Acrostic poem and mix and match activities to accompany the novel, Hitler's Daughter.

This activity looks at the characteristics of Historical Fiction and asks students to find examples of character, setting, conflict and world building from the novel, Playing Beatie Bow.

Puffin Publishers have decided to re-publish Playing Beatie Bow and they would like you to design the new cover. They want the new edition to appeal to the new generation of teenage readers. This market is: • Familiar with social media • Looking for adventure and historical fiction • Primarily based in Australia and New Zealand • Aged 11 to 18 years • Primary and high school English Departments and school libraries Can you meet their marketing needs whilst being highly creative?

This activity teaches students the nature of a metaphor, gives them quotes from the novel, Playing Beatie Bow, from which to select the metaphors and then asks them to find 3 examples of metaphors from the novel.

Acrostic poem and mix and match activity for Ruth Park's novel, Playing Beatie Bow.

Three cloze activities to accompany the study of Playing Beatie Bow: + Ruth Park + Playing Beatie Bow + Setting: The Rocks

Beatie Bow attends the Harrington Street Ragged School. NSW Government provision of free education began in 1848 but greater efforts were required in areas of particular socio-economic disadvantage, such as The Rocks. This resource introduces students to the efforts to the Ragged Schools and the school that Beatie attends, Harrington Street Ragged School.

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 Playing Beatie Bow.

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.

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.