Activity asking students to find the chapter in which the given events occur.

Activity asking students to find the chapter in which the given events occur.

This set of activities on the metalanguage of Stasiland includes a mix and match exercise, finding words or phrases that mean the same as given terms and concepts and writing specific metalanguage in a sentence.

Crossword based on key words, characters and concepts in Susan Cooper’s King of Shadows.

Crossword using key terms and concepts from the non-fiction text, Stasiland.

Worksheet to accompany the 6-minute mini-documentary, Former Khmer Rouge soldier faces up to the past. The video is an interview with Chin Meth, a former-Khmer Rouge soldier who explains why she joined the Khmer Rouge, her experiences as a soldier then as a prisoner, her testifying against Khmer Rouge officials placed on trial for war crimes and her coming to terms with her life in the Khmer Rouge. This video is suitable for late primary/early secondary students. This video is available on Youtube.

3 cloze activities based on Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother: The author: Allan Baillie The Khmer Rouge Setting and inspiration

Hohenschonhausen Prison in East Berlin was a secret prison where dissidents were held, interrogated and tortured by the Stasi. This ezine article contains external photographs of the prison, photographs of the surveillance, interrogation and holding facilities. I have included extracts from Anna Funder’s Stasiland in which the author is taken on a tour of these rooms. The activities focus on the role of the facility in enforcing Stasi control over the German Democratic Republic. The resource can be used as part of a unit of work on the non-fiction text, Stasiland, as part of a unit on the Cold War, or as part of a unit on human rights.

This resource includes an excellent book review on Tomorrow When the War Began. The activities attached to it focus on characterisation, setting and themes. It is designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Outcome EN5-1A: responds to and composes increasingly sophisticated and sustained texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis, imaginative expression and pleasure

This is a set of activities relating to the plot of Tomorrow When the War Began. Students are introduced to the concepts of orientation, complication and resolution as well as protagonist and antagonist. This set of activities are designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Outcome EN5-1A: responds to and composes increasingly sophisticated and sustained texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis, imaginative expression and pleasure

This activity is a pre-reading activity on analysis of book covers. The analysis focuses on colour, people, content and critical response. The skills being taught are elements of visual literacy including deconstruction of visual images to draw conclusions in support of the text.

Crossword to accompany John Marsden's novel Tomorrow When the War Began.

Ezine article from Spiegel Online, East German Snitching Went Far Beyond the Stasi. the Article supports the teaching of the text, Stasiland, by providing examples of West Germans who reported to the East German Stasi and how information in Stasi files on children and young people could impact on their post-school options.

Worksheet on the video clip, The Real Mr Pip - Harry Baxter on Bougainville.

Topic summary for the non-fiction text, Stasiland by Anna Funder. Includes themes, setting, symbolism, key quotes, structure and style, metalanguage, characters, author, comparative texts and genre.

Crossword based on the graphic novel, Persepolis. The Story of a Childhood.

Sequencing activity of key events in Madeline L’Engle’s novel, A Wrinkle in Time.

Examination of the concept of motif and its application to Jackie 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.

Metalanguage mix and match activity for Allan Baillie’s novel Little Brother. This resource is part of a unit of work for Stage 3.