True or false activity for the non-fiction text, Stasiland.

Revision activity for John Marsden’s novel, Tomorrow, When the War Began. Students identify if the statements are true or false.

Absent father of the protagonist, Matilda, Joseph is compared to Pip’s deceased father. He also has a Mr Jaggers figure in his life who changes his future by offering him the chance to go to Australia. Hated by Dolores, his religious wife who is left behind, Mr Laimo represents support for the redskins whilst Dolores represents support for the rambos. This resource includes background notes, key passages from the novel and a student activity.

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

Analysis of a film review by Sandra Hall - A Sting in the Tale.

Quotes activity from the novel, Mister Pip.

Character profile for Mr Watts including background information and passages relating to Mr Watts from the text. The student activity involves students using this information to draw a mind map of Mister Pip and his importance in the text.

Ezine article by Kristian Lasslett, Bougainville: Australia’s Secret War, published in Arena. This is an excellent assessment of Australia’s role in supplying the Papua New Guinea Defence Force with weapons and military hardware during the civil war on Bougainville in the late 1980s/early 1990s. Includes student activities.

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

Key word and concept mix and match activity for Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel, Persepolis.

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

Analysis of Chapter 1 of Great Expectations, with emphasis on the language features that creates the characters of Pip and Magwitch and the landscape of Kent. Designed as background knowledge for the study of Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones.

Background notes, key passages and student activity related to the character of Dolores Laimo.

Set of activities examining the concept of motif and its application to Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother.

Examination of the concept of motif and its application to Jackie French’s novel, Hitler’s Daughter.

Explanation of the concept of intertextuality and student activities based on the explicit, implied and inferred intertextual connections inJackie French’s novel, Hitler’s Daughter.

Analysis of the ezine article on the Better Reading website, ‘Did Hitler’s daughter, Heidi, really exist?’ This resource is part of a unit of work on Jackie French’s novel, Hitler’s Daughter.

crossword based on Jacquie French’s novel, Hitler’s Daughter.

Metalanguage mix and match activity using key words and concepts relating to Jacqui French’s novel, Hitler’s Daughter.

Close study of a passage to analyse the features employed by Jackie French to create the setting, atmosphere, feelings and power structures between characters. This resource is part of a unit of work on Jackie French’s novel, Hitler’s Daughter.