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

Revision activity for the novel, Playing Beatie Bow. Students use the decoding key to decode the 6 questions. They then answer the questions from their class notes to answer the questions. The activity is designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Fiction

Two activities for the study of the novel, Playing Beatie Bow: Who Said? - Identify which character said the statement. Write a description - Two photographs of The Rocks from the late 1800s. Studnets use the photographs to write a brief description.

Ruth Park provides vivid descriptions of The Rocks in 1873. She uses the 5 senses to create the world of the past. This activity requires students identify descriptive words and the ways in which the five senses are employed to build atmosphere.

Word search for the novel Playing Beatie Bow.

Descriptive task for the novel, Playing Beatie Bow. The task is: "Abigail has returned to her world of 1973. Before she forgets what The Rocks were like in 1873, write a description of the places she visited and the people she met." The task provides an outline of the description text type and language features of a description to guide students in their completion of the task. The teacher should consider the abilities and interests of their own students before placing a word limit on the task.

Chapter questions for the novel, Playing Beatie Bow

Sequencing activity for events in the novel King of Shadows.

Sequencing activity for events in the novel Playing Beatie Bow.

Robyn Mathers is the leader of the teenage guerrilla fighters in the novel, Tomorrow When the War Began. This activity provides students with salient quotes from the novel and asks them to draw conclusions about her physical appearance, her personality, role within the group and beliefs. Students are then asked to predict how Robyn would react to events in the last chapter.

Chris is an anti-hero. A pot-smoking, computer nerd who prefers his own company in the comfort of his bedroom. But when the war begins Chris has nowhere to go than to resist the new order. This activity provides quotes from the novel and asks students to assess his role in the plot.

This character profile on Marjane requires students to find quotes from the captions to support a view of the character of Marjane and provides selected frames for students to draw conclusions about Marjane's beliefs, education, relationships, friendships, emotions, aspirations, love of learning, interest in travel, individualism, follower of popular culture and interest in current affairs.

Homer Yannos is the character that changes the most as a result of the war. From an immature larrikin figure to a guerrilla fighter who can live off the land and plan effective attacks against the enemy soldiers. This activity looks at descriptions of him before and during the war, his personality characteristics and then re-writing a speech he delivers to add a tone of anger and threat.

Activities for Chapters 1-6 of Jackie French's novel, Hitler's Daughter.

Marjane's grandmother is the wise matriarch of the Satrapi clan. She steers the family through the Iranian Revolution and teaches Marjane important life lessons. This set of activities includes collecting quotes from the captions and examining frames to look at her representation, notably in comforting and reassuring the family, being politically aware, being outwardly unemotional and being wise and clever.

Marjane's father plays a vital role in the graphic novel. He is caring and protective but keeps his family anchored and aware of the revolution and war outside their home. This set of activities requires students to select quotes from the captions that best describe him. it also presents frames related to his resilience, political awareness, belief in social class distinctions, emotions, role in the family, enjoyment of travel and interest in politics.

This activity provides 4 scenes from the film version of Persepolis. Students analyse the scene in 4 ways: how each scene delivers the plot, creates the required atmosphere, aims to be visually appealing and delivers any subtle messages that contribute to the plot. Students must then change to scene in a way that further builds, tension, sadness etc. This activity is designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Mehri is the live-in maid. She is a child herself and is very close to Marjane. This set of activities requires students to collect quotes relating to her from the graphic novel and to analyse frames to identify aspects of her personality and life.

Uncle Anoosh is a communist and political activist. In the graphic novel, Persepolis he meets his fate at in a state prison. He is Marjane's hero. This set of activities includes searching for quotes from captions and examining frames to identify examples of his heroic behaviour, special relationship with Marjane, political activism, emotions and being a tragic figure.

Activities for Tomorrow When the War Begins Chapters 6-10. Includes activities on the back-story and inter-textual connections.