Crossword based on Lloyd Jones’ novel, Mister Pip.

Sequencing activity of key event in Lloyd Jones’ novel, Mister Pip.

Students have to identify of the 30 statements about the novel, Mister Pip, are true or false.

Students use the key to crack the coded questions and then they answer the questions from the text.

Students crack the coded questions using the key. They then answer the questions.

Students use the key to crack the coded questions and then answer them from the text.

Crossword using key terms and concepts from Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother.

Activities for Section 4 Pages 251-300 of Peter Temple’s novel, The Broken Shore.

Analysis of article published by Michael Heywood in The Australian, Peter Temple’s crime writing polished to perfection. The article was written by a close friend of Peter Temple and gives an overview of his life and works.

This set of activities includes an explanation of What codes and conventions are used in written texts? What are written codes? What are written conventions? Why are codes and conventions important? Students then analyse these in relations to Madeleine L’Engle’s novel, A Wrinkle in Time.

Explanation of selected codes and conventions used in Jackie French’s novel, Hitler’s Daughter and structured student activities.

Explanation of the concepts of frame narrative and mise en abyme and set of activities relating to the use of the techniques in Jackie French’s novel, Hitler’s Daughter.

Close study of a passage: Detective Cashin interviews Mr Starkey. Students analyse the passage to identify and discuss the importance of Australian colloquialism, formal v. informal language, the nature of Peter Temple’s ‘clipped’ language where superfluous words are deleted and the use of rapid dialogue. This resource is part of a unit of work on Peter Temple’s The Broken Shore.

Activities for Section 7 Pages 301-345 of Peter Temple’s novel, The Broken Shore.

Worksheet for the 4-minute interview with police officer, Rob Davis who suffered PTSD as a result of responding to an incident. The video gives a good introduction to the issue of PTSD and the vulnerability of police officers to this mental health condition as a result of trauma experienced in their daily business. There are clear parallels to the character of Detective Joe Cashin in Peter Temple’s novel, The Broken Shore.

Metalanguage in understanding Peter Temple’s novel, The Broken Shore.

Analysis of the explicit, implicit and implied intertextual connections in the memoir, Romulus, My Father. Students examine the common themes and issues between Romulus, My Father and The Gulag Archipelago.

Maps and details of key sites in Richard Flanagan’s novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

Characters and themes in the novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North are associated with symbols. This set of activities provides a scaffold for students to identify and expand on the importance of these symbols.

Analysis of book covers using selected principles of visual literacy: content, people, medium and critical response.