theme is given and students are asked to compare the issue of Nazi acquisition of Jewish homes and goods with European acquisition of Aboriginal land.

Heidi is Hitler's daughter. A lonely, anxious girl who craves love and to live her life as other children. In this activity students are provided with a profile of her character from the novel and given a list of personality characteristics to select the verbs that best describe her.

Little Tracey is an imaginative 5-year old girl who is experiencing stress at commencing school. To help her settle in the other children invent The Story Game. The activity attached to Little Tracey's character profile requires to list similarities and differences between the character of Little Tracey and very young children that the reader may know.

Set of activities on the themes of Ruth Park's novel, Playing Beatie Bow: Inner conflict, love, death and grief, self-discovery.

Sequencing activity for events in the novel King of Shadows.

Unit of work on Ruth Park’s novel, Playing Beatie Bow. Bundle includes: + Analyses of book covers + Chapter questions + Genre: Historical fiction + Description task + Sequence the events + Who am I?/True or false activities + Crack the Code activity + Word search + Acrostic poem/Mix and match activities + Design a book cover + Metaphors + Describing the world of the past + Female character profiles + Male character profiles + Who said?/Write a description + Harrington Street Ragged School + Themes + Changing fashion descriptive writing task + Translate the statements activity + Examine a passage Crossword Metalanguage True or False revision activity

The back story of Bertram Christie is woven into the main story and gradually uncovered by the teenagers. They change their opinion of the man from being a murderer to being a war hero who acted in compassion. This back story challenges the protagonists (and the reader) to question the values and understandings of the world before the war. It suggests that maybe killing in war is not the same as killing during times of peace. This resource provides some of the quotes concerning the Hermit and focus questions .